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Fandango Sales has boarded essay documentary “Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari,” which plays in the out of competition section of the Venice Film Festival. The film, written and directed by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, has debuted its teaser.

“Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari,” which is described as “a reflection on the relationship between humans and nature that exists beyond our impact on it,” is divided into three acts, dealing with animals, plants and stones, respectively.

“Our film is a tribute to the ‘unknown’ and in some ways alien world of animals, plants and stones, which we too often take for granted, but with which we should actually be in constant dialogue since it constitutes the essential part of our existence on Planet Earth,” according to a statement.

“The acts are closely interconnected because they create a unique dramaturgical development through three different staging devices.”

Each act of the film is a “tribute” to...

It’s the moment When Calls the Heart fans have been waiting for. Rosemary goes into labor in the season 10 episode “Great Expectations.” As the nervous mom-to-be prepares to welcome her little one, it leads her friend Elizabeth to think about her own son and his relationship with his late father.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for When Calls the Heart Season 10 Episode 4.]

Rosemary gives birth in ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 10 Episode 4

Rosemary (Pascale Hutton) is a week past her due date, which has her a little anxious, to say the least. Dr. Faith (Andrea Brooks) assures her that everything is fine and that her baby will make its appearance when it’s good and ready. Sure enough, Rosemary goes into labor soon after. She and her husband Lee (Kavan Smith) have been dreaming of this event for months. But that doesn’t mean they don’t panic when it finally happens. Rosemary’s a mix of excited and terrified,...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2023 Emmy Predictions:

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Weekly Commentary: Niecy Nash-Betts has long been the favorite to win her first Emmy for her work in Netflix’s “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” With the show also picking up other acting...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2023 Emmy Predictions:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Weekly Commentary: In the biographical comedy film, Daniel Radcliffe plays the brilliant role of parody musician Al Yankovic, diving headfirst into the eccentric world of the satirical songwriter. He effortlessly channels Yankovic’s signature humor in the Roku Channel movie,...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been taking a lot of hits over the last few months. First their Manhattan “car chase” story was questioned, then Spotify pulled the plug on the duchess’s podcast and ended their partnership before a company executive labeled them “f****** grifters.” In addition, the luxury brand Dior refuted a report that the fashion house was signing the former Suits star to a deal, and the couple’s Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan failed to receive an Emmy nomination.

On top of that, the Sussexes haven’t been able to calm the storm of separation and divorce rumors that have been swirling. And now an expert believes we could be close to watching the “beginning of the end” for the duke and duchess as their hopes and “Hollywood ambitions” are in “danger.”

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend a NBA playoff game at Crypto.com Arena...

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have been nominated by the Hollywood Critics Awards for the successful streaming series. However, a royal commentator believes the series’ selection is nothing more than a “PR stunt” on the heels of the couple losing an Emmy nomination for the same series.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend a reception hosted by the City of The Hague and the Dutch Ministry of Defence at Zuiderpark on April 15, 2022, in The Hague, Netherlands | Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry received a nod in the category of Best Streaming Non-Fiction Series for their Netflix docuseries

The couple’s revealing Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan, was nominated in the category of best-streaming non-fiction series at the Hollywood Critics Awards. Released in December, the six-part series became the streamer’s second-highest-ranked documentary ever.

Although Emmy voters snubbed the series, it was embraced by the Hollywood Critics Awards.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry can’t seem to get shake the drama. As they face the harsh blowback of their candid revelations about the royal family, there are growing concerns about the future of their brand.

Meghan and Harry are doing their best to turn things around. But one royal expert believes that the Duchess of Sussex knows she and Harry “went too far” in their attacks on the royal family.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | Chris Jackson/Getty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are making big changes to their brand

Harry and Meghan are on a mission to rebuild their brand. The couple’s image was dealt a huge blow after they put the royal family in the hot seat. Their failed Spotify deal didn’t make the situation better.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex initially joined Spotify in 2020. Meghan’s podcast, Archetypes, only had one...

Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby (“Napoleon”) posing for the July 2023 issue of “Madame Figaro” magazine, photographed by Rankin:

In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour".She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".

In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".

In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.

Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman" (2020). She currently co-stars in the new...

Once again, the Emmy Awards nominations don’t include a slew of TV favorites. Among the most notable snubs: Harrison Ford in both Best Comedy Supporting Actor (“Shrinking”) and Best Drama Actor (“1923”), Paramount’s red-hot “Yellowstone” and 2022 nominees Christina Ricci (“Yellowjackets”) and Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”). HBO’s “Love and Death” missed the mark for Best Limited Series and its lead Elizabeth Olsen, as did National Geographic’s “A Small Light” and star Bel Powley.

Below, we enumerate the top 50 Emmys snubs in our estimation. These were the shows and performers that we thought had a strong chance to number among this year’s nominees. Let us know if there are others missing from this list that merit mentioning by sounding off in the comments section.

See 2022 Emmy nominations: Complete list [Updating Live]

Comedy

Not Best Comedy Series

“Poker Face”

“Shrinking”

“What We Do in the Shadows”

Not Best Comedy Actress

Elle Fanning,...

All season long, the Emmy race for Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress has been a battle between two front-runners: Niecy Nash-Betts (“Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) and Claire Danes (“Fleishman Is in Trouble”). Can anyone stop them from winning the trophy? Based on the combined odds at Gold Derby, the rest of the category is likely to be a mix of actresses from popular series like Maria Bello and Ashley Park (“Beef”), and beloved favorites from series not as much on the radar like Olivia Colman (“Great Expectations”) and Cherry Jones (“Five Days At Memorial”). But it’s still anyone’s game.

After all, recent history has shown us that the television academy has leaned more toward checking off numerous actors from the same series if it has enough buzz. One needs to look no further than last year in this very category, when only two limited series made up...

Rina Lipa is ready for her close-up. The 22-year-old model and dancer, who also happens to be Dua Lipa's sister, is set to make her acting debut in a movie spinoff of the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations," according to Deadline. A July 7 announcement confirmed the younger Lipa sister will be joining Samuel Arnold, Callan McAuliffe, Blu Hunt, and Annie Q. Riegel in the contemporary adaptation titled "Expectations."

The movie is described as a "companion piece" to the classic story, starring McAuliffe as "Great Expectations" character Pip later in life. Rina's role in the project is still unclear, but it sounds like we'll have more details soon as the project is currently in post-production, and planning for a festival run in late 2023.

Rina first stepped into the spotlight in 2021, when she made her runway debut during Milan Fashion Week. In February of that year, she opened for the Gcds fall 2021 show,...

Claire Danes seems en route to her 10th Emmy nomination — and eighth for acting — for her turn on the FX limited series “Fleishman Is in Trouble.” Danes sits in second place in the Best Limited/TV Movie Supporting Actress odds, and a win would not only give her a fourth Emmy, but it would make her one of nine women to win both limited/TV movie acting categories.

A two-time Best Drama Actress champ for “Homeland,” Danes took home her first Emmy in Best Limited/TV Movie Actress for the HBO film “Temple Grandin” in 2010. She’s never been nominated in supporting for a limited series or TV movie, so “Fleishman” will represent the first chance she has to complete the set.

While the category names have undergone multiple changes over the years — including a period in the ’70s when the lead category was split into two before merging in...

It’s a major case of celebrity déjà vu.

Gwyneth Paltrow took to social media on Tuesday to share an adorable snap with her 17-year-old son, Moses, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his Grammy-winning father, Chris Martin.

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(L-r): Moses Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow — Photo: @gwynethpaltrow/Instagram Story

The familial photo shows the mother-and-son duo standing side-by-side in buttoned-up, collared shirts. Moses rocks a more monochromatic, black-and-white, uniformed look, while Paltrow, 50, donned a red-and-white, striped colour scheme.

Fans had to double-take while observing the pic, with one social media user pointing out that the Goop founder’s son appeared to be the spitting image of his father in the year 2000.

Read More: Hilary Duff Reveals She Follows Gwyneth Paltrow’s Controversial Diet: ‘I Starve Off My Hunger’

Moses esta parecido al chris Martin del 2000… pic.

