Amazon to Buy MGM For $8.45 Billion

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Naman Ramachandran Bollywood star Vidya Balan is roaring back with Amazon Prime Video India’s “Sherni” (Tigress).The actor has made a career out of playing strong, fiercely independent women in popular mainstream films such as “The Dirty Picture” (2011), where she played a B movie star; “Kahaani” (2012), where her heavily pregnant character is in solo quest of her missing husband; and “Tumhari Sulu” (2017), where she plays a housewife turned radio jockey.In “Sherni,” Balan plays an upright

three episodes. Well, we’re bummed Qui-Gon apparently won’t be joining his padawan, but to console ourselves, we’re going to reminisce about a totally unrelated subject, all the times people lied about being in movies that they later appeared in anyway.

Big Boi has shared a rare video of himself rehearsing and performing while in high school aged 16.You can see the video below, which first sees Big Boi, aka Antwan Patton introduced as ‘Outkast’ and rehearsing with friends at Tri-Cities High School in Atlanta, Georgia.The footage then shows a snippet of a proper performance by the young rapper and two other students in front of DIY staging.A post shared by Big Boi (@bigboi)It was around this time at high school that Patton first met his Outkast

Always acquisitive music rights firm Reservoir has acquired legendary hip hop record label Tommy Boy Music in a deal reportedly worth $100 million.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that there was no conflict of interest between his administration and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s filmmaking work, following a Sacramento Bee report that donors to her nonprofit also were companies that have lobbied his administration.

Aisling Bea has just reached another milestone in her career and she was asked to host the finale of the latest season of the British comedy chat show Have I Got News For You.

Boy George has shared a new single, ‘The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread’.The track was released alongside a film clip co-staring Boy George and Samantha Renke, the latter of whom also served as its director.Take a look at the video below.In a press statement, Boy George noted that his collaboration with Renke has been a long time coming.“As soon I finished this song I had only one person in mind to be in the video,” he said.

John Logan, the Oscar nominated screenwriter whose credits include working on James Bond pics Skyfall and Spectre, has said that Amazon acquiring MGM, with its back catalogue that features the Bond films, makes him worried for the future of the franchise.

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Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde" and “Shark Tank," with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuff to watch.Amazon is paying $8.45 billion for MGM, making it the company's second-largest acquisition after it bought grocer Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion in 2017.The deal is the latest in the media industry that's aimed at boosting streaming services to compete against Netflix and Disney+.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIn a perfect symbol of our times, James Bond and Whole Foods will soon have the same owner.Tech giant Amazon on Wednesday officially announced plans to merge with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the 97-year-old studio that’s home to the 007 franchise, Rocky Balboa and “Thelma and Louise.” The eye-popping $8.45 billion sale is the second-biggest acquisition in Amazon’s history following its $13.4 billion purchase of Whole Foods in 2017.Does the pending marriage mean

Amazon Inc said on Wednesday it is buying MGM, the fabled U.S. movie studio home to the “James Bond” franchise, for US$8.45 billion, giving it a huge library of films and TV shows and ramping up competition with streaming rivals led by Netflix and Disney+.

James Bond has a new home.Amazon and MGM announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire MGM for a purchase price of $8.45 billion.MGM has nearly a century of filmmaking history and complements Amazon Studios, which has primarily focused on producing TV programming, the companies said.

After months and weeks of speculation, Amazon and MGM are merging in a deal that has the e-commerce giant acquiring the storied studio $8.45 billion.

Bow Wow and Soulja Boy have teased their upcoming Verzuz battle, saying that the competition is going to be “bigger than life”.Verzuz is the popular entertainment series that pits producers, songwriters and artists against each other in a rap battle style format on Instagram Live and Triller.Competitors take it in turns playing a song from a list of 20 from their discography, as fans, friends and fellow artists watch on.

Amazon is said to be near to clinching a deal to buy MGM for close to $9 billion following a spate of reports last week that the two sides were seriously talking about a combination.

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