TelevisaUnivision to Launch Ad-Supported Version of ViX Streamer Later in 2024

Netflix did its annual blitz, a big dog and pony show for the press last night, revealing its entire film slate for 2024.  Most of the heavy hitters you already know, like Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon: Part 2 – The Scargiver,” which we already know, comes out in April, or “Beverley Hills Cop: Axel Foley,” or John Ridley’s “Shirley,” or Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” recently announced for a June release, but there’s plenty of surprises and new confirmations too.

Hit Man, the new film from Richard Linklater. The film is a little way off with a limited theatrical run and streaming debut in June.There’s great word coming from the festival circuit for this one and we can’t wait to see what all of the fuss is about.The feature revolves around a hit man who meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities.Here’s the full synopsis courtesy of the streaming service.Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater’s sunlit neo-noir stars Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. Preternaturally gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their enemies, Gary descends into morally dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to one of those potential criminals, a beautiful young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona). As Madison falls for one of Gary’s hit man personas — the mysteriously sexy Ron — their steamy affair sets off a chain reaction of play acting, deception, and escalating stakes. Co-written by Linklater and Powell and inspired by an unbelievable true story, Hit Man is a cleverly existential comedy about identity.This one hits on 7th June.When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.@ THN - The Hollywood News 2023

Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures are launching Tribeca Films, a distribution label the partners said aims to support high-quality independent films from the festival circuit. The label is focused on U.S. transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) and advertising-based video-on-demand (AVOD) with the opportunity for distribution across Giant Pictures’ streaming infrastructure, as well as on the Tribeca Channel.

EXCLUSIVE: RTG Features, the sister studio to basketball media company Slam, is partnering with arts organization Heartland Film to launch the first annual Slam Film Festival dedicated to basketball-themed movies.

EXCLUSIVE: Broken English Productions, a subsidiary of Grandave Capital, is partnering with Women In Film on a new initiative to showcase and empower the talents of three new women filmmakers through the production of three short films. The initiative is led by Broken English Productions CEO Jolene Rodriguez

It appears that filming on the Wicked movies has ended!

Glen Powell is getting some very special support at the premiere of his new Netflix movie!

Ariana Grande is still going strong with Ethan Slater.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Charter Communications, the second-biggest cable operator in the U.S., has reached a second deal to bring a premium streaming service to Spectrum TV customers. TelevisaUnivision and Charter announced a multiyear carriage-renewal agreement, under which the cable operator will bundle TelevisaUnivision’s new ad-supported premium subscription version of ViX — set to launch later this year — for no additional cost to Spectrum customers who receive TelevisaUnivision channels as part of their Spectrum TV Select or Mi Plan Latino packages.

TelevisaUnivision and Charter Communications have reached a multi-year carriage renewal that includes streaming distribution on Spectrum for a new tier of the Vix streaming service.

Can an undercover officer separate fact from fiction? “Hit Man” follows one man’s confusing journey into a world he thought he knew. The film comes from respected director Richard Linklater, whose previous works include “Boyhood” and ‘Before’ trilogy.

I.S.S.,” failed to make impact, eyeing a dull opening after drawing $1.2 million from 2,520 theaters across its opening day and previews. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, “I.S.S.” stars Ariana DeBose and Chris Messina as astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Geopolitical tensions on the ship are provoked as conflict escalates on the Earth below.

OMG… Did Ariana Grande already marry Ethan Slater?!

NewsNation is entering the Sunday morning public affairs talk show sphere, with plans to debut a new show hosted by Chris Stirewalt at the end of March.

New Order have released a new ‘Blue Monday’-themed t-shirt in support of mental health charity CALM for the second year running.2023 saw the band and designer Peter Saville come together to mark the January date known as Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year.For last year’s T-shirt, New Order and Saville created a t-shirt based on the design for the band’s 1983 track.For 2024, a similar design has been used, but with the added text and ‘Blue Monday’ lyric: “How does it feel?”The t-shirts are available to buy now here for £25, with £10 from each going to CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).Yeah, it's great we're all chatting about supporting each other cause it's #BlueMonday. But let's not forget that depression doesn't care what day it is.Don't wait for a certain day.

When it comes to makeup, Laura Mercier knows a thing or two about creating makeup must-haves, with its Translucent Loose Setting Powder, £29.20 here (was £36.50), becoming a makeup bag essential for beauty fans ever since it launched back in 1996. Since then it’s had plenty of other beauty products reaching cult status, like the RoseGlow Liquid Highlighter, £30 here, which Molly-Mae Hague loved so much she rushed out to buy it when it launched during her trip to New York last year.

Fans want the internet to apologize to Ariana Grande over how she’s been treated for her relationship with Ethan Slater.

dropped her first song since 2021 titled “Yes, and?” on Friday.In the song, the lyrics seemingly slam the trolls who rolled their eyes at her relationship with the “SpongeBob Musical” actor, 31.The lines croon: “Say that s – – t with your chest, keep moving like ‘What’s next?’ ‘Yes, and?’”“Your business is yours, and mine is mine,” the lyrics continue. “Why do you care so much whose d – – k I ride?”Social media users took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to chime in on the piping hot tea.“Doing all this for Ethan Slater is embarrassing,” someone wrote alongside a clip of the tune.Another joked: “Ariana Grande casually dropping ‘yes, and?’ and [addressing] the Ethan Slater situation like it’s no big deal he is Spongebob.”“She doesn’t give a phuck about those home wrecker allegations lmao love it for her,” one added.Slater and Grande began dating last year after they met on set of the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked.”The “Side to Side” crooner split from her husband of two years, Dalton Gomez, in July 2023.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As the ongoing series of lawsuits and allegations prove nearly every week, sexual misconduct and abuse remain a major problem in the music industry. In the coming weeks, songwriter Tiffany Red and the 100 Percenters, who have long rallied for more equitable treatment for songwriters in the industry, have spoken out against sexual abuse and have announced plans to launch two programs designed to combat it: the Safe Music Business Pledge and the Abuse in Music Recovery Fund.

Stephen Mulhern has referenced his new gig on Dancing on Ice for the first time as he appeared to dedicate a post to Holly Willoughby that looked back at their past together. The presenter is the new co-host of the ITV skating competition, replacing Phillip Schofield.