‘The Stand’ Boss on New Relevance, Changes to Stephen King’s Story

Alt-J have celebrated the upcoming 10th anniversary of their 2012 debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’ with a live performance of their track ‘Breezeblocks’ on The Late Show.The three-piece are currently in North America touring with Portugal. The Man in support of their fourth studio album ‘The Dream’, which came out earlier this month.Alt-J stopped by the Stephen Colbert-hosted Late Show in the US last night (February 21) for a special live performance, with the trio opting to play their 2012 single ‘Breezeblocks’.That track featured on ‘An Awesome Wave’, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in May.

The Chemical Brothers and Jamie xx have been announced as the headliners of the inaugural edition of the new Bristol festival, Forwards.Forwards will take place on Clifton Downs in Bristol from September 3-4, with 60,000 people expected to attend over two days.Jamie xx will headline the opening night of the festival on September 3, with the day also set to feature performances by the likes of Little Simz, Khruangbin, Fred again.., Floating Points and Shygirl.The Chemical Brothers will close Forwards 2022 on September 4, with their headline slot following sets by the likes of Róisín Murphy, Caribou, Sleaford Mods, Kae Tempest and Self Esteem.A post shared by Forwards Bristol (@forwardsbristol)More names are set to be added to the line-up soon. You can find out more information and tickets, which go on general sale on Friday (February 25), for Forwards 2022 here.As well as live music, Forwards is aiming to “challenge what metropolitan festivals can be today and how they can do good, from the inside out”.

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Sylvie Gatrill has died following a battle with cancer.The actress, who is most well known for her work on comedy series Bread and soap Brookside, passed away on Thursday 17 February. Sylvie started her on-screen career in the 1989 TV series Bread, where she played the role of Mrs Gullen. Two years later, she took on the 1991 TV series Fiddlers Three, where she played the role of Sharon.

Linda Robson has shared a series of sweet family photographs after heading away for the weekend with her daughter and grandchildren.MORE: Inside Loose Women's Linda Robson's impressive home with husband MarkThe Loose Women star, 63, revealed to her fans that she had spent some time in Southend-on-Sea with her loved ones as she shared an insight into their trip.WATCH: Loose Women panellists pay tribute to Jamal Edwards following his death"Had a wonderful weekend at the @roslinbeachhotel thanks Jackie & staff for looking after us. The kids loved it!" she wrote.

KATE Garraway wakes every two hours to move her Covid-stricken husband Derek Draper - and has to change his bed linen SEVEN times a day. The TV presenter has told how he will die within three days if he's left unaided without expert care.

KATE Garraway says she's slept for the first time in TWO years after moving in with a former GMTV co-star. The 54-year-old appeared on Good Morning Britain today live from her friend Clare Nasir's house.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Social Distance,” streaming now on Netflix.No shows in the time of coronavirus got a pass on pivoting from original production plans — not even Netflix’s “Social Distance,” a show that was born out of the pandemic itself and therefore anticipated some of the tougher elements right from the jump.In May 2020, the stories for all eight episodes of Hilary Weisman Graham’s anthology series had been written and the show was days away from shooting when George Floyd was murdered.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVActor, author and producer Catherine Oxenberg would stop at nothing to save her daughter India from the clutches of Keith Raniere, Allison Mack and their dangerous so-called self-empowerment group NXIVM, a subgroup of which subjected the younger Oxenberg to sexual assault and branding.Her tireless work included deep-dives on the history of predatory behavior in cults, in addition to equally extensive research into Raniere and NXIVM themselves. She told her story to Frank Parlato of the “Frank Report” blog, as well as to Barry Meier of the New York Times, who ultimately broke the story about the branding practice.

Based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel, the full trailer for “The Stand” debuted yesterday at New York Comic-Con. “The Stand” is King’s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, sounds timely, right? Cast members Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden, Greg Kinnear, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, Amber Heard, and Owen Teague, as well as Executive Producers Benjamin Cavell and Taylor Elmore, made themselves available for a lively NYCC chat too.

Stephen King’s epic battle between good and evil is being adapted for the screen, with the Master of Horror’s 1978 novel The Stand coming to CBS All Access as a limited series.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe first look at the trailer and key art for the CBS All Access limited-event series The Stand was unveiled today at the virtual New York Comic Con.A panel devoted to the series brought together cast members Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden, Greg Kinnear, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, Amber Heard, and Owen Teague, as well as executive producers Benjamin Cavell and Taylor Elmore.The nine-episode limited-event series premieres Thursday, Dec. 17, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays for the CBS All Access subscribers.The Stand series is adapted from Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhat does life after a weaponized virus decimates the majority of the population look like for the two factions of survivors attempting to go on, amid being on warring sides of good and evil? CBS All Access offers a glimpse in a new trailer for its upcoming nine-episode limited series adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand,” released Friday at New York Comic Con.“The world is now a blank page, make your stand,” Whoopi Goldberg’s Mother Abagail says in the new trailer, which you can watch above.Some roads are empty, while others are littered with abandoned cars, and one very important one leads to the Boulder Free Zone, where those who Mother Abagail called to came running to rebuild society.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the second season of “The Boys,” now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.A major villain in the second season of “The Boys” has been neutralized, but a new one may have just been revealed.At the end of the eight-episode season of Amazon Prime Video’s superhero and vigilante drama, Stormfront (Aya Cash), who had been revealed to be a member of the Nazi party now out to preach about white genocide in modern day, was burned to a crisp and had lost her limbs after Ryan (Cameron Crovetti) couldn’t control his powers and struck out when his mother was in peril.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn February, Judith Light was in Los Angeles supporting her husband, Robert Desiderio, at a launch event for his novel “The Occurrence: A Political Thriller” when she was stopped by a woman who wanted to share how much one of Light’s roles meant to her.“She came up to me and she said, ‘I am in a corporate job now because I watched you on “Who’s the Boss?” and I knew that women could work outside the home, and I’m teaching my daughter the same thing,’” Light recalls.It has been almost three decades since “Who’s the Boss?” signed off.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVRobin Thede isn’t just a writer, producer, reality show host and actor, she is also a one-woman employment agency.Over the past year, as many across the film and television industry have claimed they want to do better with inclusion of women and BIPOC in front of and behind the camera, Thede has found herself having many “really specific” and frank conversations about how to do so.Although this is not something Thede only started doing this year, the demand for her attention has increased, partially due to the racial reckoning the country and the industry is experiencing.“This year, specifically, I called a bunch of the late-night showrunners that I knew didn’t have any Black writers and I had

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVStudio 8H in New York’s NBC Studios is getting a little bit more crowded this October: long-running late-night sketch comedy series “Saturday Night Live” has booked Bill Burr, Issa Rae, Morgan Wallen and Justin Bieber to appear in upcoming episodes.Comedian, actor and podcast host Burr will host the Oct. 10 episode, which will see a musical performance by country artist Wallen.