International Insider: WBD & Paramount Developments; Big Week For Indian TV; London Protest

It appears that a former Love Island star has decided to call it quits on his relationship - just weeks before his girlfriend is set to welcome their first child. Biggs Chris, who appeared on season six of the hit ITV dating show in 2020, started dating Summer Hawkins in 2021 and announced they were having a baby in June of this year. However, they've reportedly split after a string of rows and have decided, weeks before the birth, to part ways.

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James Bay will play a fundraising gig in London next month to help raise money for food banks.Bay is teaming up with food bank donation platform Bankuet to raise money for those using food banks this winter. He will open up their Christmas 2023 #GiveFoodGiveJoy appeal by playing a gig at London’s Lafayette in King’s Cross on November 7.Tickets for the show will go on sale on October 18 to those on the James Bay and the Bankuet mailing lists here.

EXCLUSIVE: Roku this past weekend saw the fruits from its big push into Spanish original content as the Greice Santo-created music reality series, Serenata de las Estrellas, notched the streamer’s biggest opening weekend by reach for any Spanish-language Roku Original.

The Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Max streamer will launch in 22 European countries in spring 2024 and France and Belgium later next year, the media outfit revealed today.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Warner Bros. Discovery will be launching its streaming service Max in France, one of its top European markets, next summer, Variety has learned. The launch in France will follow a rollout in Northern and Eastern Europe, which is expected to be unveiled by Gerhard Zeiler, president of international at Warner Bros.

Taylor Swift’s new documentary, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, has scored the biggest opening weekend for a concert film in history. The film, which premiered in the UK on October 13, documents the six performances completed by Swift at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium earlier this year.

Housing developments around Greater Manchester are nothing new, but this week has seen two huge developments in Salford come to light.

It’s been a tough week in the world, and that posed a difficult challenge for Bill Maher on his Real Time show on Friday. How do you conduct a show built on political comedy when the subject matter is so grim?

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There may be few actors walking red carpets or pounding the award season pavement at post-screening receptions, but the 2024 Oscar season is (almost) in full effect. Guild members that can attend screenings are filling seats and directors and (now) writers are enjoying a spotlight like never before.

Jaden Thompson NBC has won premiere week for the 12th consecutive year in the 18-49 demographic. NBC finished out premiere week with an average 1.3 rating in the key demo. Additionally, NBC has outperformed other networks in total viewers with 6.8 million viewers for the week, their fifth year in a row at the number one position.

“It’s like The Hunger Games, the AMPTP thinks they can starve us back to work,” said Bectu National Secretary Spencer MacDonald, as around 200 below-the-line workers gathered in London’s Leicester Square this afternoon to urge a swift end to the actors strike.

Warner Bros. Discovery international boss Gerhard Zeiler has set a new leadership structure for his team following a spate of exits in the past few weeks.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Amid a widespread executive exodus, Warner Bros. Discovery’s international boss Gerhard Zeiler sent out a memo to the staff today laying out the company’s new global leadership structure. Following France boss Pierre Branco’s exit earlier this week, WBD has tapped Clément Schwebig to oversee France, Benelux, Afrique, Allemagne, Autriche and Suisse.

After sitting it out last year, Deadline’s Contenders film series returns to London this weekend with a strong lineup featuring Ridley Scott, Emerald Fennell, Todd Haynes and Michael Mann among the panelists on tap to attend the awards-season event.

the duo seemingly went public and Swift cheered on Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs as they played against the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium on September 24.

It seems Travis Kelce has Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson to thank for somewhat kickstarting his rumoured romance with Taylor Swift.

Warner Bros. Discovery France boss Pierre Branco has become the latest international exec to depart.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Pierre Branco, general manager for Warner Bros. Discovery in France, Benelux and Africa, is stepping down from his position, Variety has learned.