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It was no surprise to see Golden Globewinning series The Kominsky Method renewed for a second season, given the starry presence of Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin. Now this compelling yarn about two old friends reflecting on their loves and lives will be expanded by the arrival of not one, not two, but three more award-winning actors. Jane Seymour (above), Jacqueline Bisset and Paul Reiser have all signed up for series two and should give our two protagonists plenty to think about.
Orson Welles has been enjoying a revival of late, with the Netflix release of his final film, The Other Side of the Wind, and the big-screen release of Mark Cousins’ compelling documentary, The Eyes of Orson Welles. Now Welles’ daughter, Beatrice, is developing a six-part TV series, Life with Orson Welles: The Man Behind the Legend, in which she and some of her father’s friends, family and colleagues share their recollections of the legendary film-maker. “I plan to dispel a few old rumours and spread some new ones,” says Welles, surely a comment that would make her father proud.
Fresh from her successful judging stint on Ireland’s Got Talent, Michelle Visage reteams with RuPaul for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, when it launches on BBC later this year. Visage has previously been a judge on eight seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race plus four seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars