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- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Andy Harrower to Succeed Andrew Chowns at the Helm of Directors U.K.
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Andy Harrower will take up the CEO role at Directors U.K. when Andrew Chowns vacates the position next year....
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Netflix Teams With Vogue to Fete BAFTA’s New Breakthrough Brits
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Netflix was in fashion this week as it wined and dined the cream of the U.K.’s rising talent, including...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Rakuten TV Preps New AVOD Channels and Originals for 2020 (EXCLUSIVE)
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Rakuten TV has garnered 10 million views on its free on-demand service since its launch in October. The streamer’s...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Hugh Grant Says Iconic ‘Love Actually’ Dancing Scene Was ‘Absolute Hell’ (EXCLUSIVE)
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – It may be more than 15 years since “Love Actually” was released, but Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, and Richard...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Great Point Media Teams With MC Credit Partners on New Film and TV Finance Initiative
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Britain’s Great Point Media is partnering with U.S.-based institutional investor MC Credit Partners on a finance initiative to fund...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Simon Cowell Signs New Five-Year Deal With Britain’s ITV Amid ‘AGT’ Controversy
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and ITV have signed a new five-year deal amid the ongoing controversy over “America’s Got...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Universal Music Poaches BBC’s Alice Webb to Run Eagle Rock
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Alice Webb is moving from the BBC to Eagle Rock, the Universal Music U.K.-backed producer and distributor of music...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Oscar Winner Kristóf Deák Makes Debut Feature, Communist-Era ‘Captives’
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Hungarian helmer Kristóf Deák, who won an Oscar for best live-action short film for “Sing,” has made his first...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Sony Pictures Television Buys Silvergate Media, Producer of ‘Octonauts’ and ‘Hilda,’ for $195 Million (EXCLUSIVE)
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Sony Pictures Television is diving into children’s TV in a big way by buying Silvergate Media – the producer...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Barrie Keeffe, Writer of Classic British Gangster Movie ‘The Long Good Friday,’ Dies at 74
By Stewart Clarke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Screenwriter Barrie Keeffe, who penned the screenplay for the classic British gangster movie “The Long Good Friday” – which...