Netflix Names Fiona Lamptey Director of U.K. Features

Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit has prompted a huge surge in the sale of chess sets, eBay has confirmed.The show, based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel of the same name, follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, played in the show by Anya Taylor-Joy.eBay has now revealed that the website saw a 273% surge in searches for chess sets over the first 10 days of the show being released on Netflix.Nouman Qureshi, Toys Category Manager at eBay UK, told Metro: “We’re seeing shoppers turn to

Natalie Oganesyan editorHarry Styles has been named Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year for his critically acclaimed second studio album “Fine Line.” The British breakout will be featured in the fourth annual Hitmakers issue, with an extensive interview alongside original photography from Parker Woods, to be released Dec. 2.

Netflix said on Tuesday that it has named Anna Mallett vp, physical production for the U.K. and local-language production across Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

Netflix or Amazon Prime accounts could help you buy a house. A string of payments for digital subscriptions and more will now be used to boost your credit score for the first time in the UK.

@NetflixUK:Sister, Sister – 6 Nov (tomorrow!)Girlfriends – 13 NovMoesha – 20 Nov pic.twitter.com/YH0P0QadHV— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) November 5, 2020 Announcing the news on Twitter, they shared snaps of the series which launched Tia and Tamera Mowry’s careers.

Paige Turley has revealed that living with boyfriend Finn Tapp during lockdown has cemented their relationship – even though she is having to house-train him like a puppy.The 23-year-old singer said cohabiting away from the limelight during the pandemic has been a blessing.And the former Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist from Fauldhouse, West Lothian, said that despite his lack of housework skills, her footballing beau is definitely “the one” and she is looking forward to tying the knot and

GLOW!). But because Netflix never reveals proper ratings, it's pretty much the only way we know whether or not a series or movie is doing well.

Netflix bosses Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos are weighing in on the recent spate of executive exits at the streaming service. After promoting former local language originals vp Bela Bajaria to global TV chief last month, the company said goodbye to three high-ranking execs: English language originals head Cindy Holland, drama exec Channing Dungey and comedy vp Jane Wiseman.

TV presenters in stitches after it got the most laughs from the list of Britain's rudest place names. Brokenwind, in Aberdeenshire, had BBC News' Christian Fraser and Katty Kay doubled over as they delved into the hilarious rundown.

In the UK? You can also stream 1917 on Amazon Prime Video this weekend.Netflix's big prestige movie of the month is The Trial of the Chicago Seven, the second movie directed by The West Wing, Steve Jobs and The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin – his first was the overly long Molly's Game. It's about the trial of seven anti-Vietnam War counterculture figures who were arrested after protesting the Democratic National Convention in 1968, and were charged by the federal government for

Katherine Ryan has spoken of her regret over writing herself into a sex scene in her Netflix series The Duchess.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/movie-review-netflixs-old-guard-2235935https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/movie-review-netflixs-enola-holmes-22761063https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/movie-review-netflixs-babysitter-killer-22723196One of its biggest flaws is the distracting British accents much of the returning Hill House cast are saddled with; Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Peter) makes a decent fist of being Scottish but Henry Thomas (Henry) and Carla Gugino’s

Sandra Bullock stops by the hair and makeup trailer while arriving on set of her new movie on Thursday morning (October 8) in Vancouver, Canada.

straight to your inbox every day, free The Premier League could be reduced to 18 teams in a radical shake-up reportedly being driven by Manchester United and Liverpool. Both clubs are said to be the driving force behind what the Telegraph report is called ‘Project Big Picture’ - a proposal to revolutionise English football.