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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed multi-hyphenate Dan Sickles (Dina) for representation. The agency will focus on finding new opportunities for him in documentary filmmaking, screenwriting, acting and digital content, among other spaces.

Bill Bryson bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything is being reimagined as an animated TV series by former The Simpsons showrunner Josh Weinstein and Paddington scribe Jason Hazeley, with Richard Ayoade narrating.

The Great British Bake Off fans have declared last night’s episode one of the “best ever” thanks to a bizarre showstopper challenge.The hugely popular baking competition returned on Tuesday (22 September), with the bakers challenged to create three-dimensional busts of their celebrity heroes.Among the stars being celebrated in cake form were David Attenborough, Lupita Nyong’o and Bill Bryson.However, while the illustrations promised recognisable likenesses of the celebrities they were imitating, the finished cakes were far less accurate, with viewers taking to Twitter to brand them both hilarious and nightmarish.“Whoever is illustrating these cake bust ideas is setting the contestants up for failure,” one viewer tweeted.“Every single one of