Microsoft said Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs — roughly two percent of its global workforce — in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division. The cuts include the deepest overhaul in Xbox’s history, with approximately 3,200 gaming jobs to be shed over the coming fiscal […]
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US streamers launch new legal fight against French content rules
American streaming platforms Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon’s Prime Video said Monday they had filed legal appeals challenging new rules requiring them to allocate 20 percent of their investments in France to animation, documentaries and live performances. The rules are part of wide-ranging state-backed protection of the French cultural sector that require broadcasters to invest in […]
Losses from latest French museum heist estimated at 4.5 mln euros
A gang of masked thieves who raided a museum run by luxury brand Lalique in eastern France at the weekend made off with 27 pieces of jewellery worth an estimated 4.5 million euros ($5.1 million), prosecutors said Monday. The heist is the latest attack on a French museum following a spectacular raid at the Louvre museum […]
Clooney to get lifetime award at Venice film festival
US actor, director and producer George Clooney will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Venice film festival, organisers said on Monday. Clooney, 65, called the award “a tremendous honour”.”It also probably means I’m old, but I’ll take it,” he said in a statement released by the annual festival. This year’s edition will run […]
Netflix, Disney+, Amazon appeal French investment rules
Streaming platforms Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon’s Prime Video said Monday they have filed appeals with French authorities to challenge new rules requiring them to allocate 20 percent of audiovisual content investment to animation, documentaries and live performances.”These new rules suddenly double our obligation to invest in these genres, target streaming services exclusively and end up […]
Australia PM apologises for Kylie Minogue comments
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised on Monday for suggesting in a recent interview that he would “shag” pop star Kylie Minogue. Albanese was asked to nominate which Australian entertainer he would “shag, marry, date” when appearing on a local comedy podcast last week.”Oh, Kylie, clearly,” he said after first trying to duck the question.”You’d […]
Banana!: ‘Minions’ knocks ‘Toy Story’ off N.America box office perch
The latest chapter in the lowbrow but lucrative “Minions” franchise debuted atop the North American box office this weekend, edging out another popular animation series in “Toy Story,” industry estimates showed Sunday. Universal’s “Minions & Monsters” — featuring the gibberish-spouting yellow creatures who stole the show in multiple “Despicable Me” films — pulled in $36.4 […]
Taiwanese film hunters rescue ageing reels from bygone era
In a dimly lit red-brick house in central Taiwan, film hunter Wang Wei and his team haul out ageing film reels, salvaging the fragile remnants of a cinema boom that nearly vanished from history. Rare Taiwanese-language films — known locally as “taiyupian” — flourished briefly from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s under the Kuomintang […]
A ‘garden inside the Garden’: More details of Swift-Kelce wedding emerge
A performance from Stevie Nicks, personal vows, high school friends and a “garden inside the Garden”: details are slowly emerging about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s star-studded wedding in New York. The pop superstar and the three-time NFL Super Bowl champion, both 36, tied the knot on Friday at the storied Madison Square Garden under […]