Netflix offers something different: shows with good budgets, terrific casts, high-concept scripts, and the best talent in Hollywood writing, producing, and directing them.

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It has been confirmed that Hedley Le Maistre will be bringing his satirical song-writing and film making talent to the music festivals main stage.

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Hytner is the fifth. (The others were Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, and Trevor Nunn.) Presiding over a vast range of writing, performing, designing, musical, and directorial talent, Hytner is a kind of commander-in-chief of British culture.

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Look at the pool of talent at Disney, look at the Pixar writing and productions, look at the Marvel films, and imagine all of that talent being provided additional benefits of access to the newest Lucasfilms technology and ideas, and then imagine what kind of new Star Wars movie trilogies will be spawned from all of that.

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Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said it would showcase "tremendous talent and may even unearth future writing stars".

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Most people start at the bottom, playing gigs in pubs and clubs, writing songs and sending demos to record labels in the hope that someone, somewhere will spot the hidden talent and sign them up as the next big thing.

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Our disruptive model for journalism also expands the pool of writing talent to non-staff journalists, authors, academics, topic experts and business leaders.

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The Bafta New Talent awards recognise stand-out work across several categories including acting, writing and animation.

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Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Cable said the UK was not "inward looking" and welcomed ideas and talent.

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