James Corden Proves That ‘Rings of Power’ Character Promo Could Have Been Way Worse, (Video)

Manori Ravindran International Editor Landing James Bond may be the biggest acting gig in Hollywood, but 007 producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson say they still have to pitch prospective actors on the part. When Variety catches up with Britain’s most famous producers in late August, they’re busy preparing for the 60th anniversary of Bond in October. But the search for a new actor to play the world’s most famous spy is quietly rumbling on in the background. It’s still “early days,” they claim, but whomever lands the role has to be in it for the long haul. For a while, that person seemed to be Idris Elba. But the “Luther” star recently said he didn’t see Bond when he “looks in the mirror” — remarks that some have interpreted as Elba’s valediction to 007.

Lise Pedersen Leading Dutch animation studio Submarine (“They Shot the Piano Player,” “Fox and Hare,” “Where is Anne Frank”) has presented its latest TV series project based on the bestselling Max children’s books at Europe’s industry event for TV series-in-the-making in the south-eastern French city of Toulouse. A pre-school series of 52 seven-minute episodes, “Max” is a character-driven show about a small kitten with a large appetite for adventure, who sees himself as a fearless predator but is just a little ball of fluff. The series will embrace the simple, clear and colourful 2D aesthetic of award-winning British author and illustrator Ed Vere to allow the viewer to focus on the characters. 

Strictly Come Dancing could be picking up the phone in anticipation of the 2023 series after Martin Lewis broke his usual serious character on Good Morning Britain. The money-saving guru was back fronting the ITV news programme today (September 21) alongside Susanna Reid.

Lise Pedersen French director Julien Villanueva whose animation and VFX outfit Circus Studio has worked on the likes of “Lego City Adventures”, “Around the World in 80 Days” and “White Fang,” has pitched his first ever original TV series project at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse. “Dr Bob is a very simple concept,” he joked to the crowd of industry professionals gathered at the pitching forum in the southern French city. “It’s like Freud meets Kermit the Frog,” he explained about his show, a sitcom centered around Dr. Bob, a wacky psychologist who goes to extremes to make his patients happy, which often leads to radical consequences.

We may only be two episodes into this year's series of The Great British Bake Off but fans are fully invested in the new batch of bakers - and the themes. Week one started off strong with 'Cake Week' but viewers had to say a sad farewell to Will who became the first baker to be eliminated from the competition.

Tom Hardy, the star of Venom, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception and Mad Max: Fury Road, has proved his combat skills are not screen-made, with an impressive victory in a real-life martial arts competition. 

Christopher Vourlias Dubai-based sales agent Cercamon has acquired world sales rights excluding Switzerland for Laura Kaehr’s first feature documentary “Becoming Giulia,” which has its world premiere Sept. 23 in the Focus competition at the Zurich Film Festival. Produced by Point Prod, the outfit behind Elie Grappe’s Cannes Critics’ Week prize winner “Olga,” in partnership with SRG SSR, the film is an intimate and committed look at the journey of a woman who reclaims her body and herself to return to the stage. Shot over three years, “Becoming Giulia” opens with prima ballerina Giulia Tonelli returning to the main stage at the Zurich Opera House after an 11-month absence due to her first pregnancy. The film offers a sensitive portrait of an artist at the top of her craft, moving from rehearsals to opening nights to everyday life in the home, even as Tonelli juggles the competing demands of work and family. Along the way, the viewer also meets her family and collaborators, including upcoming Zurich Opera director and celebrated choreographer Cathy Marston.

when he said in part, “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.

stole his racist publicity stunt in which asylum seekers from South America were told lies and then shipped to Massachusetts, as part of a failed attempt to expose some kind of nonexistent hypocrisy over immigration by liberals. And while talking about it, Kimmel essentially tried to low key escalate the drama.“Today, by the way, I hope you know, is ‘National Voter Registration Day.’ Voting, as you know, is one of the few rights the Supreme Court hasn’t taken away from women yet. And it’s fun.

's big twist has been revealed. At the end of Tuesday night's season finale of , host Jesse Palmer introduced a brand-new promo for season 8 of that unveiled the much-discussed twist.In the preview, Jesse says that a «shocking twist divides the beach,» before telling the women of , «Ladies, go pack your bags, you’ll be leaving paradise immediately.»Newly arrived women, it's revealed, are coming in, while the ladies who were already on the beach are being forced to leave. «The girls are going to come back, and some relationships are going to make it and some are not,» one man says in the video.The departing ladies seem to realize as much, as they tearfully pack their things, before heading outside to yell, «F**k you, Jesse Palmer.»This twist has been rumored for weeks.

EastEnders star James Bye has admitted that his children think he's a "rubbish" dancer and that they "don't really care" that he's on Strictly Come Dancing. The actor, 38, who plays Martin Fowler on the BBC One soap, joked that he's hoping he can get his kids to turn off PAW Patrol and watch him on Strictly instead.

Sharing her story. A new promo for season 2 of The Kardashians gives a first look at Khloé Kardashian confirming baby No. 2 with ex Tristan Thompson — and it’s bound to be an emotional ride for the reality star.

A complicated relationship. Anne Heche’s former partner James Tupper claimed that the late actress, who died with no will, left him her estate.

