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Marta Balaga Ukraine doesn’t need mercy, pity or condolences, noted Film.UA Group CEO Victoria Yarmoshchuk at MipTV on Monday. What it needs are new projects, international co-operations and jobs for people in the creative sector.“On the first day of war, we realized that content is our weapon.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThree-part documentary series “Delphine: My Story” tells how the artist Delphine Boël, the illegitimate daughter of King Albert II of Belgium, fought for legal recognition, and is now known as Princess Delphine of Saxe-Coburg. It has been sold to multiple territories, Warner Bros. announced at MipTV in Cannes Tuesday.HBO Max has picked up the show in numerous territories in Europe.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Turkish TV market is being shaken up by the arrival of more U.S. streaming platforms, which are driving up production costs, but also providing a new burst of opportunity for talent, content creators and producers.Netflix, which launched in Turkey in 2016, is the country’s streaming market leader when it comes to subs — said by insiders to be just shy of 7 million — and in terms of its local originals’ output.Disney Plus, which is expected to bow this summer, is busy mounting multiple Turkish productions that are still being kept under wraps, while HBO Max just entered the market and is also active in production.Amazon Prime Video is also expected to start churning out Turkish originals in 2023.

on HBO Max, you may want to prioritize a number of films that are due to leave the streaming service in April.Set to depart HBO Max at the end of this month are such noteworthy films as the Oscar-winning “Promising Young Woman,” the Tom Hanks Western “News of the World,” the Kurt Russell 1996 thriller “Executive Decision,” and the extended version of Bruce Willis’ final “Die Hard” film “A Good Day to Die Hard.”Also leaving HBO Max this month is “The Fast and the Furious” and the franchise’s first sequel “2 Fast 2 Furious.”Check out the full list of what’s leaving HBO Max in April below.April 3:Life’s Too Short, 2012 (HBO)April 30:2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003 (HBO)A Good Day to Die Hard, 2013 (HBO) (Extended Version)Aftermath, 2017 (HBO)Anna to the Infinite Power, 1982 (HBO)Bloodsport, 1988 (HBO)Cake, 2005 (HBO)Cursed, 2005 (HBO)Darkness, 2004 (HBO) (Unrated Version)Executive Decision, 1996 (HBO)Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 2011 (HBO)Firehouse Dog, 2007 (HBO)For Greater Glory: the True Story of Cristiada, 2012 (HBO)Freejack, 1992 (HBO)Frida, 2002 (HBO)Getting Even With Dad, 1994 (HBO)Hearts in Atlantis, 2001 (HBO)Her Body, 2018 (HBO)Hitman, 2007 (HBO) (Extended Version)House, 2008 (HBO)Moonstruck, 1987 (HBO)My Baby’s Daddy, 2004 (HBO)My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002 (HBO)Never Let Me Go, 2010 (HBO)News of the World, 2020 (HBO)Poltergeist II: the Other Side, 1986 (HBO)Poltergeist III, 1988 (HBO)Promising Young Woman, 2020 (HBO)Senseless, 1998 (HBO)Showtime, 2002 (HBO)Something New, 2006 (HBO)Stigmata, 1999 (HBO)Summer School, 1987 (HBO)The Betrayed, 2008 (HBO)The Brady Bunch Movie, 1995 (HBO)The Day After Tomorrow, 2004 (HBO)The End, 1978 (HBO)The Fast and the Furious, 2001 (HBO)The Happening, 2008 (HBO)The Pope of Greenwich

New Order have launched a new official t-shirt in aid of the British Red Cross’ Ukraine Crisis Appeal.Available through the band’s official merch store, the shirt’s design was inspired by the VHS label of their Taras Shevchenko concert film, which was designed by the Peter Saville Associates agency.The gig in question was filmed in late 1981 at the Ukrainian National Home in New York City. The film was named after Taras Shevchenko, the 19th century writer, poet and painter whose works championed the formation of an independent Ukraine.You can purchase the white t-shirt for £25, with a minimum of £10 from each sale being donated to the Red Cross.Last November, New Order marked the 40th anniversary of their debut album ‘Movement’ by sharing the aforementioned NYC show on YouTube in its entirety.

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Manori Ravindran International EditorIn one of its first major overtures to the European drama community since expanding across the continent, HBO Max commissioners used a rare Series Mania presentation to lay out their strategies and wish lists for the platform.The team was speaking as part of a panel on Wednesday that drew a queue of at least 500 people who were snaked around the Lille Grand Palais in hopes of getting in. HBO Max is, for many a drama producer in town, the ideal partner in Europe given its existing track record as HBO Europe.

Ed Sheeran has teased footage of him performing new music with J Balvin.The singer-songwriter posted a clip, which you can view below, and revealed that the pair have recorded two new songs together.“So I want to share something with you that I’ve been working on. I met @jbalvin in a gym in New York last year,” Sheeran wrote on Twitter. “It was just me and him very early in the morning.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy has returned to Europe.

Arcade Fire have announced a last minute concert in New York tonight (March 18) to help victims in Ukraine.The band took to Instagram today to confirm they are playing a benefit show at the Bowery Ballroom – watch the announcement clip below.In the post, frontman Win Butler and band member Richard Reed Parry can be seen stapling posters for the show on a message board.“Hey New York, we’re gonna play a show tonight, if you guys wanna come,” says frontman Win Butler. “It’s a benefit gig for Ukraine at the Bowery Ballroom.”A post shared by Arcade Fire (@arcadefire)A caption on the clip also says “pay what u can” but no further information on how to purchase the tickets has been posted.It comes after the band played a benefit concert for Ukraine in New Orleans earlier this week.That show saw Arcade Fire play a number of new tracks including their single ‘The Lightning, I, II’, ‘Age of Anxiety’, and ‘Rabbit Hole’.All proceeds from that “pay-what-you-can” gig went to benefit the Plus1 Ukraine relief fund, which is supporting Ukrainian people through non-profits providing humanitarian aid as Russia’s invasion of the country continues.Meanwhile, the band unveiled details of their new album ‘WE’ yesterday (March 17).Speaking about their sixth studio LP, Butler said creating it was “the longest we’ve ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever.”Described as a “concise 40 minute epic” in a statement, it contains seven songs and is “as much about the forces that threaten to pull us away from the people we love, as it is inspired by the urgent need to overcome them”, according to a press release.

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