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Reality TV has become a staple of culture. It is a highly bingeable drama with 'everyday people' brought on to compete for money, fame, or notoriety. This has led to shows like Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Big Brother spanning decades and becoming worldwide phenomena with their spin-offs and an obsessive fanbase. One of these landmark reality TV shows that started in Belgium and became a hit worldwide was Del Mol, better known in America as The Mole.

The Mole would run for several seasons on ABC before being rebooted onto Netflix in 2023, proving the staying power of the reality competition show that forces contestants to question each other's motives while trying to win money. We will...

Get ready for the return of The Mole. Netflix has announced the premiere date for season two of the competition series, with Ari Shapiro (above) taking over the hosting duties from Alex Wagner for the new 10-episode season. Shapiro has hosted NPR’s All Things Considered since 2015.

This show is a revival of the reality series that ran for five seasons on ABC between 2001 and 2008. The hosts of that version were Anderson Cooper, Ahmad Rashad, and Jon Kelly.

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Exclusive: Winter State Entertainment has wrapped production on Purple People Eaters, a new feature doc on the Minnesota Vikings’ famed defensive line of 1968-1977.

Co-directors are Solomon Shields, son of NFL Hall of Famer Will Shields, and Nick Hagen. The pair also produced alongside Willie and Angela Roaf, Marv Dauer, and Hamid and Camille Torabpour of Winter State Entertainment.

Following the Minnesota Vikings’ introduction into the NFL in 1961, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, Alan Page and Gary Larsen made up the core four on defense who helped bring the team five NFC Championships, 10 division titles, and 19 Pro Bowl selections. (Doug Sutherland was another key member after Larsen retired.)

One of the most iconic front fours in the history of the NFL, these men had great battles in Super Bowl VIII against the Miami Dolphins, in Super Bowl IX against the “Steel Curtain,” Terry Bradshaw and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and in Super...

It’s undoubtedly one of the most fiercely debated questions in all of sports: Is today’s brand of NBA basketball better or worse than during the Michael Jordan-led heyday of the 1990s? While discerning sports fans can disagree, there is perhaps no one better equipped to dive into the particulars of that question than longtime NBA journalist (and former NFL All-Pro wide receiver) Ahmad Rashad.

“The thing is about Michael, if you ever ask him, ‘Who’s better you or LeBron?’, you know what his answer is?” Rashad asked The Streamable this week. “‘You can’t compare; we never played against each other, so we’ll never know.’ That’s his answer. It’s one of those things that is a good ‘have a beer’ at a bar argument. Enjoy yourself with the argument and nobody’s wrong. You’re both right!”

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Netflix has ordered a second season of “The Mole,” its reboot of the ABC reality competition series of the same name.

“The Mole” sees twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the mole” and is tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player must outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

Alex Wagner hosted Season 1 of the reboot; it is unknown whether she will return for Season 2. Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost, David Tibballs and David Burris serve as executive producers, and Eureka Productions produces. Netflix currently has an open casting call for contestants for the new season.

The original “The Mole” ran on ABC for five seasons from 2001 to 2009. Both...

Netflix is doubling down on deception: The Mole has been renewed for Season 2, the streamer announced Wednesday.

In the series, players work together to complete missions that add money to a group pot — but among them is “the mole,” a player pre-chosen to sabotage their earning efforts. Players are later quizzed, and the person knowing the least about the mole’s true identity is eliminated.

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Tug of Words is returning to Game Show Network later today for its second season. Hosted by Samantha Harris, the competitive game show features two teams answering word clue questions and pulling the "tug of war rope" to their side with each correct answer. The game show airs daily at 3:30 pm Et. The show launched in November 2021, and Harris replaces Ahmad Rashad as host for season two.

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“The Mole” is your next reality TV obsession.

Netflix has rebooted the competition series, which originally premiered in 2001 on ABC. Anderson Cooper, Ahmad Rashad, and Jon Kelley hosted throughout the series’ seven-year run. Alex Wagner hosts the Netflix reboot, which is now streaming.

The basic premise of “The Mole” is that a group of contestants complete various physical and mental challenges in order to win cash prizes — but one of them is a mole, tasked by producers with sabotaging the missions and not getting caught by the other competitors. Each mission includes twists where contestants can add more money to their collective prize pot or personal gain, as well as risk losing it all for the group. After each mission, contestants take a quiz to see how much they know about the mole, and the person with the most wrong answers is eliminated.

