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BBC Studios is continuing its acquisitions spree in the UK. 

EXCLUSIVE: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s hit Hindi crime drama Gangubai Kathiawadi is going for the gold, officially launching a campaign in all categories at next February’s BAFTA Film Awards. This is the latest example of a growing number of foreign-language movies aiming to cross over into mainstream races. It’s also the most recent from India as Telegu blockbuster RRR is making a similar push at the Oscars.

CNN has cut some staffers from its audio team, in what the network said was a change in strategy at the division.

Anderson Cooper will debut a new CNN Audio podcast that will be devoted to exploring loss and grief.

Amazon’s push into true crime continues with several new UK originals unveiled here at the Edinburgh TV Festival today.

Sanjay Gupta isn’t sure how to feel after “Never Have I Ever” branded him “sexy”.

EXCLUSIVE: Sanjay Shah, writer, executive producer and showrunner of Everybody Still Hates Chris, has signed an overall deal with CBS Studios, which is behind the recently announced animated series.

EXCLUSIVE: Everybody Still Hates Chris, a reimagined animated version of Chris Rock’s beloved autobiographical family comedy Everybody Hates Chris, has received a straight-to-series order by MTV Entertainment. It will be windowed globally across streamer Paramount+ and sibling linear network Comedy Central. Rock is back as narrator and executive producer of the new series, which, like the original, is inspired by the comedian’s teenage years. CBS Studios and 3 Arts Entertainment, which produced Everybody Hates Chris and originally developed the animated reboot, will produce with MTV Entertainment Studios, which has been ramping up its adult animation portfolio with the recently announced Andy Samberg-produced series Digman! joining the Daria spinoff movie Jodie, both the film and series reboots of Beavis and Butt-Head as well as stalwart South Park.

EXCLUSIVE: The Salon South Asian Mentorship Program revealed its Class of 2022, led by Disney’s Reena Singh, Hillman Grad’s Rishi Rajani, WME agent Bash Naran, actor/writer Nik Dodani, and actor/producer Vinny Chhibber.

Naman Ramachandran “Agneepath” director Karan Malhotra’s epic “Shamshera” is gearing for a theatrical release in a post-pandemic moment when audiences are flocking back to cinemas.The film is set in the fictitious city of Kaza in the 1800s, where a warrior tribe is imprisoned, enslaved and tortured by ruthless authoritarian general Shudh Singh (Sanjay Dutt). It tells the story of Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor), an enslaved man who became a leader and then a legend by relentlessly fighting for his tribe’s freedom and dignity.

EXCLUSIVE: BUCK, one of the animation studios behind the Obamas-produced We the People for Netflix, has signed a trio of staffers including former Cartoon Network Series Exec Mike Rauch.

EXCLUSIVE: Utkarsh Ambudkar, who stars as Jay on CBS’ breakout comedy Ghosts, has boarded the Tribeca-bound indie Four Samosas as an executive producer, with Verve Ventures coming aboard to handle sales.

Roku Originals has tied with UK network Channel 4 for the first time on Tempting Fortune, in which a group of 12 strangers will spend 19 days in paradise but have to resist the temptation to spend money, while Channel 4 has also greenlit an Apprentice-style politics competition format.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who has been absent from movie screens for some four years, is teaming up with hitmaking director Rajkumar Hirani for “Dunki.” The film is a co-production between billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Studios, Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Hirani’s Rajkumar Hirani Films. The cast also includes Taapsee Pannu (“Pink,” “Dobaaraa” and “Looop Lapeta”). The “Dunki” news was revealed via a teaser video that gives away no plot details, but promises comedy, emotion and romance.

Popular Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were married Thursday in a private ceremony at their Mumbai residence.

NEW DELHI -- Popular Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were married Thursday in a private ceremony at their Mumbai residence.The couple wore ivory outfits as they came out and waved to photographers from their apartment building. Kapoor picked Bhatt up and walked back into the apartment with her in his arms.The wedding ceremony was attended by close relatives, Bollywood stars and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and his wife.Kapoor, 39, belongs to Bollywood’s popular Kapoor clan which has dominated the Hindi film industry since the 1940s.

