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Exclusive: Cairo-based film company Mad Solutions has struck a deal with prominent Turkish agency People Talent Management to manage all commercial representation in the Arab World for several of its clients.

The partnership includes top Turkish stars such as Tuba Büyüküstün, Kaan Urgancıoğlu and Burcu Biricik, who will be represented in Arabic-speaking markets by Mad Celebrity.

The Mad Solutions subsidiary, which handles leading Arab world talents such as Egypt-Tunisian star Hend Sabry and Syrian actor Samer Ismail, is the Arab-world’s largest talent management and promotional agency.

Mad Solutions co-founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab said the partnership marked a milestone for the company.

“Since the establishment of Mad Solutions 15 years ago, our strategy has always been to expand in response to market needs,” they said

“That’s why we are extending our reach to select talent from around the world, including Turkiye, which has gained significant popularity in the Arab World,...

If you thought 2023 was a good year for Netflix shows, 2024 just might have last year beat. The year has already provided new hits like Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Gentlemen, Baby Reindeer, and Emily in Paris, but there are plenty more highly anticipated shows on the horizon. New seasons of Outer Banks, Squid Game, The Diplomat, and more are still to come in 2024.

Although the Hollywood strikes left multiple Netflix shows delayed until 2025, the streamer has confirmed plenty more shows premiering or returning with new shows in 2024. Now that we're heading into the last few months of the year, we're starting to see some big hits coming back to our watch lists and splashy new shows making their debuts.

While fans will surely be anxiously awaiting Ginny & Georgia season 3, Wednesday season 2, The Watcher season 2, You season 5, and more, there's still so much to look forward to in 2024. For now,...

The two most-watched streaming originals in the U.S. during the week of July 12-18 were Peacock’s “Love Island USA” Season 6 and Disney+’s “Descendants: The Rise of Red,” topping Luminate’s TV and film charts, respectively, with 1.1 billion minutes watched.

This was the second week at No. 1 for "Love Island." Season 6 viewership improved slightly from last week's 919 million minutes watched after the release of Episodes 28 through 33. "The Rise of Red" debuted on the the first day of this viewing window, giving it a full week to accrue its total.

In their first full weeks of availability on Netflix, Season 3 of "Vikings: Valhalla" was second-most-watched (1 billion minutes) and docuseries "Receiver" took third place (886.5 million minutes). "The Boys" Season 4 took fourth place with 577.8 million minutes watched in the first full week of availability of its penultimate episode and the first few hours of availability of its finale.

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Another Self first charmed viewers with its heartfelt exploration of friendship and healing in a coastal Turkish town. In Season 1, Ada, Leyla, and Sevgi found community with each other and spiritual guide Zaman as they untangled knots from their past. Now together again in Ayvalik, their bonds enter richer waters and stormier seas.

Relationships evolve and circumstances change in Season 2. Sevgi faces a trialsome battle once more while seeking self-care her own way. Leyla balances business dreams with family duties. And Ada’s quest for clarity sees surprises, both pleasant and perplexing.

Their connections prove the true anchor as each woman navigates challenges. And this season, their portrayers’ innate chemistry brings even casual scenes to vibrant life. If Season 1 is intrigued by its gentle spirit, does the follow-up still sing its soothing song? Join their journey anew to find harmony in life’s ever-shifting harmony.

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The bond between the three friends continues to be the core of Another Self. In the first season, we witnessed Ada, Leyla, and Sevgi embark on a spiritual journey where they untangled their past traumas with the help of renowned healer Zaman. The shift from living in a bustling city to a quaint seaside town helped the trio focus on their wellbeing. Many might not agree with the healing process, but it is the portrayal of female friendship in Another Self that feels authentic and worth a binge-watch. The elements remain the same in season two, but they tend to get a little repetitive at times.

Leyla, Sevgi, and Ada’s problems did not magically vanish after moving to Ayvalik, something that people wishfully dream of when they start their spiritual journey. Life continues to surprise them with new problems, but season two goes on to show that the characters...

