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Calvin LeBrun, known in New York as the legendary DJ Mister Cee, has died at 57. On Tuesday, New York radio station Hot 97 announced the news, citing his family’s confirmation of the DJ’s death. No cause of death was revealed.

Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg took to X to pay tribute to his former colleague. “We have lost the iconic Mister Cee. I listened to him yesterday and am in complete shock. He was a dear friend to all of us, a wonderful man, and one of the most important...

Mister Cee, a longtime DJ for New York City’s Hot 97 radio station, has died at 57 years old.

Hot 97 reports that Mister Cee’s family has confirmed his passing, but the cause of death is currently unknown.

“He wasn’t just a DJ; he was a pillar of our stations, bringing joy to countless listeners with his legendary Throwback at Noon and Friday Night Live sets,” the station said in a statement. “Mr. Cee’s influence stretched far beyond the airwaves, shaping the very fabric of NYC’s DJ culture.”

Born Calvin LeBrun in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Mister Cee broke into hip-hop during the late 1980s as pioneering rapper Big Daddy Kane’s official DJ.

Mister Cee was also one of The Notorious B.I.G.’s earliest supporters. In addition to helping to promote Biggie’s 1991 demo tape, he would serve as an executive producer on...

Exclusive: UTA has signed comedian, writer and actor Leo Reich (Too Much) for representation in all areas.

Reich is perhaps best known for his debut live show, Literally Who Cares?!, a New York Times Critics’ Pick, which earned him nominations for Best Newcomer at the Dave Comedy Awards, and Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Buzz around the show culminated in a sold-out performance at the London theatre EartH Hackney, which was filmed as an HBO special by A24.

Currently, Reich is filming a role alongside Megan Stalter, Will Sharpe and more in Netflix’s romantic comedy series Too Much from Girls creator Lena Dunham and husband Luis Felber. Set in London, the show follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block...

Leo Reich’s first solo stand-up comedy special Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! debuts this December on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. Following rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and an Off-Broadway run, the special from A24 taped at EartH in London this fall.

Leo Reich, star and executive producer, quote: “To have been given the opportunity to turn this flamboyant, odd, over-the-top, exhausting show into a comedy special is a dream come true in itself. But to have been able to do it with A24 and HBO is beyond a dream. Being able to make something with the most creative production house for the most innovative network is a privilege that usually only befalls like, Zendaya. I’m honored that these storied institutions are risking their impeccable reputations by putting their names to my gay little comedy show. God bless them. Their funeral!”

Nina Rosenstein,...

It was announced today, 25th September, that Russell Howard launches his new podcast Wonderbox, produced by Avalon, on the 11th October 2023.

A Wonderbox is a place where you keep little reminders of what makes life worth living. Each week Russell will chat to a special guest about what they’d keep in their Wonderbox, recounting the most memorable and funniest moments of their lives.

Russell begins the series chatting with 2023 Emmy Award ‘Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics’ & Brit Awards ‘Best New Artist’ Nominated Sam Ryder plus BAFTA Nominated Munya Chawawa (Race Around Britain) in a special bumper double episode, followed by stars including Emmy Award winning John Oliver (Last Week Tonight), Jimmy Carr, Taylor Tomlinson, Jack Whitehall , Greg Davies , Guz Khan, Jen Brister, Jordan Gray and BAFTA Nominated Rachel Parris (Late Night Mash).

Russell Howard said “I love doing this podcast. I get interesting guests and I ask them what they love.

One of British TV's biggest nights happened on Sunday, with the BAFTA TV Awards. And it was a good time to be anyone associated with Derry Girls, Bad Sisters or a particular reality TV show that revolves around betrayal.

Among the winners, Bad Sisters' Anne-Marie Duff scored the first performance trophy for someone from an Apple TV+ series, while the show itself took home drama series. Ben Whishaw won Leading Actor, Drama for This Is Going To Hurt., while The Traitors nabbed two awards, both in its category and for host Claudia Winkleman in Entertainment Performance.

The public, meanwhile, voted Paddington's meeting with the Queen as part of last year's Jubilee celebrations as Memorable Moment.

See the full list of winners below.

Drama Series

Bad Sisters (Winner)

The Responder

Sherwood

Somewhere Boy

Scripted Comedy

Derry Girls (Winner)

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Big Boys

Ghosts

Leading Actor

Ben Whishaw – This Is Going To Hurt...

