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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Thailand’s Nation Group news media conglomerate is investing in a forthcoming feature film “Nak Ruk Mak Makk Mak,” the company said. The film is a romantic comedy inspired by Thai ghost tale “Mae Nak Phra Khanong.” Buoyed by a string of recent successes and a government initiative to bolster national soft power and the creative industries, Thai film is attracting new investors.

Travis Kelce is a true Swiftie — because he’ll find any way to reference Taylor Swift in any conversation!

Shares of Paramount Global popped in afternoon trade on a report that Apollo Global has made an $11 billion bid for the company’s film and TV studio. The private equity giant has been in and out of the mix of suitors, which also include David Ellison‘s Skydance Media and Byron Allen.

In the first expansion of the Disney Real-Time Ad Exchange, the media company is rolling out a more advanced offering for streaming advertisers featuring tech platforms run by Google and The Trade Desk.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Walt Disney Co. is teaming up with two big programmatic sellers in a bid to broaden the ad base for Hulu and Disney+.

The Valley kicks off TONIGHT (March 19) on Bravo!

High street fashion retailer Ted Baker is set to go into administration - putting nearly 1,000 jobs at risk.

Manchester Airport can 'play a prominent role in closing the economic gap' between the north and south if it's linked properly with strategic regional road and rail connections, according to a new report.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic The proliferation of billionaires — with trillionaires reportedly soon to come — has raised a lot of questions in world politics. But one question has been around as long as wealth itself: What can an individual actually do with that much money? A new answer arises in “The Bones,” proving that the rich will always break fresh ground in the realm of luxury expenditures. Even for the man or woman who “has everything,” there may still be unfulfilled need for a reconstructed Triceratops skeleton dating from approximately 67,000,000 B.C.

A rogue tradesman who conned customers out of thousands has been ordered to pay back all of the cash.

EXCLUSIVE: Talent agency KMR Talent has left the Association of Talent Agents (ATA), the trade organization of talent agencies that negotiates agency franchise agreements with the major entertainment guilds and does legislative lobbying on behalf of its members.

Our Yorkshire Farm star Reuben Owen is set to return to TV screens with a brand new series.The 19 year old, who is the son of Amanda and Clive Owen, will be giving viewers a look into his heavy plant machinery business. The new six-part series, titled Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales, will begin airing on Channel 5 on 28 March. Reuben will star in the programme alongside his best pals Tommy and Sarah, who he runs his business with in a remote village in the Yorkshire Dales.

and hello to her era.On March 15, longtime creative partner and stylist shared a behind-the-scenes look at a shoot for her upcoming tennis love triangle drama, Challengers. In the , Law crouches next to Z, who is wearing a full Louis Vuitton look, pairing a pale yellow plunging v-neck sweater with a pair of white shorts and matching pumps.“,” indeed.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This look comes after a , in which the pair served a series of incredible, archival looks, including that see-through from 1993.

Later this year, households with £5,000 in savings will be able to invest in a new type of ISA. The Government has confirmed the introduction of a new British ISA to encourage investment in UK companies and boost the City.

at the GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles on March 14. was definitely channeling the Disney princess in this powder blue silk gown—if the Disney princess had turned up the bombshell factor to 11. dress traded the traditional ballroom skirt for a slinky, soft mermaid silhouette with a short train.

A popular Northern Quarter pub and boutique hotel has reopened its doors after a huge £200,000 investment featuring new booth seats and a revamped bar.

I’ve been on the lookout for this for a little while and now we have it confirmed. The acclaimed All Of Us Strangers has had a...The eight-part series lands on 20th December.We’ve just posted news that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is set to land on Disney+ from 15th December...Disney has released the first trailer for their upcoming Dashing Through The Snow, a comedy starring Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Lil...Searchlight Pictures has dropped a new trailer for Eva Longoria’s directorial effort Flamin’ Hot which is set for the Hulu/ Disney+...Disney+ has released a full trailer for The Full Monty TV series that will arrive in June.

A widow who handed her £15,000 life savings to a well known firm days before it went bust was overjoyed yesterday after being gifted a brand new kitchen.

Nearly a quarter of all illegal vapes seized in the UK were found in Greater Manchester, a shocking new report has revealed.

