Disney Plus Day Tries to Deliver the Goods Without Having Many Goods

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn this week’s installment of Strictly Business, Variety’s weekly podcast featuring conversations with industry leaders about the business of media and entertainment, TaP Music’s Ed Millet and Wendy Ong go deep about the rewards and challenges of managing such prominent and pioneering artists as Lana Del Rey, Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, Caroline Polacheck, Noah Cyrus and many more.The conversation starts with Millet discussing founding the company in 2010 with his

Holly Jones Leonardo Aranguibel, VP of productions & development for The Walt Disney Company LatAm, joined moderator Nicolás Smirnoff, director of Prensario International, on Tuesday afternoon to discuss OTT platforms, Disney’s Star Plus, and the predicted future of original Latin American content.The conversation formed part of Ventana Sur’s virtual industry panel series.OTT services, like Disney Plus, broaden content accessibility, allowing for vast consumer freedom.

Good Morning Britain’s TV Dr Hilary Jones and his wife Dee Thresher looked loved-up as they posed on the red carpet at the ITV Palooza!.The event, which used to be known as the ITV Gala, is a star-studded night of entertainment for ITV’s customers, colleagues and talent. Dr Hilary has been one of the nation’s favourite doctors for over 30 years, and regularly features on ITV morning shows giving out valuable health advice.

How far will you go to survive? A young couple sets out to confront a dangerous landscape in “Mother/Android.” The film chronicles their arduous journey — complicated by artificial intelligence as well as an impending birth. The sci-fi thriller pushes viewers to think about not only how the characters can survive, but how they would react in the same situation.

cheered Sherrilyn Ifill, president and diretor-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.Journalist Aditi Tyagi tweeted, “That’s history being made in USA!!”Some tweeted gifs of Harris with other female lawmakers, like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or just of her. Others imagined how effective Harris could be with the full powers of the presidency behind her.

Movistar Plus, the top Spanish pay TV player, announced Thursday that it has signed a carriage deal with Amazon Prime Video.Movistar Plus clients with a Prime subscription and a UHD decoder will now be able to access Amazon Prime Video via Movistar Plus’ display and search mechanisms. Full integration of Prime Video on Movistar Plus’ home page will be completed by Nov.

The Delta Plus variant is more likely to cause Covid infections that show no symptoms compared to the Delta strain, according to new research.

The owners of El Place, the queer pizzeria in Boyle Heights, announced the space will close Sunday. But the owners have plans to launch a club-concert location in January. Photo: El Place.

Charli XCX has shared the video for her new single ‘New Shapes’, featuring Christine And The Queens and Caroline Polachek.The clip, which you can watch below, sees the pop star on a fake chat show with Polachek before the pair team up with Chris on stage for the track.The single is taken from her fifth album ‘CRASH’, which is set to be released on March 18, 2022.The record’s contributors include: A.G.

It’s Disney+ Day—and a Marvelous one at that! To celebrate the anniversary of the Disney+ launch, Disney is pulling out all of the stops to make sure everyone knows that it’s really going to bring the content in 2022, which includes a hefty amount of new Marvel Studios shows.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDisney and Netflix are very different companies, with very different investor bases, but they’re head-to-head competitors in the streaming wars.And on Friday, Netflix’s market valuation climbed above Disney’s for the first time in about a year — ironically, coming on “Disney Plus Day,” the Mouse House’s company-wide marketing event designed to punch up excitement and subscriber signups for the streamer.As of 1 p.m.

Marvel fans were spoiled with a bunch of new updates and surprise new footage of several upcoming series on Disney+ Day.

Disney+ dropped the first teaser for its upcoming  revival, and everything looks bigger and better — including Suga Mama!Released during the 2021 Disney Plus Day event, the video presents our favorite animated family back in all their wacky glory, with a grownup Penny Proud right at the center. Despite an older look to the characters (or buffer, in Suga Mama's case).

Jordan Moreau Disney Plus is celebrating its second anniversary on Friday with Disney Plus Day, a morning full of looks at upcoming shows and films for its streaming service.

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian writer-director Niccolò Ammaniti’s dystopian drama “Anna,” centered on a 13-year-old girl who must contend with a viral contagion that kills off all adults on the island of Sicily, has been sold by Fremantle to over 30 territories, including a multi-territory deal with Disney Plus for key European markets.The Sky Original production, produced by Fremantle’s Wildside and co-produced by ARTE France, the New Life Company and Kwaï, is now set to

Caroline Polachek joins U.K. artist Murkage Dave on his new song "Awful Things." It is one of two new songs Murkage Dave is putting out today alongside "Don't Move To London, It's A Trap." You can hear both songs below.

Disney+ is only $1.99 for a limited time! The streaming app announced new subscribers can sign up for Disney+ for just under $2 for one month from now through Nov. 14. The exciting limited-time offer is part of Disney+ Day, officially on Nov.