The actual game aspect of “The Mole” can be dense at times,...

Mention “The Mole” to virtually anyone who works in reality TV, and their eyes light up. For a show that hasn’t been seen on U.S. television since 2008 — and only aired five editions in total — “The Mole” has nonetheless achieved a near-mythical status in the annals of unscripted TV history.

““I grew up watching them all on television, and it was one of my all-time favorite reality shows,” says Eureka Prods. CEO Chris Culvenor. “It’s probably one of the most beloved formats that is out there, not just in this country, but worldwide. It combines a sense of adventure, with a sort of ‘Ocean’s 11’/’Mission Impossible’-style caper. People love a mystery. I think that is what was the appeal of the original.”

“The Mole” centers on 12 contestants who must solve challenges in order to add money to a pot — which one of them will win in the end.

The reboot of The Mole has its host and a premiere date. Alex Wagner will host the 10-episode competition series which will air over a three-week period on Netflix. The series arrives on the streaming service next month.

Based on a Belgian format, The Mole previously aired in the United States for five seasons on ABC, between 2001 and 2008. Anderson Cooper, Ahmad Rashad, and Jon Kelley each served as the host across the show's network run.Read More…...

Netflix’s new Mole host has been exposed.

The streamer has tapped MSNBC’s Alex Wagner to headline its reboot of the late ABC reality series, which will premiere Oct. 7. All 10 episodes will be rolled out over a three-week period, with the first five reportedly dropping on launch day.

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Netflix is adding another reality competition. The streaming service has rebooted The Mole, with the 10 episodes set to premiere this fall. The competition series sees 12 players working together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and is tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot. The series is based on the Belgian format, De Mol, which was created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts. It has aired 10 seasons, beginning in 1998 and has been hosted by Michiel Devlieger and Gilles De Coster. The United States’ first version of it came on ABC in 2001, with five seasons airing between 2001 and 2004 and in 2008. Its hosts included Anderson Cooper,...

Former ABC reality series The Mole is returning after a 14-year hiatus.

Netflix on Wednesday announced that it has ordered a 10-episode revival, which is set to premiere this fall, Variety reports.

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The Og Mole, originally hosted by Anderson Cooper, ran for five seasons between 2001 and 2008. Players worked together to complete missions that would add money to their group pot — but among them was “the mole,...

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Netflix is reviving a cult favorite from the early days of the reality TV boom.

The streamer has ordered a new version of The Mole, a competition series in which one player — the “mole” — works to undermine the others. The series, based on a Belgian format, aired for five seasons on ABC, with the last coming in 2008.

Eureka Productions (Holey Moley, Name That Tune) is behind the new version, which is slated to debut on Netflix in the fall. In the show, 12 contestants work together on a series of challenges that, if completed successfully, add money to a prize pot that only one of them will win. The mole, meanwhile, tries to sabotage the other players’ efforts while maintaining their cover as a regular player.

The Netflix show was filmed last year in Australia, per reports at the time from Reality Blurred and Buzzer Blog.

A rebooted version of the reality series “The Mole” has been ordered at Netflix, Variety has learned.

The new version of the former ABC series is expected to bow on Netflix this fall. Like the original American version, the Netflix version is based on the Belgian format “De Mol” created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts and distributed by Primitives.

The streamer has given the new show a 10-episode order. In the competition series, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost, David Tibballs,...

Condola Rashad considers herself a casual admirer of HBO’s hit comedy series Insecure. She’s watched it now and again and thinks it is funny. And then series co-creator Issa Rae named a character after the Billions star, and things started getting a little weird on social media.

Fans of the show from the #LawrenceHive and #IssaHive got so angry at the end of Season 4 when it was revealed that the show’s Condola (played by Twenties‘ Christina Elmore) was pregnant with Lawrence’s baby, they started tweeting horrible things about “Hating Condola.”

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Exclusive: Game Show Network has buzzed with its newest series. Ahmad Rashad is set to host Tug of Words, a wordplay game show from the producing team behind Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, that’s set to launch in the fall.

Here’s how we play our game: Two teams compete to answer word-clue questions correctly and pull the flag on the “tug of war rope” to their side. In Round 1, each answer involves changing a single letter in the word that appears on the board. For example, with “Tug” on the board, the answer to the clue “a label inside a garment” is “Tag,” and with “Tag” then on the board, the answer to the clue “hopefully the upstairs neighbors aren’t learning this dance” is “Tap.”

