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...Disney has drawn interest from activists, who are capitalising on a slump in its stock as it grapples with heavy spending on its streaming business and declining margins in traditional legacy television....
...Joséphine’s stumpy black teeth were never likely to feature in the come-hither mouth of Vanessa Kirby, who does a mean job of inhabiting the empire-line cougar....
...Disney showed off trailers of two highly anticipated films coming this autumn, the Black Panther sequel Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water....
...In 1973, with the Roe v....
...Online shoppers hunting for televisions from the British retailer Argos this week will be inundated with Black Friday offers....
...Milton Friedman might spin in his grave....
...“J’Ouvert is about young black womanhood,” says Friedman. “It’s powerful, physical, incredibly moving and very important . . ....
...I come from the generation where drugs were optional and even a source of (illegal) entertainment. Now, in my case, they are becoming compulsory although lacking in any entertainment value....
...Then last month the journalist-turned-executive announced his own redundancy as he shocked staff with news of a A$2.2bn (US$1.6bn) offer from Nine Entertainment, a free-to-air television group....
...“Our strong film and television offerings are now complemented by our Starz premium network that is becoming a ‘must-have’ value proposition for the digital age.”...
...It is almost time for her next appointment — a 3pm television appearance....
...He bought House of Cards and made the entire first season available at once, as he did with other Netflix productions such as Narcos, Orange is the New Black and Stranger Things....
...If the Black Entertainment Television Awards last night were any indication, he has a ways to go: the ceremony functioned as one-half tribute to Prince, one-half nationally-televised anti-Trump rally....
...Lions Gate Entertainment, the Hollywood film studio behind The Hunger Games and Orange is the New Black, has agreed to buy US premium cable channel Starz for $4.4bn including debt, in the latest push for...
...The San Francisco-based company announced after the market closed that it was appointing Ms Lee, who has a long career at the Black Entertainment Television, a division of Viacom, and serves on other boards...
...No film starring a black lead is up for Best Picture. Implausibly, it gets worse....
...With his company Forced Entertainment, he plans to stage all of Shakespeare’s plays using a humble table-top and a cast of household objects....
...Starz Play Arabia, which launches in 17 countries on April 2, will carry Starz shows such as Black Sails and Spartacus, as well as television programmes and films from partners including Disney, CBS, Warner...
...Starz, the US pay-television network behind shows such as Spartacus and Black Sails, has struck a deal to build an “over-the-top” video streaming service that will launch in the Middle East, Africa, Asia...
...Syco Entertainment, the company he and Green set up in 2010 to harness his ventures, is nearing the end of its initial five-year deal with Sony Music Entertainment. The future is open....
...Breaking Bad and The Black List, a new hit for NBC....
...His imminent move to the Sony studio lot in Culver City comes as Daniel Loeb, the activist investor, is agitating for Sony to spin off its entertainment group, which includes the film and television studio...
...He said he would also like to take a close look at Debra Lee, the chief executive of Black Entertainment Television, although he could only remember her title, not her name....
...vanessa.friedman@ft.com More columns at www.ft.com/friedman...
...It consisted of a black and white Hitachi television set, a few circuit boards and two “paddle” controllers, and required 25 cents to be played....
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