Netflix Sets Up $100 Million Fund to Help Underrepresented Communities in Entertainment

Also Read: Tiffany Haddish to Star in and Produce 'Mystery Girl' Comic Adaptation at NetflixPatel also wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and his “Hotel Mumbai” collaborator John Collee. Producers are Patel, Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Jomon Thomas, Samarth Sahni, Christine Haebler and Anjay Nagpal.

Tribeca Film’s Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh, whose recent work includes The Irishman and When They See Us, have teamed up with sports producer Colin Barnicle and Nick Barnicle for a Netflix art heist docuseries This Is A Robbery.

Disney+ has passed 100 million paid subscribers after 16 months, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced during the company's annual shareholder meeting. "The enormous success of Disney+ — which has now surpassed 100 million subscribers — has inspired us to be even more ambitious, and to significantly increase our investment in the development of high-quality content," Chapek said.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorDisney Plus continues to grow apace, topping 100 million subscribers worldwide, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday during its annual shareholders meeting. That’s up from the 94.9 million Disney reported last month.“The enormous success of Disney Plus has inspired us to be even more ambitious, and to significantly increase our investment in the development of high-quality content,” Chapek said.

Disney shared a revised streaming projection, saying the company expected to reach between 300-350 million subscribers by 2024 across Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+; Those three services at the time had 137 million subscribers altogether.Also Read: Disneyland Expected to Reopen by Late April, Bob Chapek SaysFor comparison, Disney+ is now a little less than halfway to catching Netflix, the industry leader, which has 203 million global subscribers.Tuesday’s update also comes a few weeks after Disney, at

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday the company’s fast-growing streaming service Disney+ has topped 100 million subscribers.

Netflix has closed another major deal at the European Film Market, dropping a reported $55 million for worldwide rights to the Christian Bale Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye from director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Black Mass). The film focuses on an attempt to solve a series of murders that took place at the U.S.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterKevin Hart’s upcoming drama “Fatherhood” will fittingly premiere on Netflix on Father’s Day weekend.The film, directed by Paul Weitz, was originally set up at Sony Pictures and slated to release theatrically on April 16. However, the studio has negotiated a licensing deal with Netflix (excluding China) as nearly 50% of U.S.

Aaron Rodgers is giving a helping hand to businesses struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Green Bay Packers quarterback has donated $1 million to help 80 struggling small businesses in his hometown of Chico, California, the North Valley Community Foundation revealed on Monday. «Small, locally owned businesses are the heart and soul of a community,» Rodgers said in a press release.

Gigi Hadid embraced motherhood late last year and since then the supermodel has been by her daughter Khai's side. However, over the last few days, Gigi ventured out of home for the Milan Fashion Week.

Gigi Hadid flashes a peace sign to photographers while out and about in Milan, Italy, ahead of fashion week kicking off on Sunday (February 28).

Angelique Jackson More than 50% of Netflix films and TV series feature women in starring roles, meaning the streaming service has reached gender parity for onscreen representation, according to the first comprehensive study on diversity and inclusion in its film and series programming, conducted by Dr.

Haley Bosselman editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date for “The Irregulars,” and the Critics Choice Assn. opened up submissions for its nonfiction awards ceremony. ABC renewed extreme mini-golf competition series “Holey Moley” for third and fourth seasons. Rob Riggle and Joe Tessitore will return as commentators, as will sideline correspondent Jeannie Mai and executive producer and resident golf pro Stephen Curry.

It was back in 2018; the same year when Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin reconciled, got engaged and secretly married at a New York courthouse, when the lovebirds purchased their first Beverly Hills home for a whopping USD 8.5 million.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 31, is doing everything in her power help the people of Texas as they weather the crisis brought on by a winter storm.

EXCLUSIVE: Gareth Evans has found his new home for the next several years as the director of The Raid franchise has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix to produce and direct films for the studio. As part of the new partnership, Evans has set the action thriller Havoc as the first film under the deal with Tom Hardy on board to star.

Netflix has unveiled plans for Sulwe, an animated musical feature based on the graphic novel series of the same title by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o. The book, featured in its own episode of the Netflix original series Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!, features Sulwe, whose skin is darker than everyone she knows as she wants to be beautiful and bright.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSocial media provides an unprecedented way for stars to connect with their fans — but only the upper echelons of celebrities have been able to convert their online presence into cold, hard cash.Steven Galanis, co-founder and CEO of Cameo, says his company is part of a rising wave of direct-to-fan platforms that is changing that, by letting a much broader range of talent make money online.