Tinie Tempah set for ANOTHER career change as he bags new BBC show Extraordinary Portraits

Wilson Chapman editorPeacock has unveiled the official trailer for its new miniseries “Joe vs. Carole,” starring John Cameron Mitchell and Kate McKinnon.Based on the Robert Moor-hosted Wondery podcast “Joe Exotic,” “Joe vs. Carole” focuses on the bitter rivalry between big cat zookeeper Joe Exotic (Mitchell) and animal sanctuary CEO Carole Baskin (McKinnon), which was immortalized in the first season of the popular Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” In addition to Mitchell and McKinnon, the miniseries also stars Kyle MacLachlan, Brian Van Holt, Sam Keeley, Nat Wolf, Marlo Kelly, William Fichtner, Dean Winters and David Wenham.The trailer depicts McKinnon and Mitchell in character, as Baskin and her husband (MacLachlan) set out to take down Exotic for his abuse of his animals and breeding of big cats for profit.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema announced a major expansion with seven new theaters including three new regions, Chicago, Birmingham, and St. Louis, and expansions in Washington, D.C. and New York City — with a kung fu-themed Staten island location opening this spring. The move also includes locations in Colorado and Texas.

Manchester’s New Century Hall, which once played host to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, will re-open as a live music venue and arts space this summer.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAlamo Drafthouse, the specialty cinema chain that’s famous for in-theater dining and a strict no-cell phone policy, is expanding its North American footprint.The Texas-based exhibition company plans to open four additional venues in new regions, including Chicago and Birmingham, as well as markets with existing Alamo Drafthouse locations, such as Grand Prairie, Texas and Glendale, Colo. It intends to welcome those venues — and previously announced in-the-works multiplexes in Staten Island, N.Y.; Crystal City, Va.; and St. Louis, Mo.

EXCLUSIVE: The Art Directors Guild has sketched out a career honor for Donna Cline. The concept artist whose credits include Bones, Chicago Med and The Big Bang Theory will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illustrators and Matte Artists at the 26th annual ADG Awards.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorMultihyphenate M. Night Shyamalan is eager to get started on his role as the Berlin Film Festival’s competition jury president.“Part of going to film festivals and seeing these movies is I’m with the very best storytellers that are telling the most different and original stories in their own way,” Shyamalan said.

here.Joseph has her first co-production credit on the new album, which was recorded with producer Lomond Campbell in a converted old school-house over the course of a week. It’s described in press material as being “a statement of abuse observed; its narrative woven with pain’s complexities, futility and stasis”.Alongside the album announcement Kathryn has shared the new single ‘What Is Keeping You Alive Makes Me Want To Kill Them For’. Watch the accompanying video below.For You Who Are The Wronged track list:01. ‘What Is Keeping You Alive Makes Me Want To Kill Them For’02. ‘The Burning Of Us All’03. ‘Only The Sound Of The Sea Would Save Them’04. ‘How Well You Are’05. ‘Until The Truth Of You’06. ‘The Harmed’07. ‘Bring To Me Your Open Wounds’08. ‘Flesh And Blood’09. ‘Of All The Broken’10. ‘For You Who Are The Wronged’11. ‘Long Gone’Joseph will head out on a UK tour this spring and autumn in support of her third album.

William Earl It’s been more than two decades since Björk’s once-maligned, now-revered Marjan Pejoski “swan dress” became the talk of the 73rd Academy Awards red carpet, and since then her way-left-of-center proclivities have become more and more commonplace. Kanye West wearing a mask while performing the seismic Yeezus Tour? Lady Gaga’s meat outfit? Katy Perry’s singing, phallic mushrooms during her Vegas residency and latest “SNL” performance? All seem directly sprung from the Icelandic singer’s performance art universe.

Sitting it out. Anna Delvey shared her feelings about the upcoming Netflix series, Inventing Anna, and she isn’t looking forward to seeing how it tells her life story.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA wave of zombies is about to descend on the still-frothy world of NFT hype.For its long-running flagship drama “The Walking Dead,” AMC Networks is taking a big swing at the ongoing mania for nonfungible tokens — with a multiyear NFT strategy aimed at keeping the undead franchise alive long after the show leaves TV.AMC has teamed with NFT creative studio startup Orange Comet, which is serving as producer and marketplace for broad array of “TWD” NFT content.The custom NFTs will be released in multiple drops, with the first taking place on Sunday, Feb. 20, at 1 p.m.

Kathryn Joseph has announced that she will release her third album – ‘For You Who Are The Wronged’ – in April.The follow-up to 2018’s ‘From When I Wake The Want Is’, the new record was written in early 2020 and features songs themed around different types of violation. She says that she hopes the album might help someone who recognises themselves in one of these songs.“Partly, it feels like the only thing I can do in terms of saying it out loud”, she explains.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has given a cast contingent pilot order to the drama “Will Trent,” Variety has learned.The project is based on Karin Slaughter’s best-selling “Will Trent” novel series. It focuses on Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI), who was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system.

