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Alex Ritman Lucy van Beek, the award-winning factual TV and film specialist, has launched her own production outfit, Tailfeather Productions. The company, whose focus will be premium specialist factual documentaries and series for streaming platforms, broadcasters and theatrical release, launches with two major commissions, “Alexander: The Making of a God” for Netflix and “Born to Be Wild” for Apple TV+.

Jaden Thompson Mohamed Al-Fayed, former owner of the British department store Harrods whose son Dodi was killed in a car crash alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, died on Wednesday. He was 94. The Fulham Football Club confirmed the death of its former owner Al-Fayed in a statement on Friday, with his successor Shahid Khan writing, “The story of Fulham cannot be told without a chapter on the positive impact of Mr.

Netflix‘s Queen Cleopatra.In the documentary, which is narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, Cleopatra is portrayed by biracial actress Adele James (Casualty).Her casting has sparked a debate in Egypt, with various figures accusing the docudrama of “blackwashing” the country’s history. One lawyer even filed a lawsuit against Netflix, claiming the project had contradicted and distorted Egyptian history in favour of promoting Afrocentrism.On Thursday (April 27), the antiquities ministry in Egypt weighed in on the debate, saying that Cleopatra had “white skin and Hellenistic characteristics”.“Bas-reliefs and statues of Queen Cleopatra are the best proof,” the ministry’s statement read (via The Independent).Queen Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, was born in 69 BC and died in 30 BC in Alexandria.

Another heatwave is on the horizon for Britain, with hot air from the Sahara set to potentially push temperatures closer to 40C.

Met Office forecasters said it is “only a matter of time” until 40C is reached with “scorchio” 36C or 37C highs forecast on Friday. But weathermen admit there is a Pharaoh chance that Friday could be even hotter as computer models predicted last week to be 35C but it was 37.8C.