High Stakes
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| Initial release | 1989 |
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| Directors | Amos Kollek |
| Composers | Mira J. Spektor |
| Screenplay | Amos Kollek |
| Producers | Amos Kollek |
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| ID | 2329785 |
About High Stakes
An aging, high-priced call girl exploits a stockbroker's greed and enlists him in her plot to rob her sadistic pimp, and keep her young daughter out of the sex trade.
How the Israel-Hamas hostage deal came together
... So began an " extremely excruciating five-week process" involving four countries, co-ordination between spy masters and High Stakes presidential calls, says a senior US administration official...
Sam Altman: The extraordinary firing of an AI superstar
... They are High Stakes - and Mr Altman is one of relatively few people with that future in his hands...
'Like a kidnapping': Migrant family separated under Trump reunited after four years
... Reuniting the separatedNon-profit groups in the US and beyond have stepped in to help with what can amount to an international missing persons hunt, with few clues and painfully High Stakes...
Lisa Marie Presley: When a celebrity dies, who gets what can get messy
... " Add to that the High Stakes of a high-profile figure, and you have a recipe for bitterness...
Wagatha Christie: Michael Sheen among cast unveiled for TV drama
... The network said it would recreate the " high drama, High Stakes High Court defamation case that followed" Mrs Rooney s now-infamous social media post in 2019, in which she accused Vardy of leaking private stories about her to the press...
War in Ukraine: Russia's forces are exhausted, says GCHQ head
... It s a High Stakes strategy that is leading to strategic errors in judgement...
After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing
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More head teachers quitting within five years of taking jobs in England
... " School leaders pay has been cut by 15% in real terms since 2010, and this, in combination with High Stakes accountability, crushing workload, long hours, and inadequate school funding, is driving leaders from the job they love, " he added...
Wagatha Christie: Michael Sheen among cast unveiled for TV drama
By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
Michael Sheen will star in a new drama about the so-called Wagatha Christie Case on Channel 4 later this year.
The Actor , known for portraying real-life figures such as Chris Tarrant and Sir Tony Blair will play Coleen Rooney 's barrister David Sherborne.
This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell will play Rooney while Harry Potter star Natalia Tena will portray Rebekah Vardy .
Channel 4 's two-part film is titled Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama.
The Network said it would recreate the " high drama, High Stakes High Court defamation Case that followed" Mrs Rooney's now-infamous Social Media post in 2019, in which she accused Vardy of leaking private stories about her to The Press .
The broadcaster said the Case " had a huge impact on the lives of the Two Women at its heart and catapulted the two sparring legal teams into the spotlight where, much like Rooney and Vardy, their every move in the courtroom was dissected and scrutinised in The Press ".
Vardy's barrister, Hugh Tomlinson , will be portrayed by Simon Coury, best known for appearing in The Professor And The Madman .
Rooney's husband, the footballer Wayne Rooney , will be Played By Dion Lloyd and Jamie Vardy by Marci Nagyszokolyai.
The Show has been created from The Court transcripts and will air before The End of the year.
It is not the only TV show exploring the Case - in August, Disney+ confirmed it was creating a three-part documentary series about The Court battle with " exclusive access" to Coleen Rooney .
The Bbc is also understood to be working on its own documentary, made by Curious Films.
Earlier this summer, Vardy, 40, lost her libel battle against 36-year-old Rooney, Who Said she had carried out a months-long sting operation to uncover who had been passing information about her to The Sun newspaper.
A High Court judge found Mrs Rooney's allegation was " substantially true".
Mrs Rooney's sleuthing efforts saw her dubbed Wagatha Christie in reference to the popular mystery writer Agatha Christie .
Source of news: bbc.com
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