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Sinners production designer Hannah Beachler said Alan Cumming’s “throwback apology” after the N-word was shouted during the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony “made the situation worse”. “I’m trying to write about what happened at the BAFTAs but I can’t find the words,” Beachler, who was nominated for the award, posted on X after the ceremony. “Situations like this are highly unlikely, but it happened three times that night, one of which was directed at me on my way to dinner after the show.” “And for the third time against a black woman. I understand and deeply understand why this is an…

Ted Sarandos dismissed Donald Trump’s social media demands for Netflix fire commissioner Susan Rice, saying the streamer’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is a business matter, not a political one. “He likes to do things on social media,” Netflix’s co-chief executive and chief content officer said on BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Monday morning, when asked by presenter Amol Rajan to respond to the president’s intervention. Sarandos added: “This is a business deal. It’s not a political deal. This deal is being managed by the U.S. Department of Justice and regulators in Europe and around the world.” The remarks…

After accepting the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut Film by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Shadow of the Father helmer Akinola Davis Jr. ended his speech by saying, “Liberate Palestine.” However, these words were removed from his speech when the ceremony was broadcast on the BBC two hours later. Towards the end of Davis Jr.’s speech during the taping of the awards ceremony, and in one of the show’s only political moments, he said, “For economic migrants, conflict migrants, people under occupation, dictatorship, persecution, and those experiencing genocide, you matter and your story matters.” is more important than ever.…

‘The Last of Us’ star Vera Ramsay, ‘Back to Life’ writer-star and directorial debut Daisy Haggard and Maya twins, Bond film star Gemma Arterton, ‘I Will Destroy Use”s Papa Essiedu; Robin Malcolm, who won the 2024 Series Mania Award for Best Actress for “After the Party,” will be featured in the All 3 Media International lineup and will be announced on Thursday for the 2026 London TV. Screening. Behind the camera crew for the new show will be “Lupin” and “Skins” co-creators George Kay and Brian Ellsley, as well as Oscar winner James Marsh. But the full power of A3…

3 minute readoverview:Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s twin children, Maximilian “Max” David Muniz and Emme Maribel Muniz, are celebrating a major milestone in their lives by turning 18 and officially taking the first step into adulthood. The teens celebrated their birthday yesterday and their mother shared a touching Instagram to mark the occasion.The pop star reflected on her earliest memories of Max and Emme’s life, along with a montage of clips showing the brothers from their childhood, childhood and teenage years.”You were born in the middle of the night during the biggest and most beautiful snowstorm New York has seen…

Kylie Jenner was clearly displeased when host Alan Cumming made a cheeky joke at the 2026 BAFTA Awards on Sunday. During the British Academy Film Awards ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Cumming slipped through the A-list audience and handed out “very British snacks”. When it came to Timothée Chalamet and Jenner, the Traitors host handed him a British pub snack scampi fries, while the makeup mogul was given a giant jammy dodger. Kylie Jenner looked visibly uncomfortable when Alan Cumming made a cheeky joke at the 2026 BAFTA Awards on Sunday. BBC Cumming asked her if she had ever…

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has a Monday deadline to submit its best and final offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramount is expected to come back with a better offer than its previous offer of $30 a share for WBD, hoping to outwit Netflix and win the deal. Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors, with Netflix’s permission, has established a seven-day period to discuss an improved offer with Paramount. The discussion period will end at 11:59 pm ET on February 23rd, after teams from both companies worked over the weekend. Paramount declined to comment on its next move. Sources told…

Japan remains one of the world’s most closed TV format markets, exporting globally successful unscripted hits while importing few foreign concepts, according to data presented by The WIT CEO Virginia Mouseler during the Fresh TV: Japan session at Mip London. Using the company’s real-time tracking database, Maurer said Japan currently ranks as the world’s seventh-largest format exporter, “on par with South Korea,” despite incorporating little international intellectual property. According to WIT’s Top Format Tool, Japan’s “Dragon’s Den” continues to rank as one of the most widely adopted unscripted formats around the world over the past year, alongside global hits such…

“Golden Swan” will have its world premiere at the 28th Thessaloniki International Airport International Competition. The documentary festival trailer has been released for the first time. The film, directed by Annette Ostro, recalls the year 1995, when her brother, Hans Christian Ostro, traveled to India in search of meaning and artistic growth. A few months later, he was kidnapped in Kashmir and taken hostage by the militant group Al-Faran. During his five weeks in captivity, he secretly wrote poems and letters to his sister. These documents, discovered in his body after his execution, became the basis for an intimate reconstruction…

The rapid rise of Korean dramas in Europe is entering a new phase, moving from streaming success to regional adaptation and co-development, executives said at a MIP London session examining the genre’s growing regional influence. Speaking on “The Rise of K-Dramas in Europe,” CJ ENM Marketing Manager Jinnie Lee said that Korean dramas are “very clearly on the rise, not only in global recognition, but also in actual regional performance, as well as strong and sustained engagement within individual markets.” In addition to Lee, the panel discussion was also attended by Diane Min, head of European sales at CJ ENM,…