BBC Studios Launches Scripted Fund & Tasks Ben Donald With Helping Unearth Next Generation Of European IP

Deadline - Oct 13, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has tasked Mallorca Files EP Ben Donald with helping discover the next generation of European hits based on IP, as the producer-distributor launches a central fund for these projects. Donald is taking on a support role with BBC Studios alongside his day-to-day duties running his Cosmopolitan Pictures indie. He will help identify […]

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Skydance, Movistar Plus Expand Strategic Alliance In a Win-Win Move Into Co-Branded Original Series

Oct 13, 2026

Skydance, Movistar Plus Expand Strategic Alliance In a Win-Win Move Into Co-Branded Original Series

In what looks like a coup for both parties, Skydance and Movistar Plus, the biggest Spanish pay TV/SVOD operator, are expanding their strategic alliance, strengthening Skydance’s deal in distribution on Movistar Plus and taking it to the next level by including co-branded orginal series. The two-year deal continuation of the distribution of HBO Max and […]

Nicole Wallace Is Shifting Gears: The Streaming Icon On Global Success & Life After ‘Culpa Mía’

Oct 13, 2026

Nicole Wallace Is Shifting Gears: The Streaming Icon On Global Success & Life After ‘Culpa Mía’

Nicole Wallace is good behind the wheel. In Culpa Mía, she power-slides her Porsche sports car to a street race victory and now she’s shifting the gears of her career. With starring roles in Postcards From Italy, and motor-racing drama Throttled, the streaming icon is hitting top speed. The Culpables movies were a streaming phenomenon […]

MBC Group & CJ ENM Launch Dedicated K-Content Space On MENA Streamer MBC Shahid -MIPCOM

Oct 13, 2026

MBC Group & CJ ENM Launch Dedicated K-Content Space On MENA Streamer MBC Shahid -MIPCOM

Korean premium content platform Tving is getting a dedicated space on Middle East and North Africa streamer MBC Shahid. The new space was announced by MBC Shahid’s Riyadh-based parent MBC Group and Korean premium content leader CJ ENM, which is a partner on Tving, in an expansion of their long-term strategic partnership. Under the agreement, […]

We Will Never “Lie To The Audience” Over Artificial Intelligence, Says BBC Content Chief Kate Phillips

Oct 13, 2026

We Will Never “Lie To The Audience” Over Artificial Intelligence, Says BBC Content Chief Kate Phillips

The BBC will never lie to viewers about its use of artificial intelligence, content boss Kate Phillips said today. Phillips noted that “AI is part of TV production now” as a “research and edit tool” but said the corporation will never use AI on huge shows like Blue Planet III in terms of what you […]

‘Industry’ Star Myha’la Claims “Unconscious Racial Bias” Is Baked Into ‘The Traitors’

Oct 13, 2026

‘Industry’ Star Myha’la Claims “Unconscious Racial Bias” Is Baked Into ‘The Traitors’

Myha’la Herrold has claimed that “unconscious racial and cultural bias exists” in The Traitors format, but that she sealed her own fate after exiting the celebrity version on the BBC. The Industry actress was banished from Season 2 of The Celebrity Traitors last week and has reflected on her experience on the Studio Lambert series […]

This Town Is Crazy About Elvis

Oct 13, 2026

This Town Is Crazy About Elvis

Each September, tribute acts and fans flock to the seaside town of Porthcawl, Wales, to celebrate Elvis’s life and music, and to party.

Cynthia Erivo Opened Up About The Unexplained Things That Kept Happening While Filming "Harriet" And Why She Called On Her Ancestors: "If You Ask Them To Be In The Space, I Think They Are"

Oct 13, 2026

Cynthia Erivo Opened Up About The Unexplained Things That Kept Happening While Filming "Harriet" And Why She Called On Her Ancestors: "If You Ask Them To Be In The Space, I Think They Are"

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These 10 Cartoon Characters Will Reveal Your True Moral Alignment

Oct 13, 2026

These 10 Cartoon Characters Will Reveal Your True Moral Alignment

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Selma Blair Arraigned on 2 Felony Charges After Plane Incident Arrest

Oct 13, 2026

Selma Blair Arraigned on 2 Felony Charges After Plane Incident Arrest

More details are coming to light about Selma Blair's arrest in New York. After the actress allegedly attacked the crew while onboard a Delta Airlines flight Oct. 11, she was arraigned on Oct. 12,...

Jeremy Strong Texted Jessica Chastain After ‘Other Mommy’ Dominated Box Office Over ‘Social Reckoning’ Flop

Oct 13, 2026

Jeremy Strong Texted Jessica Chastain After ‘Other Mommy’ Dominated Box Office Over ‘Social Reckoning’ Flop

“Other Mommy” may have dominated “The Social Reckoning” at the box office this past weekend, but there’s no hard feelings between longtime friends Jessica Chastain and Jeremy Strong. Chastain, who stars as a demonic mother in horror movie “Other Mommy,” shared on her Instagram Story Monday night a playful string of text messages with Strong, […]

J.K. Rowling Docuseries Set at BBC

Oct 13, 2026

J.K. Rowling Docuseries Set at BBC

The BBC is set to broadcast a two-part docuseries about “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling. Produced by Rogan Scotland (“Becoming Frida Kahlo”), it will trace her “dramatic rise, cultural influence and contested legacy, using her life as a lens through which to explore three decades of profound social, political and technological change,” according to the […]

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