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Shifty Shellshock AKA Seth Binzer, the lead singer of Crazy Town, whose 2000 song “Butterfly” became an anthem, has died aged 49. Binzer was recorded to have died yesterday by the LA Medical Examiner earlier and no cause of death was given. The nu-metal star founded American rap rock group…

EXCLUSIVE: No, John Oliver’s lengthy rant about the UK election and Conservative Party woes is not about to be censored in Britain. Sky Comedy did not broadcast the latest episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in its usual Monday home, sparking fears it would not be made available to…

Oscar winner Adrien Brody is set to make his London theater debut with The Fear of 13, a new play by Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the Bone). Directed by Justin Martin (Prima Facie, Stranger Things: The First Shadow), The Fear of 13 will run from October 4 through November 30 at the Donmar…

The wait for news is over… Babylon Berlin is officially coming back for a fifth and final season. The hit period drama’s future has been a topic of discussion since Sky Deutschland pulled out of original commissioning, leaving a funding gap in the series it shares with German pubcaster ARD Degeto…

When Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland cancelled its usual drama event at the Munich Film Festival at short notice last summer, it came as a surprise. That surprise quickly turned to shock and bitter disappointment when the pay-TV giant revealed it wasn't simply nixing a networking bash, it was exiting the…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s urban fantasy drama The Grimm Reality will not see the light of day. We’ve learned that the series from Dark producer Wiedemann & Berg and The Gryphon co-producer Dog Haus Films has been quietly shelved. The Grimm Reality first went into development at Netflix’s German base and…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has boarded the fast-paced German medical drama KRANK Berlin. Apple has joined ZDFneo on the eight-part series, which is from Violet Pictures and Real Film Berlin and co-created by former British emergency room physician turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson and Brimstone and Glory…

EXCLUSIVE: Image Nation Abu Dhabi is teaming with L.A.-based Russian-Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov and his production banner Bazelevs to launch the Screenlife Accelerator Program in the UAE. The initiative will train local talent – both UAE nationals and residents – in the innovative digital…

BBC DG Tim Davie has said quality TV should “not be about the person who can pay the biggest check” as British broadcasting chiefs gathered for the launch of free streaming service Freely. Davie, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon, ITV boss Carolyn McCall and Channel 5 President Sarah Rose were present at last…

EXCLUSIVE: Stuff the British Stole, the Australian-Canadian doc series about the impact of British colonialism, is being remade as a six-part scripted heist caper. Anchuli Felicia King, who wrote on HBO’s The Sympathizer and The Baby and Deadloch for Prime Video, is creating and writing the series…

Frank Murray and Frida Torresblanco have joined the production team of The Night Manager Season 2 via their nascent Hangtime International Pictures, with plans ramping up for the next instalment of the John le Carré adaptation. Deadline revealed the launch of Hangtime in the run up to Cannes and The N…

EXCLUSIVE: Starstruck co-writer Alice Snedden is directing a Channel 4 comedy about love in the cost-of-living crisis. Snedden is helming a one-off for Channel’s 4 Blap strand titled Break Clause, which is written and created by Jess Bray (The Outlaws) and will star BAFTA-nominee Samuel Bottomley (So…