By Jake Kanter
12.02.2020 - 07:31 / variety.com
The Philippines’ leading broadcast group ABS-CBC may have its license revoked. The move is widely seen as an attack on media freedom in the country.
On Monday the government’s solicitor general filed a petition with the country’s Supreme Court, against ABS-CBN and its subsidiary ABS-CBN Convergence. The petition asserted that the company had violated laws on foreign ownership, and that it had illegally set up a pay-TV operation and a channel for which it did not have a license.
Formed in 1946,
By Jake Kanter
Former Clyde coach Tony McNally says he would be interested in taking on the top job at East Kilbride.
It was revealed just days ago that the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation would be presenting its first-ever Los Angeles fundraiser — the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS on April 30 on the Fox lot. It's hard to imagine that when organizers sat down to select an individual to honor that evening that the list included anyone other than Sharon Stone.
It was revealed just days ago that the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation would be presenting its first-ever Los Angeles fundraiser — the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS on April 30 on the Fox lot. It's hard to imagine that when organizers sat down to select an individual to honor that evening that the list included anyone other than Sharon Stone.
Filipino director Raya Martin was caught out, for a moment, when first pitching the project that would eventually become his latest feature, Death of Nintendo. Then he decided to simply tell it like it is."This film is Stand by Me … with circumcision," Martin remembers saying, referencing Rob Reiner’s 1986 classic."I was unsure at first how best to describe what we were trying to do," he explains.
Oliver Stone will serve as jury president of the international competition at the inaugural Red Sea Film Festival, set to take place in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah next month.The Platoon and Wall Street director will oversee a jury that will be focused on "original, daring productions by emerging and established voices," the festival said, adding that there would be an emphasis on features from the Arab world and the "Global South," meaning emerging markets in Africa, Asia, Latin America
Sharon Stone regularly reaches out to Elton John and other celebrity friends for advice about her online dating pursuits.
In this week’s International TV Newswire, Netflix goes back to the FLX well in Sweden, “The Bureau” is selected to close Canneseries, BBC4 picks up two new series for its Saturday night lineup, Endemol Shine announces a “Love is Forever” spinoff in Spain, and Conecta Fiction earns the honor of selecting this year’s International Emmy Short-Form semi-finalists.
After a tenure in the '90s band Sister Seven, Patrice Pike and Wayne Sutton are hardly strangers to the rock and Americana worlds. But the forthcoming album Heart Is a Compass -- whose track "Together" is premiering exclusively below -- marks the first time they've released something as a duo, Pike & Sutton.
Sharon Stone is single, and once again, ready to mingle.
Sharon Stone regularly reaches out to Elton John and other celebrity friends for advice about her online dating pursuits.
The actress was locked out of the dating app late last year
Sudan Archives makes music to build alternate universes to, a mission that courses throughout the entirety of her debut album Athena. It's an ambitious and constantly contorting project that illuminates her skills as a violinist and a songwriter, as well as her dexterity for fusing those disparate talents together.