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Los Angeles Lakers will play Kyle Kuzma's Washington Wizards on Thursday. The NBA game will be played at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Lakers vs Wizards game will tip off at 10.30 pm (ET) on February 29. The live streaming will be available on fubo TV in the US.

Anyone But You" stole hearts and wallets, raking in an impressive $190 million against its modest $25 million budget. With the movie's success, fans are eager to know if a sequel is on the horizon, especially considering the potential for feel-good romantic narratives.

Ishana Night Shyamalan has directed the fantasy -horror, 'The Watchers. Starring Dakota Fanning and Georgina Campbell, the movie revolves around a young artist who gets stranded in a forest in western Ireland. The film explores how she faces the horrors that lurk from every corner of the wilderness.

Poor Things" is all set to be released on OTT streaming platform in March. Emma Stone-starrer has received Academy nominations for as many as 11 categories. These include lead actress, best picture and director for filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, as per a report in Variety. The film, which also features Willem Dafoe and Willem Dafoe, will premier on Hulu on March 7.

Pre-wedding celebrations for Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries, who is soon to be wed to Radhika Merchant, the daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant began in Jamnagar district in Gujarat. The high-profile guests started arriving in Jamnagar on Thursday with actors like Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, and Alia Bhatt taking the lead. Anant Ambani's brother Akash Ambani also reached the venue earlier today.

Too bad a Super Bowl with Taylor Swift in the stands doesn’t happen every quarter. The record-breaking Super Bowl featuring the world’s biggest pop star will be giving a nice lift to Paramount Global’s beleaguered TV advertising business. On a conference call Wednesday to discuss the company’s fourth-quarter report, Chief Financial Officer Naveen Chopra said Paramount expects low to midteen percentage advertising revenue growth in the first quarter of this year, including the impact from the Super Bowl.

₹49, and a season pass for ₹899, but with an inaugural discount it will be available for ₹599. “Formula 1 is among the biggest sporting properties in the world, and we’re thrilled to partner with them to bring all the exciting action to millions of fans in India.

Farhan Akhtar and his wife, actor Shibani Dandekar are joining hands for "Dabba Cartel", a new Netflix series. Directed by Hitesh Bhatia, the upcoming show revolves around five ordinary women in Maharashtra's Thane who start a drug cartel through the 'dabba' (tiffin) delivery service. It will star Shabana Azmi, Jyotika, Farhan Akhtar, Nimisha Sajayan, Anjali Anand, Gajraj Rao, Sai Tamhankar, Lillete Dubey and Jisshu Sengupta. The first look of «Dabba Cartel», created by Dandekar, was revealed on Thursday at the Next on Netflix event here. Akhtar has backed the show via his production banner Excel Media & Entertainment. «We like narrating stories, and it's been a great association (with Netflix) and there are many more shows (to look forward to). This is an exciting show. It is a special show as Shibani is the creator of the show and this gives a special place to the show in my heart,» Akhtar said at the event.

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₹70,000 crore) media behemoth with more than 100 linear TV channels, two large streaming services – Disney+Hotstar and JioCinema – and a massive content library. As part of the deal, Disney will transfer all its India assets and employees — except its 30% stake in direct-to-home (DTH) company Tata Play, its consumer products business, and VFX studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) — to its wholly owned subsidiary Star India. Viacom18, a Reliance-controlled entity in which Paramount (earlier ViacomCBS) has a minority stake of around 13%, will merge with Star India to form a ₹58,852 crore (pre-money) joint venture.

₹11,500 crore into the venture, securing a stake of over 63.16%, while Disney will have 36.84%. The entities have signed a definitive agreement to create a joint venture, combining Viacom18's and Star India's digital streaming and television assets.

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Sylvester Stallone's "Tulsa King" is all set to be released on CBS this summer. It premiered on streaming platform Paramount+, as per a report in Deadline. It must be noted that the second season of «Tulsa King» will premier on Paramount+ this fall, as per the report. «Tulsa King», when it was released, became the second most watched series on Paramount+, as per the report.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is the anticipated sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, blending the original cast with new faces. Here’s a detailed look at the movie, including its release date, cast and plot details.

Robert Morgan's upcoming animated horror film, 'Stopmotion,' is set to deliver a haunting experience with its unique blend of stop-motion animation and live-action. Starring Aisling Franciosi, the movie promises a terrifying journey into the world of a stop-motion artist whose creations take on a life of their own.

New York Post columnist Rikki Schlott on young professionals fleeing Democrat-run states and legacy admissions at Ivy League schools.

₹70,352 crore-media behemoth. As part of the transaction, the media undertaking of Viacom18 will be merged into Star India through a court-approved scheme of arrangement. Nita M Ambani will be the chairperson of the joint venture (JV) with Uday Shankar as Vice chairperson providing strategic guidance to the joint venture.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Viacom 18 Media, and The Walt Disney Company have agreed to merge Viacom18 and Star India to create a joint venture that will be valued at Rs 70,352 crore ($8.5 billion). Viacom18's media business will be merged into Star India through a court-approved arrangement as part of the transaction. RIL has committed to investing Rs 11,500 crore ($1.4 billion) into the JV for its growth strategy. RIL, Viacom18, and Disney will own and control 16.34%, 46.82%, and 36.84% of the JV, respectively. Disney may contribute additional media assets to the JV, pending regulatory and third-party approvals.

Spotify has not seen any drastic change in revenue numbers or its user base in the country and is focused on striking a balance between its free and premium services, a senior executive of the music streaming platform said. “We always want to offer a great free service and will obviously keep calibrating because ultimately, we are also running a business here. So, we are going to calibrate between free and paid in such a way that we want to keep our free business growing and also keep our premium business growing,” Amarjit Singh Batra, managing director of Spotify India, said during a fireside chat at the India Digital Summit 2024 in Mumbai.

Reliance Industries Ltd on Wednesday informed exchanges that the company has inked a binding agreement with Walt Disney Co to merge their media operations in India. Reliance Industries Limited (“RIL”), Viacom 18 Media Private Limited (“Viacom18”) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) (“Disney”) today announced the signing of binding definitive agreements to form a joint venture (“JV”) that will combine the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India. As part of the transaction, the media undertaking of Viacom18 will be merged into Star India Private Limited (“SIPL”) through a court-approved scheme of arrangement. In addition, RIL has agreed to invest at closing Rs 11,500 crore (~US$ 1.4 billion) into the JV for its growth strategy.