Alex Ritman Netflix U.K., the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) and the Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) — which represents U.K. agents — have signed a first-of-its-kind deal on remuneration. Unveiled Tuesday, the deal will apply to U.K.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As the standoff between Universal Music Group and TikTok over royalties, AI and other matters continues to boil amid angry words from both sides — and the National Music Publishers Assn. stating last weekthat it does not plan to renew its license with the platform — the official trade group for independent publishers has weighed in with its own advice.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief COVID, changing money flows and a new superpower Cold War of sorts may have, over the past few years, helped to reduce the connections between the film and TV industries of China and the rest of the world — so, will the 2024 edition of FilMart, whose organizers continue to claim bridgehead status, be the market to increase those connections? Candas Yeung, the Trade Development Council associate director who takes over as head of FilMart this year, says that visitor and exhibitor numbers have crept up again this year — to an anticipated 7,500 and 715, respectively — and that fully 40% of market participants hail from mainland China. “That’s a pretty significant proportion and they are very active in the market, both buying and selling, and making some announcements,” Yeung says.

On first glance, stepping into the Fox and Pine pub in the centre of Oldham is a bit like walking into a quirky antique’s shop full of nick nacks and oddities. Everywhere you look, there are signs, puppets, pots, and a large number of foxes dotted around every part of the walls. It's anything but subtle.

Nothing beats a refreshing dessert to cleanse the palette and satisfy those sweet taste buds. And what better time to try out a new recipe than for Mother's Day, with mouthwatering white chocolate pots with sumac-soured berries? Combining chocolate and fruit is sure to tickle the taste buds of any loved one you're thinking about treating. What's more, you can pre-make the pots and leave them in your fridge until you're ready to serve, leaving out the stress of timing on the day.

American Film Market is moving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. The Independent Film & Television Alliance and its board of directors announced Friday that the AFM, its industry flagship event, will relocate to Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for its 45th edition, scheduled for Nov.

When a world famous cookie store opens its first shop in the north of England, there are likely to be queues. When that shop is inside the shopping mecca that is The Trafford Centre, well, you can guess the result.

J. Kim Murphy The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and Hollywood’s major studios have concluded their first week of talks Thursday evening, with both parties planning to resume negotiations for a new union contract on March 18. The IATSE Basic Agreement Negotiating Committee, which represents IATSE, Teamsters 399 and the Hollywood Basic Crafts, proposed the new agreement to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on Monday.

Joe Leydon Film Critic For audiences of a certain age, it might be amusing, or maybe even disappointing, when, early in “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” the eponymous hero skins a raccoon to fashion a bandage for a serious leg wound, rather than to make a hat of the sort famously worn by Fess Parker when he played the character in enduringly popular Disney miniseries and movie spin-offs. Maybe this is writer-director Derek Estlin Purvis’ way of winking at the audience.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer (below) for dinosaur bone trade documentary “The Bones,” which will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX as part of the festival’s Science program. The producer is Ina Fichman, Oscar nominated for “Fire of Love.” Dogwoof is handling world sales.

to themselves right now? Lohan's bridal-esque silk gown is pretty appropriate, given that she wore it to the premiere of her new rom-com Irish Wish—in which Lohan's character is magically granted her wish to trade places with the woman marrying the man of her dreams.Bride or not, Lohan's look was full-on glam for the New York City premiere. Her silky, spaghetti-strap dress featured ruching at the bodice to give it a figure-hugging fit and a low neckline to show off her curves. She wore her hair in loose, red waves, and accessorized with plenty of jewelry, including sparkly bangles, dangling earrings, and lots of rings.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The standoff between Universal Music Group and TikTok took another turn on Wednesday when the trade group National Music Publishers Association sent a letter to its members saying that it does not expect to renew its license with the China-based platform when it expires at the end of next month. “Recently, the press has highlighted concerns around TikTok’s licensing practices, concerns that NMPA has heard directly from many of our members,” the letter reads in part.

asked all of us to ponder at Paris Fashion Week. On March 5, the Anyone But You actor attended the Miu Miu show in Paris, where she took the no-pants trend to literally sparkling new levels.Sweeney wore her sparkly hot-pants with a black, V-neck crop-top that featured white trim with rough hems, to match the rough white trim on her oversized black blazer. She completed the look with a pair of on-trend narrow black sunglasses, a quilted velvet handbag (also in black), and sky-high peep-toe platforms with an ankle strap.Interestingly, Sweeney appears to have gone jewelry-free with this look, letting the textured sequins on her briefs share bling duties with her subtle manicure.

According to recent research, there's a staggering £14 billion worth of unused items in most UK homes.

Lionsgate Vice Chair Michael Burns said the company is set to split in two by year end with a first step in early April as the studio merges with a SPAC and starts to trade separately from Starz on the Nasdaq under the stock symbol LION.

Police seized more than £40,000 worth of fake designer clothes, shoes and bags from a market in east Manchester.

'Once a miner always a miner' reads the sign hung on the wall in Derek Doherty's living room. The 66-year-old was just a teenager when he followed his dad and grandad down the pit at Golborne Colliery in Wigan.