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ROB LOWE is set to play a high-fl ying U.S. cop relocated to a small British port town in “Wild Bill,” a new six-part crime drama for ITV.

Announced Friday by ITV’s head of drama Polly Hill, the six-part series — the fi rst col-laboration for 42 (“Ironbark,” “Watership Down”), Anonymous Content (“Mr. Robot,” “Maniac”) and ITV Studios label Shiver — will also be exec produced by the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor.

“Wild Bill” will see Lowe play Bill Hixon, a U.S. police chief who lands in Boston, Lin-colnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can fl ee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question everything about himself and leave him asking whether it’s Boston that needs Bill, or Bill that needs Boston.

“As an actor, Wild Bill is a larger than life character who’s outrageously articulate, has nothing to lose and revels in

being an American fi sh out of water,” said Lowe. “As an executive producer, I’m excited to work with such talented part-ners and to come back to work in the U.K., which I always love.”

“Wild Bill” was created by David Griffi ths (“The Hunted,” “Collateral Damage”), Kyle Killen (“Halo,” “Awake”) and Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble (“Silent Witness”) and will be written by lead writers and showrunners Keeble and Appleton.

Lowe will act as an exec pro-

ducer alongside Eleanor Moran (“Rome,” “Being Human,” “Watership Down”) and Rory Aitken (“In Darkness,” “Water-ship Down”) on behalf of 42, and Tim Carter (“Traitors”), manag-ing director of ITV Studios label Shiver. Writers Appleton and Keeble, creator Griffi ths, Killen, Scott Pennington and Keith Redmon from Anonymous Content also join the team as exec producers.

Filming will take place around London and in Lincolnshire from November 2018.

(SD-Agencies)

Rob Lowe to star in ITV crime drama ‘Wild Bill’

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IN honor of International Day of the Girl, the married couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, sat together at their piano to sing a beautiful rendition of the coun-try crooner’s song, “Female.”

“Sister, shoulder, daughter, lover, healer, broken halo, mother,” the two sang, adorably glancing at each other. “Nature, fi re, suit of armor, soul survivor, holy water. Secret keeper, for-tune teller, Virgin Mary, scarlet letter.”

Urban shared the video via social media, revealing that their two kids, Sunday, 10, and Faith, 7, helped record it! Declared an international holiday by the United Nations, the observation (also called Day of Girls) sup-ports more opportunity for girls across the globe and increases awareness of gender inequality.

Kidman appears to be getting much more comfortable behind

the microphone. When ET spoke with the “Big Little Lies” star at the American Music Awards last November, she revealed she had “no confi dence” about singing backup vocals on “Female.”

“No, I don’t,” the Oscar winner argued in response to her hus-band saying she has the most beautiful voice in the world. “I went down [to sing vocals] and I did it because he asked me to.”

“He knows I have no confi -dence when it comes to singing,” she added. “So I’ll sing for him and that’s it.”

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JOHNNY DEPP has broken his silence on controversy sur-rounding his casting in “Fan-tastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and its upcoming sequel, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”

First appearing as a surprise addition in the end of the fi rst “Fantastic Beasts” movie, fans have expressed concern over his role in the fi lms as the villain Grindelwald after he was accused of physical and emotional abuse by ex-wife Amber Heard.

“I’ll be honest with you, I felt bad for J.K. [Rowling] having to fi eld all these various feelings from people out there. I felt bad that she had to take that. But ultimately, there is real controversy,” Depp said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “The fact remains I was falsely accused, which is why I’m suing the Sun newspaper for defamation for repeating false accusations. J.K. has seen the evidence and therefore knows I was falsely accused, and that’s why she has publicly supported me. She doesn’t take things lightly. She would not stand up if she didn’t know the truth. So

that’s really it.”This is the fi rst time Depp has

addressed the impact of the accu-sations on his role in the Rowl-ing fi lms. While Heard’s camp has vehemently insisted that Depp is lying, saying his deni-als are “shamefully continuing his psychological abuse” toward Heard, Rowling has spoken out on Depp’s behalf.

“‘Harry Potter’ fans had legiti-mate questions and concerns about our choice to continue with Johnny Depp in the role. As David Yates, long-time ‘Potter’ director, has already said, we naturally considered the possi-bility of recasting. I understand why some have been confused and angry about why that didn’t happen,” Rowling wrote in a statement on her website.

“Based on our understand-ing of the circumstances, the fi lmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies.”

Depp sued the Sun for libel in June, and court proceedings will take place next month.

(SD-Agencies)

“BIG Brother” contestants and “The Amazing Race” winners Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson can check off one more accom-plishment off their bucket list: getting married!

Graf and Nickson tied the knot in Los Angeles in front of friends and loved ones in a beautiful cer-emony, E! News can confi rm.

Before leading up to the big day, both Nickson and Graf posted photos and videos on Instagram of their family arriv-ing and other festivities. On Sat-urday, Nickson uploaded a photo

of himself holding his daughter Paisley on the beach and wrote, “Flower girl made it...”

Similarly, Graf posted a pic-ture on her Instagram story of what is most likely her dress and wrote, “Guys! I’m getting married!”

Before the two lovebirds tied the knot in Los Angeles, they made a pretty big announcement in September. On Sept. 24, Graf shared a photo on Instagram of her and her beau holding up an ultrasound photo. She wrote, “WE’RE PREGNANT! And I’m

over the moon! I’m so excited to bring our fi rst child into this life we have created together!”

According to her caption, the baby is due in April, right around Nickson’s birthday.

At the time of her pregnancy, Graf told E! News that she got the positive result while watch-ing the fi nale of “The Bachelor-ette.” She also told E! News that they would reveal the sex of their baby the day after their wedding “so that all our family and friends can celebrate with us.”

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Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson get married

Johnny Depp addresses ‘Fantastic Beasts’

casting controversy

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman team up for sweet

‘Female’ duet

Nicole Kidman (L) and Keith Urban. SD-Agencies

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