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₹40 crore on day one, with the following week with multiple holidays aiding business further. While the film could easily manage pan-India traction, the south has two Tamil films releasing too—Japan and Jigarthanda Double X. However, these will not see a release in the north owing to the four-week OTT window norm followed by southern filmmakers.

2023 Clio Entertainment Awards took Hollywood by storm on Thursday night. The prestigious awards, honoring excellence in entertainment marketing, saw Barbie and Netflix emerge as the reigning champions, captivating audiences with their stellar campaigns.

Investing.com — U.S. futures traded in a mixed fashion Friday, ending the week amid a degree of uncertainty after a relatively hawkish speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday rattled financial markets worldwide by saying that the central bank was not yet confident that interest rates were at a sufficiently restrictive level to bring inflation to its 2% target. The statement, which leaves the door open for more Fed rate hikes, yanked five-year US bond yields above 5%, pushed the rupee to a record low versus the dollar, and sent stock markets tumbling.

By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine

Actors secured these new safeguards as part of a deal announced late on Wednesday, according to Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator for the SAG-AFTRA actors union. Under the three-year contract, actors «have this right of consent, and the right to fair compensation anytime some sort of digital replica or replacement of them is used,» Crabtree-Ireland told Reuters. The proposed agreement sets a minimum compensation level for AI uses, Crabtree-Ireland said. Actors also are free to negotiate higher payments.

Sony has reported that its profit in the July-September quarter slipped 29% from a year earlier, as damage from a strike in the movie sector offset boosts from a favorable exchange rate

The Las Vegas hotel workers union says it has reached a deal with MGM Resorts International, the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip, on the heels of its breakthrough agreement with Caesars Entertainment

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Hollywood jumped into planning mode Thursday at the news of a tentative agreement between striking actors and the major entertainment companies

Ian Somerhalder has revealed the reasons that led him to bid farewell to Hollywood glamour. The actor provides a glimpse into his current idyllic life on a farm with wife Nikki Reed, two kids, and an assorted collection of eighteen pets. The decision to leave their beachside Los Angeles home wasn't merely a change of scenery for Somerhalder and Reed; it was a conscious choice to immerse themselves in the serenity of farm life.

Marvel Cinematic Universe's «The Marvels» movie is a sequel to «Captain Marvel» and a follow-up to «Ms. Marvel» and «WandaVision».

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures are mixed on Thursday following a relatively muted session on Wall Street, with traders looking ahead to comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later in the day. In corporate earnings, SoftBank (TYO:9984) slips to a quarterly loss as the Japanese tech investment giant is impacted by the bankruptcy of WeWork, while Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) reports better-than-expected earnings thanks to strength at its streaming business and some of its theme parks. Elsewhere, Hollywood actors reach a tentative deal with major studios to end their 118-day strike.

Hollywood's actors union has reached a tentative deal with studios to end its strike

The CEO of MGM Resorts International said in an earnings call that he believed contract negotiations underway Wednesday would lead to a tentative agreement with the Culinary Workers Union

statue of a dog whose true story of loyalty has made him a beloved mascot for generations. Hachiko, whose birth centenary is this week, belonged to university professor Hidesaburo Ueno. The faithful hound would wait at Shibuya station for his master to come home every day. Ueno died unexpectedly in 1925, but Hachiko continued to come to the train station to wait forlornly for Ueno for nearly 10 years until passing away in March 1935. The story, similar to that of 'Greyfriars Bobby' in 19th-century Scotland, touched the hearts of many locals, who pitched in money to build its statue in 1934, shortly before the dog's death. In World War II, the statue was melted down for the metal, but a new one was installed in 1948 and became a popular meeting spot. Today, locals and foreigners alike queue up to snap photos with the statue of the Japanese Akita dog, a popular breed with its own museum in Hachiko's birthplace of Odate. «I would like my dog to be waiting for me as long a time as he did,» Spanish honeymooner Omar Sanchez, 33, said as he snapped selfies with his wife and the statue. «The story is sweet.

Hollywood actors have reached a tentative deal with studios to end their months-long strike, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) said Wednesday. «In a unanimous vote this afternoon, the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement… bringing an end to the 118 day strike,» a spokeswoman said in a statement. «The strike officially ends at 12:01 am on Thursday, November 9.»

By Chuck Mikolajczak

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The SAG-AFTRA actors' union reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to resolve the second of two strikes that rocked the entertainment industry as workers demanded higher pay in the streaming TV era, the union said on Wednesday.

The desi side of the Internet has just one question: “Who is Orry”? While Orhan Awatramani aka Orry has managed to hog headlines for just chilling out with the creme-de-la-creme of showbiz, his sudden ascension to prominence has left netizens scratching their heads about his identity, profession, and claim to fame. Looks like curious netizens may finally get an answer to the “Who Is Orry?” question!

Follow our LIVE coverage of the Israel-Hamas war Oscar-winning director Guy Nattiv, who led the initiative, told i24 that Gadot and her husband Yaron Varsano, "helped make this possible". Nattiv, an advocate for a two-state solution, emphasized the importance of not forgetting the events of October 7. He drew parallels with the Holocaust and the need to document and share such footage with the world.