Christoph Waltz to play Hollywood icon Billy Wilder in new movie

OHMYGOSSIP — Christoph Waltz is to lead the cast of ‘Billy Wilder and Me’.
The James Bond star will play one of the icons of Hollywood’s golden age in the new film from director Stephen Frears.
The movie was announced by legendary producer Jeremy Thomas and is based on Jonathan Coe’s 2020 book ‘Mr Wilder and Me’ with Christopher Hampton adapting the story for the big screen.
The film is set during the summer of 1977 and is a part coming-of-age story, part true-life portrait of the beloved director.
An innocent young woman begins working for the famed filmmaker on a Greek island during the filming of ‘Fedora’ and when she follows Wilder to Germany to continue the shoot, she finds herself joining him on a journey of memory into the heart of the movie icon’s family history.
Production on the project will begin in spring 2023 in Greece, Munich and Paris with the casting of further principal roles to be announced in the near future.
Waltz, a two-time Oscar winner, said: “Billy Wilder said, ‘You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning’. A Stephen Frears movie with a Christopher Hampton script produced by Jeremy Thomas should do the trick for me.”
Frears added: “Europe and Hollywood. Hollywood and Europe. The most interesting dilemma in the cinema.”
Hampton also said: “From the time of our first meeting in Los Angeles in the early eighties, Billy Wilder was extremely kind and encouraging to me.
“Jonathan Coe’s wonderful novel has provided the perfect opportunity to express my gratitude and my admiration for one of the undisputed giants of cinema history.”

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Emilia Jones and Scoot McNairy cast in Fairyland

OHMYGOSSIP — Emilia Jones and Scoot McNairy have landed roles in ‘Fairyland’.
The pair will play the leads in the movie from director Andrew Durham – who has recently wrapped production on the feature.
Sofia Coppola and American Zoetrope have acquired the screen rights to Alysia Abbott’s ‘Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father’, a coming-of-age account about growing up with her single father – the widowed poet and gay activist Steve Abbott – amid the AIDS epidemic in 1970s and 1980s San Francisco.
Geena Davis, Adam Lambert, Cody Fern, Bella Murphy and Nessa Dougherty complete the cast for the movie adaptation. Durham – a veteran fashion and commercial photographer – has penned the movie and is producing with Coppola, Megan Carlson, Siena Oberman, Greg Lauritano and Laure Sudreau.
Emilia, 20, starred in the Oscar-winning movie ‘CODA’, in which she played the only hearing member of a deaf family, and has also been cast in the psychological thriller ‘Cat Person’ with Nicholas Braun and Michael Gandolfini.
The flick is being directed by Susanna Fogel and is based on the 2017 short story of the same name by Kristen Roupenian.
The story follows the relationship between Margot, a 20-year-old college student, and Robert, an older man who regularly visits the movie theatre where Margot works. It was the most downloaded fiction published in The New Yorker magazine in 2017.
Susanna commented: “Using Kristen’s excruciatingly well-observed short story about the horrors of dating as the jumping-off point for an actual genre film, ‘Cat Person’ will explore the hellscape of modern romance and the idea that we have all been the villain in someone else’s story, and the victim in others.”

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Love Island star Amy Hart knew she wanted to marry Sam Ranson after two dates

