203 stories by "Alex Ritman"
Comedian and actor Paul Elia's stand-up special "Good Son" is set be released on Watermelon+ in the wake of promotional restrictions he faced due to a brief mention of Donald Trump. Original…
Rosie Sheehy, the Welsh actress who recently received her second Olivier Award nomination, has signed with CAA. The signing comes just as Sheehy shoots her next project, an film adaptation o…
United Agents, the London literary and talent agency that reps the likes of Jessie Buckley, Kate Winslet, Olivia Colman, Ricky Gervais and Rosamund Pike, is expanding into to the unscripted …
Cameras are rolling on "Legacy of Spies," the BBC and MGM+'s return to the clandestine world of John le Carre's beloved Cold War spymaster Michael Smiley, with a bumper crop of names having …
Saturday's "SNL U.K." host Jack Whitehall spent the majority of his monologue making gags about his upcoming wedding, set to take place next week. The British comedian and actor "Â recentl…
Philomena Cunk is back and, almost certainly, no less stupid. The British comic character, created by Diane Morgan (who plays Cunk) and Charlie Brooker and known for her deadpan style and il…
Jane Alexander ("Kramer vs. Kramer," "All the President's Men," "Severance"), a four-time Academy Award nominee and two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, is set to star in "Lillian, Next Doo…
The BBC's highly controversial airing of the n-word in its broadcast of the BAFTA Film awards breached the networks editorial standards, the BBC's own executive complaints unit (ECU) has rul…
Paramount+ is adding a heist thriller series to its upcoming British slate and has ordered "The Day" (working title), to be led by Minnie Driver ("Good Will Hunting," "Emily in Paris"), Luca…
Oscar and Palme d'Or-winning "Anatomy of a Fall" director Justine Triet has expanded the cast for her next feature and full English-language debut. "Fonda" was first announced prior to Berli…
Jamie Dornan took over hosting duties from Tina Fey for the second episode of "SNL U.K." and turned up the bizarro dial a few notches in his monologue. The Irish actor introduced himself as …
Rising British star Ruby Stokes is set to mark her Royal Shakespeare Company debut and has joined Kenneth Branagh in its upcoming production of "The Tempest." Stokes "Â a "Bridgerton" alum…
Germany is set to get a second season of "Ghosts," the hit BBC Studios sitcom format "Â originated in the U.K. "Â in which a group of ghosts from across history haunt a country house. Th…
Choose liiiife! "Trainspotting," Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel that was turned into what is considered to be one of the most iconic British films of all time, is now getting the musical treatmen…
A very different version of William Shakespeare showed up in the first episode of "SNL U.K," appearing in a sketch that took comic aim at the biggest British film from this year's awards sea…
TIna Fey has made TV history, delivering the opening monologue on the debut episode of "SNL U.K." As she herself noted on Saturday's inaugural show, she was now "the youngest person ever to …
HBO Max's upcoming "Harry Potter" TV reboot could have lost its Albus Dumbledore. John Lithgow, who plays the famed Hogwarts headmaster in the new series, reportedly thought about quitting t…
Ella Purnell, the Brit star best known for lead roles in "Fallout," "Sweetpea" and "Yellowjackets," is joining Nicholas Galitzine in upcoming feature "The Return of Stanley Atwell." The film…
Daniela Elstner, managing director of Unifrance, has filed a police complaint against French singer-songwriter and actor Patrick Bruel over alleged attempted rape and sexual assault. The exe…
Daniel Brühl, the German-Spanish actor, producer and director whose work in film and TV has spanned both European arthouse projects and major Hollywood tentpoles, has signed with CAA and …
Artists4Ceasefire has a new pin badge just in time for the 2026 Oscars ceremony. With just hours to go until the 98th Academy Awards, the collective of actors, filmmakers and other artists "…
"The Voice of Hind Rajab," Kaouther Ben Hania's powerful and moving docudrama about the 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli forces in 2024 while trying to flee Gaza, heads …
The ongoing reverberations from Timothée Chalamet's remarks about ballet and opera don't appear to be dying down anytime soon, with fresh backlash this time coming from someone who helped m…
Woody Norman "Â the young BAFTA-nominated British star who first turned heads in A24's "C'mon, C'mon" in 2021 "Â has signed with UTA. The teenager recently wrapped Focus Feature's histor…
BBC director-general Tim Davie has answered questions from the U.K. government's Culture, Media & Sport Committee over the incident that erupted following the BAFTA ceremony in which the…