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Thai police have arrested an anti-junta activist today for defaming the monarchy in what human rights groups said was the first case of lese-majeste brought under Thailand's new king.

The third annual Red Sea Film Festival handed out its Yusr Awards on Thursday night, with Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames taking Best Feature and Farah Nabulsi’s The Teacher scoring a pair of wins including Best Actor for Saleh Bakri. See the full list below.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief China’s Linmon Media celebrated its tenth anniversary this week by unveiling 16 new shows for its 2024 production and release slate. The roster included seven Chinese period drama series, five contemporary shows and two more being made in Thailand. “We are not just a producer, we are a studio,” Zhou Yuan, co-founder and EVP of Linmon, told Variety on the sidelines of the company’s predominantly English-language presentation at the Asia Television Forum & Market in Singapore.

Naman Ramachandran The second Asia TV Forum and Market IP Accelerator (AIPA) closed with four winners bagging prizes valued at more than S$80,000 ($59,700) from the three sponsors of the event. The 108 Media Development Award of S$15,000 towards project development went to Thailand’s “My Chef in Crime,” a crime-comedy series by producer Bo Rattanavich and director Cheewatun Pusitsuksa of My Shot Co.

Naman Ramachandran Action comedy film “Baby Hero” was launched at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market on Thursday. The film is a co-production between Singapore’s Hong Pictures and Bangkok-based Hollywood (Thailand). Principal photography will commence in the first quarter of 2024 with a view to releasing the film in 2025.

Jessi and Jay Park have addressed reports of a dispute between them.Earlier today (December 7), both Jessi and Jay Park took to their Instagram stories to dispel reports that there’s a dispute between them.This comes shortly after South Korean news outlet The Factclaimed in a report that Jessi’s label More Vision, owned by Jay Park, had been considering terminating the singer’s contract over allegedly cancelling her October 27 appearance on South Korean chart show Music Bank.In an Instagram Story today, Jessi said that the report was “nonsense”, adding that she and Jay Park are “all good”. “Y’all need to get a life FR,” she wrote.Jay Park also took to his Instagram to clear the air, saying: “Me and Jessi [are] good.

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So, we’re going to do the hard work for you.

Naman Ramachandran Canadian conglomerate, Blue Ant Media has scored sales of some 550 hours of programming to Asia Pacific broadcasters, it was revealed at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF). Content was sourced from across Blue Ant’s portfolio companies.

Naman Ramachandran Shows featuring Stephen Fry are popular in Asia as sales from Abacus Media Rights and Passion Distribution demonstrate. Abacus has sold more than 70 hours of scripted and unscripted programming broadcasters across Asia, it was revealed at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market.

A Dragon Market will take over Chinatown on Sunday for the first time ever - featuring a range of stalls from independent makers and local businesses.

Chinese streaming giant iQiyi has hailed the integration of artificial intelligence into its development and pitching processes.

Refresh for latest…: New global entry Queen Bey’s concert movie/documentary Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé put a ring on a $27.4M global debut this weekend. Included in that is $6.4M from 2,621 overseas cinemas.

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here Josie Gibson has revealed she has "the worst tattoo known to man". On Wednesday night's episode, This Morning presenter told Marvin Humes how she ended up with the botched ink following a drunken night out in Thailand. In a discussion with the JLS star, Tony Bellew and Nella Rose, she said: "I got the worst tattoo known to man.

A groom in Thailand went on a shooting rampage just hours after at his own wedding over the weekend — killing four people, including his bride. According to The Bangkok Post,

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Noah Hawley‘s “Alien” series at FX has filled out its main cast with six new additions, Variety has learned exclusively. Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla,” “Damilola”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984,” “Noughts and Crosses”), Erana James (“Uproar,” “The Wilds”), Lily Newmark (“Pin Cushion,” “Sex Education”), Diêm Camille (“Washington Black,” “Alex Rider 3”), and Adrian Edmondson (“War & Peace,” “A Spy Among Friends”) have all been cast in the series. They join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.

. Although it’s been a minute since the season two finale aired (nearly one year ago—can you believe?), we still reference both seasons of the iconic TV show anytime we possibly can—ideally in the context of a fabulous vacation.So who better than The White Lotus’s own to team up with Hilton and American Express to celebrate their latest news? The brands are colaunching enhanced Hilton Honors American Express Surpass and Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Cards, which now offer increased benefits for card members. “You get more points now every time you go grocery shopping or go shopping online, so you get more free stays and can cash those points in for free stuff,” explains Daddario.

EXCLUSIVE: After working with Noah Hawley on the fifth season of his Emmy-winning drama Fargo, which just debuted last week, David Rysdahl has solidified his place in his FX family with a series regular role in his Alien prequel series, Deadline can exclusively reveal.

Timothy Olyphant‘s next role is booked!

