Paul Rudd’s youthful looks have had people talking once again.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCecilia Marino has been hired to launch Lionsgate Play, the South Asia-focused platform of Lionsgate’s premium subscription service Starz, in The Philippines. She will become GM of Lionsgate Play Philippines and report to Rohit Jain, MD South Asia, and networks – emerging markets Asia.The service recently launched in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, after a successful rollout in India last year.
Paul Rudd’s youthful looks have had people talking once again.
Never Have I Ever has been renewed for a third season after season two’s debut in July 2021!
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVJust one month after the second season of “Never Have I Ever” launched on Netflix, the coming-of-age comedy has been renewed for a third season.“We are so grateful to Netflix and Universal Television for letting us continue to tell this story, and to the fans around the world who clamored to see more of this badly behaved Indian teenager,” co-creators Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher said in a joint statement.The series stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as
Jamie Lang In a utopian Manila in a not-too-distant future, strange rolling blackouts cast an almost impenetrable darkness over city streets.
World of Wonder expands its global reach, bringing the charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent of Drag Race over to the Philippines. Drag Race Philippines is the latest addition to the Drag Race franchise, with other iterations having touched down in Thailand, the United Kingdom, Holland, Chile, Spain and Canada.
EXCLUSIVE: Last night’s global fundraiser We for India, the virtual event formulated to support India’s Covid response, is being heralded as a major success having raised $5M to help the country’s fight against the devastating virus.
Lola Lennox will perform a stunning duet of Simon & Garfunkel this weekend as part of a virtual fundraising event, raising funds for post-Covid relief work in India. Over 100 stars from the world of film, music, comedy, and sports, will join for a three-hour virtual fundraiser We For India: Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods, which will be broadcast globally on Facebook on Sunday, August 15th at 7.
Deadline (Netflix did not comment when asked by TheWrap).Kemp will retain an executive producer role on the “Power” spinoffs, which are all in various stages of production. The agreement is similar to that of Shonda Rhimes and “Grey’s Anatomy,” when she left ABC for Netflix back in 2018.
Naman Ramachandran Vax.India.Now, a virtual fundraiser to support India in its fight against COVID-19, has raised more than $5 million.Liam Neeson, Annie Lennox, A.R. Rahman, Pia Toscano, Zubin Mehta, Gloria Estefan, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, David Foster, Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, Asif Mandvi, Nishat Khan, Ranjani Gayatri Sisters and Matteo Bocelli participated in the July 7 event, which was globally livestreamed by CNN and Dreamstage.live, and hosted by Hasan Minhaj.
Ed Sheeran, Nile Rodgers, Annie Lennox and other entertainment figures including Steven Spielberg will feature in the We For India: Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods livestream.The virtual event will broadcast via Facebook at 7.30pm ET (3pm BST / 10am EDT) this Sunday (August 15) to raise funds for vital coronavirus missions in India.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAnother day, another bidding war.Apple and Netflix are among the deep-pocketed steaming services willing to shell out big money to land an Oscar-baity film. In this case, it’s for the chance to see Jennifer Lawrence playing Sue Mengers, a legendary super agent who donned a caftan-like a suit of armor and wielded a joint like a mace while trying to get the best deal possible for her A-list clients.
UK animation studio Aardman (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) is teaming up with filmmaker Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) on a Bollywood-inspired feature.
Naman Ramachandran Musicians Ed Sheeran, Annie Lennox, A.R. Rahman and Mick Jagger are joining Steven Spielberg and a galaxy of Bollywood stars in supporting the We For India fundraiser for post-COVID relief relief work in India.Celebrities lending their name to the initiative include music group Sister Sledge ft.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLionsgate’s investment in streaming paid off during its most recent financial quarter, as its Starz TV platform topped 16.7 million global subscribers.But it wasn’t all good news at the media company, which reported a net loss of $45.4 million and a loss of 20 cents per share. That compared unfavorably to a profit of $51.1 million or 23 cents per share in the year-ago period.
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Saint-Amand (Ozark) is set for a recurring role opposite Rose Rollins and Josh Lucas in Long Slow Exhale, Spectrum Originals’ upcoming drama series from L.A’s Finest‘s Pam Veasey, Anton Cropper and John Dove and Paramount TV Studios. Created by Veasey and to be directed by Cropper, Long Slow Exhale follows J.C.