It’s over. Model Jerry Hall filed for divorce from media mogul Rupert Murdoch after six years of marriage, Us Weekly can confirm.
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Viacom18, a TV and streaming group backed by billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, has paid $3 billion to win an online auction for two packages of digital rights to Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket. It now has the leverage to change the Indian broadcasting landscape and to the tip the balance even further in favor of streaming.Variety understands that Viacom18 has agreed to pay $2.63 billion for a five year package of regional digital rights.
It also successfully bid an additional $417 million for what was billed as a non-exclusive package covering 98 matches over five years including tournament openers, playoffs, finals and selected evening games.Walt Disney, which has held the TV and digital rights to IPL for the past five seasons, won only the broadcast TV rights, but agreed to pay $3.01 billion for them. Rights for the rest of the world were sold for $135 million with Times Internet the reported winner of rights in the U.S., Middle East and North Africa.
Viacom18 also won rights for the U.K., Australia and South Africa.In all, the four rights packages sold for a combined total of $6.2 billion.The consortium led by Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Global and Ambani’s Reliance Industries, also includes Bodhi Tree Systems, a platform of James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and former Disney president Uday Shankar. The bid buys it Indian digital rights to 410 matches played over five years across the the 2023-2027 tournaments.Viacom18’s success means that Walt Disney’s hegemony in India now faces a serious challenge.Disney inherited the Indian TV, digital and international rights as part of its 2019 purchase of 21st Century Fox.
It’s over. Model Jerry Hall filed for divorce from media mogul Rupert Murdoch after six years of marriage, Us Weekly can confirm.
A woman from Houston, Texas has been accused of killing her sister and forcing her teenage son to help move the body.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarner Bros. Discovery has partnered with energy company Shell for an adrenaline-filled show, “Dare to Ride,” that has begun airing on Discovery in Southeast Asia and India. “Dare to Ride” showcases some of Asia’s most accomplished riders as they attempt to conquer the region’s most iconic routes with just their bikes, their wits, and their technical knowhow.
The Cherokee Nation and its film office are celebrating the premiere of Land of Gold and the first production of its kind to be filmed at the tribe’s studios and state-of-the-art virtual soundstage located in Owasso. The film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Nardeep Khurmi, debuted at the Tribeca Festival in New York City this month.
WATCH: Matt Agnew talks about his mental health after filming his season Taking to Instagram on Monday, the former Bachelor didn’t mince words as he shared a lengthy post titled “Abortions are not f--king contagious”.His comments came in response to a growing number of anti-vaccine proponents who have used the situation in the US to push for an end to vaccine mandates in Australia.RELATED: Abbie Chatfield slams influencers for "silence" on American abortion rulingSpecifically, they have used the phrase “my body, my choice” – traditionally used to advocate for women to have a right to choose to terminate a pregnancy if they so wish – to claim individuals should also have the right to refuse vaccines.“’My body, my choice’ being co-opted by the anti-vax crowd is utterly deplorable, disgustingly hurtful, and tremendously dangerous,” Matt wrote.Matt has spoken out against anti-vaxxers "co-opting" language used to defend a woman's righ to make her own choices about her reproductive health.“For a moment let’s just forget about the fact that this is such an enormous false equivalency and highlight an important difference: a vaccine mandate did not force you to get a vaccine.“The government did not strap you down and stick needles in your arms. You did not go to jail if you did not get the vaccine.
Jack Johnson has announced he’ll be embarking on a run of Australian and New Zealand shows later this year.The tour comes in support of his latest album ‘Meet The Moonlight’, which arrived last Friday (June 24). It’ll see Johnson and his band arrive in Australia in late November, playing shows in Perth, the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, before heading to New Zealand’s Auckland and Napier.He’ll be supported by Emily Wurramara and Ziggy Alberts for the Australian dates, with The Black Seeds joining him in New Zealand.Tickets for the shows go on sale Friday July 1 at 10am local time, and will be available to purchase here.A post shared by Jack Johnson (@jackjohnson)It’ll be the first time the singer has visited Australia since 2019’s Byron Bay Bluesfest, and his first New Zealand shows since 2017.‘Meet The Moonlight’ marks Johnson’s eighth studio album and his first LP release in five years.
Ben Croll As global exhibitors look to capitalize on the public’s appetite for four-quadrant blockbusters, many have turned to premium formats as a way to juice premium fees. Riding this wave of upmarket investment, France’s ICE Theaters has nearly doubled its international reach, opening immersive cinemas across three continents this year alone.The reach should soon extend even further now that ICE Theaters and India’s PVR Cinemas have finalized a deal to open three premium rooms over the next 12 months.This international focus has been a fairly recent development, as ICE Theaters – the export arm of Gallic exhibitor CGR Cinemas – only started rolling out its premium format onto the world stage just three years ago.
Marta Balaga Anim’ato Mada, a new workshop for animators, was announced at the Annecy Intl. Animation Festival on Thursday.
WATCH: Joshua Bingle appears on 'Being Lara Bingle'Joshua Bingle is something of a local celebrity in his own right after appearing on his sister’s short-lived reality TV show Being Lara Bingle.Airing for just one season in 2012, the show was met with mixed reviews but Josh managed to squeeze a bit of fame, or should we say infamy, out of the appearance.There was also an awkward run-in with the law when he was charged with drug possession in 2018.Keep reading for everything you need to know about Lara Worthington’s brother Joshua Bingle.Joshua Bingle and Lara Worthington pose together on a family holiday in Italy.Joshua, 38, is the son of Sharon and Graham Bingle and elder brother of Australian model and media personality Lara Worthington (née Bingle).The tradesman generally keeps his personal life private and is only rarely in the spotlight, usually while spending time with his famous sister, brother-in-law Sam Worthington and their kids.READ NEXT: Lara Worthington talks motherhood and family"Everyone loves to hate Lara but I don't really know how she can fix it," he said of Lara in a 2012 interview, when she was still a tabloid target."She's really not that bad.
EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the road-trip comedy The Nan Movie, written by Catherine Tate (The Office) and Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso), with plans for a day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release this July.
Indian Premier League cricket tournament, one the world’s richest sporting events, have been sold for a combined $5 billion, according to several reports.The successful bidders have not been named as the auction, which started on Sunday is ongoing and may run to a third day.The TV rights went for $2.72 billion and the digital rights for $2.28 billion, for a five-year deal covering the 2023-2027 tournaments. In both cases the rights packages are limited to the Indian subcontinent.There are two more rights packages on offer – for selected tournament games including the playoffs, only for the Indian subcontinent; and TV and digital rights for the rest of the world.
We’re Queer my Dear (WQMD), the acclaimed, informative, and empowering LGBTIQA+ online web series returns for its third season.
Today is the day when bids are to be submitted for rights to the Indian Premier League, a cricket league whose games are a massive draw across South Asia and other parts of the world and have helped propel Disney’s global rollout of Disney+.
Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticNo 12-year-old should have to confront the violent act Blaze (Julia Savage) witnesses seven minutes into the imaginative empowerment story that bears her name. But Blaze is no ordinary girl, and fine artist-turned-filmmaker Del Kathryn Barton’s “Blaze” reflects that, using a dazzling combination of digital and practical effects to represent the interior world of a survivor who has long relied on make-believe to cope with an overwhelming world.Produced by Australian elevated-horror shingle Causeway Films (“The Babadook”), “Blaze” marks the feature directing debut of a distinctive new voice, and though there’s a certain woodenness to the narrative, the visuals — glitter dreams of a 10-foot fuchsia dragon — radiate with originality.