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Telefonica to cut 5,500 jobs with total cost of 2.5 billion euros
The Spanish carrier has signed an agreement with unions to implement the exit plans [MADRID] Telefonica will book a cost of 2.5 billion euros (S$3.8 billion) to pay for the exit of about 5,500 employees as part of a sweeping cost-reduction plan. The Spanish carrier has signed an agreement with unions to implement the exit…
Read MoreReese Witherspoon Shares Rare Glimpse Into Holiday Season With Her 3 Kids
Hot Goss: Reese Witherspoon is ready to bring rom-coms back. What, like it’s hard for Reese Witherspoon to get into the holiday spirit? Indeed, the Oscar winner recently showed off her jolly side, sharing a glimpse into her family’s holiday festivities alongside rare photos with all three of her lookalike kids. In the adorable snaps posted to her Instagram Dec.…
Read MoreParamount Responds To WBD Concerns About Hostile Bid, Offering New Larry Ellison Financing Guarantee
Paramount on Monday amended its hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, adding an “irrevocable personal guarantee” from Larry Ellison in support of the $108 billion proposal. WBD last week raised a range of concerns about the offer, noting it had already formally accepted a bid from Netflix for $82.7 billion. Ellison, one of the world’s…
Read MoreEver Glory United to move to SGX mainboard on Dec 29; public offer 7.6 times subscribed
[SINGAPORE] Catalist-listed engineering services provider Ever Glory United will transfer to the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Dec 29. Trading in its shares on the mainboard will commence at 9 am that day, the company said in a bourse filing on Monday (Dec 22). This comes after the proposed listing transfer received shareholder…
Read MoreCynthia Erivo To Receive Derek Malcolm Award For Innovation At The London Critics’ Circle Awards
The London Critics’ Circle will fete Wicked actor Cynthia Erivo with the Derek Malcolm Award For Innovation at its 46th awards ceremony in February. Erivo is the third recipient of the annual award, named in memory of the legendary critic Derek Malcolm, who died at 91 in August 2023. Colman Domingo was the inaugural recipient…
Read MoreAmy Schumer Hints at Moving on From “Rock Bottom” Amid Chris Fischer Breakup
Amy Schumer is looking to the humorous side. Amid the comedian’s breakup from estranged husband Chris Fischer—with whom she shares 6-year-old son Gene—Amy shared insight into how her family has traditionally navigated hardship. “When things are at their absolute worst is when my family is the funniest,” she said in a Dec. 21 video shared to Instagram.…
Read MoreAnt & Dec Renew ITV Partnership, Taking ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Hosts Up To 30 Years With The Channel
Top ITV presenters Ant and Dec have signed on for another three years. The I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Britain’s Got Talent hosts will have been on the network for 30 years by the time their latest contract elapses. Next year alone, they will appear on new series of Ant & Dec’s…
Read MoreHTC bets its open AI strategy to drive smart glasses sales
The glasses support multiple platforms, letting users benefit from improvements by various models [TAIPEI] Taiwan’s HTC is betting its open platform strategy will allow it to build market share in the fast-growing smart glasses industry, as its newly launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered eyewear lets wearers choose which AI model they want to use, its executive…
Read MoreRuben Östlund Set For ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’ Q&A At Göteborg Film Festival
The Göteborg Film Festival has announced that Ruben Östlund will take part in what they have described as an exclusive Q&A session at next year’s Nordic Film Market, where the filmmaker will discuss his seventh feature, The Entertainment System Is Down. “The session opens a window into the world of Östlund’s highly anticipated seventh feature,…
Read MoreLake Mead rangers want to end decades-old Christmas tradition
National Park Service (NPS) rangers at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area have signaled they want to end the decades-long Christmas tradition of Americans decorating the area’s many evergreen trees. In a post on its Facebook page earlier this month, the Lake Mead National Recreation Area rangers asked the public to keep the area “natural”…
Read MoreThe Internet Celebrated When YouTube Tore Down Fake AI Film Trailers, So Why Did Hollywood Not Kill Them Sooner?
Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jkanter@deadline.com. This edition: As YouTube‘s purge of AI-fuelled fake movie…
Read MoreHSBC hires ex-Citi executive Ida Liu to lead its private bank
[LONDON] HSBC Holdings has hired former Citigroup executive Ida Liu to run its global private banking business, according to people familiar with the matter. Liu replaces Gabriel Castello, who was appointed interim chief executive officer of the wealth business late last year, when Annabel Spring stepped down as part of a management shake-up under group…
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