VIEW Conference Sets Free June ‘Lightyear’ Panel, Announces First Speakers for October’s Confab

The ladies are hard at work on Book Club 2!

Still furry friends. Katie Thurston let fans know that her beloved cat Tommy will remain good pals with ex John Hersey’s dog, Dexter, even though their humans decided to part ways.

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) will open this Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s relationship drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Cannes title Three Thousand Years of Longing, it has revealed in a final pre-kick-off announcement.

Nobody’s business. Dancing With the Stars’ Jenna Johnson is putting her foot down when it comes to dealing with questions about her and husband Val Chmerkovskiy’s family plans.

Jane Fonda and Don Johnson are married… in Book Club 2!

Regé-Jean Page's return to , the star behind the Duke of Hastings is not getting back on the horse. The actor, who brought Simon Hastings to life on the small screen in Shonda Rhimes' hit series, shot down speculation that he was heading back to the show after he was spotted with the second season's star, Jonathan Bailey, in Milan during Fashion Week. «The boys are back in town,» he captioned a photo of the two together on Instagram.  "(No, I’m not going back to the show btw — the papers made that one up.)," he added, setting any budding rumors to rest a year after his exit was announced in 2021. «But we had the best, and most stylish, catch up I’ve had in a while over some truly excellent Italian coffee and sunshine.»As for Bailey, he stole hearts -- including Simone Ashley's Kate Sharma  -- as Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the second season of the show.

Regé-Jean Page is responding to those “Bridgerton” rumours.

Jonathan Bailey and Rege-Jean Page have reunited!

Naman Ramachandran Global short film network ShortsTV has launched its SVOD service on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the U.S.The service is available as an add-on subscription to Prime members at $1.99 per month after a seven-day free trial. Available at launch are 500 short films, including “The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers,” starring Kiera Knightley and Rupert Friend; “Nancy, Sid & Sergio,” starring Charlie Cox; “Silent Things,” starring Andrew Scott, “Interstate,” starring Gina Rodriguez; and “Hotel,” starring Art Malik.In addition, alongside ShortTV’s annual theatrical release of Oscar nominated shorts, Prime members will also get access to these, as well as original shows taking audiences behind the scenes on the road to the Oscars, including leading film festivals and award shows including the BAFTAs, and interviews with award-winning filmmakers.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSkyShowtime — the joint venture between Comcast and Paramount Global — has unveiled key hires for the European streaming service, including its head of programming.BBC Select executive Jon Farrar has been named head of programming, Variety can reveal. The executive joins from BBC Studios, where he led the direct-to-consumer programming strategy in his dual role as global VOD director and editor-in-chief of North American SVOD service BBC Select.Farrar was also part of the team that developed BritBox, the streaming joint venture between BBC Studios and ITV.Reporting into SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan, Farrar will be responsible for programming strategy, overseeing the platform’s pipeline of studio content, and building a programming team across SkyShowtime’s 20 markets to develop original and local content.

The ladies of Book Club 2 are on the movie!

Taylor Hill is enjoying a picturesque vacation with fiance Daniel Fryer!

3-year international filmmaking deal with Fremantle that was announced in March, and “Without Blood” is the first project under that pact. Producing the film are Fremantle, Jolie for her Jolie Productions , Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures and Lorenzo De Maio for De Maio Entertainment.

Manori Ravindran International EditorWarner Bros. Discovery has set out its EMEA leadership team under Priya Dogra, in her new role as president and managing director for the region.“My focus has been to build a senior team that harnesses and balances the experience, perspective and talent from across the Discovery and WarnerMedia businesses,” said Dogra.