Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs.

Tom Cruise and Warner Bros Discovery groups up for movies deal

Warner Bros Discovery stated on Tuesday it had struck a cope with Tom Cruise, certainly one of Hollywood’s most bankable actors, to develop and produce authentic and franchise theatrical movies in 2024. The movie partnership with Cruise marks a coup for Warner Bros Motion Picture Group’s co-chairs, Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, and fulfills CEO David Zaslav’s oft-stated want to work with high expertise behind the digicam and in entrance of the digicam.

Factbox-Screen Actors Guild awards 2024: full checklist of nominations

Nominations for the thirtieth Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards have been introduced on Wednesday for the most effective performances in movie and tv throughout 2023. The winners can be introduced at a televised ceremony on Netflix on Feb. 24 from Los Angeles.

‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ lead SAG nominations on highway to Oscars

Box workplace hits “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” landed 4 nominations every for Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild awards on Wednesday, organising a brand new battle between the blockbuster movies forward of the Academy Awards. The films that squared off in a showdown dubbed “Barbenheimer” final summer time will vie for the highest SAG award – greatest film forged – alongside “The Color Purple,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “American Fiction.”

Baby Yoda heads to massive display in new ‘Star Wars’ film

Baby Yoda’s subsequent journey will take the younger alien, seen solely on successful “Star Wars” streaming sequence, to film theaters. The first function movie impressed by “The Mandalorian” sequence will begin manufacturing this 12 months, Walt Disney’s Lucasfilm stated on Tuesday. The title character, a helmeted bounty hunter, and his companion, referred to as Baby Yoda or Grogu, debuted on the Disney+ streaming service in 2019.

Exclusive-Believe SA high traders discover takeover of French digital music co –sources

The largest shareholders in Believe, the French music providers firm behind best-selling French artists like rap duo PNL, have been exploring taking it personal in current weeks, individuals aware of the matter instructed Reuters. The traders, who embody the group’s CEO and founder Denis Ladegaillerie and U.S. funding agency TCV, have been sounding out curiosity from personal fairness corporations to discover a bid for Paris-based Believe, lower than three years after its inventory market debut, stated the individuals, who spoke on situation of anonymity. The shareholders have been working with advisers, two of the individuals stated.

Elvis practice shakes, rattles and rolls out to tribute competition in Australia

Hundreds of hip-shaking and wig-wearing Elvis Presley followers on Thursday started their annual pilgrimage to the Elvis Festival within the Australian outback, the world’s largest tribute to the enduring musician. Revellers of their sequin-encrusted jumpsuits danced to a number of of the King’s greatest hits at Sydney’s Central railway terminal earlier than catching the ‘Elvis Express’ to the agricultural city of Parkes, 357 km (222 miles) westward.

Actor Stephen Fry takes goal at royal guards to ban the usage of bear fur caps

British actor Stephen Fry teamed up with animal welfare campaigners on Wednesday to demand that troopers of the King’s Guard cease utilizing actual fur of their well-known tall bearskin caps. The scarlet-clad troopers put on the foot-high bear pelt headwear, referred to as a busby, for ceremonial occasions and after they fill sentry posts exterior Buckingham Palace as they’ve carried out for hundreds of years.

‘Bridgerton”s Dynevor, ‘Saltburn”s Elordi amongst BAFTA Rising Star nominees

“Bridgerton” star Phoebe Dynevor, “The Bear” Golden Globe winner Ayo Edebiri and “Saltburn” actor Jacob Elordi are among the many nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at this 12 months’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards.

The checklist of 5 contenders, revealed on Wednesday, additionally contains actors Sophie Wilde and Mia McKenna-Bruce.

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks settle for honorary Oscars at Hollywood gala

Actor Angela Bassett was celebrated for a lifetime of memorable roles from Tina Turner to the queen of Wakanda as Hollywood’s movie academy handed out honorary Oscars on Tuesday. Comedian Mel Brooks additionally acquired a golden statuette on the annual Governors Awards in entrance of a crowd of high stars together with Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper and Natalie Portman.

Skydance Media CEO exploring all-cash bid to take management of Paramount – supply

Skydance Media CEO David Ellison is exploring an all-cash bid to amass leisure large Paramount Global’s mum or dad National Amusements, an individual aware of the matter stated on Wednesday. Ellison may take management of National Amusements with financing from Skydance’s current traders, which embody The Ellison household, RedBird Capital Partners and Tencent, the supply stated, confirming a report within the Wall Street Journal.

(With inputs from businesses.)