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Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has expanded the roles of four executives in its youth and entertainment team, reporting to Kerry Taylor, executive vice president of youth and entertainment brands.Kelly Bradshaw, vice president and brand lead for MTV UK, Northern and Eastern Europe, will become vice president of brand and content strategy, VCNI youth and entertainment.Craig Orr, formerly vice president of commissioning and development for MTV International, has the new title of vice president, content and development, VCNI youth and entertainment.Kate Sils, who oversees digital for Nickelodeon International, will add oversight of the youth and entertainment brands to her remit as the vice president

Peter White Television EditorMark and Jay Duplass, creators of HBO’s Room 104 and Netflix’s Wild Wild Country, are the latest creatives to sign up to Spotify to create original podcasts.The pair, who also created HBO’s Togetherness and produced Netflix’s Evil Genius, have struck a first-look development deal via their Duplass Brothers Productions (DBP) banner. They will produce both scripted and unscripted podcast series.They are in good company, joining the likes of Barack and Michelle Obama, who recently unveiled The Michelle Obama Podcast as their first Spotify original podcast via their Higher Ground Productions, as well as Joe Rogan.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorNetflix has announced The Witcher: Blood Origin, a limited series from The Witcher universe.Blood Origin will be a six part, live-action limited series, and a prequel to the streamer’s series The Witcher. Set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of The Witcher, the show will chart the origins of the very first Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one.The series is slated to shoot in the UK, though cast and a specific date has not been revealed.Declan de Barra will act as executive producer and showrunner and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will act as executive producer.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticGoogle employees will work from home at least until next July due to the coronavirus pandemic, a decision that makes the search engine company the first major U.S. corporation to commit to the year-long stay-at-home plan.According to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal, Google’s plan affects nearly all of the company’s 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google parent Alphabet Inc.

Ciara is a new mom after giving birth to her second son, Win.The 24-year-old Goodies singer and her husband, Russell Wilson, announced the new arrival via Instagram on Friday (July 24, 2020).“Happy Birthday WIN!!! Mommy & Daddy Love You! Win Harrison Wilson 7.23.2020 8lbs 1 oz,” Wilson captioned a photo of the beaming couple, with little Win napping on mum’s chest.Ciara shared the same message beneath a shot of herself scowling at the camera from her hospital bed, while holding baby Win and wearing a face mask.The new mom has also posted a video taken moments after Win’s birth, during which she sings Happy Birthday to the newborn.The baby is Ciara’s third child – she has a six-year-old son, named Future, from her romance with rapper Future,

THE cast of The Only Way Is Essex have returned to filming today, with temperature checks, social distancing and hand sanitiser all required on set. Filming for the hit ITVbe show was previously put on hold due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix announced “The Witcher: Blood Origin,” a limited series set in “The Witcher” universe, which will tell the backstory of the Elven civilization before its fall — and reveal the lost history of the very first Witcher.“Blood Origin,” to be shot in the U.K., will be a six part, live-action limited series, and a prequel to Netflix’s hit series “The Witcher.” No casting details were announced.Set in an Elven world — 1200 years before the world of “The Witcher” — “Blood Origin” will tell a story lost to time and the events that lead to the pivotal “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one, according to Netflix.Declan de Barra (above left) will act as

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor is set to collaborate with rappers Tech N9Ne and Kid Bookie on one of his upcoming solo tracks, it’s been revealed.It comes after Taylor revealed that the first taste of his new solo music will arrive later this week, confirming its Wednesday (July 29) release in a Twitter post over the weekend.A new Spotify listing has now revealed that he’ll experiment with the two rappers on the upcoming track ‘CMFT Must Be Stopped’, which will seemingly see Taylor heading in a hip-hop direction.The collab is set to arrive on Wednesday alongside a track called ‘Black Eyes Blue’.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s star is on the rise, but he’s staying true to his roots.

