Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media Buys Spanish-Language Company Exile Content Studio

Retinol and other retinoids – which are derivatives of vitamin A – are widely accepted as the gold standard in anti-ageing skincare ingredients, known for their ability to boost cell turnover and helping to smooth, firm and rejuvenate the skin. But used too much or at too high a strength, they can also irritate sensitive skin – and so in the past, applying retinol around the delicate eye area was always a no-no.

Love Island's youngest star Gemma Owen might be a stunning rising star, but she's still the baby-faced daughter of footballing legend Michael Owen in many people's eyes. The international dressage rider has already been at the centre of some villa drama, after Italian hunk Davide, 27, stole her away from student Liam to leave him single, and vulnerable. But while Gemma continues to turn heads, let's turn back time and look at the young star's transformation from her pigtails days on daddy's arm, to bikinis and heels on ITV2's infamous reality TV series.

Tasha Ghouri is currently soaking up the sun in the Love Island villa, but back in the UK she has a lavish home in London. The model and dancer, 23, has already caused a stir in the villa, with both Andrew Le Page and Luca Bish fighting for her affections in recent episodes.

The And Just Like That creator has said that Samantha Jones will return for the second series. Sex and the City fans thoroughly missed the presence of Kim Cattrall playing the iconic character in the reboot, which was met with mixed reviews. While Samantha wasn't there as the ladies reunited on screen, her presence was felt as Sarah Jessica Parker’s character, Carrie Bradshaw, frequently texted her pal.

In partnership with HennessyTonight (June 9), AJ Tracey is set to play a special live streamed gig on the UK’s first floating basketball court for the NBA x Hennessy.The event is set to take place to begin three days of celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the NBA and the ongoing 2022 Finals. After the floating court docks at Butler’s Wharf this evening, Tracey will perform an exclusive set live streamed to fans around the world from 7.30pm BST.The rapper said: “It’s incredible getting NBA fans, like myself, to come together and celebrate the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Season this year.“Moments like this really put London’s love of the game on the map, and with the ongoing support from Hennessy, I’m excited to see the impact it has on basketball in the UK and the communities it’s giving back to.”Tune into the live stream via the link below.Across three days this weekend, NBA x Hennessy will take over London with a huge celebration of all things basketball as part of their Courts Beyond Limits series, which sees Hennessy and the NBA unveiling one-of-a-kind basketball courts in unique locations around the world.

aespa have sold more than 1million copies of their upcoming album ‘Girls’ through pre-orders alone.The K-pop quartet’s label, SM Entertainment, told South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency earlier today (June 9) that aespa had managed to sell a million copies of their forthcoming second mini-album titled ‘Girls’ so far. Notably, it’s only been a week since pre-orders started on June 2.This achievement makes aespa the second K-pop girl group in history to sell a million copies of an album in pre-sales, following BLACKPINK with their 2020 record ‘The Album’.

The Cure’s Jason Cooper has announced he will be taking part in a charity bike ride in memory of long-serving crew member Paul ‘Ricky’ Welton.Welton suffered a heart attack in 2019 while on tour with The Cure and died in hospital a few days later.The British Heart Foundation’s London To Brighton Bike Ride will start at London’s Clapham Common on June 19 and, 54 miles later, will finish on Brighton seafront.“I’m riding the London To Brighton Bike Ride for the British Heart Foundation in memory of my dear departed drum technician [Ricky] who died of a heart attack”, Jason told BBC Radio 5 Live. “We shared lots of moments, he was just wonderful to have on stage and I could always depend on him.

R. Kelly is sentenced to more than 25 years in prison in a new court filing.The R&B singer (real name Robert Sylvester Kelly) was convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering offences last year and was due to be formally sentenced last month before the hearing was delayed until June 29.Now in a new filing via the New York Post, prosecutors have called for the singer to be jailed for more than 25 years.“In light of the seriousness of the offences, the need for specific deterrence and the need to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant, the government respectfully submits that a sentence in excess of 25 years is warraned,” the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York wrote to the judge in the case.The US Attorney’s Office also said the singer relied “on his fame, money and popularity as an R&B recording star… to both carry and conceal his crimes”.“He continued his crimes and avoided punishment for them for almost 30 years and must now be held to account,” prosecutors added.The 31-page filing details allegations of “callous disregard” he showed his victims during his decades of abuse and sexual exploitation, warning that Kelly “is unlikely to be deterred from further sexually abusing and exploiting children and others.”But R.

LOONA singer Haseul recently performs covers of hits from IU, BTOB and I.O.I during a recent livestream.Yesterday (June 8), the K-pop idol hosted a V Live livestream session, during which she performed covers of several songs from IU, the now-disbanded girl group I.O.I and veteran boyband BTOB for fans, from what appears to be a recording studio.Haseul kicked things off with her take on I.O.I’s 2017 single ‘Downpour’, which she sung over the original track. She then took on BTOB’s hit 2017 single ‘Missing You’, before going on to cover IU’s ‘Drama’, a cut from her 2021 special album ‘Pieces’, as well as ‘You & I’ from IU’s second studio album ‘Last Fantasy’ which released in 2011.LOONA are currently gearing up for the release of their upcoming summer special mini-album ‘Flip That’, which they first teased with a trailer titled ‘The Journey’.

