Disney TV Turns to Leadership, Not Talent, for Inclusion Efforts

Marcus Lim Chinese streaming firm iQIYI and production company G.H.Y. Culture & Media are launching Uni-Icon Entertainment, a Singapore-based talent agency focusing on Southeast Asian performing talent.Announced at a signing ceremony in Singapore on Wednesday, the talent agency aims to identify and promote talent, with an emphasis on performers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn remaking local versions of Thai and Chinese language content Bangkok- and Beijing-based Artop Media may have lucked onto one of the hottest trends of the moment in the Asian TV space.That’s because Thai content is increasingly successful on mainland Chinese streaming networks, and, as multiple speakers have noted in the first two day of FilMart, Thai content is increasingly working across East and Southeast Asia too.At FilMart this week Artop is pitching

EXCLUSIVE: Actors Lili Mirojnik and Aedin Mincks have signed with Stewart Talent, Deadline hears.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction has begun on Thai-language mystery series “Forbidden,” which is positioned by WarnerMedia as an original for HBO Asia.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUTA has announced the acquisition of U.K.-based Echo Location Talent Agency. The firm was founded and led by Obi Asika (pictured above), who will serve as Co-Head of UTA’s UK office alongside Neil Warnock.

UTA has acquired the U.K.-based Echo Location Talent Agency. Terms of the takeover deal were not disclosed, but company founder Obi Asika will continue as co-head of the London-based music talent agency alongside Neil Warnock as UTA grows its global music footprint.

domestic abuse survivor has told how her violent ex-partner 'hid all her left shoes' in a bizarre bid to keep her stuck in the house.Lauren MacDonald first met John McMillan on a dating app in February 2017 and was immediately won over by his charm which she has likened to serial killer ‘Ted Bundy’.The 36-year-old, from Glenrothes, Fife, was blissfully happy until the brute began verbally abusing her within weeks and telling her what she could wear.In a bizarre bid to stop her leaving the house,

Travis Barker was the one to initiate a relationship beyond friends with Kourtney Kardashian. “He just finally made a move and that’s how things went to the next level. He couldn’t hide it anymore,” a source close to both the Poosh founder, 41, and Blink 182 drummer, 45, told HollywoodLife, exclusively, noting that Kourtney felt the same.

Emmanuel Acho has been embraced by Bachelor Nation following the news that he’s set to host the upcoming The Bachelor: After the Final Rose special, but will fans ever see him handing out roses on the ABC series? Weeks before he was picked to replace Chris Harrison, the former NFL player discussed the possibility of being the Bachelor or competing on The Bachelorette.

cancer is calling on others to check for symptoms following a bout of chemotherapy in lockdown.In 2019, Evie Daniels developed a "scratch that wouldn't go away" on her shoulder, which sometimes bled due to her incessant itching.The then 24-year-old also noticed a lump, but ignored the symptom along with night sweats and tiredness which attributed to the warm summer weather.However on March 12 last year just days before the UK was plunged into its first lockdown, Eve received a shattering