Three years after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a deal with Netflix reportedly worth over $100M, the couple is being taken to task over their work with the streaming service. A royal commentator slammed the Duke and Duchess over “subpar” series suggestions. She claims the couple’s plans lacked originality: “They literally pitched existing concepts.”

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on October 02, 2019, in Johannesburg, South Africa | Karwai Tang/WireImage The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s work is called ‘subpar’

In an interview for Talk TV, royal commentator and host of the podcast To Di For, Kinsley Schofield, discussed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s attempts to generate income since leaving their roles as senior royals. She challenged the couple’s overall work ethic, calling it “subpar.”

“Several projects they pitched to Netflix the company didn’t give the green light on,” Schofield explained. “They weren’t original ideas.

A royal commentator criticized Meghan Markle for her choices since exiting her role as a senior royal in 2020. They claim she has “sold everybody down the river.” They added, “When you become royal, becoming a reality TV star is a major step down.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle photographed during their engagement in 2017 | Karwai Tang/WireImage Meghan Markle reportedly behaved in a manner uncharacteristic of the royal family, says commentator

During a GBNews segment called “Muck of the Week,” royal commentator Nana Akua shared remarks regarding Meghan Markle. She claims her behavior is very uncharacteristic of the royal family, even for an outsider who married in.

Akua discussed Meghan and Harry’s Spotify split, calling it a “mutual dumping.” She continued, “As far as I can see, she sold everyone down the river. But she didn’t understand that when you become royal, becoming a reality tv star is a major step down.

While the royal family has made headlines following events like Trooping the Colour and their appearances at the Royal Ascot, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have also been in the news but not for reasons they would have liked.

In June, Spotify declined to renew the duchess’s Archetypes podcast for a second season. Spotify executive Bill Simmons then publicly called Harry and Meghan “f****** grifters.” On top of that, their ideas for Netflix were labeled as “sub-par” prompting reports that the streaming giant will end its contract with the pair when it’s up in 2025. The royal family hasn’t commented on any news related to the Sussexes but according to a biographer, they’re laughing about it now.

Members of the royal family standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour | Victoria Jones/Pa Images via Getty Images Expert says the Sussexes ‘might be...

Great Expectations is a classic tale reimagined, based on the novel of Charles Dickens. Directed by Steven Knight, Lucy Forbes, Brady Hood and Samira Radsi, starring Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead and Ashley Thomas .

The coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham shows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be.

Release date

June 28

Where to Watch Great Expectations

Hulu

The Cast Olivia Colman Ashley Thomas Fionn Whitehead Johnny Harris

Shalom Brune-Franklin

Hayley Squires

Owen McDonnell

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Ballots for the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations are out, and in outstanding drama, there are 163 titles in the mix, while comedy has 95 series that have been submitted and limited/anthology has fielded 51 entries.

In the top two series categories – outstanding drama series and outstanding comedy series – there will be eight shows each that will make the cut.

In drama, the submissions include freshman series such as HBO’s “The Last of Us,” Disney’s “Andor” and FX’s “The Old Man,” along with the final seasons of HBO’s “Succession” and AMC’s “Better Call Saul.” The 163 entries compared to last year’s 171, as well as 133 in 2021 and the record of 199 in 2020.

In comedy, the list includes new series like FX’s “The Bear,” Apple’s “Shrinking” and Netflix’s “Wednesday.” In addition, farewell seasons are in the midst such as Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” HBO’s...

Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby (“Napoleon”) posing for "Harper's Bazaar" (UK) magazine, photographed by Scott Trindle:

In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour".She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".

In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".

In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.

Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman" (2020).

Click the images to enlarge...

This story about “Great Expectations” hair and makeup artist Niamh Morrison first appeared in the Limited Series / TV Movies issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

Miss Havisham is one of the most iconic characters in English literature. The wealthy recluse from Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” is so well known, she has become shorthand for heartbreak, revenge and being trapped in time — a person fossilized while still drawing breath. Her story — abandoned at the altar, she retreats to her mansion, forever dressed in her wedding gown — has been reimagined more than a dozen times on the big and small screens.

