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UK Drama School LAMDA Opens In New York; Channel 4 Launches ‘First Dates Beach Club’; BFI Flare Opener; ‘Hacks’ Comes To Sky – Global Briefs


LAMDA has opened a New York facility and the top UK drama school has signed 'Succession' star Brian Cox as patron.

AFLAMDA has meanwhile appointed Succession star Brian Cox as its inaugural patron and brought in board members David Beach, Gabby Beans, Baron Kelly and Mary Willis White. The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (March 19-30) has set its Opening Night Gala with the international premiere of Andrew Ahn’s dramedy The Wedding Banquet. Hacks stars Jean Smart, playing a legendary Las Vegas entertainer who forms a dark mentorship with an entitled outcast 25-year-old (Hannah Einbinder).

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