Destin Daniel Cretton-Produced ‘Wonder Man’ Marvel Series at Disney+ Taps Andrew Guest as Head Writer

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMimi Leder has signed a multi-year overall deal with Apple, Variety has learned.Leder is currently an executive producer on the Apple drama series “The Morning Show.” She has also directed multiple episodes of the series, including the pilot. The show was renewed for a third season earlier this year, which is currently in production.

A drinker bit man's earlobe off in "self-defence" during a pub fight which he triggered after buying drinks for his victim's wife and walking off with his cigarette.

Anne Hathaway was asked a series of questions by her celebrity pals and there are a few really great q’s in the bunch!

Prince William has revealed his connection to the Big Issue magazine and shared that the positive intention to help homeless people and those with low incomes began when he was only a boy of 11 years old.The Duke of Cambridge, who celebrated his 40th birthday on Tuesday 21 June, was taught by his mum Princess Diana to really care about helping people, and he said it was her who inspired him to do it himself.The Duke was spotted selling the long-running magazine on the streets of London recently, in a surprising turn for a member of the Royal family. The dad-of-three was all smiles and eager to get stuck in as he assisted Big Issue vendor Dave Martin in the charity project.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor“The Tourist,” starring Jamie Dornan, won best series Tuesday at the Golden Nymphs Awards, handed out at the conclusion of the 61st Monte-Carlo Television Festival.The show, created and written by Harry and Jack Williams, is a British thriller with comedy moments centering on the theme of identity. It was also given the best creation prize and the BetaSeries public prize.Germany’s “Martha Liebermann,” a drama about a German-Jewish woman in Nazi-era Berlin standing up for her values while risking her life, won best TV film, and Thekla Carola Wied, who plays the titular character, won best actress.Ulrich Thomsen, the lead from Nordic crime drama “Trom” won best actor.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series at Disney+ has made three new additions to its cast, Variety has learned.Dior Goodjohn, Olivea Morton, and Charlie Bushnell have joined the series as Clarisse La Rue, Nancy Bobofit, and Luke Castellan respectively. Johnson and Bushnell will appear in recurring guest star roles, while Morton will be a guest star.

Princess Diana's concern over the "burden" son Prince William is set to face. Appearing on Tuesday morning's instalment (June 21) of Lorraine, Jennie spoke in celebration of Prince William's 40th birthday as he hits the milestone today.The presenter, 71, admitted she occasionally spoke to the late Princess about raising her two sons and revealed what Diana said to her about William's future role in the royal family.Jennie said: "I used to speak to Diana sometimes about the boys and bringing them up, and I remember one thing she said about William - she said that the burden of Kingship weighed heavily on his shoulders."Despite the worry for her eldest son, Diana "thought he was going to be alright," and believed "the country is very lucky," to have William.The Cash in the Attic host agreed with the late Princess saying: "It's a very simple sentence but I think it's true, I think we are lucky to have him."She added: "He's turned into a wonderful young man and I think he's shaping up to be a wonderful future king."Speaking about watching William grow into the man he has become today, Jennie admitted it was never easy for the dad-of-three."I watched him through those difficult troubled adolescent years and he was a troubled young man of course, with his parents marriage breaking up before his eyes," the Great British Menu narrator said.Lorraine, 62, spoke about Will's life now and believes he's "all set" thanks to his happy marriage with wife Kate Middleton, 40 and their three children - George, 8, Charlotte, 7 and 4-year-old Louis.Responding to this, Jennie admitted Diana played a huge part in shaping Will into the man he is by the places she took him when he was a child.

Mel B is set as a judge for Season 2 of Paramount+’s drag queen singing competition Queen of the Universe. She joins returning judges Michelle Visage, Vanessa Williams and Trixie Mattel, along with Graham Norton, who returns as host. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and World of Wonder, producers of the Emmy-winning RuPauls Drag Race franchise. Mel B takes over the spot held by Leona Lewis, who served as judge on the first season.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDana Delany has joined the cast of “Tulsa King” opposite Sylvester Stallone at Paramount+, Variety has learned exclusively.Stallone leads the series, with other cast members including Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, Jay Will, A.C. Peterson, and Garrett Hedlund.The show follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterTaylor Sheridan’s new “Yellowstone” prequel at Paramount+ is taking a trip back in time.It was announced Monday that the prequel series “1932” will now instead be known as “1923” and will take place in the new titular year as opposed to the former. Per the new logline, “1923” focuses on the Dutton family’s next two generations as they struggle to survive historic drought, lawlessness and prohibition, and an epidemic of cattle theft; all battled beneath the cloud of Montana’s great depression, which preceded the nation by almost a decade.

wearing myriad outfits by luxury Italian outfitter Luca Faloni, who specialises in exceptional fabrication and light-as-air linens. Prince William has adopted its fresh, breezy shirts and easy chinos for royal tours in warmer climes.In a similar vein, it’s telling that - as a younger generation of Royal - Prince William rarely wears a tie, preferring open-necked shirting instead.

