Cinepolis Chief Eduardo Acuna Sounded Out For Cineworld CEO Job As Theater Chain Set To Emerge From Chapter 11 – Report

Ethan Shanfeld Wilco is gearing up to release its 13th studio album, “Cousin,” on Sept. 29.

Naman Ramachandran The Indian parliament has passed the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, which aims to curb piracy that causes losses of INR200 billion ($2.4 billion) to the film industry, according to government estimates. Those found guilty of film piracy by way of camcording in theaters or unauthorized copying and online transmission and exhibition of a pirated copy of any film will now face punishment of minimum three months imprisonment and a fine of $3,650, which can be extended up to three years imprisonment and fine up to 5% of the audited gross production cost.

Josie Gibson was keen to give her fans and followers a 'reminder' after sharing her gratitude following her This Morning return. The presenter was back on screens on Monday (July 31) alongside Craig Doyle.

She may be famous for appearing on the famous cobbles but Coronation Street star Jane Danson has shared how she actually 'owes' rival Emmerdale. The actress shared the message on social media as she paid tribute to her famous husband who was enjoying a double celebration.

Police have issued a missing persons appeal to help track down two Tameside teenagers who were last seen more than two weeks ago.

A newly-wed was diagnosed with breast cancer just four months after she tied the knot. Lauren Upshall, 37, said she was the 'fittest and healthiest' she'd ever been and was 'living her best life' when the shock diagnosis came.

A man has been charged by detectives investigating an alleged attempted abduction of a teenager.

If you’re seeking somewhere different for your summer staycation, it’s time to discover bonnie Argyll in scenic West Scotland. This is loch and mountain country, with views to take your breath away – yet only 1.5 hours from Glasgow.

Scientists have petitioned for large-scale trials to be conducted to explore whether drinking kombucha can help cut blood sugar levels among those with type 2 diabetes.

Big Brother legend and trans pioneer Nadia Almada has shared her excitement about the rebooted series and admits she wants to be involved.

Drivers in Scotland have been warned that parking on the pavement could soon mean they're slapped with a fine of up to £150.

Angus Cloud had completed work on his role in an upcoming monster thriller prior to his untimely death, ET has confirmed. The film is slated for an April 2024 release.The actor died on Monday, his family previously shared in a statement.

A mother and her two children were left traumatised after a gang of thugs smashed their way into her home.

Costa Coffee has updated its loyalty scheme - and many customers have been left unhappy by the change.

Helen Flanagan has told her fans 'it's really bad' as she told them of her hidden problem after arriving back in the UK. The actress was brought back to reality with a bang as her holiday in Barbados with her children came to an end.

A woman who said she couldn't enjoy her Spain holiday due to her weight returned to the same destination 12 months later - but seven-and-a-half stone lighter.

Charlotte Dawson has admitted she's an 'emotional wreck' after welcoming her second child into the world. The reality TV star took to social media to share the moment her two sons met for the first time days after giving birth to baby Jude.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Asia Contents Awards, held as part of the Busan International Film Festival since 2019, is to join forces with the Global OTT Awards to form a wider-reaching event. The merged events are to be known under the ungainly abbreviation ACA & G.OTT Awards and will be co-hosted by South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City authorities. The ceremony will be held in Busan on Sunday Oct.

Napoleon co-star Vanessa Kirby on set to “surprise” her, as part of a pact they’d made.The actor, who portrays the titular character in Ridley Scott’s upcoming biopic about the French military commander, hits his fictional wife Joséphine de Beauharnais (Kirby) in a heated divorce scene.Phoenix and Kirby explained to Empire that they’d agreed to shock each other whilst filming to ensure that the movie didn’t feel like a boring, overly planned biopic.“We were using the real words from their divorce in the church,” Kirby said. “When that happens, you can faithfully go through an archival re-enactment of it and read out the lines and then go home.

Gunfire Games‘ Remnant 2 has revealed a new character class that was designed specifically for dataminers to discover for the community.Per Forbes, Remnant 2 principal designer Ben Cureton said that there was no way that the developer could discourage datamining of its Soulslike shooter. Moreover, this genre of game does see a lot of players sift through code and try ridiculous things in the game’s world to determine if there are any hidden secrets.To unlock the Archon in #Remnant2, one must penetrate the code itself.We knew we couldn't stop datamining, so we leaned into it and created an entire Archetype that could be shared with the community once revealed by those with the ability to see between worlds.

Kanye West‘s has wiped his Twitter (X) account clean just days after being re-instated by Elon Musk.It comes after he was previously banned from the platform three times, the last being on December 2 last year after the rapper tweeted an illustration of a swastika inside a Star of David.The inflammatory post was one of many West – also known as Ye – tweeted at the time, culminating in Musk confirming that West’s account would be suspended due to violating the platform’s policies “against incitement to violence”.The rapper previously faced significant backlash after making a series of antisemitic remarks, wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt, and expressing false claims about the death of George Floyd.Despite his account being re-instated to Twitter earlier this week, West will now not be eligible to monetise his account and advertisements will not appear next to his posts.His account was reinstated after receiving reassurance that he would not use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language.The rapper has since wiped all his tweets from the account.

Angus Cloud's loved ones are continuing to mourn his tragic death. The star, who played the role of Fezco on the drama, died on July 31, his family previously confirmed to ET. He was 25.

