#Fremantle Completes Ascha Media Group Acquisition

#Fremantle Completes Ascha Media Group Acquisition

Fremantle has completed the acquisition of Asacha Media Group, the private-equity-backed operation that owns eight TV and film production companies across France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Asacha’s subsidiaries include Death in Paradise producers Red Planet Pictures; Italian scripted groups Picomedia (Beyond the Sea, La Storia) and Stand by Me (Diaries); and France’s Srab Films…

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#Tammy Murphy drops out of New Jersey Senate primary

#Tammy Murphy drops out of New Jersey Senate primary

Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), ended her primary campaign for Senate on Sunday. The announcement abruptly ends a highly anticipated Senate bid which launched with high expectations, and leaves Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) as the only major candidate remaining in the race to replace Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). “After many busy,…

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#‘Furiosa’ Heading to Cannes

#‘Furiosa’ Heading to Cannes

Mad Max is roaring back to the Croisette. Nine years after George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road tore up Cannes as the diesel-fueled opener in 2015, the director’s follow-up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, will also have its world premiere, out of competition, in Cannes. Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, the character played…

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#BBC Buys ‘Suits’

#BBC Buys ‘Suits’

Suits is continuing to cash in on its current popularity. The BBC has acquired all nine seasons of the hit American legal drama, along with mockumentary St. Denis Medical and the series continuation of the hit Best Man films, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, for its TV channels and the BBC iPlayer streaming service. It acquired the three…

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