Deadline’s Contenders Television Livestream Event Set For May 15 With 49 Shows, 129 Talent Participating

LOS ANGELES -- Two stolen hand-carved religious artifacts, sandstone lintels dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries, were returned to the Thai government on Tuesday in a ceremony more than 50 years overdue.The 1,500-pound (680-kilogram) antiquities had been stolen and exported from Thailand — a violation of Thai law — roughly a half-century ago, authorities said, and donated to the city of San Francisco.

BTS have announced details of a special livestream event next month, held to celebrate the band’s eighth anniversary.The K-pop stars will hold BTS 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO across the weekend of June 13-14.The first date, on Sunday June 13, will be followed by a ‘world tour’ version of the same event the following night (June 14), featuring some of the band’s foreign language songs.See the poster for BTS 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO below.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Disney Plus streaming service is expected to roll out in Thailand at the end of next month. If confirmed, that would be the service’s fourth territory in the highly competitive Southeast Asia region.Multiple sources have told Variety that the service will be branded as Disney Plus Hotstar in Thailand and become operational from June 30.

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Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its Contenders Television awards-season event, which this past weekend shined a light on 49 buzzy scripted programs from 21 broadcast and cable networks and streamers in our biggest Contenders showcase yet.

For a second year in a row, Deadline’s Contenders Television is going virtual, and we are about to take off with an astonishing 128 creatives and stars appearing in the all-day event that will feature a total of 21 networks and 49 shows. This again is the must-see happening of the TV awards season and it promises to be our biggest yet as we pull out all the stops to give voters a kind of one-stop shopping opportunity to check out the top contenders for TV’s highest awards.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefParamount Television Studios and Anonymous Content are getting ready to relocate the filming of ambitious Apple TV Plus series “Shantaram” to Thailand in July, Variety can reveal.The 10-part series is based on Gregory David Roberts’ tome about a man on the run from prison in Australia, who flees to India in the hope of disappearing. There he builds a new life in the Mumbai underworld.

Ms. Marvel, which is one of Marvel’s new Disney+ collaborations, has officially wrapped filming!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction has wrapped on “Ms. Marvel,” a Disney-Marvel series with a Muslim teen lead character and a significant Asian cast.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the days after DMX’s death from a heart attack last month, several people close to the veteran rapper said that he recently had completed a new studio album, but did not provide further details.Some details arrived on Monday from his longtime friend and producer, Swizz Beatz: “Exodus,” an album of all-new original material, will arrive on May 28 via Ruff Ryders and Def Jam Recordings, the home of his most successful recordings, with whom he signed a new deal in

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Berlin Film Festival has confirmed that its in-person June event will go ahead as planned, taking place as an outdoor event.Organizers said the event will run from June 9-20, noting that “the Berlinale is pleased to be able to give audiences the enjoyment of an open-air cinema experience at 16 venues in total at the Summer Special.

Friends star Courteney Cox has shown off an incredible video of her daughter Coco singing, sharing her talents with fans.With Courteney on the piano and family friend Joel Taylor on the guitar, Coco sang along to Taylor Swift's Cardigan."Happy Early Mother’s Day to all those out there who are mothers, have been mothers, will be mothers, or love like mothers," shared the mom-of-one, promoting season 3 of her Facebook Watch series 9 Months with Courteney Cox.MORE: Courteney Cox teases Friends

There’s no question Chrissy Teigen is a woman of many talents (read: chef, author, model, mom, robe designer  — the list goes on.) But, now, the 35-year-old star can add professional makeup artist to her resume! 

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its inaugural Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. It took place Saturday and spotlighted 38 programs in those fields from 19 studios and streamers. It also sets the stage for our Contenders Television scripted event May 15.

It’s a couple more months until summer officially starts, but Saturday is shining bright with the new season of Deadline’s Contenders Television franchise. Padma Lakshmi, Demi Lovato, Stephen Colbert, Jameela Jamil, Amy Schumer and the Queer Eye guys are among the panelists in the lineup as we launch our newest TV award-season event.

Busy Philipps, this musical comedy follows a former ’90s girl band who get a chance to make a comeback. The docuseries hailing from Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters fame, and his mom Virginia looks at the relationships between rock stars and their mothers.