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  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
We Fly Coach hires Sukumalanand as EP in Bangkok office
Poo Sukumalanand
NEW YORK -- 

Global production company We Fly Coach has appointed its first executive producer out of its Bangkok office, bringing on Poo Sukumalanand to lead business development on the ground in the Asian market. The hire comes on the heels of a recent increase of projects out of Asia, the U.K. and Middle East, including a campaign with Havas Bangkok for Hershey’s. With Sukumalanand on site at the Bangkok operation, she will serve to enhance We Fly Coach’s industry presence in the Asian advertising and production markets.

Sukumalanand has over 15 years of experience in the advertising space, spanning production, marketing and sales roles working with top international brands including Unilever, P&G, Sony, booking.com, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Marriott, Mitsubishi, Canon, Ford and KLM. She has produced a wide array of commercial and branded content projects within Asia Pacific and globally, working in over 20 countries with international advertising agencies More

  • Wednesday, May. 31, 2017
Pelley out as "CBS Evening News" anchor 
In this May 15, 2013, file photo, Scott Pelley attends the CBS Upfront in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

CBS' effort to brand itself as the home of hard-edged newscasts has achieved commercial success in the morning, but not so much in the evening - and "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley paid the price for it with his job.

The network announced Wednesday that Pelley will return full time to "60 Minutes," the flagship newsmagazine where he divided his time in the six years since he replaced Katie Couric as evening news anchor. Twenty-year CBS veteran Anthony Mason will fill in on the evening news until a permanent successor is chosen.

The transition has already been a little messy: CBS had intended to announce it next week, but when workers began packing Pelley's belongings at his evening news office into boxes Tuesday word of his departure spread.

CBS News, with its influence diminished at the turn of the decade, sought to mold its newscasts in the meatier image of "60 Minutes." It named the newsmagazine's most influential More

  • Tuesday, May. 30, 2017
CBS Entertainment boss Geller exiting that job 
This photo provided by CBS shows, Glenn Geller, president, CBS Entertainment speaking to the TCA Winter Press Tour 2016 on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. (Francis Specker/CBS via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

CBS says its entertainment president, Glenn Geller, is stepping down from that position. The company also said it's in discussions with him for a production deal with CBS Television Studios.

Tuesday's announcement comes two months after he suffered a mild heart attack.

Geller, who has been with CBS since 2001, was named entertainment president in September 2015. In that role, he led the network's entertainment programming and creative affairs for prime time, daytime and late night, as well as program development.

CBS did not immediately announce who would succeed him.

  • Tuesday, May. 30, 2017
It's primetime at Amazon.com; shares hit $1,000 
This Thursday, May 25, 2017, photo, shows the Amazon Books store logo at the company's retail store in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
By Joseph Pisani, Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Amazon, the internet goliath that revolutionized the way much of the world buys books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone Tuesday. Its stock surpassed the $1,000 mark for the first time.

That price put Amazon's market value at about $478 billion, double that of the world's biggest traditional retailer, Wal-Mart, and more than 15 times the size of Target. A $1,000 investment on Amazon's first day of trading in 1997 would be worth more than $500,000 today.

Not only has Amazon changed the retail landscape since it became a public company 20 years ago, it's now part of a small cadre of high-flying stocks belonging to companies that have defied Wall Street and shunned stock splits.

Those splits make the stock more affordable and generate brokerage fees. But companies like Amazon have chosen to reward its long-term investors.

The last time Amazon has split its stock was nearly 18 years ago, according to financial research More

  • Tuesday, May. 30, 2017
Saville acquires rights to David Goldblatt's "The Ball Is Round"
"The Ball Is Round"
LOS ANGELES -- 

Rupert Maconick’s production company, Saville Productions, has acquired the worldwide rights to sports journalist David Goldblatt’s definitive history of soccer, "The Ball is Round," and its upcoming sequel, "The Game at the End of the World." Saville will release a documentary series based on the books next year, coinciding with the 2018 World Cup, and is currently seeking a brand partner for the series.

The Guardian calls Goldblatt’s work stunning. “Quite simply, 'The Ball is Round' takes soccer history to a new level.” The Times Literary Supplement says, “Goldblatt writes with authority, humor and passion. There is no doubting the worth of his extraordinary book, 'The Ball is Round.'”

"The Ball is Round" and "The Game at the End of the World" explore the history of the world through soccer. Featuring the stories of a fantastical cast of angels and devils, geniuses and journeyman, fallen giants and rising stars, the More

  • Monday, May. 29, 2017
Soderbergh says filming "Logan Lucky" made him a NASCAR fan 
Actor Channing Tatum, third from left, and director Steven Soderbergh, center, pose for a photo with NASCAR drivers, from left to right, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson before the NASCAR Cup series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Sunday, May 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
By Steve Reed, Sports Writer
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- 

Steven Soderbergh was never a big NASCAR fan despite growing up in the South.

