James May admits Top Gear ‘overstepped the mark’ with ‘inappropriate’ on-screen antics

Manori Ravindran International EditorExplorer and TV personality Bear Grylls is telling his coming-of-age story in an animated movie produced with Bron Studios.“Endangered” will chart the story of how the former British soldier set out on a path to become an adventurer. It will follow an ordinary teenage boy who finds himself “plunged into a world of action, exploration and danger” as the newest recruit of a covert, kids-only emergency rescue organization: the Secret Ops Squad.In the film, an animated 14-year-old Grylls finding his feet among a five-strong team of intrepid teens.

Manori Ravindran International EditorReese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has launched an unscripted unit in the U.K.The Candle Media-backed studio has appointed former Channel 4 head of features and formats Sarah Lazenby to lead the division as executive VP of unscripted U.K. She will report into Hello Sunshine’s head of unscripted Sara Rea, who joined the studio following the acquisition of her company SKR Productions.As part of the expansion, Hello Sunshine Unscripted U.K.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Red Hot Chili Peppers will receive the prestigious Global Icon Award and perform live at the 2022 MTV VMAs, which air Sunday, August 28 at 8. p.m.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube Shorts has pulled out a new weapon in its battle against short-form video juggernaut TikTok: watermarks.Going forward, the video giant will add a watermark icon to YouTube Shorts videos that creators download to share elsewhere, like on TikTok and Instagram Reels. That way, if a video that originated on YouTube Shorts goes viral on another platform, viewers will see a visual indicator of that.“If you’re a creator who downloads your Shorts from YouTube Studio to share across other platforms, you’ll now find a watermark added to your downloaded content,” the Google-owned video platform said in an Aug.

Naman Ramachandran Debt-laden exhibition giant Cineworld is filing for bankruptcy after admitting to low admissions, according to reports. The company, which owns Regal Cinemas in the U.S., has hired lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and consultants from AlixPartners to advise on the bankruptcy process, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Naman Ramachandran Luke Seraphin has been appointed to the newly created role of head of inclusion, content and Sky Studios, reporting into Sky managing director of content Zai Bennett and Sky Studios CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz.Seraphin will be responsible for the creation and delivery of all diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility initiatives across Sky originals, including development, production and commissioning. They will work closely with Claudia Osei-Nsafoah, Sky’s group director of people, talent, diversity and inclusion, and her team of diversity and inclusion experts.Seraphin has worked at Sky since 2020 as head of drama and factual PR and had previous stints at Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Channel 4 and ITV.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorViva Kids has acquired North American distribution rights to the Sky Original animated adventure “The Amazing Maurice,” set to be released stateside and only in theaters on Jan. 13, 2023.

Thania Garcia For Shazam’s 20th birthday, the music discovery app compiled a list of its most searched artists and songs and found that Drake holds the title as the top artist with 350 million Shazams. Across the songs he has led or featured on, Drake’s “One Dance” is his most sought-after track at over 17 million Shazams.Shazam launched the first version of their tool back in August of 2002 when they experimented with a text message service based in the UK.

Not a good week of press for Brad Pitt, thanks to a couple very different lawsuits!

Cineworld, the globe’s second-largest exhibitor and owner of Regal Cinemas, is preparing to file for bankruptcy within weeks, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.

The likelihood of a Pact/Bectu deal over scripted crew working conditions has just dipped dramatically with UK trade body Pact publishing new recommended term and conditions for when the deal with Bectu elapses on September 1.

The CNN Originals hub debuted on Discovery+ on Friday, as the new home for the news channel’s streaming library following the abrupt closure of CNN+.

Gemma Owen has made sure to introduce Luca Bish to the other man in her life - and we don't mean her dad Michael Owen. The Love Island star appears to have taken her new man home to her family's £4m Chester mansion after a whirlwind couple of weeks since leaving the villa.

Rishi Sunak has accused Andy Burnham of 'failing' to get a grip on crime in Greater Manchester - and has pledged to give councillors greater powers to hold mayors to account if he wins the race to Number 10. The comments come as Mr Sunak, who is trailing rival Liz Truss in the polls, heads to Manchester for a Tory hustings event on Friday.

