UPDATED with confirmation: USC and UCLA made it official Thursday: the schools are moving from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference in 2024. The jump, which both schools confirmed late in the day amid swirling media reports of a deal in the works, is the latest major disruption of the college sports landscape, which has been altered by players gaining rights to name, image and likeness (NIL) revenue and the rise of the five conferences in the top tier of the ultra-lucrative sport of football. While the realignment would apply to all sports, football controls the vast majority of the dollars flowing to schools from media rights. In USC’s statement today, it noted that the schools’ move date is effective August 2, 2024, “enabling both schools to remain in the Pac-12 Conference for the duration of the Pac-12’s existing media rights agreements.” “Over the past three years, we have worked hard to ground our university decisions in what is best for our … [Read more...] about USC And UCLA Confirm Jump From Pac-12 To Big Ten Conference In Latest Upheaval In College Sports – Update
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China’s Bona Film Group Valued At $1.5B In Shenzhen Trading Debut
China’s Bona Film Group , producer of such hits as The Battle At Lake Changjin , made its debut on the Shenzhen stock exchange on Thursday, with shares closing the day at RMB 7.24 ($1.07). This was a 44% increase from the initial public offering price of RMB 5.03 ($0.74) per share and put the market capitalization at just under RMB 10B ($1.47B), according to the South China Morning Post . The company raised RMB 1.38B ($203M) from the deal. Bona returned to the China exchange after exiting the Nasdaq and going private in 2016. It had previously become the first Chinese film studio to trade on the Nasdaq beginning in 2010. During the pandemic, Bona was behind China’s top-grossing movie ever, The Battle At Lake Changjin and its sequel, The Battle At Lake Changjin II (aka Water Gate Bridge ). Collectively, the patriotic films grossed RMB 9.83B ($1.45B at current rates) in China. In an interview posted to Bona’s website earlier this week, Chairman and … [Read more...] about China’s Bona Film Group Valued At $1.5B In Shenzhen Trading Debut
Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Rights To “Gripping” Doc ‘Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche,’ On Historic Ski Resort Disaster
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the edge-of-your-seat documentary thriller Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche , a “gripping account of the deadliest avalanche in U.S. ski resort history.” Greenwich plans to release the documentary — winner of the Audience Award at Telluride’s Moutainfilm festival – in theaters in New York, San Francisco and Northern California on September 23, expanding to additional markets thereafter. A 45-day exclusive theatrical window will be followed by a release on TVOD/EST (transactional video on demand/electronic sell-through) and DVD on November 8. Jared Drake and Steven Siig directed the film, which takes viewers back to the catastrophic events of March and April 1982 near Lake Tahoe, California. A massive storm had dumped huge quantities of snow onto the area beginning in late March. Then, on the afternoon of March 31, tragedy struck. “[W]ithout warning, millions of pounds of snow … [Read more...] about Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Rights To “Gripping” Doc ‘Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche,’ On Historic Ski Resort Disaster
Writers Guild Foundation Reveals 2022 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program Participants
EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild Foundation has revealed the participants for the 2022 session of the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program. The program’s mission is to provide writers who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+, writers with disabilities, and writers over the age of 50, with tools and education to become writers’ assistants and script coordinators, ultimately resulting in meaningful employment opportunities. Out of the 1,205 applications received, 16 candidates were selected: Anpa’o Locke, Christian Mejia, Da Eun Kim, Diarra McCormick, Isabel Meza-Roquebert, Jewel Powell, Lydia Caradine, Malaika Jules, Michelle Driscoll, Olivia Woodward, Peter Lee, Rachel Yang, Reed Tsuda, Renee Ross, Shanice Williamson, and Sherin Shetty. The 12-week course, set to kick off in late August, will be taught by instructors Debbie Ezer ( The Good Doctor ) and Clay Lapari ( Community ), who have extensive experience as writers’ assistants and script coordinators for television. The … [Read more...] about Writers Guild Foundation Reveals 2022 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program Participants
ఘనంగా హేమచంద్ర-శ్రావణ భార్గవి వివాహం (ఫోటోలు)
For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now Jabardasth Praveen: ప్రవీణ్ ఇంట్లో పెను విషాదం.. షోలోకి వచ్చిన కొద్ది రోజులకే మృతి View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts Must Watch హోమ్ న్యూస్ News | Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 11:51 [IST] హైదరాబాద్: అటు బుల్లి తెరతో పాటు, ఇటు వెండి తెరపై ప్లేబ్యాక్ సింగర్లుగా ఇటీవల కాలంలో బాగా పాపులర్ అయిన గాయకులు హేమచంద్ర, శ్రావణ భార్గవి. గత కొంత కాలంగా ప్రేమలో మునిగి తేలుతున్న ఈ ఇద్దరు ప్రేమికుల రోజున పెళ్లితో ఒక్కటయ్యారు. వీరి వివాహం గురువారం(ఫిబ్రవరి 14) ఉదయం హైదరాబాద్ లో ఘనంగా జరిగింది. ఈ వేడుకకు ఇరు కుటుంబాలకు సంబంధించిన వారు, వారి సన్నిహితులు, స్నేహితులు హాజరయ్యారు. ఇతర వివరాల్లోకి వెళితే.... యంగ్ ఏజ్ లోనే సంగీత ప్రపంచంలోకి అడుగు పెట్టిన ఇద్దరూ అనతి కాలంలోనే తమ ప్రతిభతో మంచి గుర్తింపు తెచ్చుకున్నారు. పలు టీవీ సింగింగ్ రియాల్టీ షోలలో పాల్గొన్నారు. సప్తస్వరాలు రియాల్టీ షోలో శ్రావణ భార్గవి రన్నరప్ గా నిలిచింది. … [Read more...] about ఘనంగా హేమచంద్ర-శ్రావణ భార్గవి వివాహం (ఫోటోలు)