Amazon Acquires C&W Legend Merle Haggard Biopic Package; Sam Rockwell Circling & Robin Bissell Directing Script He’ll Write With Theresa Haggard

EXCLUSIVE: The UK government is “monitoring what further action is needed” to help commercial insurers return to market and provide commercially viable rates when the £500M ($680M) Film & TV Production Restart Scheme ends on April 30.

Tributes are being paid this morning to SBTV founder and entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, who died yesterday aged just 31. 

Jamal Edwards was an extremely influential figure in the music industry having founded SBTV, a platform specifically for emerging artists, back in 2006. The star's work saw him help launch the careers of artists including Ed Sheeran and Jessie J, and he went on to pen his own book, become a director, and more. News of Jamal's passing broke on 2 February 2022, with the talented music pioneer passing away unexpectedly at the age of 31.

Gabby Allen has revealed the romantic surprise her boyfriend Brandon Myers arranged for her 30th birthday.The former Love Island star, who turned 30 on 6 February, has been busy celebrating her milestone birthday over the past couple of weeks alongside her model beau Brandon, 25. Having enjoyed several lavish date nights and outings, Brandon then presented Gabby with her final birthday surprise - a trip to Italy.

COUNTRYFILE viewers have been left devastated after Adam Henson revealed the fate of his beloved dog Peg. Adam, 56, regularly features his sheep dog on the BBC show as he goes about his farming duties.

Brenda Edwards has spoken out for first time since the passing of her son Jamal and said she is completely devastated.

For Michael Mosley, fast weight loss involves eating eggs for breakfast to help shed the pounds.

EASTENDERS star Jack Derges has revealed his fiancée Yasmin Alamiri has given birth to their second child, a son named Raffi Jack. The soap actor took to his Instagram yesterday to announce the joyous news with an adorable photo of the sleeping newborn.

A huge residential development in Hamilton has been approved by councillors this week.

In-form Giorgos Giakoumakis did his talking on and off the park after his treble downed Dundee at Parkhead on Sunday.

Loose Women stars Christine Lampard and Ruth Langsford have expressed their sorrow following the news of Jamal Edwards' death. The music entrepreneur passed away aged 31 on Sunday following a "sudden illness".MORE: Loose Women's Brenda Edwards breaks silence on devastating death of sonHis heartbroken mother, Brenda Edwards, released a statement on ITV the following day, which read: "It is with the deepest heartache that I confirm that my beautiful son Jamal Edwards passed away yesterday morning after a sudden illness. Myself, his sister Tanish and the rest of his family and friends are completely devastated.

JAMAL Edwards paid tribute to his friend Ed Sheeran in his final Instagram post two days before his death. The entrepreneur, 31, helped launch superstar Ed's career on his SB.TV YouTube channel over a decade ago, and the pair were firm friends.

ESCAPE to the Chateau's Dick Strawbridge has revealed he tried to break up with his wife Angel before they tied the knot in 2015. The pair, who shot to fame on the Channel 4 show in 2016, met 12 years ago at a party and knew there was "something special" between them.

CALL The Midwife fans were in floods of tears as TWO beloved characters were killed off in the brutal series 11 finale. Viewers were on the edge of their seats after a train crashed as it travelled from Chelmsford to Liverpool Street.

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane believes Jadon Sancho is starting to grow into his role at Old Trafford following his performance in Sunday afternoon's 4-2 win over Leeds.

Rail operator Northern has announced ALL its train services in the North West and Greater Manchester have now been cancelled.

Warzone developer Raven Software has announced that as part of the battle royale’s anti-cheat system, PC players who encounter hackers will be given a “Damage Shield” that prevents hackers from hitting them with critical damage.As detailed in a progress report for Ricochet anti-cheat, Raven Software has shared that it is looking to apply more “in-game mitigations” to prevent cheaters from ruining games while they’re in them.One of these mitigations involves a “Damage Shield”, which has finished testing and is now live on Warzone servers.As to what the Damage Shield entails, the developer explains that “when the server detects a cheater is tampering with the game in real-time, it disables the cheater’s ability to inflict damage on other players,” which essentially sounds like a God Mode.“This mitigation leaves the cheater vulnerable to real players and allows [Ricochet] to collect information about a cheater’s system,” adds the blog.The article also outlines that there is “no possibility” the game will accidentally apply a Damage Shield outside of a scenario involving a cheater, and says “we will never interfere in gunfights betweeen law-abiding community members.”Looking ahead, the Ricochet team has shared that there are further mitigations “live and in development,” and confirmed that Warzone has seen “a decline in cheat reporting” since launching some of them in the last few weeks.On some of the mitigations that have not yet been detailed, the blog teases that “you might start seeing clips of our new tricks soon, but we won’t ruin the surprise.”In other Warzone news, Season Two of Warzone launched last week and has brought NPC enemies and a Chemical Factory.

THE Larkins star Sabrina Bartlett has quit the ITV show after a disagreement on set, according to reports. A representative for Sabrina, 30, told the Mail that the actress, who plays eldest Larkin child Mariette, was leaving the show due to "scheduling clashes".

SUSANNA Reid has sent “huge love” to Loose Women star Brenda Edwards following the death of her son Jamal at the age of 31. The Good Morning Britain team paid tribute to the music mogul and entrepreneur who passed away on Sunday – leaving behind an incredible musical legacy.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: The hot movie package du jour is Scandalous! This is a drama that has Jeremy Pope — freshly minted Emmy nominee for the Netflix series Hollywood — to play Sammy Davis Jr and Janet Mock (Hollywood and Pose) to direct a drama about the interracial love affair between the entertainer and actress Kim Novak, who at the time was the top box office draw in Hollywood.Pic will be produced by Jonathan Glickman, who is producing the upcoming Aretha Franklin film Respect, and Jon Levin.

Merle Haggard in an upcoming biopic about the legendary country singer’s life.Robin Bissell – who directed Rockwell in The Best Of Enemies – will helm the project, and he will write the script with Haggard’s widow, Theresa Haggard, based on the singer’s memoir Sing Me Back Home.According to Deadline, Bissell and Haggard will produce the film together for Amazon Studios, who have grabbed the rights to the film and book.Rockwell is said to be in talks to take on the role of the country legend, and he will do his own singing of Haggard’s songs, recorded during the ‘60s when the picture is set.While Haggard enjoyed a long and successful career, the biopic will focus on his tumultuous rise from inmate who served three years at San Quentin –

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures just closed a preemptive deal for Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro’s upcoming novel, Klara and the Sun. Gabler was able to make the deal was made as bids were mobilizing from multiple parties.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Netflix on board for a third installment of The Kissing Booth, the continuing romantic adventures of Elle (Joey King), her hunky hot tempered boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi) and her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney). Vince Marcello, who adapted and directed the first two films from the novels that Beth Reekles originally self-published through Wattpad, has already finished shooting the third installment, and is in post-production on it.King, the star and exec producer, just revealed the news during a livestream fan event.