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Hugh Jackman predicts his home country Australia will break with the British Royal Family and become a Republic. 

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APPOINTMENTSUniversal Music’s Republic Records in the US has promoted Beau Benton to SVP Media & Operations. “It’s been such a pleasure working with Beau every day for the last ten years”, says EVP Media & Artist Relations, Joseph Carozza. “As a colleague and as a friend, I’ve had a front row seat to his media expertise, his love and commitment to artists and the team, and his infectious energy”.Artist management firm UROK has hired Tayla Dhyll as Head Of Audience and Sophie Lane as Senior Artist Manager.

An Afro-European woman connects with her roots in Bantú Mama, the Dominican Republic’s entry for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. Co-written and directed by Ivan Herrera, it’s was picked up by Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing. It’s a compelling drama featuring a strong performance from Clarisse Albrecht, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

Mario Oliver, one of the kings of the Los Angeles nightlife scene when he ran the clubs Vertigo and The Gate and elegant restaurants like Tryst, Le Petit Four, and Linq, has died at age 71.

PornHub Vision Award winner Bella Thorne celebrated her 25th birthday with a lavish getaway to La Romana in the Dominican Republic with a large entourage over the weekend.The half-Cuban former child star - who turned 25 last Saturday - kept close to her new boyfriend, Bad Vegan executive producer Mark Emms.Florida-born Bella (born Anabella) was first pictured canoodling with Mark on August 27 while yachting off the coast of Mykonos. 'I couldn't have asked for a better birthday celebration!' PornHub Vision Award winner Bella Thorne celebrated her 25th birthday with a lavish getaway to La Romana in the Dominican Republic with a large entourage over the weekendThorne - who boasts 53.1M social media followers - posted an Instagram slideshow featuring footage of Emms kissing her bikini-clad chest as she kissed his neck.Mark is the Thorne jewelry founder's first public romance since splitting with her ex-fiancé - B3N frontman Benjamin Mascolo - on June 2 after three years of dating.

K.J. Yossman MetFilm is expanding into distribution with the acquisition of U.K. distribution company Republic Film Distribution (“Brittany Runs a Marathon”). Republic, which is run by former Icon Films exec Zak Brilliant, will be re-branded as MetFilm Distribution. Brilliant will take on the role of head of MetFilm distribution and MetFilm sales, working with the existing sales team, comprised of Mitch Clare, Jenny Bohnhoff and Ella Pham. The company is already planning to increase its headcount. MetFilm Distribution will aim to release six to eight titles annually. The films they take on will have a strong theatrical focus, starting with November’s “A Bunch of Amateurs” by Kim Hopkins, which won the Sheffield DocFest audience award.

MetFilm has acquired Republic Film Distribution, the UK distribution company run by former Icon Films executive Zak Brilliant.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic After being with Mercury Nashville since the beginning of her recording career in the early 1990s, Shania Twain has a new label home, Republic Nashville, and a new song and video to go with the switch — “Waking Up Dreaming,” her first official single in five years. It’s not just a new label for her — it’s a new label to everyone, as Twain’s statement about the signing established that she is the debut artist for Republic Nashville, a division of Republic Records. “I couldn’t think of a better partner than Republic Nashville,” Twain said. “I’m honored and excited to be the label’s first artist and lead the charge of this new and exciting chapter. In this respect, it feels like a new beginning all around, and I’m embracing it wholeheartedly.”

How things change since that sobering night in Dublin when Scotland appeared at their lowest ebb.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will not be making his first English-language feature directorial debut with A Manual for Cleaning Women, which has Cate Blanchett set to star and produce under her Dirty Films, Deadline has learned.

The news of her death has obviously thrown the UK into a flurry of activity, along with mourning their monarch the country has to crown it’s new King and organise a state funeral.

EXCLUSIVE: Streetcar Productions today announced that principal photography on La Cigüeña, the latest film from Dominican filmmaker Alejandro Andújar, has begun principal photography in the Dominican Republic.

The Only Way Is Essex's new series had an explosive launch after the cast's turbulent trip to the Dominican Republic.The reality stars headed to the five-star Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana to film scenes for the ITVBe show's newest series, with the hotel costing up to an eye-watering £2,000 a night. But there were plenty of controversial moments during their time abroad, from cast members pulling out and feuds, to the group being kicked off their flight home.

Thania Garcia Republic Records has launched a kids and family division, spearheaded by the appointment of Bree Bowles as VP of marketing and strategy. The new expansion is focused on signing, developing, and releasing family-friendly projects, with additional “major partnerships to be unveiled very soon,” according to the announcement.Prior to her stint with Republic Records, Bowles worked at Brooklyn Bowl founder Pete Shapiro’s Dayglo Presents where she oversaw marketing and operations.

Earlier this year it was announced that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (also known as KOTOR) was getting a complete remake. Fans were overjoyed with the news as most played the original growing up and now they can relive it as an adult and with better graphics. Recently it was announced that KOTOR was in serious trouble, so serious that the game had to be delayed indefinitely.

The old Ferrari was filmed flying dow the two-lane D4 motorway, which runs out of Prague to the border with Germany. The car heavily resembled an F2 chassis - but it is illegal to drive such vehicles on the motorway in the Czech Republic.

JYP Entertainment, home to top acts like TWICE, ITZY and Stray Kids, is teaming up with Republic Records to debut a new North American girl group, holding auditions in the US this September.On July 25, the two agencies unveiled a video featuring JYP Entertainment founder and chairman Park Jin-young and Republic Records’ founder and CEO Monte Lipman announcing their upcoming venture ‘A2K’.“The name of this project is ‘A2K’, which is an abbreviation of ‘America2Korea’. So the final artist that comes out of this procedure will be the first American artist made out of a K-pop system,” said Park.“It’s like talented artists who goes through a training system like an Olympic gymnast will go through,” he added.

The Czech Film Commission, the body that promotes the Czech Republic to the international world, had its website hacked last week by Russian hackers. Speaking at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Odesa Film Festival at Karlovy Vary’s Industry Days section, Czech Film Commission head Pavlina Zipkova told delegates that its website was recently targeted by Russian hackers after it posted an article on its website highlighting the Czech Republic as being a safe place to shoot.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorXavier Henry-Rashid’s sales agency Film Republic has acquired Anna Kazejak’s “Fucking Bornholm,” ahead of its international premiere Saturday in the Crystal Globe competition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.The Polish comedy drama potrays the generation of today’s 40-year-olds from the perspective of a woman who is in need of profound changes in her life.Two couples with kids go away for a short holiday on the Danish island of Bornholm. Each person has different goals and expectations, and each one of them and their relationships will be tested.

Thania Garcia Ciara has signed to Republic Records and Uptown Records through her own label imprint, Beauty Marks Entertainment. Under the partnership, Ciara will be releasing “Jump,” her first single since 2020, slated for release later this summer.Regarding the signing, Ciara said, “I am thrilled to partner with Uptown/Republic Records through my own label imprint Beauty Marks Entertainment.