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A change of pace! Kim Kardashian confessed that she’s considered leaving the world of reality TV for a full-time career in law.

Kim Kardashian has spent years doing reality TV, but she’d be willing to give it up if she was offered a certain job.

Naman Ramachandran The term ‘pan India film’ is quite the rage across the country these days and four leading producers convened at the recently concluded Dakshin South India Media and Entertainment Summit in Chennai to break down the concept. Organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), southern region, the theme of the conference this year was Beyond Borders and the pan India discussion fell neatly into that remit. In recent decades, India has been a patchwork of local cinema markets, defined partly by geography and language group, and with only limited overlap or transfer between them, except for the Bollywood (Hindi-language) segment which enjoys wider releases. Change may now be afoot.

Naman Ramachandran The cream of the southern Indian film industry was present in force at the just concluded Dakshin South India Media and Entertainment Summit in Chennai. Organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), southern region, the event kicked off with recent south Indian Oscar winners, Kartiki Gonsalves, director of winning documentary short “The Elephant Whisperers” and Prem Rakshit, choreographer of winning original song “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” being felicitated. The stage was then set for a heavyweight filmmakers panel moderated by former Variety correspondent Anupama Chopra, with Mani Ratnam, director of Tamil-language blockbuster “Ponniyin Selvan: 1”; Vetrimaaran, whose acclaimed Tamil-language “Viduthalai Part 1” is currently on release; Rishab Shetty, star and director of Kannada-language smash hit “Kantara”; and Basil Joseph, director of Malayalam-language Netflix superhero film “Minnal Murali” participating.

Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit in Los Angeles, marketing pros came together to discuss their challenges, best practices and triumphs. Here are the highlights from the event, held Wednesday at 1 Hotel West Hollywood. Competition for Attention Is Fierce In the summit’s opening session, moderated by Variety co-editor-in chief Cynthia Littleton, panelists spoke about dealing with trying to win viewers amid the flood of content across platforms. “We’re competing with everything… This is no longer a linear-timeslot thing,” said Margaret Walker, SVP, NBC brand strategy and audience growth. Domenic DiMeglio, chief marketing officer of Paramount Streaming, said that staying close with fans on social can help inform content-development strategy. For example, he cited “Teen Wolf,” which ended its run on MTV in 2017 but “had a really engaged, rabid social fanbase.” That led the company to develop a “Teen Wolf” movie for Paramount+ that premiered in January.

Getting easier? Ryan Reynolds revealed that welcoming baby No. 4 with Blake Lively wasn’t as challenging as becoming a party of five.

Susan Zirinsky has criticized documentarians who pay their contributors as she urges her fellow execs to “keep your moral compass.”

When The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Netflix documentary 'Harry & Meghan' aired last year, many were shocked to see how much home footage of the couple's children was included. Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet - whose princely titles were officially recognised in March - played a starring role in the six-part series as the family adjusted to life away from the UK.

Ayesha Curry is showing off all her hard work!

Prince Harry spoke about the things that inspire him on a daily basis! On Wednesday, the Duke of Sussex joined  BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux for a live Q&A at the 2023 BetterUp Uplift Summit in San Francisco, California.During the portion of the program, Harry, 38, was asked what gets him up in the morning and drives his purpose in life.«For me, personally, I get so much out of helping other people,» Harry, who is Chief Impact Officer of the organization, said. «To be in the service of others is what drives me, what gets me out of bed every day. Then you have kids.» A post shared by BetterUp (@betterup)Harry shares children Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, with his wife, Meghan Markle. Throughout the Q&A, Harry also shared the importance of the work he does alongside his wife with their Archewell Foundation, his Invictus Games and as a board member at BetterUp.

Thania Garcia Mary J. Blige, Pepsi and Live Nation Urban are joining forces to put together the second annual Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on May 11-14. The festival was launched by Blige last year as a means to empower women and their communities with live music events and special programming curated by an all-Black, female-led team consisting of Blige, Nicole Jackson, VP of MJB Inc., and Ashaunna Ayars of the Ayars Agency. This year’s iteration will kick off with a new special live music event with Grammy Award winner Robert Glasper. There will additionally be a #HipHop50 celebration hosted by Kenny Burns featuring rarely-performed hits by Blige and friends dubbed the “MJB B-Sides” set; and a special R&B night with performances by Lauryn Hill, Summer Walker, Lucky Daye, Muni Long, and more.

A partner at American asset management firm Ares remained coy on talk of Manchester United being taken over in the near future, amid speculation the Stateside operation could form part of a takeover bid.

Blake Lively announced that she was expecting her fourth child with her husband of 10 years, Ryan Reynolds. We learned of the news when the Gossip Girl alum revealed her bump at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women's Summit in New York on Thursday, September 15, 2022. At the time, the 35-year-old posed in a sequinned mini dress from Italian fashion house Valentino, which she teamed with chunky platform heels.

Andrew Freedman, the news and entertainment publicist who ran the New York-based Andrew E. Freedman Public Relations for more than three decades, died on February 8 following a cancer diagnosis last year. He was 67.

Family of six! Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are settling in after welcoming their fourth child.

