Fox News on Trial
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BBC offers voluntary redundancy to top presenters – report
Huw Edwards and Reeta Chakrabarti among those to receive letters in what corporation says was a standard HR exerciseThe BBC has reportedly sent letters offering voluntary redundancy to some of its top presenters as it looks to cut expenditure in its ne…
Atiq Ahmed Live updates — Controversial politician and brother Ashraf Azeem shot dead live on TV
POLITICIAN Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Azeem have been shot in India over the weekend, with the shocking moment captured on live TV.
Ahmed was accompanied by the police and was talking to the press when he was shot in the head this past Saturd…
‘Our identity is being stolen’: survivors plead for halt to dramas about Grenfell
Residents and members of bereaved families call on BBC and National Theatre to scrap productionsThe BBC and the National Theatre are facing rising hostility over two high-profile productions about the Grenfell Tower fire disaster, with survivors and be…
‘Hey Australia’: The White Lotus’s Jennifer Coolidge and Mike White to appear at Sydney’s Vivid festival
Star and creator of show that’s taken the world by storm will discuss their careers at 2023 Vivid festival eventGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge and the show’s creator, Mike White, have been added to the…
Screen Australia study finds more First Nations characters but one in four TV shows have all Anglo-Celtic casts
There is a lot of work still to be done to reflect Australia’s population on television screens, diversity report saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe number of First Nations main characters in local TV drama…
Al Jazeera English announces plans to move from London’s Shard to Qatar
Move of London’s live broadcast centre to Doha could involve dozens of job lossesAl Jazeera English plans to close its live broadcast centre that operates from London’s Shard skyscraper and move programming to Qatar, with the possible loss of dozens of…
‘All the details that were missing’: Harry Potter fans on their hopes for TV series
While many Potterheads celebrated reports of HBO Max show, some feel it would be tainted by JK Rowling’s stance on genderAt Platform 9 3/4 in King’s Cross station, Harry Potter devotees from around the world gathered to take their picture in front of o…
Star Wars announces three new films on the way, with Daisy Ridley to return as Rey
Lucasfilm has announced three new live-action films, and confirmed the return of Ridley’s Rey to build ‘a new Jedi Order’Two new Star Wars films are to go into production, it has been announced, with more details revealed of a third to follow, as the s…
Ofcom investigates GB News after Tory MPs interview chancellor
Watchdog to examine possible impartiality breach in show hosted by Esther McVey and Philip DaviesGB News is being investigated over a possible breach of impartiality rules, after two senior Conservative MPs interviewed the chancellor before the spring …