British actress Emilia Clarke, best known for her role of Daenerys Targaryen in all eight seasons of Game of Thrones, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) gong in the New Year’s Honors List,
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Naman Ramachandran Top Indian celebrity management firms Matrix IEC and Bling Entertainment are merging, bringing their roster of A-list talents under one roof. Matrix was founded by Reshma Shetty and Vivek Kamath. It represents popular actors including Abhishek Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Dulquer Salmaan, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ram Charan, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan and Vicky Kaushal among others.
The company also represents A-list directors Rohit Shetty and Zoya Akhtar. And in a recent venture into sports, the company has signed up Indian cricketer K.L. Rahul, who has captained the national team.
The roster of talent formerly represented by Bling including Vidya Balan, Radhika Madan, Twinkle Khanna, Dimple Kapadia as well as directors Konkona Sen Sharma, Sandeep Modi, Tahira Kashyap and Vasan Bala, will now be represented by Matrix. Matrix manages film, TV, streaming, endorsements, events, social and digital portfolios for their talent. The company also partnerships with some of India’s most successful celebrity private labels including Ed-a-Mamma, founded by Alia Bhatt and now a joint venture with Reliance Brands, Kay Beauty, founded by Katrina Kaif as a joint venture with Nykaa and Chopra Jonas’s hair-care brand Anomaly.
All the partners in Matrix are women including Dorita D’Souza (partner, legal and compliance), Hiral Thakkar (partner, live events, TV and casting), Kim Saldanha (partner, private labels and private equity) and Shally Badlani (partner, creator platforms). The three incoming partners with the merger are also women – Swati Iyer, Piya Sawhney and Shanti Sivaram. Swati Iyer will serve as CEO of the merged entity.
.British actress Emilia Clarke, best known for her role of Daenerys Targaryen in all eight seasons of Game of Thrones, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) gong in the New Year’s Honors List,
It’s no secret that a great designer perfume can be pretty pricey, which is why Boxing Day’s sales are the perfect time to get your hands on some of the best-loved fragrances at a fraction of their usual price. From topping up your fave fragrance to trying something new in time for New Year’s Eve, now is the perfect opportunity to snap up those scents you’ve been loving – especially when plenty of them are now less than £50 at The Perfume Shop.
Charlotte Crosby will be jetting off to the Maldives with her family on Christmas Day, after the festivities didn't "feel the same" following the death of her beloved grandmother in 2022.The ex-Geordie Shore star, 33, will be heading abroad with her fiancé Jake Ankers and their daughter Alba Jean, one, as well as her mum Letitia, dad Gary and brother Nathaniel. Mum-of-one Charlotte has revealed that the decision to jet off came after experiencing the "worst" Christmas in 2022 after her nan sadly passed away in November. Charlotte told The Mirror: "Last Christmas, we obviously lost my Nana.
It might be 26 years since Paul Burrell worked for the Royal Family, but the former butler still likes to add some Royal magic to his Christmas celebrations. Paul, 65, spent over two decades working with the Royal Family and was previously the late Princess Diana's butler. He's now opened up about what it was like to celebrate Christmas at Sandringham with the Royals, admitting there are certain things he misses about the annual festivities The I'm A Celeb star has also revealed he's taken tips from his Royal Christmases when it comes to setting up his dinner table at his home, which he shares with husband Graham Cooper.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has made some changes in her life. We’ve all grown to know her as the two-time Emmy nominated actress from “When They See Us” and “Lovecraft Country” and her Oscar-nominated performance in “King Richard,” all of which came under her initial professional name: Aunjanue Ellis. When the first promotional materials were released for her new film “Origin” from writer and director Ava DuVernay, a natural question began circulating regarding the hyphenated addition of “Taylor” to her professional name.
Rangers will be without both John Lundstram and Kemar Roofe for Sunday's clash with Motherwell as Philippe Clement admits he remains in the dark over when they will return.
Before Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon debuted at Cannes, audiences had a preview of what his leading lady Lily Gladstone could do in the Sundance title Fancy Dance, in which she played a Native American aunt who would do anything to keep her family together. Family plays a big part in Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 bestseller too; in his telling of the horrific true crimes committed against the oil-rich Osage people of Oklahoma. Gladstone’s real-life character, Mollie, marries Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and stumbles on a plot devised by her husband’s duplicitous uncle William King Hale (Robert De Niro) to kill her kinfolk for their money. Here, Gladstone discusses what it meant to tell Mollie’s story.
Naman Ramachandran Leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films (YRF) has had a phenomenal 2023 with successes across theatrical films and streaming and is looking to build on it going forward. After an indifferent 2022 where the Hindi-language Bollywood film industry was shaded by the mighty south Indian business, the box office roared back in January 2023 with YRF’s “Pathaan,” starring Shah Rukh Khan. The success of “Pathaan” began a stellar box office year for Bollywood and the film was surpassed only by “Jawan,” also starring Khan and distributed internationally by YRF.
