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Officially selected for the New York Indian Film Festival, British webseries Three Shades of Brown will hold its World Premiere in the United States on Tuesday 6th May 2014, being shown in its entirety as a stand-alone 40-minute film.

Receiving the good news before even the pilot episode was released, Creator Shai Hussain remarks, “It’s great to see the faith that Nyiff holds for Three Shades, selecting to screen it even before we had a chance to prove there was an audience for such material.”

The film will be shown with English subtitles, due to feedback that one of the character’s Northern dialects was difficult to understand for the American ear.

Shai Hussain will be flying over to attend the festival, alongside one of the show’s stars, Omar Khan, and Associate Producer Hena Hussain. Executive Producer Pulkit Datta will also be in attendance, whose latest short film Acetate Diary...

Directed by Shai Hussain, Three Shades of Brown is a comedy web series exploring the lives of three very different British Asians.

Already selected to be screened for the New York Film Festival, the London based web series explores what happens when Rude Boy Nas (an Asian who thinks he is “black”), Freshie Ravi (an Asian who is just too Desi) and Coconut Harry (an Asian who thinks he is “white”) move in together.

Not only filling the niche of much needed British Asian drama, Three Shades of Brown is also breaking the stereotype of Asians portrayed as the other- something profusely depicted in media.

As one random reviewer put it:

“Where’s the poverty? The honour killings? The forced marriages? The terrorists? This isn’t Asian at all!”

Scheduled to go online on the 14th of April 2014, 6pm BST, BollySpice were invited to preview 8 webisodes, with each being 3-6 minutes in duration.

Whether you are British or not, the ‘rude boy’, the ‘freshie’ and the ‘coconut’ have graced your life with their presence.

A ‘rude boy’ is that lawless South Asian lad who likes Ska or Reggae. In other words, a brown guy trying to be black. A coconut is yes indeed an oval brown seed of a tropical palm lined with white flesh. However, a ‘coconut’ is also a brown guy trying to be white. A ‘freshie’ is an immigrant who has just arrived in the country- that brown guy who is oblivious to how brown he is.

Now, here’s a question: What happens when a ‘rude boy’, a ‘freshie’ and a ‘coconut’ move into a London flat together?

Answer: Three Shades of Brown! Three highly conflicting personalities that can only spell Doom!

The multi talented DJ, writer and director Shai Hussain presents Three Shades of Brown, a comedy web...

Here is a cool behind the scenes video for Starz upcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day. The series features the return of John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Kai Owen with new roles for Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Arlene Tur, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Tom Price, William Thomas, Sharon Morgan, Dillon Casey, Dicehn Lachman, Lena Kaur, Wayne Knight, Ernie Hudson, C. Thomas Howell and John de Lancie.

Here is what Barrowman had to say about the show:

“We’ve got helicopters. We’ve got explosions. We’ve got car crashes. We’ve got poisonings. You name it, we got it on Torchwood.”

Check out the video below:

Show Description:

One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep aging -- they get hurt and sick -- but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight.

With all the extra people,...

Here is the official trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day, which premieres July 8th at 10pm e/p on Starz. It is a spinoff of Doctor Who, and began airing in Britain in 2006. The series ran for two 13-episode seasons and then aired a single five-episode story, "Children of Earth" over a single week. The new show was shot mainly in the Us and will run for 10 episodes involving a single, ongoing storyline called "Miracle Day" in which an unknown force prevents anyone on Earth from dying.

The series features the return of John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Kai Owen with new roles for Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Arlene Tur, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Tom Price, William Thomas, Sharon Morgan, Dillon Casey, Dicehn Lachman, Lena Kaur, Wayne Knight, Ernie Hudson, C. Thomas Howell and John de Lancie.

Check out the trailer in the player below!

Four more actors have confirmed their involvement in the next series of Torchwood. Lena Kaur, Danny Szam, Daniel Adegboyega and William Thomas will all appear in the 10-part run, subtitled Miracle Day, according to Spotlight. Former Hollyoaks star Kaur is listed as playing Dr Alicia Patel in the sci-fi drama. She previously played Leila Roy on the Channel 4 soap and also featured in BBC Three sketch show Scallywagga. Szam, whose previous credits include Skins, Casualty and Doctors, will (more)...

Ricky Whittle may be sued by the photographer he has been accused of assaulting, lawyers have announced. The Hollyoaks and Strictly Come Dancing star was arrested last week after his car allegedly struck paparazzo Steve Farrell. He was later released on police bail pending further enquiries. The alleged incident reportedly occurred as Whittle left a Liverpool bar following a party organised by the Hollyoaks team to mark the departures of actresses Zoë Lister and Lena Kaur. According to Pa, the law firm representing Farrell has now released a statement which confirms (more)...

Hollyoaks actress Lena Kaur has quit the Channel 4 soap, Digital Spy can reveal. The 23-year-old, who has played art student Leila Roy since June 2008, took the decision to leave the teen serial to pursue other acting opportunities. Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy this afternoon, she said: "I decided to leave a while ago because I wanted to do something else. It's the same with every soap - you don't get time to rehearse, there are ups and down and it's so quick to film. You learn all the technical side of things, which is fabulous but for me, I want to move on." She continued: "It seems like a good time to go as projects are being commissioned that are big for Asian actors - the (more)...

Hollyoaks newcomer Lena Kaur has praised producers for not stereotyping Asians on the programme. The actress, who plays Leila Roy, revealed that she has been impressed with her character's storylines since she joined the show alongside Stephen Uppal, better known as her on-screen brother Ravi, earlier this year. Kaur told Take 5 magazine: "The storylines for me and Stephen aren't being dictated by the colour of our skin. We're both British Asians in real life as well as in the show. We are both totally westernised. We've been brought (more)...