Mads Mikkelsen says its on a 'rumor basis' that he will replace Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts

I was sipping a takeaway coffee in the window of my new flat when a news alert popped up on my phone. Police were “increasingly concerned” for a missing woman’s welfare and were working “round the clock” to find her.The report said her phone signal was last picked up less than two miles from where I was sitting. It was March 6 2021, and I’d just picked up the keys to my new home in south London when the Metropolitan Police raised the alarm over Sarah Everard’s disappearance.Three days earlier, at around 9.30pm, the 33-year-old daughter, sister, friend and girlfriend, was walking home from a friend’s house when police officer Wayne Couzens arrested her under the pretence she’d breached Covid rules.

Piers Morgan has hit back at wife Celia Walden after she suggested she might get a stun gun to keep him from talking over her.On Thursday (March 3), the writer took to her Instagram account to take a cheeky swipe at the former Good Morning Britain star for talking over her.The 46-year-old shared a hilarious snap of pink bejewelled self-defence weapon which claims to shoot out 950,000 volts of electricity.But the thinly veiled threat didn’t worry scare the former Britain’s Got Talent judge as he reassured his loyal legion of fans that not even that could stop him online.She captioned the snap: “Introducing the 950,000 volt ‘Stunning Gun’ being sold in LA.“Go on Piers: talk over me. Let’s see how that goes,” she teased playfully.It was at this point that dad-of-four reshared the post as he clapped back at the 46-year-old online, saying: “Hmm … it will take a much higher voltage than this to shut me up @celia.walden …"It comes after the star teased fans about his new programme on TalkTV, sharing that it is expected to be aired in the coming weeks.The journalist has been visiting Australia over the last few days to meet his new colleagues across the globe, ahead of the show’s launch on Sky News Australia.But as the star prepares to return to the silver screen once again he hinted that the show was going to go off with a bang.

Former Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole has opened up about his late co-star, Helen McCrory, describing her as a “rare gem.” The 33 year old star, who played John Shelby until series four of the show, appeared on This Morning alongside hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to discuss his new spy thriller series, The Ipcress File. As he reflected on the impressive cast list for the ITV show, which includes Tom Hollander and Lucy Boynton, he admitted he had always had the pleasure of working with “phenomenal actors and actresses” - especially Cillian Murphy and Helen McCrory on the BBC crime drama, Peaky Blinders.

J. Cole has announced the 2022 lineup of his annual Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Zack Sharf “Wheel of Fortune” had one of its most viral moments this week after three contestants failed to solve the painfully-obvious puzzle of “Another Feather in Your Cap.” One Twitter video of the group’s epic fail has earned over 3.3 million views and counting since being uploaded March 1. One of the contestants, Christopher Coleman, spoke to TMZ in the aftermath of the show’s airing to tell off the many social media trolls who are humiliating him for not solving the puzzle.“This idiom [‘Another feather in your cap,’] is something I learned when I was six or seven years old.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster ITV has signed an agreement with WarnerMedia International Television Distribution to be the exclusive free-to-air home for several programs including Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble’s comedy series “The Sex Lives of College Girls.”The first series of “The Sex Live of College Girls” will premiere on ITV Hub and ITV2 in April, with the second series to follow later on ITV’s upcoming integrated AVOD/SVOD platform ITVX.The deal also includes series of “Hart of Dixie,” “The OC,” “One Tree Hill” and the first three seasons of “Veronica Mars” being made available on ITV and ITV Hub next month, with all four seasons of American sports drama television series “All American” available in May.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRachel Brosnahan is set to star in and executive produce podcast drama series “Listening In,” in which she will play a woman whose home sound system inexplicably lets her eavesdrop on people living in her apartment building.Audio content studio QCode will finance and distribute the podcast, producing “Listening In” alongside Automatik and Brosnahan’s production banner, Scrap Paper Pictures. The eight-episode first season of the series is slated to debut this spring.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorASCAP Experience, the performing rights organizations annual conference for songwriters, composers and creators, returns virtually this month. It kicks off on Tuesday (March 8) with an International Women’s Day panel featuring three of the industry’s leading composers and songwriters.

