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18.11.2023 - 15:35 / variety.com
Scott Huver NBCUniversal is envisioning a day when the Paralympics, the international multisport event for athletes with disabilities, achieve a level of prestige, recognizability and enthusiastic fandom on par with the Olympic Games that inspired them. In preparations for next year’s Olympics telecasts, the media conglomerate on Nov.
16 revealed its high-tech content creation operations across a two-soundstage hub on the Universal Studios lot. The elaborate production infrastructure features a multitude of dynamic video and photographic platforms to showcase not only the elite United States athletes of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris across the company’s numerous platforms, but also to celebrate their Paralympian counterparts, who’ll compete in the City of Light just a few weeks later.
“We have been on a pretty steep trajectory with Paralympics, I would say coming out of London and Rio [Olympics], with our sights set on L.A. [in 2028] as the opportunity to take the Paralympics to where it belongs, in terms of its position as one of the biggest, greatest sports events,” NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel tells Variety.
“The more we can bring these two things together despite some of the distance and the actual spacing of the games, I think the better both events will ultimately come out.” Zenkel says NBCUniversal has been working in concert with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee to elevate the profile of the Paralympics through a symbiotic connection to the more widely viewed Olympics. “We’re talking a lot about what is that journey, what are the next four and a half years,” he says.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ted Sarandos is happy the twin Hollywood strikes are over — but the Netflix co-CEO claimed the streamer didn’t see significant “interruption” in its ability to launch original series and films. “We are mostly just thrilled that the strikes are behind us.
Anna Marie de la Fuente Colombian sales and distribution company Doc:Co is venturing into the global sales arena with its first international pick up, Chilean-Colombian co-production “Otra Piel.” The debut feature documentary of Patricia Correa, “Otra Piel” is co-produced by Colombia’s Romeo, 235 Digital and Sonata Films alongside Chile’s Cine Matiz, founded by producer Gabriela Sandoval who co-runs another, more established label, Storyboard Media. The doc revolves around Miguel, who at 38, is not just a taxidermist but also an accomplished hunter.
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Paris Hilton is gushing over life as a mom of two!
Paris Hilton and Carter Reum are over the moon about their newborn daughter!
It was released 20 years ago, but watching Love Actually over the Christmas period has become as much of a tradition as snogging under the mistletoe and overcooking the turkey. Somehow, we never tire of seeing a distraught Karen (Emma Thompson) sob in her bedroom after discovering the necklace her husband Harry, played by the late, great Alan Rickman, bought her for Christmas was actually a gift for his beautiful new assistant Mia (Heike Makatsch).
Surprise! Paris Hilton is a mom again!
into , but even as the seasons change, one thing remains: the red trend. The color dominated the fall/winter 2023 runways with arresting red looks from Proenza Schouler, Alexander McQueen, Huishan Zhang, Cecile Bahnsen, and of course, , who quite literally . Kendall Jenner even closed Schiaparelli’s spring/summer 2024 show in Paris with a dress made of red acrylic fake nails (you read that right).
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Green Border,” Agnieszka Holland’s Venice Special Jury Prize-winning refugee drama, has been acquired by Kino Lorber in the U.S. (“Scrapper”) and Modern Films in the U.K. (“Drive My Car”).
The new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! will launch on Sunday evening with a host of famous faces.
Paris Hilton and Carter Reum are celebrating two years of wedded bliss!
Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard and Jacques Audiard are among 500 French cinema professionals to have signed an open letter in support of a silent march for peace in Paris this Sunday.
Madonna and the Eagles Of Death Metal have honoured the anniversary of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks.During her ‘Celebration’ world tour stop on Monday (November 13) in Paris, the pop icon took a moment to reflect on the attack that struck the city eight years ago.On November 13, 2015, 89 people were killed by terrorists at Eagles Of Death Metal’s gig at Paris’ Le Bataclan music venue as part of a series of attacks around the French capital.In 2015, while on her ‘Rebel Hearts’ tour, the singer and her son, David Banda, paid tribute to the victims of the attack by visiting Place de la République, a square located near Le Bataclan.Another excerpt from Madonna’s speech at the Accor Arena last night – longer clip on IG.#MadonnaCelebrationTour #Paris pic.twitter.com/HI4uRVJQtU— MadonnaTribe (@madonnatribe) November 14, 2023“This is a tragic event, and I remember singing with David in Place de la République, the last time I was here with the ‘Rebel Heart’ tour – what little I could do to acknowledge this tragedy. But these tragedies keep happening, it never ends.