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The Casting Society has confirmed the changes to its Board of Directors for 2022-23. Destiny Lilly is the newly elected President, while Elizabeth Berra will serve as Secretary and Steven Tylor O’Connor as Treasurer.

Jon Bernthal has inked with CAA for representation.

Looking back and laughing. Before she was a star, Maren Morris was just a teenager getting rejected at an American Idol audition — and her mother has the proof.

Maren Morris is having the last laugh at the expense of “American Idol.”

Jon Bernthal takes on the role of the “American Gigolo” in the trailer for the upcoming Showtime reboot series.

A wax figure of Boris Johnson has appeared outside a Job Centre as the Prime Minister resigned as Tory leader.

William Earl With “Better Call Saul” set to begin airing its final six episodes in just nine days, AMC has begun a round of promotions for the send-off to the series. As the show’s chronology begins to approach the events of “Breaking Bad,” viewers are preparing to see some familiar faces, including the return of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White and Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman.Beyond that iconic pair though, “Better Call Saul” is almost certainly returning to the unglamorous existence of Bob Odenkirk’s Gene Takavic, formerly known as Saul Goodman, formerly known as Jimmy McGill, who now resides in Omaha, Neb.

The West End and Broadway hit musical, Rock of Ages, is returning to Manchester next year and fans will need to be quick if they want to bag tickets.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction is underway in the lush and remote northern tip of New Zealand on “Far North,” a premium drama series for Sundance Now. The fact-based series stars local acting legend, Temuera Morrison (“Star Wars,” “Once Were Warriors”) and award-winning actress, Robyn Malcolm (“Top of the Lake”) as an everyday couple who foil an international crime ring’s largest ever deal in the Pacific.The series was researched and created and is being directed by David White (“This Town,” “Meat”).

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIan Duff has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot “Criminal Nature,” Variety has learned.The project is described as a soapy procedural set in the stunning world of America’s great outdoors. The story revolves around the tangled, messy lives of the agents who work for the Investigative Services Branch (ISB) — an elite law enforcement unit responsible for solving all serious crimes that occur in our country’s 81,000 square miles of protected land.Duff joins previously announced cast members Yasha Jackson, Michaela McManus, and Parker Young in the pilot.

Ian Duff (We Own This City) is set as a lead opposite Michaela McManus and Parker Young in Criminal Nature, ABC’s drama pilot from Rashad Raisani, 20th Television and A+E Studios.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJon Bernthal has played cops, criminals, and everything in between. But his role in the HBO limited series “We Own This City” presented a new challenge for the celebrated actor.The series is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Justin Fenton.

The Good Wife alum Josh Charles and The Worst Person In The World’s Anders Danielsen Lie have joined Mothers’ Instinct, the psychological thriller that stars Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway. The film started principal photography this month in the States, and was recently acquired by Neon for the U.S.

Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’ has become her first US Top 10 single thanks to it being used as part of the Stranger Things 4 soundtrack.Arriving on Netflix on May 27, ‘Running Up That Hill’ features in the first episode of volume one of Stranger Things 4 and subsequently in episodes involving pivotal moments with the character Max (Sadie Sink).This week, 37 years after its original release, ‘Running Up That Hill’ landed at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, marking the first time one of Bush’s singles has landed in the US Top 10 chart.The ‘Hounds Of Love’ album cut previously peaked at No.

Baltimore’s spending board has approved a $300,000 payment from the city to Kevron Evans, a local rapper who performs as Young Moose, The Baltimore Sun reports and multiple local outlets confirm independently. The decision follows Evans’ and the city’s May 10 court settlement of a year-long lawsuit in which Evans claimed a Baltimore police officer had planted crack cocaine on him during a 2012 search.

A woman sits on a bench outside Middleton Shopping Centre. Clutching a 99p McDonald’s cheeseburger, the sun momentarily breaks through the clouds as she points to a friend beside her.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWhen Jamie Hector heard the true story of the dirty cops at the heart of the new HBO limited series “We Own This City,” it wasn’t the corruption that surprised him.“What surprised me was how well-documented it was,” Hector told Variety.“We Own This City” is based on Justin Fenton’s book of the same name. It tells the true story of the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force, who routinely robbed drug dealers and citizens alike while also re-selling drugs they confiscated on the job.

Joshua Alston Scripted limited-run dramas inspired by recent, buzzy true-crime tales have recently oversaturated the market. And yet for as many as there are, notably few have drawn from what is arguably America’s most consequential (and most intractable) criminal justice phenomenon.

Jon Bernthal is sharing his thoughts on “method acting” and why that term has been abused lately in the media.

Jon Bernthal may be playing male escort Julian Kaye in the upcoming “American Gigolo” reboot but he doesn’t see himself as a sex symbol.

“Paint This Town,” Old Crow Medicine Show (ATO Records)Due to the group’s name, good-timey tempos and comically frantic vocals, Old Crow Medicine Show can be mistaken for a hee-hawing string band not to be taken seriously. All of which makes the Nashville-based group’s new album deceptive in its delights.“Paint This Town” is indeed a party starter, but there are also powerful songs about racism, drugs, the abolitionist movement, environmental degradation and the Mississippi flag.Versatile frontman Ketch Secor’s distinctive delivery fits the material, whether his approach is crazed, comedic or conscientious.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR Brandi Carlile – “Right On Time”Cody Johnson – “‘Til You Can’t” (final nominee)Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson – “Never Say Never”WINNER: Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood – “If I Didn’t Love You” (final nominee)Kacey Musgraves – “justified”Kane Brown – “One Mississippi” (final nominee)Kelsea Ballerini feat. Kenny Chesney – “half of my hometown”Luke Combs – “Forever After All”Maren Morris – “Circles Around This Town”Mickey Guyton – “Remember Her Name”Miranda Lambert – “If I Was A Cowboy”Taylor Swift feat.

A big honor! Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood‘s duet “If I Didn’t Love You” took home the top prize fro Video of the Year during the 2022 CMT Music Awards on Monday, April 11.

A big honor! Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood‘s duet “If I Didn’t Love You” took home the top prize fro Video of the Year during the 2022 CMT Music Awards on Monday, April 11.

It was a great night full of the biggest stars in country music at the 2022 CMT Music Awards!

Maren Morris is singing her marriage's praises. The «Circles Around This Town» singer spoke to ET's Rachel Smith at the 2022 CMT Music Awards red carpet Monday night where she said she feels like she hit the jackpot in her relationship with husband, Ryan Hurd.«We've had years where it's been hard, and we are still trying to find that — I think we are better now at finding the balance of home time and work time,» Morris shared of her and Hurd, who share two-year-old son, Hayes.

Power couple! Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd stole the show at the 2022 CMT Music Awards before they even took the stage.