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Download‘s boss Andy Copping has suggested Limp Bizkit should headline the festival when they return.The nu-metal group have had a long history with the Donington Park festival, where they were supposed to be the inaugural headliners in 2003, but dropped out and were eventually replaced by Audioslave.Limp Bizkit sub-headlined the last day of this year’s edition, which took place at the weekend. Their show marked their first appearance at Donington Park since 2013.Now, a new photo posted by Copping has shown he’s open to considering the band returning to top the bill.

Netflix‘s EMEA chief has described his Los Gatos overlords as “very hands off” when it comes to content strategy outside the U.S.

Chrissy Teigen is worried that Donald Trump may “come after” her if he were to return to the White House.

Tribeca Film Festival‘s ode to its 2x Oscar winning co-founder Robert De Niro –De Niro Con– continued Friday night with a screening of Silver Linings Playbook with that pic’s filmmaker David O. Russell and Ben Stiller sharing their candid experiences working with the Stella Adler trained actor. Or as Stiller, who worked with De Niro in the Meet the Parents franchise coined ‘De Niro-isms.’

Ruth Jones has claimed that Gwyneth Paltrow acted “dismissively” towards her on the set of Emma, and asked for one of her two lines to be cut.Early on in her career, Jones had a small part in the 1996 period comedy, which starred Paltrow as the titular Jane Austen character.Speaking to her Gavin & Stacey co-star Rob Brydon on his Brydon & podcast, Ruth recalled: “I had two lines. I had to announce Gwyneth Paltrow and say, ‘Miss Woodhouse is here’.

The streaming war is over, but we are now in a streaming cold war as players work out which alliances they want to make and how to adapt to the new landscape, Warner Bros. Discovery international exec Jamie Cooke said during his keynote at the ongoing NEM Dubrovnik event in Croatia.

BBC Studios is working on big production and coproduction moves in Central and Eastern Europe as part of a long-term plan have a much deeper presence in the region. Bartosz Witak, General Manager for BBC Studios in CEE, was speaking at NEM Dubrovnik. He said that a push into production is part of wider plans to bolster BBC Studios’ business in Central and Eastern Europe with new strategic partnerships: “It can be considered a new chapter for us,” he told the NEM crowd.

When you look at comedians who complain that political correctness is ruining comedy, it’s typically said by older white men. They just believe that comedy is dying because you can’t knowingly offend people.

Bae Suzy has recently opened up about her time in K-pop girl group Miss A compared to her life as an actress.Upon the release of her new movie Wonderland, the actress and former Miss A member sat down with South Korean media, per SBS Star, to discuss her new project and beginnings as a K-pop idol, sharing that she is much more content in life now.Bae first entered the public eye when she debuted in JYP Entertainment girl group Miss A in 2010, and remained part of the group until their disbandment in 2017. She has since made several solo releases as a singer, but has primarily been working her acting career.The singer-actress shared that she often feels “[caught] off guard” when watching old footage of days as a K-pop idol, though admitting that she finds those memories “endearing”.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Spain will be the Country of Honor at 2024’s Mipcom, the biggest TV content market in the world. Celebrating Spanish creativity, the Country of Honor program will mix events will feature panels and screenings of first-look new content, focusing on opportunities for co-production and relocation to Spain, Lucy Smith, director of Mipcom, announced Thursday at a press conference in Madrid. The honor recognises “the country’s increased prominence in recent years on the global stage” which is “inescapable and is incredibly impressive,” Smith added.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Kerry Washington, Olivia Wilde, Gabrielle Union, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dever, Alexandra Schipp, Marisa Tomei and Zoey Deutch gathered at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles on Tuesday night to help Michael Kors celebrate his new store on Rodeo Drive. Guests were greeted at the door by tuxedoed waitstaff offering glasses of champagne. Hors d’oeuvres featured caviar while dinner began with a butter lettuce salad followed by a choice of Alaskan halibut, pan-roasted Jidori chicken or Westholme Australian wagyu.

Warner Bros. Discovery‘s (WBD) boss in the UK has said the streaming industry has moved “smartly” away from a “subscriber growth almost at any cost” approach.

Sky subscribers will have access to Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) content “in every scenario,” Dana Strong has said, as she stressed conversations continue between the two key players over one of the industry’s most talked about partnerships.

There are just a few days to go before the doors to the Love Island villa open on Monday 3 June and 12 young singletons start their summers in the sunshine, looking for romance under the watchful eye of host Maya Jama. One of the lucky islanders is Ayo Odukoya, a 25 year old model and footballer from Canning Town in London, who is already hoping to be the peacemaker of the group when tensions rise (which they tend to do). “I'm a very peaceful individual, so I feel like everything can be dealt with a conversation, and I feel like I might be a bit of a peacemaker inside the villa,” he says.

The California Employment Development Department has insisted that loan out corporations will not be prohibited in the state, after entertainment payroll agencies raised alarm over the weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal (NBCU) Global TV Distribution has struck a content deal with Asian streamer Begin.

NEM Dubrovnik is the international TV event that the industry told Sanja Božić-Ljubičić would never work… but which quickly established itself as a diary date for buyers, sellers and senior execs.

Sky News journalist Darren McCaffrey was escorted out of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's election campaign launch, just moments after the Conservative party leader had unveiled the date for the next general election. For months now, the nation has been on tenterhooks about the potential date of the next general election, but the public finally got their answer on Wednesday, when Rishi confirmed it would take place on July 4 - just six weeks from now.

News Corp. and OpenAI have reached an multi-year agreement to provide content for use in artificial intelligence.