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An impressive lineup of British and U.K.-based stars were on the call sheet for a London rally held in support of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Organized by the U.K. actors union Equity, which has declared its “total solidarity in this fight” by SAG-AFTRA and its members, the upbeat and noisy event was held in London’s cinema hub of Leicester Square on Friday. Ironically, this location provided the backdrop for one of the first headlines of the strike, as it was here where Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and the…

Image: FXJump into the universes of Shōgun, A Murder at the End of the World, American Horror Story, and What We Do in the ShadowsThe four #FXSDCC large-scale immersive installations include:Shōgun: Enter the world of Shōgun with multiple immersive touchpoints including an augmented reality koi pond, live Samurai battles, and an early look at what the world of the new series has to offer.A Murder at the End of the World - Prepare for Launch Are you ready to join us at the end of the world? Fans are invited to board a…

Get a new look at Hammer’s re-imagining of Dr. Jekyll with Eddie Izzard. Mia Goth and Halsey feature in the first look at MaXXXine. Jodie Comer may have left Amazon’s Blade Runner 2099 series. Plus, what’s coming on Superman & Lois and Riverdale. Spoilers, away!Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksWitchboardDeadline reports Madison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Antonia Desplat, Charlie Tahan and Jamie Campbell Bower are attached to star in a remake of the 1986 horror movie, Witchboard, from director Chuck Russell (The…

Photo via 20th Century Fox If there’s one department that the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s Multiverse Saga is succeeding in, it’s roping in some of the most exciting superhero teams to ever rock the comic book world. We already had the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy, but with the Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts, and the ever-important Tracksuit Mafia finding their feet in the franchise, the Multiverse Saga is shaping up to be the age of team-ups. But no such squad can match the untouchable swagger of the…

When Henry, the 11-month-old son of Catastrophe actor Rob Delaney and his wife, Leah, began vomiting, his parents weren’t worried – they had two older boys and were accustomed to their kids being ill. But the sickness persisted and, after a series of tests (and several misdiagnoses), Henry was found to have a large tumour near his brain stem. On hearing the news, Delaney recalls: “We sank inside ourselves. The heaviest pain in the world. I felt like I had suddenly quadrupled in weight, and an oily, black whirlpool began…

The first homework our English teacher set us at secondary school was to write a short essay jauntily entitled “The Day That Changed My Life”. Among various 12-year-olds’ accounts of finding medieval coins on a beach and performing a clarinet solo on a skiing holiday, I wrote five pages on the death of my father two years previously. I hadn’t written about it before, hadn’t really spoken much about it, and was a little disappointed when, in his comments at the end of the piece, my teacher explained that he had demurred…

The children’s author Joseph Delaney, who has died aged 77, was best known for the series of novels that began with The Spook’s Apprentice (2004), and the 2014 film based on it, Seventh Son.The Spook’s Apprentice, Delaney’s first published novel, was quick to find success and he went on to sell more than 4m children’s books worldwide. However, getting to be an author had not been as instantaneous as that might look.A teacher and subsequently head of the department of English and media studies at Blackpool sixth form…

While tech billionaire Elon Musk recently said that Tesla would be reducing its salaried headcount by 10%, a Goldman Sachs analyst says it can provide the company up to $1 billion in annual operating expenses (Opex) savings -- the company's day-to-day expenses.Recently, Musk had noted that his electric vehicle company would be reducing its salaried headcount by 10 per cent as the company has become overstaffed in some areas. This initiative, at least according to Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney, could translate into…