Olivia Colman and Fionn Whitehead in “Great Expectations” (FX)

The latest adaptation of the novel, FX’s limited series executive produced by Steven Knight, is a darker, more modern interpretation, brimming with sex, drugs and four-letter words (not something you find in most buttoned-up Dickens adaptations). So when it came to...

Olivia Colman is primed for another healthy year in terms of awards as she lines up a return to the Emmys with the latest adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ seminal work “Great Expectations.”

This FX on Hulu limited series, which was created by “Peaky Blinders” boss Steven Knight, follows Fionn Whitehead‘s Pip — an orphan who works as a blacksmith’s apprentice before receiving a sudden windfall from an unknown benefactor. He then travels to London and enters high society. Colman steals the show in the short but sharp role of Miss Havisham, the spurned, wealthy spinster who was left at the altar on her own wedding day. Full of bitter resentment, she insists on wearing her cob-webbed wedding dress for the rest of her life and schemes to get Pip’s heart broken.

As Miss Havisham, Colman is sensational — disappearing behind the dress, the witchy white hair, and the dust...

Milt Larsen, an illusionist and former TV game show writer best known as the co-founder of the Magic Castle, Los Angeles’ private club for magicians, died Sunday of natural causes, his family announced. He was 92.

Born in Pasadena in 1931, Larsen and his brother, Bill, both became writers for television in the 1950s. Both of their parents were practicing magicians, including mother Geraldine, who made television appearances as “The Magic Lady,” early in the medium’s rise.

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Together with William and William’s wife Irene, they transformed a mansion on Franklin Avenue, just off of Highland in the very heart of Hollywood, into a place where working magicians could perform and play. They first leased the building in 1961 and opened it in 1963, billing the Magic Castle as “the most unusual private club in the world.

“This is Going to Hurt” had a good night at the BAFTAs last weekend, with leading man Ben Whishaw claiming his third BAFTA win with a victory for Best Actor for the Hulu medical drama. Based on Adam Kay‘s memoir of the same name, the series follows his early years as a doctor working in an NHS hospital in mid-noughties England. Whishaw, who is in the mix for an Emmy bid for Best TV Movie/Mini-Series Actor, isn’t the only star hoping for awards success with this critical darling. Harriet Walter could well be in the hunt for an Emmy nomination for “This is Going to Hurt” alongside her bid for guesting in “Succession.”

Dame Harriet Walter portrays Kay’s mother, Veronique, in “This is Going to Hurt” and she is absolutely everything you’d want her to be. She is steely, cold, cutting, and as barbed-tongued as...

“What We Do in the Shadows” star Matt Berry is in talks to join Warner Bros.’ live-action adaptation of the hit video game “Minecraft,” set to be released in spring 2025.

Details on the film’s plot and Berry’s role remain secret. Developed by Swedish game designer Markus “Notch” Persson and released in 2011, “Minecraft” is an open-ended sandbox game in which players can mine resources and craft items, using them to create new structures and fight off hostile creatures.

More than a decade later, “Minecraft” remains one of the most popular and lucrative video games on the market, with fans creating community servers and conventions to share their creations. Microsoft purchased the game and its dev company Mojang for $2.5 billion and has turned it into a multimedia franchise with spinoff games and merchandise.

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Exclusive: Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows) is in negotiations to star opposite Jason Momoa in the Minecraft movie that Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) will direct for Warner Bros.

Details as to the film’s plot and Berry’s role are under wraps. But the live-action pic adapts the Mojang sandbox video game, which is the highest-selling of all time. It’s scheduled to hit theaters on April 4, 2025.

The Minecraft film hails from Vertigo, co-financier Legendary, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam. Producers on the project include Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and the late Jill Messick. The executive producers are Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza and Jonathan Spaihts.

Berry is best known for his BAFTA and Critics’ Choice Award-nominated turn as vampire Laszlo Cravensworth in FX’s hit comedy What We Do in the Shadows,...

Here’s how “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Bridgerton” creator Shonda Rhimes thinks about sex scenes: carefully.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly in support of her just-launched Netflix series “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” the doyen of steamy TV expounded on her philosophy for writing sexy sequences, telling the outlet she really doesn’t “write them any differently,” no matter if they are for broadcast or streaming TV. “I really don’t. I’m kind of a prude,” she said. “So, what I write into the scenes is what I want the audience to get in terms of the character emotion or the character story that’s playing out. I basically write like, ‘This is how we want them to feel.'”

