Reed Hastings, Channing Dungey and Steven Spielberg are among the big names who have contributed money to the former San Francisco district attorney’s campaign as he tries to unseat incumbent Jackie Lacey. The race has emerged essentially as a contest on the matters of police and criminal justice reform.
EXCLUSIVE:Sportsstreaming service DAZN is expanding to 200 countries and territories on December 1, with initial monthly pricing of £1.99 or less.
Launched in 2016 and backed by billionaire Len Blavatnik, DAZN has thus far reached the U.S., Brazil, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Italy and Japan with a…
Jim King, former executive at music rights group BMI, and comedy label 800 Pound Gorilla Records co-founders Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman have launched Spoken Giants, a royalty administration company specifically for creators of spoken word copyrights.
Based in Nashville and aimed at comedians, podcasters…
Major UK charity Comic Relief, founded in 1985 by Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis in response to famine in Ethiopia, says it will stop sending celebrities to Africa for fundraising appeals due to recent criticism.
Celebs including presenter Stacey Dooley and Ed Sheeran have been branded "white saviors" for making…
Canadian Feature Starring Kim Coates
Kim Coates (Sons Of Anarchy) is set to star in and produce indie feature Neon Lights, which is due to shoot in Ontario, Canada, from next week. Starring opposite Coates in the lead role is Dana Abraham who wrote the screenplay and will also serve as a producer. Rouzbeh Heydari, who…
The Plot Against America actor Anthony Boyle and Toby Jones, the star of Captain America and The Girl, are to topline a BBC Two drama that will tell the real-life story of how a war hero goes on to be accused of murder.
Working titled Danny Boy, the feature-length film is made by Expectation (producer of Sky’s David…
EXCLUSIVE: Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s newly-crowned head of global TV, has underlined the streamer’s commitment to British content in some of her first remarks after being elevated to her new role last month.
Bajaria oversees Netflix’s vast slate of original series from across the world and, after setting her top team on…
South Korean Oscar sensation Parasite was the big winner at this year's Asian Film Awards, which were held today in an online format due to continued pandemic challenges.
The movie won Best Film, Best Screenplay for co-writers Han Jin Won and director Bong Joon Ho, Best Production Design and Best Editing. Bong Joon Ho…
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman Television has hired Fortitude and Domina executive producer Faye Dorn as its head of drama.
She joins the Catastrophe and This Way Up producer in the newly-created role from Fifty Fathoms and Tiger Aspect, where she has been working on Domina for Sky…
Sony Pictures saw an 18% drop in second quarter profits to $299M from July-September versus the same period in 2019. However, the figures rep an increase on the first quarter's $230M which ended June 30 this year. Revenues across the division were off by $615M compared to last year while theatrical sales dropped to…
Kathy Hilton will join the Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills cast for it upcoming season 11. Bravo confirmed the casting Tuesday.
Hilton, who for now will appear “as a friend of the housewives” as opposed to one herself, is the mother of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton Rothschild. She may appear again on Real Housewives…
It has only taken 24 years, but Sony, with the help of indie low-budget horror powerhouse Blumhouse, finally has gotten around to a sequel (of sorts) to the 1996 teen witch flick The Craft. Less a remake than a franchise reboot, this teenage girl-targeted Halloween week release doesn’t really drive the idea of Andrew…
UPDATED with positive COVID-19 test news: The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night, clinching the franchise’s seventh world championship and first since 1988. The win secured a 4-2 series victory against the Rays in the playoff finale played in Arlington, TX…
