Mob Drama Series From Brian Grazer, Terence Winter & Nicholas Pileggi In the Works At Showtime

The 72nd Berlin Film Festival kicks off in physical form today with M. Night Shyamalan leading the main competition jury. Also notable among panelists is Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi whose Drive My Car this week became the first Japanese movie ever nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Hamaguchi was actually on a plane heading to Berlin when the nominations were announced, and only learned of the results upon landing.

It has been six years since Britain’s first female-only prison stopped housing inmates.Holloway Prison opened in 1852 but later became an all-female institution at the start of the 20th century.And the eerie jail gained notoriety after hosting five female executions - including the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955.Many suffragettes - including Emmeline Pankhurst - were also hauled to Holloway after defying the law in pursuit of their right to vote.Some went on hunger strike and were even force-fed - making the prison symbolic for women’s struggle for liberation.And it was Europe's largest female prison and could house 500 inmates before closing in 2016.

Valentine's Day shopping has left you overwhelmed there's one gift that is always sure to bring a smile to someone's face.Fresh flowers are usually a good way to go for the most romantic day of the year, because beautiful blooms to say 'I Love You' always work wonders for someone special.So you've decided on a beautiful bouquet for the special day?Luckily for customers, money-saving website TopCashback has launched a fabulous deal anyone wanting to send a Bloom & Wild bouquet can save up £10 on their online order.The deal is available to new customers only and orders will need to be made through the cashback site, all you have to do is to sign up for a free TopCashback account first. Once you find the Bloom & Wild £10 cashback on £10+ spend deal, click through to the flower delivery website to place your order.

urban explorer which has been abandoned since the millionaire owner died over a decade ago.The grand home was once owned by an eccentric millionaire called Jean-Charles, who earned his fortune by creating a famous dancing restaurant.But sadly since his death, all of his worldly possessions have been left to collect dust in his home in Isere, France which has been dubbed the 'Baron Castle of the Night'.He had multiple statues and throne-style chairs alongside bulky wooden furniture which took up the majority of space in the rooms.One room even features a pool table covered in clutter with the balls still laid out from the last game.There are black and white pictures of his loved ones still out, shelves stacked with books and a hoard of teddy bears taking up space on green armchairs. The French photographer behind the Urbex Peripitie Facebook page, Jérémy Marionwrote: "I present to you the old castle of Jean-Charles, a millionaire who made a fortune by creating a very famous dancing restaurant in a great city."He died a long time ago and now he leaves a legacy that is hidden, hidden from all at the bottom of the Isere." Fans of the YouTuber's page flooded the comments with admiration for the home which they found 'quirky.'One commenter said: "Such wonderful chateaux but such a shame to be left empty, to rot!"Another wrote: "Where is the family of the owner? People of this kind of wealth should have wills.

Holly Willoughby has accused Rochelle Humes of ruining the This Morning set by staining the sofa.Holly, 41, and Phillip Schofield, 59, tried to work out who left a pen stain on their famous blue couch and went through a list of presenters who they believed could possibly be the culprit.Phil said he did notice the mark on the chair yesterday when he presented alongside singer Rochelle but didn't have enough time to point it out.However, Holly who is celebrating her birthday today seemed certain that Rochelle was the person who left the distinctive mark on the chair.This is a live TV story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest TV updates.TV & Showbiz reporters are working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar, or follow us on Instagram @dailystar to get the latest TV and celeb gossip 24 hours a day.Or like our Daily Star Showbiz Facebook page to get the day's biggest stories, and have your say on them.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star showbiz newsletters?You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.Download the Daily Star app for flash alerts on the biggest stories of the day, so you don't miss out.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star news bulletins? You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.

Reddit sleuths appear to have finally been stumped by a location on Google Maps that appears to show a “random container on a random island” - and it was spotted literally in the middle of nowhere.Forum user NewArt7197 found the strange discovery on an island called Wrangel Island, in between the area where the East Siberian and Chukchi seas meet.Its nearest landmass is off the coast of the Leningradsky district in Krasnodar, Russia.But the container pictured on the island appears to have been opened with its contents left streamed all over the ground around it.Speculative guesses ranged from an “abandoned soviet station” to “some kind of nature research station”.The island is actually a highly protected nature reserve, and one user – boston_nsca – explained that the container could have linked to that.They wrote: “I'm assuming it's storage and a shelter for research.“It's also the last place woolly mammoths were known to exist so I wouldn't be surprised at all if that's what it is.”The island was said to have prehistoric humans living on it after evidence was uncovered in 1975 at the Chertov Ovrag dig site.What do you think the strange discovery could be? Let us know in the comments below!Stone and ivory tools, as well as a toggling harpoon, were found, and it has been suggested that humans lived there until its population of mammoths died out in the year 2000 BC.It was first discovered by modern humans in 1764 when Cossack Sergeant Stepan Andreyev named it Tikegen Land, but it was renamed in around 1824 when Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel read the Seargeant's report and attempted to find it himself – he did not, but it was named after him anyway.In 2014, Russia's Navy said it would make a base on the island, which was

