Total Bellas Sneak Peek

Ashley Cain and his partner Saffiya Vorajee went through the most painful event of their lives in April 2021, when their beloved daughter Azaylia passed away following an arduous battle with leukaemia.They had spent months in and out of hospital, trying to save their daughter from the blood cancer, and even set up a fundraising page to help them get specialist treatment in Singapore. But when doctor's told them they believed she only had a few days left, they refocused their efforts in ensuring her final days were filled with love and joy.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix, in its second games-related acquisition, plans to buy Next Games, mobile games developer based in Finland, for $72 million.Founded in 2013, Next Games has created games based on popular entertainment franchises, including story-driven puzzle game “Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales” and two based on hit zombie series “The Walking Dead.”Helsinki-based Next Games had about 120 employees at the end of 2021 and reported sales of approximately €27.2 million ($30 million) in 2020 with 95% of revenues generated from in-game purchases.The deal comes less than six months after Netflix’s acquisition of Night School Studio, a game developer best known for its supernatural mystery adventure title “Oxenfree.” Netflix has launched a selection of games, starting with handful of mobile titles, as an extension to its core video-entertainment for no extra charge. “Next Games has a seasoned management team, strong track record with mobile games based on entertainment franchises, and solid operational capabilities,” said Michael Verdu, VP of games for Netflix, in a statement.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorStanley Tucci’s next trip to Italy will face a slight delay.CNN will bump the debuts of a handful of looming original documentary projects due to its ongoing coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The second season of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” will premiere on CNN later in the spring, as will the new series “Nomad with Carlton McCoy.” Meanwhile, the WarnerMedia network will push back the debut of “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” to Sunday March 13 at 9 p.m., a week later than its previously scheduled March 6 launch.The network has built a new business out of documentaries and docuseries, but it must balance those projects with the demands of the news cycle.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe media industry’s measurement wars are expanding beyond counting traditional video audiences.iSpot, the measurement company that figures prominently in plans by NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia to offer alternatives to Nielsen in the sector’s looming “upfront” marketplace, will acquire Tunity, an analytics company that analyzes consumer viewing habits in public locations nationwide, including restaurants, offices, bars and hotels.“We want to account for all viewing across all screens,” says Sean Muller, iSpot’s founder and CEO, in an interview. The Tunity acquisition, he says, could be “powerful, both for our advertising clients who invest heavily in tentpole events and programs that are consumed outside the home and for our media partners.” The companies did not disclose financial terms.Keeping track of so-called “out of home” audiences has become more critical to TV networks, who understand that significant chunks of viewership for news, sports and other live programming is often found outside a consumer’s main habitat.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorLady Gaga may not have been nominated for an Oscar for her work in “House of Gucci,” but that doesn’t mean she won’t be busy the night of the big show.Gaga has signed on to co-host the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party alongside Billy Porter, Eric McCormack and David Furnish. The annual event returns as an in-person gala in West Hollywood Park on March 27.“Lady Gaga, Billy Porter and Eric McCormack are not only amazingly talented, but have greatly contributed to LGBTQ+ visibility and inclusion in entertainment – both on screen and in music,” Furnish, who is chairman of the foundation, said in a statement Wednesday morning.

K.J. Yossman Alice Cabañas has been appointed the new head of the BFI Network.She will lead the network’s U.K.-wide talent development programme, overseeing management, funding, digital platforms and professional development programmes.Cabañas is joining as the BFI is developing a 10-year funding strategy in consultation with the industry and the public which will explore how best to use its funding to support new creatives in the screen sector.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Biennale, which is the multidisciplinary arts organization behind the Venice Film Festival, has announced that in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fest plans to bar Russian delegations but not independent Russian filmmakers and their works.The Biennale “intends to express its full support to all the Ukrainian people and their artists,” the org said in a statement on Wednesday, announcing that it’s making every effort to ensure that, despite the war, Ukraine will be able to participate at the upcoming Biennale Art exhibition which kicks off in April with a national pavilion. As previously announced, Russia proactively pulled out of the art Biennale.

