#No Brad, No Angelina, No Lady Gaga: Stars Snub Venice Film Festival Press, Drawing Protest

#No Brad, No Angelina, No Lady Gaga: Stars Snub Venice Film Festival Press, Drawing Protest

This year’s Venice Film Festival is the most star-studded in recent memory. The list of A-listers heading to the Lido’s red carpet — Brad Pitt and George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Jenna Ortega, Daniel Craig, Joachim Phoenix and Lady Gaga — boggles the mind. But the international film journalists attending this year’s festival…

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#Louis Theroux-Produced Series ‘Boybands Forever’ With Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams Set for BBC

#Louis Theroux-Produced Series ‘Boybands Forever’ With Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams Set for BBC

BBC Two will air a new series on the boyband mania of the 1990s and 2000s featuring interviews with Take That‘s Robbie Williams, Westlife’s Brian McFadden, and music mogul Simon Cowell. Boybands Forever, a three-episode series, will air later in 2024. Produced by Mindhouse Productions (Louis Theroux Interviews, Lockerbie) and from producer-husband-and-wife pair Louis Theroux…

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#Ex-Soccer Star David Beckham to Speak at Royal Television Society’s London Convention

#Ex-Soccer Star David Beckham to Speak at Royal Television Society’s London Convention

Former soccer star David Beckham has joined the lineup of industry leaders speaking at the Royal Television Society‘s (RTS) London Convention this year. On Sept. 17, Beckham will be joined in conversation by Jane Featherstone, co-founder and chief creative officer of content company Sister. The ex-sportsman, who is married to Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, captured…

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#Sky Content Team Rejig Expands Remit of Meghan Lyvers as Scripted Head, Caroline Cooper as COO

#Sky Content Team Rejig Expands Remit of Meghan Lyvers as Scripted Head, Caroline Cooper as COO

Comcast-owned European media and telecommunications giant Sky recently all of its non-sports content teams in the U.K. and Ireland under one leadership structure, led by Cécile Frot-Coutaz as she expanded her role from CEO of Sky Studios by adding the chief content officer title. In late July, BBC Studios said that its BBC Studios Productions arm has named…

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