EXCLUSIVE: Cut Throat City producer William Clevinger, multi-hyphenate Sidney Elle Brocious, actor Jonny Weston (Chasing Mavericks, Project Almanac), Chairman & CEO of Amalgam Jeremy Jordan Jones, Jerry Easter and Trena Cook-Easter—the parents of high school basketball prodigy Jerry Easter II—are joining forces to launch The Big Picture.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAlec Baldwin and his company El Dorado Pictures are teaming on true-crime podcast “Art Fraud,” in a co-production with iHeartRadio and Cavalry Media.Baldwin narrates the eight-episode series, which chronicles the fall of The Knoedler, among the oldest and most-revered art galleries in New York City. The producers promise never-before-heard interviews with the mastermind behind the long con.

EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin is to explore the fall of the one of the oldest, and most revered, galleries in New York City in a new true-crime podcast series.

Bill Cosby, 84, and his wife Camille Cosby, 77, have had five children during their 58-year marriage. Once affectionately dubbed America’s dad, the comedian’s reputation was tarnished after 60 women have spoken out and claimed that he sexually assaulted them, with the claims ranging from groping to rape. While many of these instances had happened too long ago for him to be convicted, he was able to be tried for sexually assaulting his former friend Andrea Constand in 2004 and was found guilty on three counts of 2018. The decision was reversed due to a legal technicality and he was freed in 2021.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editor“Free Chol Soo Lee” has been acquired by global distributor, streamer and production company MUBI.The documentary, which premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival, will come to U.S. theaters in 2022, with release plans in other territories (Latin America, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey, the U.K.

From West Side Story through Bye Bye Birdie, from Chicago to Kiss of the Spider Woman, one actor has been a constant – Chita Rivera.

Katie Price's ex-husband is furious after Channel 4 never sought his permission for their children to appear in the Mucky Mansion documentary.

EXCLUSIVE: Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, Blackadder) has signed on to star alongside Murray McArthur (Wonka, The Northman), Cameron Ashplant (Gentleman Jack), Tilly Keeper (EastEnders), Jenet Le Lacheur (Cinderella) and Brian Webster in the thriller Marooned Awakening, which is in production on the island of Guernsey.

A historic former church is set to be transformed into an art gallery, exhibition space and an artist’s studio.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.Keith Haring’s most famous pop-art designs become statement decor pieces in Ruggable’s newest collection.The lineup features a wide range of the abstract and stylized forms that Haring was known for, such as Radiant Baby and Barking Dog, embellished atop room-length chenille rugs and doormats. As a whole, the collection is an homage to the late American artist, beloved for his social activism throughout the AIDS crisis and his impact on New York City’s legendary 1980s art scene.“We’re overjoyed to launch our Ruggable x Keith Haring collection at a time when we could all use more bright, bold and lively colors and patterns in our living spaces,” Jeneva Bell, Ruggable founder and president, said in a statement. “Haring’s ability to capture the resilience and love of the communities around him in his art is admirable, and we are honored to be able to continue to spread awareness of his passions with Ruggable.” Some standout pieces include Haring’s most famous artworks in their entirety, such as the colorful Block Party in the form of a chenille rug and Holding Heart, another one of Haring’s most popular tags printed atop a doormat. Others highlight a multitude of Haring’s most recognizable patterns and figures, such as One Man Show Spice.Shop the entire Keith Haring x Ruggable collection at Ruggable.com, and check out some of the best pieces below: BUY NOW: $249 Buy It

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBoth “Black Monday” and “Work in Progress” have been canceled at Showtime.“Black Monday” aired its third season on Showtime from May to August 2021. The dark comedy series followed a group of Wall Street traders in the late 1980s into the early 1990s.

The clock is ticking.

Yara Shahidi knew about college, she learned from her role on Grown-ish. Well, sort of. The 21-year-old Harvard University senior has been on a nearly-parallel collegiate path as her character Zoey Johnson these past four seasons. But she actually started “attending” Cal U prior to hitting the halls of Harvard.  “Grown-ish was my first touchpoint with college life before I was sent off,” Shahidi revealed.

KATIE Price showed her emotional side during the first episode of her new show – as her kids showered her with praise. The 43-year-old was doing some arts and crafts with Jett, eight and Bunny, seven, in a bid to spruce up the mucky mansion.

A popular artist's work will be on show in Kilmarnock for the next two months.

Guillermo del Toro, Jane Campion and Jeymes Samuel are among the honorees for this year’s Final Draft Awards recognizing achievements in screenwriting. Also being recognized at the 17th annual awards ceremony will be Nicole Holofcener, Danny Strong, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson.

Brenda Robinson, an entertainment attorney, producer and partner at film financing and development company Gamechanger Films, has been elected the new chair of the board of directors at Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization behind the Spirit Awards.

IT'S hard to believe it's been more than a decade since the first episode of Game of Thrones aired. And Art Parkinson, who portrayed Ned Stark's youngest child Rickon in the HBO television adaption, looks very different now.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFilm editors Lillian E. Benson and Richard Chew will receive Career Achievement Awards for their outstanding contributions to film editing at the 72nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards, taking place on March 5 at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.“Lillian and Richard are rock star editors and represent the very best of our craft and profession,” said ACE president Kevin Tent.