Two people have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a major collision between a car and a motorbike in Wigan.
17.08.2023 - 05:27 / variety.com
Michaela Zee Paramount Global has decided to no longer sell a majority stake in its BET Media Group. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company announced Wednesday that it would end the bidding process for the unit — which includes VH1 and BET Studios, streamer BET+ and the BET channel —because “a sale wouldn’t result in any meaningful deleveraging of its balance sheet, the people said.” Paramount Global had received bids ranging from approximately $2 billion to $3 billion.
Variety exclusively reported in March that Sean “Diddy” Combs was among the bidders who expressed interested in the majority stake, joining fellow media moguls Tyler Perry and Byron Allen in pursuing the acquisition of the network. Combs has previously worked with Paramount Global, producing three iterations of MTV’s “Making the Band” between 2002 and 2009.
The rapper, record producer and executive is already the owner of network Revolt, which reaches roughly 80 millions households today. Back in March, a source close to Combs told Variety that Combs is “exploring the opportunity to purchase BET as a part of his strategy to build a Black-owned global media powerhouse,” which he believes is “better for the business, for the culture and for building wealth in the Black community.” Perry currently owns a minority stake in BET and also produces a large portion of the programming available on BET and BET+, the latter of which he helped launch in 2019.
Two people have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a major collision between a car and a motorbike in Wigan.
Time was, Hollywood filmmakers would regularly travel to China in support of their movies, attending premieres and holding Q&As to drum up buzz in the massive box office market. The pandemic halted that ritual — until this week when Christopher Nolan became the first major Hollywood filmmaker since Covid to stroll a red carpet in China as his Oppenheimer was premiered at Universal Studios’ CityWalk IMAX theater in Beijing, followed by a stop in Shanghai for more screenings and fan interaction.
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Oppenheimer discourse was dead! It’s a tale as old as social media itself. Someone who is deep into one corner of the internet—say, an antiporn marriage advice TikToker—has their content lifted into a very different corner of the internet—say, Film Twitter—and everyone’s reaction is pretty much “What on Earth are the other people talking about?”In this case, it’s a young woman, Jourdan, a mother and wife with over 80k followers on her TikTok account @thatsnotlove, who made a video about how she and her husband saw Oppenheimer in theaters, and how they navigated the movie’s sex scenes.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter The first “Good Burger 2” teaser has been unveiled by Paramount+. The sequel to the cult classic Nickelodeon film is slated to debut on Paramount+ this fall. The official logline for the film states that it “follows Dexter Reed (Kenan Thompson) and original cashier Ed (Kel Mitchell), as they reunite in the present day at fast-food restaurant Good Burger with a hilarious new group of employees.” The full teaser can be seen below.
Paramount Global shares dipped 2% Thursday morning after word surfaced Wednesday night that the company had abandoned its effort to sell a stake in BET Media Group.
The National have released two new singles, ‘Space Invader’ and ‘Alphabet City – listen to them below.The band announced the new releases on social media today (August 17) and shared the visualiser for ‘Alphabet City’.The new tracks come four months after the release of their ninth studio album ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’, which NME said in a five-star review was “their best record in a decade“.“Sometimes I wanna drive around and find you / And act like it’s a random thing,” frontman Matt Berninger sings on the ruminative ‘Alphabet City’ atop poignant instrumentals that gradually build in intensity. “I always wonder if you ever feel / Like I blew all chances of this happening.”A post shared by The National (@thenational)‘Space Invader’, meanwhile, is a sprawling seven-minute reflection on all the ‘what ifs?’ that swells to a climactic instrumental crescendo.
, are with non-profit Baby2Baby to fund an emergency aid plane to Maui, Hawaii amid the wildfire disaster—the deadliest in U.S. history in more than a century. An , McConaughey shared a video announcing the project alongside his teenage son on Instagram.
Elizabeth Smart-produced film,, because — in an oddly satisfying way — making the movie has been part of her healing process and, soon, it'll provide closure after all these years.«It has,» Thomas tells ET's Cassie DiLaura in a joint interview with Smart when asked if putting the film together has been part of her healing process. «It's given me a little bit of closure, actually. And being able to know that this is no longer happening in my life and being able to look back, you know, knowing that this made me stronger.»Thomas, who met her now-husband while working at a seafood restaurant, says life for her now is at a slower pace, much of which she enjoys with Dirla.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Creative Artists Agency will bring down a small round of layoffs in the coming days, Variety has learned. The top talent firm, home to representatives for the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise, will axe around 60 jobs across multiple departments, insiders familiar with the agency said.
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We now know the cause behind the tragic death of former child star Austin Majors.
New info regarding the death of “NYPD Blue” child star Austin Majors has come to light.
Austin Majors has been revealed.The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner lists the cause of death for Majors — full name Austin Setmajer-Raglin — as «fentanyl toxicity.» The actor was best known for his role as Theo Sipowicz, the son of Dennis Franz's protagonist, Detective Andy Sipowicz, on the long-running crime drama Majors died on Feb. 11, his family announced via.
Austin Majors, who gained fame during his childhood for his role on "NYPD Blue," died from fentanyl toxicity, Fox News Digital can confirm. The place of death was listed as residence, and the manner was "accidental," according to the records shared by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. A spokesperson for the LA County Medical Examiner told Fox News Digital the case remains open.
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residing in a homeless housing facility in LA.Franz, 78, praised Majors for being a “joy to work with” in a testament penned to the fallen actor’s website. “He never has lost his enthusiasm to be on the set. He just loves coming to work,” wrote Franz.
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