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Robin Roberts has made clear how much she enjoys being part of the ABC family, and took to social media to pay tribute to some of the lesser-known members of her team.MORE: Robin Roberts asks for reassurance in emotional message following partner Amber's cancer diagnosisThe Good Morning America star shared pictures of a few members from the backstage crew who make the show all the more seamless for everyone involved.WATCH: GMA's Michael Strahan reacts to Robin Roberts' nicknameAlong with their shots, shown as a sneak-peek at an upcoming special in time for National Employee Appreciation Day on 4 March, Robin wrote: "National Employee Appreciation Day is this Friday but we couldn't wait to celebrate our crew behind the scenes. "Their hard work makes it a joy to say those three magical words to America each morning.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Aidan Euan’s not entirely sure if it reads on camera — spoiler: it does — that, when dressing Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez on “Euphoria,” he gave her a modern-but-nostalgic Mexican American stamp from the homes of his youth, the first being in Yucatán and the second in SoCal.When designing the iconic outfits Maddy wears to strut down the hallways of East Highland High (or the occasional hospital wing) like it’s a runway or to bang on bathroom doors at parties, Euan tried to take the Y2K zeitgeist from his diasporic childhood and drape it on her — with a couple of Swarovski crystals to serve as the glittery cherry-on-top.“The mood boards that I created to get to those ideas come from her character and who she is in my head,” Euan says. “Maddy is a mix of a lot of the telenovela and Latina stars of the early 2000s, like the girls of ‘Rebelde,’ Thalía and Sonia Chavarría (Marlene Favela) from ‘Rubí,’ as well as the U.S.

Sam and Billie Faiers have revealed that they were left red faced after being rejected from entering a swanky eatery in London's Mayfair.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“End of an era” is a term that’s thrown around a lot in this business, but this time it’s more than appropriate: Curt King is exiting Universal Studio Group at the end of March, marking the end of a more than 25 year career in various positions at the Peacock (the company, not the streamer).King has most recently served as head of corporate communications and marketing at Universal Studio Group, the shingle that comprises Universal Television, UCP (aka Universal Content Productions, formerly Universal Cable Productions), Universal TV Alternative Studio and Universal International Studios. King plans to take some time off before revealing what’s coming next.King began his NBCUniversal tour at NBC Entertainment, where he oversaw primetime series publicity, before shifting to head Universal Television publicity and marketing.

Jamie Lee Curtisis saying goodbye to the beloved character with the release of .“It’s very emotional,” Curtis tells ET. “I said a farewell to a group of people that I've made three movies with.

Glee star Darren Criss has revealed that his brother Charles has passed away aged 36 from suicide.Taking to his Instagram account on Wednesday morning, the heartbroken actor, 35, shared a series of snaps of his late brother and penned an emotional tribute to him. "It breaks my heart beyond measure to say that my beloved brother Charles has left us," Darren, who played Blaine Anderson in the Fox musical series, began.

