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Two heavyweights contend for most Oscar nominations
AFP, Published on 22/01/2026
» LOS ANGELES - The votes are in and the moment is here: the Academy is set to reveal the nominations for this year’s Oscars, with “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” expected to top the list.
Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery for $83bn
Reuters, Published on 05/12/2025
» Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s TV and film studios and streaming division for $83 billion, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood’s oldest and most prized assets to the streaming pioneer that has upended the media industry.
'End of an era': MTV pulling plug on global music channels
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video.
Here's to the dreamers
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 16/08/2025
» For the third consecutive year, Apple is bringing back the "Here's To The Dreamers" campaign, with a new theme of "Dream Beyond", to celebrate creators, developers, artists and creative minds from Southeast Asia, and inspire the next generation to push the boundaries and embark on their own creative journeys.
US regulators greenlight contentious $8bn Skydance-Paramount merger
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - United States regulators on Thursday approved an US$8 billion deal for Skydance to acquire Paramount Global amid tumult in the latter's news and late night programming on CBS, a leading American broadcaster.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: Dec 13-19
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 13/12/2023
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Woody, Buzz and... a plastic fork: the 'Toy Story' gang grows
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» EMERYVILLE, United States: Creating toys out of everyday objects is a staple of any imaginative child's playtime: a cardboard box becomes a car; a piece of wood transforms into a sword; and a plastic fork... becomes Forky.
Emma Thompson refuses to work with ex-Disney animation chief
AFP, Published on 27/02/2019
» LOS ANGELES: British actress Emma Thompson has quit an anticipated film produced by California's Skydance studios because it hired former Disney creative director John Lasseter, who is accused of sexual harassment, her publicist told AFP Tuesday.
Cruise's latest 'Impossible' tops box office
AFP, Published on 30/07/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Improbable? Maybe, but "Mission Impossible -- Fallout," the sixth and latest stunt-filled edition of the Tom Cruise action franchise has topped the weekend box office in North America, outperforming the five earlier "Impossibles."