Cineworld CEO Calls Universal, AMC On-Demand Streaming Model ‘A Wrong Move’

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Chi Chi DeVayne asked fans to pray for her as she was readmitted to hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia.The drag queen, who is best known for appearing on the eighth series of Drag Race and the show’s third All Stars season, was first hospitalised in July with suspected kidney failure.She was initially discharged days later, but in a video shared on social media this weekend told fans that she had been readmitted after her health took a turn for the worse.“Hey

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAMC Networks’ speciality SVOD service Shudder launched Monday in Australia and New Zealand with titles including breakout hits “Creepshow” and “Cursed Films.”Shudder offers a menu of on-demand horror, thriller, and suspense programming and originally rolled out in the U.S. It has since expanded to Canada, the U.K.

nearly 40 per cent of A level grades  in England were downgraded leaving some students' devastated with calls for a review and education secretary Gavin Williamson to resign.

AMC Theatres, as well as its major cinema chain competition, is reopening the doors to hundreds of locations beginning later this month. In doing so, the company has promised that there will be increased safety procedures including heavy sanitization and new protocols that the staff will have to follow to ensure people don’t get sick while watching “Tenet.” But those new protocols come with a price.

When Disney announced plans to take it’s $200 million “Mulan” remake and send it straight to Disney+ streaming service with an additional $30 fee, people were shocked.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVTop CAA agent Nick Khan, who was Co-Head of Television, is departing the agency to join client WWE as President & Chief Revenue Officer, reporting directly to WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon.Khan fills the void left by the January exit of Co-Presidents George Barrios and Michelle Wilson who were ousted in January amid a rocky last year for the company.

Last week, a landmark deal between AMC Theatres and NBCUniversal rocked the film industry, as the two agreed to shorten the exclusive theatrical windows for films from nearly three months to merely 17 days, allowing for the film studio to release features on Premium VOD less than three weeks after they debut on the big screen.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterUniversal Music Vietnam (UMV), in partnership with Vietnamese independent label Times Records (Hãng Đĩa Thời Đại), has signed Vietnamese pop sensation Phùng Khánh Linh. The announcement comes on the heels of Universal Music Group opening UMV’s offices in Ho Chi Minh City last month.

Agnes Chu, who helped to lead the launch of Disney+, is leaving the company for a new role running Condé Nast Entertainment. As president of the publishing company's entertainment arm, she will oversee video content across digital, social and streaming platforms and will also lead efforts to adapt its IP into film and TV projects.

Peter White Television EditorDisney+ content chief Agnes Chu is leaving the Mouse House to head up Condé Nast Entertainment’s video push.Chu, who was SVP, content for the nascent streamer, is set to become president of the publishing company’s studio and distribution division.

Music Ally, Ek has made controversial new comments about artists’ public unhappiness with the money they receive from streaming, and how he believes they can create a “continuous engagement with their fans.”“It’s quite interesting that while the overall pie is growing, and more and more people can partake in that pie, we tend to focus on a very limited set of artists,” Ek said in the interview. “Even today on our marketplace, there’s literally millions and millions of artists.

Comedian and Saturday Night Live co-head writer Michael Che said his socially-distanced outdoor sets in Queens weren't meant as a response to the Black Lives Matter protests, despite the support he initially got from protesters and organizers. During his Tuesday appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the SNL "Weekend Update" host spoke about the origins of his free outdoor shows, which he's been doing in Long Island City since June.

Anthony D'Alessandro, Nancy Tartaglione EXCLUSIVE: Those in town assuming that one of the other big exhibition circuits will fall in line with AMC, and seek their own 17-day theatrical window-PVOD deal with Universal, will soon realize that it will be a cold day in hell.Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger, who oversees the world’s second largest chain, exclusively tells Deadline “We do not see any business sense in this model” when it comes to Universal and AMC’s agreement for a 17-day theatrical

Universal and AMC Theatres deal enabling the studio to release new movies on premium video on-demand within three weeks of their debut has upended the exhibition industry. That substantially shrinks the amount of time during which films can only show on the big screen.

AT&T's quarterly earnings conference call on Thursday morning also provided updates about the film release strategy of the telecom giant's film studio Warner Bros., which will be of interest to Hollywood insiders. John Stankey, the former CEO of AT&T's entertainment unit WarnerMedia who recently was promoted to the role of CEO of the parent company, was asked on the call about how the novel coronavirus pandemic has been affecting the film business and distribution strategies.