EXCLUSIVE: Since it opened in late February, Hindi crime drama Gangubai Kathiawadi has been racking up impressive numbers at the international box office and setting pandemic-era records for an Indian title. Starring Alia Bhatt, the feminist tale based on the true story of a girl from an affluent family sold into prostitution who became a so-called “mafia queen” of Mumbai, is proving a rare breakout for a female-led Bollywood feature.

“Save your over-acting for the movies,” Ganga’s boyfriend Ramnik (Varun Kapoor) advises her, as she gasps with exaggerated joy at the train ticket to Mumbai — home of Bollywood, the world’s biggest film industry — he holds up to her in Gangubai Kathiawadi. It’s a knowingly self-aware joke. Popular as they are, Bollywood films are often lampooned for their frequently coarse acting, along with their melodramatic subjects, corny romance, absurd pantomime villains and the fact that even the most tragic scene may turn on a dime into a massive dance number. Unless you grew up with them, the Bollywood approach to giving bang for every buck can be hard to swallow.

Naman Ramachandran Madhuri Dixit, one of the brightest and most enduring Bollywood stars, is basking in the success of her streaming acting debut, Netflix’s “The Fame Game.”The series bowed Feb. 25 and is among the top 10 Netflix shows in Mauritius, Bahrain, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sri Lanka and the U.A.E.In the series created by Sri Rao, and directed by Bejoy Nambiar and Karishma Kohli, Dixit plays top Bollywood star Anamika Anand, who at the height of her fame, disappears without a trace.

(CNN)The death of "Full House" star Bob Saget from a head injury is both a cautionary tale and a reminder that it's happened before.On Wednesday, Saget's family released a statement stating that authorities had "determined that Bob passed from head trauma.""They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep," the statement read. "No drugs or alcohol were involved."Saget, who was 65, had been on comedy tour at the time of his death and was found dead in his Orlando, Florida hotel room.No information was offered as to how Saget may have hit his head.CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta said it sounded like a possible "bleed on top of the brain" which may have resulted in a "subdural hematoma.""There is a blood collection in this scenario that's on top of the brain pushing on the brain," Dr.

There’s no mystery behind the tragic loss of Bob Saget. That’s what authorities want to make crystal clear on Wednesday.

Despite her young age, Indian-born British actress Alia Bhatt has sustained herself as a leading lady in Hindi cinema for the past decade, racking up credits including Gully Boy, Raazi and Highway.

Naman Ramachandran Projects from France-Iran and India were the big winners at this year’s Berlinale Co-Production Market, which is part of the European Film Market.The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, endowed with €20,000 ($22,628), went to the producers of Caractères Productions from France, and Honare Khiyal from Iran for their project “My Favourite Cake” by directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam. The VFF Talent Highlight Award with prize money of €10,000 went to director Shuchi Talati’s “Girls Will Be Girls.” The film is to be produced by Pushing Buttons Studios, an outfit founded by Indian actors Ali Fazal (“Death on the Nile”) and Richa Chadha (“Gangs of Wasseypur”) and co-produced by Sanjay Gulati and Pooja Chauhan of Crawling Angel Films (2020 Berlinale selection “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs”) and Claire Chassagne of Dolce Vita Films (2019 Venice and Cairo winner “A Son”).

PBS was the top winner in the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards on Tuesday, with four honors for outstanding broadcast and digital reporting in the public interest.

Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, will host a weekly show for CNN+, the network’s upcoming subscription streaming service.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt (the Munna Bhai franchise, “Vaastav,” “Khal Nayak”) is launching production company Three Dimension Motion Pictures with a view to bringing back the golden age of heroism to the industry.Dutt cites the recent pan-Indian box office success of South Indian film “Pushpa” and the films of “Baahubali” filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli as examples of the vanished larger-than-life heroism in Bollywood.“We’re trying to get back what we had, what the South Indian films are doing now,” Dutt tells Variety.

