Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
BET+ Buys South African Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Pulse’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comManori Ravindran International EditorBET+ has picked up the U.S. streaming rights to South African-produced sci-fi survival thriller “Pulse.”“Pulse” tells the explosive story of an electromagnetic pulse that disables a secure building and disrupts the bio-electric signals in everyone’s minds, trapping a group of video game designers and turning each floor into a psychotic battlefield.
The show questions whether the modern human race can really survive without the technology that defines our way of life today.The series shot in South Africa as well as Mauritius.The 6 x 60’ show was created by Hilton Treves, the visionary Oscar and BAFTA-winning VFX team behind such films as “Skyfall,” “Harry Potter,” “Fargo” and “The Dark Knight Rises.” The team includes executive producer Steve Lanning, producers Jake Lanning, Ben Lanning and Potego Matseke, writer Stephen R.
Clarke, and director and producer Sallas De Jager. “Pulse” is produced by Media Musketeers, Forlan Film, Showmax and The Mediapro Studio.The cast includes Tarryn Wyngaard (“Raised By Wolves,” “The Tree”), Thapelo Mokoena (“Trackers,” “Nothing For Mahala”), Carel Nel (“Raised By Wolves,” “Grant”), Sven Ruygrok (“Spud,” “Zulu”) and Earl Wan (“Just Mates,” “Supercapitalist”).Amcomri Entertainment-backed distributor Abacus Media Rights sold the show to BET+.The streaming service, which, much like its cable channel counterpart, showcases programs from Black creators, is owned and operated by Paramount Streaming and Tyler Perry Studios.
The SVOD recently revealed its summer slate of premieres, including “Martin,” “Bid for Love” and “I Love Us.”“Pulse” debuted on MultiChoice-backed streaming service Showmax in South Africa in May.
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