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Australian TV Veterans Launch Lantern Pictures to Implant Creative Showrunner System Down Under

A trio of seasoned Australian television industry figures are launching a new production company, Lantern Pictures. They aim to produce a slate of independent TV content and to help implant the U.S. system of creative showrunners into the Australian scene. The announcement was made on Wednesday by prominent writer and showrunner Sarah Lambert, director Jane […]
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Australian TV Veterans Launch Lantern Pictures to Implant Creative Showrunner System Down Under

A trio of seasoned Australian television industry figures are launching a new production company, Lantern Pictures. They aim to produce a slate of independent TV content and to help implant the U.S. system of creative showrunners into the Australian scene. The announcement was made on Wednesday by prominent writer and showrunner Sarah Lambert, director Jane […]
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‘Bachelor’ Ratings: Joey’s Hometowns Mark Franchise’s Most-Watched Episode Since 2022, Excluding ‘Golden Bachelor’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Joey Graziadei’s visits to the hometowns of the women of “The Bachelor” Season 28 marked not only the most-watched episode of his season so far, but reached a larger audience than any episode of “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette” or “Bachelor in Paradise” since the finale of Clayton Echard’s season in 2022 when accounting for three […]
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‘Mamífera’ Review: Engaging, Well-Acted Spanish Drama About an Unexpected Pregnancy

SPOILER ALERT: The last two paragraphs of this review contains spoilers. “Mamífera” introduces 40-year-old Lola (Maria Rodríguez Soto) having tender sex with boyfriend Bruno (Enric Auquer), standing up in the shower. Then, sitting on their bed, they dry off together, him seated behind her, carefully using a hairdryer on her hair, and at one point […]
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Julia Fox and Law Roach to Host E!’s ‘OMG Fashun’ Competition Series (TV News Roundup)

E! Entertainment has tapped Julia Fox and Law Roach to host the new fashion design competition series “OMG Fashun,” premiering May 6 at 9 p.m. ET. The show will premiere with two half-hour episodes, with back-to-back episodes will also air in subsequent weeks. The official description for the series reads, “Handcrafted is the new haute couture […]
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‘Blow’ Actor Lola Glaudini Says Johnny Depp Berated Her on Set and Called Her a ‘F—ing Idiot’; Depp’s Rep Says He ‘Always Prioritizes Good Working Relationships’

An episode of the “Powerful Truth Angels” podcast from earlier this year has resurfaced in recent days for featuring actor Lola Glaudini recounting a story from the set of the movie “Blow,” where Johnny Depp allegedly berated her for laughing during a take. Glaudini, who was in the background of a scene in which Depp […]
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Walter Hill to Receive 2024 WGAW Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Screenwriter, director and producer Walter Hill will receive the 2024 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America West. Per the guild, the award is bestowed upon members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter.” A few of Hill’s writing and […]
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Jeffrey Wright Joins Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s ‘High and Low’

Fresh from his Oscar-nominated role in “American Fiction,” Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of “High and Low.” The re-imagining of the Akira Kurosawa classic thriller is being directed by Spike Lee and will star Denzel Washington. Lee wrote the script with Alan Fox for the English-language adaptation of the story of a wealthy man […]
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