The BFI London Film Festival has announced that two of the U.K.’s most acclaimed producers will lead the industry program at its upcoming 70th edition. Pippa Harris, who produced “Hamnet,” “1917” and is currently working on “The Beatles” biopics, and James Wilson, who produced “The Zone of Interest,” “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and “Under
The Hundred men’s competition, The Oval MI London 147-7 (100 balls): S Curran 72 (46); Gregory 2-32 Trent Rockets 148-4 (90 balls): Santner 52* (23); Gleeson 2-27 Trent Rockets won by six wickets Scorecard. Table Trent Rockets booked their place in the knockout stages of the men’s Hundred with a six-wicket victory against MI London
The Hundred women’s competition, The Oval MI London 121-5 (100 balls): Chathli 31 (27); Bates 3-13 Trent Rockets 125-1 (82 balls): Sciver-Brunt 67* (36); Norris 1-26 Trent Rockets won by nine wickets Scorecard. Table Nat Sciver-Brunt made a stylish unbeaten 67 as Trent Rockets booked their spot in the knockout stage of The Hundred with
The Hundred men’s competition, Lord’s London Spirit 160-5 (100 balls): Pretorius 52 (28); Sowter 2-29 MI London 164-6 (94 balls): Pooran 39 (25); J Overton 2-23 MI London won by four wickets Scorecard. Table London Spirit became the first team to be eliminated from The Hundred after a four-wicket defeat by MI London in front
The Hundred women’s competition, Lord’s MI London 122-9 (100 balls): Kerr 69* (41); Dean 3-26 London Spirit 119-8 (100 balls): De Klerk 35 (29); Matthews 2-21 MI London won by three runs Scorecard. Table Melie Kerr played a magnificent lone hand with the bat to keep struggling MI London’s faint qualification hopes alive in the
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that outdoor poster ads for “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” breached its code by presenting an image that gave “a realistic impression of a dead child,” while clearing companion TV and streaming spots for the same campaign. The ASA investigated four issues stemming from several complaints about ads for