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Melbourne, (ANI): Britney Spears" newly recorded material nearly missed devastation when a fire broke out at her producer's Los Angeles studio. Superstar producer Rusko - whose real name is Christopher Mercer - was able to salvage the recordings after his home studio caught fire when a car parked in his garage exploded, according to World Entertainment News Network. "Thank God I grabbed my hard drives," News.com.au quoted Rusko as tweeting. "We're all safe thank the lord," the English producer added. The singer's agent, Adam Leber, recently tweeted about the progress of Spears' upcoming album. "Brit is recording a big big BIG new song on Friday with MaxMartin & TheDrLuke. I'm pretty sure it's a smash!" Leber said of the work for her seventh album, a follow-up to the 2008 "Circus." Comments … [Read more...] about Britney Spears almost lost her new album to fire

BBC Media Editor and Today host Amol Rajan has been named the next University Challenge presenter, replacing Jeremy Paxman . Paxman revealed he is leaving after three decades earlier this week and Rajan, who also presents on BBC Radio 2, The One Show and has an Amol Interviews series, will take over next year in the hotseat of the ITV Studios show. He will step down as BBC Media Editor but continue his other hosting duties. Based on U.S. format College Bowl, University Challenge involves the brightest students in the country battling it out to answer incredibly difficult questions. Rajan is just the third presenter on the BBC’s longest running show, following in the footsteps of Paxman and Bamber Gascoigne. “Jeremy leaves a very big chair to fill but Amol’s experience, expertise and sense of humour makes him the perfect fit for one of Britain’s longest running and toughest quiz shows,” said BBC Director of Unscripted Kate Phillips. Rajan added: “I … [Read more...] about BBC Unveils Jeremy Paxman’s ‘University Challenge’ Replacement

Showtime and Channel 4 comedy Entitled from the production company behind Fleabag has unveiled full cast and rolled cameras in Manchester. Joining Fleabag and Stranger Things star Brett Gelman in Two Brothers Pictures’ eight-parter are Donald Sumpter ( Game of Thrones ), Brendan Patricks ( Downton Abbey ), Pippa Bennett-Warner ( Gangs of London ), Mark Quartley ( Lucky Man ), Jonathan Livingstone ( Peacock ), Charlotte Louise Arrowsmith ( This is Going to Hurt ) and Kelly Wenham (Merlin). Entitled stars Gelman as Gabe, a conniving American widower who posthumously must get to know The Beaucrofts, his British wife’s eccentric estranged family, in their crumbling gothic mansion in the English countryside. As Gabe’s search for closure and truth reveal a newly inherited fortune, each family member’s ambition comes to a head. Matt Morgan ( Mister Winner) created Entitled , which entered production in Manchester this week. Director is … [Read more...] about ‘Entitled’: Showtime & Channel 4 Comedy From ‘Fleabag’ Team Unveils Cast & Begins Production

EXCLUSIVE : More major casting is emerging for the upcoming sixth season of Black Mirror , with Under the Banner of Heaven and Signs star Rory Culkin the latest to sign up. Details are scarce on Culkin’s role and Netflix isn’t commenting but Deadline understands the deal was struck recently for the actor to appear in an episode of Netflix’s critically-acclaimed Charlie Brooker -penned anthology. Having entered production recently, the latest Black Mirror is the first from Brooker’s new Netflix-backed outfit Broke & Bones , which he runs with Black Mirror exec Annabel Jones. Culkin was most recently seen in FX’s Under the Banner of Heaven as Samuel Lafferty, starring opposite Andrew Garfield in the Dustin Lance Black show. Past TV credits include Paramount’s Waco and Netflix’s Halston. On the film side, Culkin appeared in Jonas Akerlund’s 2018 heavy metal thriller Lords of Chaos. He broke through in Signs and the Academy … [Read more...] about ‘Black Mirror’: Rory Culkin To Star In Season Six Of Netflix Anthology

Viewership of streaming programming surpassed that of cable TV for the first time in July, Nielsen reported. The measurement firm, in its monthly snapshot of overall viewership called The Gauge, said streaming accounted for 34.8% of all viewing. That share of the total rose almost 23% compared with July 2021. Cable, meanwhile, took 34.4% of the total, sliding 9% from the year before. Broadcast slumped almost 10% year-over-year to account for 21.6% of tune-in. One factor in July was the end of the NBA playoffs, which pulled significant numbers on TNT and ESPN in June. The Tokyo Olympics also boosted cable in July 2021. Streaming in July 2022 also benefited from the blockbuster premiere of the final two episodes of Stranger Things Season 4, among other big draws. Football season, which kicks off for college and NFL teams in the next couple of weeks, should revive the fortunes of traditional TV. Total time spent watching TV in July closely resembled that of … [Read more...] about Streaming Viewership Has Surpassed Cable TV Tune-In For The First Time, Per Nielsen

