Ken Loach, A Trade Unionist Of 60 Years, Ousted From Bectu Role Amid Simmering Internal Tensions At Britain’s Film & TV Union

A Calvin Klein ad featuring FKA Twigs has been banned across the pond after the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority concluded it portrays the singer as a “stereotypical sexual object.” The poster, which came out in April, shows the 36-year-old wearing a denim shirt that only covers one-half of her body, leaving the side of her butt and some of her other breast exposed. FKA Twigs strategically holds her hand in front of her breast so that her nipple is covered.

Josie Gibson is set to reunite with Holly Willoughby as she's reportedly landed a role on Dancing On Ice. Holly, who quit This Morning earlier this year, will be returning to TV to host the ice dancing competition, where she will be joined by pal Stephen Mulhern. Stephen has joind the show after Holly's former co-host, on both This Morning and Dancing On Ice, Phillip Schofield resigned from ITV completely after confessing to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a much younger male colleague.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Just after Spaniard J.A. Bayona’s Oscar-shortlisted “Society of the Snow” opened on Netflix to a massive 55.8 million hours watched over Jan. 4-7 – the second best bow ever in watching time for a non-English Netflix movie – ICEX Spain Trade & Investment, the country’s powerful export and inward investment board, has unveiled a new deal with Parrot Analytics.

Kendall Jenner kicked off the New Year in Barbados, alongside her closest friends. This week, Jenner shared some photos of her vacation, sharing with the world some of her favorite moments spent on the stunning island.

Justine Triet gave an emotional thank you to her cast and said that with Anatomy Of A Fall she’d tried to show how truly hard it is to capture truth.

The traffic congestion experienced by Golden Globes attendees Sunday made clear that while here may not appear to not be as much security onsite as in the recent past, things are actually much more buttoned down that usual.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Want to know which international features vying for Oscar gold are worth watching? Variety‘s team of critics has been on the ground at Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and other major film festivals, on the hunt for the best of the best. In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences unveiled its shortlist of 15 films eligible for the second round of voting in the Best International Feature Film category.

Alex Ritman David Tennant is set to host the BAFTA Film Awards for the first time. The actor — best known for playing Doctor Who — will oversee proceedings during the U.K.’s biggest night for film on Feb. 18 at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Award-winning producer Ellen Kent returns to Manchester Opera House this spring with the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv presenting stunning classical productions of Verdi’s La Traviata, Bizet’s Carmen, and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

The BBC‘s latest Agatha Christie adaptation concluded last night neck-and-neck in the ratings with ITV‘s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? from over the Easter Weekend.

Kendall Jenner hasn’t been taking the breakup with Bad Bunny well!

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has sat with presidents, he’s marched with Jesse Jackson and he’s been arrested in peaceful protests for voting rights and higher wages, but his recent experience at the AMC Fire Tower 12 was new to him.

The famous 'test card' girl from the BBC, Carole Hersee, is now unrecognisable after avoiding the spotlight for 40 years. We all remember the iconic 'test card' featuring a young girl playing noughts and crosses with a puppet clown named Bubbles.This image, known as Test Card F, J, W and X, was often shown when there were no live programmes on-air. The girl in the photo was Carole Hersee, who was just 8 years old when the picture was taken.This image became one of the most recognised worldwide, making Carole the person with the longest screen time in British TV history.

As Vera fans prepare to bid farewell to fan favourite Kenny Doughty, 47, who plays DS Aiden Healy on the show this Christmas, fans will no doubt be cherishing every minute the popular character remains on screen. Working closely with Brenda Blethyn, 76, who plays the main character Vera on the show, the two formed a strong friendship and even formed a bubble during lockdown.

It’s been an eventful 2023 for international TV and film. As the strikes shut down Hollywood and streamers retrenched from the mega-spends of the Covid era, shows and movies from far and wide came were already in demand like never before, as viewers look to new countries for inspiration. Call it the Squid Game effect, or whatever you want, but neither subtitles nor geographical boundaries are an impediment to content getting seen any more. Here, we run down each Deadline International journalist’s top pick from the year, for the most part avoiding spoilers (there are some though, so this is a fair warning). You’ll find big-ticket U.S. fare, Japanese anime, restaurant TV dramas and Australian newsroom stories among our eclectic selections.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) has joined two-time Oscar nominee Steve Coogan in feature drama The Penguin Lessons, which recently wrapped in Spain.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle think the future has never looked brighter for them!

British Airways (BA) has U-turned on its decision to remove a sitcom about the British Jewish community from its inflight entertainment package in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War.

Following the announcement of a guilty verdict in his domestic violence trial this afternoon, Marvel Studios has fired actor Jonathan Majors. Majors was convicted on December 18 of two misdemeanor counts of reckless harassment and assault of Grace Jabbari, his ex-girlfriend.

Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny began making headlines worldwide, sources close to the stars confirm they are no longer in a relationship. According to People, the Puerto Rican global sensation and the model called it quits after Bad Bunny’s SNL hosting gig in October.