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Brazil’s Globo, Turkey’s Ay Yapim Renew Alliance With Three-Format Deal, Readying Turkish Version of Brazil’s ‘Looks & Essence’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Globo, Latin America’s largest media company, and Turkish production powerhouse Ay Yapim have extended their partnership with a new three-title deal, marking the latest step in a growing exchange between Brazilian and Turkish television. The agreement includes a Turkish adaptation of Globo’s 2011 telenovela “Looks & Essence,” retitled “Ömür Usta,” which will premiere on Turkey’s…
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Variety Power of Women: Los Angeles Event Presented by Lifetime Announces Honorees Jennifer Hudson, Pearlena Igbokwe, Melissa McCarthy, Sharon Stone
Variety has announced the honourees for its 2026 Power of Women issue, published in partnership with Lifetime, ahead of an event on 23 September in Beverly Hills. The issue, out 17 September, will feature Jennifer Hudson, Pearlena Igbokwe, Melissa McCarthy and Sharon Stone on its cover, alongside profiles of other industry leaders in the accompanying…
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See Gracie Abrams Give an Intimate Performance of ‘Broke My Heart’ on Amazon Music’s ‘Songline’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Amazon Music has released a new episode of its “Songline” docu-performance series featuring Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams, with Variety sharing an exclusive preview of her performance of “Broke My Heart”. Filmed at the historic Church Studios in North London, the episode sees Abrams revisit tracks from her recent album “Daughter from Hell” through stripped-back performances…
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WNBA Names Catbird Official Jewelry Partner, Launches Limited-Edition Basketball Collection
The WNBA has named Brooklyn-based jeweller Catbird as its first-ever official demi-fine jewellery partner, with the pair launching a limited-edition collection on 1 September to mark the league’s 30th anniversary season. The tie-up sees Catbird extend its growing list of entertainment and pop-culture collaborations into professional sport, giving fans a fine-jewellery way to show team…
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This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient
Newlight, a San Francisco Bay Area startup, has developed a hydrogen-injection retrofit system that improves the fuel efficiency of cargo ships without requiring dry-dock installation. The system compresses hydrogen and injects it into diesel engines at precisely calculated moments, allowing engines to burn less conventional fuel while maintaining performance, which could meaningfully cut shipping emissions…
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Frail pensioner, 83, stabbed nephew to death and set fire to his home in row over £20,000 inheritance
An 83-year-old man, Alan Wotton, has been found guilty of murdering his nephew, Andrew Avery, stabbing him 11 times before setting fire to the house they were both in during a dispute over a £20,000 inheritance. Wotton, who has a heart condition and wears a hearing aid, had been living in his late sister June’s…
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Shock poll sees Conservatives leapfrog Reform as Kemi Badenoch pushes Nigel Farage into third place
A poll by More in Common has put the Conservatives ahead of Reform UK for the first time in 18 months, pushing Nigel Farage’s party into third place just as he returned to Parliament following his by-election win. The findings also showed Kemi Badenoch back in net positive approval for her leadership, while a senior…
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Meet the magical creatures inspired by shamanism, folklore … and an old Ikea bag
Korean-Chinese artist Woo Jin Joo creates sculptural creatures and embroideries inspired by Korean shamanism and folklore, often transforming discarded London objects such as old shirts, side-tables and even an Ikea bag into spirited beings. Her work draws on the Korean concept of dokkaebi, the belief that inanimate objects can become spirited, and reflects her exploration…
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Nvidia’s DLSS 5 neural rendering draws mixed hands-on reactions
Nvidia has demonstrated DLSS 5 to journalists in a hands-on session ahead of its release, with the neural rendering technology drawing a mixed verdict from those who saw it in person. Attendees variously described the AI upscaler as beautiful, impressive, ugly and troubling, reflecting genuine uncertainty about how the tool performs in practice rather than…
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Roku debuts OLED TVs from $999 on Amazon
Roku has launched its first OLED televisions, the Pro Series OLED and Pro Series LX OLED, marking a shift beyond its traditional affordable QLED lineup into higher-end display technology. Sold exclusively through Amazon, the sets bring OLED’s deeper blacks to Roku’s hardware for the first time while retaining the premium software features first introduced on…