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Amazon has unveiled its 2022-23 German originals slate as it up investment in the country, with new Prime Video comedy shows and the latest All or Nothing soccer doc among the highlights. At the same time, Prime Video Channels will soon offer Discovery+ and Paramount+ as add-ons.

At a Prime Video Presents Germany showcase event today in Munich, Prime Video Country Director Kaspar Pflüger said the company would “continue to invest massively in the German-speaking region,” as local content chief Philip Pratt revealed looks at fantasy series The Gryphon, 1980s-set drama series Luden and the adaptation of Sebastian Fitzek’s The Therapy, and announced several new shows, including another All or Nothing series in the soccer-mad country.

The All or Nothing docu-series will follow the German national football team’s journey to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, showing what goes on in front of and behind the scenes at the tournament.

French superindie Banijay Group is expanding its German presence with the creation of Banijay Productions Germany. Arno Schneppenheim, the founder of Endemol Shine-owned German production company Florida TV, will lead the new outfit from its headquarters in Cologne.

Banijay has been on the move lately, this week acquiring British factual producer 7Wonder and last month expanding its UK drama business with the launch of Neon Ink. The company also notably owns Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Bunim-Murray.

Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay Group, notes that Germany is one of the largest and most diverse broadcast markets with strong growth in pay and Ott services. Banijay Group intends to capitalize on “the many opportunities this flourishing territory can offer.”

Schneppenheim is looking to build Banijay Productions Germany “into one of the most innovative production companies for TV, video-on-demand and live entertainment, offering new, fresh, daytime, access and primetime formats...

In the latest award season mishap for La La Land, a German awards show, on live TV, gave a trophy to a Ryan Gosling impersonator.

The Goldene Kamera awards, one of Germany's most prestigious award galas, thought they had the Oscar-nominated star on hand to accept the prize for best international film on behalf of La La Land.

Instead, they gave the prize to Ludwig Lehner, a Ryan Gosling double.

The mixup was all an elaborate prank orchestrated by German comedians Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, who fooled the Goldene Kamera organizers into inviting the fake Gosling.

Lehner, who works...

Warning: There is a fake Ryan Gosling on the loose in Germany.

The imposter was spotted at the German film awards show Goldene Kamera — or Golden Camera, in English — on Saturday, where he boldly accepted an award for La La Land on behalf of the real actor, who not in attendance.

In a clip from the event, the host is heard announcing to the audience, “Here is the one and only Ryan Gosling.” But instead of the La La Land star, a lackluster substitute walked out on stage, much to the surprise of the star-studded audience, which included Nicole Kidman,...

Offering a harrowing glimpse of an alternate reality where Hitler won WWII, a man who resembled a sloppy, third-generation clone of Ryan Gosling accepted a Goldene Kamera in Germany, where La La Land is still receiving awards and generating live television gaffes in an endless dystopian loop. The ceremony—famed for awarding American A-listers just for showing up, which explains the presence of Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, and Jane Fonda—had this integrity embarrassingly compromised by pranking comedy duo Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, who reportedly hired a cook from Munich to pretend to be Gosling, solely to hear the delightful sound of awkwardly forced German laughter.

After being nervously introduced by host Steven Gaetjen as “the one and only Ryan Gosling,” the impersonator—who does look a bit like Ryan Gosling, if the full, combined mass of him and David Arquette were stuffed into the same body—swanned onto...

Just over a week after the awkward Oscars flub, some celebrities had to sit through another cringe-worthy moment at Germany's Goldene Kamera awards.

The star-studded audience was visibly puzzled when host Steven Gaetjen announced that La La Land star Ryan Gosling, who he referred to as "one of the hottest stars in Hollywood," would be accepting an award on the film's behalf. However, instead of the 36-year-old actor appearing at the ceremony, another man in a tuxedo took the stage, pretending to be Gosling.

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"Good evening, I am Ryan Gosling," the impersonator said. "I dedicate this award to Joko and Klaas, thank you very much. There is a saying in Hamburg, which is, 'bye, bye!'"

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According to Daily Mail, the bizarre moment was staged by comedians Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, who reportedly had set up a fake agency and assured...

Katy Perry hosts Green Day, Shakira, Jonas Brothers and more at Berlin's O2 Arena.

By Youyoung Lee

Beyoncé accepts an award at the EMAs

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Bowler caps, bow ties, corsets, crystals, "boobie thingies" — no, these are not the remnants of last weekend's Halloween rave but rather the accoutrements returning host Katy Perry flounced around in at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards. Together with the theme "Katy Kat Club," the Sally Bowles-inspired garb was only appropriate as the 16th annual EMAs returned to its inaugural location of Berlin, just days before the 20th anniversary of when the Berlin wall came tumbling down.

Jay-z, Beyoncé, U2, Tokio Hotel, Leona Lewis, David Hasselhoff, Juliette Lewis, Shakira, the Jonas Brothers and Tokio Hotel were just some of the stars that turned up on the red carpet to commence the largest awards show in MTV Europe's history. A staggering 17,000 audience...

Stars wear their finest for show's red carpet.

By Jocelyn Vena

Tokio Hotel arrive at the EMAs on Thursday

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If silver rocked the Vma red carpet, then black definitely ruled the MTV Europe Music Awards red carpet on Thursday (November 5). A galaxy of stars rocked the red carpet of the show, which was held in Berlin to honor the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The night's host, Katy Perry, may have donned a white gown on the red carpet, but it was the lacy black detailing that gave it that vintage Perry charm. Green Day went more formal than punk for the red carpet in their slim-fit suits, all of which were in shades of black or dark gray.

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Pete Wentz also wore a black suit to the show, and he embellished his with a newsboy cap.