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Manori Ravindran International Editor More than a year since SkyShowtime was first announced, the SVOD is ready to join the streaming fray in Europe, Variety can reveal. The new platform — a joint venture between Comcast and Paramount Global that was first unveiled in August 2021 — will officially launch on Sept. 20 in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, before expanding into the Netherlands later this year in Q4. (The service received regulatory approval in Europe back in February.) Meanwhile, the SVOD will continue its roll out across Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over the coming months and through Q1 of 2023. CEE markets include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Millie Court posed with her former Love Island co-star Chloe Burrows in snaps posted to Instagram from their very lavish Ibiza getaway together. Newly single Millie, 25, posted the snaps on Saturday to her account and looked incredible in a hot pink top and matching bikini bottoms are she posed away for the cameras. While Chloe, who is celebrating her 27th birthday on the trip ahead of her big day later this month, kicked out her legs in a black miniskirt which she combined with a brown bikini top.

A$AP Rocky has released a vibey new song titled ‘OUR DE$TINY’, on which he collaborated with Playboi Carti.Without being announced in advance, the song was posted to Rocky’s Instagram overnight, as well as the Twitter account for his creative agency AWGE. At the time of writing, those are the only places it’s available to hear in any official capacity, with no available details on a potential streaming release.Running just over two minutes long, the song itself shines with a twinkly, atmospheric soundscape of reverberant synths and chopped-up vocal harmonies, ultra-crisp 808 percussion and tinges of warbly psychedelica.

J.R Ridinger's cause of death has been revealed following his shock passing aged just 63.READ: Country music fans in mourning after Luke Bell dies aged 32The Miami businessman – who was friends with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham, and Khloe Kardashian – died on Wednesday after suffering a pulmonary embolism on a yacht in Croatia, his wife Loren confirmed.WATCH: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck marry in Las Vegas"While I am unable to speak and I am in shock," Loren wrote on Facebook. "You should know I am broken.

Milena Zajović “Hotel Portofino,” starring Natascha McElhone, has returned to Croatia after a summer break to finish filming its second season. It is so far the biggest project filmed in Croatia this year, Film New Europe reports. The producers of the period drama, created by Matt Baker and directed by Adam Wimpenny, are making use of Croatia’s 25% cash rebate for the second year in a row. Sixty filming days are planned, according to the Croatian Audiovisual Center. Tanja Ladović Blažević, head of Filming in Croatia, a department within the Croatian Audiovisual Center, told FNE: “We are especially proud to see an exceptional amount of Croatian professionals engaged in the project. There are 135 Croatian crew members, including 13 out of 14 heads of departments. In addition to that, more than 800 extras have been engaged in filming.”

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Robert Aramayo had no idea when he first auditioned for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” that the role he was vying for was Elrond, one of the most revered and crucial characters in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic saga of Middle-earth. Hugo Weaving played Elrond in Peter Jackson’s trilogies of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” and as a kid, Aramayo had been captivated by the films. So when “The Rings of Power” co-showrunner J.D. Payne told him that he’d been cast to play Elrond as a (relatively) young man, the now 29-year-old actor couldn’t believe it. “I had one of those moments where everything in your body feels like you’re on electricity,” he tells Variety. “I was shocked and surprised and felt really, really honored that they will consider me for him.”

Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison is no stranger to making the most of the summer. The reality star, 34, recently enjoyed a lavish trip to Croatia with her husband to be, Ercan Ramadan, but the holidaying didn’t stop there. Vicky and Ercan, 38, are currently soaking up the Corfu sunshine as they enjoy the sights the incredible Greek island has to offer.

After announcing their departure from BBC Radio 1 in July, Scott Mills and Chris Stark have completed their final show for the broadcaster, after 12 years of presenting together. Scott, 48, has been a staple at Radio 1 for more than two decades and is set to move to BBC Radio 2, where he will take over the 2-4pm slot, previously held by presenter Steve Wright since 1999. Meanwhile Chris, 35, who started hosting with Scott in 2012, is set to leave the BBC completely and join Roman Kemp on Capital Breakfast.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton.

Cardi B’s household listens to Lady Gaga. She shared a video of her daughter, Kulture, singing along to “Bad Romance” and excitedly repeating the song once it was over.Cardi B praises Bad Bunny for taking risks in fashion: ‘He took that chance’Cardi B gets first face tattoo in red ink: Is this a new trend?The video was shared on her Instagram story, with Cardi writing “She really is my daughter. If you know you know,” alluding to her own appreciation for Lady Gaga, which longtime fans know about.

Another day, another hair transformation for a Love Islander.This time it’s the turn of 2021 winner Millie Court, who has been wearing her blonde tresses in extra-long mermaid waves for quite some time now. In a move away from her extension-heavy look, the 25 year old has decided to cut off around 15 inches of length.

Eight films battled it out in competition at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, but Austrian director Sebastian Meise’s jury—including French director Lucile Hadžihalilović , Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Serbian actor Milan Marić and Israeli producer Katriel Schory—spread the love quite widely.

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild Foundation has revealed the participants for the 2022 session of the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program.

Christopher Vourlias Croatian production house Antitalent has signed an option agreement to develop and produce a local version of the best-selling global format “Your Honor,” the hit drama whose American remake for Showtime stars Emmy winner Bryan Cranston.The series follows a judge who must deal with the fallout when his son is involved in a hit-and-run that gets him embroiled with an organized crime family. Facing impossible choices, he discovers how far a father will go to save his son’s life.The Balkan remake will travel across the former Yugoslavia with a story that spans Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia, according to Antitalent’s Danijel Pek.

Sean Bean has revealed which of his on-screen deaths he considers to be the best.In an interview with RadioTimes.com, the actor, who has gained a reputation for being killed off in multiple films and TV shows, explained why Boromir’s death scene in Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring is his favourite.“I thought his death was very heroic and triumphant and poignant,” he said. “It had pathos.

Jesse Jo Stark has released a new single called ‘Tornado’ – you can listen to it below.The song will feature on the Los Angeles singer-songwriter’s debut album ‘Doomed’, which is due to arrive on September 21 (pre-order/pre-save here).“It’s a story of letting a feeling take you to heaven then bury you six feet in the ground… somewhere in the desert,” Stark explained in a statement about her personal latest offering.‘Tornado’ follows on from the artist’s previous singles ‘Modern Love’ and ‘So Bad’ (feat. Jesse Rutherford).

Playboi Carti has been announced as a special guest performer for Rolling Loud New York 2022. Tickets are available here.