Amazon CEO Andy Jassy “Very Optimistic About What’s Possible” In Entertainment

Andy Cohen is a new dad again!

Andy Cohen is a girl dad! The 53-year-old TV personality took to Instagram on Friday to announce that he's welcomed his second child, a daughter named Lucy, via surrogate. Cohen is already dad to a 3-year-old son, Ben.«HERE’S LUCY!!! Meet my daughter, Lucy Eve Cohen!» Cohen captioned a photo of himself holding the newborn in the hospital.

Amazon stock dropped nearly 10% in after-hours trading, to $2,610, after the company reported a net loss of $3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2022 due to slowed growth and high costs hampering the retail and entertainment giant.The Q1 net loss included a pre-tax valuation loss of $7.6 billion in non-operating expense from its stock investment in Rivan, an electric vehicle maker.The company posted revenue of $116.4 billion, up 7%, meeting expectations. Amazon’s ad service revenues climbed to $7.88 billion, up 25% year over year.

Amazon saw revenue nose up 7% to $116 billion but swung to a net loss of $3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2022 from a profit of $8.1 million the year before. Its Q2 outlook disappointed the Street and investors dinged the stock, which is off 7% in after-hours trading.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video pulled out the heavy international artillery to launch a massive Indian slate on Thursday. They are bullish about the market.Kelly Day, VP of international, Amazon Prime Video, said at a round table during the event: “The future of global streaming services is really about global expansion, and moving much more ambitiously, to serving customers in our international markets all over the world.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video India is betting big on India. At a marquee event in Mumbai the streamer announced that it will more than double its investment in Prime Video India over the next five years and revealed a 40-strong slate, its biggest to date in the country.The titles are in the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages, across new and returning scripted and unscripted original series and co-productions, streaming over the next 24 months.

EXCUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment said Monday that it has acquired North American distribution rights to Accepted, the feature documentary from The Disunited States of America helmer Dan Chen that played at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video India has teamed with filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s Rohit Shetty Picturez for original series “Indian Police Force,” headlined by Bollywood star Sidharth Malhotra.The series, which is in production now, “proudly pays an ode to the selfless service, unconditional commitment and fierce patriotism of our police officers across the country who put everything on the line in their call of duty to keep us safe,” according to a statement from Amazon India, adding that it “aims to set a new bar for action content emerging from India for audiences worldwide.”Shetty is known for his Singham cop franchise, the latest of which, “Sooryavanshi,” starring Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh, was one of the biggest Bollywood box office hits of 2021. Malhotra’s last film, war film “Shershaah,” bowed directly on Amazon and was one of the highest watched films on the service in 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Endemol Shine Australia co-founder Carl Fennessy and ex-Nine Entertainment CEO Hugh Marks have set up a major new Sydney-based production company and have scored backing from Endeavor Content.

The NBA’s Golden State Warriors today announced the launch of Golden State Entertainment, a new affiliate company that will create original content rooted in the worlds of sports and entertainment.

Crazy rich sequel! More than four years after Crazy Rich Asians made its debut, a second movie could finally be in the works — but the journey hasn’t been easy.

“I see nothing happening on a major scale to try to get the older audiences back to theaters,” griped Sony Pictures Classics’ co-president Tom Bernard.

Morgan Neville’s company Tremolo Productions is officially in production of an untitled Andy Kaufman documentary alongside Josh and Benny Safdie’s Elara Pictures. The Emmy-nominated Alex Braverman will direct the feature-length film.“No matter how many times I watch Andy Kaufman’s work, I feel like I’m seeing a magic trick for the very first time,” Braverman said.

Artists like Central Cee, Wolf Alice, KSI and Wet Leg are at the forefront of an indie music surge, with independent labels' share of the UK music market having grown to just under 27% in 2021.

According to South Korean law, every eligible male  aged 18 to 28 must serve a minimum of 18 months in the military, and have until age 28 to do so.

According to South Korean law, every eligible South Korean male must serve a minimum of 18 months in the military, and have until age 28 to do so.

Thania Garcia Since the 1980s, the city of Miami has been synonymous with fashion, art deco and, of course, Latin music.On Thursday, Variety and the City National Bank of Miami hosted the inaugural Miami Entertainment Town breakfast — an event celebrating The Magic City’s irrefutable influence over the entertainment and music industry. The Legends and Groundbreakers award was given to Miami’s most notable musical pioneers — Gloria and Emilio Estefan — who helped put Miami on the map with the revolutionary stylings of their Miami Sound Machine.In her acceptance speech, Gloria Estefan mused tales of the city, “Even as a little kid, I knew that one day someone would realize the gem that is Miami Beach,” she said.