Writers Guild Of Great Britain’s Sandi Toksvig Urges Streamers To End “Buy-Out Agreements” & Embrace Residual Model

Helen Mirren thinks it is “ridiculous” that writers are being told to stay in their lanes.

Libraries across Greater Manchester will be participating in Black History Month by hosting events celebrating black female pioneers who made history.

UK industry bodies Bectu and the Writers Guild of Great Britain are saluting the tentative agreement reached on Sunday by the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end the writers strike after nearly five months. They also called for a speedy resolution to the SAG-AFTRA strike. The UK industry has been hard hit by the labor unrest on the other side of the Atlantic.

Ellise Shafer The Writers Guild of Great Britain has issued a statement congratulating the WGA after a tentative agreement was reached with the AMPTP on Sunday night. In a post on the WGGB’s website on Monday morning, chair Lisa Holdsworth wrote: “In the past 146 days we’ve seen an extraordinary show of solidarity from writers and their union siblings on both sides of the Atlantic, and indeed around the world.

They were old mates and two of Salford's most notorious villains. But when the Manchester 'door wars' erupted in the early 90s 'One Punch' Paul Doyle and 'Mr Big' Paul Massey clashed in the most bloody and spectacular fashion.

Måneskin played a cover of Kendrick Lamar‘s 2017 hit ‘HUMBLE’ at their show at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night (September 21) – check it out below.The band recently kicked off their ‘RUSH!’ world tour, which will see them play shows in the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and, for the first time in their career so far, Australia.“We cannot be the last rock band… but maybe we can be the first rap band,” frontman Damiano David said to introduce the band’s rockier take on the track.Check out fan-filmed footage of the cover below:Humble (Kendrick Lamar’s cover)▪️September 21, 2023;Madison Square Garden – New York City, USA.⭐️© saritasantiago pic.twitter.com/grzeLFi1Jq— MÅNESKIN OFFICIAL FANCLUB (@ManeskinFanClub) September 22, 2023Humble (Kendrick Lamar’s cover)▪️September 21, 2023;Madison Square Garden – New York City, USA.

Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny are staying close.

A doctor who raped a woman and threatened her with scissors has been struck off. Vibhor Garg, who was living in Wigan, threatened to release a video of the attack.

Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny decided to dress the part during their elegant dinner date in New York City. The celebrity couple are going strong in their romantic relationship, and this time they elevated their looks for a special occasion, entering 4 Charles Prime Rib restaurant, and showing off their monochromatic ensembles.BAD BUNNY OPENS UP ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH KENDALL JENNER: ‘I COULDN’T TALK TO HER BEFORE’KENDALL JENNER AND BAD BUNNY SPOTTED AT THEIR GO-TO NYC RESTAURANTThe Puerto Rican singer looked dapper in a black suit paired with leather boots, completing the look with black sunglasses, a blue Yankees baseball cap, and a scarf around his head to go incognito from the paparazzi.

K.J. Yossman The president of the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), Sandi Toksvig, is set to call for changes to the way in which streamers remunerate writers. Toksvig will speak at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Liverpool, U.K.

Bad Bunny is opening up about his personal and professional life during a recent interview with Vanity Fair. The Puerto Rican singer revealed that a new album is coming, and fans can expect to listen to a new sound from him, as he explained that he is now “inspired a lot by the music of the 70s.”“I’m not sure if this is going to shape my music, generally or just one song,” he said to the publication.

Bad Bunny is opening up about his life.

Prince Harry is kicking off the 2023 Invictus Games!

Fall Out Boy and Jimmy Eat World have announced plans for a joint US tour in 2024.The former shared a teaser video in which they contemplate who they should take with them on the second leg of their ‘So Much For (Tour) Dust’ tour before they eventually settle on Jimmy Eat World. You can watch the teaser below.The ‘So Much For (2our) Dust’ tour will kick off on February 28 in Portland, with further stops planned in Seattle, Austin, Orlando, Baltimore, New York, Nashville, Milwaukee, and more, before wrapping up on April 6 in Minneapolis.

Chris O’Dowd is penning a Sky comedy-drama starringChristina Hendricks andPaddy Considine about a Hollywood production that disturbs the peace in a fictional town in Ireland.

Gogglebox star Izzi Warner said 'it's unbelievable' as she and co-star Sophie Sandiford were flooded with messages. It followed the show's triumph at the National Television Awards.

Former EastEnders actress Tanya Franks – known to millions as the soap’s Rainie Cross – may have reportedly found love with Dame Barbara Windsor’s widower, Scott Mitchell, but it’s her first ever role in a musical that’s giving her butterflies as she prepares to strip on stage. Tanya heads the cast in a new UK tour of the critically acclaimed Calendar Girls The Musical. She is playing Annie Clarke, who has just lost her husband to leukaemia and who spearheads the idea to strip off for a calendar.

Japan has selected Perfect Days, the Tokyo-based fiction feature from German filmmaker Wim Wenders, as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2024 Oscars.

Denise van Outen and Duncan James have revealed that they recorded a duet together and it's being released as a charity single. The pair had hinted at an exciting announcement yesterday on Instagram.

Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has opened up on the extent of her drug addiction for the first time and revealed she was doing “11 bags a day” before entering the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2016.The TV star, who had been hooked on drugs since she shot to fame at the age of 14, opened up to the Anything Goes with James English podcast and gave an in-depth insight into just how bad the problem was.The soap star admitted that she does “feel" for her kids, before stating: “When I went on Big Brother my kids were thinking 'oh my God how's she going to be?’ Because I went on there doing 11 grams of gear [cocaine] a day, I ain't going to lie, no one knows that.” "I was doing 11 bags of gear a day then they walked me through that f**king door and I went ...", she added: "And my son and everyone went 'oh God.'" Shortly after appearing on the Channel 4 show, Danniella relapsed and admitted that she was “dabbing cocaine” around her mouth to numb the pain of her botched dental implants. In 2021 she bravely opened up about her struggles in a candid Instagram post, which saw her vow to quit champagne and cocaine.The former EastEnders star wrote: “Ok so here goes …. HONESTY POST Ok so it’s no secret since leaving rehab I’ve slipped and slides more than I have been straight I guess.