Believe and its TuneCore subsidiary have surveyed nearly 1600 self-releasing artists about generative AI. Half of those surveyed said that they had a positive perception of artificial intelligence and would be willing to offer their music for the training of AI models.Around a third said they were interested in using AI as part of their music-making process, with a similar amount reckoning AI technologies could help them with their marketing and promotion.Commenting on the study, TuneCore CEO Andreea Gleeson says: “As AI continues to be a conversation topic across creative industries, we sought to engage directly with independent artists to determine their awareness of AI and how they’re most interested in engaging with it”.“TuneCore’s main priorities lie in the interests of our artists”, she adds, “so the responses to this survey will help us enable them to utilise AI on our platform with consent, control, transparency, and fair monetary compensation”.Of those surveyed, 35% said that they are interested in using AI in their creative process, while 31% said it could help with marketing and promotion around releases.Meanwhile, 18% said they might use AI technologies to create promotional content – including videos to post to TikTok and Instagram – while 16% said they were interested in how AI could help them more generally engage and develop their fanbases.In terms of allowing tech companies to use their creative output in order to train generative AI models, 50% showed a willingness to allow that to happen.

A police report has been filed by an audience member after an altercation occurred during a Cardi B show in Las Vegas this weekend.During a performance at Drai’s Beachclub on Saturday, an audience member threw a drink at the rapper. She then quickly retaliated by throwing her microphone at said audience member.Video footage of the event seems to show the person who threw the drink subsequently apologising before being escorted out of the venue by security.

The US district court for the Central District Of California last week published a judgement that provided a pretty extensive overview of what was a big legal debate in the US music industry for a time: whether online radio services like Pandora and Sirius were obliged to pay royalties when they played pre-1972 recordings.A lot of that debate centred on lawsuits pursued by the artists Flo & Eddie, who were members of the 1960s band The Turtles.In theory, the 2018 Music Modernization Act removed the ambiguities that those lawsuits sought to address. However, some technicalities remained in relation to Flo & Eddie’s litigation, meaning the lawsuit against Sirius rumbled on until 2021, and the Pandora dispute until last week.

APPOINTMENTSDeezer has appointed Florence Lao as its General Counsel. “Deezer is leading the way for the future of the music industry and I’m looking forward to contributing to continued success, together with the talented teams in France and across the globe”, she says. “The music landscape is changing quickly, with Deezer playing a key role for its partners, the industry, and fans alike.

Travis Scott and his legal team have been dubbed “stunningly tone deaf” for criticising the timing of the publication of a police report about the Astroworld tragedy. The Houston Police Department made that lengthy document available on Friday, just as Scott released his new album ‘Utopia’, his first since the fatal crowd surge that occurred during his headline set at the 2021 edition of the festival he founded.On Friday, a representative for Scott told TMZ: “The timing of the Houston Police Department report’s release, coinciding with the launch of Travis Scott’s highly anticipated album, is anything but coincidental … it is outrageous that HPD has chosen to resort to tactics that attempt to discredit Travis and his team, casting doubt on how the unfortunate events at Astroworld actually transpired while deflecting blame from their own critical failures”.Responding to those remarks, a lawyer working for the family of one of those who died during the crowd surge, ten year old Ezra Blount, said in his own statement to TMZ: “For an artist making his living with music, these are stunningly tone deaf comments about this preventable tragedy that took so many lives and injured so many”.Ten people died and hundreds more were injured during the crowd surge at Astroworld 2021, which took place in Houston’s NRG Park.

Fast-rising punk band Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers have released the latest single from their upcoming debut album ‘I Love You’ – its opening track ‘I Used To Be Fun’. Despite its title, the track finds the band at their most fun, its jaunty pace belying the lyrical claims of the song.“‘I Used To Be Fun’ is about getting older and redefining the way you have fun”, say the band.

If you’re yet to try Ed Sheeran’s Tingly Ted’s hot sauce, then this could be your month. The pop star has announced a partnership with the Honest Burgers restaurant chain to flavour up its hot beef.Yes, having launched his own sauce brand in February – and a TV ad campaign in June – Sheeran now has a restaurant partner to help push his condiments.Throughout August, anyone who walks in the doors of one of Honest Burgers’ 42 UK restaurants (or orders takeaway via Uber Eats) will be able to grab a special burger which, says a press release, will be “drenched” in Ed’s special sauce.

A new group has been set-up in a bid to take ownership of the under-threat Ayr Ice Rink, Ayrshire Live can exclusively reveal.

Gregor Townsend prepares the Scotland squad captained by Jamie Ritchie who will be joined by flanker Rory Darge who returns to the international set-up after injury.

East Kilbride Scouts embarked on the trip of a lifetime in the Swiss Alps where they made friends with Scouts from around the world - including their twin town.

Love Island was wrapped up for another series on Monday when public favourites Jess and Sammy were crowned the winning couple and scooped the £50,000 prize money on the ITV dating show.

Holly Willoughby and Josie Gibson have made a 'secret pact' to 'always look out for one another' after growing close on This Morning.

Naman Ramachandran Cinepolis president Eduardo Acuna is set to be the new CEO of the Cineworld group. In June, the Cineworld group, which owns Regal Cinemas in the U.S., confirmed that its planned reorganization is going ahead and revealed plans for a new board led by former Pepsi chair Eric Foss. On Thursday, lenders to the indebted cinema chain agreed on terms to appoint Acuna as CEO of the newly incorporated parent company of the group. Acuna has served as president of Cinépolis Americas since 2015, and has worked at Cinépolis, the third largest theatrical exhibition circuit in the world, since 2005. In his current role, he heads all operations for Cinépolis in 11 countries across North America and South America. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Cinépolis Brazil. Prior to Cinépolis, Acuna held positions at McKinsey & Company in Mexico and Argentina, Goldman Sachs in New York, the Bank of Mexico and Mexico’s Ministry of Social Development. He currently serves on the board of directors at Global Cinema Federation and The Cinema Foundation.

A bankruptcy court judge today gave a green light to a reorganization plan for Regal parent Cineworld, the key step needed for the giant movie theater chain to emerge from bankruptcy next month.