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Marta Balaga Florence Longpré has brought “Empathy” to Series Mania. “The whole show is built around it,” she tells Variety. “If you haven’t experienced mental issues, it’s difficult to understand what these people are going through.

JoJo Siwa is charging fans $900 (£696) to “help” her set up the show for her upcoming North American tour via a VIP ticket package.The singer, dancer and former Dance Moms star is due to head out on the road this summer for a string of concerts across the US and Canada. It comes in support of her 2024 EP, ‘Guilty Pleasure’.In addition to general tickets, Siwa is selling three VIP packages: ‘Dream Guest VIP’ (costing over $900 per person), ‘Ultimate VIP’ ($400/£309) and ‘VIP Meet & Greet’ ($200+/£167+).The perks of the ‘Dream Guest’ option include being able to “watch the show from the designated audience area of your choice”, an “exclusive invitation to JoJo’s live show setup before [a] Q&A and soundcheck with JoJo”, and a “pre-show meet and greet and photo opportunity” with the singer.Curiously, Siwa is also asking her paying fans to “help [her] put together the show with song selection input”.During an interview with Access Hollywood, she described the ‘Dream Guest’ option as the “most exclusive” package (via Complex).Siwa explained: “You are actually going to get to come during while we’re loading in the show, and you’re gonna get to kind of help us set it up and make sure things are right and test out the drum with me or the DJ booth with me.”However, the artist has faced some criticism for asking fans to “basically pay to work” at the concerts (via The Independent).

Andy Cohen is addressing whether he would consider offering Paige DeSorbo and Lindsay Hubbard a spot on the Real Housewives of New York City cast.

Pamela Anderson, who was back on screen and all over the awards circuit with last year in Gia Coppola’s film The Last Showgirl, said today that “vanity is a prison” as she accepted a Muse Award at New York Women in Film & Television’s 45th annual luncheon ceremony, in her now signature no-makeup look.

Ride – has shared details of an upcoming solo album called ‘Swallow’. Check out the lead single ‘Lonely Town’ below.The record marks the first venture into a full solo release from Queralt, and is set for release on June 13 via Sonic Cathedral.In terms of the sound, the record is set to capture a beautiful yet brooding collection of nine songs, and hones in on elements of shoegaze to capture darkly textured soundscapes similar to that of M83 and Sigur Rós.It also contains a number of collaborators, including labelmate Emma Anderson (formerly of Lush and Sing-Sing) and Verity Susman (Electrelane, MEMORIALS).Today (March 26), Queralt has shared the first preview of the record in the form of the lead single ‘Lonely Town’.

Channel 4 has embraced The Darkness. The UK pubcaster has acquired the Icelandic thriller series from Paramount Global Content Distribution in a deal announced in a Series Mania session today.

FKA Twigs has announced the cancellation of her North American ‘Eusexua’ tour dates – find out why below.Today (March 26), FKA Twigs took to social media to share the unfortunate news, revealing that a handful of upcoming shows in the United States and Canada are being scrapped due to visa issues.“Today I was informed that production did not fill out the correct paperwork in a timely manner for us to have our visas to come to the USA and perform,” the singer explained. “So that means by no choice of my own I will have to pull out of my New York, Chicago, and Toronto shows.”north america tour update pic.twitter.com/IIvbskEa3V— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) March 26, 2025FKA Twigs went on to explain: “For those of you who are wondering why I have to pull out of Toronto because it’s not part of the United States, it’s because of routing and just the complex beast that touring is.

J Balvin has kicked off his latest tour!

French-Japanese comedy romance series Tokyo Crush has won the Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions event.

More than three years after announcing their engagement, former Love Island stars Lucie Donlan and Luke Mabbott reveal they're now ready to start making concrete plans for their wedding.The couple got engaged in December 2021 in a picture-perfect moment, as Luke proposed to Lucie amidst the breathtaking backdrop of Finland's Northern Lights. Since getting engaged, Lucie and Luke have been taking their time, enjoying their long engagement without putting undue pressure on themselves to set the big day in motion.

French and Canadian production bodies are beginning a joint drama and docs co-production initiative at Series Mania.

The hunt for the anthrax killer in the early 2000s is the subject of a new podcast.

EXCLUSIVE: After posting record box office figures in Greece, Stelios, a biopic of the revered Greek musician Stelios Kazantzidis, is heading stateside for a theatrical release via Firestorm Entertainment. 

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, will open with the world premiere of “Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance,” directed by Canadian filmmaker Noam Gonick. The documentary explores the pivotal moments that sparked Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ movement.

Marta Balaga Marking out one of the hottest properties at this year’s Series Mania, the world can’t get enough of “Long Bright River” starring Amanda Seyfried, with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) securing multiple new markets with muscular regional or local distributors such as Max and Warner Bros. Discovery.

EXCLUSIVE: Canada‘s Quentin Lee has touched down at Series Mania this week with scripted show Morning, Paris! and a third season of their stand-up show Comedy InvAsian in their back pocket.

EXCLUSIVE: Ennis Esmer has signed with Buchwald for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Roku is partnering with multihyphenate actor, writer, and producer Alan Chikin Chow to bring his No. 1 YouTube series Alan’s Universe to The Roku Channel. This is the first time that the popular creator’s content will be available outside of YouTube, expanding his reach to The Roku Channel’s U.S. households with approximately 145 million people.

Skating even deeper into Canadian politics, Wayne’s World star Mike Myers today officially endorsed incumbent Prime Minister Mark Carney, bodychecked Conservative Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre & robustly flew the Maple Leaf flag in the face of Donald Trump.

Annika Pham 10 years after taking the helm of Yle drama’s department and contributing significantly to Finnish drama’s hike in quality and international reach, Jarmo Lampela continues to broaden his network of international partners. Italy and Canada are the latest countries to be conquered by the visionary Finn who is attending Lille’s Series Mania confab with several projects. “Torna a Surriento” will be Yle’s first co-production with Italian pubcaster RAI.

Canada‘s Blue Ant Media will go public after completing a deal for listed compatriot Boat Rocker Media.