In season two of Another Self, the audience is reunited with the three best friends, Ada, Leyla, and Sevgi, as they navigate their lives in the small seaside town of Ayvalik. In the previous season, Sevgi moved to the quaint town to embark on a spiritual journey with renowned healer Zaman. After her cancer relapsed, she decided to experiment with her treatment, and Zaman’s method seemed promising to her. Eventually, Leyla and Ada were also convinced after attending Zaman’s sessions. Ada, a surgeon, was almost mesmerized by the possibility of treating the mind and witnessing its effect on overall physical health. The second season of Another Self focuses on how healing their souls helps the trio make certain significant decisions in their lives.

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The spiritual treatment helped Sevgi confront the truth about her father, but she continued to feel...

Experiences from the past shape the course of the future, a philosophical awareness that has been a recurrent topic in literature and art since antiquity. Netflix’s Turkish drama series Another Self draws this awareness to a quite literal definition, probably influenced by Middle Eastern spiritual beliefs, as we find characters getting entangled in a cycle of misery in the present due to traumas their ancestors faced in the past. Call it a weird version of genetic memory or a mystical connection with one’s roots; the concept is not really something original, and the approach taken by the makers of Another Life to address it with a melodramatic angle kind of undercuts the significance of the character development as well. However, there is a deeper cultural and historical significance embedded within the narrative, which makes this exploration of the past to reshape the present a much more nuanced ordeal than one would expect.

Netflix has a couple of major series airing all or part of their final seasons in July 2024. The hit Spanish drama Elite is set to premiere its eighth and final season in full this month with one final mystery (July 26), Vikings: Valhalla is setting off on one final adventure with its third season (July 11), and Cobra Kai is also entering its swan song era with the first part of its final sixth season arriving on Netflix July 18.

The most notable movie offering this month is Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (July 3). Thirty years after his last case, Eddie Murphy returns as the titular detective Axel Foley, teaming up with old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton) to uncover a conspiracy and keep his daughter Jane (Taylour Paige) safe.

Here’s everything else coming to Netflix this month. Note that Netflix marks its international offerings with that respective country’s two-letter country code.

New seasons of “Bridgerton” and “The Night Agent” are coming to the world’s largest streamer in 2024, but what about “Stranger Things”?

Netflix takes its position as the leader of the streaming industry seriously. It frequently makes moves that no other streaming platform does, such as releasing viewership data for 99% of its shows, and this week it took another action few competing streaming services do: unveiling its entire TV, movie, and mobile game slate for the rest of 2024.

New seasons of “Bridgerton,” “Cobra Kai” and “Squid Game” will arrive on Netflix in 2024. Movie highlights include the new “Beverly Hills Cop” starring Eddie Murphy and Tyler Perry’s horror flick “Mea Culpa.” The schedule confirms there will be no new episodes of “Stranger Things” until at least 2025. Sign Up $6.99+ / month netflix.com

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Netflix has taken peak TV to a new peak.

In a data point sure to fuel more quantity-versus-quality debate, Netflix broke its own record for number of original episodes released in a single quarter — with 1,026 in the third quarter of 2022, according to a tally by Wall Street firm MoffettNathanson.

That’s more than five times any other streaming rival: Amazon Prime Video and Hulu released 223 and 194 episodes, respectively, and Disney+ debuted 140 original episodes, per the report. HBO Max, now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, released 114 episodes in the third quarter — significantly fewer episodes than usual and comprising the lightest slate for the service since Q2 2020, the second quarter after launch. Wbd has been paring back HBO Max’s content slate in recent months as it looks to cut costs.

All told, Netflix premiered 159 original and exclusive shows in Q3, topping its previous high-water mark of 143 in Q4 2021 (which totaled nearly...

Photo: ‘Another Self’ ‘Another Self’ has the style and pace of a classic soap opera that has been fitted with modern trappings. It is a series that is ingrained with the past, and while the audience views the main actors as early middle-aged individuals, these characters are still haunted by trauma from their youth. Despite the exceptional cast of actors, who were all in fact believable in their roles, the series becomes too hung up on the predictable. The show begins with a blunt yet effective introduction to the characters' lives as we learn each of their own worst fears in the first episode. The dynamic between the three main characters is quickly established as the show portrays them as being fast friends who are deeply versed in the secrets of each other’s lives. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited...