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Making a documentary chronicling the events of the infamous Thai cave rescue mission was no easy feat for filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, especially because they hadn’t been on the ground to capture what was transpiring after 12 kids were stuck in a flooding cave in 2018.

“Free Solo” thrilled the audiences and picked up a handful of awards along the way. Now, directors E.

Mark Cuban, a regular on ABC’s Shark Tank and the owner of the National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks, could potentially face millions of dollars in government givebacks, thanks to a new Texas state law.

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“Free Solo” thrilled the audiences and picked up a handful of awards along the way. Now, directors E.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThailand’s arthouse films, frequently employing stellar craft in service of slow cinema, often struggle to achieve meaningful theatrical releases in a home market that is driven by the young multiplex crowd.

Angelique Jackson Former Netflix executive Brian Wright has joined Riot Games Entertainment as the new Chief Content Officer, developing the company’s global film, TV and animation strategies.The news comes as Riot Games, the developer and publisher known for global hit PC games including “League of Legends” and “VALORANT,” plus the upcoming animated series “Arcane,” continues to build its new entertainment studio.

EXCLUSIVE: League of Legends and Valorant publisher Riot Games continues to bolster its entertainment division as former Netflix executive Brian Wright joins the studio as Chief Content Officer.

upcoming animated series called “Arcane,” which ties into “League of Legends” and is an event series for Netflix. “Brian is a dynamic leader with creative instincts that led to many shows that penetrated pop culture and delighted audiences around the world while working with the best showrunners, directors and creators in entertainment,” Spenley said in a statement.

Jennifer Yuma editorNetflix has revealed the cast and showrunners for its limited series about the 2018 rescue of trapped soccer players in a Thai cave.Dana Ledoux Miller and Michael Russell Gunn, both veterans of “Designated Survivor,” will serve as showrunners for the series, slated to premiere globally in 2022.The limited series, set to start shooting in Northern Thailand, will tell the story how 12 young soccer players and their coach — known as the Wild Boars — were finally rescued after

Designated Survivor duo Dana Ledoux Miller and Michael Russell Gunn have been set as showrunners of Netflix’s upcoming Thai cave rescue miniseries.

Lil Nas X's new job is giving him déjà vu. The 22-year-old rapper took to Instagram on Monday to announce that he's been appointed the chief impact officer at Taco Bell, the fast food chain at which he had his first job.«life has come full circle,» Nas tweeted. «i officially work at taco bell again.»According to a press release about the collaboration, Nas worked at an Atlanta, Georgia, area Taco Bell back in 2017.

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The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton and Colin Farrell as three members of the international rescue team that discovered, to the surprise of the world, that the soccer players were still alive in the cave despite being trapped for 10 days. Then, with the world watching, the team devised a risky plan to lead the players one by one out of the flooded, dark caverns.

NBCUniversal has promoted Will Gonzalez to EVP and Chief Data Officer, Direct-to-Consumer, and will charge him with overseeing Peacock’s global data strategy.

Back in 2017, Lil Nas X had a job working in a Taco Bell restaurant in the Atlanta area. Truly passionate about the fast food brand, obviously, he temporarily took a step back from directly dishing out the tacos to pursue a music career, in the constant hope that doing so might one day allow him to rise up to the ultimate dream job: Chief Impact Officer of the entire Taco Bell empire.

Lil Nas X has rejoined the Taco Bell workforce in the newly established honorary role of chief impact officer.As Billboard reports, the arrangement will see a number of collaborations take place, as well as a company-wide push of the rapper’s forthcoming debut album, ‘Montero’.