OHMYGOSSIP — Amy Hart told friends she was “going to marry” Sam Ranson after their second date.
The former ‘Love Island’ star – who previously admitted she had never been in a serious relationship before falling for Curtis Pritchard in the villa back in 2019 – and her boyfriend Sam Ranson went public with their romance last year, and she was certain she’d found The One.
She told OK! magazine: “I told my friends just before our third date that I was going to marry Sam.
“They were like, ‘You’ve only met him twice,’ and I just told them to trust me on this one.”
Sam added: “I think the first conversation you had with my mum was, ‘I’m going to marry your son!’ You’re not wrong.”
The 29-year-old reality star admitted her family are “very impulsive people”, with her parents getting engaged after just eight weeks before tying the knot the next year, and having a baby the year after that.
However, Sam admitted: “I’m just a little bit slower. I don’t have a timeline in mind… I said to Amy that I want it to be a surprise, I want it to feel like quite a special moment for us…
“Life doesn’t always work to plan and with your fertility, we don’t quite know yet whether we’re gonna have to switch things up… Whether we focus on having kids first.”
Meanwhile, Amy insisted she wants to tie the knot first so she can be “truly selfish” about her big day without having anyone else to worry about, and she’d love to get married in 2023.
She said: “I’d love to get married first, just because I think then you can be truly selfish with your wedding if you get married first.
“Once you have children, all your priorities change. I’d love to get married next year.”
Amy froze her eggs aged 27 because early menopause runs in her family, but she recently admitted she’ll give them away if they aren’t needed.
She said: “For me, it was something I’ve known I wanted to be a mum ever since I was a child and I was in a position to do it.
“So I was like, ‘If it’s going to help me … and if I can’t use them, then I’ll donate them.’ ”

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Top Gun: Maverick makers Paramount sued for copyright infringement

OHMYGOSSIP — Paramount Pictures are being sued for copyright infringement over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.
The family of the late Israeli writer Ehud Yonay are suing the studio as they claim it did not have the rights to Yonay’s 1983 story ‘Top Guns’ – which was the inspiration for the original 1986 film that starred Tom Cruise.
The lawsuit – which was filed on Monday (06.06.22) at the Los Angeles federal court by Shosh and Yuval Yonay, the writer’s widow and son – alleges that Paramount failed to reacquire the rights to Ehud’s article after it was terminated under the US Copyright Act.
They are seeking unspecified damages from the studio, including profits from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.
The lawsuit claims that the ‘Top Gun’ franchise wouldn’t have existed without Ehud’s “literary efforts and evocative prose and narrative”.
According to the lawsuit, the Yonays informed Paramount that the rights to the article would be terminated two years later and added that the studio lost the copyright for the piece in January 2020.
Lawyer Marc Toberoff, who is representing the Yonays, told the BBC: “Much as Paramount wants to pretend otherwise, they made a sequel to ‘Top Gun’ after they lost their copyright.”
Paramount responded with the statement: “These claims are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously.”
LA-based entertainment attorney feels that timing will be crucial in the case as Paramount planned to release the blockbuster in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic caused several delays.
She explained: “Timing is going to be very important in this case because the notice of termination was sent… to have an effective date of 2020.”
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ sees Cruise reprise his role as US navy pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell and gave the Hollywood megastar his first $100 million opening weekend at the box office.

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Anton Du Beke had ‘never cooked’ in his life before joining Cooking With The Stars

OHMYGOSSIP — Anton Du Beke had “never cooked anything” in his life before training for ‘Cooking With The Stars’.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge trained as a baker when he was a boy, but he has stepped into the new ITV competition with no experience preparing any dishes.
He said: “I don’t cook at all. I’ve never cooked anything in my entire life. That is difficult for the judges to comprehend and understand really.
“When I said to producers I don’t cook they said, ‘That’s fine but what’s your signature dish’ and I said, ‘I don’t cook so I don’t have one’.
“I don’t cook so the first time I cooked anything was the first morning of training with [mentor Rosemary Shrager]. It was the first time I’d been in a kitchen and cooked something with a pan on a stove.”
The 55-year-old star has “never been bothered about cooking” and “had no interest in going through the process of learning”.
He explained: “I ate out my entire life so I didn’t need to cook or have any desire to cook. Then suddenly you get older and I have a family now.
“My wife does all the cooking but it’s something I felt I’d like to do. During lockdown I had thoughts about wanting to learn to cook but I didn’t as I had no way of learning.
“When they offered me the opportunity to do this in a scenario that I love, it was really the situation that made me want to do the show. I love having lessons. I enjoy competition.”
Anton revealed his family were “delighted” and “thrilled” when he revealed he’d be on the show, but he doesn’t have any plans to put his newfound skills to the test in the future.
He quipped: “I’m never cooking again.”
Hosts Tom Allen and Emma Willis loved having Anton on set though, and the comedian admitted he was always “dancing in the kitchen”.
Emma added: “Dancing at the bar as well. He taught me a little…. I don’t even know what dance it was.
“He didn’t tell me what we were going to do, he just went ‘OK’ and we stood together and he went, ‘To me, one two, to you’ and we danced and I was very happy.”
‘Cooking With The Stars’ starts tonight (07.06.22) at 8pm on ITV.

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Line of Duty star Martin Compston insists there are ‘always ideas’ for more series

OHMYGOSSIP — Martin Compston has teased the possibility of a future for ‘Line of Duty’.
The 38-year-old actor – who played Detective Steve Arnott in the police drama from 2012 until 2021 – has weighed in on speculation about the chances of more series following the season six finale, and he remains hopeful at the idea of a potential reprise.
Asked whether there was a chance ‘Line of Duty’ could return one day, he told Radio Times magazine: “We’re so delighted that after all that time, people still want us.
“If Jed [Mercurio, the creator] thinks there’s a story, we’d all love to work together again. There’s always ideas, but nothing concrete,”
Bosses of the show – which was written and directed by Jed for the BBC – previously teased season seven, but weren’t sure if it would happen.
Before the arrival of season six, Jed said: “We’re in a situation where it’s not entirely clear that there will be a seventh series. We would hope there could be.
“But we’re having to do our planning coming out of COVID, and a whole bunch of other things… these things aren’t guaranteed at all now.
“A lot of it depends on the key creatives – that’s me and the main actors – finding new stories to tell within that universe. ‘Line of Duty’ may have reached ‘the Chandrasekhar Limit’, at which a mass collapses under its own gravitational force.”
But Adrian Dunbar, who plays Superintendent Ted Hastings, added: “We’ve got to do another series.
“We’ve got to get onto Jed and say, ‘Look, we’ve got to do one that’s not like when we were in lockdown. We’ve got to do one where we’re back on the ground, we’re out there, we’re in the city, we’re having fun’.
“You know, it’s a great city to have fun in, Belfast, so we really want to get back to doing that again.”

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Sally Dexter says EastEnders is set for Wild West showdown

OHMYGOSSIP — Sally Dexter says ‘EastEnders’ is set for a Wild West style showdown.
The 62-year-old star’s character Faith Dingle hasn’t told her son Cain (Jeff Hordley) about the return of her breast cancer, and he thinks she’s being drunk and disorderly, while her drinking has been numbing her pain.
Next week, Faith will host a birthday party at The Woolpack to try and break the heartbreaking news to Cain, but the plan backfires when he storms in and says he wants her to “drop dead” before she opens up about her incurable diagnosis.
Sally told the Daily Star newspaper’s Hot TV column: “It’s like a Western.
“The doors swing, the music stops, all the cigarettes are put out, everyone’s chairs get scraped across the floor and there’s absolute silence when Cain enters the room in the way that only Jeff can do. It was huge fun to film.”
Sally noted her character still loves her son “unconditionally” and she hopes Faith and Cain can reconcile their relationship before her character dies.
She added: “She doesn’t know really how long she has got, so every minute with him is precious, even when he’s really, really awful.
“She loves him unconditionally. But she wouldn’t half like it if they got back together and were friends again.
“But she wants a relationship, not a pity ship. It would be dreadful if we didn’t repair it. We’d be left on a minor chord, the end of the song wouldn’t be finished.”
Meanwhile, Sally recently admitted she felt a “real responsibility” to tell the hard-hitting plot.
She said: “It’s upsetting, but really important as a storyline, because it’s more than a storyline for so many people.
“It matters to people who are going through it as well as people who will go through it. I feel a sense of real responsibility, but also a privilege to be doing this storyline.”

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Love Island star Liam Llewellyn thought Elton John was two people

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’ star Liam Llewellyn thought Sir Elton John was two different people.
The 22-year-old contestant – who recently finished his master’s degree in strength and conditioning – left ITV2 viewers stunned during his VT as he made a number of revelations.
As well as admitting he is baffled by raisins being dried grapes, he laughed: “I thought Elton John was two blokes for 20 years.
“I just thought it was like ‘Elt and John’, just like it’s Ant and Dec.”
Liam was coupled up with Michael Owen’s daughter Gemma in Monday’s (06.06.22) launch episode.
He described himself as a “happy man” after being paired up with Gemma, and although she called him “cute”, “fit” and “really nice”, she seemed less enthusiastic.
The dressage professional also left Liam confused when she told him about her pet dogs – both Italian Greyhounds – and 12 horses.
He said: “You have 12 horses? At home? You must have a big house. Well, horses are outside.”
Meanwhile, Gemma is yet to reveal her famous father and couldn’t help but smirk after Liam revealed his love for football.
She asked if he’d played at a “decent level”, and carried on asking questions after he revealed he stopped playing when he was young.
He replied: “I feel like you’ve been with an ex-footballer or something.”
She insisted she was just “interested” in his past, and he eventually stopped asking why she was so intrigued.
Later in the episode, Gemma again came close to revealing her famous father when the Islanders were chatting about their surnames and she revealed her own – but none of the Islanders made the connection.
The first episode also saw islanders play a game of dares, with Davide having to do a “strip tease”.
Gemma refused to perform a lap dance for Liam, and dared to kiss the Islander she wants to share a bed with, the teenager grabbed Davide for a brief kiss, leaving Liam stunned.
Gemma later admitted she felt there was “something missing” in Liam and said she was most “physically attracted” to Davide.
The Italian then got a cliffhanger text which said he will have to couple up with the girl of his choice 24 hours later.

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Laura Dern wanted evolution in Jurassic World Dominion

OHMYGOSSIP — Laura Dern wanted Dr. Ellie Sattler to evolve in ‘Jurassic World Dominion’.
The 55-year-old actress reprises her role as the scientist in the concluding part of the ‘Jurassic World’ trilogy and revealed that she discussed the development of her character and the authenticity of the story with director Colin Trevorrow before returning to the ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise.
Speaking to ComicBook.com, Laura said: “Luckily, they were very open to those and in agreement, and it was very important to Colin, who cares deeply about the environment, and I think feels proud and grateful that we have a seamless opportunity in this franchise to talk about what’s most important right now, in terms of protecting our home, Earth.
“It’s embedded in this franchise. It’s in the original book. So, it was a seamless conversation.”
The ‘Marriage Story’ actress explained how she wanted the character to be an “activist” in the new blockbuster and was pleased that Trevorrow agreed with her thoughts.
Laura said: “But to me, how she’d evolved in her area of science that she has studied as a palaeontologist, our former extinction, and would have evolved as a soil scientist whose focus would be climate change to avoid another extinction. (It) made perfect sense and he agreed completely.
“And she wouldn’t not be an activist. It’s Dr. Ellie Sattler, come on. And if boys want to join her and use their voice, they might have an amazing experience. But they better abandon dig sites and get with the programme and start saving the world.”
Dern is part of a strong female presence on ‘Jurassic World Dominion’, which also features Bryce Dallas Howard and DeWanda Wise, and reflected on how things have changed since she appeared in Steven Spielberg’s original 1993 movie.
She said: “I do feel moved and proud at how this franchise has evolved. I got a bit teary-eyed remembering the 23-year-old me, feeling like it was going to be hard work to fight for something. And to now be standing between Bryce and DeWanda, and feeling that power, was really moving.”

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Two new bombshells enter the Love Island villa

OHMYGOSSIP — Two new bombshells have entered the ‘Love Island’ villa.
Afia Tonkmor, 25, and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, 27, were unveiled as shock new contestants as part of a bombshell revelation in the second episode of the ITV2 reality dating show on Tuesday (07.06.22.)
Afia – who works as a Lounge Host at a Private Members Club in London – explained that signing up for the show felt like a “once in a lifetime” opportunity but believes she is still single because she tends to “fall in love too quickly.”
She said: “It just seems like a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet someone, have an amazing summer, just have so much fun, and have a bit of a summer romance as well. But I fall in love quickly, too quickly, two dates I am like, ‘OMG I am obsessed with this boy, he’s everything.”
Afia was joined as a new contestant by Essex actress Ekin-Su who is looking for a “genuine spark” in her love life but admits she can be “quite picky” and isn’t in the villa to make friends.
She said: “I’m looking for that real genuine spark and they just see me as me. I think the concept of the show brings back true and raw feelings. I’m quite picky and I’m not just looking for looks, I’m looking for brains! I’m looking for someone with intelligence, someone who can have good chats. Nothing like cockiness! I’m looking for a serious man and a serious relationship. I’ll bring the whole package to the villa – drama, tears, laughter, joy, and love. I’m looking for the love of my life. I’m not there to make friends. If someone wants to have an argument with me, bring it on.”
Their entry into the sprawling villa in Mallorca happened on the same night that Liam Llewellyn, 22, was dumped by Gemma Owen and was left on his own when she decided to pair up with Monday’s bombshell contestant Davide Sanclimenti.
However, during her first appearance on the show, London-born Afia admitted she wasn’t afraid to go after someone else’s man and warned her fellow females that she would “get what she wanted.”
Speaking on ‘Love Island’, she said: “If I see a guy that I want in the villa I’m definitely going to make sure I get him. Watch out girls, I’m coming for your man!”
‘Love Island’ continues Wednesday at 9pm on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player.

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Gemma Owen couples up with Davide Sanclimenti on Love Island

OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Owen coupled up with Davide Sanclimenti on Tuesday’s (07.06.22) edition of ‘Love Island’.
The 19-year-old beauty – who is the daughter of football legend Michael Owen – is a contestant on the 2022 series of the reality dating show and while during the first episode on Monday she coupled up with Liam Llewellyn, she was quickly seen kissing Davide, 27, during a dares game on the same night and the pair officially coupled the following evening.
Gemma’s decision to dump Liam and move on to Davide means that the 22-year-old personal trainer from Newport could face eviction from the competition unless he finds a new match by Friday (10.06.22.)
During the first episode of the show on Monday – in what was a new twist – episode of the eighth series saw fans choosing the castmates’ matches having previously been decided themselves in earlier series.
Girls Gemma, Tasha, Amber, Paige and Indiyah joined host Laura Whitmore in the show’s Majorca villa expecting to see the boys walk out
one-by-one.
Deaf contestant Tasha had been voted to be paired up with estate agent Andrew and on Tuesday appeared to be quite happy with her match as she gushed about their time together to her fellow Islanders.
Speaking on the latest episode of ‘Love Island’, she said:”I woke up and he was awake and he had a little smile. He just put his arm around me and it felt so nice.”
Meanwhile, Tuesday’s episode also saw the arrival of two new bombshells in the form of lounge host Afia Tonkmor, 25, and actress Afia Tonkmor, 25 into the sprawling villa in Mallorca, Spain.
Upon her arrival, Afia said: “If I see a guy that I want in the villa I’m definitely going to make sure I get him. Watch out girls, I’m coming for your man!”
‘Love Island’ continues on ITV2 at 9pm on Wednesday 8 June.

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Todd Phillips reveals title for Joker sequel

OHMYGOSSIP — Todd Phillips has confirmed a ‘Joker’ sequel is in the works.
The 51-year-old director – who also made ‘The Hangover’ trilogy – made the announcement by sharing a black-and-white photograph of Joaquin Phoenix, 47, reading a script for the follow-up to their 2019 blockbuster.
The Instagram photo shows the Oscar-winning actor sitting with a cigarette on a couch, wearing pinstripe trousers, a black t-shirt and sunglasses, while he also shared a picture of the script’s red cover with black lettering spelling out ‘Joker 2: Folie à Deux’.
The French phrase ‘Folie à deux’ translates as ‘shared madness’ and is used to describe a delusion shared by two people in close proximity.
Writer Scott Silver – who penned Eminem film ‘8 Mile’ – co-wrote the script alongside Phillips.
The first ‘Joker’ movie, released in 2019, was a box office and critical smash, grossing more than $1 billion on a budget of $55 million.
It was the first R-rated film to make over a billion dollars in ticket sales, going onto be nominated for 11 Academy Awards.
Dad-of-one Phoenix – who shares son River, one, with his actress wife Rooney Mara, 37 – won Best Actor for his portrayal of mentally disturbed Arthur Fleck, who evolves into the iconic Batman villain by the end of the story, while composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, 39, won the award for Best Original Score.
Phillips received huge acclaim for the movie, but the director previously claimed audiences overlooked one of the film’s central themes.
He explained: “If I had to drill down on one overarching theme for me, it’s about the power of kindness and a lot of people miss that.
“I think if you don’t see that you either don’t have a soul or you’re being reductive to make up for your own struggles in that area.
“But, really, to me, that’s where it started from and there are other things in the movie like lack of love, the lack of empathy in society, and childhood trauma, but the power of kindness really runs through this film.”

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David Arquette addresses Neve Campbell’s decision to quit Scream franchise

OHMYGOSSIP — David Arquette thinks it’s “unfortunate” Neve Campbell has quit the ‘Scream’ franchise.
The 48-year-old actress – who first appeared alongside Arquette in the horror classic in 1996- won’t be back as Sidney Prescott for the upcoming sixth movie, having returned for this year’s revival.
He told ComicBook: “I’d love for her to be a part of it. A ‘Scream’ movie without Sidney is kind of unfortunate, but I understand her decision.
“It’s all a business in a way, they have to balance all these elements to fit a budget and produce a film.”
Campbell had explained that her decision came down to a salary dispute, and while Arquette – known for his role as Dewey Riley in all five ‘Scream’ movies – respects her call, he isn’t ruling out a comeback.
He added: “I get it, she’s still alive! She [can] absolutely be in future ones, but I think it’s up to fans to call for that in the future…
“That is sudden, it’s a business, though. I respect her decision, for sure.”
Arquette won’t be back after his own character Dewey was shockingly killed off in the fifth film.
In a statement addressing her decision, Neve recently said: “Sadly I won’t be making the next Scream film.
“As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to ‘Scream’.
“I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.
“It’s been a very difficult decision to move on. To all my ‘Scream’ fans, I love you. You’ve always been so incredibly supportive to me. I’m forever grateful to you and to what this franchise has given me over the past 25 years.”
Production for the sixth slasher film is expected to begin this summer and Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) is still attached to the project.
Newcomers from the latest reboot are also set to return, including Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Jenna Ortega.

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David Morrissey cast in Yorkshire Ripper drama The Long Shadow

OHMYGOSSIP — David Morrissey is reportedly starring in ‘The Long Shadow’.
The 57-year-old actor is set to play former West Yorkshire Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield in ITV’s upcoming Yorkshire Ripper drama looking at Peter Sutcliffe’s murders from a new angle.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “The victims and their families still blame Oldfield and many of his senior colleagues for not catching Sutcliffe earlier.
“If he had been arrested sooner then fewer women would have been attacked and fewer lives ruined.
“So casting someone who is not knowing for playing baddies or villains is something of a revelation.”
The upcoming drama will tell the true story of the five-year search for the notorious serial killer between October 1975 and January 1981.
More than one thousand police officers were involved in the search, the biggest manhunt in British criminal history.
During the investigation, Sutcliffe was interviewed and let go by police nine times.
Oldfield never responded to the criticism over the case before his death in 1985.
Back in 2020, it was revealed ‘Criminal’ writer George Kay has penned the script for the drama.
He said: “In a story full of eye-watering statistics, one for me has always stood out: Peter Sutcliffe rendered 23 children motherless.
“That one fact in itself demands that any definitive drama about this case should encompass far more than just the story of a police investigation.
“We will focus not just on the police, therefore, but the victims, their families, those who were attacked but not believed, those whose lives were permanently changed.
“This is not the story of a Ripper who hailed from Yorkshire, but the story of how Yorkshire was ripped apart.”
ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill previously said: “This promises to be a definitive look at this infamous case.”

