Netflix Policy Boss Warns Ofcom Could Become “Something Of A Global Policeman” Due To Media Bill

Former Netflix TV boss Cindy Holland has joined Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone’s Sister as Global CEO.

It doesn’t look like ITV will be buying The Traitors producer All3Media.

EXCLUSIVE: Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen is expanding its recurring cast, adding Harry Goodwins and Ruby Sear in key roles.

Barbie has arrived, featuring a snippet of Billie Eilish‘s new single ‘What Was I Made For?’ – check it out below.Barbie is set for release on July 21 in the UK, with a runtime of 114 minutes. It stars Margot Robbie in the titular role, with Ryan Gosling as Ken.This week, Eilish announced that she would appear on the soundtrack with the new song, which is due out on Thursday (July 13) and will make listeners “sob” according to the singer.The first preview of the melancholy piano ballad comes in a downbeat new 30-second trailer for Barbie which landed today (July 10).In it, Margot Robbie sits around a campfire with Ken and ends by shedding a single tear.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Global streaming platform Netflix has removed the Chinese-produced drama series “Flight to You” from its service in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government banned the series on similar grounds to its objection to the upcoming Warner Bros. film “Barbie.” “As a result of the Vietnamese regulator banning elements of the series, we have removed ‘Flight to You’ from Netflix in Vietnam. It remains available on our service in other markets,” a Netflix spokesperson told Variety in an emailed statement. Both “Barbie” and “Flight to You” are understood to have included scenes that show a map of the South China Sea that depicts the “nine dash line” that represents China’s territorial claim to almost all of the area. Vietnam says that use of the map violates its sovereignty and that it will not tolerate the “nine dash line” in film and TV.

Billy Joel has surprised fans in London with a guest appearance from Joe Jonas during his recent Hyde Park show, with the pair singing Joel’s hit ‘Uptown Girl’ together during the show’s encore.The show took place on Friday night (July 7), as part of the venue’s British Summer Time concert series. It marked Joel’s first show in the UK in over four years, with his last performance taking place at Wembley Stadium in June of 2019.

Billie Eilish has announced the release date and title of her new song for the forthcoming Barbie soundtrack.The ‘Happier Than Ever’ singer took to social media to reveal that she is one of the featured artists contributing to the highly anticipated film’s soundtrack. Eilish shared that the upcoming song ‘What Was I Made For?’ will make listeners “sob”.To announce the song, the 21-year-old singer shared a photo on Instagram of the Barbie logo with the track’s title written above it.

Netflix has finally released a teaser trailer for Heartstopper season two - leaving excited fans 'screaming.'

Bill Paxton feared the Titanic submersible dives. In the wake of the Titanic tourist submersible tragedy, ET is looking back at its interview with the late actor back in 2003, when he admitted that he was nervous about going deep down in the ocean to see the wreckage of the famed ship.The actor, who starred in as Brock Lovett, spoke to ET ahead of the premiere of, the documentary in which director James Cameron discussed his inspiration for the film and took several people, including Paxton, on an unscripted tour of the famous wreckage.«Each dive, I had to kind of look myself in the mirror and go 'OK, are you ready for this?'» Paxton, who died in 2017, told ET at the time.

The government's plans to deport asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda are unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Three judges have overturned a previous High Court judgment that had decided the east African nation could be considered a “safe third country”.

Fall Out Boy have released an updated version of Billy Joel’s song ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ in order to, I don’t know, highlight how lists are still a thing, or something.Joel’s original song was released as a single in 1989 and listed 118 people and events from politics, culture, science and sport that had proven notable between 1949, the year when Joel was born, and the year of the track’s release.So, your first verse goes like this: “Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio, Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe, Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom, Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye, Eisenhower, Vaccine, England’s got a new queen, Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye”.Anyway, it’s now 34 years since Joel released the song. So, to mark this, erm, milestone, Fall Out Boy have recorded a new version, listing significant things that have happened since 1989.

