‘Nomadland’ Leads Australia’s AACTA International Awards Nominations; New Global TV Categories Added – Full List

EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group has sealed a raft of international deals for CBS’s headline-hogging interview between Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

The Cinema Audio Society is out with the nominees for its 57th annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing. The seven categories spanning film and TV from 2020, with the virtual trophy show is set for Saturday, April 17.

Golden Globes 2021 takes place tonight (February 28), with the likes of Mank, The Trial Of The Chicago 7 and Nomadland up for awards.The ceremony will take place virtually due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and will be hosted bi-coastally by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.Fey will present from the Rainbow Room in New York, while Poehler will appear at the Globes’ traditional home of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.The 78th annual event kickstarts the awards season and gives a strong

The Amusement Park is finally getting a release date.Shudder, AMC Networks’ horror-centric streaming service, has acquired the rights for the 1973 film which was considered lost until a print surfaced in 2018. It will be made available to watch this summer in the UK, Ireland, North America, Australia and New Zealand.The Amusement Park was commissioned by the Lutheran Society, which wanted Romero to make a movie about the poor treatment of the elderly in contemporary society.

Antonio Ferme editorShudder has acquired rights to George A.

ViacomCBS executives on Wednesday dug deeper into their plans for upcoming streaming service Paramount+ and the company’s broader streaming strategy. The conglomerate had previously said that it would relaunch existing subscription streaming services under the new Paramount+ brand in the U.S.

Disney Plus has made good on its plans to offer general entertainment service Star in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, giving the company a new streaming outlet for more grown-up programming.

The Telegraph, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is looking at plans for a “UK creative industries export office” to help support international touring plans as the Brexit touring row continues.The body would closely resemble similar agencies in Australia and Canada, which provide advice on export logistics and strategy to artists, as well as helping them to expand into new markets and increase their exposure.The proposed UK agency would also help artists with visa arrangements, such as those now

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp announced “an historic” three-year partnership with Google to provide journalism from its news sites around the world in return for significant payments by Google.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRupert Murdoch’s News Corp said it reached a three-year partnership with Google under which it will provide news content from publications worldwide in return for “significant payments by Google.”Among the News Corp sites joining the Google News Showcase are the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and the New York Post; the U.K.’s the Times and Sunday Times and the Sun; and in Australia, publications including the Australian, news.com.au, Sky News, and

Judas and the Black Messiah and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm are among the films that just earned key screenplay recognition amid the race to the 2021 Oscars. The film nominations for the 2021 Writers Guild Awards were announced on Tuesday, and in the category of Original Screenplay, the nominees were Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

BritBox To Launch In South Africa BritBox, ITV and BBC Studios’ joint-venture UK streamer, is to expand into South Africa in the second half of 2021. It follows previous launches in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, as the Spitting Image streamer targets a presence in 25 territories.

Chloé Zhao's Nomadland dominated the nominations for the 2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards with six mentions across 11 categories.

Angelique Jackson The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) announced its nominees in the film and newly-created television categories for its 10th AACTA International Awards.Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” leads the film nominations, earning six nods, including best film, best direction in a film and nods for stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn and Swankie. “The Trial of the Chicago 7” follows with five nominations.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Warner Bros. announces several local versions of Nippon TV’s “Mute It!”, “Ugly Betty” gets a Ukrainian makeover, Twickenham Film Studios plans a facelift of its own, Australia’s Stan hires Amanda Duthie and beIN Sports gets Ligue 2 soccer in France.Warner Bros. International Television Production has struck a deal with Japan’s Nippon TV to produce multiple local versions of Nippon TV’s studio-based comedy show “Mute it!”.

BBC Studios Inks First-Look Deal With Youngest Media BBC Studios has signed a first-look distribution deal with entertainment producer Youngest Media, run by former Endemol UK executives David Flynn and Lucas Church. Youngest created ITV game show Small Fortune, which is being adapted by NBC in the U.S.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorR. Kelly’s New York jury trial has been delayed for a fourth time due to COVID-19 concerns, according to the Chicago Tribune.The singer had been scheduled to go on trial April 7 on racketeering charges — which allege he ran a criminal enterprise designed to recruit women for sexual misconduct — but at a status hearing Tuesday, U.S.