With each round, an additional letter is added, creating four- and five-letter words to solve. The team with the flag on...

FX released a teaser for “American Horror Story: Double Feature,” premiering on Aug. 25 at 10 p.m.

The 10th installment of “American Horror Story,” which will be available the next day on FX on Hulu, will begin with “Part 1: Red Tide” and “Part 2: Death Valley.” In the teaser, worlds collide as aliens and sharp-toothed humanoids French kiss.

The series is created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, who executive produce alongside Alexis Martin Woodall, John J. Gray and Manny Coto.

Watch the trailer below.

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Amazon Prime Video announced that the fourth and final season of “Goliath” will premiere on Sept. 24. In the final season, Billy (Bob Thornton), returns to his Big Law roots after Patty (Nina Arianda) takes a job at a prestigious firm in San Francisco. As their partnership is put to the test, they attempt to take down the opioid industry.

John Legend, father of two and Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/Tony winner, is hosting a celebration of dads with a one-hour variety special, John Legend and Family: A Bigger Love Father’s Day. The show is airing Sunday, June 21 at 8 Pm Et on ABC.

The evening blends live musical performances with comedy and what’s touted as “plenty of surprises.” Legend will perform material from his new album, Bigger Love, out June 19.

Joining him are Anthony Anderson, Ike Barinholtz, Common, Michael Ealy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jim Gaffigan, Tony Gonzalez, Lil Rel Howery, Taran Killam, Ne-Yo, Shaquille O’Neal, Patton Oswalt, Scottie Pippen, Ahmad Rashad, Andy Roddick, Deion Sanders, Marlon Wayans, Stevie Wonder and Roy Wood Jr.

Also appearing are Legend’s wife, Chrissy Teigen, and John and Chrissy’s kids, Luna and Miles.

“Some of us may wonder if it’s okay to laugh right now,” said Legend. “But music and humor...

In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus released a teaser for drama series “Little Voice,” and HBO’s “Insecure” is releasing a podcast episode called “Looking for Latoya.”

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Apple TV Plus has released a teaser for its new drama series, “Little Voice,” premiering July 10. In the clip, co-creator and executive producer Sara Bareilles performs the show’s original theme song while shots from the show are interspersed throughout. “Little Voice” follows struggling performer Bess King, played by Brittany O’Grady, who is trying to make it in New York City while navigating rejection, relationships and family issues. “Little Voice” is produced by J.J. Abrams‘ Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Abrams, Bareilles, Jessie Nelson and Ben Stephenson serve as executive producers. Watch the teaser below.

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ABC will air an hour-long father’s day celebration hosted by John Legend on June 21 at 8 p.

John Legend will host a Father’s Day variety special for ABC, the network announced Friday.

Titled “John Legend and Family: A Bigger Love Father’s Day,” the one-hour special is described as “a tribute to fathers everywhere” and will blend live musical performances from Legend’s upcoming album with games and appearances from his family and other celebrity guests.

Guests who will appear on the program include Anthony Anderson, Ike Barinholtz, Common, Michael Ealy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jim Gaffigan, Tony Gonzalez, Lil Rel Howery, Taran Killam, Ne-Yo, Shaquille O’Neal, Patton Oswalt, Scottie Pippen, Ahmad Rashad, Andy Roddick, Deion Sanders, Marlon Wayans, Stevie Wonder and Roy Wood Jr.

The special will air on ABC Sunday, June 21, at 8/7c.

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“Some of us may wonder if it’s okay to laugh right now,” Legend said in a statement.

In Episodes Seven and Eight of The Last Dance, there are tears. Michael Jordan cries over the shocking loss of his father in 1993. His friend Ahmad Rashad wells up at the memory of tying a trembling Jordan’s tie for him on the day of the funeral. Members of the ’94 Bulls (a team that was Jordan-free as His Airness dabbled in professional baseball) recall a tearful postgame speech by Bill Cartwright. Heck, Jordan’s personal trainer cries while speaking about his number-one client’s intense dedication to his job.

Perhaps most surprising,...

It was just yesterday that we shared the news with you guys that filming has begun on Space Jam 2 starring LeBron James. And today we have word that original Space Jam star Charles Barkley isn't a fan of the idea of the upcoming sequel. The basketball legend spoke his peace at the 2019 NBA Awards on Monday night when he was asked if he was interested in the upcoming live-action/animation sequel, he said this.

