Strictly Come Dancing's longest standing judge has urged that, despite all the controversy around the BBC show, dancers remain strict with their celebrity partners, lest the series become "watered down and vanilla." Dancer and choreographer Craig Revel Horwood, who has been with the BBC show since…

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled its 2024 Award winners Saturday evening local time, including Matthew Rankin, director of Universal Language, which won the flagship Bright Horizons Award, presented by VicScreen with a prize of $140,000AUSD (USD$95,100). The Canadian surreal…

German police are urgently hunting an unknown suspect who fled the city of Solingen after three people were killed and eight seriously injured in a knife attack Friday evening.  The BBC reports that the attacker struck during celebrations to mark the 650th anniversary of the city's foundation in…

The BBC presenter fired this week has broken his silence to admit he sent "inappropriate messages" to two colleagues.  Former footballer Jermaine Jenas gave an interview to The Sun in which he said he was "ashamed" and "had let everybody down." He revealed he had sent messages to two female…

"I forgot to remember to forget," sang Elvis Presley in 1955, and similar mental gymnastics are required to figure out what's actually happening — or has been happening — in this upscale twisty-turny horror thriller. But although it raises serious and intriguing questions about hot-button issues and…

Romanian film Three Kilometers to the End of the World, from director Emanuel Pârvu, won the Heart of Sarajevo prize on Friday for Best Feature Film at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival. The film focuses on the violent attack on a 17-year-old boy and and the aftermath in his home village in the Danube Delta…

Busan International Film Festival has announced a Special Program in Focus, 'In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun', honoring the Korean actor who died in December 2023.  The program will screen six of the actor's works including Parasite, four other films and an episode of TV series My Mister, as well as…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and producer Parvinder Shergill will lead Break a Leg, a British indie feature set in the world of drama schools. In the mockumentary, Shergill will play Jazzy, a woman competing with her drama student counterparts to land a deal with the agent of her dreams to fulfil her Christmas…

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The 2024 Edinburgh TV Festival draws to a close today, and this year’s event has been full of talking points, some positive and other not so much. While execs and creatives on the ground said there was a relatively subdued feel compared to some years when there have been real fireworks, there was a…

EXCLUSIVE: Derek Jacobi (Gladiator) and Laura Whitmore (Queenie) are among the latest names to sign on to star in writer-director Paul Raschid's latest interactive project Hello Stranger.  Jacobi and Whitmore are joined by Yasmin Finney (Heartstopper) and Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me). The…

Here’s your first look at Ciarán Hinds as Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 playing new character Dark Wizard. The character is billed as “A dark and powerful wizard, whose origins and intentions are shrouded in secrecy, and who has a legion of magic-wielding acolytes who obey his every…