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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Hallmark Media president and CEO Wonya Lucas will depart the company at the end of the year. Upon her departure, Lucas will continue to serve on the Hallmark Media board of directors.

After three years at the helm, Hallmark Media President & CEO Wonya Lucas will exit her current role at the end of year, the company announced Tuesday. Lucas will continue to serve on the Hallmark Media Board of Directors.

Sandra Bullock’s sister is opening up about Bryan Randall’s death.

Dish Networks and EchoStar said today the two public companies will merge, joining the satcaster, streaming services and a nationwide 5G network with a leading satellite communications business.It’s a reunion. Dish spun EchoStar out into a standalone company in 2008. Over the last several years, as cord-cutting and competition ate into satellite pay-TV business, Dish has pivoted to telecom. It acquired prepaid mobile brand Boost and its wireless spectrum in 2020 to create a fourth national carrier after Sprint merged with T-Mobile.

Two boys were stabbed after being chased from a football pitch by two others armed with a machete and a knife, police have revealed. GMP hasn't revealed their exact ages but confirmed injuries they suffered in the attack were not 'life-threatening'.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Former Love Island star Samie Elishi has revealed the results of her thyroid cancer surgery in an open and candid YouTube vlog. Samie, 23, shocked fans after sharing that she found a lump in her throat and became concerned that it could be a cancerous tumor.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer In her most forceful comments to date about the Hollywood strikes, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass called Friday on the unions and studios to reach a deal “immediately” to get the industry back to work. Bass, who has largely remained on the sidelines thus far, said she is willing to get personally involved to help bring the strikes to an end.

The pioneering 1971 England women’s team, coined the ‘Lost Lionesses’, have been celebrated at an uplifting event at the National Football Museum in Manchester.

Match Me! Shepherding them are 30 producers hailing from the length and breadth of Europe, plus Taiwan and the Dominican Republic, in town for the three-day event, kicking off Friday. Set up at mainly young-ish production houses, they underscore major trends now coursing through European cinema: the rise of genre and animation – such as Christophe Reveille’s “To Live and Die with Che Guevara” an animated doc feature about three guerrillas who pledged allegiance to Che Guevara – as well as films of large artistic ambition made on contained budgets, such as Taiwan’s “Goodbye North, Goodbye.” Above all, there’s a gathering shift from straight-arrow arthouse drama to genre-bending thrillers that nevertheless maintain art pics’ traditional social issue focus.

S Club have responded to the “nonsense” claims that Hannah Spearritt was shut out from the upcoming reunion tour.Earlier this year, the pop group revealed they would be reforming and releasing new music for the first time in 20 years. All seven original members – consisting of Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O’Meara, Spearritt and Rachel Stevens – were set to embark on a 25th anniversary UK and Ireland arena tour in October.However, following the death of Cattermole in April, it was announced that Spearitt would not be a part of the newly renamed ‘Good Times Tour’.“You’ve probably noticed that there’s only five of us here today, and although Hannah will always be part of S Club 7 she won’t be joining us on this tour,” Lee said in an Instagram video.A post shared by S Club (@sclub)The remaining five members – now named S Club – are set to continue with the the sold-out tour, with Lee sharing that Spearritt was “always welcome” to rejoin them.According to The Sun, an anonymous source shared that Spearritt told her close friends that she was “blindsided” by the video announcement that was posted to the S Club social media accounts.In an interview on Monday (July 31) with ITV’s daytime show This Morning, S Club addressed the reports from the anonymous source.“Whenever an article starts with ‘a source said’, you can kind of take it with a pinch of salt,” Lee said.

Coronation Street fans have shared their hopes that Samia Longchambon is well after she shared a message about a 'reset' during a break from acting duties. The actress appears to have been enjoying some time away from the UK - and the ITV soap - to spend time with her family.

Jay-Z is reportedly interested in buying Tottenham Hotspur FC.According to Football365, British billionaire Joe Lewis – whose family trust owns the football club – was granted bail by a judge in New York after pleading not guilty to charges of giving insider trading tips. The 86-year-old is also facing 16 counts of security fraud and three counts of conspiracy.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Stacey Solomon shared a beautiful snap of her returning home to her children after she had been away working. The 33 year old mother of five, took to social media to share the emotional picture of her hugging Belle, Rose and Rex, along with the family's two dogs - and she looked happier than ever.

Lazio president Claudio Lotito was ready to bid for Fred this summer but was told not to by manager Maurizio Sarri.

EXCLUSIVE: Tubi has acquired Aardman Animations’ series Lloyd of the Flies.

Singer Tori Kelly has been hospitalized in an intensive care unit in Los Angeles after a Sunday health scare that turned serious very quickly.

French lawmakers are proposing new legislation aimed at protecting media independence amid growing concerns over big business interference and politicization in the sector in France.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra has claimed the AMPTP offer made to the actors union was “the best offer that has ever been made to the SAG-AFTRA group.”

A Manchester City fan has been handed a football banning order for repeatedly making a 'disgusting' gesture mocking the Hillsborough tragedy during a game against Liverpool last year.

We know the guests of The White Lotus don’t shy away from splashing the cash and a Motion Picture Association study has now revealed inward investment on the HBO show’s second season in Italy neared $40M.