Beginning March 14, a pass demonstrating full vaccination against Covid will no longer be required to access cinemas in France. Nor will it be obligatory for entry to theaters, bars, restaurants, amusement parks, gyms or other leisure venues. Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the upcoming changes Thursday afternoon local time.

Rachel Brosnahan is moving into scripted podcasts. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star is to lead and exec produce Listening In, an audio series for QCode.

Mark Wright has revealed that both he and his wife Michelle Keegan are temporarily living with his parents as he touched upon their family's recent baby joy.MORE: Mark Wright left embarrassed after exposing bizarre nickname for wife Michelle KeeganThe former TOWIE star, who is currently renovating his dream home in Essex, revealed how he heard the happy news that his brother Josh Wright and his wife Hollie had welcomed their son, who was one month premature.WATCH: Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan reveal their private bar at grand Essex mansion"The other night my brother Josh and his amazing wife Hollie gave birth to a son, a month early actually, quite premature but he's absolutely beautiful," he said on Heart FM.MORE: Michelle Keegan poses in rare family photo with husband MarkSEE: Michelle Keegan stuns in must-see behind-the-scenes snaps from Jess Wright's wedding"What an experience though, I don't know if you’ve been through it, been an uncle or an aunty for the first time, it's just overwhelming, quite surprising, shocking but in such a beautiful way."Of his living situation, Mark divulged: "Me and my wife actually are at my mum and dad's, we're staying there at the moment, whilst we're renovating our house."My mum was on her way to the hospital because we heard that Hollie was going into labour and me and my wife were in bed and my dad was in his bed upstairs.

Johnny Depp picked up a Polish film festival award after he was dropped from the Harry Potter franchise.

It’s only been a couple of days but the film industry is still reeling from the news that Warner Bros. is going to release “Wonder Woman 1984,” a potential billion-dollar film, in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day this Christmas.

KATIE Price's ex Tom Zanetti and Johnny Depp's ex Sophie Hermann have signed up for Celebs Go Dating, The Sun can reveal. The DJ, 31, and the Made In Chelsea beauty, 33, are both single and looking for love - and so have signed up for the 2021 series.

Johnny Depp’s fanbase is calling for the actor to return in upcoming “Pirates of the Caribbean” films.

Could Mads Mikkelsen step into the shoes of villainous Grindelwald in the third “Fantastic Beasts” movie now that Johnny Depp has withdrawn?

The long-awaited trailer for the dystopian sci-fi “Chaos Walking” has arrived.

Mads Mikkelsen is reacting to the rumor that he is taking over the role of Gellert Grindelwald from Johnny Depp in the third Fantastic Beasts movie.

Ellise Shafer editorFollowing Warner Bros.’ announcement that “Wonder Woman 1984” will release both on HBO Max and in theaters Christmas Day, AMC Entertainment CEO and President Adam Aron has stated that the chain is “fully onboard” with the release plan.“For many months, AMC has been in active and deep dialogue with Warner Brothers to figure out how best this cinematic blockbuster could be seen at AMC Theatres in these unprecedented times,” Aron wrote in a statement obtained by Variety.

Johnny Depp to return as Captain Jack Sparrow, with almost 300,000 people petitioning for his character to come back. At the time of writing, over 293,700 people had signed the petition on Change.org after it was revealed that Johnny’s role in the franchise going forward was uncertain. The follow up to 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales is in the works, with Jerry Bruckheimer confirming in May that a draft had already been started for Pirates of the Caribbean 6. Jerry told Collider at the time: ‘The one we’re developing right now, we’re not sure quite what Johnny’s role is going to be.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterPop the champagne – the Danish Film Institute is sending Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round to the 2021 International Oscar race.The pic stars Mads Mikkelsen as one of a group of high school teachers who test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. It was a Cannes label selection and screened at Toronto, going on to win awards at San Sebastian and London film fests.Another Round was selected ahead of Malou Reymann’s A Perfectly Normal Family and Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm’s Shorta by a DFI committee, which wrapped its decisive meeting just now.