Matt Brittin, formerly Google’s EMEA president, has been named the new director-general at the BBC. Rumors began to spread earlier in the week after a report in The Times, with Brittin’s appointment formally announced by the public broadcaster on Wednesday. He’ll start on May 18, taking over from Tim Davie, who said he’d be resigning…
Disney+ is “ramping up production” across Europe, increasing commissioning for both scripted and non-scripted content, including a high-profile documentary on Welsh soul singer Duffy, a murder mystery set in Italy and a Turkish comedy featuring a 350-year-old vampire virgin. The streamer’s head of content for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Angela Jain, speaking at…
Jada Jones/ZDNET Spring has sprung, which means it’s time for another Amazon Big Spring Sale. This year, Bose’s latest premium headphones are on sale at their lowest price since their launch last September. The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) are currently on sale for $399, or $50 off their original price. Also: The best…
Joanna “JoJo” Levesque will take over Lea Michele’s role in Chess on Broadway. Levesque will play Florence Vassy starting June 23 through Sept. 13, opposite Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher. This marks Levesque’s return to Broadway after she starred in Moulin Rouge as Satine for several months in 2023 and again in 2024. Levesque rose…
Welsh singer Duffy, who in 2020 revealed she had been drugged, raped and held hostage over several weeks, will share her story in a new Disney+ documentary. Disney+’s EMEA content chief Angela Jain announced the feature-length Hulu Original at Series Mania on Wednesday, saying that the Grammy-winning artist feels finally ready to speak. In the…
Between January 2023 and mid-February 2026, at least 4,765 Palestinians from 97 locations, have been displaced by settler violence, the UN’s humanitarian office says. Most were from Bedouin and herding communities in Area C. At the start of this year, 600 people were forced from one Bedouin village, Ras Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan Valley.
The film’s official synopsis says: “Fourteen years after the passing of Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam’s daughter, Elanor, has discovered a long-buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it even began.”
