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The long goodbye has begun: Fear the Walking Dead dropped a trailer for the eighth and final season of the AMC prequel.

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Biel is in talks to star alongside John Cena in Matchbox a new, live-action feature film from Apple Original Films, Skydance and Mattel Films that will be directed by Sam Hargrave. The new film is based on a screenplay by David Coggeshall and Jonathan Tropper.

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has hired Passion Distribution’s Claire Douglas as part of a rejig of its marketing and comms team that sees Andrew Dickens taking over the division.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the series finale of Fear the Walking Dead, which aired tonight on AMC.

Stacey Solomon has clapped back after it was suggested her recent fitness overhaul came with an ulterior motive. Earlier this year the Sort Your Life Out host vowed to up her gym game after dusting off her husband Joe Swash's exercise bike that he'd acquired and not used.

Naman Ramachandran Renowned actor, director, author and activist David Harewood (“Homeland”) and his producing partner Sabina Emrit Harper have launched production company Section 52 Films, with a focus on the arts, diversity and the exploration of important social issues. The company will produce TV shows, films and documentaries aiming to shed light on stories of race, identity, mental health and equality, in the wake of Harewood’s work with the BBC including “Psychosis and Me,” “Blackface” and “Why Is COVID-19 Killing People of Colour?” Section 52 Films is named after the U.K.’s Mental Health Act Section 5(2), under which Harewood was detained during his episodes of psychosis more than 30 years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Sex Education and Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is set to star as David Copperfield in a new all-star audible series executive-produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes.

A Land Rover Discovery driver was taken aback after being bombarded by "anti-car" notes - including one offering a free penis enlargement. Adam Chester, visiting a friend, parked his 4X4 near the junction of a busy residential area.

Stacey Solomon has shared the adorable moment her son became her cheerleader as she stuck to her vow of becoming a keen gym goer. Back at the start of May the Loose Women star gave fans a glimpse inside the work out room at her stunning home for the first time.

Stacey Solomon has given a glimpse into her home life with her husband Joe Swash as fans got to see her sleeping arrangements before she got stuck into her new regime. The Loose Women star documented her early wake-up call on Tuesday (May 9) after vowing to hit the gym.

Stacey Solomon has given fans a glimpse inside a room in her home fans have never seen before. The Loose Women star and her husband Joe Swash moved into their dream family abode a few years ago and have since expanded their brood with daughters Rose and Belle.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Charlotte Moore, chief content officer at the BBC, has defended the decision of screenwriter Steven Knight, best known for “Peaky Blinders,” to spice up Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” in his television adaptation, now airing on the broadcaster. Referring to an S&M scene in the show, in which a naked Mr. Pumblechook (played by Matt Berry) is seen being whipped by housewife-turned-dominatrix Mrs. Gargery (played by Hayley Squires), Moore said that Knight “believes absolutely everything [in the show] comes from what was alluded to” by Dickens in the novel. Moore, speaking Thursday to the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, added that “you have to really understanding what [Dickens] would have felt able to write about [in the Victorian era] and read between the lines.”

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Cox (Succession), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Emilio Villa-Muhammad (The Man Who Fell to Earth) are heading up the all-star cast of Audible Original title Oliver Twist, produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (1917). 

Ryan Reynolds flips the script on a lovestruck Ghost Of Christmas Present played by Will Ferrell in the upcoming holiday musical Spirited.A new trailer for the movie shows Ryan as a spiky businessman called Clint Briggs, who has been selected by the three ghosts from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as this year's project to be 'reformed.'However it turns out to be the man who helps the spirit, as Present falls for Clint's colleague played by Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer. Back and forth: Ryan Reynolds (right) flips the script on a lovestruck Ghost Of Christmas Present played by Will Ferrell (left) in the upcoming holiday musical SpiritedClint is initially skeptical when he realizes that he has been chosen as the Ebenezer Scrooge of this year's Christmas ghosts.'So out of all the people on the planet - murderers, people who do gender reveal parties - I'm the guy you're gonna haunt?' he demands.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Sam Mendes is teaming up with Audible on a series of audio drama adaptations of Charles Dickens stories.

EastEnders bosses to be cast as barmaid or stall holder in the BBC soap as it's revealed her son Bobby Brazier has bagged a role. The Big Brother legend, who died in 2009 aged 27 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer made no secret of her love for the show and in 2006 petitioned two of its stars to talk to their bosses about securing her a role. The Bermondsey born TV star, who grew up in Dickens Estate asked the soap's former cast members Kara Tointon (Dawn Swan) and James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler) to put in a good word for her after meeting them at the V Festival.

Lucy Verasamy, 41, has urged ITV viewers to “enjoy this weather” as it looks like the cold will be returning soon, according to her predictions.

Lucy Verasamy has taken to Instagram to share a new update with her 160,000 followers as she stepped out today.The 41-year-old ITV Weather star appeared in great spirits as she soaked in the sun during a walk.She uploaded two selfies reflecting her mood for the day as she explained how the weather made a “huge” difference.In the first snap, the presenter was showing just the top part of her head while walking in the shade and hiding behind her scarf.In the second picture, Lucy could be seen smiling broadly as she walked in the sun.The TV star urged her fans to follow in her footsteps and choose the sunny side of the road to enjoy the sunshine.Lucy captioned the post: “Winter in the shade, summer in the light this time of year.“Choose the sunny side of the street. HUGE difference!!”She continued: “Summed up by a quote by Charles Dickens in 1880: ‘It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.’ Great Expectations.”Lucy often uses her Instagram account to give friends and fans updates on her life as well as the weather.Last month she shared two throwback photographs of her last ski trip, which took place more than two years ago.Along with the scenic snaps, Lucy wrote a caption reminiscing about last year’s wintry conditions around this time of the year.She wrote: “A pre covid/lockdown ski trip.

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