Hulu Exec Beatrice Springborn Named President of UCP

Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan has shared stunning snaps on social media of her latest Glasgow trip as she spends time with family in the city.

The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for Covid-19.

Charlize Theron quickly nipped any romance rumours in the bud as she attended Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI with a “mystery man.”

THE Only Way Is Essex star Frankie Essex got very creative when it came to hiding her baby bump from fans. The the 34-year-old revealed she was expecting twins in the summer with boyfriend, Luke Love, 32, and managed to keep her exciting news under wraps until now.

TOWIE star Frankie Essex tried to keep her pregnancy a secret from boyfriend Luke Love, but her morning sickness gave her away. Frankie, 34, announced today she was expecting twins with her personal trainer beau and had planned to surprise him with the big news on his birthday. But she couldn't keep it under wraps thanks to her extreme nausea in her first trimester.

VIEWERS of the BBC thriller Chloe have been left raging about the plot after claiming to have "no idea" what is going on. The highly anticipated six-part series, which follows Becky and her obsession with influencer Chloe, kicked off last week - but those that have tuned in so far aren't happy. The thriller sees Becky become completely obsessed with following social media star and her estranged friend Chloe.

OUR Yorkshire Farm’s Amanda Owen has delighted fans with an exciting announcement about a new arrival at Ravenseat. Amanda, who fronts the much-loved reality show alongside her husband Clive, revealed that their majestic mare Hazel is currently in foal. Taking to Instagram, the mum-of-nine announced: "And while we’re on the subject of horsepower, hopefully, it will only be a matter of months before we hear the clippety clop of tiny hooves.

CELEBRITIES have been celebrating Valentine's Day with sweet tributes to their partners on social media. Kerry Katona, Molly-Mae Hague and Tess Daly were among the loved-up stars sharing snaps for their significant others' on Monday morning. Former Atomic Kitten star Kerry, 41, kicked off the celebrations with a sweet snap of her and her fiancé Ryan Mahoney.

VIEWERS felt their stomachs churn during last night's instalment of Countryfile. Fans of the BBC One show felt sick when host Adam Henson introduced them to a farmer whose business involved cow manure.

Families are being encouraged to make the most of February half term by visiting the Van Gogh Alive experience before it closes.

Tanya Bardsley has been flooded with supportive messages after revealing she left a part early over her sobriety.

Trigger Point viewers are doing some investigating of their own and think they've spotted a 'definite baddie'.

The campaign to save Ryebank Fields has been bubbling along in Chorlton for some time now, with many different community groups campaigning in their own way to save the fields.

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has stressed the importance of the club getting their next managerial appointment correct, insisting they must source somebody that can offer "belief" to the players.

In what could be some of the most exciting news of 2022 for fantasy fans, the world has been given its first look at the new Amazon Lord of the Rings TV series - Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal wants to add an interesting new story to Jenna Bush Hager’s “Today” book club.For nearly four years, the co-host of the 10 a.m. hour of “Today” has chosen a book each month for members of her “Read with Jenna” club to peruse and discuss.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEmmy-winning “The Crown” star Josh O’Connor will be the protagonist of Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher’s next film “La Chimera,” which is set in the world of archeological looting and is currently shooting in and around Southern Tuscany.O’Connor, who in “The Crown” played the young Prince Charles, in “La Chimera” is playing a young British archeologist named Arthur who gets involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s.Also starring in “La Chimera,” which can be loosely translated as “The Unrealizable Dream,” are Isabella Rossellini as a retired opera singer; Brazilian actor Carole Duarte (“The Invisible Life”) who plays another non-Italian woman who intersects with Arthur; Alba Rohrwacher as an international artifacts trafficker; and Vincenzo Nemolato (“Martin Eden”) who plays one of the “tombaroli,” literally grave robbers, as artifacts thieves are known in Italy. “‘La Chimera’ is the story of a young English archaeologist who gets involved in the underground world of the ‘tombaroli,’ the nocturnal raiders of Etruscan tombs,” the director said in a statement.Rohrwacher added that the film “is the final piece of a triptych on territory that I started with ‘The Wonders’ and which poses a central question: what to do with the past?” “Is the past merely a lost world, or does it intimately concern our present?,” Rohrwacher asks.“The Wonders,” which screened in Competition in 2014 at Cannes, winning the Grand Prix, was followed in 2018 by “Happy as Lazzaro” that also launched from the Croisette where it scooped the award for best screenplay.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC has acquired CNN‘s Primetime Emmy winning series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.” The six-part series follows Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.

The Batman is planning to skip his child’s birth in order to see the DC movie on its opening day.It comes after his wife took to Reddit to complain about her husband’s actions.“My (25F) husband (28M) and I are expecting a baby. As you may know, there is a new Batman movie releasing on early march.

SNK Global has denied reports of Metal Slug: Awakening coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, after a “fake” trailer was revealed.Fans of the Metal Slug series were excited when a Twitter account shared what looked like a gameplay trailer of a game based on the Metal Slug series. The Twitter account bio referred to its efforts as “restoring classics to appetite old fans and new fans”, however at time of writing it has now been removed from Twitter shortly after SNK dubbed it “fake”.“Metal Slug: Awakening was announced by an unofficial account,” reads a tweet from SNK Global’s official Twitter account, which adds that “this news is fake, so please be careful what you read online.”METAL SLUG: AWAKENING was announced by an unofficial account.

