2020: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Andreae has resigned as the Chief Executive of Fremantle UK with immediate effect, Deadline can reveal.

A 'seasoned' cocaine dealer has been jailed after posting a picture of his driving licence within a murky network favoured by the criminal underworld. James Carroll thought he was committing crime with impunity while using a highly encrypted phone.

Former child star Drake Bell broke his silence Thursday after being found safe following an overnight report of a "missing and endangered" person. Bell, whose full name is Jared Drake Bell, was initially reported missing by the Daytona Beach Police Department in a Facebook post.  The department circulated a photo of Bell and mentioned his last known whereabouts could be in the area of "Mainland High School" on Wednesday.  "You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this?" he wrote on Twitter. In a missing person's post on its official Facebook page, the Daytona Beach Police Department reported that the "Drake & Josh" star was last seen driving his 2022 gray BMW in the area of Mainland High School before 9 p.m.

James Charles is gearing up to drop his long-awaited makeup brand.

A match made in baseball heaven. MLB player Garrett Mitchell and wife Haley Cruse Mitchell have cemented themselves as one of the league’s sweetest (and funniest) couples.

Regal took a beat from closing theaters, announcing today it’s entered a lease agreement with Onni Group to operate the former ArcLight theatre at The Paseo in Pasadena.

Vanessa Hudgens is using her powers to conjure up some magic in her own life!ET's Rachel Smith spoke with Hudgens ahead of the premiere of her new Tubi documentary, , which takes a look at witchcraft and all things spiritual, about how she manifested every major moment in her life, including her relationship with now-fiancé, Cole Tucker.«My relationship, my home, my career,» Hudgens said of what she's manifested in her life. «There's so much. As long as you're really specific, might not always come when you expect it or want it, but it's always gonna come back in some way.»That process was furthered by her experience on which see Hudgens and her best friend, GG Magree, embark on a journey to Salem, Massachusetts, where they learn about witchcraft, ghost hunting and connecting with the spirit world — something she does daily.«I always take a moment to connect to spirit, and the easiest to me is my spiritual brigade,» she said of the angels and ancestors she keeps around her.

Kenny Rogers' memory will continue with a posthumous album release next month. The record, will feature eight songs pulled from Rogers' archives by his widow, Wanda. Wanda's choices are described in the press release as a «stunning and emotional song cycle that tells the story of the love, life, loss, and faith between Rogers and his family.» Prior to his death in 2020, Kenny had not released music since 2015, when he recorded his Christmas album, . This week's release describes as Kenny's only «non-compilation/non-reissued full-length album to be released on vinyl since 1991.» The set will feature recordings from 2008 and 2011 which Wanda adds were «deeply personal» to Kenny. Rogers performs his own interpretation of «Wonderful Tonight» by Eric Clapton and «Goodbye» by Lionel Richie on the album, along with his collaboration with Dolly Parton, «Tell Me What You Love.» The recordings also feature Kenny's cover of Mack Gordon and Henry Warren's single, «At Last,» which Etta James famously recorded in in 1960, and and «Say Hello to Heaven,» initially written by Buddy Hyatt.

Reminiscing about the past. Brittany Cartwright revealed that she’s grown apart from Katie Maloney since leaving Vanderpump Rules two years ago — and she wishes that weren’t the case.

K.J. Yossman A new report looking at the success of the U.K. government’s COVID production scheme found it supported over 1,200 productions since its launch in July 2020. The scheme was set up to assist productions struggling to get COVID-related insurance before it was eventually shut down last spring. The report by Nordicity & Saffery Champness found over two years the scheme had created 37,100 cast roles and 63,500 crew positions as well as sustaining 48,500 full-time jobs. Among the productions benefitting from the scheme were “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” as well as “Peaky Blinders.” The report estimated the scheme contributed £2.25 billion to the U.K. economy while the cost to the government was £19.6 million. 58% of productions helped by the scheme were based outside of London.

Drake Bell has been reported missing by family members, and police are worried about where he might be.

Sainsbury's has announced it will cut down the price of a supermarket staple, supposedly following in Tesco's footsteps.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Mo’Nique has filed a lawsuit alleging that Paramount and CBS owe her millions in profit participation from her show “The Parkers.” The show ran for five seasons on UPN, from 1999 through 2004. The show’s creators — Ralph Farquhar, Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears — filed a similar lawsuit last June, alleging that CBS had engaged in various forms of “financial malfeasance” to artificially inflate expenses and suppress profit payments. The network settled that case out of court in November. Mo’Nique, whose legal name is Monique Hicks, filed her own suit on Wednesday, repeating many of the claims in the show creators’ lawsuit.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Brian Stelter is getting ready to write a new chapter in his ongoing analysis of Fox News Channel. The former anchor of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” is gearing up for “Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy,” a look at the Fox Corp. cable outlet’s trajectory following the 2020 election and through the much-scrutinized defamation trial brought against it by Dominion Voting Systems. That court proceeding is slated to open Monday. “Network of Lies” is billed as a sequel of sorts to Stelter’s 2020 book “Hoax,” which offered a deep look behind the mechanics of how Fox News Channel produces its news coverage and opinion programming. Stelter’s new book proposes to examine how Fox News proceeded after the election of President Joe Biden and how it oriented itself after President Donald Trump left office. The book, published by One Signal, an imprint of Simon & Schuster’s Atria division, is scheduled to debut in November of 2023.

King Krule has announced details of his fourth studio album. Space Heavy will be released on June 9.

Jury selection started on Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, as both sides appear to be headed for a trial next week.

Meghan Markle won’t be attending King Charles’ coronation with Prince Harry, but she still has plenty of plans that weekend.

A woman who was told she had tonsillitis later discovered she really had leukaemia after searching her symptoms on Google.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief South Korean actor Jung Chae-yul was found dead at her home on Tuesday. She was 26. The news of her death was confirmed by her agency Management S, without disclosing details of the circumstances. “Actress Chae-yul has left our side on April 11, 2023,” Management S, said in a statement on Tuesday. “We pray that Chae-yul, who has always been sincere about acting, is able to rest in peace in a warm place.” It added that, according to the wishes of her family, Jung will have a private funeral. Jung began her career as a model and appeared in 2016 fashion survival show “Devil’s Runway.” She transited into acting and appeared in 2018 Korean movie “Deep.”

New images of crumbling ceilings and rotting beams have laid bare the challenges of repairing Ashton’s Grade-Two listed iconic Town Hall.

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, 33, sat down with a group of transgender and nonbinary children in a new series for LGBTQ+ charity The Trevor Project. During the roundtable, Daniel spoke to the young people about their personal experiences. He was joined by 11-year-old trans girl Daley who explained: "I learned out of the cradle that I was a boy, 'I should like blue, I should like sports, I should be manly, I should like superheroes'.