News

Lightning International, the Hong Kong- and U.K.-based content distribution and solutions company, is expanding its staff ahead of the upcoming Asia TV Forum & Market (Atf) in Singapore.

It has hired Eric Tan to be director of content sales Asia. He will be responsible for all aspects of channel and content distribution. Specializing in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries, Tan previously held positions at Singtel, Da Vinci Learning and Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Asia. He will be based in Singapore.

David Newton has been appointed as director of business strategy and will manage Lightning’s business direction and growth strategy. Newton was formerly finance director with Reuters and the Financial Times, and later CFO at LexisNexis and Haymarket Media Asia.

Desmond Chung recently joined Lightning as head of marketing & communications to further amplify the voice of the company and to increase brand awareness. A seasoned communications professional, Chung has...

Celebrating the talent behind-the-scenes the BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2023 in London honored House of the Dragon and This is Going to Hurt with each winning three trophies.

The Game of Thrones prequel won in three categories: Amanda Knight, Barrie Gower and Rosalia Culora for Make-Up & Hair Design; Alastair Sirkett, Doug Cooper, Martin Seeley, Paula Fairfield, Tim Hands and Adele Fletcher for Sound: Fiction; and Angus Bickerton, Nikeah Forde, Asa Shoul, Mike Dawson, Mpc and Pixomodo for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.

Medical drama This is Going to Hurt also won in three categories: first-time winner Adam Kay won a BAFTA for Writer: Drama, for the series based upon his memoir as a junior doctor; Selina MacArthur, also a first-time winner, won for Editing Fiction; and Nina Gold and Martin Ware won for Scripted Casting.

The ceremony hosted by Mel Giedroyc featured celebrity guest presenters like Adil Ray, Adrian Lester, Charlene White,...

“Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” and medical comedy-drama “This Is Going to Hurt” walked away with three awards each at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards on Sunday.

This year’s ceremony, which salutes behind-the-scenes talent, was hosted by former “Bake Off” judge Mel Giedroyc.

HBO’s “House of the Dragon” won for make-up and hair design; sound in fiction and special, visual and graphic effects.

Elsewhere, BBC’s “This is Going to Hurt” won in three categories, with prizes going to first-time winner Adam Kay for best writer in drama (Kay adapted his best-selling memoir for the TV show); Selina MacArthur, also a first-time winner, for editing in fiction; and Nina Gold and Martin Ware for scripted casting.

Winning two awards was the BBC’s “The State Funeral of Hm Queen Elizabeth II” which won for sound in factual and director for multi-camera.

BAFTA’s Emerging Talent:...

Were there any surprises at this year's SAG Awards?

Check out all of the winners in the TV categories, below, and tell us if you're surprised by those chosen to take home a statue.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Millie Bobby Brown / Eleven

Cara Buono / Karen Wheeler

Joe Chrest / Ted Wheeler

Natalia Dyer / Nancy Wheeler

David Harbour / Jim Hopper

Charlie Heaton / Jonathan Byers

Joe Keery / Steve Harrington

Gaten Matarazzo / Dustin Henderson

Caleb McLaughlin / Lucas Sinclair

Matthew Modine / Dr. Martin Brenner

Rob Morgan / Officer Powell

John Paul Reynolds / Officer Callahan

Winona Ryder / Joyce Byers

Noah Schnapp / Will Byers

Mark Steger / The Monster

Finn Wolfhard / Mike Wheeler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Claire Foy / Queen Elizabeth II – “The Crown” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

John Lithgow / Winston Churchill – “The Crown” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by...

Stepping out of the recording studio, Nicole Scherzinger fronted the latest issue of Wylde magazine.

While rocking a few poses for the fierce David Newton-shot spread, the former Pussycat Doll dished about defining herself as a "feline-ist" and revealed how making music is helping her get through her breakup with Lewis Hamilton.

Check out a few highlights from Miss Scherzinger's interview below. For more, be sure to visit Wylde!

On her approach to feminism:

"Instead of a feminist, I'm a feline-ist. I'm always a Pussycat. Everyone always has a Pussycat Doll inside of them. When I think of that, I think of a woman who is growing into herself, knowing who she is, owning who she is, loving and accepting who she is. Not only that but being fearless - that lioness part in her to go after what she wants. Even when she doesn't feel fearless, she keeps going.

Or at least, I’m told this is Wales’ first-ever action movie. Hey, I don’t know. I could probably find out with a little Googling, but let’s face it, who has the 2 or 3 minutes that’ll take, amirite? So, yeah, let’s go with this being the first ever action film hailing from the country of Wales. The folks that sent it over sounded dependable enough. (Or as dependable as you can “sound” via an email, anyway.) Here’s what the fellows had to say: Beat’em Up Films, the South Wales-based production company, are pleased to announce that principal photography is almost complete on their first feature film, Kamikaze, Wales’s first action film. Set around an ex-government agent who is hired to do a job that goes wrong, high-octane action, car stunts, fights and explosions. All set and filmed around south Wales, Newport, Cardiff, Chepstow and monmouthshire.