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Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
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Bella Ramsey Cast in Channel 4's ‘Maya,' Written by and Co-Starring Daisy Haggard
Bella Ramsey, star of HBO's The Last of Us, will set their sights on a new drama series as Channel 4 confirms the young actor has been cast in Daisy Haggard's Maya. Ramsey will co-lead the cast of the six-part show, created by BAFTA-nominated Haggard (Back to Life, Breeders). Haggard will also star as Ramsey's mother and at the same time, make her directorial debut. Jamie Donoughue co-directs. More from The Hollywood Reporter Karlovy Vary's Krystof Mucha on Continuing the Legacy of Jiri Bartoska Marcel Barelli to Get Locarno Kids Award, Annecy Winner 'Arco' to Screen at Fest 'The Old Guard 2' Review: Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne Bring All the Right Moves, but Netflix Sequel Doesn't Have the Same Kick The Game of Thrones breakout will play the titular Maya, teenage daughter of Anna (Haggard). Forced into a witness protection programme to escape a life-threatening danger, Anna and Maya leave their London lives behind, taking on new identities and relocating to a small rural town in Scotland. 'As they try to adjust to their new reality, the trauma of their past continues to haunt them in the form of two hitmen intent on tracking them down,' a plot synopsis reads. 'As the walls close in, it becomes clear that a dangerous figure from their past is still a looming threat.' The project will be filmed entirely on location in Scotland later this year, with further casting announcements coming in due course. Ramsey said: 'This story and these characters Daisy has created are so alive, nuanced, wickedly funny and scarily dark. Every character jumps off the page, the dialogue is incredibly witty and I'm so excited to get to play Maya opposite Daisy's Anna.' Haggard, writer, creator and co-director, said: 'Ever since I first dreamt up this show, there has only ever been one Maya… I wrote the part with Bella so clearly in my head and I honestly still can't believe they want to be part of it. Bella is pure magic, just insanely talented, and I can't wait for us to work together. I'm also thrilled to be taking the leap into directing, and excited to have the opportunity to co-direct the series alongside the brilliant Jamie Donoughue.' Maya was commissioned for Channel 4 by Ollie Madden, director of Film4 and Channel 4 Drama and Gemma Boswell, commissioning editor, drama. It is a Two Brothers Pictures (an All3Media company) production, in association with All3Media International. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
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03-07-2025
- Entertainment
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Bella Ramsey to Star in Daisy Haggard's Thriller Series "Maya"
Yara Sameh Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) has landed her next TV role. The Brit is set to co-lead opposite BAFTA and International Emmy nominee Daisy Haggard ('Back To Life,' 'Breeders') in the upcoming thriller series 'Maya'. Haggard has written and created the show through which she is making her directorial debut. She co-directs the original Two Brothers ('The Tourist,' 'Fleabag,' 'Boat Story') series alongside Jamie Donoughue ('Doctor Who,' 'The Last Kingdom'). In the six-part series, Ramsey plays the titular, Maya, the teenage daughter of Anna (Haggard). The official logline for the series reads: "Forced into a witness protection programme to escape a life-threatening danger, Anna and Maya leave their London lives behind, taking on new identities and relocating to a small rural town in Scotland. As they try to adjust to their new reality, the trauma of their past continues to haunt them in the form of two hitmen intent on tracking them down. As the walls close in, it becomes clear that a dangerous figure from their past is still a looming threat." 'This story and these characters Daisy has created are so alive, nuanced, wickedly funny and scarily dark,' said Ramsey. 'Every character jumps off the page, the dialogue is incredibly witty and I'm so excited to get to play Maya opposite Daisy's Anna.' The show is billed by producers as 'darkly comedic, and shot through with Haggard's trademark warmth and humour,' the a series that 'explores themes of predatory male behaviour, family and love, but, above all, is a warm and witty celebration of the special, unbreakable bond shared between mother and daughter.' It will be filmed entirely on location in Scotland later this year, with further casting announced in due course. 'Ever since I first dreamt up this show, there has only ever been one Maya… I wrote the part with Bella so clearly in my head and I honestly still can't believe they want to be part of it,' said Haggard. 'Bella is pure magic, just insanely talented, and I can't wait for us to work together. I'm also thrilled to be taking the leap into directing, and excited to have the opportunity to co-direct the series alongside the brilliant Jamie Donoughue.' 'Maya' was commissioned for Channel 4 by Ollie Madden, director of Film4 and Channel 4 Drama and Gemma Boswell, commissioning editor, drama. It is a Two Brothers Pictures (an All3Media company) production, in association with All3Media International. It was written and created by Daisy Haggard who will also serve as executive producer, with Harry and Jack Williams, Sarah Hammond, Alex Mercer and Daisy Mount serving as executive producers for Two Brothers Pictures. Kenny Tanner is producer, while Donoughue will co-direct and serve as co-executive Producer and Shaheen Baig is casting director. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream News Shell Unveils Cost-Cutting, LNG Growth Plan Technology 50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean News "Tensions Escalate: Iran Probes Allegations of Indian Tech Collaboration with Israeli Intelligence"
