Entertainment Editor
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Ananya Iyer leads entertainment coverage at The NE Times, following Bollywood, OTT, music and the stars and stories audiences are talking about.
BTS, Shakira, Madonna and Justin Bieber will co-headline the first FIFA World Cup final halftime show on 19 July at MetLife Stadium, curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin.
From 15 July, wholly AI-generated tracks on TIDAL earn no royalties and carry visible AI badges, as an eight-group coalition pushes voluntary labels across streaming.
Twelve state attorneys general are suing to block Paramount's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, threatening the deal's September closing target.
Netflix reports second-quarter earnings on 16 July with Wall Street focused on advertising growth, engagement trends and a stock down 21 percent this year.
Disney's live-action Moana opened to $43 million domestically and $95 million worldwide, one of the weakest starts ever for the studio's remake slate.
Confessions II gives Madonna her tenth Billboard 200 No. 1 and puts her alongside The Beatles, Drake and Taylor Swift, on a chart week that also made country history.
Jessica Alba joins Emily Bader, Logan Lerman and Adeline Rudolph in Netflix's 13 Going on 30 reboot, with Jennifer Garner executive producing the project.
The metal legends have sold a 50% stake in their catalog, name and likeness rights to Pophouse Entertainment, with mascot Eddie central to a planned digital universe.
The Pitt leads the 2026 Emmy nominations with 25 nods, Hacks sets a comedy record with 24, and Apple TV's freshman slate crashes the party in force.
The K-pop superstars end the European leg of their record 79-show Arirang world tour in Paris on 17-18 July, their first French shows since 2019, before a US stadium run.
Ramayana's trailer premieres worldwide on 24 July, a day after Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Nitesh Tiwari present first footage at San Diego Comic-Con's Ballroom 20.
Raktanchal Season 3 premieres free on Amazon MX Player on 16 July, with Kranti Prakash Jha and Nikitin Dheer resuming their Purvanchal gang war after four years.
Ajay Devgn's Dhamaal 4 has crossed Rs 115 crore gross worldwide in five days, per Sacnilk, and now sits one step short of Rs 100 crore gross in India alone.
Alpha's worldwide gross stands at Rs 92.47 crore after 12 days, per Sacnilk data cited by Business Today, making it the weakest entry in the YRF Spy Universe.
Reports say Ajith Kumar will produce AK64 under his own banner, with Shalini overseeing production and Adhik Ravichandran directing. Official word is awaited.
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