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London film director who flew to Israel on private plane stages hunger strike to protest being quarantined in £240-a-night hotel at government’s expense Dekel Berenson, 41, said the Israeli government’s Covid response was ‘abysmal’ Israeli-born Berenson travelled from Cyprus where he said he had isolated for 11 months and insisted he should have been allowed … Read more
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson ‘will oversee the next Star Wars trilogy’… after his involvement was called into question in 2017 By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 22:03 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 16 February 2021 Rian Johnson is still set for his planned Star Wars trilogy, according to … Read more
Filming has wrapped on actress/filmmaker Olivia Wilde’s second feature film, Don’t Worry Darling, starring Florence Pugh and the director’s new beau Harry Styles. As production would down, Pugh, 25, and Wilde, 36, took to their respective Instagram pages to share some final thoughts with heartfelt messages. They also shared some final photos from the set … Read more
Axed BBC editorial director Kamal Ahmed lost his ‘non-job’ after falling out with a rival boss, MailOnline can reveal today. The BBC has axed editorial director Mr Ahmed and two others from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – leaving it with no ethnic minority members despite a pledge to increase senior management diversity last year. The slimmed-down … Read more
The director of a film about 19th Century palaeontologist Mary Anning has denied ‘sensationalizing’ her story by making her a lesbian. Francis Lee, the director of Ammonite, said he wanted to give Anning something ‘to elevate her’ because her work was overlooked by men. Ammonite, which will be released next month, stars Kate Winslet as … Read more
Axed BBC editorial director Kamal Ahmed lost his ‘non-job’ after falling out with a rival boss while colleagues are still seething after his £12,000 private speech to hedge fund managers just after 450 staff were fired, MailOnline can reveal today. The BBC has axed editorial director Mr Ahmed and two others from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan … Read more
The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more
The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more
Regina King makes history as only the second African-American woman to receive a best director nod at the Golden Globes Selma filmmaker Ava DuVernay was the only other African-American woman to receive a best director nomination back in 2014 It’s especially impressive considering that the critically-acclaimed Amazon drama marked the 50-year-old Oscar winner’s feature directorial … Read more
Golden Globes history! Regina King, Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell score record nods as three female directors are nominated for Best Director By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 14:58 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 15:14 GMT, 3 February 2021 Three female directors were nominated for Best Director – Motion Picture, a record nod from … Read more