The BAFTA TV Awards honor programs across a wide range of genres. Many of the nominees are also strong contenders at the Emmys. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony on Sunday, May 14 hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners will be announced on Sunday, April 23. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)

Best Drama Series

X – “Bad Sisters” – Apple TV+

“The Responder” – BBC One

“Sherwood” – BBC One

“Somewhere Boy” – Channel 4

Best Mini Series

“A Spy Among Friends” – Itvx

X – “Mood” – BBC Three

“The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe” – ITV1

“This Is Going To Hurt” – BBC One

Best Single Drama

X – “I Am Ruth” – Channel 4

“The House” – Netflix

“Life and Death in the Warehouse” – BBC Three

Best Actor

Taron Egerton, “Black Bird” – Apple TV+

Martin Freeman, “The Responder” – BBC One

Cillian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders” – BBC One

Gary Oldman,...

I Am Ruth, Bad Sisters, Derry Girls and The Traitors were the top winners at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday.

Kate Winslet won the BAFTA for leading actress for her role in I Am Ruth, which also won for best single drama. Bad Sisters took home the award for best drama series, as well as Anne-Marie Duff received the award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Grace Williams in the series.

Siobhán McSweeney won the honor for best female performance in a comedy programme for Derry Girls. The show also received the award for best scripted comedy.

In addition, Ben Whishaw won the BAFTA for leading actor for his portrayal of Adam Kay in the autobiographical drama This is Going to Hurt, and Adeel Akhtar won the supporting actor award for his role in the crime drama Sherwood.

The entertainment performance award went to Claudia Winkleman for The Traitors,...

Updated: Kate Winslet and Ben Whishaw scooped the top acting prizes at the BAFTA TV Awards in London this afternoon.

The pair won in the Leading Actress and Actor categories for I Am Ruth and This is Going to Hurt respectively, with I Am Ruth also winning for Single Drama.

Adam Kay’s Whishaw-starring BBC/AMC drama This is Going to Hurt was defeated in the Best Mini-Series category to BBC Three breakout Mood, in one of the night’s biggest surprises.

Meanwhile, Apple TV+ drama Bad Sisters won the streamer’s first BAFTA TV performance awards ever for Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actress Anne-Marie Duff. Creator Sharon Horgan used her acceptance speech to express “solidarity with [her] WGA brothers and sisters” and a colleague of Horgan’s told Deadline that she had recently joined the picket line in Los Angeles.

The International BAFTA went to Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,...

Kate Winslet took home the big acting prize at last night’s Rts Awards for her heartwrenching performance in Channel 4’s I Am Ruth while there were two gongs apiece for Sherwood, The Traitors and Derry Girls.

Winslet won Leading Actor (Female) during last night’s London ceremony, staving off competition from I Hate Suzie Too’s Billie Piper and The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe’s Monica Dolan.

Winslet’s performance alongside daughter Mia Threapleton has attracted praise from critics in the Channel 4 anthology series about the human experience. Speaking last week, HBO’s Casey Bloys said he wants Winslet to become a “national treasure” in the U.S. and she is currently in production on HBO’s The Palace.

Heartstopper’s Kit Connor took home Leading Actor (Male) ahead of Top Boy’s Kane Robinson aka Kano and The English’s Chaske Spencer, marking a rare...

Kate Winslet and Kit Connor took the top acting prizes at the U.K.’s Royal Television Society Programme Awards on Tuesday.

Winslet won leading actor, female, for Channel 4’s “I am Ruth.” Winslet won for playing Ruth, who witnesses her teenage daughter Freya (Winslet’s real-life daughter Mia Threapleton) retreating into herself as she becomes consumed by the pressures of social media.

Winslet made a powerful speech, saying: “It has never been a harder time to be a parent, it has never been a more dangerous time to be a child in an online world. So let’s hope that the next Online Safety Bill implements significant and seismic change that will fundamentally help towards securing the safety of all of our children by recognizing and criminalizing harmful content.”

Connor won leading actor, male, for popular Netflix show “Heartstopper.”

BBC’s “The Traitors” won a brace of awards...

The nominations for the 2023 Bafta Television Awards have been announced.

