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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 YORK -- David Hyde Pierce returns to TV this spring playing a familiar part — an erudite man who adores fine food, wine and art. But this has nothing to do with “Frasier.”Pierce is playing Peter Child, husband and chief cheerleader of Julia Child, whose warbling, encouraging voice and able hands brought the intricacies of French cuisine to American home cooks through her TV series and books.“These are two people of great depth, of great complexity of character, who found each other, and I think we all are luckier for it,” said Pierce.

No! HBO Max is removing a lot of titles from the streaming service beginning on April 1.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe first thing you need to do whilst watching HBO Max’s “Julia” is to get all other versions of Julia Child out of your head. That proves easier than might be expected, given such enduring depictions as Meryl Streep’s lauded turn in Nora Ephron’s “Julie and Julia” (2009) or, most cartoonishly, Dan Aykroyd’s “Saturday Night Live” performance of Child as a careening agent of chaos who constantly bleeds out like a geyser.

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.

HBO Max EMEA Boss Anthony Root has set out his team’s stall to “broaden the appeal” of the streamer “beyond the die hard Euphoria fan.”

reboot!In the season finale, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) are all making big moves in their lives. Carrie decides to spread the ashes of her late husband, Mr. Big (Chris Noth), off a bridge in Paris, France, and comes back to New York City to start a new podcast, appropriately titled, and makes out with her podcast producer, Franklyn (Ivan Hernandez), in an elevator. As for Miranda, she divorces her husband,  Steve Brady (David Eigenberg), and jets off to Los Angeles to be with her new romantic partner, Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez), as they start their new pilot.And as for Charlotte, she has a bat mitzvah for herself after her youngest child, Rock, refuses, and is facing menopause later than the rest of her friends.'s finale also opens a door for one leading lady to return.

EXCLUSIVE:  WarnerMedia OneFifty has picked up this year’s Oscar-nominated live action short, The Dress from Polish filmmaker Tadeusz Lysiak.

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Naman Ramachandran Heavily localized content complementing a wealth of new and library offerings out of the U.S. is very much the modus operandi for HBO Max in Europe.The WarnerMedia-backed streamer, which will soon be combined with Discovery Plus, rolled out recently to 13 countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), as well as Portugal and the Netherlands, with Turkey, Greece, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to follow later this year.

Bella Hadid has admitted to having had plastic surgery on her nose at age 14 after previously denying going under the knife. The 25 year old revealed her surgery as she discussed her relationship with her appearance and how it has developed in the years since she’s become an internationally successful model. Bella — who is half Dutch and half Palestinian — addressed the plastic surgery rumours that have been following her around throughout her career, speaking of her regret whilst also shutting down other false assumptions about alterations to her face.