‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ Boss on Adapting Ann M. Martin’s Classic Books for the 21st Century

Alan Sugar became the victim of a hate crime after receiving three distressing letters voicing a desire to "murder all Jews in Britain" or deport them.The Apprentice star has revealed he was left "extremely scared" after the threatening communications, as the perpetrator was finally put behind bars.The letters were sent to one of Alan's company addresses, opened by his assistant, and referred to the police.Though 70-year-old pensioner Patrick Gomes was found responsible and has since been jailed for three years and six months, it has left a lasting effect on Alan, who still feels worried due to the threats.One letter stated: "I would like to murder all Jews in Britain, Alan."Another letter, signed "the Jew hater", continued: "I would round all of you up and put you into camps ready for deportation."There was also an horrific reference to “shoving your screaming head into a hot oven", adding: "We call it baking Jewish bread”.He also wrote: "Welcome to hell, I’m the biggest f****** Jew hater in the whole of Britain.”The pensioner also claimed there was "no anti-semitic element in the Labour Party" in the letters.The perpetrator denied sending any threats, but was caught after his DNA was found in fingerprints found on one of the letters.He was then convicted of religiously aggravated harassment.It had begun after Alan Sugar had made public comments about the Labour Party and its stance on anti-semitism and Patrick Gomes, hearing them, had then become obsessed with targeting the TV star.Alan attended the trial at Chelmsford Crown Court where he made a statement, explaining: "The whole incident has shaken me up and I’m now always looking over my shoulder in case someone is close to me and about to attack me or my

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Paolo and Vittorio Taviani directed films together from the early 1950s until Vittorio died in 2018, leaving his now 90-year-old brother to carry on alone. Leonora Addio, the second film Paolo has made without Vittorio, is not only dedicated to him but picks up many of the themes that ran through their earlier work, including their enthusiasm for theater in general and the writings of Nobel laureate Luigi Pirandello in particular. The Berlin Film Festival competition entry looks and sounds sumptuous, but its two stories — both of which raise questions about what the living owe the dead — are disappointingly slight.

Fitness progress! Eleven weeks after welcoming her baby boy with Tristan Thompson, Maralee Nichols is proud of her body.

Britney Spears was invited by two U.S. lawmakers, Democrats Charlie Crist of Florida and Eric Swalwell of California, to “meet with us in Congress” and share her struggle to end the conservatorship her father Jamie oversaw that controlled much of her life.

This may be the most disturbing chapter yet in the public falling out between Alice Evans and Ioan Gruffudd.

Britney Spears might be headed to Congress soon, and it’s for the best reason possible!

Staind frontman Aaron Lewis welcomed North Carolina Republican congressman Madison Cawthorn on stage during a concert at the weekend.On Saturday (February 12), Lewis took to the stage at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, North Carolina, for a solo show.During his set, the Staind musician brought out Cawthorn, who has developed a following as one of the most far-right members of Congress, and introduced him as his “dear friend”.“Not only is he the youngest congressman ever, he’s doing some fucking shit that I’ve never seen a congressman have the balls to do,” Lewis told the crowd. “He’s putting through legislature to limit term limits.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Aldous Huxley was writing “Brave New World” in 1931, he was envisioning a futuristic world in which humans were genetically engineered into a caste system. Those who were deemed the most intelligent were on top — the aptly named Alphas — but no one looked around or within to question why things were like this or if it was the best way.

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The Baby-Sitters Club is back in action. The first look at the new 10-episode series from GLOW's Rachel Shukert and Broad City's Lucia Aniello is a blast from the past with that see-through phone all your friends had growing up.

By Danielle Turchiano

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By Danielle Turchiano

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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVLiz Tigelaar’s “Little Fires Everywhere” writers’ room was on the Paramount lot, a central point between herself and many of her Eastside writers. But when the show wrapped, she wanted to move her space closer to home in Venice Beach.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Liz Feldman and her writers’ room were working on the second season of “Dead to Me,” child separation at the border was dominating news headlines.

The Baby-Sitters Club is finally in session. Netflix has revealed the full cast list and first look at its upcoming adaptation of Ann M. Martin's iconic kids' novels.

America's Next Top Model contestant's hair and then told the model she looked bad with short hair. On , the richest women in the world performed Machiavellian designs on each other to insure that each supermodel billionaire was equally unhappy.Imagine if instead I and my millennial peers—now unable to access either haircuts or wealth—had instead wiled away our Wednesday nights watching The Baby-Sitters Club.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVStepping onto the set of Amazon Prime Video’s “Homecoming” to direct all seven episodes of the second season, Kyle Patrick Alvarez had a big task at hand. The first season had been entirely helmed by executive producer Sam Esmail, who created a very specific visual look for the show, including the use of long, tracking oners and different aspect ratios to denote different time periods within the story.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn creating the nine-episode first season of “First Wives Club,” Tracy Oliver had a solid starting point: the 1996 feature film of the same name.