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18.06.2020 - 13:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
After successfully reopening drive-thrus up and down the country last month, Costa has announced that it is now planning to reopen thousands of stores for takeaway.The high-street coffee chain has announced 1,100 of its 2,700 branches will reopen for takeaway and delivery customers within the next two weeks, after nearly three months of closure.PA reports that 45% of consumers said they miss visiting coffee shops while – compared with 44% who said they miss pubs, according to a lockdown survey
.England is offering cast and crew from Hollywood productions the opportunity to skip quarantine in order to resume filming.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Hamilton Hodell, the UK talent agency that counts Tom Hiddleston, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Naomi Ackie and Oscar-winner Emma Thompson among its clients, has made a raft of promotions.Managing director Christian Hodell has become CEO, while Christopher Farrar has moved up to managing director.
Sam Neill is giving details about his return to the “Jurassic” franchise.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC has announced that it is planning to make 450 people redundant across its workforce in the English regions as part of its latest round of cost-cutting.The BBC needs to save £925M ($1.2B) by March 2022 as it grapples with the financial constraints of a licence fee deal it struck in 2015 and a drop in income due to the coronavirus pandemic.The 450 redundancies are part of BBC England’s £25M contribution to this overall target and represent 15% of its
Jake Kanter International TV EditorLesley Manville will become the latest addition to The Crown’s new cast, with the Oscar-nominated actress set to takeover from Helena Bonham Carter in playing Princess Margaret.Netflix confirmed on Thursday that Manville has signed up for the fifth and final season of the lavish royal drama, which British producer Left Bank Pictures will begin shooting next year.Lesley Manville will play Princess Margaret in the fifth season of The Crown.
2020 has been one of the more sadistic years in recent memory, and Disclosure captures this spirit of torment in the just-released video for their also just-released track "My High."
Anna Marie de la Fuente Omar Chaparro, one of Mexico’s most popular comedian-actors, and Mexican-Lebanese actress Edy Ganem (“Devious Maids”) have been cast as leads in feature drama “7th & Union” from newly launched Broken English Prods.Launched in response to the Hollywood’s paucity of diverse voices, in front and behind the camera, Broken English Prods.
Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann’s passion project Ferrari is in the market on a new set of tyres ahead of an anticipated spring 2021 shoot.The Greatest Showman and Logan star Hugh Jackman is in discussions to star as Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari and Mann has recently reworked the script, which was originally penned by the late Troy Kennedy Martin (The Italian Job).STX is now handling international sales and will directly distribute the film in the UK and Ireland.