But the Academy Award winning director has become one after working on his new film "Logan Lucky," depicting a theoretical heist at Charlotte Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600.

"NASCAR was kind of mystery to me," Soderbergh said in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday prior to the start of the Coca-Cola 600. "I only had a very superficial knowledge of it. ... I knew the big names. I would watch the Daytona 500, but I wasn't following it.

"But the fun of this project has been learning a new sport and talking to people at all levels of the sport about the various layers that are underneath the superficial layer that someone like me would see when they watch the race on television."

Soderbergh said he found NASCAR drivers to be fun and "very unpretentious." Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Kyle More

  • Friday, May. 26, 2017
Blake Lively to headline film from "Big Little Lies" author 
In this May 22, 2017 file photo, actress Blake Lively attends the American Ballet Theatre's 2017 Spring Gala at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Blake Lively is set to star in an adaptation of the best-seller "The Husband's Secret," from "Big Little Lies" author Liane Moriarty. CBS Films said Thursday that Lively will play Cecilia Fitzpatrick in the film and also executive produce.

The character is a model wife and mother who discovers an unopened letter from her husband that says to open only in the case of his death. The curiosity and eventual revelation sends her life into a spiral.

Moriarty's books are becoming a fixture in Hollywood. Her book "Big Little Lies" was adapted into a popular HBO miniseries with Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Nicole Kidman that ended its run recently. The prolific Australian author also has a number of books being optioned for big and small screen adaptations.

  • Wednesday, May. 24, 2017
Tom Cruise reveals "Top Gun 2" to start filming soon 
In this Monday, May 22, 2017 file photo, actor Tom Cruise arrives for the Australian premiere of his movie "The Mummy," in Sydney. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
SYDNEY (AP) -- 

The Danger Zone may have gotten old and dusty, but Tom Cruise says he's about to fly back in.

The 54-year-old actor says the long-discussed sequel to "Top Gun" is a sure thing and should start shooting soon.

Cruise made the announcement Wednesday in response to questions from anchors on the Australian morning news show "Sunrise."

The actor said filming will likely begin within the next year. He added, "It's definitely happening."

Cruise has said in similar interviews that the film was in development and a strong possibility, but has not offered such clear confirmation.

The 1986 Reagan-era flyboy epic propelled Cruise to superstar status.

Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the original, had been dropping hints too. He posted a picture of himself and Cruise on Saturday's 31st anniversary of the original's release.

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  • Tuesday, May. 23, 2017
Sony chief promises profitability, but is short on specifics
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai outlines its strategy at the company's headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Sony's leader is promising a comeback for the Japanese electronics and entertainment company having its best profitability in two decades. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
By Yuri Kageyama, Business Writer
TOKYO (AP) -- 

Sony's leader promised a comeback for the Japanese electronics and entertainment company having its best profitability in two decades.

"We are a company that moves people," said Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai, as he outlined the strategy for the company at its Tokyo headquarters Tuesday.

But he said he cannot give away details of products in the works such as those using artificial intelligence or the "internet of things," or IoT, technology.

He stressed the profitability in sprawling Sony Corp., including its lucrative PlayStation video-game business, which just came out with a popular virtual-reality headset.

Hirai also told reporters another important area is Sony's TV sector, which has been in the black for the last few years, after losing money for a decade.

He also said profits will be improved in smartphones and movies.

Hirai, who took leadership of the company five years ago, acknowledged Sony has never in More

  • Monday, May. 22, 2017
PBS airing live nature special from Alaska this summer 
In this undated image released by PBS, a brown bear catches salmon at Brooks Falls Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. PBS is collaborating with the BBC on a live nature series set in Alaska this July, where cameras will attempt to capture bears, eagles, wolves and whales in their natural habitat.  (Gareth Wildman/PBS via AP)
By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

PBS is collaborating with the BBC on a special live event this summer where cameras will try to catch bears, wolves, eagles and other wildlife in their natural habitat in Alaska.

"Wild Alaska Live" will air over three nights on PBS on July 23, 26 and 30. Cameras placed in the Tongass National Forest, the Kenai Fjords National Park, in Hallo Bay and other locations will hunt for wildlife as the show discusses how the state's human population interacts with nature.

The show is similar to "Big Blue Live," a 2015 event focused on marine life in California's Monterey Bay. That was another partnership with the BBC, said Beth Hoppe, chief programming officer at PBS.

"Live natural history has really caught on for them," Hoppe said. "For them, it's a big spectacle. For us, it's a way to dip our toes into the space."

Brothers Chris and Martin Kratt of the PBS Kids series "Wild Kratts" will host the event.

PBS has a run of More

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