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Liz Gateley, who left Spotify at the end of 2024 after a six-year run, has nailed up her own media shingle. Gateley, a TV veteran behind such shows as MTV’s “Laguna Beach,” “The Hills” and “Teen Mom,” joined Spotify in 2019 and has served as the audio giant’s head of development for original podcasts. Her […]

In a major boon for action film enthusiasts and physical media collectors, Shout! Studios is launching a new entertainment label dedicated to restored Hong Kong cinema classics. The Hong Kong Cinema Classics line will spotlight a treasure trove of Hong Kong cinematic masterpieces, beginning with digital 4K releases in June before expanding to definitive-edition physical […]

Channel 4 has announced that Alex Mahon has decided to step down as CEO and will leave the business in summer this year. Mahon joined the U.K. network in 2017 as the channel’s first female CEO. Under her tenure, Channel 4 has battled privatization attempts and seismic shifts in viewing habits. It has produced hugely […]

TV giant Banijay is the latest company to be linked to ITV, according to reports. The Financial Times claims the France-based Banijay Group — which is no stranger to acquisitions — has held early talks with the U.K. network about buying the entire business or its coveted ITV Studios operation. ITV Studios, among world’s biggest TV production […]

Seoul-based Pinkfong Company, the outfit behind the global kids phenomenon “Baby Shark,” has formed a strategic partnership with Japanese broadcasting giant TBS Television to jointly develop new family-friendly content and expand its footprint in the Japanese market. Pinkfong has established global success with properties like “Baby Shark,” which has accumulated over 15.8 billion YouTube views. […]

Sales agency The Playmaker has released the trailer for techno music drama “Rave On,” written and directed by Nikias Chryssos and Viktor Jakovleski. The Playmaker will be screening the film at the Cannes Film Market on May 15. The film is a deep dive into Berlin’s club scene. It follows a musician over one night […]

China’s box office remained steady but subdued over the April 25–27 weekend, with Cococartoon’s animated megahit “Ne Zha 2” once again topping the charts. The long-running title earned RMB21.9 million ($3 million) for the weekend, pushing its cumulative gross to $2.12 billion, according to Artisan Gateway. Now in its thirteenth weekend of release, “Ne Zha […]

I’d never spent a minute thinking about how these two put their act together, but the evolution of their career, which took shape with not much more calculation than the comedy bits they often improvised, turns out to be a story at once fascinating and charming.

In a 2015 episode of the reality comedy series “Nathan for You,” Nathan Fielder starts an outdoor apparel line called Summit Ice. It had come to his attention that the Canadian label behind his favorite winter jacket, Taiga, had published a tribute to the Holocaust denier Doug Collins. So Fielder, who is Jewish, started a […]

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The Last of Us” Season 2, Episode 3. “The Last of Us” Season 2 may be setting up a narrative about the dangers of pursuing revenge, but Isabela Merced wants to remind viewers that it’s OK to not try and be one step ahead of the characters’ moral […]