YouTube Shorts, A Response To TikTok, Sets U.S. Beta Launch In March

A Guide to the Oscars Shortlisted Documentary Shorts, From the Holocaust to Sophia LorenA Guide to the Oscars Shortlisted Animated Shorts, From Diana Rigg to Pixar’s First Gay Hero “Bittu”“Bittu” Director: Karishma Dube The only shortlisted film to qualify by winning one of this year’s Student Academy Awards, this drama from Indian-born NYU student Karishma Dube is also the roughest of the semifinalists.

Naman Ramachandran “The White Tiger” actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas talks to director Karishma Dev Dube and the young stars of “Bittu,” which is shortlisted in the live action short film category at the 2021 Oscars.“Bittu” is the story of a close friendship between two girls (played by Rani Kumari and Renu Kumari) in northern India that is eclipsed by an accidental poisoning at school.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefVeteran animation executive Steven Wendland has been appointed as president of Discreet Arts USA, the newly-launched offshoot of Indian animation firm Discreet Arts. The new unit is based in Burbank, California.He is expected to expand the company’s work-for-hire business while also developing a slate of original productions.

Naman Ramachandran Indian actors Ali Fazal (“Death on the Nile”) and Richa Chadha (“Gangs of Wasseypur”) have launched production outfit Pushing Buttons Studios.The company, set up with a view to tell stories rooted in the Indian ethos for a global audience, will kick off with “Girls Will Be Girls,” the only Indian selection of the 10 projects chisen for the Berlinale Talents Script Station program this year.Written and to be directed by Shuchi Talati, the film is set in an elite boarding

Naman Ramachandran In an unprecedented move Amazon Prime Video India has apologized for its Indian original series “Tandav,” some parts of which had offended members of the ruling Hindu nationalist dispensation.The series, created by Muslim filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar, featured a scene in which a character, played by Muslim actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, portrayed the Hindu God Shiva. Amazon quickly edited the scene and Zafar apologized.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorDeepa Mehta’s had her fair share of tough shoots. “Water” had to be moved from India following protests and lensed in Sri Lanka, but she never had one that was affected by a pandemic.“Funny Boy,” released by Ava DuVernay’s Array, is streaming on Netflix.

Natalie Oganesyan editorUsually held in person at the Palm Springs Film Festival, Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch and the Creative Impact Awards were hosted virtually this year.The panel, moderated by chief film critic Peter DeBruge, included directors Prano Bailey-Bond (“Censor”), Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s assured feature debut plays like a much-needed corrective to decades of problematic depictions of the indigenous community on film.

Miley Cyrus, 28, is still unwinding after her Super Bowl performance! The Hannah Montana alum shared a revealing photo to her Instagram account on Saturday, Feb. 20 as she enjoyed a relaxing bath with just a face mask on.

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Walt Disney streamer Disney+, which ended 2020 with nearly 95 million subscribers worldwide, launched in Europe in late March 2020 where it will next week add general entertainment content brand Star, which one top executive says will bring more choice for parents' "me time." Star, which uses the name of the Indian TV giant Disney acquired when it bought large parts of 21st Century Fox and will debut in Europe and some other international markets on Feb.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube outlined a string of new features coming to the internet’s biggest video platform, including enhancements to YouTube TV and the rollout next month in the U.S.

Nicki Minaj‘s father, Robert Maraj, died on Friday, February 12, after he was struck by a car in a hit-and-run accident on Long Island, Us Weekly can confirm. He was 64.

Nicki Minaj’s father, Robert Maraj, has died after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend.

Nicki Minaj’s father has died. Robert Maraj was killed after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run over the weekend.