Two teenage boys have been arrested after being found with a huge 'zombie knife' and two stolen motorbikes.

A third world war would be 'nuclear and destructive', a Russian minister has warned.

Dan Walker stepped in and apologised when a Ukrainian singer swore live on BBC Breakfast.

Council bosses have agreed to compulsory purchase a derelict listed building and ‘major heritage asset’ in Oldham town centre which has been ‘left to rot’.

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BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker was forced to apologise to viewers of the show when a Ukrainian guest swore at Russian President Vladimir Putin while live on air. Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka joined Dan and his co-host Sally Nugent on the morning show to talk about the current situation, as Russia continues to attack Ukraine.

A court hearing about last year's deadly Astroworld music festival was held on Tuesday and featured discussions related to the issues of media publicity, a gag order and a concern over a lack diversity among attorneys representing those killed or injured. The hearing was the first time lawyers handling the nearly 500 lawsuits filed after 10 people died and hundreds of others were injured during a massive crowd surge at the Nov.

WWE SmackDown started on an extremely weird note as the wrestling company went ahead with their tradition of art imitating life. In what felt like news coverage, we see Elias being stretchered in an ambulance after a car was rammed into his. It turns out it was Jeff Hardy's car with the wrestler being shown as inebriated and arrested on the charges of a hit-and-run. Sound familiar? Given Jeff's DUI history, one wonders what the reasoning behind this angle was but that was not all for The Charismatic Enigma, who made his return later on in the night.

Nikki Bella's boyfriend Artem Chigvintsev picked out a ring and got ready to propose to her on Thursday's episode of Total Bellas.The dancer, 37, finally chose an emerald-cut diamond and invited his parents to be present for the proposal in Burgundy, France, where he and Nikki, 36, would be traveling that week.She and her twin sister Brie, 36, were going there to publicize their wine label, Bella Radici, but little did Nikki know Artem had other plans for the trip.

A reconciliation years in the making. Throughout this season of Total Bellas, Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan (born Bryan Danielson) have continually expressed their frustrations with their relationship; namely, their inability to connect not just as parents, but a couple.

Brie Bella is coming clean about the struggles in her marriage to her husband of six years, Daniel Bryan.In a sneak peek of the upcoming episode of Total Bellas, Brie, 36, compared herself to a single parent as she revealed she had been growing further and further apart from Daniel.The WWE star was hanging out with her twin sister Nikki and mom Kathy when they began discussing the issue that had been tugging at her heart.

Nikki Bella and boyfriend Artem Chigvintsev were getting serious on Thursday's episode of Total Bellas.The WWE vet asked him to move in with her and then the 37-year-old Dancing With The Stars pro went engagement ring shopping with her sister Brie for advice.But when talking to a jeweler he started to panic and needed water to cool down after he saw the $1M price tag.

Better safe than sorry! With the construction on Nikki Bella's house—which will have a pool—almost finished, her twin sister (and next-door neighbor!) Brie Bella wants to make sure they're both well-equipped to handle any potential emergencies involving her daughter, Birdie Danielson. In this Total Bellas bonus clip, the twins, along with Birdie, their brother JJ Garcia and his wife Lauren, head to a local pool to learn CPR.  "I'm setting up a CPR class because I feel like if we all know CPR, then we're eliminating the risk of anything happening at Nicole's pool," Brie explains in a confessional.

Nikki Bella took her relationship with boyfriend Artem Chigvintsev to the next level on Thursday's episode of Total Bellas by asking him to move in with her.The 36-year-old former WWE wrestler wanted to show Artem, 37, that she cared even though she wasn't ready to commit to having children with him.She'd already decided to freeze her eggs to preserve her fertility, instead of creating embryos with Artem, who desperately wanted kids.