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Fans of the short-lived MTV comedy Faking It will be treated to a reunion, marking five years since the series finale. The special program will celebrate the show’s impactful LGBTQIA+ representation with the help of its panel made up of Carter Covington, Rita Volk, Katie Stevens, Michael Willett, Yvette Monreal, and Sophia Ali. Partnering with Showtime, the event will also feature a conversation spotlighting ZIWE, an upcoming late-night variety show starring the Brooklyn-based writer and...

Share They are joined by Patsy Ferran (Black Narcissus), Harry Michell (Yesterday), Laurie Kynaston (The Trouble with Maggie Cole) Joshua Hill (Small Axe) and Maria Laird (Derry Girls).  The series is being directed by BAFTA award-winning director John Crowley (Brooklyn, Boy A).   Main character: Jojo Rabbits Thomasin McKenzie (pictured), 20, will take on the lead role of Ursula, while Sian, 39, will play her mother Sylvie The story will follow Ursula as she is born one night in 1910, but di...

Fleabags Sian Clifford leads line-up for BBCs Life After Life Connie Rusk For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Fleabags Sian Clifford and Downton Abbeys Jessica Brown Findlay lead the stellar line-up for the new BBC drama, Life After Life.  Filming has now begun on the adaptation of Kate Atkinsons critically-acclaimed novel, which follows heroine Ursula Todd having alternative possible lives.  Jojo Rabbits Thomasin McKenzie, 20, will take on the lead role...

The Trouble with Maggie Cole), Small Axes Joshua Hill and Derry Girls star Maria Laird have also joined Jojo Rabbits Thomasin McKenzie in the BBC series. McKenzies character Ursula Todd is born in 1910 but dies before she can even draw her first breath. However, Ursulas story is just beginning as shes reborn numerous times to live new lives. Sian Clifford Getty Images Ursula is desperate to stay alive as she endures two world wars and even an encounter with Hitler, with a secret driving her...

Posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 by Hoai-Tran Bui The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will compete in the Drama Series category at this year’s Emmy Awards, moving it away from its expected place in Limited Series, where it would be matched up against  WandaVision. It’s a deliberate move from Marvel Studios, which says that they had planned to submit the Disney+ action series in Drama early on. IndieWire reports that Marvel Studios plans to submit  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as a D...

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Line of Duty star Nigel Boyle reveals special scene as Buckells faces AC-12 Moseley-born Nigel Boyle plays Detective Inspector Ian Buckells and says Line of Duty and Peaky Blinders have put Birmingham back on the map 19:00, 18 APR 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newsletters...

7:00 AM Most people measure a year with a calendar, but for movie and music buffs, a year is defined by its films and albums. With the COVID-19 pandemic creating a ripple effect of delays in the entertainment industry, the Grammys and the Academy Awards were pushed back to March and April, respectively. Time makes less and less sense during quarantine, so now seems as good a time as any to celebrate some of our favorites that flew under the radar in 2020.   Movies:  First Co...

The BBC’s head of creative diversity made a valid point about Idris Elba’s Luther. That’s not how it was reported, says film and TV writer Ellen E Jones

What is there to say about the claim that John Luther, the police officer protagonist of the BBC TV series  Luther, “lacks authenticity” as a black character? Miranda Wayland, the corporation’s diversity lead, has sparked controversy after saying that the character, played by Idris Elba, was not an authentic black protagonist because “he doesn’t eat any Caribbean food” and doesn’t have any black friends. Its a strange point. If "authenticity" is the issue, then it is not clea...