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Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So we’re going to do the hard work for you.

Last week Nines dropped his fourth album Crop Circle 2 and it's another certified banger from one of the finest storytellers on the U.K. scene.

Can David Kushner catch up with Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding this week? After one of the closest Number 1 races in recent chart memory last week, Miracle (1) is holding on for a fourth non-consecutive week at the top of the Official Singles Chart.

Chris Pratt is opening up about his “rough run with Marvel.”

After being dethroned by Lewis Capaldi’s Wish You The Best last week, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding are a plotting a return to Number 1 with Miracle on Friday.

Videos of Ariana Grande singing on the set of the Wicked movie have leaked online and provided fans with their first listen of her Glinda vocals.

Pete Davidson’s upcoming comedy series Bupkis – check it out above.The Peacock series is described as a “heightened, fictionalised version” of the comedian’s real life, where Davidson plays himself. The Sopranos actor Edie Falco plays Davidson’s mother, while Joe Pesci stars as his grandfather.“The series combines grounded storytelling with absurd elements from the unfiltered and completely original worldview for which Pete is well known,” a synopsis reads.As shown in the trailer, there’s a huge roster of guest stars including Charlie Day, John Mulaney, Kenan Thompson and Jon Stewart.

It’s a good move. The “HBO” brand is associated with some of the worst content ever: Sopranos, The Wire, Band of Brothers, Game of Thrones, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Deadwood and Silicon Valley.Good riddance.

Green Book actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl and cocaine, the New York City medical examiner’s office has determined.

Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt are ensuring Easter is a family affair.

Jack Black is already thinking about new cast members for the “The Super Mario Bros.” sequel.

With “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” breaking box-office records in its opening weekend, star Chris Pratt — who voices Mario — reveals the vocal characterization he uses in the movie wasn’t his first choice.

Chris Pratt is opening up about the origins of his voice for Mario in the new The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Chris Pratt’s Mario voice has been a topic of discussion ever since the first trailer for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” debuted last October. Some fans claimed it wasn’t Italian enough, while others felt it was too aggressively Brooklyn. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Pratt revealed that one of his first attempts at the Mario voice got rejected by the film’s directors, Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, because it far too resembled Tony Soprano, the anti-hero mob boss played by James Gandolfini in HBO’s “The Sopranos.” “For a minute, I walked in and they were like, ‘That’s a little New Jersey. You’re doing a Tony Soprano thing,’” Pratt said. “[The voice] was a really exciting and daunting challenge. Talking to these guys, they say, ‘You wanna do the Mario movie?’ I think both [Charlie Day and I] said yes. Didn’t even ask, ‘What’s the deal? What’s the story?’ ‘Yes, I’m in.’ And then we had to really dig in and figure out…are they Italian? Are they American?”

EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming second season of HBO’s House of the Dragon will consist of eight episodes, two fewer than Season 1 of the Critics Choice Award-winning Game of Thrones prequel. It is part of a long-term plan for the show, which includes HBO mulling a green light for a third season, I have learned.

Ray Liotta‘s Facebook page has been hacked by a celebrity death hoaxer.The late Goodfellas star’s page had been spreading fake news about celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger in recent days.According to TMZ, a representative for Liotta’s team said they had been working with Facebook to resolve the problem, though after that was confirmed the page posted pornography, which has since been removed.The account appears to have been restored to normal as of today (March 27).Liotta died last May aged 67, passing away in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming the film Dangerous Waters.The actor was well known for starring in 1990’s Goodfellas, and in recent years had appeared in films such as Marriage Story, The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints Of Newark and this year’s Cocaine Bear.The latter’s director Elizabeth Banks said after Liotta’s passing: “I had a special bond with Ray Liotta. We met on a little film, The Details and he blew me away.

The Sopranos inspired season two of Yellowjackets, showrunners have claimed.Yellowjackets tells the story of a team of talented female high-school soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to warring, cannibalistic clans, while also tracking the lives they have attempted to piece back together.The series became Showtimes’ highest-viewed new series in six years, with over five million viewers weekly.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, creators of the show Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickelson discussed how normalising cannibalism, murder, and trauma is connected back to the Italian mob boss.

Caroline Manzo took to Instagram on Sunday to share a clip of her husband trying to extinguish a large house fire. The reality TV star, 61, posted a video of Albert Manzo III, 63, on the roof with a fire extinguisher in hand as he battled with the blaze.  Caroline - who recently had an unpleasant interaction with co-star Brandi Glanville - appeared to have a sense of humor about the scary ordeal, as she described finding out about the fire in the caption of the clip.

Starting on Saturday, Silicon Valley will be airing on TBS and True Blood will air on TNT in an experiment to attract new audiences with existing IP.

Annette Bening is set to headline Peacock’s upcoming limited series Apples Never Fall in her return to television nearly two decades after starring in HBO’s 2005 TV movie Mrs. Harris, which earned her an Emmy nomination. Before that, she played herself in an episode of The Sopranos.

Odele Ventimiglia, daughter of Sopranos legend John, has died at the age of 25, her family has confirmed.

Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints Of Newark) is set for a major role opposite Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio in Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s upcoming revival series on Disney+, sources tell Deadline.

Terence Winter knows a thing or two about depicting the underworld. He served as an executive producer on both The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire before Taylor Sheridan called upon him to tell a fish-out-of-water tale about New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi in Tulsa King, dropping Nov. 13 on Paramount+. Here, the veteran writer-producer talks about the drama’s beginnings, avoiding mob stereotypes, and working with Sylvester Stallone.

Sauron is an evil character featured in The Lord of the Rings books and his identity has finally been revealed in the prequel series The Rings of Power.

who also starred as Tony Soprano's neighbor and family physician Dr. Bruce Cusamano on has died.

Bob LuPone has sadly died.

Tubi continues to expand its adult animated programming, giving a green light to Breaking Bear, an adult animated comedy series from The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia director Julien Nitzberg, Creepshow producer Cartel Entertainment, and Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge’s To The Stars Media (Monsters of California).

Sopranos legend (who himself was quoting The Godfather's Michael Corleone), just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in…Refresher, though I doubt anyone with access to WiFi needs one: onstage at the Oscars after the comedian made a joke about Smith's wife, , and her alopecia-related hair loss. In the days following, in which he apologized for his “unacceptable and inexcusable” actions.

Dr. Oz can’t seem to catch a break.