'Pioneer Woman' Ree Drummond on First Acting Role and How Family Inspired Her 50-Pound Weight Loss (Exclusive)

K.J. Yossman As BBC Studios gears up for its annual showcase, where it introduces its upcoming hot projects to international buyers, U.K.-based Jonathan Blyth, BBC Studios’ director of comedy, and Kelly Miller, BBC Studios’ Los Angeles-based senior VP of scripted strategy, sat down with Variety to discuss what’s on their comedy slate, working with streamers and the biggest challenges they’re currently facing.What do you look for in a comedy?Kelly Miller (KM): It’s all about authentic storytelling, that lived-in experience, a talent who has something to say. Those are the comedies and the shows that are most resonant with audiences around the world, but particularly here in the U.S.Jonathan Blyth (JB): Talent is very much at the heart — front and centre.

The Tinder Swindler subject Shimon Hayut has said the women in the Netflix documentary “weren’t conned”.Hayut, who also went by the alias Simon Leviev in the recent film, recently spoke to Inside Edition about the allegations levelled against him by several women who met him on Tinder.The first part of the interview aired yesterday (February 21) with a second part due to be released today (February 22), also featuring Hayut’s girlfriend Kate Konlin.“I’m not this monster,” Hayut said of the claims of The Tinder Swindler. “I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”The Netflix documentary alleges that Hayut convinced women he was the son and heir of diamond mogul Lev Leviev, before reportedly conning them out of millions of dollars.“They weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened,” Hayut said of the women featured in the doc, and said of the claims he was the son of Leviev: “No I am not, and I never presented myself [as such].”He went on to say he didn’t “feel bad” for the women who accused him as the allegatiosn were false, and said he is “a legit businessman” in terms of justifying his current lavish lifestyle.Hayut added: “I want to clear my name, I want to say to the world, this is not true.”Victims Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm recently set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to repay their debts after being conned.“You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page,” they wrote.“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three (Ayleen, Pernilla and Cecilie) have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone.

Pale Waves have announced new dates for their shows in Dublin and Belfast.

Prominent Australian TV Executive and philanthropist Neil Balnaves has died aged 77 in a boating accident, his foundation has said.

America’s Got Talent judges have paid tribute to series star Jane Marczewski, who died on Sunday 19 February after being diagnosed with cancer. She was 31.

The Mysterious Girl singer celebrated Valentine's with wife Emily last week. Writing in his New magazine column Peter said : "Valentine’s for us is all about time together, we got each other a few little bits but the most special for me was the card Emily got me. " Peter added: "As part of this beautiful card, was hidden 12 things you love about your partner and she hid each one in different locations, and I had to find them.

Rio Ferdinand has praised Manchester United starlet Anthony Elanga for seizing the initiative during his early days with the first-team squad.

Chris Sutton believes Manchester City could regret signing Jack Grealish rather than Harry Kane last summer by the end of the season.

Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson has recently revealed she is returning to the soap.

Ree Drummond shared throwback photos from her wedding to Ladd Drummond on the couple's 25th anniversary. The 52-year-old Food Network star also included more recent shots of the couple and a shot of Ladd that Ree claimed has "really kept [her] going all these years." "Twenty five years ago, Ladd and I got married.

Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond called her romance with husband Ladd Drummond a 'wild adventure' as she marked their 25th anniversary on Tuesday.The Food Network fixture, 52, posted some stunning throwbacks from their wedding as well as a tender message which touched on the 'joys, pains, ups, downs, triumphs, sadnesses, and unexpected twists and turns' during their life together.Ree and Ladd, who are reportedly worth upwards of $200millionbetween her media empire and his family's cattle business, wed on September 21st 1996 and have been together ever since.

A post shared by Ree Drummond – Pioneer Woman (@thepioneerwoman)For Ree, she totally changed her lifestyle, rather than going on a diet."I feel great and that's what matters. The scale was sort of a gauge for me that I was heading in the right direction.

Food Network star Ree Drummond is opening up about her dramatic weight loss and the moment she hit "rock bottom" that led to her fitness journey. The "Pioneer Woman" is known for her successful cooking show and food blog and has turned her love of making food and desserts into an empire in her home state of Oklahoma, where she and husband, Ladd Drummond, live on a ranch.  The TV host said she hit "rock bottom" one night early this year after dropping her son Bryce off at college.

Ree Drummond talked about her dramatic weight loss in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight.The Pioneer Woman, 52, said she decided to lose the weight after a night of binge-snacking on salsa and chips.'I have a cooking show, I write cookbooks, I have a cooking website. I have a restaurant, a bakery.

Irina Shayk was a floral dream on Monday night at the Met Gala.

Simone Biles is an Olympic icon and a fashion icon.

Natalia Bryant has made her Met Gala debut!The late Kobe Bryant's daughter dazzled as she made her way through the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday. The 18-year-old model wore an egg-shaped '60s-inspired dress by Conner Ives that featured colorful sequins and a small train.

Amanda Gorman made her Met Gala debut looking beautiful in blue at the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City Monday night. Serving as one of the night's co-chairs, Gorman kept to theme in a blue strapless tulle gown by American designer Vera Wang.Gorman looked stunning for her first Met Gala appearance.

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Adrienne Houghton is spilling tea!The daytime talk show returns Sept. 20, and the actress and TV host teased the big changes that are going to be happening for season 8.

Wendy Osefo is not here for Gizelle Bryant's commentary on her marriage, her body or anything in between, and she plans to make that clear at the upcoming  season 6 reunion. «The reunion is going to be hot, like fire,» the Johns Hopkins professor tells ET's Rachel Smith on the red carpet for Rookie USA's 12th Annual Fashion Show at NYFW on Thursday. «We film… soon.»Wendy and Gizelle's relationship took a turn for the worse — maybe even — in season 6, as Gizelle brought online reports about Wendy's marriage in front of the cameras, referencing a blog post alleging Wendy's husband, Eddie, had an affair.