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Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan ‘set for emotional farewell in Neighbours finale’

OHMYGOSSIP — Neighbours’ final ever scene is expected to see the emotional return of original castmates Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.
An hour-long special of the soap is set to end with the pair, propelled to global fame after their stints as Charlene and Scott Robinson in the show, making a comeback more than 30 years after they left Erinsborough.
The pair turn to each other on Ramsay Street before declaring they are “home” in a farewell episode to be shown on Channel 5 on August 1.
Kylie, 54, last appeared on the show in July 1988, while 54-year-old Jason stayed until May 1989.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Everyone is gutted the show is coming to an end but they are determined to go out on a high.
“Kylie and Jason have such strong ties to the series they didn’t even think twice about returning. The final scene will make fans well up.”
Scott and Charlene’s wedding has become an iconic moment on the soap after it was watched by 20 million viewers in the UK in 1988.
Speaking about her time on the show, which started in 1985, Kylie said: “I will be forever grateful for the experience.”
Jason added: “I think we should be grateful for what it’s given Australia, it’s given actors, producers, writers, directors.”
It emerged in March that ‘Neighbours’ was being cancelled after producers Fremantle Media failed to find a buyer for future episodes.
A Fremantle spokesperson said at the time: “It is with sadness that after nearly 37 years and almost 9,000 episodes broadcast, we are confirming that ‘Neighbours’ will cease production in the summer. Following the loss of a key broadcast partner in the UK, and despite a search for alternative funding, we currently have no option but to rest the show.”
The soap began in 1985 and has also launched the careers of many other stars, including Holly Valance, Margot Robbie and Guy Pearce.

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Ewan McGregor’s ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ show slapped with violence warnings in wake of Texas school massacre

OHMYGOSSIP — Ewan McGregor’s ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ has been slapped with violence warnings in the wake of the Texas school mass shooting.
Disney+ bosses took the decision as the six-part sci-fi series contains a massacre at a Jedi school.
A warning read: “Although this fictional series is a continuation of the story from Star Wars movies filmed many years ago, some scenes may be upsetting to viewers in light of the recent tragic events.
“Warning: Contains violence involving children.”
The message went out on Friday (27.05.22) 24 hours after the show started – and three days after 19 children and two adults were murdered during a school massacre in Uvalde, Texas.
It was shortened later the same day, and now reads: “There are certain scenes in this fictional series that some viewers may find upsetting.”
Disney+ added the first version of the warning early Friday, hours after the start of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.
Two episodes of the much-anticipated series had already been shown late Thursday (25.05.22.)
The accused gunman in Texas first shot his grandmother in the face, then sent cryptic online messages before he went on his deadly rampage at Robb Elementary School.
‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’’s plot included a look back to 10 years prior, when Order 66 – or the near eradication of the Jedi – is executed.
The scene opens with a group of “Force-sensitive younglings being trained in the Jedi Temple just before Clone Troopers burst into the building, and began shooting at the Jedi and children” the show says.
No children are struck by blaster fire, but the clips have been described as too “intense” in light of the Texas tragedy.
A Disney spokesperson told Deadline: “’In light of recent tragic events, we recognise there are certain scenes in this fictional series that some viewers may find upsetting and a content warning has been added to the show page.
“We are also working to add an advisory in front of the series as quickly as possible.”
The show stars Ewan McGregor, 51, in the title role as Obi-Wan Kenobi, charting his exile on Tatooine.
It takes place between the ‘Revenge of the Sith’ and ‘New Hope’ films from the ‘Star Wars’ saga.
The cast also includes Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, along with Rupert Friend, Sung Kang, Moses Ingram, Benny Safdie, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Simone Kessell, Vivien Lyra Blair, Flea, Jimmy Smits, Kumail Nanjiani, Marisé Álvarez, Rya Kihlstedt and Indira Varma.

Source: VacationHunter.Online