Category: 5. Entertainment

Veteran German film executive Thorsten Ritter is leaving Beta Cinema after more than 13 years at the company.

Ritter announced his exit on Monday, saying he was leaving “to take on new professional challenges.”

Ritter has been…

BBC World Service is launching a new visualised podcast, which will deliver in-depth analysis and expertise on stories from across Asia-Pacific.

Launching on 19 November, Asia Specific will bring Asian perspectives on the biggest global news…

What is considered real Chinese food? Nuggets of fried chicken glazed in a sweet orange sauce from a steam tray at the airport? The fried egg rolls and chow mein at your favourite takeaway restaurant? My grandmother’s fried rice?

For chef Bryant…

Piatkus Fiction has acquired The Sharma Sisters by Rachael Fernandes, a British-Indian reimagining of Little Women, scheduled for publication in April 2026.

Editor Tanisha Ali acquired world all-language rights from Callen Martin, on behalf of…

Polygon is launching a new series in 2026, Dark Futures, as a follow-up to its Darkland Tales series, which has featured authors including Denise Mina, Alan Warner, David Greig, Val McDermid and Graeme Macrae Burnet.

“As The Darkland Tales…

Authors will come to rely on artificial intelligence to help them beat writer’s block, the boss of the book publisher Bloomsbury has said.

Nigel Newton, the founder and chief executive of the publisher behind the Harry Potter series, said the…

“Heartbeats,” the bestselling memoir of tennis legend Björn Borg, is set for a stylish adaptation with popular Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund on board to direct.

Banijay Entertainment labels Jarowskij/Yellow Bird and Mastiff Sweden…

When Knucks was 12, his parents made a monumental decision. The fledgling rapper had been getting into trouble at his school in London so, in a bid to rectify this, they packed him off to boarding school in Enugu in Nigeria. “Some people out…