Peter Chernin Backing New Unscripted Studio From Former ESPN Content Chief

Naman Ramachandran Pat Kiely, the former managing director of Virgin Media Television, Ireland, has launched entertainment media venture BiggerStage.The Dublin-headquartered company is set up with a three-pillared approach. It will develop original content for the global market and position Ireland as a hub for international television production.

Celtic starlet Liam Hughes has been handed a first-team opportunity at Liverpool just months after leaving Lennoxtown.The 19-year-old left Glasgow in January without playing a first-team game but has been drafted into the Reds squad against Sheffield United.This comes just days after making his Liverpool under-23 debut against Arsenal.The Northern Ireland under-21 has only played one first-team game throughout his career while playing for Portadown in the Irish league.The teenager has been

Fans of Katie Price have called her children Junior and Princess "mirror images" of herself and Peter Andre in a new video clip.The mum-of-five, who 'had no idea £1.2m Surrey home was being sold', took to Instagram to share a TikTok clip of Junior, 15, and Princess, 13, dancing together. In the video, the siblings are performing to Ray J's song One Wish, as Junior really gets into character by closing his eyes and waving his arms around.

The Coalition of Broadway Unions & Guilds is calling for health care relief in the upcoming New York State budget, specifically urging for the updating and renewal of the state’s COBRA subsidy program.

Rebecca Davis editorChina has this week imposed its tightest restrictions to date on the publication of original content online via short video and “self-media” accounts, in the latest escalation of its ongoing crackdown on public discourse that strays from the party line.The country’s internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), has issued new regulations requiring bloggers, influencers and content creators on public social media accounts, known as “self-media,” to possess

direct to your inboxA new retirement village could be built on the site of a derelict former garden centre.Dozens of apartments for older people are being proposed for the old Ladybridge Garden Centre, in Cheadle Hulme.Developer Anwyl Partnerships has revealed a ‘draft plan’ for land at the corner of Ladybridge Road and Mill Lane.The scheme would boast up to 70 one and two-bedroom flats and cater for residents’ care needs.An online consultation states: “The proposal is for a modern retirement

Former Endeavor Content Partner and EVP Liesl Copland is joining Participant in the newly created role of EVP Content and Platform Strategy.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterParticipant has tapped Endeavor Content veteran Liesl Copland to step into the newly established role of executive vice president of content and platform strategy, where she will be tasked with designing and implementing how the company’s film and TV slate fits into the global distribution infrastructure.Copland will oversee all sales and guide the company’s strategic options for all properties, working cross-functionally with exec VPs of narrative film Anikah McLaren

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Plans for a new community hub in Wishaw appear to be dead within a matter of weeks.Earlier this month, we revealed that members of Coltness Community Council had hoped to take over the Edward Lawson Centre, which North Lanarkshire Council seem set to deem surplus to requirements with the land and building likely to be leased and sold off completely.However, this week the Wishaw Press has been handed a

direct to your inboxWork is set to start on the building of almost 250 new homes at Belle Vue's historic greyhound stadium.The ground in Gorton is set to be demolished and replaced with 167 two, three and four-bedroom houses and 80 one and two bed apartments.Countryside, the developers behind the scheme, has bought the site from its owners, the Crown Oil Pension Fund.Campaign group Friends of Belle Vue Stadium had hoped to purchase the stadium, which dates back to 1926 and was previously home to

The Mandalorian‘s Gina Carano has landed a new movie deal with Ben Shapiro’s The Daily Wire after she was fired for sharing offensive and controversial social media posts.The actor, who played Cara Dune in the Star Wars Disney+ show, was let go after she shared a post that compared the current divided political climate in the US to Nazi GermanyCarano has now revealed that she will be teaming up with The Daily Wire, a right-wing website, to develop, produce, and star in an upcoming film.“The

It looks like we’re about to get a case of The Empire Strikes Back.

Katharine McPhee is giving fans an illuminating look into her pregnancy.