Sky To Invest Up To $40M A Year & Launch Two New Channels In Major Premium Factual Push

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Speaking at U.K. pay-TV operator Sky’s programming showcase at London’s Tate Modern art museum, on the banks of the Thames River Wednesday evening, its CEO, Jeremy Darroch, said: “In the 12 years I’ve been running Sky I’ve never seen a lineup on screen that we are going to have in the next year or so.”

By Peter White

Pay-TV operator Sky will offer 80 original series to its British subscribers this year, an increase of 25% year-on-year from last year, together with a 40% boost in the volume of programming from the U.S., it announced Wednesday. It also unveiled 10 new shows it has ordered.

Fears are growing for a British backpacker who went missing in the South Island of New Zealand after the area was hit by heavy rain and flooding.

Florence Pugh shared the less-than-glamorous side of getting ready for the Oscars as she led the stars posting on social media ahead of the ceremony.

Nike paid tribute to Kobe Bryant on Wednesday at a fashion show in New York.The show featured six children walking out on stage wearing Bryant's number 24 and 8 Lakers jerseys (in purple, black and yellow). As music played, they stood in front of an audience that included Rosalía, Drake,British Vogue editor in chief Edward Enninful, Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh, Nike CEO John Donahoe and gymnast Gabby Douglas at The Shed at Hudson Yards.Bryant died in a helicopter crash Jan.

Madonna has offered to sublet her Central Park West apartment to Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in a cheeky video.

Peaches the pug, whose love of cheese and crisps has left her struggling on walks, is hoping to shed the pounds by signing up for the UK’s largest pet slimming competition – PDSA Pet Fit Club.

By Peter White

RuPaul’s Drag Race has become an international phenomenon. With 11 seasons aired (and a 12th coming next month), four seasons of All Stars, iterations in Thailand, the UK and soon Canada, their global Werk the World tour production, and annual DragCons taking place in Los Angeles, New York and London, the show is practically inescapable.

By Jake Kanter

Louis Tomlinson just unveiled his debut album, Walls. The LP includes the previously released singles, “Two of Us,” “Kill My Mind,” “We Made It,” and the title track. This is the pop star’s first full-length since One Direction dropped Made in the A.M. in 2015.

By Jake Kanter

An English woman told the Harvey Weinstein trial on Monday that the movie mogul forced oral sex on her in his New York City home in 2006.