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Though some may question his priorities, when it comes the birth of his fifth child and doing publicity for his blockbuster musical “Wicked,” Jon M. Chu can handle two things at the same time. This past Saturday, ahead of the film’s Los Angeles premiere and amidst multiple guild and press screenings going on around town, Chu had another item added to his to-do list when his wife, Kristen Hodges, woke him to share that her water had just broken. At one such screening held at the Director’s Guild of America, Chu relayed the story to the crowd and moderator, Academy Award-nominated director Lee Daniels.

“Honestly, that is true, today’s our premiere in Downtown, so I had my whole family come and they’re all at this hotel, [my wife’s] family and my family. And we’re about to have our fifth child and we’ve done press for the last two days,...

Vtv.

Earlier this year, Australian comedy web series Vtv won the Best Comedy Award (Outstanding Comedy) at La WebFest..

Since then it's been selected to screen at KWeb Fest, Korea's largest web fest..

KWeb Fest has offered the series an exclusive distribution deal, making it available on some of Korea and China's leading mobile and VOD platforms..

Vtv was directed by Nir Shelter and co-written by Shelter, Tai Scrivener and Courtney Powell..

Shelter describes it as the story of "a TV executive and his quest to drive his successful station into the ground."

Needless to say, his attempts backfire. "The [station's] shows are more popular than ever. [So the series is] The Producers meets 30 Rock, essentially.".

Courtney Powell, one of the lead actors as well as writer, touts the show's "broad comedy appeal. Most people can relate to the increase of piss-weak television shows - reality TV is not just an Australian problem."

The series runs for thirteen episodes,...