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British broadcaster Emily Maitlis has warned that populism has overcome the power of the mainstream media to hold politicians to account in the wake of Donald Trump’s popularity and Brexit, and unveiled a blueprint for wrestling back control in her MacTaggart lecture today in Edinburgh. Delivering this year’s annual…

While this week's local elections in the UK have led to increased speculation about the future of Ireland's borders, the region’s animation industry has come together to increase opportunities for creativity and collaboration. Animation Ireland, Animation UK and Northern Ireland Screen have today agreed a deal that…

For British musicians and other performing artists whose touring capacity in Europe has been curtailed by post-Brexit regulations, travel is about to get a little easier. UK specialist hauliers employed for music concerns, cultural and sporting events have been limited to making just three EU stops per tour, creating…

On tonight’s episode of CBS’ Late Show, Stephen Colbert discussed the UK as supermarkets have come  up with an interesting way to reassure customers about missing items: by filling empty produce sections and bare store shelves with pictures of items instead of the items themselves. The late-night host keeps British…

EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV performers have become Brexit “collateral damage” after the British government failed to reach an agreement with the European Union for creative industry workers to travel visa-free across the continent. That’s the view of Paul W Fleming, the general secretary of Equity, which represents 47,000…

The Brexit visa crisis, which is preventing British film and TV employees from working in the European Union without filling out reams of costly paperwork, is now starting to cause issues for spring shoots on the continent, according to The Production Guild of Great Britain. Production Guild CEO Lyndsay Duthie told…

Leading UK musicians include Ed Sheeran, Elton John and Liam Gallagher have signed a letter stating that the UK government's Brexit deal has failed the country's performing artists. In the open letter, published by The Times, the group criticize the end of free movement for touring bands. It also suggests the costs…

The UK government and the European Union are locked in a war of denials over the end to free movement across the continent for performers and crew. Following the culmination of the Brexit transition period, workers are no longer guaranteed visa-free travel and may need to apply for additional work permits for…

Here’s our rundown of the 10 storylines set to dominate the international film business in 2021. Covid, of course What a difference a year makes. The pandemic that pretty much no one foresaw has re-shaped the entire world, including the entertainment business. 2021 will give us a better idea of which aspects of that…

UPDATED, 7 AM PT: After four and a half long years in European politics, the UK and European Union have finalized terms on a Brexit free trade deal, averting the possibility of a “no deal” Brexit when the transition period ends at midnight on December 31. As per our earlier story below, the deal will need to be…

It seems an obvious point, but it’s worth clarifying that Brexit will likely increase bureaucracy for UK film and TV productions shooting in the EU. Uncertainty remains over the nature of the future relationship between the UK and EU given that the two parties have yet to agree a ‘Brexit deal’. The deadline for that…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures this week began showing to taste makers News of the World, the Paul Greengrass-directed 1870s-set adaptation of Paulette Jiles’ novel about broken-down war veteran Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd — Tom Hanks — who crosses Texas towns and reads breathtaking newspaper stories to lift the…