And she’s found plenty of key assistance along the way, including the use of intimacy coordinators on set, of which Rhimes is a major fan. “I’m...

Actress Vanessa Kirby (“Napoleon”) poses for the July 2023 issue of "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, wearing Givenchy, Cartier, Alessandra Rich and a whole lot more, photographed by Betina Du Toit:

In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour".She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".

In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".

In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.

Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman...

Warning: contains spoilers for the Great Expectations finale.

The pearl-clutching outrage that met the newest Great Expectations TV series did a lot for its reputation as a snarling, macho beast of an adaptation. The inclusion of spanking, swearing, sex work, suicide, self-harm and opium in Charles Dickens’ story led to headlines so appalled that they practically needed their own fainting couch. To some, Steven Knight’s six-part was less a retelling than a desecration, all of which fed into the series’ bad boy allure.

The truth is that, for all its adult content, this has been perhaps the dullest version of Great Expectations yet. It’s humourless, repetitive, almost entirely free of charm and feels much longer than its six-hour runtime. Wherever a spark of energy threatens to emerge, as with Olivia Colman‘s Miss Havisham, Rudi Dharmalingam’s legal clerk Wemmick, or Shalom Brune-Franklin’s intriguing Estella, it’s hammered out by the script.

While Steven Yeun and Ali Wong are receiving the lion’s share of the many plaudits Netflix’s “Beef,” Maria Bello merits attention for her standout turn on the limited series. “Beef” follows the after-effects of a road-rage incident that consumes two people — Yeun’s Danny Cho and Wong’s Amy Lau. Danny is a down-on-his-luck contractor trying to piece together a living while literally living out of a motel with his brother (Young Mazino), who he is constantly at odds with. Amy, meanwhile, is a successful business owner trying to navigate the sale of her business to a larger company while stuck with a caring husband (Joseph Lee) who doesn’t seem to understand her.

Bello plays Jordan Forster, a wealthy and uber-successful businesswoman who heads up Forsters, a home improvement store and company. Forster tries to acquire Amy’s plant-selling business Kōyōhaus and dazzles Amy with wealth, opportunity,...

Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby ("Napoleon") posing for the new Cartier "La Panthère" perfume, "as she appears from within a green and abundant hidden land, for a world full of life and beauty":

In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".

In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".

In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown"...

...winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.

Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...

...also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020).

She also...

The fifth episode of “Great Expectations” had Pip being taken to a brothel by Mr. Drummle and Jaggers out of his opium den. Pip runs into Compeyson, who is threatening to take back what Pip has. However, Pip doesn’t really have any idea what Compeyson is threatening to take back. His brother-in-law Joe visits home, but Pip ends up being sent away on rather bad terms, which upsets Joe more. Estella, just to get a reaction from her mother, chooses to marry Herbert Pocket over Mr. Drummle. Estella also ends up meeting her father, Magwitch, for the first time. Will Estella finally confront her mother? Would it be possible for Pip to make up for the people he ended up upsetting?

Spoilers Ahead

The Drummle And Co’s Loss

The finale episode begins with Compeyson, under the guise of visiting Joe and his wife’s home in a bid...

Charlotte Moore, chief content officer at the BBC, has defended the decision of screenwriter Steven Knight, best known for “Peaky Blinders,” to spice up Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” in his television adaptation, now airing on the British broadcaster, and streaming on Hulu in the U.S.

Referring to a sadomasochism scene in the show, in which a naked Mr. Pumblechook (played by Matt Berry) is seen being whipped by housewife-turned-dominatrix Mrs. Gargery (played by Hayley Squires), Moore said that Knight “believes absolutely everything [in the show] comes from what was alluded to” by Dickens in the novel.

Moore, speaking Thursday to the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, added that “you have to really understanding what [Dickens] would have felt able to write about [in the Victorian era] and read between the lines.”