"Not at all. Well, listen, I don't care. Space Jam 1 was amazing. We don't need 2."

This quote seems to be keeping with what Charles Barkley said last year at the same event, where he said this.

"Space Jam 1 was a classic. I don't like when people try to imitate something that was already good."

For those who didn't grow up in the '90s, the original Space Jam starred superstar Michael Jordan as himself, who...

In her confident, crafty eyes and free-flowing cadences, Condola Rashad — daughter of Phylicia and Ahmad Rashad — more than slightly recalls the style of Denzel Washington in her commanding performance in “Bikini Moon”; she’s easily the most appealing thing about this latest effort from Milcho Manchevski, best known for 1994’s Venice Golden Lion-winning “Before the Rain.” The new movie, a fictional character study that doubles as an inquiry into nonfiction filmmaking techniques, is a patchy, intermittently captivating hodgepodge that begins promisingly before losing its narrative thread, a shortcoming that figures to curtail its theatrical prospects. Nevertheless, it’s a promising showcase for Rashad, who (presently seen on Showtime’s “Billions”) is more than up to the leading-lady challenge.

“Bikini Moon” is comprised of footage shot from numerous faux-verité sources, including security cams and cell phones. Its most consistent perspective, however, comes via the cameras of pretentious documentarian Trevor (Will Janowitz...

ESPN Films’ 20-hour, six-week documentary “Basketball: A Love Story” more resembles a modern rom-com than your typical documentary. Rather than a chronological history lesson, it’s an episodic collection of anecdotes and stories that in some ways have more in common with “Love, Actually” than Ken Burns’ completist “Baseball.”

The film weaves through the heartbreaking story of paralyzed player Maurice Stokes and his dedicated teammate Jack Twyman to the bitter women’s basketball rivalry of Tennessee’s Pat Summit and Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma to tales of UCLA’s rise, the Dream Team, the Magic/Bird rivalry, the Aba and the emergence of international stars in the NBA with plenty of stops in-between.

“My film is not a history of basketball, because 20 hours is not even close to long enough,” says director Dan Klores. “But it’s historical so there is a lot of stuff that is not obvious. I...

When in France, right?  Michael Jordan proved he's too classy to drink beer with the normies at major sporting events -- instead, he sips from his own bottle of fancy wine. Mj was in the VIP suites at the Paris Saint-Germain vs. Reims game in Paris on Wednesday -- where he watched Neymar dominate in a 4-1 victory at Parc des Princes stadium.  He also apparently brought in his own bottle of red. Guessing they waived the corkage fee.

After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year, a trailer has been revealed by Netflix for the biopic, Come Sunday. Telling the story of a pastor who questioned the existence of hell, Carlton Pearson played by Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Inspired by This American Life, a radio program hosted by Ira Glass. The 2005 episode “Heretics” examines Pearson’s work as an evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and how he “cast aside the idea of hell.

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Directed by Joshua Marston (Complete Unknown, Maria Full of Grace), the film stars Ejiofor alongside Martin Sheen, rising star Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Atlanta), and stage actress Condola Rashād, the daughter of former NFL star Ahmad Rashad.

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One of O.J. Simpson's former BFFs is giving his alleged big-screen return 2 thumbs down -- telling TMZ Sports there ain't a chance Juice gets loose in Hollywood again. We got Ahmad Rashad at Lax on Tuesday ... and it was pretty clear from the jump that he didn't wanna talk O.J. (who, fun fact, was in his wedding party, along with Bill Cosby).  But when we asked if O.J.'s rumored cameo in...

Oh how I wish the title of this article could be different. Sadly when England come up against Germany in any competition (especially in a semi-final) there’s a good chance it will end in defeat. Sad but true. Before the game, I let myself get carried away thinking of different titles for this piece on English football, such as ‘England’s Bright Future’, or ‘Bring on Russia’. But unfortunately as soon as the referee blew his whistle for the end of extra time, the title wrote itself.

After the major success of England winning the U20 ‘s World Cup, the nation inevitably turned their attention to the U21’s European Championships. The U20’s 1-0 win over Venezuela meant it was England’s biggest international title since Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup in 1966. That’s depressing. Not taking anything away from the U20’s impressive feat, but surely...

Exclusive: Altittude moves for Cannes Midnight Screenings title.

