Anitta leans on her brand new wax figure during the big reveal at Madame Tussauds on Thursday (June 2) in New York City.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand Tuesday unveiled a slate of nine new Australian original films and series. These represent the company’s biggest wave of local content commissions and acquisitions for Disney+ and will launch on the platform in 2022-23.The slate includes three scripted drama series: “The Clearing,” “The Artful Dodger,” “Last Days of the Space Age”; four documentary series, “Matildas: The World at Our Feet,” “Shipwreck Hunters Australia,” “Chasing Waves,” “Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW”; and two lifestyle and factual general entertainment series “Donna Hay Christmas” and competition format series “What’s Your Toy Story?” “It was important to us to have that scale to share so we could demonstrate to the marketplace that we are truly serious in this space,” Kylie Watson-Wheeler, senior VP and MD of The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand told Variety.
She confirmed that Disney is working on 15 other titles local titles. “Our second wave is already taking great shape with many more shows including original concepts from New Zealand.
The opportunities are endless particularly in young adult, comedy and rom coms which are audiences love.”Many of the shows in Tuesday’s first wave will further expand Disney+’s adult-focused Star general entertainment offering. The psychological drama “The Clearing,” is an eight-part series adapted from a J.P.
Pomare novel inspired by a real-life Australian cult. It stars Australian actors Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce.“The Artful Dodger,” a co-production with Sony and produced by Beach Road Pictures and Curio Pictures (formerly Playmaker Media), takes an Australian twist on Charles Dickens’
.Anitta leans on her brand new wax figure during the big reveal at Madame Tussauds on Thursday (June 2) in New York City.
As the Queen celebrates a major milestone with her 70th year as monarch, a new official portrait of Her Majesty has been released to commemorate her Platinum Jubilee.
Brooklyn Beckham unveiled a sentimental new tattoo on Tuesday in honour of Nicola Peltz's maternal grandmother. Taking to her Instagram stories, Brooklyn's wife, Nicola, shared a clip of the tattoo artist cleaning the fresh inking.
IU and K-pop boyband SEVENTEEN recently covered each other’s songs on new episode of the former’s YouTube show.On the newest episode of IU’s Palette, which premiered today (May 31), five members of SEVENTEEN members – namely DK, Seungkwan, Hoshi, Woozi and Dino – made on appearance to promote the their new studio album ‘Face The Sun’.During the episode, IU and the five members of SEVENTEEN took turns to perform covers of each other’s songs. IU unveiled her touching cover of SEVENTEEN’s ‘Dar+ling’, the English-language song which opens the boyband’s latest record.SEVENTEEN’s Woozi, who wrote and composed ‘Dar+ling’, commented that it was “such an honour” to have IU cover their song. “I grew up watching you on TV, and felt like I was successful,” he said.
EXCLUSIVE: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Janet Yang Productions announced the four winners of the inaugural Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge, which awards a $15,000 production grant to four AAPI women or non-binary filmmakers.
Naman Ramachandran London-based The Production Headquarters, founded in 2010 by Mohaan Nadaar, has unveiled an extensive slate of features that are complete and in production.The company focuses on U.K. and India centric projects.
Amazon Prime has unveiled a tennis drama from Line of Duty producer World Productions as part of its UK Showcase event, along with two fresh documentaries and casting news, as the streamer reveals £1BN ($1.2BN) spend since 2018.
Victoria Beckham gave fans a peek inside her bathroom at her London home on Wednesday, and it's even more luxurious than we could have imagined.GALLERY: Inside 29 beautiful celebrity bathroomsThe fashion designer showcased the space in a post showing her pet dog Fig clutching a toy shaped like a champagne bottle, joking: "Happy to see I'm having an influence on the whole family."WATCH: Inside the Beckhams' stunning homesThe cocker spaniel was sitting on the floor in the family bathroom, which has a grey and white tiled marble floor and a beautiful marble bathtub positioned in front of a window. Blinds and floor-length curtains hang at the window, while a vase of flowers are positioned on the windowsill.The photo marks the first time Victoria has revealed her luxurious bathtub, but she has previously revealed other glimpses at her bathroom, showing that it also has a marble sink, a silver-framed mirror, and stunning chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
Outfest today unveiled the lineup for its second annual LGBTQIA+ television festival, The OutFronts—a four-day hybrid event with free-to-view, internationally accessible virtual panel discussions and ticketed in-person events in Los Angeles, featuring the talent from some of the most exciting LGBTQIA+ programs available on television today. The festival will run from June 3-6, kicking off with the world premiere in-person screening of Peacock’s Queer As Folk at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, which will be followed by a conversation with the reimagining’s creators and cast.
Sky has unveiled a second series of I Hate Suzie and an adaptation of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, while confirming Universal Pictures’ Wicked will be one of the first projects to be filmed at Elstree Studios, relocating from the U.S.
Former Love Island star Malin Andersson has unveiled a horror scar on her neck that she received whilst suffering domestic abuse at the hands of her former boyfriend. 29 year old Malin’s ex-boyfriend, Tom Kemp, 28, was jailed for ten months in September 2020, after admitting actual bodily harm. Kemp was released from jail after serving just three months of his sentence.
Lana Del Rey has begun to reveal some details for her forthcoming ninth studio album.
Ellise Shafer As TikTok has become more ingrained in the fabric of today’s society, the line between the social media world and the entertainment industry is growing increasingly blurred. With millions of followers to their name, TikTok creators are now an undeniable force in Hollywood, making their presence known in film, television and music.In celebration of this fact, TikTok has unveiled their inaugural Showbiz List, showcasing 34 creators who are making serious waves in the entertainment industry.
Miranda Otto, Jesse Spence and Guy Pearce are among the high-profile stars featuring on Disney+’s debut slate in Australia and New Zealand.
Sky has unveiled one of its biggest factual slates yet, greenlighting six shows including documentaries on the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and the Italian 1990 football World Cup, and a royal factual drama told through the eyes of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters.
A statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher was egged less than two hours after it was installed in her home town. A protester threw eggs from behind a temporary fence surrounding the memorial, with a cry of “oi” heard after one hit part of the monument.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube earlier this year wound down most of its originals division, in a significant pullback on its investment in scripted and unscripted programming.But it’s not totally out of the game: YouTube is continuing to bulk up its slate of kids and family originals, as part of its previously announced $100 million fund earmarked for kids, family and educational content.YouTube announced the greenlight of four new projects: “Mindful Adventures of Unicorn Island,” an animated series from Lilly Singh set to premiere in 2023; “The Big Tiny Food Face-Off” from B17 Entertainment; “Buster’s Big Halloween” from Moonbug Entertainment; and music series “Jam Van.”YouTube also announced the Season 2 renewal of popular preschool series “Tab Time,” starring Tabitha Brown, an actress, vegan foodie and mother — aka “America’s mom.” Tabitha (or “Ms. Tab” as the kids call her) taps into her skills as a cook, storyteller, mom and motivational leader, to teach children how to live their best life.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Fate of a Sport,” an official premiere of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, has unveiled its first trailer exclusively to Variety.Covering the world of professional lacrosse and one of its most controversial and high-profile stars, Paul Rabil, the film deals in much more than triumph on the pitch — encompassing millions in capital fundraising, talent poaching, and lawsuits from legacy athletic clubs all against the backdrop of a global pandemic.“Even in the regular lacrosse league, guys still have to have a second job,” a narrator explains in the clip, alluding to the fact that professional lacrosse is nowhere near as well-funded or rewarding for its players on the national stage. Until Rabil and his brother Mike decided to break ranks and potentially sacrifice Paul’s decorated career to launch a league of their own (the Premier Lacrosse League).