Another of Knight’s embellishments in the show is that Miss Havisham, played by Olivia Colman, is portrayed as a sadistic opium addict.

In an interview with the BBC last month,...

Fresh from her ratings triumph in the third and final season of Happy Valley, Sarah Lancashire is teaming with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to bring the story of William Shakespeare’s First Folio to screen.

The pair are in the initial stages of creating a series about Shakespeare’s life, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of his first work.

The series will be made by Kudos, which previously created Knight’s series about the origins of British elite forces, Sas Rogue Heroes, in association with Via Pictures. The tireless Knight also penned the BBC’s recent dramatization of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations.

No broadcaster is attached yet to the story of the Bard, but Lancashire, who recently created Via Pictures with her husband, former Banijay UK and BBC boss Peter Salmon, said: “Via Pictures are very pleased to be collaborating with Kudos and the brilliant...

Literature’s all-time jilted spinster, Miss Havisham, has been played by Martita Hunt, Anne Bancroft, Gillian Anderson and Helena Bonham Carter while also inspiring other memorable screen personalities, most notably “Sunset Boulevard’s” Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson). In “Peaky Blinders” showrunner Steven Knight’s adaptation of “Great Expectations,” Olivia Colman dons the tattered veil of the iconic character to whom unwitting orphan Philip “Pip” Pirrip (Fionn Whitehead) turns as he pursues social repute in Victorian England.

Though Knight’s amendments to Charles Dickens’ source material have gotten a mixed response, the show continues to draw praise for its production value. Costume designer Verity Hawkes, whose credits include “Snatch,” “Inkheart” and “Black Mirror,” recently gave an interview to IndieWire’s Sarah Shachat in which she detailed her approach to the unenviable task of distinguishing Knight’s rendition of the character from more than a dozen others.

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Netflix announced this morning a November 2 premiere date for the World War II-themed four-part limited series adaptation “All the Light We Cannot See” from executive producers Shawn Levy (“Stranger Things”) and Steven Knight. Levy also directed and Knight adapted the script for all four installments from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Anthony Doerr. The cast features Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger, Helene Cardona, Aria Mia Loberti and Tomm Voss.

Watch the teaser trailer above.

“All the Light We Cannot See” follows the story of Marie-Laure LeBlanc (Loberti), a blind French girl, and her father, Daniel LeBlanc (Ruffalo), who flee German-occupied Paris with a priceless diamond in order to keep it from falling into the hands of the Nazis. The pair are relentlessly pursued by a cruel Gestapo officer (Eldinger) who seeks to possess the stone for his own selfish ends. They soon take...

The fourth episode of “Great Expectations” had Estella coming to London to meet her fiancé, Mr. Drummle, and to chaperone the meeting, Mr. Jaggers arranged for Pip to be at the meeting between the two. Knowing how much it would affect Pip, Mr. Jaggers went ahead with the plan anyway. But now, Pip is getting into the good books of Mr. Drummle as per the plan executed by Jaggers. They have got a trader who seems problematic as per the information they gave Pip and Jaggers, which they chose not to share with Drummle, keeping in mind the trader might cost him a fortune. Will Drummle get to know their plan? Will Pip find more information about something he is not supposed to?

Spoilers Ahead

Pip And Jagger’s Talk At The Brothel

Pip gets himself addicted to opium, thanks to Mr. Jaggers introduced him to the vice. He encourages...

Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby ("Napoleon") posing for the new Cartier "La Panthère" perfume, "as she appears from within a green and abundant hidden land, for a world full of life and beauty":

In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".

In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".

In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown"...

...winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.

Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...

...also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020).

She also...

The third episode of “Great Expectations” had Pip being introduced to the city of London and how it cannot be misunderstood. Mr. Jaggers manages to show him a dirty side of London that no one outside the city is aware of. Pip is also informed that Estella is all set to marry a rich businessman, Mr. Drummle, and Pip is enraged to know that Mr. Jaggers and Drummle plan to work together as business partners to start a maritime insurance company. Will Pip be a part of it or walk away?

