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Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Kenneth Branagh has told the most epic stories of all between Shakespeare, Agatha Christie and Marvel. For his latest, Belfast , Branagh chose a more intimate and personal one. Based on his own childhood growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1960s, Branagh wrote and directed Belfast . Nine-year-old Buddy (Jude Hill) overhears bits and pieces about The Troubles in Ireland. He witnesses some of the violence in the street, but he’s more concerned with playing with his friends, and why his father (Jamie Dornan) is gone so much of the time. Buddy watches a lot of movies and television, the arts that would become Branagh’s forte. He sees his father as a big-screen hero and his mother (Caitriona Balfe) as his safe space. His grandparents (Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds) also live in Belfast and are a constant in his life. … [Read more...] about ‘Belfast’: Read The Screenplay For Kenneth Branagh’s Look Back At Growing Up In Northern Ireland

Malaika Arora is one of the leading ladies in the tinsel town who is known for her impeccable fashion dress. The pictures shared from her photoshoot on her social media ooze of classiness and grace. However, there are times when the actress also finds herself at the receiving end of the trolls for her dressing sense. In her latest interaction with Bollywood Bubble, the 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' star slammed these naysayers who criticize her for her clothes and said, " A woman is always judged by the length of her skirt or the plunge of her neckline... I cannot live my life according to what people have to say about my hemline or my neckline." Malaika Arora Denies Being Objectified In Item Numbers; Says She Felt Liberated Calling dressing a personal choice, Malaika said that one cannot dictate it to anybody and everybody. "Dressing is a very personal choice. You may think a certain way but it may not be for me. I cannot dictate it to anybody and everybody. My … [Read more...] about Malaika Arora On Trolls Slamming Her For Her Dressing Sense: I Know What Looks Good On Me

On the heels of the “vertically integrated” upfronts last year , where the networks went heavily for owned series, program ownership further strengthened its grip on pickup decisions at the 2016 upfronts . It shared center stage with the issue of in-season stacking rights, which too has become increasingly important to the broadcast networks. CBS owns or co-owns all 10 of its new scripted series for next season. ABC owns or co-owns 9 out of 10 new series. Fox fully owns 9 out of 10 new series. NBC owns or co-owns all but three new series, 9 out of 12, and I hear that was largely by choice. Still, despite the emphasis on shows from the networks’ own studios, it was new series from an independent studio, Sony TV’s dramas Notorious on ABC and Timeless on NBC and comedy Kevin Can Wait on CBS, that got the plum opening slot at the networks’ upfront presentations, along with premium slots on the schedule — behind Grey’s Anatomy ( Notorious ), behind The Voice on … [Read more...] about Network Ownership & In-Season Stacking Rights Rule 2016 Upfronts: In-Depth Look