Kitao Sakurai Set To Direct Prime Video Series ‘Butterfly’

is top of mind. But that doesn’t mean that you have to join your local CrossFit gym or sign up to run a marathon.

Amazon has confirmed that "limited advertisements" will begin to appear within its Prime Video streaming service from February 5 in the UK.

Amazon Prime Video has confirmed the dates from which it will introduce advert breaks in its shows.The move was first announced back in September as a bid to increase the amount of money it invests in making original content.Users in the US will start seeing ads on the streamer from January 29, while they will appear on UK and German users’ version of the service from February 4.Amazon said the move would “allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time”.An ad-free version of Amazon Prime Video will be available for an extra £2.99 per month, but live content such as sports will continue to feature adverts. The company affirmed in an email to customers that it aims to “have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers” and will still offer “compelling value”.Amazon plans on expanding adverts to other territories, including France, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Australia, later in 2024.Some of Amazon’s rival streamers, including Disney+ and Netflix, have also brought in adverts in recent months, particularly as they have struggled to hold onto customers amid growing inflation worldwide.In other streaming news, Warner Bros.

Dilettante: True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster tells the story of Graydon Carter’s protégé Dana Brown and how he navigated his way around the New York media world in the 1990s.

Madonna has officially launched the U.S. leg of her The Celebration Tour and we have the setlist from opening night.

Angelique Jackson The Paramount Pictures adaptation of the hit YA book “Children of Blood and Bone” is taking another step toward the big screen, with Gina Prince-Bythewood signing on to direct. Prince-Bythewood will develop the next pass of a draft penned by author Tomi Adeyemi. The action fantasy novel follows heroine Zélie Adebola, who belongs to a class of magic practicioners know as the maji, as she attempts to restore magic to the kingdom of Orïsha, following the ruling class kosidáns’ brutal suppression of her people.

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Adam Sherman (This Game’s Called Murder) has set the cast for his newest indie feature, the horror comedy Vampires of the Velvet Lounge. Mena Suvari (American Beauty) and Dichen Lachman (Severance) lead the ensemble, which also includes Stephen Dorff (Blade), Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Lochlyn Munro (Peacemaker), India Eisley (I Am the Night), Sarah Dumont (Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Mark Boone Jr. (Sons of Anarchy), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Timothy V. Murphy (The Fabulous Four), Sherman Augustus (Strangers Things) and Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious franchise).

It looks like the movie business is finally back in full swing post-guild strikes. Deadline reports that Amazon/MGM won a high-priced bidding war for “Best Of Enemies,” a spy film starring Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale.

Hogwarts Legacy is set to top the US video game sales charts for 2023, breaking a long stretch of Call Of Duty titles.According to Mat Piscatella, the executive director & video game industry analyst at Circana, who spoke to IGN, this is a combination of both Hogwarts Legacy selling extremely well throughout the year (along with a boost from a recent Nintendo Switch port) and the fact that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3‘s sales are behind Modern Warfare 2, despite Modern Warfare 3 being the second best-selling game of 2023.If Hogwarts Legacy stays at the top of the charts, then this year will be the first year since 2009 that the charts haven’t been topped by either a Call Of Duty game or a Rockstar Games title (in 2013, Grand Theft Auto V topped the list, and in 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 topped the list).NME reviewed Hogwarts Legacy, stating that the game can “only offer a facsimile: a world that, although ostensibly populated, feels lifeless and doesn’t let you have any real impact on it.”“Hogwarts Legacy is fun and manages to get a lot of things right, but it already feels somewhat dated, no doubt a hangover from the six-year development cycle,” the review reads.“It’s a stunning way to experience Hogwarts and the surrounding area and is probably the best representation for fans of the universe, regardless of the medium. Honestly, this is an exceptional piece of fan service and a loving recreation that for performance reasons and dated design, doesn’t quite come together,” it concludes.In other gaming news, a new Assassin’s Creed Mirage update has introduced New Game Plus to the game.

Seth Meyers and Dua Lipa took part in his fan favorite bit where he goes day drinking with stars for his late night show, Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Lily Gladstone, the breakout star of Martin Scorsese’s Western crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon, made history at the Golden Globes on Monday, becoming the ceremony’s first Indigenous nominee in the category of Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture.

True Detective‘s Anna Lambe and seven-year-old Inuk actress Keira Cooper will lead the untitled Netflix, CBC and APTN comedy series. Additionally Anya Adams (Yellowjackets) has signed on as producing director of the Canadian show.

Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have co-created a romantic comedy series titled “Too Much” for Netflix. Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe are set to star. “Too Much” follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows.

Reina Hardesty (The Secret Art of Human Flight) has joined the cast of Prime Video‘s Butterfly opposite Daniel Dae Kim.

Becky G released her third Spanish-language studio album, Esquinas, on September 28, 2023, and it’s a gift that keeps giving. The album included some epic collaborations, like, “POR EL CONTRARIO,” with Ángela Aguilar & Leonardo Aguilar. Fans have been asking for a music video, and on Thursday, the Mexican-American singer revealed that they have one on the way.A post shared by Becky G (@iambeckyg)Becky G shared a clip of the singers on set in matching red-themed outfits with a hilarious, “Hey how y’all doing” viral sound. She moved her way over to the famous siblings in a stunning red gown with a veil and cross jewelry.

Your Christmas Or Mine 2 which heads to Prime Video from tomorrow, 8th December. Asa Butterfield, Cora Kirk, Alex Jennings, Daniel Mays, David Bradley, Angela Griffin, Natalie Gumede, and Jane Krakowski star in the film, a follow-up to the brilliant Your Christmas Or Mine which was released last year.Here’s some more info on the film.It’s the most wonderful time of the year … but will it be for James and Hayley? James’ father has invited the Taylors to spend Christmas in a luxury ski resort in the Austrian Alps, so they can meet his new American girlfriend (played by Jane Krakowski).

The Masked Singer is set to return later this month, ITV bosses have confirmed. The hit show will return for its fifth series on Saturday 30 December - with comedian Joel Dommett hosting once again.The series sees various celebrities dress up in elaborate character costumes, with their identities hidden, while they perform well known songs.

upcoming movie “The Apprentice.”In pictures obtained exclusively by The Post, Stan, 41, sat on a park bench where he enjoyed a sandwich and a Diet Coke. He dressed in the allegedly fraudulent businessman’s signature dark suit with a patterned blue and beige tie. In other shots, Stan walked through the streets of the city with his hands buried in his trench coat as the film crew followed behind him.

EXCLUSIVE: Brad Ingelsby’s upcoming HBO crime drama series starring Mark Ruffalo has added to its exec producer and director ranks.

Netflix and Adam McKay are putting an end to a forthcoming project.