Fall Out Boy have released an updated version of Billy Joel‘s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ with headlines from the past 30 years.Joel’s 1989 Number one hit, ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’, includes brief references to 118 significant political, cultural and scientific events between the years of Joel’s birth in 1949 and the song’s release in 1989.Today (June 28), Fall Out Boy shared a modernised version of the track, replacing the original lyrics with standout events from where the song left off in 1989 to 2023.“I thought about this song a lot when I was younger. All these important people and events – some that disappeared into the sands of time –others that changed the world forever,” shared the band on Twitter.“So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years – we felt like a little system update might be fun.

the famous shipwreck.The award-winning film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, will be added with hundreds of others, according to HuffPost. Netflix did not return a request for comment if the company planned to add the blockbuster before the submersible’s expedition.It left the streaming platform in Aug. 2022, according to Variety. The director of the film, James Cameron, spoke out about the Titan disaster, telling BBC that he “felt in [his] bones” that an “extreme catastrophic event” took place as early as Monday morning.The Titan submersible lost contact 1 hour and 45 minutes into its voyage to the Titanic wreckage and a debris field was found days later. “For me, there was no doubt.

EXCLUSIVE: Max Beesley (The Outsider, Hijack) has been cast to play Henry Collins in the Netflix series, The Gentlemen, created by Guy Ritchie and inspired by his 2019 Miramax film of the same name.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Among the handful of new titles arriving on Netflix on July 1 is James Cameron’s “Titanic,” an addition that is rubbing some people the wrong way given last week’s tragedy aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible. Five members traveling inside the Titan were killed when the submersible imploded while en route to visit the wreckage of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. Some users on social media have criticized Netflix for bringing Cameron’s “Titanic” to the streaming platform so soon after the submersible tragedy. As one user wrote, “Netflix is overstepping the boundaries of decency on this timing.” Many people are accusing the streamer of attempting to capitalize on the Titan deaths by adding “Titanic” to its library.

Crew filming a new Netflix documentary series were left "panicked" after being attacked by sharks.The team of documentary makers, for "Our Planet II", encountered multiple close calls with sharks off the coast of Hawaii. The terrifying attacks resulted in a dramatic boat explosion and an emergency landing on a nearby beach. Narrated by renowned British biologist Sir David Attenborough, the docu-series explores how and why animals migrate throughout the year.

Billie Eilish admits that public criticism still gets to her.

Billy Joel‘s huge London gig next month as part of BST Hyde Park.The legendary singer-songwriter is set to appear at the festival on July 7. Tickets are available now.After Hall & Oates singer Daryl Hall was announced as the main support act for the show recently, new names have now been added to the bill.Leading the new list of names is Natasha Bedingfield, with the likes of Rumer, Remember Monday, Brad Heidi, Jon Muq and more also set to perform.See the full list of acts added to Billy Joel’s BST Hyde Park show below.We're thrilled to reveal that the iconic @natashabdnfield will be joining @billyjoel and @realdarylhall at @BSTHydePark; as well as so many more amazing names including @bowenyoung_, @Rumersongs, @remembermonday_, @BradHeidi, @JonMuq, @sophiaalexa and @alyssabonagura ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/FQFaFJapgl— BST Hyde Park (@BSTHydePark) June 22, 2023Elsewhere at BST Hyde Park 2023, BLACKPINK will make their UK festival debut headlining their own day at British Summer Time, as well as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band playing two nights, alongside headline appearances from Guns N’ Roses, Take That and P!nk, supported by Gwen Stefani.Joel’s show comes soon after he announced his long-running, monthly concert residency at Madison Square Garden in New York is drawing to a close after nearly a decade.Joel’s final concert as part of the series will take place in July 2024 with Joel’s 104th show as part of the residency, and 150th performance at the venue overall.Joel first performed at the iconic venue in 1978, playing three shows as part of his tour for sixth album ’52nd Street’.

Actor and comedian Billy Crystal, British singer-songwriter, producer and Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, rapper, singer and actress Queen Latifah and singers Dionne Warwick and Renée Fleming will receive the 46th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements.On Dec. 3, the group will be recognized in a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage by leading performers from from New York, Hollywood and the arts capitals of the world. “This year’s slate represents an extraordinary mix of individuals who have redefined their art forms and demonstrated remarkable tenacity and authenticity in becoming an original,” Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter said in a statement.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney has raised serious concerns about new UK laws that will require it to send contract renewal notices to Disney+ users and allow customers to “game” the streaming service without paying.