UPI
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Bella Ramsey to star in Daisy Haggard's thriller series 'Maya'
1 of 4 | Bella Ramsey will star as the titular character in Channel 4 series "Maya," which is set to film on location in Scotland later this year. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 2 (UPI) -- Britain's Channel 4 announced Bella Ramsey will star in the thriller series Maya alongside the show's writer and creator, Daisy Haggard. The network said Ramsey (Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) will star as Maya, a London teenager forced to enter witness protection with her mother, Anna (Haggard), and relocate to a rural town in Scotland. "As they try to adjust to their new reality, the trauma of their past continues to haunt them in the form of two hit men intent on tracking them down," the official synopsis reads. "As the walls close in, it becomes clear that a dangerous figure from their past is still a looming threat." Haggard, the series' writer and creator, will also co-direct the series with Jamie Donoughue. "This story and these characters Daisy has created are so alive, nuanced, wickedly funny and scarily dark," Ramsey said in the series announcement. "Every character jumps off the page, the dialogue is incredibly witty and I'm so excited to get to play Maya opposite Daisy's Anna." The series is set to be filmed on location in Scotland later this year. "Ever since I first dreamt up this show, there has only ever been one Maya... I wrote the part with Bella so clearly in my head and I honestly still can't believe they want to be part of it," Haggard said. "Bella is pure magic, just insanely talented, and I can't wait for us to work together. I'm also thrilled to be taking the leap into directing, and excited to have the opportunity to co-direct the series alongside the brilliant Jamie Donoughue." Ramsey will also return to star in The Last of Us Season 3, which has yet to receive a release date. They play Ellie in the post-apocalyptic drama. 'Game of Thrones' cast attends Season 8 premiere Gwendoline Christie plays Brienne of Tarth. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Missouri educators sue state over $51 million appropriation to private school vouchers
The Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) The Missouri National Education Association is suing the state in an effort to block the appropriation of $51 million to MOScholars, the state's K-12 scholarship program. In a lawsuit filed in Cole County Circuit Court Monday, MNEA argues that state funds cannot be directly given to MOScholars under the current statute. MNEA vice president Rebeka McIntosh and member Kimberly Duvall, who serves as president of the Blue Springs chapter of the National Education Association, are suing on behalf of the organization's 30,000 members. 'The General Assembly has far overstepped its authority and violated five provisions of the Missouri Constitution by using an appropriations bill to construct out of whole cloth a scheme to divert general revenues to what are essentially vouchers for the payment of private school tuition for elementary and secondary school students,' MNEA's attorney Loretta Haggard wrote. MOScholars currently operates using nonprofits dubbed 'educational assistance organizations' to gather donations and distribute scholarships to students in private, parochial or home schools. Donors can receive a tax credit equal to 100% of their contribution but can use it to cover no more than half of their state tax liability. State law allows 4% of donations to be reserved to cover the costs of administering the program, including marketing. But the budget passed by the lawmakers 'dramatically changes the landscape,' Haggard contends. The budget signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe Monday includes an injection of general revenue to the MOScholars program, budgeting $50 million for scholarships and $1 million to assist marketing the program. This, MNEA argues, breaks state law for multiple reasons. The 2021 law that created MOScholars prescribes the use of tax-deductible donations to educational assistance organizations (EAOs), not general revenue, as a funding source. 