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Domina (TV Series)
''Domina'' is a British-Italian historical drama television series created and principally written by Simon Burke for Sky Atlantic (Italy) and Sky Atlantic (UK). Starring Kasia Smutniak as Livia Drusilla, it examines the power struggles of Ancient Rome from a female perspective. The series premiered on 14 May 2021 in Italy and the UK. MGM+ renewed ''Domina'' for a second series, which premiered on 9 July 2023 in the United States. In April 2024, the series was canceled after two seasons. Premise The series charts the life and rise of Livia Drusilla, the powerful wife of the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar. In series 1, the simultaneous divorces of Livia and Augustus from their respective spouses in order to marry each other causes a political sex scandal. All the political power is kept within the family of Augustus, Livia (his third and final wife), Agrippa (whom Augustus regards as his brother), and the daughters of Mark Antony (his son Iullus Antonius is sidelined), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Bennett
Finn Bennett (born 1999) is a British actor. On television, he is known for his role as Officer Peter Prior in the HBO series '' True Detective: Night Country'' (2024). Early life Finn Bennett was born in 1999 at Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, London, the son of Ronan Bennett, an Irish novelist and screenwriter, and Georgina Henry, a British journalist. He also has Belgian heritage through his maternal grandmother, Annette Duvivier. Bennett attended school in London, and on Saturdays went took drama classes at Stagecoach Performing Arts in Islington. Instead of going on to university, he had various jobs until booking '' Domina''. Career Bennett began his career as a child actor, making his television debut in a 2010 episode of the ITV detective drama ''Foyle's War'', as a young version of Andrew Scott's character. This was followed by a 2013 guest appearance in the Channel 4 crime drama ''Top Boy''. He appeared in the 2015 BBC One television film adaptation of La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGM+
MGM+ (formerly known as Epix; pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as eᴘix), is an American Pay television, premium cable television, cable and satellite television, satellite television network owned by the MGMPlus Entertainment subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which is itself a subsidiary of Amazon MGM Studios. The network's programming consists of recent and older Film, theatrically released motion pictures, Original series, original television program, television series, documentary film, documentaries, and music and stand-up comedy, comedy television special, specials. The service was originally launched in the United States in October 2009 by a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate Studios, Lionsgate, and Paramount Pictures, Paramount. After MGM acquired the stakes of the service's co-founders in late 2017, and following the March 2022 acquisition of MGM itself by Amazon (company), Amazon, Epix was rebranded as MGM+ in January 2023. It was the culmination of a gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Studios
Sky Studios is a production company founded by Sky in June 2019 with assets from the now defunct Sky Vision. It develops, produces and funds original drama, comedy and documentary, and has investments in a number of production businesses in the UK and US: Love Productions (wholly owned), Blast Films!, Sugar Films, True North Productions, Chrysalis Vision, True to Nature, Longboat Pictures and The Lighthouse in the United Kingdom; Jupiter Entertainment, Talos Films, Znak & Co. and Catalina Content in the United States. As part of the launch of Sky Studios, the broadcaster also announced that they would double their spend on original productions to over $1.3 billion over the next five years. In September 2019, Sky Studios announced they were launching a US-arm called ''The Hive'', based in New York and Tennessee, utilising expertise from Jupiter Entertainment. In December 2021, Sky Studios sold their minority stake in Bad Wolf to Sony Pictures Television. Sky Studios Els ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Italia
Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24. Pay TV services on the Sky Italia satellite platform are broadcast on the Hot Bird satellites at 13.0°E and are encrypted in NDS VideoGuard. History Sky Italia was founded on 31 July 2003 by the merger of TELE+ and Stream TV. On 28 June 2010, Sky Italia changed its brands and logos, making them identical to the BSkyB ones. On 1 October 2010, Sky activated its first 3D channel, Sky Sport 3D, available without any extra cost to the Sport pack subscribers. The very first event Sky Sport 3D aired was the 2010 Ryder Cup. On 25 December 2010, Sky launched another 3D channel: Sky Cinema 3D, airing 3D movies, available for free for Cinema pack subscribers. These channels were replaced by Sky 3D on 6 September 2011, and then closed on 16 January 2018. Tom Mockridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cattleya (production Company)
