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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeActor Joss Ackland has died at the age of 95, his family have said.The screen and stage actor, whose career spanned more than seven decades, died peacefully at home on Sunday surrounded by relatives.He appeared in hundreds of films and television productions alongside his “rich and diverse” stage career, and was made a CBE for services to drama in 2001.White Mischief, Bill and Ted,…

Joss Ackland’s elegant bearing, natural aplomb and English theatrical training meant that he never lacked for work on stage or screen, largely playing authority and establishment figures — although these movie roles were a bit ironised and sent up in the parts he got offered in the 90s and 00s (to his reported chagrin).But growing up, I was aware of him only via that rich, mellifluous voice of his, like melted butterscotch, in an inordinate number of TV ads: his tones were received pronunciation with a dash of naughtiness…

The teddy bears are coming! The teddy bears are coming! Dear God watch out, the teddy bears are coming!Dominic Monaghan on Attending Fan ConventionsThe odd exercise in bankrupt creativity started at 8:12 a.m. when I received the following email “Watch: Trailer for Blumhouse Original Horror Imaginary.” Imaginary is a movie about a killer teddy bear from the team at Blumhouse, who last year made M3gan. Twenty-two minutes later, I got a second email: “Peacock’s Ted From Seth MacFarlane Releases Date & First Look.” Ted,…

Ben Wheatley hopes The Meg 2 is his ticket to directing Godzilla some day. Saw X has its eyes on you in a creepy new poster. The Scooby gang prepares to enter the DC multiverse. Plus, what’s coming on Riverdale. Spoilers away!Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksBarneyWhile discussing the company’s roster of upcoming films with Variety, Executive Producer of Mattel, Robbie Brenner, described Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney movie as something akin to “a Being John Malkovich or an…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Celebrity 'The song is about protecting your loved ones in your neighbourhood,' rock legend says Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Jul 24, 2023  •  Last updated 36 minutes ago  •  4 minute read Rock legend Ted Nugent rehearses his performance during a sound check at the DTE Energy Music Theater on July 4, 2008 in Clarkston, Michigan. Photo by Bill Pugliano /Getty Images Article content Detroit’s Motor…

Apple has received 54 Emmy Award nominations across 13 Apple TV Plus shows, including Ted Lasso.Ted Lasso, the Jason Sudeikis comedy, received 21 comedy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy, making the show the most nominated comedy for the third consecutive year. The show's third season recently came to a close, but there are hints that a fourth season could be on the horizon.The 54 nominations are Apple's highest Emmy nomination haul yet, making Apple TV Plus the third most Emmy-nominated network in just over…

Image: MattelIn the article, a Mattel executive uses this toy, basically a fake fishing rod, to illustrate how random some of the takes get. A writer pitched a story about an “intense sports drama about this cheating scandal in competitive fishing” as a way to take a random story and add it to the IP. The context is it’s not happening but it was obviously discussed. Image: MattelIn the article, a Mattel executive uses this toy, basically a fake fishing rod, to illustratehow random some of the takes get. A writer…

If you're still coming to terms with the end of Ted Lasso, console yourself with the fact that you aren't alone. Apple CEO Tim Cook is in the same place, and he apparently wants a future fourth season to come to Apple TV Plus in the future.Whether that will happen or not remains to be seen of course, but it does sound like there is now more chance of Ted Lasso making a return to our screens than we were led to believe.Will Tim Cook get its fourth season? One of the stars of the show seems to be leaving things up in the…

If you know Brendan Hunt only through his “Ted Lasso” role as the laconic Coach Beard, this might come as a surprise: He’s a born storyteller with plenty to say. Hunt, 50, has been on Apple TV+’s “Lasso” train since it began back in 2013 when he and co-star Jason Sudeikis crafted a Premier League ad for NBC Sports. A two-time Emmy winner for the show, Hunt doesn’t take himself too seriously and deeply understands the Dutch concept of gezellig, as demonstrated in the latest season’s episode “Sunflowers.” The Envelope…

Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina, Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, told The Associated Press. He was found unresponsive in his cell early Saturday morning and was…