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Pip’s Business With Mr. Drummle

Pip, as per the instruction given by Mr. Jaggers, begins working with Mr. Drummle; for Mr. Jaggers and Drummle began the maritime insurance company together. Pip is the man who would give both partners plenty of information about any person who would be interested in drafting maritime insurance for cargo that...

HBO’s five-part limited series “White House Plumbers” has been confirmed for a May 1 launch date, which means Lena Headey could have another shot at finally ascending the Emmy throne.

Headey is arguably overdue for an Emmy win after being paid dust for her iconic portrayal of Cersei Lannister on “Game of Thrones.” She received five — and to date her only — nominations for the hit fantasy series, in the drama supporting actress category, but was denied the crown at every turn. Unfortunately for her and the rest of the “Thrones” cast, the acting branch of the TV academy didn’t care to reward the four-time Best Drama Series champ outside of Peter Dinklage, whose fan-favorite turn as Tyrion Lannister earned him Best Drama Supporting Actor bids for all eight seasons and a record four statuettes. It also didn’t help Headey that her character, the ice-cold, cunning ruler of the Seven Kingdoms,...

Filmmakers have been adapting Charles Dickens for decades — his “Great Expectations” alone has had almost 20 screen adaptations since 1917. That’s a new Miss Havisham hoarding dusty wedding gifts and inflicting emotional trauma on children every six years for over a century. That poses a fresh challenge for each new iteration of the story: How do you make your version of “Great Expectations” visually distinct, particularly given that Dickens’ prose never turns more purple than when describing the jilted bride that time forgot?

The solution that the BBC and FX’s new limited series’ costume designer Verity Hawkes found was to zag where most adaptations zig. “I wanted to push it slightly and not do museum pieces,” Hawkes told IndieWire of the show’s costumes, particularly Olivia Colman’s Miss Havisham. While the rest of the cast wears (relatively) more modern Georgian styles, but Miss Havisham wanders the dusty, empty rooms...

The new trailer for Beau is Afraid is pretty much everything you’d expect from an Ari Aster and A24 (Everything Everywhere All at Once) film. The trailer does a terrific job of teasing what’s in store without actually giving away any of the plot.

Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) leads the cast as the titular character. Emmy Award winner Nathan Lane (Only Murders in the Building), Oscar nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Parker Posey (Lost in Space), and three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone also star along with Stephen McKinley Henderson (Causeway), Hayley Squires (Great Expectations), Denis Ménochet (The Mauritanian), Kylie Rogers (Home Before Dark), Armen Nahapetian (Here and Now), and Zoe Lister-Jones (Life in Pieces).

A24 released this extremely basic synopsis: “A paranoid man goes on an epic odyssey in order to get back home in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster.

Steven Knight, the creator of the FX on Hulu limited series “Great Expectations,” was hit with sharp criticism when the show premiered March 26. Critics blasted the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of “Dirty Pretty Things” (2002) for taking liberties with Charles Dickens‘ classic, and he responded in a recent interview Radio Times.

“I would say it’s like there’s this beautiful mountain, which is the novel, it’s a beautiful thing, it’s fantastic,” Knight said. “It will endure long after we’re all gone. Then someone sets up an easel and does an impressionistic painting of the mountain. It’s not saying ‘This is the mountain,’ it’s saying ‘This is my version. This is my impression of what this mountain is.’ I think that’s exactly what this process is. And I think if you sat down and said, ‘Okay, I’m gonna paint the mountain’ and at the end it looks exactly like the mountain,...

The third episode of “Great Expectations” will have Pip going through a drastic change, i.e. learning to live in London. Mr. Jaggers comes by the tavern to take the boy away to work with him in hustling, bustling London. Will Pip be okay with life here, or will he miss his town?

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Pip In London

Mr. Jaggers drags the boy away from the tavern, where Pip is busy getting drunk. Estella and Lady Havisham have made sure to shun Pip away from their mansion, for Estella conveys that he is no longer welcome to their home. Pip is confused to come across such polar behavior from the mother and the daughter. The pain of not being able to see Estella ever again puts him in a sad state of mind. Mr. Jaggers received a letter from Havisham asking him to take the boy away from this town...

Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby ("Napoleon") posing for the April 2023 issue of "The Pop Magazine":

In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".