Altitude Film Distribution has acquired UK distribution rights to A Prayer Before Dawn, Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s Muay Thai boxing thriller that stars Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, Green Room).

The film is set to premiere at Cannes Film Festival next month as part of the Midnight Screenings programme.

Nick Saltrese adapted the screenplay from Bobby Moore’s book, which is based on his own experiences. This is director Sauvaire’s second feature after Johnny Mad Dog, which premiered at Cannes in 2008.

The British-French co-pro was produced by Rita Dagher, Sol Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter and Nicholas Simon. Three-time Oscar nominee James Schamus was an executive producer and helped to close finance through his company Symbolic Exchange’s production deal with China’s Meridian Entertainment.

HanWay Films is handling sales on the title. The UK deal was stuck between Altitude’s Will Clarke and HanWay Films’ Gabrielle Stewart.

A24 previously...

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Daniel Gordon’s latest documentary, on the life of the irresistible, troubled footballer George Best, begins with an anecdote of the Manchester United legend in his later years, ambling, drunk, in the middle of the street in the pouring rain, a mere shadow of the man who once adorned the turf of Old Trafford. While recent documentaries on Paul Gascoigne and Bobby Moore avoided the destructive nature, and less illuminating years of the subject’s lives, Gordon signals his intentions from the offset, with the tragic elements to the great man’s life a paramount focus, as prevalent within this endeavour as the glory – and what transpires is a truly compelling piece of cinema.

Before we have the chance to educate ourselves on the subject himself, Gordon provides the viewer some valuable context, with a brief sequence concerning the Munich Air Disaster that saw several members of...

In the final episode of go90’s sports mockumentary “The 5th Quarter,” Adam Pally (“The Mindy Project”) and Jim O’Heir (“Parks and Recreation”) guest star as defenders of the unfortunately named sports team, the Sheboygan Jews. The short form online comedy blends big name comedy talent with major athlete cameos to tell parody sports documentaries in a smart premise that is perfectly pitched for the growing online platform.

In addition to Pally and O’Heir, comedians like J.B. Smoove, Jerry O’Connell, Chris Parnell, and George Lopez all appear in the series. On the athlete side, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is joined by sportscasters Kenny Mayne and Ahmad Rashad, Los Angeles Clipper Blake Griffin, former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman, Olympic figure skating gold medalist Tara Lipinski, and many more.

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[[tmz:video id="0_5ky70m7e"]] The sports community is reeling from the sudden, shocking death of Espn's John Saunders -- and Wednesday night, Ahmad Rashad explained why he was so loved.  "I did know him personally. He was a wonderful, beautiful man." NFL legend Tony Gonzalez also talked about the broadcaster -- saying, "He was part of my childhood." "It's a sad day." Saunders passed away Wednesday morning at his home in NY. He was 61.  Read more...

★★★☆☆ It would take a very hard-hearted soul not to well up a little upon seeing stalwart football commentator Jonathan Pearce recount, with tears in his eyes and half-time orange-sized lump in his throat, the last words he ever exchanged with the late, great Bobby Moore. Fans across the country may have endured half a century of hurt, the anguish of critical red cards and missed penalties, but Bobby tells the astronomical highs and many lows of a shy East End lad who knew the true meaning of fame through hard graft, and reaped both its rewards and ill-effects. Unlike the treatment he would receive at the hands of the Fa - not to mention his beloved West Ham - later in his career, Ron Scapello's loving biopic is a respectful and fitting tribute to the only Englishman to ever lift the Jules Rimet trophy.

Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that the story of football legend Bobby Moore is soon to be released. Bobby will preview in UK cinemas 27 May 2016 and will release on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Download 30 May 2016. To celebrate its release, we have a England 1966 World Cup Final Away NO6 […]

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It’s might be less than cinematic, but who could begrudge the World Cup-winning England captain his own adulatory documentary?

If you can bear another blow-by-blow account of English football’s finest hour, this is as good a time as any, and nobody could begrudge Bobby Moore his documentary closeup. In film-making terms, it’s very much route one: archive clips, talking heads, nothing fancy. And being a defender, Moore’s heroics are inherently less cinematic than, say, a Pelé or Cristiano Ronaldo. But if there’s any evidence Moore was ever less than a cool-headed leader on the pitch and an East End gent off it, this adulatory doc doesn’t find it. It does, at least, acknowledge his later problems: insomnia, depression, bankruptcy, cancer and, perhaps most painful of all, cruel rejection by the football establishment, which saw him reduced to managing non-league clubs and commentating on local radio.

