Hallmark Media Launching First-Ever Scripted Podcast ‘Crimson Hearts Collide’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is stepping away from the gaming keyboard — and getting into your earbuds with his first-ever podcast. The top gaming influencer will host twice-weekly podcast “AFK w/ Ninja,” set to premiere Sept. 12 across all major platforms.

Manchester hopes to become the first-ever European Capital of Cycling in 2024, council bosses have announced.

EXCLUSIVE: Keshet International is doubling down on its German business by launching a standalone scripted arm in the European country.

September has officially arrived for Hallmark Channel, and with it comes the Fall Into Love programming event!

Powerwolf have made history as the first-ever band to use augmented reality during their performance at a live music festival.The German power metal band teamed up with ARTE Concert and the 0221 Mediaagentur to use video game technology to create a monstrous wolf above the stage in real-time during their set at this year’s edition of Summer Breeze festival on August 18 in Bavaria, Germany.Both attendees and viewers of the festival’s livestream were able to see the giant wolf climbing and looking menacing above the stage which was created with augmented reality. It appeared in four of the band’s 17-song set, during ‘Incense & Iron’, ‘Amen & Attack’, ‘Beast Of Gévaudan’ and ‘Resurrection By Erection’.Along with the wolf, the band also had the biggest pyro show of the entire festival as well as a mass of actors on stage and a massive fireworks display.

EXCLUSIVE: Lamorne Morris, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Kylie Bunbury are starring in a scripted podcast thriller.

Meghan Markle's rise to fame is often attributed to her well-known role as Rachel Zane on cable show Suits. But the Duchess of Sussex' first ever uncredited acting role has resurfaced, and been revealed as the US sitcom Married with Children. It joins the long list of Meghan's unforgotten roles.

Hallmark Media is getting into the scripted podcast game and has launched it’s first-ever series called Crimson Hearts Collide.

Gemma Atkinson has talked about the moment she first met her husband to be Gorka Marquez during the early stages of Strictly. The radio presenter shared a trailer for their upcoming television series, which reveals what they said the first time they saw each other.

Manchester will host the first ever International Brewing & Cider Festival, a two-day event showcasing the very best beers and ciders from around the world.

Resident Advisor, the Harveys said of Seabass: “We’re artist-centric with an emphasis on quality and sustainability.“We offer fair prices, short production runs and optimised production lead times. Our ambition is to become a valuable partner to artists and the music industry in general, as well as our local community.“We’ve recently been announced as a partner of the Scottish Album of the Year award and will be pressing the records for the winner of the Sound of Young Scotland award free of charge.”The pressing plant are taking orders from September and you can find out more here.A post shared by Seabass Vinyl (@seabassvinyl)Back in 2021, figures from the music industry spoke to NME about what’s causing the delays in manufacturing vinyl and artists getting their albums made.Reports emerged of a crisis facing vinyl-lovers, with sources telling Variety that more than 500,000 copies of Adele’s album ’30’ had been pressed – causing a huge backlog and problems in the production line for others wishing to get LPs manufactured with the world’s limited resources.As even Ed Sheeran told Australian radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O about getting his recent album ‘=’ pressed: “So you have to do it like really upfront — and Adele had basically booked out all the vinyl factories, so we had to get a slot and get our album in there.

Love Island USA, which just welcomed a former UK Islander to the cast, has made reality TV history as two female contestants shared a groundbreaking snog. Singletons Kassy Castillo and Johnnie Garcia shared an intimate moment on one of the sofas in the villa, as they both admitted to having feelings for each other.

Welsh singer Charlotte Church took to social media to share that she got her first ever tattoo at 37 years old, and called it a “life-changing experience”. Charlotte, who rose to fame as a child classical singer, shared an action shot where she was sitting in a chair whilst getting a tattoo on her arm.The star looked excited by her decision as she posed a huge smile for the camera.

Los Angeles is preparing for a historic weather event as Hurricane Hilary makes its way to land.

Los Angeles and the rest of Southern California is bracing for a potentially historic weather event this weekend as Hurricane Hilary barrels up the Mexico coast. The National Weather Service today issued the first-ever tropical storm watch for the region from San Diego northward through L.A. and Ventura counties as Hilary threatens to strengthen into a walloping Category 5 storm.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In this week’s podcast news roundup, Hallmark sets its first-ever scripted podcast, a “romance mystery” starring Malinda Williams, Amanda Seales and Keith D. Robinson; Ron Howard executive produces an improv workplace comedy with iHeart; Audible and the Obamas’ Higher Ground launch “Your Mama’s Kitchen,” in which guests tell host Michele Norris about… their mama’s kitchen; ex-UTA agent Jed Baker launched kids and family podcast network Starglow Media; and more.

Hallmark Media is making a foray into the scripted podcast space with Crimson Hearts Collide, an original romance-mystery story spun from the company’s Mahogany content initiative.

EXCLUSIVE: South Africa’s longest-running gameshow has been snapped up for global format distribution by Small World IFT in what is the 30-year-old quiz’s first ever rights deal.

Salma Hayek Pinault is looking back on her very first red carpet event.

World of Wonder has announced the drag queens who will compete in season one of “Drag Race Germany,” the first German iteration of the award winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” franchise. The show is set to premiere on Sept.