EXCLUSIVE: Timothy Olyphant is reuniting with Noah Hawley and FX, signing on for a major role in the upcoming Alien series. Olyphant, who recurred on Season 4 of Hawley’s FX anthology series Fargo, is set to star opposite Sydney Chandler in Hawley‘s prequel to the Alien franchise, sources tell Deadline.

Tilda Swinton famously cut her acting teeth on the experimental films of late director Derek Jarman such as Caravaggio and The Garden as well as life-long friend Joanna Hogg’s debut short Caprice and Sally Potter’s Orlando.

POW is blowing up, and Just Jared wants our readers to get a chance to exclusively get to know them better!

Elizabeth Hurley is looking hot!

Bradley Cooper isn’t ruling out returning to comedy. In Friday’s episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, Cooper, 48, was asked if he was putting his comedic past behind him to take more dramatic roles, as he’s getting Oscar buzz for his latest movie, “Maestro.” “Are you done with fun?” host David Remnick asked.

Police received tip-offs from as far afield as Thailand and Spain following the murder of Ashley Dale, it has been revealed.

XG have announced a new song called ‘Winter Without You’ and teased an upcoming world tour.Yesterday (November 26), XG released a teaser for the upcoming music video of their new song, titled ‘Winter Without You’. The girl group have yet to confirm a release date for their new single.The teaser clip for ‘Winter Without You’ features the members of XG in a spaceship traveling out into the galaxies, as they await a message from their loved ones back home.XG tear up as they hear the voices of their loved ones, before previewing the song in question.

S Club Juniors star Stacey McClean has split from her husband Fraser Franks after a decade together. The pop star, 34, who shot to fame during the 2000s in the spin off S Club 7 group, took to Instagram on Thursday to confirm her separation from her footballer husband, 33.The couple had been together for 10 years and said their daughter Nellie, four years old, is "the only thing that matters" following the split. Sharing the news with her 15K followers alongside a snap of their daughter, Stacey wrote: "Hello.

The first group of hostages are being released from Gaza, more than six weeks after the October 7 attack.

The White Lotus season two stars Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall have confirmed that they are in a real-life relationship.Following months of speculation, the pair were recently pictured kissing while taking a walk in the rain in New York City.While both Fahy and Woodall have shared photos of each other on Instagram and commented “I love you” on each other’s posts, neither has publicly confirmed the relationship.When Fahy was asked in January on Watch What Happens Live, she told host Andy Cohen, “Oh, I don’t kiss and tell. Come on, guys… For you, I’ll say sure.

Scotland’s biggest city has been swamped with seedy massage parlours offering sex for sale in an unofficial “red light zone”. Police have been accused of allowing the growth of massage operations in Glasgow city centre, several of which are blatantly offering sexual services.

Miss Universe, which recently crowned Sheynnis Palacios as the winner of the 72nd edition, is undergoing a series of changes, not only in terms of the pageant’s guidelines but also as a company. Anne Jakrajutatip, the owner of the competition, recently traveled to Mexico City for the official presentation of Cynthia de la Vega as Lupita Jones’s replacement as the director of the franchise in Mexico.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Producer and screenwriter, Darren Dale has been named as the new board chair of the Sydney Film Festival, following the retirement of Dianne Weir. He is a leading advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content and has been director of Blackfella Films since 2000.

Dame Mary Berry was surprised to find a blanket adorned with TV star Ben Shephard’s face in Lorraine Kelly’s dressing room.

Disney original animation is looking at a comeback this Thanksgiving. The princess pic Wish is looking at as much as $45M-$50M over five days after the studio suffering a setback over last year’s holiday with Strange World, which did $18.8M.

Miss Universe 2023 has concluded after a weekend of excitement. Following the coronation of this year’s beauty queen, the organization announced the location of next year’s ceremony, revealing an exciting and vibrant destination for contestants from all over the world.Miss Universe 2023: Run of show live updates, finalists and winnerMiss Universe: China’s Qi Jia will no longer be competingMiss Universe 2024 will take place in Mexico, a country that has hosted the pageant in four previous occasions: 2007, 1993, 1989, and 1978. For next year’s pageant, new rules will apply, including the elimination of the contestants age limits, allowing all women over 18 years old to participate no matter their age.

EXCLUSIVE: Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) and Odessa Young (Mothering Sunday) are among the cast joining Jacob Elordi in the Prime Video Australia Original series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a TV adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Production on the new 5-part drama series kicked off Down Under today.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Paula Shugart is departing the Miss Universe Organization after 23 years as president, she revealed on Thursday night in El Salvador — where this year’s event is set to take place on Saturday. Shugart’s exit comes following news that Thailand-based Miss Universe owner JKN Global Group had filed for bankruptcy in its country, but insiders said Shugart’s announcement was unrelated to that news and had been in the works for a long time prior to that news.