Digger is unlike any film coming from a major Hollywood studio in years, at least in my memory. It makes sense it comes from Warner Bros, which is the one major that seems to take real swings with big budgets, directors and stars in films you might say…

Riz Ahmed is used to taking chances. In 2012, he thought he was on the verge of a major breakthrough, having co-starred with James Gandolfini in the pilot for HBO's The Night Of series, playing an ostensibly clean-cut college student accused of a brutal murder. The following year, the Sopranos star…

Amid a summer where the biggest show on the small screen right now is 22 men kicking around a polyurethane-covered ball, nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled Wednesday morning. We’ll know who wins the World Cup months before the winners at September’s Mariska Hargitay-host…

In Riz Ahmed’s Prime Video show Bait, he plays Shah Latif, a struggling actor who accidentally goes viral as the suspected new James Bond. As Shah tries to manage the reactions of his family and friends, the show takes him on a odyssey through both London and his own psyche. “He’s always…

Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor, writer and producer Riz Ahmed knew he had to lay it all out there for his Prime Video series Bait. "We're all performing this public version of ourselves," he said during Deadline’s Contenders TV panel. A revelation that was compounded when he was banned from his…

It's an energized indie weekend with a high potential crop of new specialty releases from wide to limited, original, and based off a hit video game, a cult horror and Shakespeare. BTS is back in concert with a global livestream, and a documentary on Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman has strong presales…

Saturday Night Live UK has lost the best part of 100,000 viewers since its premiere. The third episode in the series, hosted by Riz Ahmed, was watched by 130,100 viewers at 10PM on Sky, according to official overnight BARB figures supplied by overnights.tv. The audience, which delivered a…

Saturday Night Live UK is faithful to The Traitors. Hosted by Riz Ahmed, SNL UK sent up the biggest series on British television with a sketch confronting claims that The Traitors contestants display unconscious racial bias by voting out people of color. Side-stepping copyright concerns, SNL…

Saturday Night Live UK cold opened with the British prime minister calling on some friends to deliver a stirring address to the nation. George Fouracres’s Keir Starmer took to the lectern, flanked by the Union Jack flag, but admitted he’s “not inspiring” as a leader. Reflecting on war in the…

Riz Ahmed is hiding a killer secret in the first sketch released from his appearance as host of Saturday Night Live UK. As the sketch begins, the Bait and Hamlet actor is seen dancing to disco light in his dressing room, as SNL UK cast members George Fouracres and Ayoade Bamgboye enter to say…

Sky has found its first guest hosts for Saturday Night Live UK, including SNL alum Tina Fey. Fey will pass the baton to the UK franchise hosting the inaugural episode of the late-night sketch series set to debut on March 21 with musical guest Wet Leg. The second show will be hosted by Jamie…