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- JioCinema Investor Uday Shankar Hails India’s Next Video Revolution: ‘Now Is the Time to Create an Alternative to Television’ September 29, 2023Uday Shankar, the former head of Disney in India, says that “limitless” changes to the Indian media landscape may soon leave behind conventional ideas of television and video. The great disruptor is JioCinema, part of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries conglomerate, and in which Shankar is a major investor. JioCinema, which operates streaming services, and is […]
- NSYNC Reunites on ‘Better Place,’ First Release in Nearly 20 Years September 29, 2023Fresh off a headline-making reunion, NSYNC is back with its first release in nearly 20 years, “Better Place.” The single was released on Friday as part of the “Trolls Band Together” soundtrack. With 19 years passing since Justin Timberlake left the group and 10 since their last group performance, rumors about NSYNC reuniting at the VMAs […]
- Keira Knightley, Stephen Graham-Backed Initiative to Tackle Bullying and Harassment Sets 2024 Launch September 29, 2023Stephen Graham and Keira Knightley are among the British talents backing a pioneering U.K. initiative to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment that will launch in 2024. The stars, and U.K. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, Time’s Up U.K.’s Heather Rabbatts, James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, singer-songwriter Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar-winning producer Lord Puttnam, actors Sule Rimi, […]
- International Oscar Race: Jordan Selects Amjad Al-Rasheed’s ‘Inshallah a Boy’ September 29, 2023Jordan has selected Amjad Al-Rasheed’s drama “Inshallah a Boy,” which explores the Arab world’s archaic patriarchal inheritance laws, as its entry in the Academy Awards’ best international feature category. In the Jordan-set film, Nawal (Mouna Hawa) finds out after her husband’s sudden death that since she “only” gave birth to a daughter, according to local inheritance […]
- Sony-Zee Merger Delayed – Global Bulletin September 29, 2023MEGA MERGER The proposed merger between Indian powerhouse Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony‘s Indian TV businesses, which has been nearly two years in the making, is likely to be delayed further, Sony said in a filing on Friday. The companies cleared a key regulatory hurdle in August, but there are other matters pending, especially that of leadership. The original […]
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