Battlestate Games has announced that it will be hosting a new episode of TarkovTV Live, which will reveal what the next update to Escape From Tarkov will include. For anyone who wants to see the big announcements as they happen, here’s when (and where) to watch TarkovTV Live.The TarkovTV Live stream will take place today (June 9) and will begin at 5:30 PM BST / 6:30 PM CEST / 9:30 AM PDT / 12:30 PM ET.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCanada’s Amcomri Entertainment has belatedly announced that it has acquired the assets of Australia- and U.K.-based Flame Media, a distributor and library owner of factual and documentary TV content.Flame Media has approximately 2,200 hours and more than 500 titles of high-end factual programming in its library.  Its key library titles include: “Outback Truckers” and “Outback Opal Hunters” from Prospero Productions; “The Moors Murders” from MAP TV; and “Life in Colour with David Attenborough,” from Humble Bee Films and SeaLight Pictures.The transaction closed approximately 15 months after the death of Flame Media founder and CEO John Caldon.The addition of Flame increases Amcomri’s TV library offering to 4,750 hours of programming.

Broker lead actor Song Kang-ho has shared his thoughts on his recent Best Actor win at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.In a recent interview with South Korean outlet Korea JoongAng Daily, the South Korean actor, who plays Sang-hyun in the film, shared his sentiments on “finally” taking home an award at the Cannes Film Festival after previously starring in six films that have all debuted at the festival prior.Song is the second Korean to win Best Actor, after Jeon Do-yeon for 2007’s Secret Sunshine. “Of course, winning an award from such a prestigious festival as Cannes is a great and happy moment, an unforgettable turning point of my life,” Song said, before adding that awards are not as significant as they might seem.“I don’t think the action [of receiving an award] itself holds much significance,” he explained.

Netflix has released the first trailer for Entergalactic, an upcoming animated series co-created by Kid Cudi.First announced in 2019, the show will feature songs from Cudi’s forthcoming album of the same name. Conceived in collaboration with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, Entergalactic will follow two young musicians as they balance love and success in New York City.

pull out of their support slot on Slipknot‘s 2022 Knotfest Roadshow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Announcing the tour,the band said via Twitter: “We are very honoured to announce that together with the help of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, we have successfully been granted permission to travel abroad as ambassadors of our country to raise funds and awareness about the war raging back home.“This is a huge honour for us as a band and as citizens. We will do our part to make sure that this war stops as soon as possible! Come support, dance and scream your hearts out for Ukraine!”Jinjer also unveiled a new video, which you can watch above, for their 2021 track ‘Call Me A Symbol’, which begins with the message: “This video marks the 105th day of Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Ran Tal’s moving documentary “1341 Frames of Love and War” has won three key awards at DocAviv and been sold to seven territories by sales company Reservoir Docs.Tal took home the best director prize while Nilli Feller snagged the editor award. In addition, the doc won the Kedar Foundation Award for a film inspired by Israel’s history and society, which includes a $15,000 cash prize.Since its world premiere at the Berlinale Special sidebar of the Berlin Film Festival, Reservoir Docs, which handles world sales excluding North America, Israel, Greece and Portugal, has sold the doc to several territories, including Non Stop (Nordic), Tanweer Films (Greece) and Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais (Portugal).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarner Bros. Discovery Thursday announced its management team for Japan, Australia New Zealand, reporting into James Gibbons, WBD’s president and managing director.The reshuffle follows similar announcements for the EMEA area under Priya Dogra and India, Southeast Asia and Korea under Clement Schwebig.In addition to the above appointments, David Macdonald is named VP Networks, Japan, based in Tokyo.

Abacus Media Rights Parent Amcomri Entertaiment Buys Flame Media Program Assets For $2.4M

Warner Bros Discovery is wasting no time in unveiling new leadership teams across the globe with the most recent structure outlined for Japan, Australia and New Zealand under James Gibbons, President and Managing Director of the region. This follows teams in EMEA, India, Southeast Asia and Korea being confirmed in the past 36 hours.

EXCLUSIVE: Global sports streaming outfit DAZN is to make around 50 redundancies in its London headquarters, Deadline can reveal.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs have been around the media business long enough to resist the temptation to overreact to Netflix’s latest travails. Even though their emerging investment firm, Candle Media, owns two key Netflix suppliers—CoComelon production company Moonbug Entertainment and Fauda producer Faraway Road—they don’t seem too concerned that Netflix may topple from its perch. (And at press time, the previously unthinkable scenario has become a lot more, well, thinkable.)

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterKevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has acquired Spanish-language producer Exile Content Studio.Per Candle Media, “Exile’s mission is to create content featuring the experiences and voices of diverse Spanish-speaking communities from around the world.”The company was founded in 2019 by Isaac Lee, formerly the chief content officer for Univision and Televisa. The production company specializes in feature films, scripted and unscripted television, music and audio storytelling and commerce activities for digital media.Exile, which is has its headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in Mexico City, Madrid, and Miami, will continue to be overseen by Lee and Exile’s senior management team for day-to-day operations.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has acquired its latest company, Spanish-language content powerhouse Exile Content Studio.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has hired seasoned executives Courtney Cappa and Kendall Ostrow as, respectively, SVP, Finance & Accounting, and SVP, Business Development & Community.