Timeless Films and Ambient Entertainment announce cast for upcoming animation.

Emily Watson (Everest, War Horse) and Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs have joined the voice cast for 3D animation Happy Family.

The cast also includes Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who).

Production and sales outfit Timeless Films is handling worldwide sales on the project and will be presenting new footage from the film at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11) next week

Co-producer Ambient Entertainment has partnered with Warner Brothers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

The film is directed by Holger Tappe, who previously made Animals United, which was also produced by Timeless and Ambient.

Based on David Safier’s best-selling novel, with a script by Catharina Junk and Safier, Happy Family is a family adventure that follows the very much unhappy Wishbone clan - under pressure and constantly...

Timeless Films and Ambient Entertainment announce cast for upcoming animation.

Emily Watson (Everest, War Horse) and Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs have joined the voice cast for 3D animation Happy Family.

The cast also includes Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who).

Production and sales outfit Timeless Films is handling worldwide sales on the project and will be presenting new footage from the film at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11) next week

Co-producer Ambient Entertainment has partnered with Warner Brothers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

The film is directed by Holger Tappe, who previously made Animals United, which was also produced by Timeless and Ambient.

Based on David Safier’s best-selling novel, with a script by Catharina Junk and Safier, Happy Family is a family adventure that follows the very much unhappy Wishbone clan - under pressure and constantly...

Read More: Kaleidoscope Acquires NYC Dirty Cop Documentary 'The Seven Five'  Kaleidoscope has announced the acquisition of  worldwide rights to "Bobby," a documentary exploring the fascinating life of Bobby Moore, soccer legend and World Cup-winning captain. The documentary features exclusive interviews with fellow soccer greats like Pele, Paul Gascoigne, Sir Geoff Hurst and Russell Brand and follows Moore from his success on the field to his personal tragedies off of it. "Bobby" is directed by Ron Scalpello and produced by Matthew Lorenzo.  With the 50th anniversary of England's famous World Cup win approaching, Kaleidoscope is thrilled to announce its worldwide acquisition of the film (excluding the UK and Ireland). "We are proud to be involved with such a cinematic tribute to an iconic sporting hero," said Anthony Bruckner, director of sales at Kaleidoscope. "We are delighted to be introducing 'Bobby' to an international...

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Fabricio Coloccini signed for Newcastle United from Deportivo La Coruna in 2008 for £10.3 million and has been an almost ever-present feature at the very heart of the Magpies’ defence for the past seven years.

Despite another 32 league appearances last season, it has been a long time since we have seen the same Coloccini who captained Newcastle United to a fifth-place Premier League finish during the 2011-12 season. Yes, there are glimpses of that form now and again; the famous feathered touch that prompted Alan Pardew to liken the defender to Bobby Moore is still in the 33-year-old’s locker – but it’s currently squashed beneath a pile of fitness question marks, memories, arguments, managers, a fraying captain’s armband and a tourist guide to South London.

The problem with having such a colourful past with a club that – aside from the aforementioned near-podium finish – has continuously underachieved, is...

As Only Connect and University Challenge return to the BBC for new series, we salute the geek comforts of UK TV quiz shows…

Never mind A.E. Housman’s maxim that “all human knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use”, no knowledge is really precious until it serves the slightest use watching a TV quiz. If you’ve ever moaned about not needing your schoolboy geometry in the real world, you’ve clearly never experienced the joy of shouting “Cartesian Plane” at BBC Two on a Monday night.

Quiz shows are a TV comfort blanket for trivia nerds. That instant sliding-into-a-warm-bath relaxation other people experience when they hear the first bars of a beloved soap theme is what the opening ‘dum’ of the University Challenge music does to us. You’re home now, says that music. Wherever you are, whatever’s going on in your life,...

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Available soon, and with an intention to raise money for the Bobby Moore Cancer Fund, is the first volume of the Doctor Who Book Guide, where fans can find find over 500 full colour pages covering the entire Target book range. With a foreword from Iain McLaughlin and introduction from author Christopher Stone, the book has...

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President Barack Obama understandably may have been a little on edge the day before the midterm elections... Or maybe Michael Jordan dissing his golf game was just one too many criticisms too many on Monday and it was time to let off a little steam. Asked during an interview with Wisconsin radio station Wjmr about Jordan calling the commander in chief' a "s--tty golfer" during a recent sit-down with Ahmad Rashad, Obama humorously suggested that Jordan stick to worrying about basketball. "Mike and I, we know each other but I've never played golf with him," Potus said, noting that he and Rashad had teamed together on the golf course before and on two occasions beat former Miami...

