Time’s Sue Johnston admits BBC drama is ‘frightening and horrendous’ after first episode left viewers shaken

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Aidan Euan’s not entirely sure if it reads on camera — spoiler: it does — that, when dressing Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez on “Euphoria,” he gave her a modern-but-nostalgic Mexican American stamp from the homes of his youth, the first being in Yucatán and the second in SoCal.When designing the iconic outfits Maddy wears to strut down the hallways of East Highland High (or the occasional hospital wing) like it’s a runway or to bang on bathroom doors at parties, Euan tried to take the Y2K zeitgeist from his diasporic childhood and drape it on her — with a couple of Swarovski crystals to serve as the glittery cherry-on-top.“The mood boards that I created to get to those ideas come from her character and who she is in my head,” Euan says. “Maddy is a mix of a lot of the telenovela and Latina stars of the early 2000s, like the girls of ‘Rebelde,’ Thalía and Sonia Chavarría (Marlene Favela) from ‘Rubí,’ as well as the U.S.

Sam and Billie Faiers have revealed that they were left red faced after being rejected from entering a swanky eatery in London's Mayfair.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“End of an era” is a term that’s thrown around a lot in this business, but this time it’s more than appropriate: Curt King is exiting Universal Studio Group at the end of March, marking the end of a more than 25 year career in various positions at the Peacock (the company, not the streamer).King has most recently served as head of corporate communications and marketing at Universal Studio Group, the shingle that comprises Universal Television, UCP (aka Universal Content Productions, formerly Universal Cable Productions), Universal TV Alternative Studio and Universal International Studios. King plans to take some time off before revealing what’s coming next.King began his NBCUniversal tour at NBC Entertainment, where he oversaw primetime series publicity, before shifting to head Universal Television publicity and marketing.

Jamie Lee Curtisis saying goodbye to the beloved character with the release of .“It’s very emotional,” Curtis tells ET. “I said a farewell to a group of people that I've made three movies with.

Glee star Darren Criss has revealed that his brother Charles has passed away aged 36 from suicide.Taking to his Instagram account on Wednesday morning, the heartbroken actor, 35, shared a series of snaps of his late brother and penned an emotional tribute to him. "It breaks my heart beyond measure to say that my beloved brother Charles has left us," Darren, who played Blaine Anderson in the Fox musical series, began.

Bring Me The Horizon have won Best Band From The UK Supported by Pizza Express at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The Sheffield band were up against CHVRCHES, Glass Animals, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for the title.While collecting the award on stage from Ivorian Doll and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes said: “We didn’t think we were gonna win owt, so I don’t know what to say!He added: “Our first album got two out of 10 in NME, so… follow your dreams!”Bring Me The Horizon are also up for two other categories tonight at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: Best Band In The World and Best Live Act Supported by Grolsch.BMTH are also expected to close out the ceremony with a multi-song set, which follows on from their memorable outing at the NME Awards in 2016 when they smashed through Coldplay’s table during their performance.Speaking to NME earlier about their return to the Awards, frontman Oli Sykes said: “To be honest we’re surprised we’ve even been asked back at all! What a huge honour it is to be asked to close the prestigious NME Awards show, we’re literally buzzing.”Taking place now (March 2) at the O2 Academy Brixton and co-hosted by Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr, the BandLab NME Awards 2022 opened with a performance by Sam Fender and also saw joint performances by Griff and Sigrid, and CHVRCHES and Robert Smith.Check back for the latest news, interviews, winners and more from the BandLab NME Awards 2022.

BandLab NME Awards 2022, updated as all the action goes down at O2 Academy Brixton this evening (March 2).After a year of silence due to the pandemic, the wildest night in music returns, sponsored by leading social music creation platform BandLab and hosted by Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr.Sam Fender, Little Simz, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Billie Eilish, Rina Sawayama and CHVRCHES are among the artists leading the nominations with several nods each. Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey, Self Esteem, Ghetts, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, Bring Me The Horizon, IDLES and Megan The Stallion are up for some of the biggest awards tonight.FKA Twigs will be crowned Godlike Genius, while Neneh Cherry will be honoured with the Icon Award.

Griff and Sigrid have won Best Collaboration at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2) for their song ‘Head On Fire’.They beat out collabs from Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (‘Family Ties’), Coldplay and BTS (‘My Universe’), FKA twigs and The Weeknd (‘Tears In The Club’), and Rina Sawayama and Elton John (‘Chosen Family’).“Thank you so, much this is an incredible honour,” Sigrid said on the podium while collecting the award from presenters Jessie and Lennie Ware.“I really love this collaboration because nowadays there’s a lot of competition and comparison especially in pop music and for girls in music,” added Griff.“I love that we could get together and do this, so this is to all my girls out there.”Griff and Sigrid also performed ‘Head On Fire’ live at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, which is ongoing at O2 Academy Brixton.Last year, before they released the single, Sigrid opened up about her admiration for Griff in an interview with NME.“I definitely see parts of myself in Griff a bit, it’s really nice to know there are other girls doing the same thing and we can talk about stuff whenever – it’s a supportive gang,” she said.She added: “Griff and I decided to meet up and write a little bit together recently, which was fun. Of course we wanted to be in the studio and see what happened there, but it was also really nice to hang out and chat about how things are going and how we’re feeling.”Griff also received this year’s NME Radar Award, an honour reserved for emerging acts making waves in music today.“NME have been there from day one supporting what I do and what I have to say and that’s always meant so so much,” Griff said of the honour.

The Sparks Brothers has won Best Music Film at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The Edgar Wright-directed documentary about the band Sparks beat out Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, Oasis Knebworth 1996 and Questlove’s Summer Of Soul for the win.“We’re so honoured to be given the finger by NME,” Russel Mael said while accepting the award remotely. “Thanks to the great director Edgar Wright and the whole team who made this wonderful film,” he added.His brother Ron Mael, also shared his “thank you”, noting that he was “deeply appreciative of this award” before throwing up a celebratory middle finger.

BERWYN has won Best New Act From The UK Supported By Music Venue Trust at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2).The Romford rapper beat fellow nominees Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Bree Runway, Wet Leg and Yard Act for the gong, which was presented to him by the Nova Twins on behalf of the award’s supporter and the BandLab NME Awards 2022’s charity partner Music Venue Trust.BERWYN took to the podium accompanied by his mother. “I didn’t prepare a speech, so I’m going to let my mum talk,” he joked. “She’s scared!”“I’ve never won an award before, so thank you for an award.

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TIME'S James Nelson Joyce has revealed the brutal real life backlash on the back of playing evil prisoner Johnno. The actor stars alongside Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in the gritty BBC prison drama.

reports MyLondon. Sean later married actress Melanie Hill, who he met at RADA, in 1990.

STEPHEN Graham and Sean Bean ratcheted up the tension to breaking point in the BBC's new prison drama Time tonight. But when you're not being shocked by all the violence in the (fictional, thank god) Craigmore Prison it's a great place to spot stars from other shows.

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Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has slammed the BBC for its portrayal of prisons in the broadcaster's latest critically acclaimed drama, Time. The Clarkson's Farm star said that although he enjoyed the acting performances of Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in Jimmy McGovern's BBC One series, he was left feeling "annoyed" by one particular aspect of the show.

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has slammed the BBC for its portrayal of prisons in the broadcaster’s latest critically acclaimed drama, Time.The Clarkson’s Farm star said that although he enjoyed the acting performances of Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in Jimmy McGovern’s BBC One series, he was left feeling “annoyed” by one particular aspect of the show.Jeremy fumed that the inmates in the prison drama were “fundamentally good people who shouldn’t really have been there” due to the BBC’s “touchy feely, leftist agenda”, he claims.The former BBC host penned in his latest column: “Like everyone else, I was mesmerised by the performances from Sean Bean, and Stephen Graham in the nicely paced BBC prison drama Time.“But also, like everyone else, I was

BBC Breakfast co-host Dan Walker after he struggled to get his words out. The 52-year-old fought back the tears today (June 8) as she announced she would be leaving the morning show after 20 years.

BBC Breakfast presenters Louise Minchin and Dan Walker were left in stitches when their interview with British actor Stephen Graham was interrupted by his wife.Louise had earlier made the shock announcement that she would be leaving the morning show after 20 years on our screens.Stephen started the interview by praising the 52-year-old and it turned out he wasn’t the only one in his household who wanted to put in a good word.“Steve, I’m interested that you keep looking up when you mention your wife - she’s not watching you from the ceiling is she?” Dan asked.

TIME viewers have spotted a very familiar face in the first episode of the harrowing prison drama. The dark Jimmy McGovern three-parter stars actors Game of Thrones Sean Bean and Line of Duty star Stephen Graham.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a fly on a cell wall in a British prison? BBC One's new three-part drama Time does exactly that. Right from episode one it takes us behind bars and explores the often bleak and brutal reality as a group of new inmates are sent to jail to start their sentences.