, and a source tells that they're all adjusting after the birth of the couple's fourth child together, which Lively seemingly confirmed on Sunday, February 12.“Blake and Ryan are amazing together," the source said. "Ryan is a great dad.

Idris Elba has made it clear that he will not be playing James Bond. Elba brought up the persistent discussions about him taking over as Ian Fleming’s famed British spy, while he spoke Tuesday to the World Government Summit in Dubai. When he was asked about his upcoming film based on the British series "Luther," Elba took himself out of the running to play 007.

Actor Idris Elba says he’s going to stick with being the tormented detective John Luther — not James Bond.

Blake Lively announced that she was expecting her fourth child with her husband of 10 years, Ryan Reynolds. We learned of the news when the Gossip Girl alum revealed her bump at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women's Summit in New York on Thursday, September 15, 2022. At the time, the 35-year-old posed in a sequinned mini dress from Italian fashion house Valentino, which she teamed with chunky platform heels.

Chad Stahelski (John Wick franchise) has been tapped to direct the Tom Clancy adaptation Rainbow Six for Paramount Pictures, Deadline can confirm.

queen Blake Lively was struggling to fit into some clothes while pregnant, so she invented a creative way to solve the problem: She wore a dress and a skirt at the same time. The , who is expecting her fourth child with husband , posted about her wardrobe dilemma on her Story on Sunday, January 8. "When the back of your skirt won't zip and the front of your dress won't button, wear both," Lively wrote in the Story.

EXCLUSIVE: BET has signed a first-look non-scripted deal and a second-look scripted deal with Mary J. Blige and her production company, Blue Butterfly.  

Sarah Michelle Gellar is finally opening up about her negative experiences on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer set.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have a new studio named Artists Equity, and Affleck has high aspirations for it. How high? Deadline reports that at the New York Times‘ DeadlBook Summit in NYC yesterday, Affleck says he and Damon aim to produce commercial but quality films for streaming that “people remember 20 years later.” So, basically, not the “assembly line process” of Netflix and other streamers.

Ben Affleck says his newly minted studio Artists Equity, in partnership with Matt Damon, is going for films that are commercial but smart, that acknowledge popular tastes, but that “people remember 20 years later.”

Angela Rayner hit out at Dominic Raab urging him to apologise after formal complaints were made against him into bullying allegations.

A banner flew over the I’m A Celeb camp with a blunt message for shamed former health secretary Matt Hancock : GET OUT OF HERE!

Disney CEO Bob Chapek called Disney+ a “lifestyle portal for Disney fandom” and streaming the nexus of a “reengineered” company that would never have survived and thrived for a century if it didn’t take bold swings.  

Prince Harry says therapy “changed” his life. The Duke of Sussex - who lives in California with wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and their children Archie, three, and 16-month-old Lili - admitted using the Silicon Valley-based coaching service BetterUp, the well-being tech company he works as the Chief Impact Officer. While speaking at the Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday (19.

Andy Burnham has called for a U-turn on the government's energy policy as he set out a £65bn vision for Greater Manchester to become net zero by 2038. The mayor has written to the new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt asking him to back the city-region's costly plans which will 're-industrialise' the North of England.

Andy Burnham has said he will not 'punish people to net zero' after experts warned that Greater Manchester is 'likely' to miss its carbon cutting targets. The city-region is set to blow its carbon budget in two years, meaning it would emit more than its 'fair share' of carbon, according to science-based targets.

Former Vice President Mike Pence hailed Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey for "seizing" an educational moment in the Grand Canyon State.

China still has much to gain from its current relationship with Russia even as the invasion of Ukraine drags on, turning Russia into an international pariah and threatening to rub off on China’s reputation as well.  "China has, in effect, doubled down on its support for the Putin war effort, and we saw this, for instance, last month when China's third rank leader went to Moscow, spoke to the State Duma, and in very clear terms, expressed Beijing's support for Russia," Gordon Change, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," told Fox News Digital.  "Then, [we] see Jinping himself when he was in Uzbekistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, actually confirmed that endorsement," Chang added. "The only conclusion that we can come to is that Beijing is not backing away from Russia."  The China and Russia dynamic has remained a troubling one for the United States since even before the invasion of Ukraine started in March 2022.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle released some regal portraits, just days after the official royal portraits were released, in which they were notably absent.Royal expert Katie Nicholl recently spoke with ET's Rachel Smith about the couple's classy photos, and the significance they have amid the rift between Prince Harry and his family — which she details in her new book, «It's all in the timing, isn't it? It does sort of have a sense of 'anything you can do we can do too,'» Nicholl shared. «It was quite polarizing, because you had, just two days before, that incredible image of the king and the Queen consort, and the new Prince and Princess of Wales.»«It said, 'This is the future of the monarchy.' Of course, so notable by their absence, was Harry and Meghan. So it didn't surprise me to see an image of them so soon after,» Nicholl continued.

A moving tribute. Prince William honored his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II in a speech at the United for Wildlife Global Summit.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have two new portraits all their own. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posed for a dramatic photo of themselves holding hands and looking regal ahead of the One Young World Summit in Manchester, England, which they attended just days before the Sept.