Göteborg: Finland’s MTV Group Joins Nordisk Film & TV Fond

GOTEBORG, Sweden — MTV, Finland’s largest commercial television group, owner of flagship channel MTV3, has joined the Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fond (NFTVF) as its twelfth broadcasting partner. Connected to the foundation between 2011-2015, MTV will be the second Finnish member, joining pubcaster YLE. The announcement was made during Sweden’s 41st Göteborg Intl. Film […]

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Stephen Colbert Skewers Trump and Learns Definition of ‘Zaddy’ in Live ‘Late Show’

Stephen Colbert cruised through a live edition of CBS’ “The Late Show” on Tuesday, thanks to plenty of material from President Trump’s State of the Union address and a lively segment with “2 Dope Queens” hosts Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson. Colbert offered his annotated commentary on highlights from Trump’s 90-minute speech to Congress. Among […]

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Pinto Da Cunha Joins Pink Parrot, a New Canada-Spain International Distributor

MADRID  —  Spain-based sales executive Tania Pinto Da Cunha  has joined Pink Parrot Media, a new international distributor, primarily focused on handling CGI animated features. She will serve as its vice president. Created last fall by Marie-Claude Beauchamp, founder of Canadian production house CarpeDiem Film & TV (“Snowtime!,” “The Legend of Sarila”), Pink Parrot will operate […]

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Stormy Daniels Appears on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ After State of the Union Address

President Donald Trump’s reported paramour and adult film star Stormy Daniels appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday night just hours after Trump finished his first State of the Union speech. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, kicked off the segment by watching the State of the Union address with Kimmel. “Okay, enough of this,” […]

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Ivanhoe Boards India’s ‘Unread Pages’

Prominent U.S. independent producer, Ivanhoe Pictures is to co-produce ‘Unseen Pages,” a multigenerational drama that will be directed by India’s Jahna Barua. Hailing from the Assam region, Barua is one of India’s top directors who has worked in the Assam and Hindi industries. His past films, including “Ayejo” and “Tora” have collected an unmatched 11 […]

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Trump’s First State of the Union: A Divisive President Delivers a Dictator’s Speech (Column)

With stilted, smug delivery, President Donald J. Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. It was an exceptionally cheap speech, one that relied repeatedly on the grief of parents who had lost their children, the appropriated trauma of soldiers and refugees, and flag-waving rhetoric […]

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Joseph P. Kennedy III Delivers Official Democratic Party Response to SOTU

The Democratic Party’s response to President Trump’s State of the Union speech emphasized unity and the strength of the American people without once mentioning Trump by name. The response did not specifically target many of the remarks Trump made in his address, but did extent a hand specifically to Dreamers, the thousands of young immigrants whose […]

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