Varun Dhawan’s ‘Coolie No. 1,’ Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Chhalaang’ Lead New Amazon India Direct-to-Service Slate

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix is planning a new promotion: letting everyone in a given country access the service for free for a weekend.The company will first launch a test of the 48-hours-for-free promo in India, COO and chief product officer Greg Peters said in the earnings interview posted after Netflix reported third-quarter 2020 results.“An idea we’re excited about — and we’ll see how it goes — [is] we think that giving everyone in a country access to Netflix free for a weekend

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNetflix will offer a free trial of its full service to everyone in a country for one weekend, starting in India and going to other global territories.The streaming giant revealed the plan during its third-quarter earnings interview, which followed the release of results that undershot subscriber and earnings estimates.Chief Product Officer Greg Peters said the giveaway “could be a great way to expose a lot of people” to the service.

India Oxenberg, the 29-year-old daughter of Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg, is the subject of a new Starz documentary about her time in the NXIVM cult.  “I had two women holding my hands and my feet, so I wouldn’t convulse,” she said to PEOPLE when recounting the night she was branded with the initials of Keith Raniere, head of the now-infamous organization.

Demi Lovato and Marshmello are collaborating with Indian artists the Lost Stories duo Prayag Mehta and Rishab Joshi for the first time! After weeks of teasing new music, the Lost Stories duo just shared a with Demi Lovato and Marshmello standing in the middle. The duo captioned the photo: “Enough hints // this one is not for your ears.

When Tiler Peck started giving Instagram ballet classes from her mom's kitchen in California this spring — a way of staying in shape and keeping in touch with dance fans — she initially thought maybe 20 people would tune in.She was startled to discover that thousands of people were joining, from as far away as Iran and India, to take class with one of the world’s top ballerinas.

With all the product recommendations, make-up tutorials and flawless photos they post on social media, it can be easy to assume that the Love Island lot are all beauty pros. So it was refreshing to hear India Reynolds admit that, like a lot of us, she struggles to style her hair.

NEW DELHI -- Top Bollywood filmmakers and industry unions have filed a lawsuit against two popular TV news channels, asking them to refrain from "irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks against Bollywood and its members."The lawsuit, filed Monday, comes months after India’s freewheeling television news channels took on Bollywood, India's Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, with a spree of allegations following the suspected suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.The

“I had two women holding my hands and my feet, so I wouldn’t convulse,” India Oxenberg said to PEOPLE when recounting the night she was branded with the initials of Keith Raniere, head of the now-infamous NXIVM organization. The 29-year-old daughter of Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg was chosen to join NXIVM’s master-slave sorority, DOS.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the small body of reporters that votes on the Golden Globe Awards, announced on Friday that it has admitted three new members.They are Yulia Charysheva of Russia, Sabrina Joshi of India and Danielle Kool from the Netherlands. The group now has 85 members.Joshi is the daughter of Ahmed Lateef, who was a longtime member of the HFPA until his death in 2015.

Small Axe anthology on the BBC have been revealed.Mangrove, the first of five original films, will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer on November 15.

Tom Grater, Nancy Tartaglione Focus Features has struck a deal for Wolf, an Irish drama starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp. The Screen Ireland-backed picture recently wrapped after a COVID-19-safe shoot.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBlumhouse Television is developing a seven-part Indian anthology series with executive producer Dina Dattani (“The Ashram,” “Brahman Naman”).Each feature-length episode will explore the themes and mythology set against the backdrop of local Indian festivals, with the project specifically targeting the Indian audience.The U.S.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video’s India service, like their streaming rivals Netflix and Disney Plus Hotstar, have enjoyed the benefits of acquiring theatrical titles with cinemas closed.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorDisney APAC Boss Uday Shankar Quits Uday Shankar, president of The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific and chairman, Star & Disney India, is to step down at the end of 2020 after less than two years in the role. Shankar said he intends to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities to “give back to the country.” Before stepping down, he will work with Rebecca Campbell, chair of Disney’s direct-to-consumer and international segment, to identify a successor.

News Corp.'Even though I gave my everything in trying to resuscitate Dean with the use of CPR and a defibrillator, I wish there was somehow or someway to bring him back.' Hours after Jones' shock death, Lee courageously returned to television for Star India's coverage of the IPL.Jones would have normally appeared alongside him in the studio for their IPL pre-match segment 'Select Dugout'.  'I think the thing we want to say about Deano is he would have wanted us to be here tonight. It's pretty

Naman Ramachandran Uday Shankar will step down as president, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific and chairman, Star & Disney India, effective Dec. 31, 2020.

NEW DELHI -- A Bollywood actress who was arrested by India's narcotics agency, setting off a media frenzy that has gripped the nation, walked out of jail on Wednesday after being granted bail.Rhea Chakraborty was released from Bycula District Prison in Mumbai a month after being arrested for allegedly buying drugs for her boyfriend, popular movie actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found dead in a suspected suicide in June.India’s freewheeling TV news channels speculated that Chakraborty drove

New York Times that he would no longer be voicing Apu after immense backlash over the casting of a white man to voice the Indian character.Hank said on his decision: ‘Once I realised that that was the way this character was thought of, I just didn’t want to participate in it anymore. It just didn’t feel right.’Hank also voiced the black character Carl Carlson and has stepped away from that role also.

Watch Video: 'Small Axe' Trailer: John Boyega, Letitia Wright Tackle London Racism in Anthology SeriesAlso cheering on his consideration of police work are Leroy’s “auntie,” a family friend who has worked for years as a liaison between the police and the city’s West Indian population, and Leroy’s wife Gretl (Antonia Thomas, “The Good Doctor”), who playfully but honestly tells him that he’s the kind of person who wants people to witness him at his job, and that he’s a sucker for a snappy

NEW YORK -- In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology is an unqualified main event. While many other filmmakers are on hold, the “12 Years a Slave” director has raced to finish not one but five new films.The movies, spanning 1968 to 1985, are each individual stories about the West Indian community in London.