Meghan Markle closed down her popular public Instagram and Twitter pages before marrying Prince Harry as part of her assimilation into the Royal Family. However a new book claims Harry himself has maintained secret Instagram and Facebook accounts for years.

A couple have been banned by a supermarket chain after they went shopping in face masks adorned with giant swastikas.

Eullenia was originally intended as a feature film, but was expanded to a six-part TV series when creator/director Paul Spurrier realised he’d created a character too captivating to restrict to 90 minutes.

Graham Fletcher-Cook's widow is fighting the BBC for £800,000 compensation, claiming he was poisoned by asbestos dust while filming BBC shows as a child.

TV Life magazine, Tina shared her excitement for her daughter’s future and that the 11-year-old has even been going to auditions already. She said: ‘She’s brilliant and she’s getting better and better. I’m really excited for when she’s older.‘I would be happy for her to do whatever she wants.

Amanda Kloots’ 13-month-old son Elvis’ first words proved that the little one still recognizes his late dad, Nick Cordero.“Elvis said his first words today!! Listen closely!” the former Broadway dancer, 38, captioned a Sunday, July 26, Instagram video. “He pointed at Nick in our new picture light and said, ‘Right there.’ He hasn’t seen Nick since March 30th.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify pacted with Mark and Jay Duplass for the brothers’ first crack at podcasts.Under the development deal, the indie filmmakers, producers and actors will create exclusive original programming for Spotify — both scripted and unscripted podcast series — under their Duplass Brothers Productions banner.Details of specific projects they have cooking for Spotify are under wraps right now. The Duplass Brothers are the brains behind offbeat movies and TV shows including HBO’s “Room 104” and “Togetherness” and Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country.”“We are incredibly excited to partner with Spotify for our first foray into podcasting,” Mark and Jay Duplass said in a statement.

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen became stars in their own right at a young age thanks to their joint role as the adorable and inquisitive Michelle Tanner on Full House. But after the ABC sitcom came to an end in 1995, the twins’ fame reached new heights as they worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.In their beloved teen movies, which were released between 1992 and 2004, the Olsens starred alongside the likes of Kirstie Alley, Eugene Levy, Megan Fox and Jerry Van Dyke, among many others.

starring in a film with) and Daniel.He admitted that he tells her details of what happened each day and how his and their boys’ lives are going.‘I speak to her every day at her grave which is about a mile and half down the road,’ he told Inquirer.net.‘I go down there quite often, so I do speak to her as if she’s here. Not that she answers me.’He continued to say that she is not the only person that he speaks to on the other side.‘I also speak to a couple of deceased actors that I knew years ago back in Ireland.

The Deadline Team (Press Association) Johnny Depp’s memory of his “disgraceful conduct” towards Amber Heard is “so severely impaired by drug use” that he may not have been aware of the extent of his “violence and terrifying behaviour,” the High Court has heard.Lawyers for The Sun newspaper said there is a “wealth of evidence” to support Heard’s allegations of domestic violence by Depp, which paints a picture of the actor as “a hopeless addict who repeatedly lost his self-control and all ability to restrain his anger.”Depp, 57, is suing the tabloid’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN) and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over a 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater”.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has opened-up about star Seth Green’s audition to voice Chris Griffin, admitting it was “off the rails”.The Austin Powers actor has voiced the role of the Griffins’ teenage son since the start of the series, and during a virtual Comic-Con panel, Green and MacFarlane recalled how he landed the part originally.“It was originally a sort of play on Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs and the original pitch was just so weird I guess everybody liked it,” Green explained.“But over the years, it’s evolved because when we started it was way more down here,” he added as he put on a low voice. “And I was just like the big, weird son who was always masturbating and drinking.

Lili Reinhart has spoken candidly about her mental health struggles and she's finally taking the chance to process her fame during the Coronavirus pandemic. The 23-year-old Riverdale star recently spoke to author Sylvester McNutt III via Instagram Live about her struggles with anxiety during the health crisis and undergoing therapy.