As Reggie Jackson said, it’s that time of year when “they change the baseball to a golf ball, the game gets faster, speeds up, the mound closer, the walls close in, lights get brighter, the lamps hotter.”And so it was that Knoxville brought his son on to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to show the world what he has.“Johnny, we have spared no expense to create this uhh, this baseball-type situation in our alley, here,” Kimmel said during the segment for Monday night’s show. As Kimmel explained, Knoxville’s son Rocco joined the show to pitch to his father in a makeshift batting cage behind the Hollywood studio of Kimmel’s show.

Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band starred alongside Gandolfini in The Sopranos as Silvio Dante. The pair remained friends until Gandolfini’s death in 2013, aged 51.Van Zandt posted a photo to Twitter on Sunday (September 18), along with the caption: “Happy Birthday Jimmy.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor David Alan Grier is joining the cast of ABC’s “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration.” The Tony winner will play Cogsworth in the star-studded production, according to sources. Previously announced cast members include Oscar winner H.E.R. as Belle, Josh Groban as Beast and Joshua Henry as Gaston. Rita Moreno will serve as the show’s narrator in the live-action/animated hybrid production. The special, to be directed by Hamish Hamilton, will be recorded live and feature never-before-seen musical performances. Jamal Sims is serving as executive producer and choreographer. Set design is by Julio Himede with costumes by Marina Toybina (“The Masked Singer”).

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is making the Halloween season a little bit spookier by suggesting fentanyl might make its way to young trick-or-treaters — a concern she says “every mom in the country” shares. “Just last month, 2,000 pounds of fentanyl came across our border, that could kill 500 million people,” McDaniel said Tuesday on Fox News in an interview you can watch at the top of this post.

It’s the reality show that’s had us gripped every night as we watch newlywed strangers navigating their way through the incredible ups and explosive downs of married life. But Married At First Sight UK’s dating expert Paul C Brunson has told us that he’s had to have extra therapy sessions to cope with the intensity of the show.

daughter disappeared from the resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) arguing that Portuguese authorities had breached their right to a private and family life and also their right to be presumed innocent. But in a ruling handed down on Tuesday the court in Strasbourg rejected the couple's arguments, finding that there was extensive publicity around the claims before Mr Amaral published them in his book. Judgment McCann and Healy v.

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Drama is still brewing with the Don’t Worry Darling cast as Florence Pugh skipped out on ANOTHER event — and this time her co-star Chris Pine followed suit!

Rab Affleck returned to the Ayrshire coast last month to film the latest music video by Irvine band Culann.

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Emily Longeretta The world of “Chicago P.D.” will look a bit different midway through Season 10 as Jesse Lee Soffer will say goodbye. While viewers are disappointed about the actor, who has portrayed Jay Halstead since the series’ debut, leaving the show, showrunner Gwen Sigan is focused on writing the big shift. “We’re all very sad about it. Jesse’s meant so much to this show, and you couldn’t ask for more professional and kind person to work with. So we’re all going to be so devastated,” she told Variety ahead of Wednesday’s premiere. “I think it just what he brings to the show just as a person and then his character on top of it — you’re looking at a character that has meant a lot to Voight and is married to Hailey. There’s so many things that, story wise, are going to be very interesting to write into. So it’s been emotional for sure.”

This Friday, electro-pop duo Magdalena Bay will drop off Mercurial World Deluxe, an expanded edition of their great 2021 album. The deluxe was first teased with “All You Do,” an orchestral soft-rock number released in August with a hook fit for a Bond film. The latest cut, “Unconditional,” takes the opposite tack: funky, fluorescent mall-pop for the future is the vibe on the new track.

Adam Levine has denied claims made by an Instagram model that he had a "year long’ affair".The allegations were made by Sumner Stroh just days after it was announced the Maroon 5 singer was expecting his third child with his wife Behati Prinsloo.23 year old model Sumner Stroh made the allegations on Monday night as she posted a short video on TikTok that detailed her connection to the popular singer.The glamorous brunette, who currently resides in Los Angeles, shared a series of screenshots of messages that she claims are from Adam, which outline their flirty exchanges together. Taking to Instagram, Adam released a statement reading: "A lot is being said about me right now and I want to clear the air. "I used poor judgment in speaking with anyone other than my wife in ANY kind of flirtatious manner,” he said.

Big Joanie have shared an animated video for their new single ‘Confident Man’, taken from their upcoming second album ‘Back Home‘.The Black feminist punk rockers veer into synth territory for the third single from their new album, which is released on November 4, and have accompanied the release with a vibrant video made by Rachel Amy Winton.In the clip, Big Joanie’s family photos appear alongside archive footage of the Caribbean in the ’50s, images of the ackee fruit tree, and live footage shot at Third Man Records London.Guitarist Stephanie Philips said about the making of ‘Confident Man’: “This song came from a rare Big Joanie jam session when we were messing about with the synths in Margo’s [Broom – producer] studio. The song was inspired by Jia Tolentino’s book Trick Mirror and an essay in it about scam culture and how everyone’s obsessed with con men and their stories.“As the impact of capitalist culture becomes harder to avoid, it feels like many people would rather give in and admire those who work within the system and become the epitome of privileged, confident, white male arrogance.