Naman Ramachandran Indian filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has revealed the first trailer for his long-awaited film “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” which will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Starring Alia Bhatt (“Gully Boy”) in the titular role alongside Ajay Devgn (“Tanhaji”), the film is based on the book, “Mafia Queens of Mumbai,” written by S. Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges.

Naman Ramachandran Leading Indian music label and film studio T-Series is diversifying into producing series designed for streaming platforms and has signed up an A-list directorial talent roster.The company’s stated aim is to create content “which shall appeal to all sectors of the audience, with gripping shows across genres,” including action thrillers, biopics, murder mysteries, jailbreak dramas.”Signed up as show runners are Aanand L. Rai (“Atrangi Re”), Anubhav Sinha (“Article 15”), Nikkhil Advani (“Mumbai Diaries 26/11”), Hansal Mehta (“Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story”), Sanjay Gupta (“Mumbai Saga”), Bejoy Nambiar (“Solo”), Suparn S.

on HBO Max this month, you may want to prioritize the following titles that are leaving the streaming service throughout February. Below, we’ve assembled a complete list of everything leaving HBO Max in February, which ranges from Oscar-winning blockbusters to stone-cold classics to delightful comedies.Noteworthy films leaving HBO Max this month include “Dunkirk,” “Blade Runner 2049,” “Amistad,” “Pitch Perfect,” “Independence Day,” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “The Goonies,” “Joker” and “The LEGO Batman Movie.” It’s also last call for DC films “Wonder Woman,” “Aquaman,” “Birds of Prey” and “Suicide Squad.”The end of February will also mark the departure of a number of documentary series that aired on CNN, including “The Bush Years,” “The Seventies,” “The Eighties,” “The Nineties,”The Movies” and “The Story of Late Night.”Check out the full list of everything leaving HBO Max in February 2022 below.Dunkirk, 2017 (HBO)Blade Runner 2049, 2017 (HBO)Epic Movie, 2007 (Extended Version) (HBO)13 Going On 30, 2004 (HBO)300: Rise of an Empire1968The 2000sA Hijacking, 2012 (HBO)Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the WorldAmerican Dynasties: The KennedysAmerican StyleAmistadAnnabelle Comes HomeAnthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownAny Given SundayAquamanBeverly Hills Cop, 1984 (HBO)Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987 (HBO)Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994 (HBO)Beyond Reasonable DoubtBirds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)Brown Sugar, 2002 (HBO)The Bush Years: Family.

HBO Max has released the list of movies and TV shows being removed from the streaming service in February 2022, and it’s huge.

Naman Ramachandran “Girls Will Be Girls,” a female-led drama written and to be directed by debutant Shuchi Talati, has received a production grant from France’s Aide aux cinémas du monde.The grant will cover approximately 25% of the film’s production budget.

EXCLUSIVE: Sanjay Das has been promoted to CEO of Tippett Studio, with co-founder, President and executive producer Jules Roman looking to retire from her post at the effects company, Deadline has learned.

video chat with Rosita, Big Bird, Elmo, CNN reporter Erica Hill and CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about getting shots.Then after it aired, the “Sesame Street” characters started tweeting, among them Big Bird who, apparently, got the vaccine.

Naman Ramachandran Upcoming Bollywood blockbusters with A-list talent from leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films will stream on Amazon Prime Video four weeks after their theatrical release.The licensing deal is for exclusive global streaming rights.

The hosts of “The View” were largely supportive of CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, after he sat down for an hours-long interview with Joe Rogan for his podcast — except for Sunny Hostin. The host admitted she didn’t quite see the point.The women got into it on Thursday’s episode, debating whether Gupta’s appearance on the podcast had the potential, not to change Rogan’s anti-vax stances, but to maybe change the minds of some of his listeners.

explained why he went “into the lion’s den” for three hours.“Joe Rogan is the one guy in the country I wanted to exchange views with in a real dialogue — one that could potentially be among the most important conversations of this entire pandemic.