President Barack Obama is lashing back at Michael Jordan -- telling His Airness to stop focusing on golf ... and Fix Your Crappy NBA Franchise!!Obama was talking with Wisconsin radio station Wjmr -- when he was asked about the shots Mj took during an interview with Ahmad Rashad ... when he called B.O. a "sh**ty golfer.""Mike and I, we know each other, but I've never played golf with him," Obama said ... "Michael wasn't very well informed about this.

Earlier this week, while on Ahmad Rashad’s popular sports podcast, NBA great Michael Jordan was asked an innocent question: “Who would be on your dream golf team?” Jordan quickly named Arnold Palmer before wistfully naming President Barack Obama and quickly taking it back and criticizing the President’s golf game.

“I’ve never played with Obama, but I would,” Jordan said. “But, nah, that’s ok. I’ll take him out. He’s a hack. Man, I’d be all day playing with him.”

“Do you really want to say that?” Rashad said. “The President of the United States is a hack?”

“Don’t worry about it,” Jordan shot back with a grin. “I never said he’s wasn’t a great politician, I just said he’s shitty golfer.”

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Today, the President Obama was on Wisconsin radio station Wjmr where he was asked about Jordan’s comments.

Michael Jordan is dead wrong about Barack Obama's golf game ... with several sources telling TMZ Sports that the top man's skills are far better that the "sh**ty" rating Mj gave him.His Airness spewed the trash-talk during an interview with Ahmad Rashad's Back9Network -- where he called Obama a "hack" and described the Prez's golf game as "sh**ty."Well, we did some digging -- calling dozens of golf courses in states where Obama has played,...

Michael Jordan just took smack talk to an entirely new level ... saying President Barack Obama is a "sh*tty golfer." Mj made the comments during an interview with Ahmad Rashad on the Back 9 Network -- when Ahmad asked who the NBA legend would golf with in his dream foursome. "I never played with Obama but I would," Mj said ... "But nah, I take him out. He’s a hack. It’d be All Day playing with him.

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Football is becoming more and more about money by the day, and in turn this is separating the bigger clubs from smaller clubs more and more too. The size of a club used to be entirely based on success and silverware, whereas no it is becoming too easy to buy success and with takeovers happening left, right and centre, there are many new additions to the top clubs in the world.

What then, separates these clubs from one another? The answer is of course their history, and no other club has a history quite like West Ham United. Our biggest achievement is of course successfully “winning” the World Cup in 1966. I jest, but the actuality of the situation is that Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst; three of West Ham’s greatest players at the time; played a major part in securing England’s only World Cup triumph.

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Without doubt one of the coolest pieces of exclusive content are the Legends on FIFA Ultimate Team, available only to Xbox and Xbox One gamers. These historical powerhouses of the beautiful game make many of today’s players look distinctively unimpressive; indeed, Pelé’s 95 rating means that he is even better than Lionel Messi (now rated 93 on FIFA 15). The inclusion of 15 new Legends means that the roster is better than ever before, now boasting the likes of Bobby Moore, Franz Beckenbauer and Peter Schmeichel.

The jealousy coming from FIFA-addicted Playstation owners who wished they could add Pelé to their Ultimate Team is understandably rife. However, the Xbox-exclusive content isn’t without its faults. Even with the new additions to the roster, there are still several notable absentees who have inexplicably been overlooked once again.

Of course it would be an impossible task to include all of the sport’s historical greats.

Film about the iconic football captain will coincide with the 50th anniversary of England’s 1966 World Cup triumph; eOne to distribute in UK.

Production is set to begin next month on a feature-length documentary celebrating the life of the golden boy of English football, Bobby Moore, who captained the national side to a historic victory in the 1966 World Cup Final.

Timeless Films will make the untitled film, in which archive footage of Moore’s life and times will blend with interviews, old and new, and the real stories behind Moore’s footballing glory; his battles with two bouts of cancer; the facts that led to false accusations about a stolen bracelet; and the failure to give a homegrown hero anything like the respect he deserved in later life.

Written and produced by football journalist and TV presenter Matt Lorenzo, it will be directed by Finn McGough, who will also co-write with Lorenzo.

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