‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin Signs Multi-Year Overall Deal With Netflix

Barry M. Bloom The long wait for Shohei Ohtani to end his free agency is over.

Shohei Ohtani just made baseball history!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Thailand’s broadcast and streaming group Mono Next and Korea’s Studio Genie have struck a deal to collaborate on content creation and distribution. Production of a Thai remake of a Korean series is on the cards, but has not been finalized. The memorandum was announced on stage at the Asia Television Forum in Singapore on Wednesday, with streaming unit Mono Streaming signing on behalf of the Thai group.

A year after WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison, she has signed a sweeping deal with Disney.

EXCLUSIVE: Tubi has acquired North American rights to Spanish and English-language thriller Upon Entry from French sales firm Charades and Anonymous Content Independent.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to star in sequel Kill ‘Em All 2, which will shoot in the Caribbean island of Antigua from January.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Universal Music Greater China has signed a strategic partnership with Mandarin-language music superstar Jay Chou and his record label JVR Music. The agreement secures global marketing and distribution rights for Chou’s extensive music catalogue and for future projects. It also supports rising talent from his label, including artists Patrick Brasca and Young (aka Cao Yang) through JVR. Nicknamed the ‘King of Mandopop’ Chou has a two decade career that spans 15 studio albums, eight world tours and 378 concerts in Asia, America, Europe, and Australia.

Allison Holker is getting candid about the mourning process.

Minka Kelly and Josh Duhamel are heading to Netflix in a new family drama series that is being as “Virgin River meets Yellowstone.”

Netflix is expanding its romance TV brand from the California Redwoods setting of Virgin River to Texas Hill Country with Ransom Canyon, a new drama series headlined by Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Love, Simon) and Minka Kelly (Euphoria, Friday Night Lights).

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh Produce Media, the podcast company behind Jon Hamm and Kate Mara-fronted scripted series The Big Lie, has renewed its first-look deal with Audible.

Former Universal Pictures executive Paul Chesney has been out and about this past week at the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, running November 30 to December 9 in the port city of Jeddah.

YouTube Channel on Wednesday where Chynna called their father “one of my favorite individuals in the whole wide world” but had a “dark” side. “Talk about complex, so many different levels to who he was,” Chynna, who is married to Bill Baldwin, said. “Obviously he’s an amazing songwriter.”“Genius,” Mackenzie agreed.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia’s rapidly expanding Telfaz11 Studios has announced the genre-bending epic “Al-Gaid” (working title), set to be the first feature to go into production under its exclusive nine-picture deal with Neom, the sprawling production hub in Saudi’s northwestern corner. Set against the backdrop of the 19th-century wintery northern Arabian desert, “Al-Gaid” is penned by Saudi novelist and writer Ahmed Alhokail and blends the revenge genre with Bedouin soap opera tropes, “crafting a unique narrative tailored for an Arab audience,” according to a Telfaz11 statement.

Ronald Gladden made his acting debut in the Freevee comedy Jury Duty earlier this year, and he’s just getting started!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Jury Duty” star Ronald Gladden has signed an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned. Under the two-year deal, Gladden will work with the studio to produce, develop, and star in content across platforms. “Words cannot express how excited I am to officially be a part of the Amazon family,” said Gladden.

Ronald Gladden‘s star continues to rise in Hollywood, following his achievements on the surprise hit series Jury Duty, a top-secret docu-style comedy created by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. He has signed a two-year overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios to produce, develop, and star in a variety of content.

The green flag has dropped on NASCAR‘s next TV rights deals.

Julia Roberts is celebrating her kids with a sweet birthday tribute. And while the Hollywood star is known for keeping her personal life private, she decided to share a throwback Polaroid photo, posing with her babies Hazel and Phinnaeus at the time, and writing an emotional message for their 19th birthday.GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ’S RED FIERY LOOK INSPIRED BY JULIA ROBERTS IN ‘PRETTY WOMANJULIA ROBERTS WEARS DRESS WITH GEORGE CLOONEY’S FACE ON IT“There are no words for the joy, the fun, the wild rumpus of life together,” Julia wrote, adding a heart emoji and the number 19.

Guy Fieri is sticking with the Food Network.