In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".

In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.

Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020). She stars in "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part 1" (2023) and director Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023).

In 2017, Naomi Alderman’s novel about teenage girls suddenly acquiring the ability to shoot electricity from their fingers arrived right on time. The defiance of women and girls was a constant part of the news cycle, from the Women’s March in Washington DC to the rise of the #MeToo movement. They were making noise about the ways that misogyny was impacting their lives, and holding perpetrators to account. Six years later, andThe Power has now been adapted into a big-budget thriller series for Prime Video. With a punchy script from an all-female writers’ room –including Sarah Quintrell, Raelle Tucker and Alderman herself – and characters who both inspire and feel accessible, the story is as timely as it has ever been.

“Every revolution begins with a spark,” an opening voiceover tells us. “We never dared to imagine it; a world that was built for us, where we wrote the rules.

It seems unkind to mark down any drama that tries to find its way through the continuing tensions in Northern Ireland, but the problem with BBC One’s Blue Lights is that there’s no one to really root for. All the characters in the story are either loathsome or pathetic, with some a mix of both. It does tend to mirror the politics in the province in recent times, incidentally, but that’s not really the point.

Blue Lights is the story of three probationary officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (Psni), Grace Ellis, Annie Conlon and Tommy Foster, played with a kind of uncharming naivety by Sian Brooke, Katherine Devlin and Nathan Braniff, respectively. They spend much of their time getting stoned (not in the nice way) and being derided and mocked by their colleagues, who seem to resent the idea that anyone would actually want...

The second episode of “Great Expectations,” though it is almost an hour long, begins where the first episode ends. Pip sat in Miss Havisham’s lavish bungalow, surrounded by nothing but emptiness, enjoying the company of the two ladies: Estella, the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham, and the lady Havisham herself. How will Pip manage to understand what exactly the women living in this mansion expect of him?

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Understanding Love

Pip has been invited by Lady Havisham to be trained to become a gentleman. He was a fine gentleman that would never hurt any woman in his life. Miss Havisham teaches him various rules about how he should conduct himself if he ever wants to become a gentleman in society and project himself as the right match for women out there. She begins with blindfold techniques, and she expects him to navigate through the room wearing one, hoping...

Jeremy Renner shared a video of himself walking on an anti-gravity treadmill nearly three months after the snowplough accident.

Renner was “trying to save his nephew” when he was run over by a 14,000-pound snowplough outside his home in Nevada on New Year’s Day and rushed to hospital.

Renner had suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries in the incident and later revealed he had broken more than 30 bones.

On Sunday (26 March), the 52-year-old actor posted a video of himself on Instagram Stories where he was walking on an anti-gravity treadmill as part of his physical therapy.

“It’s like having a cane,” he said in the video, adding that the equipment enables him to feel “less weight”.

Since leaving hospital, Renner has been sharing updates of his recovery on social media, including his workout routines for rehabilitation.

“Now is the time for my body to rest and recover from my will,...

Warning: This review contains spoilers from the first two episodes of Great Expectations.

There have been plenty of good, and even great, adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations.

Unfortunately, this is not one of them.

Most recently, Mike Newell directed a film version in 2012 starring Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter.

BBC, one of the production companies behind this version (along with FX), produced a three-part miniseries in 2011-2012 starring Douglas Booth, Ray Winstone, and Gillian Anderson.

The most famous adaptation this side of the pond is probably Alfonso Cuarón's modern version in 1998, starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Bancroft.

News of Steven Knight's version was exciting, particularly with the announcement of Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham.

If you're going to remake something that has been adapted so many times, you have to approach it from a new vantage point.

Cuarón's version, for example, didn't always work,...

Hulu’s content library is about to get a little more Dickensian. On Sunday, March 26, Hulu will premiere its newest historical drama, an adaptation of the classic Dickens tale “Great Expectations.” The series focuses on a young Englishman dead-set on improving his station in life, until he finds out what that improvement might cost him in the end. Set in a time where social class was everything, this tale still has resounding messages for modern life. You can watch Great Expectations with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.

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“Great Expectations” is the coming-of-age story of “Pip,” an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious...