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The calendar will soon switch to January and Paramount+ will say goodbye to the holidays and ring in the new season: awards. The road to the Oscars is now in full force, and Paramount+ will bring glitz and glam to its Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers on Sunday, Jan. 7 with the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best of this past year’s film and television, including “Maestro,” “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,” “Succession,” “The Bear,” and more.

But if you’re starry-eyed for more than just statuettes, the streamer is adding dozens of originals and library titles alike, including the new British comedy series “Sexy Beast” and this year’s critically acclaimed “You Hurt My Feelings” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Find out what The Streamable has for our top picks this month and check out the full list of everything coming to the platform this January!

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Woody McClain, who currently appears in the Starz Power spinoff, Power Book II: Ghost, has been added to the cast of The Harder They Fall. The Netflix western stars Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, Delroy Lindo, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, Rj Cyler, and Oscar winner Regina King. Jeymes Samuel, who co-wrote the screenplay with Boaz Yakin, is directing the pic. It’s about an outlaw Nat Love (Majors) who discovers that the man (Elba) who killed his parents two decades ago is being released from prison, he reunites with his gang to track his enemy down and seek his revenge. Jay-Z, James Lassiter, Lawrence Bender, and Samuel are producing. McClain’s other credits include The Bobby Brown Story, The New Edition Story, and indie comedy Death of a Telemarketer.

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Faith Based star Luke Barnett has signed on for two indie dramas, the Waheed AlQawasmi-directed Arabic/English-language drama Jacir,...

Among new members are Maren Ade, Hugh Grant and Hayley Squires.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2018 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.

Among the 386 new members are actors Hugh Grant, Willem Dafoe and Hayley Squires, directors Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy) and Michael Pearce (Beast), film execs Shana Eddy-Grouf (Studiocanal) and Katie Goodson-Thomas (Fox Searchlight), and La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger.

Former UK and Ireland Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the new intake include producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and actor Jessie Barden.

Hugh Grant, Jodie Whittaker and Letitia Wright are among 386 new BAFTA members. The 2018 intake span the film, games and TV industries across eleven countries. Scroll down for the full list of new members.

Among new members are BAFTA-winner Grant, Doctor Who star Whittaker, BAFTA-nominee Willem Dafoe, Black Panther star Letitia Wright, La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger, Mad Max: Fury Road costume designer Jenny Beavan, Toni Erdmann director Maren Ade, and UK broadcasters Sandi Toksvig and Simon Mayo.

BAFTA comprises around 8,000 members worldwide. The UK org tweaked its membership requirements in 2016 in a bid to improve diversity of intake.

Amanda Berry, Chief Executive of BAFTA, said, “We’re delighted to welcome our new members to BAFTA. Our members represent the breadth of the ever-evolving film, games and television industries. They sit at the heart of everything BAFTA does, from mentoring emerging talent, voting in the Awards, sharing...

Digital Spy readers named David Tennant as Doctor Who's greatest ever Doctor - now, with less than two weeks to go until the 50th anniversary, DS is embarking on a new quest... to list the top 10 Who stories of all time.

12 days 'til 'The Day of the Doctor' and we've reached our penultimate entry - just missing out on the top spot is a Steven Moffat-penned favourite, beloved by fans and critics alike...

2. Blink (2007) - written by Steven Moffat

"Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink."

Steven Moffat once remarked that you know you've got a great concept for a Doctor Who story when you think, 'Well, there goes that film idea…'

One of Moffat's greatest ever was 'Blink' - first aired in 2007 and held in high esteem by both Whovians and non-fans ever since, it's a bloody fantastic supernatural horror masquerading as a Doctor Who episode.

Alex Walkinshaw has praised his former co-stars on The Bill for helping him settle into Casualty. Michael Obiora, Charles Dale, Matt Bardock and Jane Hazlegrove, all former cast members on the ITV police drama, now play medical staff on the hospital series. Of reuniting with his former colleagues, Walkinshaw told Pa: "It did take the pressure off because it meant that if I did have a panic I knew I could shoot off, find someone and say, 'I don't know what I'm doing'. And they'd go, 'You're right, you don't', and then (more)...

Ex-Hotel Babylon actor Michael Obiora and newcomer Madeleine Mantock have joined the cast of Casualty, Digital Spy can reveal. The new recruits will make their on-screen debut in the BBC hospital drama - now in its 25th year - in late August as newly-qualified nurses Lloyd and Scarlett . Obiora, who will play cocky new nursing recruit Lloyd, most recently appeared as receptionist Ben Trueman in axed BBC drama Hotel Babylon. The 25-year-old's other credits include Grange Hill and EastEnders, where he briefly appeared as the footballer boyfriend of former resident Chelsea Fox. Meanwhile, Mantock, who is fresh of out ArtsEd drama school after studying on a bursary from the BBC Performing Arts Fund, will take on the role of terrified ingénue nurse Scarlett. Joining Casualty's overworked emergency department, both (more)...

Wednesday's opening episode of Celebrity Masterchef pulled in 3.32m (14.3%) for BBC One, according to the latest figures. The 8pm show, featuring celebrities including Michael Obiora and Jayne Middlemiss, was affected by a clash with ITV1's live coverage of the England game against Andorra. The match averaged a respectable 8.03m (35.5%) between 7.45pm and 10.30pm, peaking with 9.77m (42.4%) at 9.55pm. Later on BBC One, the second part of Living With Monkeys: Tales From The Treetops took 2.04m (8.9%) at 9pm. Over on BBC Two, the latest Springwatch had 2.91m (12.6%) at 8pm. The audience then dropped to 1.48m (6.6%) during the 9pm screening of Rick Stein's Memoirs Of A Seafood Chef. (more)...

Are the gays taking over daytime? It would seem so, as yet another daytime soap reveals its plans to tell a gay love story this summer. We’ve got the latest news and spoilers on the upcoming plot, including a clip of the intended lovebirds. Plus, we have an extra large helping of Gool Theater this week, including a hot and sexy episode of Forbidden Love, some explosive events on EastEnders, heart pounding moments on Coronation Street and our first visit to New Zealand soap Shortland Street.

We’ve also got spoilers on a goodbye to Fair City’s gay character and the dish on what cutie pie Noah Mayer is shooting this week on As The World Turns. Meanwhile, Gool Newsbeat looks at the controversy surrounding EastEnders’ gay Muslim storyline as well as the scoop on another U.K. sudser's returning gay character. And as usual, Snapshots and our Soap Stud Of The Week!