Recently, during the promotions of Dobaaraa , filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opened up about India's official entry to Oscars and said that he hopes The Kashmir Files does not become India's official entry to the Academy Awards. In an interview with Galatta Plus, Anurag said, "India might actually have a nomination in the final five if RRR is the film they pick. I don't know what film anybody is going to pick. I hope not The Kashmir Files." (sic) As expected, his statement did not go down well with Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and he slammed the Gangs Of Wasseypur director on Twitter. He tweeted, "Important: The vicious, genocide-denier lobby of Bollywood has started their campaign against #TheKashmirFiles for #Oscars, under the leadership of the maker of #Dobaaraa." (sic) Reacting to Agnihotri's tweet, a Canadian filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray tweeted, "Yeah, actually it's (hatemongering, revisionist) garbage of no artistic merit and will be a further embarrassment … [Read more...] about Canadian Filmmaker Calls The Kashmir Files ‘Garbage’

Actress Sakshi Tanwar is currently in a happy mood as her famous show Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii is being telecast again on Star Plus. Let us tell you, she played the role of Parvati in the show, and needless to say, KGGK had broken several TRP records in the late 2000s. Sakshi is known for her amazing acting talent; however, many people don't know that she prefers to keep her life very low profile. Sakshi Tanwar की Kahani Ghar Ghar Kii को दोबारा देख फैंस हुए इमोशनल | FilmiBeat*TV Recently, in an interview with ETimes TV, Sakshi Tanwar revealed that she doesn't watch TV. She even doesn't have a cable connection at home. When asked about her views over the overall content on TV compared to earlier, she said, "Honestly, I don't have a cable connection at home or an OTT subscription. At the most, we watch some videos on the internet for nursery rhymes or poetry for my daughter. My parents also don't watch TV. So, I have no idea about content on television. But … [Read more...] about Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii Star Sakshi Tanwar Reveals She Doesn’t Have A Cable Connection At Home

TMZ Composite Dog the Bounty Hunter is getting a slew of tips on the disappearance of 16-year-old Kiely Rodni -- the girl who vanished near the Lake Tahoe area earlier this month -- but he's reluctant to do anything right now because of the blowback he got in the Gabby Petito murder investigation. Dog's rep tells TMZ, some of the tipsters offer vague clues -- something he's used over the years to eventually develop solid leads -- and he's also been getting a slew of emails from people who just want him to jump in because of his track record in finding missing persons. TMZ.com Here's the problem. When cops were setting their sights on Brian Laundrie , the man who murdered Gabby, Dog was honeymooning near the Florida home where Brian's sister lived, and he decided to jump in and help . The video of Dog knocking at the sister's door made the rounds and was heavily criticized ... some claiming he was meddling in a police … [Read more...] about Dog the Bounty Hunter Getting Tips on Kiely Rodni Disappearance, Reluctant to Jump In

Tony winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson and nominee Jesse Williams are suiting up again as stars of the baseball-themed Take Me Out , which is set to return to Broadway in the fall. The hit revival will re-take the field October 27 at the Schoenfeld Theatre for 14 weeks, it was revealed today. Written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Scott Ellis, Take Me Out bowed in the spring and went on to glove Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play and Best Featured Actor for Ferguson. The show won widespread critical acclaim — and some unwanted headlines when an audience member recorded and posted on social media some nude scenes. Here is the show’s stat line: When Darren Lemming (Williams), the star center fielder for the Empires, comes out of the closet, the reception off the field reveals a barrage of long-held unspoken prejudices dealing with sexuality and masculinity, money and power, and race and class. Facing some hostile teammates and fraught friendships, … [Read more...] about ‘Take Me Out’ Gets Another Broadway At-Bat Starting In October; Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Jesse WIlliams Return To Lineup

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the edge-of-your-seat documentary thriller Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche , a “gripping account of the deadliest avalanche in U.S. ski resort history.” Greenwich plans to release the documentary — winner of the Audience Award at Telluride’s Moutainfilm festival – in theaters in New York, San Francisco and Northern California on September 23, expanding to additional markets thereafter. A 45-day exclusive theatrical window will be followed by a release on TVOD/EST (transactional video on demand/electronic sell-through) and DVD on November 8. Jared Drake and Steven Siig directed the film, which takes viewers back to the catastrophic events of March and April 1982 near Lake Tahoe, California. A massive storm had dumped huge quantities of snow onto the area beginning in late March. Then, on the afternoon of March 31, tragedy struck. “[W]ithout warning, millions of pounds of snow … [Read more...] about Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Rights To “Gripping” Doc ‘Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche,’ On Historic Ski Resort Disaster