'The money for (MOScholars) scholarships comes from donations that taxpayers make to EAOs, and EAOs then remit to families. The donated funds never come into the custody of the state, and the state does not select scholarship recipients,' Haggard wrote. The direct appropriation to the program effectively amends the MOScholars statute, the lawsuit says, which violates laws requiring legislative authorization and limits bills to a single subject. Changing statute in a budget bill is not allowed. The money would have to flow through a fund overseen by the State Treasurer's Office which currently does not hold scholarship money. The fund is 'to be used by the state treasurer for marketing and administrative expenses or the costs incurred in administering the program, whichever is less,' according to state law. Using the fund to administer scholarships is 'unauthorized,' the lawsuit says. MNEA is asking for a preliminary injunction, which would block the $51 million appropriation from being transferred to the MOScholars fund while litigation ensues. 'Once the unlawful appropriations are disbursed to private entities or individuals, it will be difficult if not impossible to claw those funds back to the treasury where they belong,' the lawsuit says. MNEA argues that the money, if given to MOScholars, would hurt public education statewide. 'Politicians in Jefferson City and their privatization lobbyists are stealing from our kids,' said Missouri NEA President Phil Murray. 'In rural Missouri, that $51 million means losing our music teacher, canceling basketball, and watching our schools crumble. They're killing our small towns.' Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek, in an interview with The Independent in May, addressed the possibility of a lawsuit. 'We will deal with it when that happens,' he said. 'I cannot predict which course it will take.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Families of men killed in Halloween shooting to sue City of Orlando, OPD
On Oct. 31, Tyrek Hill was preparing to discuss with his mother the possibility of buying a truck to start his own towing company. Timothy Schmidt Jr. was showing a friend around Orlando, where Hill was a student at the University of Central Florida. That night, both men decided to hit downtown for its annual Halloween block party. Neither made it out alive after being gunned down by 17-year-old Jaylen Edgar, who inexplicably was carrying a weapon as he strolled among the partygoers. Now, the families of both men are suing, accusing the city and the Orlando Police Department of wrongful death by failing to provide adequate security. On Tuesday, two of their parents — Timothy Schmidt Sr. and Teresa Clinton, Hill's mother — met in person for the first time to announce the lawsuit, joined by attorneys Michael Haggard and Douglas McCarron. 'We're in an awful club that you don't want to be in,' Schmidt Sr. said. Hill added, 'Our sons left here somewhat the same. … We're trauma-bonded.' Several businesses that make up the city's Entertainment District are also set to be named in the lawsuit, but the attorneys declined to name them. Haggard said the city and OPD have been notified of the coming lawsuit, which is expected to be filed later this month. This month also marks the ninth anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, which resulted in the deaths of 49 people before the shooter was killed by law enforcement. 'Everybody in the community should be asking: has anything changed?' Haggard said. 'Has anything changed in society? Has anything changed in how businesses deal with this, the government deals with this, or anything along those lines?' About 75,000 people were partying downtown Halloween night when gunfire erupted on two separate occasions. The first happened on the corner of North Orange Avenue and Central Boulevard, where city surveillance video showed Edgar shot Hill in the head from close range while walking past him. He then shot Schmidt Jr. shortly after, striking him in the heart in front of Sly Fox Bar following an altercation in which Schmidt Jr. wasn't involved. Edgar, who turns 18 in September, was arrested as he tried to flee amid a panicked, scattering crowd. He was charged as an adult on two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder, with his next court appearance expected to take place Aug. 25. While a City of Orlando spokesperson declined to comment on the pending litigation, officials at the time of the shooting pointed to a state law allowing gun owners to carry in public places without a permit. They said that prevented the city from conducting its own weapons checks in the downtown area, as it had previously. Still, Haggard said, city authorities should have been prepared for that. In 2024 there were about 500 mass shootings throughout the U.S. including 32 in Florida, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks shootings nationwide. This year, six of the 133 mass shootings so far were in the state. 'Our laws in the State of Florida are awful regarding gun safety, there's no question about that,' Haggard said. 'But the City of Orlando knows that, the police department knows that, the entertainment district knows that. … So businesses have to step up in the environment they're in.' As for the families, they intend to carry on their sons' legacies. Since the shooting, Schmidt Sr. founded a nonprofit seeking to help others in similar situations. Clinton, Hill's mother, seeks to do the same. While they both seek justice for their children's deaths, Schmidt Sr. and Hill say they share a common aim: reform. 'We can point the blame at anybody, but who will step up and make a change?' Hill said. 'Let's make a difference. It doesn't have to just be us, it can be all — or is it just another person dead in the streets and another suspect in jail?'