George Clooney is hinting at a possible Ocean’s Eleven reunion movie!
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It's been eight months since Amy Childs welcomed twins Amelia [Milly] and Billy with her fiancé Billy Delbosq, and while she's gotten into the swing of things, it's a full-on job.The TOWIE star, 33, who is also mother to daughter Polly, six, and son Ritchie, five, from previous relationships, opened up to OK! this week about the challenges, and highs, of motherhood. She explained: "I’m working long hours and have twins under one.They’re full on and it can be tough at times.
George Clooney has no shame admitting he does the cooking at home for his family, adding to another list of reasons he is great. The 62-year-old star and Amal Clooney have been married since 2013, welcoming their twins, Ella and Alexander, in 2017.Clooney has a new film he directed, The Boys in the Boat, which is out on December 17. While on the red carpet from the premiere, he told Extra he is the family chef, joking that Amal’s cooking is deadly.
whisky business! “Yellowstone” star Cole Hauser announced his new brand of whisky Wednesday amid his coffee battle against the hit Paramount+ show’s creator, Taylor Sheridan.“I’m proud to announce that I have teamed up with some friends to start a whiskey brand inspired by the heritage and grit of the pioneers that built Montana,” Hauser wrote on Instagram. “The ranch, and namesake of our @lazykbarwhiskey, represents the long standing traditions and hard-fought history of ranchers in Montana.”Hauser continued that Lazy K Bar whiskey is an “8-year-old premium whiskey” now available exclusively in Montana and “was awarded 98 points by the Tasting Panel magazine.”“If you’re in big sky country, I hope you’ll grab a bottle,” he concluded.
Naman Ramachandran An in conversation event with Paramount Global executives Pam Kaufman, president and CEO of international markets and global consumer products and experiences, and Lisa Kramer, president of international TV licensing, Paramount Global Content Distribution, has been added to the NATPE Global conference. Jens Richter, Fremantle’s CEO of commercial and international and Paulo Koelle, head of Prime Video Latin America, Amazon Studios have also joined the speaker lineup. Other executives who have recently been confirmed include Jeff Sagansky, Sky’s group director of acquisitions, Katie Keenan, ACF Investment Bank’s Richard Gray, Satmohan Panesar, commissioner, factual, ITV Studios, Michael Schmidt, president, Sipur and Ilan Arboleda, co-founder and producer, CreativeChaos vmg.
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A popular star of Hindi films for a decade with over 80 million Instagram followers, Alia Bhatt, best known internationally for her 2022 double Gangubai Kathiawadi and RRR, has fast become one of India’s hottest exports.
Damon Albarn has said he’s “pissed off” with the The Rolling Stones for their “nonsense” involvement with Hackney and “objectification” of Sydney Sweeney.The Blur frontman spoke about the legendary band in a new interview with French magazine Les Inrockuptibles, where he was asked about his thoughts on their new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’.“This really annoyed me” he said, “because my family lives in Hackney and the way they showed up at the Hackney Empire venue really pissed me off. They’ve never did a thing in Hackney, they’ve never played there, never contributed to anything. They just showed up.
filed a suit against Hauser’s new company.“Morning cruise @freereincoffeecompany get up and get after it!” the “2 Fast 2 Furious’ actor, 48, penned on social media.He shared the post alongside a snapshot of himself drinking a cup of Joe while riding a sailboat by the sunrise.The picture was posted on Nov. 22 — just one day after Sheridan, 53, registered his case on Nov.
Queens Of The Stone Age, The Smile, The National and more have been added to the Øya Festival 2024 line-up.The bands join Norwegian pop singer Gabrielle, Idles, Loyle Carner, Big Thief, The Kills, Nia Archives, Overmono, Yussef Dayes, Alvvays, Blondshell, Yard Act and more.The new wave of acts follow the announcement of Pulp and PJ Harvey as the first headliners at the Oslo festival.The 25th-anniversary edition of the event takes place at Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway between August 7 and 10. Week-long tickets are on sale now – you can buy yours here.A post shared by Øyafestivalen (@oyafestivalen)This year’s edition of Øya – which is billed as “the world’s greenest festival” – hosted the likes of Blur, Boygenius, Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Sigrid and Devo.In a four-star review of the 2023 instalment, NME wrote: “[Øya is] a beautiful, intimate, forward-thinking and friendly setting for good times, world firsts, and a taste of tomorrow from one of the music capitals of the world.
Halle Berry and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the high-profile names that have been added to the popular ‘In-Conversation’ sidebar section at the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list of attendees.