Cattleya S.r.l. is an Italian film and television production company founded by . History Cattleya was founded by Riccardo Tozzi in 1997, with Giovanni Stabilini and Marco Chimenz as co-CEOs. Francesca Longardi joined as a partner in 1999 and Gina Gardini joined in 2005. In October 2017, ITV Studios acquired a majority stake in the company. In 2023, Chimenz stepped down as co-CEO. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{Authority control 1997 establishments in Italy 2017 mergers and acquisitions Companies based in Rome Film production companies of Italy Entertainment companies established in 1997 Italian companies established in 1997 Television production companies of Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Founded by Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as '' Mr. Bean'' and '' The Vicar of Dibley''. The present-day company was founded in 1993 from the merger of Bennett-Jones' Tiger Television and Paul Sommers' Aspect Film & Television. It has also produced television dramas such as '' Murphy's Law'' and '' Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'', and in October 2006, its drama series ''Robin Hood'' began showing on BBC One. They also produced the American reality television series '' Damage Control'' for MTV, and the animated children's series '' Charlie and Lola'', which was based on the books written by Lauren Child. Tiger Aspect has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Roach
Cameron Roach is a British television producer. He was the director of drama for Sky and he is the founder of the independent production company Rope Ladder Fiction. Credits include ''Footballers' Wives'', '' Bad Girls'', ''Casualty'', ''Life on Mars'', ''Silk'', and ''I Hate Suzie ''I Hate Suzie'' (stylised as ''I HATE SUZIE.'') is a British dark comedy, dark comedy-drama television series created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper. It was produced by Bad Wolf (production company), Bad Wolf in association with Sky Studios. ...''. References External links * British television producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Sim
Samuel Sim is a British composer, record producer, musician and songwriter. His work spans concert music, recordings, arrangements and film and television scores. He writes in full orchestral as well as electronic and contemporary idioms, and is often known for his use of choir and vocal elements in his music. Recent releases include the Ivor Novello Award nominated score for the Bafta Award winning series '' The Mill'', the multi-award-winning soundtrack for '' Home Fires'', released 6 May 2016 by Sony Classical Records. and the music to '' The Halcyon'' released by Decca Records in January 2017. Biography Film and television scores 2021 * '' Domina'' * '' Innocent II (TV series)'' * '' The Feast'' * '' The Bay: Season III'' 2020 * ''Maiden'' * '' The Bay: Season II'' * ''The Spanish Princess (TV series)'' * '' Murder in the Carpark (TV series)'' 2019 * ''Anne (TV Mini-series)'' * ''The Cure (Movie)'' * '' The Bay'' * '' The Victim'' * '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Moen
Alexandra Moen (born 1978) is an Italian-born English actress, known for her roles as Emily James in the drama series '' Hotel Babylon'', Tamsin in the drama series '' Tripping Over'', and Lucy Saxon in the science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. Early life Moen was born in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, the daughter of an oceanographer father and teacher mother. Along with her two younger brothers, the family lived briefly in Canada and Bermuda, until moving to the United Kingdom in 1991. She studied English at Leeds University, later going on to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ... (LAMDA). Filmography Film Television Stage References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moen, Alexandra Alumni of the Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joelle (actor)
Joelle Mia Renee Joelle, better-known by her stage name Joelle, is an actress and singer who made her on-screen debut in ''Dune (2021 film), Dune'' (2021), performed in Paul Feig’s Netflix original film ''The_School_for_Good_and_Evil_(film), The School for Good and Evil'', appears in MGM+ and Sky_Group, Sky's second season of ''Domina_(TV_series), Domina'' as Vipsania_Agrippina, Vipsania and plays the role of List of The Wheel of Time characters#Joiya Byir, Joiya Byir in the Amazon Studios TV series ''The Wheel of Time (TV series), The Wheel of Time''. Early life and career beginnings Joelle was referred in her early teens to vocal coach Peggy Still Johnson, a governor of the The_Recording_Academy, Recording Academy Atlanta chapter, by Grammy Award–winning mixer Phil Tan. Joelle was later vocal coached by Daniel Thomas, former choir director of the London Community Gospel Choir. Joelle made her first media appearances at 13, campaigning about bullying awareness on ABC News ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
