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EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that filmmaker Sally El Hosaini has signed with CAA.

Freida Pinto says that finding fame so young was like "being Alice in Wonderland. " The 37-year-old actress was an unknown model when she was chosen by Danny Boyle to star as Latika in his multi-Academy Award-winning drama film 'Slumdog Millionaire' and admitted she could only deal with the sudden fame by deciding that she was "chosen" for it. She said: "When you get plucked out of obscurity and get thrown into this completely new world, like an 'Alice in Wonderland' effect - you don't what you're doing there and you don't even know why you're there but you are there and you're going to make the most of it.

Rylan Clark shared a kiss with Ex On The Beach star Declan Doyle during an evening out together, following his split from his husband Dan Neal. The presenter, 33, looked to be having a blast during an outing in London, as he and Declan, 32, flirted outside a restaurant in Marylebone. The pair, who both rocked casual looks for the night in pictures obtained by The Sun, happily chatted away as people sat on picnic benches nearby.

London to preview their shows live on stage on Monday night ahead of the streaming service launching in the UK and Ireland. During the star-studded event, it was announced that the series will now be titled 1923, which, ‘will account for the end of World War 1 (1918) and the start of Prohibition (1920) both of which will be woven into the story.

John Lydon has criticised his former Sex Pistols bandmates’ new Danny Boyle-directed biopic series in a new interview.Pistol premiered on Hulu and Disney+ on May 31. It stars Anson Boon as Johnny Rotten, Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook and Christian Lees as Glen Matlock among a cast line-up that also includes Maisie Williams.

Sex Pistols‘ Steve Jones says he would be “down” for an ABBA-style hologram reunion for the punk idols.The Swedish pop heroes are currently hosting an ‘ABBA Voyage’ residency in London, where ‘ABBAtars’ perform alongside a live band. It’s expected to run for five years.Speaking on Rolling Stone’s Music Now podcast, Jones was asked about the idea of a Pistols reunion in the future, with the band having last played together in 2008.“Seeing that Abba can do it without being there, I’d be down,” Jones said in response.Listen to the podcast below.Last weekend (June 4), Sex Pistols‘ ‘God Save The Queen’ was the biggest-selling single in the UK. The 1977 hit was reissued on Friday (June 3), and hit the top spot exactly 45 years after it was notoriously denied Number One.

Peter Rice was known for turning down opportunities to take a public victory lap.The soft-spoken British executive, who was ousted on Wednesday from the top TV job at Disney, has a reputation for quietly cultivating relationships with producers and directors such as Baz Luhrmann and Danny Boyle. In the 2000s, he leveraged those ties to boost the performance of Fox Searchlight Pictures with hits such as “Moulin Rouge!” and “Slumdog Millionaire.” More often than not, Rice let the directors, producers and actors take the bows.That low-maintenance demeanor would serve Rice well in Murdoch’s empire as he became close to the family and rose in 2009 to oversee all of Fox’s entertainment networks.

William Earl After the shocking news that Peter Rice has been ousted as the head of TV content for Disney, and will be replaced by his top lieutenant, Dana Walden, media insiders are left scratching their heads and speculating about the behind-the-scenes dealmaking taking place. For the uninitiated, Variety has put together a primer on the incoming and outgoing heads of Disney television.*Bio:Born and raised in the U.K., Rice’s family was close to Rupert Murdoch’s family, which lead to a Fox film internship in 1987.

Angelique Jackson Lamorne Morris has signed with CAA for representation.Best known for starring as Winston on the hit Fox comedy “New Girl” opposite Zooey Deschanel, Morris currently leads the hybrid live-action and animated series “Woke.” The second season of the Hulu series premiered in April and followed the aftermath of Morris’ cartoonist character Keef Knight being thrust into the spotlight after standing up against the white police officer who had racially profiled and assaulted him in the series premiere. The eight new episodes explored how Keef, an apolitical artist-turned-activist, grappled with the responsibility of gaining a following.“The question for Keef this season is, what else can you do? Are you a one-trick pony?” Morris told Variety TV business writer Jennifer Maas ahead of the season’s launch.

Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock says he is relieved to not currently be in the UK due to “terrible, turgid Tories”.Matlock is currently touring as part of Blondie’s live band, and was speaking to mark 45 years of his band’s notorious anti-monarchy hit ‘God Save The Queen’ as well as Danny Boyle’s new biopic Pistol.He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “I think one of the things is that, you know, how worse off we would be if [Boris] Johnson was a president, that would be even worse.“I’m really quite pleased to be out of England at the moment, the terrible, turgid Tories have just been getting on top of me.”He added: “So to be touring, as I have been, I got asked very last minute to play with Blondie, we’ve been touring over here (in the US) and I just not long got back from Mexico, it’s been really quite refreshing to do something different and step outside and see how other people see us.”On Saturday (June 4), Sex Pistols‘ ‘God Save The Queen’ was the biggest-selling single in the UK. The 1977 hit was reissued on Friday (June 3), and hit the top spot exactly 45 years after it was notoriously denied Number One.

Yungblud has spoken about the experience of auditioning for Danny Boyle’s Pistol series, calling it “life-changing”.The musician – whose real name is Dominic Harrison – was talking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, ahead of the release of his self-titled third album on September 2.Although Harrison went up for an undisclosed part in the new Sex Pistols biopic show, he ultimately wasn’t chosen to be a part of the final cast. Despite this, he still described the experience as “life-changing”.“I loved it, but I think I was too close in likeness to [the Sex Pistols],” he told NME.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJohn Lydon — a.k.a. Johnny Rotten, lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. — has written a brief and to-the-point editorial for the U.K.’s Times that ranges from his thoughts on the royal family to his wife’s struggle with Alzheimers, from Danny Boyle’s new biopic “Pistol” (which he fought legally) and his early struggles with fame.While the London-born Lydon, who has lived in Los Angeles for decades, courted controversy in recent years with statements in support of former President Trump, the editorial finds him as direct and unsentimental as ever.Yet the most striking statements are him effectively contradicting the world-shattering statements he made in the Sex Pistols’ first two singles, which laid the template for much of punk rock’s ethos: In it, he says “anarchy is a terrible idea” (defying the group’s first single, “Anarchy in the U.K.”) and “God bless the Queen,” which reverts the withering sarcasm of the group’s second single, “God Save the Queen” (“and the fascist regime”) as Britain observes Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

Yungblud has opened up about working with Ozzy Osbourne on the video for his latest single ‘Funeral’, in which the Black Sabbath star and wife Sharon made a cameo.The Doncaster rock star was talking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, ahead of the release of his self-titled third album, which will be released in September.In between live clips, the ‘Funeral’ video featured footage of the musician – whose real name is Dominic Harrison – digging his own grave, while Osbourne watches on. During the video shoot, Harrison said he had confided in the legend about some of the hate he had received online, particularly some social media users calling him “disrespectful” for spitting beer in the crowd at his gigs.“I was speaking to him about what happened on Twitter, and he said, ‘If you want to spit beer on the audience, do it, as long as you do it with love’,” Harrison told NME.He continued to discuss Osbourne’s current condition and the advice the metal icon had given him.

Sex Pistols, saying that his tastes have long moved on from punk rock.The Sex Pistols guitarist was promoting Pistol, the Danny Boyle-directed biopic series based on his memoirs about the band, in interviews when he made the comments.He told The Telegraph: “I never really listen to the Pistols’ music anymore. I’m fucking tired of it, to be honest with you.

Johnny Rotten was right to sue to stop FX’s Pistol from going forward.

Pistol, premiering today, which explores the rise and crash of Sex Pistols—the English band who ignited a counterculture movement in 1970s London. (The show, directed by Danny Boyle, is based on the memoir from real-life Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.) “I was aware of the Sex Pistols and the punk movement’s impact at the time, but I didn’t realize how the fashion, music, and art all further triggered the movement,” Williams tells . “It was just a real scene in London, and it was like a small group of people that created that revolution.”The actor plays Jordan, née Pamela Rooke, a real-life punk pioneer from the 1970s who often styled the Sex Pistols for performances and served as muse to the designer Vivienne Westwood, another fixture of the decade.

The Queen has a long history with the Sex Pistols.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticSome of the most exciting filmmaking in “Pistol,” FX’s new Danny Boyle-directed limited series, happens onstage. In concert scenes featuring the Sex Pistols — the real-life punk pathbreakers at the center of this story — the camera toggles between performer and spectator, moving so rapidly that it seems to eliminate the distance between the two.

The lead singer of the Sex Pistols isn’t happy with the new series about the band.

This Morning viewers weren't at all surprised when Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary had to quickly apologise for John Lydon's language. The Sex Pistols singer appeared live on the ITV daytime show on Monday (May 30).

John Lydon has made it crystal clear that he’s not thrilled that the story of his one-time band, Sex Pistols, is being brought to the screen in the new Hulu series “Pistol”, airing in Canada on Disney+.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen Maisie Williams was first offered “Pistol” — the FX limited series created by Craig Pearce and directed by Danny Boyle, about punk rock band the Sex Pistols for FX — she knew little about the band or the world of 1970s counterculture London that surrounded them. But the “Game of Thrones” star was instantly drawn to the role of Jordan (aka Pamela Rooke), whose provocative makeup and fashion made her a model and muse for Vivienne Westwood — and helped to catalyze the punk movement.

Maisie Williams and Iris Law bring punk glamour to the global premiere of ‘Pistol’ at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Monday (May 23) in London, England.

John Lydon to “attack” his Sex Pistols biopic series Pistol, saying that he wouldn’t expect the singer to “change the habit of a lifetime”.The director made allusions in a new interview to the former Sex Pistols frontman’s outspoken nature. Lydon, who was known as Johnny Rotten in the legendary punk band, has criticised the forthcoming biopic on several occasions since its inception.Among those is the time that Lydon called the series a “middle class fantasy” that is “rewriting history” and “would be funny if it wasn’t tragic”.On another occasion he claimed that the production was green-lit without his consent, saying that it’s the “most disrespectful shit I’ve ever had to endure”.

Roger Moore was 'petrified' drunk Hollywood star would drop a babyLink'Don't hit him, Sean!' James Bond star was 'begged' not to attack starLinkBoyle added: "But the passageway to it (Bond's death) was obviously very different. "The director duly made a high-profile exit, to be replaced by Cary Fukunaga. It also affected his creative team and some of the actors who had been hired specifically for his plot and Russia-based finale and who were subsequently let go.

Did you know that Pistol co-stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Talulah Riley are a couple in real life?

As if we weren’t excited enough to watch Danny Boyle’s TV series about the Sex Pistols, Maisie Williams has shared some pretty iconic behind-the-scenes pictures to tide us over while we wait. The 24-year-old looks worlds away from her Game of Thrones Arya Stark image as she’s starring as a punk icon Pamela Rooke – aka Jordan – in the Disney+ drama series, based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol. In one selfie, she appears to be bleaching her facial hair after already dying her brunette locks to bright blonde, while in another she’s posing with a blue up-do.

Daniel Craig‘s era of James Bond is over and while “No Time To Die” certainly entertained folks, there are still questions about what director Danny Boyle (“Trainspotting“) would have done with the final outing. Boyle was originally hired to direct and developed the script with screenwriter John Hodge, however, the two eventually left the Bond pic over “creative differences” with franchise producers and Boyle ended up making “Yesterday” instead.