Ahead of the ceremony, the most nominated programmes are This is Going to Hurt and The Responder, which have six nominations each including leading actor for Ben Whishaw and Martin Freeman, respectively.

Next, with five nods each are Bad Sisters, The Crown, The English and Slow Horses.

The ceremony will be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and will air on Sunday 14 May at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

You can find the full list of nominations below.

Drama series

Bad Sisters

The Responder

Sherwood

Somewhere Boy

Mini-series

A Spy Among Friends

Mood

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

This is Going to Hurt

International

The Bear (Disney Plus)

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

Wednesday (Netflix)

Oussekine (Itineraire)

Pachinko (Apple TV Plus)

The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)

Leading actress

Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie...

The BAFTA TV Awards honor programs across a wide range of genres. Many of the nominees are also strong contenders at the Emmys. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony on Sunday, May 14 hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners will be announced on Sunday, April 23. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)

Best Drama Series

“Bad Sisters” – Apple TV+

“The Responder” – BBC One

“Sherwood” – BBC One

“Somewhere Boy” – Channel 4

Best Mini Series

“A Spy Among Friends” – Itvx

“Mood” – BBC Three

“The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe” – ITV1

“This Is Going To Hurt” – BBC One

Best Single Drama

“I Am Ruth” – Channel 4

“The House” – Netflix

“Life and Death in the Warehouse” – BBC Three

Best Drama Actor

Taron Egerton, “Black Bird” – Apple TV+

Martin Freeman, “The Responder” – BBC One

Cillian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders” – BBC One

Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” – Apple TV+

Chaske Spencer,...

It’s already proving to be a good year at the TV Baftas for the BBC, with its shows This Is Going to Hurt and The Responder leading the nominations.

The broadcaster is the clear leader ahead of the ceremony in April, with a total of 81 nominations across both TV and craft categories, while Channel 4 is second with 33, Netflix has 24 and ITV 19.

This year’s TV categories also included first-time nominations for acting heavyweights Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Daniel Radcliffe and Taron Egerton.

Dark medical comedy This Is Going To Hurt, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Adam Kay, has among its nominations Ben Whishaw for Leading Actor and a nod for Best Mini-Series.

Whishaw, who stars as the former junior doctor turned author, will go up against Murphy for Peaky Blinders, Oldman for Slow Horses, Egerton for Black Bird, Chaske Spencer for The English...

British Academy voters have spread the small-screen love across the 2023 BAFTA TV awards, with a broad selection of shows landing nominations.

Announced March 22, BBC/AMC comedy-drama This is Going to Hurt and BBC police drama The Responder lead the pack of nominees with six nods each, closely followed by Apple TV+ shows Bad Sisters and Slow Horses, Netflix’s The Crown and BBC/Amazon Western The English with five. Am I Being Unreasonable?, Big Boys, Somewhere Boy and Top Boy landed four nominations each. 128 programs in total were nominated.

While it’s a close race among the shows, among the networks, the BBC has a commanding lead with 81 nominations, followed by Channel 4 with 33, Netflix with 24, ITV with 19, Apple TV+ with 15, Sky with 14 and Disney+ with 8 nominations.

Among the names getting their first BAFTA TV nomination are several recognizable stars, including Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders...

The Royal Television Society (Rts) has unveiled the nominees for this year’s Rts Programme Awards.

Billie Piper (“I Hate Suzie Too”), Kate Winslet (“I Am Ruth”) and Monica Dolan are nominated in the leading actor female category, while Kane Robinson (“Top Boy”), Kit Connor (“Heartstopper”) and Chaske Spencer (“The English”) are contenders for leading actor male.

This year, the Rts has introduced two new performance categories – supporting actor male and supporting actor female. Ambika Mod (“This Is Going to Hurt”), Saffron Hocking (“Top Boy”) and Adelayo Adedayo (“The Responder”) compete in the female category with Adeel Akhtar (“Sherwood”), Stephen Walters (“Anne”) and Stephen Merchant (“Four Lives”) in the male category.

The BBC leads with 40 nominations across the 30 categories, followed by Channel 4 with 20, ITV with 11 and Sky with 9.

The BBC’s “Am I Being Unreasonable?” scored four nominations and the broadcaster’s hit “The Traitors” is nominated in the entertainment category,...