U.K. PSB Bosses Give Their Verdict on Future of the Industry

ITV boss Carolyn McCall will face a grilling from the UK’s influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMS) next week over the Phillip Schofield scandal.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor From Paul Lee’s perspective, the streaming boom that led Hollywood to binge on original content has evolved significantly during his half-dozen years as CEO of production company Wiip. Over the past year, the industry has been through “a moment where the streaming revolution went from a land grab to ‘This land needs to be fertile,’ ” Lee says on the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business.” Lee spent a dozen years at Disney, rising to become head of ABC Family and later head of ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios. He’s mostly kept a low profile since launching Wiip in partnership with CAA in 2016.

at the AmfAR Gala at Cannes in this pink little Givenchy number. The shocking magenta hue, the strappy black leather opera gloves, the cat eye; it's all giving Madonna meets Joan Jett in the best possible way.The dress has a very simple shape, layering a sheer magenta shift over a nude mini-dress, and ending in a short train. It has an intentionally unfinished look, which gives the impression that there was originally some sort of princess-style crinoline or overskirt that Halsey rebelliously ripped off before walking the carpet. The “Without Me” singer paired the Barbiecore-hued dress with a few distinctly punk rock details, including a pair of black leather gloves ending in a pair of long laces tied around the bicep.

The second trailer for the Barbie movie just debuted and this time, the plot is becoming more and more clear.

BBC comedy boss Jon Petrie is to spend the year identifying a “package of measures that industry, government and regulators can come together on to safeguard comedy’s future,” while calling for a comedy tax credit.

Following Phillip Schofield's departure from ITV's This Morning last week, Strictly Come Dancing bosses are said to have him in their sights for the new series. Phillip, 61, presented his last episode of the daytime show on Thursday after reports of a huge feud with his friend and co-host Holly Willoughby.

The Snuts have announced their new single ‘Gloria’, and explained to NME how the single marks a new chapter for the band and why they decided to split from their record label.The new track marks the band’s first new music since 2022’s ‘Burn The Empire’ and, as frontman Jack Cochrane told NME, marks a vital new milestone in the band’s history – as they venture away from their longtime record label and seek new ways to reconnect with the indie scene.“It’s been one of my favourite tracks that we’ve done to date,” said Cochrane of venturing outside of his comfort zone with ‘Gloria’ by harnessing a more optimistic message than he’s used to. “What I tried to do was create this classic love song – just celebrate the happy things that come in relationships, you know?”“In music nowadays, there are so many heartbreak songs, but certainly with the music that I love — the golden oldies and stuff —they’re all super pure love songs,” he added.

Coronation Street star Ryan Prescott has given his verdict on a romance between Ryan Connor and Daisy Midgeley as their joint trauma continues to bring them together.

Blur have spoken about recording their surprise new album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’.The 10-track LP, was announced earlier this week and is the band’s first since 2015’s ‘The Magic Whip‘. It was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Depeche Mode) and recorded at Studio 13 in London and Devon.Speaking in a press conference at Colchester Castle ahead of their gig at the town’s Arts Centre last night (May 19), all four members opened up about the recording process of their ninth studio album.“There were moments of utter joy,” enthused bassist Alex James. “The new song we open with [‘St Charles Square’] I just thought, ‘Oh my God, we’ve pulled it back’.

K.J. Yossman Sky boss Stephen van Rooyen said the streamers will have to adapt and change just as linear networks did a decade or so ago. Van Rooyen, who is CEO of Sky U.K. and Ireland and CCO for the Comcast owned-Sky Group, was in conversation with Sky News anchor Sophy Ridge at the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms conference on Thursday in London. When Ridge asked the media boss whether he had relaxed about the threat of streamers since the great “Netflix reset” of last year, he replied: “Actually I never really thought about it that way.” “There’s been a lot of rhetoric about traditional TV versus new TV and all that stuff, particularly over the last seven or eight years,” van Rooyen said. “But we never really thought of it that way. We’ve thought about the customer, we’ve thought about the competition, we’ve thought about how it either presents an opportunity or how it can be aggregative to the consumer experience we deliver.”

Refresh for updates…Sean Penn, asked about the current state of big wig studio chiefs and the plight of writers and directors, said today at the Black Flies presser, “The industry has been uspending the writers and directors for a long time. I fully support the situation with writers guild, of course.”

Shakira and Gisele Bundchen enjoyed a night out together, sparking questions about when their friendship began!

Shrek premiered in 2001 and launched a mega-successful franchise fronted by some of the industry’s most beloved actors.

UK broadcasters have a responsibility to combat the worst effects of pornography and AI, according to the boss of Channel 4.

K.J. Yossman Culture secretary Lucy Frazer set out her vision for the U.K.’s creative industries on Thursday morning, which included a plan to boost the creative sector’s gross added vale by £50 billion and create a million more jobs by 2030. “Our creative industries are world class,” Frazer said. “We are in the golden age of the silver screen. We rival any country in the world at sound and visual effects, and are on track to double U.K. film stage space by 2025.” Frazer, who was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms conference in London, added: “The world over, there is demand for high-end British productions not just because of our fantastic actors and our great locations, but because of our tech know-how and production skills. The imagination of our designers, our producers, our content creators, our writers and artists is spearheading growth right across our economy.”

Like the game, the teaser introduces us to a new security guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, a Chuck-E-Cheese-esque kids arcade and pizzeria with an animatronic animal band led by Freddy Fazbear. Josh Hutcherson plays Mike, the poor soul tasked with watching the pizzeria at night, not knowing that Freddy and his fellow animatronics Bonnie, Chica and Foxy have a life of their own…and a desire to kill.

So many of Hollywood’s talented young stars all got together in one room last night!

Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke believes the effort Wout Weghorst has put in at Old Trafford is enough to prove he should be signed permanently but admits his lack of goals is an issue.

The Work and Pensions Secretary has indicated that the State Pension age is not likely to be raised to 68 until the 2040s - but it is not a decision to be made by the current UK Government. Mel Stride MP said there was “no reason why you need to take the decision now” on any change, having pledged to inform voters 10 years ahead of time.

Over it. Katie Maloney thinks the Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss cheating scandal is a “dumpster fire” — but believes the twosome should consider giving their relationship a real try.