Camilla has tested positive for coronavirus, a spokesperson for Clarence House has confirmed. A spokesperson said today: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

Reality TV royalty Gemma Collins is set to expose a new and intimate side to herself in her upcoming Channel 4 documentary Gemma Collins: Self-Harm and Me. The show, which airs on Wednesday 16 February, will chart Gemma's 20-year battle with self-harm and expose a side to the The Only Way Is Essex star that the public are yet to see.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterA year and a half after being named president of business operations and chief financial officer of Walt Disney Television, Ravi Ahuja is exiting the company “to seek a new adventure,” Disney General Entertainment chairman Peter Rice.The move comes amid a greater restructuring at Disney that has seen a greater focus on streaming at the entertainment conglomerate.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThey’re Animaniacs, and they’re rebooting to the max.In the first big musical number of the long-awaited reboot to the beloved ‘90s animated series, the three deranged siblings who live in the Warner Bros. water tower — Yakko, Wakko and Dot — get caught up on the last 22 years since Steven Spielberg and Tom Ruegger’s original “Animaniacs” went off the air.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group is launching Culture Code, a diversity, equity and inclusion orientation for its staff, talent and production partners, in a bid to “construct a communal set of values, understanding and baseline cultural norms to create a more inclusive and welcoming creative community.”A slew of social justice groups have partnered with the entertainment company on this initiative: The Museum of Tolerance, Color of Change, Anti-Defamation League, The Jed Foundation, MPAC, RAINN, RespectAbility, Storyline Partners and GLAAD.“We live in an increasingly divisive world and yet as storytellers, we believe in the power of content to give the gift of empathy and understanding,” said Chris McCarthy,

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAMC Networks is laying off around 100 staffers, or 10% of its domestic employee base, according to a person familiar with the matter.The personnel reduction comes in the wake of a strategic evaluation that has turned the spotlight to the network’s biggest growth drivers — primarily, its streaming efforts.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterJust a little more than a month after officially joining NBCUniversal as the entertainment giant’s television and streaming chief, Susan Rovner has set her leadership team, a move that includes making Lisa Katz sole head of scripted content and splitting unscripted into two units.In an internal note to staff, Rovner started off by writing that she has spent the past month getting to know the organization, its employees and “watching A LOT of television.”“I accepted this role because Jeff Shell’s and Mark Lazarus’ vision for this new organization was so compelling that it became undeniable,” wrote Rovner.

Also Read: Hulu's Beatrice Springborn Named President of Universal Content ProductionsWhen Hulu first launched its Live TV offering in 2017, it cost $40. But that has become a theme for streaming TV bundles, which initially presented themselves as a cheaper and easier alternative to expensive pay-TV packages that often required customers to sign contracts.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAfter nearly a decade at NBCUniversal, NBC’s co-president of scripted programming Tracey Pakosta is leaving the company to join Netfix as its head of comedy.The longtime TV exec will oversee development and current programming at the streaming giant, including adult animation and live-action family comedies, as well as stand-up and comedy formats.“I’ve spent many hours watching as a fan, and now I am incredibly excited to join Bela and the Netflix original series team,” said Pakosta.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFollowing Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s major reorganization announcement last month, Disney continues to reshuffle the corporate pieces to better focus on its streaming business.In an internal memo to staff from Peter Rice, chairman of the recently rebranded Disney General Entertainment Content (DGE) division, he elaborated on the company’s decision to split off its content creation team from its distribution and commercialization efforts, and outlined its leadership and publicity structures.“For our team, this means we will wholly focus our resources and efforts on developing, producing and marketing exceptional content to fuel the company’s streaming and linear platforms while our colleagues at Disney Media &

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFollowing Pearlena Igbokwe’s elevation to chairman of Universal Studio Group in September, Erin Underhill has been named president of Universal Television, where the longtime NBC exec will oversee the studio’s production and look to expand its output.“Throughout her 20-plus-year career at NBCUniversal, Erin has been involved with some of our company’s most iconic shows. Her extraordinary instincts for story are unmatched and valued by her team and she has earned the unqualified respect of all our producers,” said Igbokwe.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWarner Bros. Television Group president and chief marketing officer Lisa Gregorian is leaving the studio at the end of the year, Variety has learned exclusively.“Lisa shared that she feels this is the right time for her to leave Warner Bros., her professional home for more than 30 years,” said Ann Sarnoff, chair and CEO of WarnerMedia’s studios and networks group.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterLongtime NBC exec Sahara Bushue has been tapped to head unscripted television at Westbrook Studios, the company founded by Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Miguel Melendez and Ko Yada.Bushue will be tasked with growing Westbrook Studio’s footprint in the unscripted arena by developing new series and expanding its slate of projects. She will report to Terence Carter, co-president of Westbrook Studios and head of television.“Sahara is one of those special executives in this business that understands how to help shape big, broadly appealing stories in creative and uplifting ways while also playing into an audience’s competitive nature.” said Carter.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterJust two months after leaving NBCUniversal, cable exec Chris McCumber is joining Blumhouse Television as president. Additionally, Jeremy Gold has been tapped to be the company’s president of production.“As the proliferation of streaming services and buyers is at an all-time high, we see a tremendous opportunity in bringing Chris McCumber on-board to head the company and continue to help us scale our television business,” said Jason Blum, Blumhouse’s CEO and founder.