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New York (AFP) - After taking a beating in the ratings from rivals Fox News and MSNBC, CNN is hoping that by hosting the first presidential debate of 2024, it can win back some cable news viewers. The network, the first in history to earn sole broadcast rights for a presidential debate, offered competitors the chance to pick up its feed Thursday night, under certain conditions. The CNN logo would have to appear onscreen for the duration of the event, and any ads promoting it would have to refer to the "CNN Presidential Debate," according to the Los Angeles Times. CNN declined comment when aske...
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Football fans are nearing the halfway mark of the UEFA Euro 2024 championship which began on 14 June and ends on 14 July. It is the first major international football tournament held restriction-free during the summer since the Covid-19 pandemic. Only a limited number of fans have the chance to attend the games at the stadiums across Germany so most people are watching on TV. Financial reports suggest this is triggering a spending surge across Europe. Food and drink sales are expected to see a significant boost, along with an increase in television purchases. In the UK alone, Euro 2024 is proj...
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Federer: Twelve Final Days hit our television screens this week, giving tennis fans across the globe another opportunity to reflect on the career of arguably one of the sport’s most cherished and greatest ever players. The nearly 90-minute-long documentary, directed by Academy Award-winning Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia, follows the Swiss Maestro over a 12-day period, from his retirement announcement to his final professional appearance on court at the 2022 Laver Cup in London. At 41 years old, Federer decided to hang up his racket following a knee injury that required three operations. It ended ...
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A woman who claims she is the inspiration for the relentless stalker at the center of Netflix's hit series Baby Reindeer is suing the streaming giant for defamation and is seeking at least $170 million (approx. €156 million) in damages. Fiona Harvey, 58, a Scottish attorney living in England who says the character Martha is clearly based on her, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles that also alleges that Netflix was negligent, intentionally subjected her to emotional distress and violated her right to publicity. On the British black comedy based on a one-man stage show by Richard ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A British woman who claims she was the inspiration for the stalker in the smash Netflix hit "Baby Reindeer" sued the streamer Thursday, demanding $170 million in damages. Fiona Harvey has identified herself as the real-life "Martha," the delusional, violent and abusive woman at the center of Richard Gadd's global phenomenon, which claims in its opening episode to be "a true story." "The above quote... is the biggest lie in television history," the lawsuit, filed in California, says. "It is a lie told by Netflix and the show's creator, Richard Gadd, out of greed and lust for...
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Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria are the next family set to star in their own reality series. The 66-year-old actor and producer, who has seven kids under age 10 with his wife, announced the TLC reality show about their life as a party of nine. “The Baldwins,” the show’s working title, is set to release in 2025. “We’re inviting you into our home to experience the ups and downs, the good, the bad, the wild and the crazy,” Baldwin said in a video he shared to Instagram on Tuesday. In the announcement video, the couple joked about Hilaria announcing another pregnancy, but she said they are done ...
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In Pluto, a sci-fi murder-mystery anime streaming on Netflix, a serial killer targets the world's most advanced robots. The mystery deepens as the killer starts pursuing human activists advocating robot rights. The investigation falls into the hands of Europol Inspector Gesicht, a robot who finds himself among the potential targets. The absence of human DNA at the crime scenes forces Gesicht to confront a disturbing possibility: Could an AI, programmed to never harm humans, be orchestrating the killings? If robots are responsible, the balance between humans and robots could be threatened, pote...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - US police said Tuesday they are investigating the ketamine overdose death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry, who died at his luxury Los Angeles home last year. Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the hit TV sitcom from 1994-2004, was found unresponsive in his pool at the age of 54, sparking a global outpouring of grief from fans and colleagues. An autopsy found the cause of his death was "the acute effects of ketamine," a controlled drug which the recovering addict was understood to be taking as part of supervised therapy. While only small amounts were found in his stomach, a...
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Top Boy, Happy Valley, and The Sixth Commandment won big at this year's BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday evening, celebrating the best of British and international television. The final season of the highly praised Netflix show Top Boy received the biggest award of the night for Best Drama, while Jasmine Jobson, who played Jaq Lawrence in the show, took home the prize for Best Supporting Actress. Timothy Spall won Best Actor for his role in The Sixth Commandment, a BBC One drama based on the murder of a retired schoolmaster. The show also received the award for Best Limited Drama. “I’ve always wanted...
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By Robin MILLARD Zurich (AFP) - Le chanteur Nemo a été accueilli en héros à son retour en Suisse après sa victoire au concours de l'Eurovision 2024, une édition marquée par la controverse sur la participation d'Israël, en pleine guerre dans la bande de Gaza. "Félicitations +honey pie+ (surnom affectueux en anglais) !", s'est exclamé un admirateur de l'artiste non-binaire de 24 ans, en lui tendant un bouquet de fleurs, à son arrivée à l'aéroport de Zurich en provenance de Copenhague. D'autres brandissaient des drapeaux arborant en anglais le message: "Nous existons, nous insistons, nous persist...
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