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Letitia Wright, John Boyega to Star on Steve McQueen’s BBC-Amazon Series ‘Small Axe’
Anthology is set in London’s West Indian community and runs from the late ’60s through the early ’80s
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Why New Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff Could Be Just What Hollywood Needs
“She’s got one of those rare executive brains that understand the content and creatives, as well as the business,” former Nickelodeon president Geraldine Laybourne says
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Naomi Wolf’s Publisher ‘Discussing Corrections’ After Live Interview Revealed Error in Her New Book
“Despite this unfortunate error we believe the overall thesis of the book ‘Outrages’ still holds,” publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt says in statement
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Ben Shapiro Ends Contentious Interview With BBC Host: ‘I Don’t Give a Damn What You Think’
The conservative publisher offered an apology on Twitter before with Andrew Neil interview aired
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BBC Fires Longtime Presenter Danny Baker Over Royal Baby Chimp Tweet
“Was supposed to be joke about Royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted,” Baker says in his apology
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FX Teams With BBC for ‘A Christmas Carol’ Miniseries Starring Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis
Adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic will air in the U.S. this December
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How Jake Paul Became the ‘First Postmodern YouTuber’ (Hint: Social Media Lacks Any Oversight)
All Things Video Podcast: “He’s very transparent about the fact that this is all done to game the algorithm and make a business out of it,” journalist Chris Stokel-Walker says
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Mya-Lecia Naylor, English Child Actress Known for ‘Millie Inbetween,’ Dies at 16
“Mya-Lecia was a much loved part of the BBC Children’s family,” network says
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MotorTrend Group and BBC Studios Are Making a New ‘Top Gear America’ (Video)
Entire British “Top Gear” collection will be available on the MotorTrend App
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‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Antiques Road Show’ Head to Pluto TV in Deal With BBC Studios
The two shows will get its own channel on Viacom-owned streaming platform
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Discovery to Launch New Nature-Focused Streaming Platform With BBC Studios Content Deal
New SVOD for natural history shows will include “Planet Earth” and “Blue Planet”
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Mark Hollis, Lead Singer of Talk Talk, Dies at 64
British rock band had hits in the 1980s including “It’s My Life” and “Such a Shame”
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BBC Cameraman Attacked During Trump Rally in El Paso, Network Says (Video)
“This is the shameful moment when my cameraman Ron Skeans was attacked,” BBC correspondent Gary O’Donoghue says after posting video
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Lily Collins Joins Simon Pegg in Vaughn Stein’s Thriller ‘Inheritance’
Highland Film Group is handling foreign sales at Berlin’s EFM this week