Prince Andrew's alleged sex life with Virginia Giuffre have come to light –including that the Prince 'laughed during sex'.Controversial Virginia Giuffre, whom Andrew gave around £12 million to after a civil action sex abuse case was settled outside court in February this year, has claimed that he “snickered” while the pair had sex.Giuffre had accused Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was 17.The settlement was not an admission of guilt and Prince Andrew denies the allegations against him.And now she claims that the strange noises happened during her second encounter with him as a teenager– at the office of Jeffrey Epstein in New York. Speaking to author Nigel Cawthorne in his new book about the saga which has been serialised in the Daily Mail, she said: “He was being treated to sex for which someone else was paying.

Prince Charles, 73, and Prince William, 39, both reportedly stepped in to prevent Prince Andrew's return to public life at Royal Ascot and the Order of the Garter Ceremony.Andrew, 62, is understood to be enraged with his elder brother and nephew, who it is believed persuaded the Queen, 96, to stop Andrew from attending the full Order of the Garter Ceremony, which was presided over by his mother at Windsor Castle earlier this month.Instead, he was only seen at some parts of the Knights of the Garter Ceremony.Buckingham Palace reported that the Duke of York's absence from the Windsor Castle procession and Order of the Garter service was a "family decision".He did join the Queen at the formal investiture of new members of the Order of the Garter - including Tony Blair and Charles' wife the Duchess of Cornwall - and at the lunch afterwards.But his alleged bid to return to Royal duties has apparently been met with resistance from the two direct heirs to the throne, with Her Majesty supposedly telling Andrew to keep out of sight "for his own good". The Queen also missed Royal Ascot for the first time during her reign and was replaced in Saturday's Royal procession by the Duke of Kent, Andrew's eldest daughter Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

Michael Mann greeted guests via video at a retrospective screening of Heat, saying he’d tested positive for Covid so had to stay away. Producer Art Linson and stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro took the stage at the United Palace Theatre in Washington Heights without the writer/director of the iconic crime drama.

An alien researcher claims that he is living in a 'UFO hotspot' and has been abducted 'at least 60 times'.

Game of Thrones sequel series focusing on Jon Snow is officially in the works.Kit Harington is set to reprise his role as the beloved character from the HBO show, in the show which is currently in the early stages of development.No plot details have been revealed at the time of writing, but the new project suggests Snow’s fate since discovering his true name was Aegon Targaryen could be upended.HBO and Harington’s representatives declined to comment on the new project. This story will be updated accordingly.In other Game of Thrones news, Maisie Williams recently revealed she thought Arya Stark was queer until she filmed a sex scene with Joe Dempsie’s Gendry in season eight.Speaking to Teen Vogue Williams said: “The first time that I was surprised by Arya I guess was probably in the final series where she whips off her clothes and sleeps with Gendry.“I thought that Arya was queer, you know? So… yeah.

William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti don’t look exactly thrilled to have their picture taken in this first look photo from their upcoming series, The Resort.

Prince William has been "throwing his weight around" and reportedly threatened to pull out of the Order of the Garter ceremony if Prince Andrew took part.

William Earl Sony Pictures’ Crunchyroll anime streaming service has ordered a remake of the anime series “Trigun,” based on a popular manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow.“Trigun Stampede” will be produced in Japan by animation studio Orange and Toho. Details about the series are set to be unveiled July 2 during Anime Expo 2022 in downtown Los Angeles.The series is based on the popular action manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow that “follows the story of Vash the Stampede, a legendary gunman and a pacifist with a bounty on his head,” according to Crunchyroll.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEthan Hawke will star in and executive produce a limited series currently in development at Showtime, Variety has confirmed.The series is titled “The Whites” and is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Price. It begins with the idea that every detective is haunted by their White Whale, the perpetrator who got away because the justice system failed. Billy Graves (Hawke), once a rising star in his department and former member of a group of well-respected cops called the “Wild Geese,” walks away from NYPD Homicide and joins the Nightwatch division, where his cases end when he clocks out— but his past comes calling when a seemingly straightforward murder case involving a White Whale unfolds, threatening his career, enduring friendships, and family.

Coronation Street’s original stars has sadly died at the age of 94.Ernst Walder played Ivan Cheveski on the ITV cobbles, one of the original cast members alongside the likes of Ken Barlow star William Roache.He was also the boyfriend of the ITV soap’s co-creator Tony Warren in the 1960s.But today, ex-Corrie writer Daran Little confirmed that the star sadly died last December.He told Twitter followers: “Very sad to read of the passing of dearest Ernst Walder."An original C St cast member who quickly became Tony Warren's boyfriend before Tony caught him in bed with another cast member."He added: “Ernst used to send my sons chocolates every Christmas and was the loveliest man."Ernst held the role of Ivan from 1960 until 1963, and made further appearances in 1966 and 1967.His character Ivan was married to Elsie Tanner’s daughter Linda, and when it turned out Linda was pregnant the pair decided to rekindle their love after an initial separation.In 1984, it was revealed that the couple had gone their separate ways off-screen.His last appearance came in late September that year.Tributes have also been pouring in for Ernst online, with one fan writing: “Rest in Peace Ernst.” Another penned: “Sad to read of the death of Ernst Walder, he played Ivan Cheveski in Coronation Street and was one of the original characters back in 1960. “Extremely close to Pat Phoenix, he had so much charisma in those early years.