OUR Man in Italy fans are convinced they saw something ghostly in James May’s travel show.  Former Top Gear presenter James May hosts the Amazon Prime Video travel show, which has seen him travel across Japan and Italy so far.  In Our Man in Italy, which premiered last week, James May, 59, visited the archaeological ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in 79AD by the volcano Mount Vesuvius.  However, one eagle-eyed viewer was quick to point out that something wasn’t quite right with James’s visit.  The viewer posted a clip from episode three on TikTok, showing a transparent figure moving around in the background behind the presenter.  They captioned the video: “Just been watching James May’s new program Our Man in Italy on Amazon Prime and spotted this in the background.” The viewer also added the hashtags #ghostsighting, #unexplained and #walkingdead. Before long, other Our Man in Italy fans also noticed the strange goings on behind the presenter.  “That looked like a ghost moving up the hill in the tree line,” one said.

Amazon Prime viewers have been left spooked after catching a glimpse of a 'ghost' walking out of a mass grave in James May's new documentary. The clip taken from James May: Our Man In Italy shows May standing in the destroyed ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was wiped out in 79AD when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted.

“We just realised our youngest Felicity's passport runs out tomorrow, so now we're a bit unsure we are going at all.“I am keeping everything crossed. I really want to take them away.“We've already started preparing the children to go.

Express.co.uk, James discussed whether or not he spoke to his former co-hosts Richard Hammond or Jeremy Clarkson while filming for Our Man In Italy. He jokingly explained that he didn’t speak to them and was pleased to not have them there. James said: “No, I didn't phone them up, I was pleased not to have them [here] to be honest.“When I am making a TV show by myself, I can just keep going, it's great until the crew tell me to shut up.”The programme was thrown into doubt last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. James and his crew were supposed to be filming the series in America, but were unable to due to the restrictions. He said: “We were supposed to be [filming in] the USA and I actually announced it on Twitter and various other places.“Then about two days later we realised we couldn't do it.The problem was COVID-19 restrictions.“But Italy didn't [have restrictions] and it wasn't completely sprung on us because we always have several ideas lined up and partly, it was in our back pocket as a possible [country] for the future.“So, we haven't blown America out of the water, we just didn't do it at that time.”Speaking about the future of the series, and whether filming in America could be next as a location, James continued: “Well, it would be nice to do another one, and that all depends on how well this one is received."America is still very much on the list.So, we have a lot of ideas for America already sorted out.”

Jeremy Clarkson has angered Twitter critics further by doubling down on his remarks about the heatwave currently sweeping through England, France and other countries. Despite facing backlash for his dismissive comments yesterday, he has continued to insist that “all is well”, as he enjoyed a cold beer in France. Jeremy, 62, was blasted on Twitter yesterday after controversially weighing in on the extremely hot weather that could see Britain reach temperatures as high as 40 degrees celsius.The Clarkson’s Farm presenter angered Twitter users when he mockingly compared British concerns about the heat to the attitude from the public in France. Last night, Jeremy pushed it further, writing: “Really hot in France this evening. “But I’ve had a beer and all is well,” he added.The UK is facing its biggest heatwave of the summer so far, with London being tipped to become even hotter than places like Morocco today and yesterday. People took to the comments section once more to share their thoughts on Jeremy’s take of the situation.Some were not impressed, with Christopher Ashton writing: “There are people struggling in the heat, remember that.“20 years ago I was on dialysis.

Top Gear trio, James embarked on the new project by himself as he set out to explore Italy.However, fans have since taken to Twitter to express their disbelief after spotting a “ghost” walking in some of the latest episode’s frames.Meanwhile, James tried to find a rational explanation to the seemingly paranormal appearances as he thanked fans for their concern.He tweeted: “My thanks to everyone who has pointed out the ‘ghost’ in ep3 of my new Italy series.“Nobody saw it at the time, so it’s either a real ghost or (more likely but also more boring) just a bit of digital file corruption.”Twitter user Fastandqurious said: “@MrJamesMay @primevideouk In episode 3 of our man in Italy at 35 mins 51 seconds you can see a faded man walking from the left side of the screen to the right side slowly disappearing as he walks.“Did we just see a ghost on tv? Or was it some editing problem?”Caddelle_artist told James: “Digital corruption. Hmmm not a chance.“Maybe if you were recording in analogue.

James May, 59, has revealed that he is “worried” after having built his new home with partner Sarah Frater. While the former Top Gear star isn’t married, he and Sarah have been together for the past two decades.James has shared that he and Sarah recently built themselves a new house, after years of living in what he described as “places on the way”.However, now that he has found a more permanent home, the motor enthusiast admitted he did have a few fears.“I'm living in a house that feels like a destination, and it's slightly disturbing,” he explained.“I'm just worried I'll end up thinking, right, I've done all that now.“I had a good crack at it and was very fortunate and now I'll - and I can't stand this expression - 'enjoy the rest of my life'.“Because I don't think I will.