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International Insider: Glastonbury Firestorm; Paramount’s Trump Deal; Corden Studio Loses Backer
The Glastonbury furore over Bob Vylan's set features in this week's International Insider.
In a set directly before Kneecap on the same stage, the British band led thousands of crowd members in chants of “Death, death to the IDF” (Israeli Defence Forces) and “Free, free Palestine,” before repeating the controversial slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, free.” The BBC called the set “deeply offensive,” but the reputational damage was done, and things went from bad to worse when it emerged Director General Tim Davie had been at the festival on the day this all happened and that Bob Vylan had been deemed “high risk” prior to the fest. Set in the otherworldly landscapes of Cappadocia, famous for the hundreds of hot air balloons that routinely take to its skies, the TV series follows a mother (Ece Uslu), who is confronted by her adult twin children, played by Aras Aydın and Hafsanur Sancaktutan, after she abandoned them at a young age and later married a wealthy businessman (Burak Sergen). 🌶️ Another One: Bella Ramsey has landed the title role in darkly comedic Channel 4 thriller Maya, with creator and co-star Daisy Haggard set to for her directorial debut.
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