Disney Plus Hotstar to Launch in Indonesia in September

LONG BEACH — Due to COVID-19, Long Beach’s QFilm Festival will be virtual this year.

suspending its service cuts until after the election was “misleading” and did nothing to reverse the “damage already wreaked.”“This morning, I spoke with Postmaster General DeJoy and conveyed to him that his announcement is not a solution and is misleading. The Postmaster General’s alleged pause is wholly insufficient and does not reverse damage already wreaked,” Pelosi said in a statement on Wednesday.

“All We Do Is Drive,” Halsey, 25, captioned the Instagram photos she uploaded on Aug. 17.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix has unveiled a comedy special TV show from Malaysia, “Dr. Jason Leong: Hashtag Blessed” and two feature films from Indonesia, as part of a plan to expand its roster of content from South East Asia.Leong is a former medical doctor who switched to stand-up comedy, and became the first Malaysian to win the Annual International Hong Kong Comedy Festival, in 2013.

Rebecca Davis editorChinese tech firm ByteDance, the owner of social media app TikTok, censored content critical of China’s government on its news aggregation app BaBe in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020, according to a new report from Reuters citing six people with direct knowledge of the issue.Local Indonesian moderators for the Baca Berita (BaBe) app were told by Bytedance’s Beijing headquarters to delete “negative” news about Chinese authorities, Reuters reported on Wednesday.BaBe admitted

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAs a kid obsessed with not just television, but also the business of television, I was enamored with “SCTV Network” from the first time I saw it. Not only was it wickedly sharp — even to an 8-year-old — but its depiction of a faux television network, and the eccentric characters who ran it — stuck with me.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe LGBTQ+ civil rights organization Equality California will hold its first-ever statewide “Golden State Equality Awards” virtual celebration on September 13.The ceremony will be hosted by advocate and Pose star Angelica Ross.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLocal Indonesian content will sit alongside Bollywood titles, the Marvel universe, and the “Star Wars” franchise, as the Walt Disney Company launches the Disney Plus Hotstar version of its streaming platform in Southeast Asia’s most populous nation. The company confirmed ta the service will launch from Sept.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi has blased the executive orders signed Saturday by President Donald Trump, claiming Democrats tried to reach a compromise with the Republicans on various stimulus measures, including extending a federal unemployment bump.The Trump executive orders extend the enhanced unemployment benefits that expired at the end of July, albeit slicing it to $400 and giving states the option not to increase to that full amount; create a “payroll tax

,, and, lyricist Howard Ashman has become synonymous with his time spent on the animated classics. However, as  director Don Hahn tells ET, Ashman’s life isn’t defined purely by his work at Disney.

Disney's live-action remake was one of the first movies with a delayed release date due to the coronavirus. As the pandemic continues, the media giant has opted to skip theaters in the U.S., instead premiering on Disney's streaming service, Disney+, for $29.99, an additional cost to the $6.99 monthly subscription.Following the high-profile Disney+ releases of and Beyoncé's , stars Liu Yifei as the film's titular heroic warrior. Disney CEO Bob Chapek confirmed on Wednesday that the movie will

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBrianna Keilar isn’t looking for a fight in the early afternoon on CNN. Sometimes, she gets one anyway.In recent weeks, Keilar has tilted at Fox News Channel anchor Tucker Carlson in a fact-checking segment about his criticism of U.S.

Spike Lee, George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Martin Scorsese and AFI chief Bob Gazzale pay tribute to Tom Pollock, the former chairman of Universal Pictures, who died Saturday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a heart attack. Pollock, who was 77, also served as chairmanof the American Film Institute and co-founded the Montecito Picture Co.

will be skipping theaters and releasing on Disney+ on Sept.

Tom Pollock, the former Universal Pictures chairman who died Aug. 1 at the age of 77, had a shrewd eye for business.

Beyoncé's , a new visual album which Queen Bey wrote, executive produced and directed, is streaming now on Disney+. The movie experience — based on the music from her album isbilled as «a reunion of cultures and shared generational beliefs» and includes featured artists and special guest appearances.The visual album features guest appearances from Kelly Rowland, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Jay-Z, Lupita Nyong'o, Naomi Campbell,Pharrell Williams and others.

Dave McNary Film ReporterTom Pollock, the former chairman of Universal Pictures and the American Film Institute, died Saturday of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 77.“We are incredibly saddened by the loss of Tom Pollock,” said NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer in a statement.