Former Amazon Studios Europe Boss Georgia Brown to Chair U.K. Skills Task Force

Susanna Reid was quick to respond to some hateful comments as she returned to Good Morning Britain. The presenter was back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Monday (April 17) for the first time in weeks.

New Britain’s Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli delighted Strictly Come Dancing viewers with his dynamic personality for 15 years. He was last seen as a judge on Strictly in 2019 and his permanent departure from the show was announced ahead of the last series. And now he’s joined forces with good friend Simon Cowell on the BGT panel, alongside fellow judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon, who refers to Bruno as “an excited puppy”.

 has grown up before our eyes. And while viewers love to watch the on-screen romances play out, the breakout stars from the Netflix series have their own love lives to contend with.Though the nail-biting fate of Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Max, and the rest of the Hawkins gang is now on pause until the much anticipated fifth and final season, the offscreen lives of the show's ensemble of actors often seem just as fun (if a little less deadly).  Lead Millie Bobby Brown took to Instagram to seemingly announce her engagement to boyfriend Jake Bongiovi in mid-April, but she's not the only one with love on the brain.    Here's a look at the stars' real-life romances. The 19-year-old British actress, who plays Eleven in the sci-fi series, seemingly announced her engagement to Jon Bon Jovi's 20-year-old son, Jake Bongiovi, in an Instagram post on April 11.Flashing a giant diamond sparkler and captioning the post with Taylor Swift lyrics, Brown looked smitten in her beach photo shoot.

Amanda Holden will join a group of celebrity coaches mentoring a new choir ahead of their performance in front of the King and Queen Consort at the Coronation Concert.

MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has confirmed the real reason behind his decision to quit another of his popular BBC shows ahead of the much-anticipated return of the cooking competition. The TV presenter appeared on the latest episode of The One Show on Wednesday night (April 5) alongside his co-star John Torode as they chatted about the new MasterChef series.

Dua Lipa is set to make her acting debut as part of the cast for Greta Gerwig's upcoming Barbie movie. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief C More has commissioned a second, six-episode season of ITV Studios Finland’s glossy detective drama “Helsinki Crimes” (aka “Harjunpää”). The first season of Helsinki Crimes became one of C More’s most-watched crime series to date. After its launch on Netflix last year, in regions across CEE, Benelux, Austria and the Nordics, the series was one of the top ten most-watched series, and the third most-watched in Finland.  In the new season, Chief Constable Timo Harjunpää, portrayed by Olli Rahkonen, and his murder team investigate bloody clashes between street gangs, love scams and a wave of burglaries.

Montana Brown has shared plans to be more vigilant after she discovered that an AirTag had been slipped into her bag while jetting off on holiday. Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, the pregnant Love Island star, 27, recalled the terrifying moment she emptied out her bag and found the tag.

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle HR boss Nicky Gray is exiting the Got Talent and Normal People super-indie after more than two decades.

Netflix has announced that a Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World anime is on the way.The streaming service made the announcement today (March 30).

As Taskmaster returns to our screens on Thursday night for it’s 15th series, another batch of famous faces will be hoping to outwit host Greg Davies as they take on a series of bonkers challenges set by co-host Alex Horne. Joined by Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ivo Smith, and Mae Martin, the hopeful celebrities will be put through their paces week after week in the hope of securing a coveted trophy of Greg's head at the end of the series.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International “Blue Jean” director Georgia Oakley has signed with CAA. The up-and-coming British filmmaker made her debut feature with the Venice-premiering “Blue Jean,” which bowed to wide acclaim on the Lido in September. Set in northeast England in the 1980s, the pic is centred on a closeted gym teacher (played by Rosy McEwen) who is forced to confront her sexuality after taking a gay student under her wing. The film tackles the Margaret Thatcher era’s controversial Section 28 law, which prohibited British schools and councils from “promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.” The law was passed in 1988 and stayed in place until 2003.

EXCLUSIVE: The BFI is to involve Bectu with its Skills Task Force after being slammed for the “disappointing” decision to initially exclude the union.

Former Amazon Studios Europe boss Georgia Brown is to chair the BFI’s Skills Task Force, which has been assembled to address major skills shortages in the UK film and TV sector over the next five years.

EXCLUSIVE: Arty Froushan (Carnival Row) has a major role in Marvel’s upcoming revival series on Disney+, Daredevil: Born Again, Deadline has learned. Word of Froushan’s casting comes after on-set photo of Vince D’Onofrio leaked online included a glimpse of Froushan.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent U.S.-Lebanese actor Tony Shalhoub, who played the “defective detective” on “Monk,” is set to star as former auto mogul-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn in a high-profile TV series directed by Michael Winterbottom. Ghosn is the French-Lebanese-Brazilian former CEO of automakers Nissan and Renault who in 2020 jumped bail and absconded to Beirut hidden in a music case on a private jet while on trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan. The six-part series titled “Fall of the God of Cars” is written by Winterbottom, the prolific British director of “Welcome to Sarajevo,” whose TV work comprises hit sitcom series “The Trip” and, more recently, “This is England” starring Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson.

The BBC has suspended its plan to shutter the BBC Singers choir after a public outcry over the decision.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The BBC has reversed a controversial decision to disband its professional choir, the BBC Singers. The corporation confirmed on Friday that it’s “suspending” the proposal to close the group, and that the BBC Singers will also appear in this summer’s annual classical concert series, the BBC Proms. In a statement, the BBC said it has “received approaches from a number of organizations offering alternative funding models for the BBC Singers. We have agreed with the Musicians’ Union that we will suspend the proposal to close the BBC Singers, while we actively explore these options. If viable, these alternative options would secure the future of the ensemble.”

receiving the lap dance from the singer during a UK date of his Under The Influence Tour.The TikTok video which has gone viral, seen by almost 22 million people, shows the woman sitting on a chair while Brown, 33, performs a lap dance to his hit song Take You Down.Her distraught boyfriend Dash shared the footage along with the description: “POV: Buying my girlfriend front row tickets to see Chris Brown … I want my £500 [$615 USD] and my girlfriend back.”In a more recent update he revealed he had broken up with his girlfriend over the encounter.“Just to update everyone regarding the Chris Brown concert, I’m no longer with my girlfriend,” he explained in text overlay added to the video, which shows an image of himself at the concert.He added that his girlfriend “doesn’t think what she did was wrong”.Social media users were divided on whether Dash’s girlfriend had crossed a line.One thought it was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” but others supported his decision to break up with her.“I would leave the concert and wouldn’t even tell her,” one said harshly.Another said “deep down” the woman would know it wasn’t right.“Had it been the other way around …” the person added.

Legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi stopped by to watch British tennis player, Cameron Norrie (#12 in the world!), on the practice courts at the Hard Rock Stadium during the Miami Open tournament on Wednesday (March 22) in Miami Gardens, Fla.