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: OZY Media has assembled a programming slate under the first-look production agreement it struck with A+E Networks in January.Under the pact, OZY has set up The Science of Dating (wt), a dating show to be produced by A+E Networks’ Six West Media, which is in development at Lifetime, along with two scripted movie projects, also for Lifetime. Additionally, OZY has a one-hour presidential campaign special, The Contenders, which has been ordered by History, and is working on several other documentaries exploring societal transformation topics.​The Science of Dating (wt) aims to reveal the “science” behind finding true love.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVOne of the biggest reality series of the past decade is coming back. Chip and Joanna Gaines are reviving their hugely popular HGTV series Fixer Upper for a new season on a new network.The Fixer Upper reboot will air exclusively on Magnolia Network, Discovery’s joint venture with the Gaineses, and will premiere at the network’s launch, currently eyed for early 2021.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: In one of the largest orders ever, Lifetime has picked up six new seasons — Seasons 12-17 —  of its flagship reality series Married at First Sight.Additionally, Lifetime has greenlighted a new spinoff series, Married at First Sight: Unmatchables with an eight-episode order and has given a blind commitment to another series from the Married at First Sight franchise producer, Kinetic Content. Along with the recent pickup of 16 additional episodes from new offshoot Married at First Sight: Couples Cam, this brings the total order to Kinetic Content to almost 400 hours.

The Sopranos and Goodfellas are coming together to create a new mafia drama series.The show, which will be produced by Showtime and Imagine Television Studios, will be created by The Sopranos producer Terence Winter, Goodfellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi and Empire‘s Brian Grazer, according to Deadline.The untitled series is inspired by Pileggi’s in-depth chronology of organised crime in America as seen through the eyes of the mafia’s First Family.Pileggi, who started his career as a journalist, is best known for writing Wiseguy: Life In a Mafia Family and Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, which were adapted into the Martin Scorsese films Goodfellas and Casino. He co-wrote the scripts for the movies with Scorsese.

A couple of high-profile veteran writers in the mafia genre are set to dive back into the underworld of crime and mobsters.Showtime is developing a new mafia drama series that will be written by Terence Winter, and inspired byNicholas Pileggi's in-depth knowledge of organized crime in America— as seen through the eyes of the mafia's First Family, according to Deadline.Winter and Pileggi will also serve as executive producers for the still untitled show alongsideImagine Television's Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Grey’s Anatomy‘s main cast will remain intact heading into Season 17. Kim Raver, Camilla Luddington and Kevin McKidd, whose contracts were all up at the end of last season, have signed new multi-year contracts to continue on the long-running medical drama, I have learned.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney has launched her own production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, and has set her first project as a starring vehicle. Sweeney has teamed with Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose and Endeavor Content on The Players Table, a TV series adaptation of Jessica Goodman’s forthcoming debut novel They Wish They Were Us.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Former Happy Endings star Damon Wayans Jr. is reuniting with the cult series’ creator David Caspe and former writers Matthew and Daniel Libman for a half-hour bounty hunter action comedy, which has received a script-to-series commitment at NBCU’s streaming platform Peacock.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe project, starring and executive produced by Wayans Jr., falls under the first-look deal at CBS TV Studios for Wayans Jr.’ Two Shakes Entertainment, which has just been extended for another two years.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Dania Ramirez (Tell Me a Story, Devious Maids) is set to co-star in Sweet Tooth, Netflix’s new drama series based on the DC Vertigo comic, which hails from Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey, Jim Mickle, Beth Schwartz and Warner Bros.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and spinoff Station 19 have been building an unified, seamless universe under executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff. Now the two Thursday dramas are making their cast promotions in unison, with one recurring player who started on the mothership series becoming a full-time cast member on the offshoot.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersRichard Flood and Anthony Hill have been promoted to series regulars on Grey’s Anatomy for the medical drama’s upcoming 17th season.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: ABC has bought for development The Women, a thriller drama from writers Jennifer Johnson and Glenn Porter, producer Mark Pellington and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe project, which had been written on spec by Johnson and Porter, has received a script commitment plus penalty from the network, which also has ordered a backup script.The Women is described as a propulsive thriller about a conspiracy of powerful and dangerous women who attempt to take over the global power structure before male dominance leads us to ruin, using violence to end violence, corruption to end corruption, and destruction to end destruction.Johnson and

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBC’s This Is Us ended a five-year Emmy drought for broadcast in the Outstanding Drama Series category when it landed a nomination for its breakout first season in 2017. It had been nominated in the top drama category  for each of its three seasons — as the only U.S.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVJason Bateman, reigning Emmy winner for director in a drama series, is a double threat on the acting side this year. He landed his third consecutive nomination in the Lead Actor In a Drama series category for his starring role as Martin ‘Marty’ Byrde on Netflix’s Ozark.

Will Thorne Staff WriterA few goodfellas are in the market to get whacked or get made at Showtime.The network is developing an hour-long mob drama from the eye-catching trio of Brian Grazer, Terence Winter and Nicholas Pileggi, Variety has confirmed. Winter will write the as-yet-untitled project, which sources say is in early stages, and is based on Pileggi’s chronology of organized crime in America, as seen through the eyes of the mafia’s First Family.The series is being produced by Grazer’s Imagine Studios for Showtime, with Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey executive producing for Imagine.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Vancouver continues to be a bright spot in the fight against COVID-19 and for Hollywood studios’ hopes to safely resume production.The situation remains fluid, but I hear Warner Bros. TV is planning for a late-August starts for the studio’s Vancouver-based broadcast series.