Bring Me The Horizon have won Best Band From The UK Supported by Pizza Express at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The Sheffield band were up against CHVRCHES, Glass Animals, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for the title.While collecting the award on stage from Ivorian Doll and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes said: “We didn’t think we were gonna win owt, so I don’t know what to say!He added: “Our first album got two out of 10 in NME, so… follow your dreams!”Bring Me The Horizon are also up for two other categories tonight at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: Best Band In The World and Best Live Act Supported by Grolsch.BMTH are also expected to close out the ceremony with a multi-song set, which follows on from their memorable outing at the NME Awards in 2016 when they smashed through Coldplay’s table during their performance.Speaking to NME earlier about their return to the Awards, frontman Oli Sykes said: “To be honest we’re surprised we’ve even been asked back at all! What a huge honour it is to be asked to close the prestigious NME Awards show, we’re literally buzzing.”Taking place now (March 2) at the O2 Academy Brixton and co-hosted by Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr, the BandLab NME Awards 2022 opened with a performance by Sam Fender and also saw joint performances by Griff and Sigrid, and CHVRCHES and Robert Smith.Check back for the latest news, interviews, winners and more from the BandLab NME Awards 2022.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaKeith Redmon is out after nearly two decades at Anonymous Content, Variety has learned. The manager and producer was a prominent figure at the company, where he was a partner and produced “The Revenant,” a 2015 survival drama that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and grossed $533 million at the global box office.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Marsh King’s Daughter” has rounded out its cast with Brookylnn Prince, Gil Birmingham, and Caren Pistorius joining the ensemble of the psychological thriller. They will appear alongside the previously announced Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn in the big-screen adaptation of Karen Dionne’s best-selling novel of the same name.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaYellow Veil Pictures is launching a new North American distribution arm and has secured its first release in Frida Kempff’s “Knocking.” The announcement comes in advance of the Cannes market this month and marks an important step forward in the evolution oof the sales outfit, which has carved out a niche for itself in the arthouse genre sector. Now it will move into self-distributing its movies.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHaving recently tackled the world of haute couture in “Halston,” Ewan McGregor is going to break out his climbing gear to scale the heights in “Everest.”The high-altitude adventure comes courtesy of Doug Liman, the exacting action auteur behind “The Bourne Identity” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” and will star McGregor as George Mallory, an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. This is, of course, not to be confused with 2015’s “Everest,” a re-telling of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died while attempting to descend from the summit.Here’s the official logline: “1921.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaConcord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide stock and amateur stage licensing rights to Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ “Six.” The musical is a slyly modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII, with a twist that their stories of death, divorce, beheading, and survival are presented as a pop concert. The female cast is backed by an all-female band, the “Ladies in Waiting.” “We are so excited to have Concord licensing our show and enabling people all over the world to take the mic, use their voice, and claim their crown,” said Marlow and Moss.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaA new musical will serve as both a sequel to one of the greatest children’s stories of all time, as well as a prequel to another iconic fantasy adventure. “Alice in Neverland” brings together two beloved characters, the title character from Lewis Carrol’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and the boy who never grew up at the center of J.M.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIt was an unusual pitch.Amber Sealey, the director of “No Man of God,” couldn’t shake the feeling that Luke Kirby, best known for playing Lenny Bruce on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” was the perfect person to embody a very different historical figure: None other than Ted Bundy, one of the most infamous serial killers and a man responsible for the murder of more than 20 people.“I’m sure you can imagine the delight that I took in being told that I should play this role,” says Kirby with a laugh.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJoe Berlinger is accusing Amber Sealey, the filmmaker behind “No Man of God,” a new film about Ted Bundy, of taking unnecessary potshots at the two films he previously made about the serial killer in an effort to generate attention for her movie.The indie director, whose credits include both the Netflix docu-series “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” and the drama film “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” which starred Zac Efron as the murderer, fired off a trenchant email to Sealey on the day that her film is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.“Forgive the unsolicited advice, but after reading some of your interviews about your Bundy movie, I feel compelled to tell

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Flag Day,” a new drama from Sean Penn, has sold North American rights to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer weeks before it is scheduled to have its global debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was directed by Penn, with the Oscar-winner starring alongside his daughter, Dylan Penn.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRose Byrne will star in “They Are Us,” a new drama about the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks on New Zealand’s Muslim community that will be written and directed by Andrew Niccol. FilmNation Entertainment, the company behind “Late Night” and “Arrival,” will unveil the project to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market with CAA Media Finance submitting it to domestic and worldwide distributors.Byrne will play New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaScreen Media has promoted Seth Needle to executive vice president, global acquisitions and co-productions. Needle, who has been with Screen Media for a decade, will continue to report to David Fannon, president of Screen Media and executive vice president of distribution at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.Needle oversees all acquisition efforts at Screen Media, including finding domestic new releases and foreign sales.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCAA has signed filmmaker Karen Cinorre, who made her debut with the action fantasy film “May.”The film, which Cinorre also wrote and produced, was recently acquired by Magnolia Pictures. The indie studio recently announced that it plans to release “Mayday” this fall.“Mayday” premiered in the U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Zac Efron survival thriller “Gold” has sold to Screen Media following a competitive bidding situation that saw several studios and distributors circling the project. The film co-stars Anthony Hayes who co-wrote the script in addition to directing the picture.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFresh off of upending the media landscape with their deal to combine WarnerMedia and Discovery, Discovery chief David Zaslav and AT&T head John Stankey will touch down in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference.They will be joined at the annual confab of power brokers and media barons by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, fresh off his $8.5 billion deal to purchase Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and will hit the resort at a time when most insiders believe that Hollywood and Silicon Valley are in the midst of an unprecedented period of consolidation.If more mergers and acquisitions are on the horizon, they may be hatched at Sun Valley, which in the past has been the locus of such