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Star World to air ‘Boston Public’
MUMBAI: The Boston Public will now become more familiar to Indian viewers as Star World brings in David E Kelley’s series from 25 April in the 10-pm slot.
It will be an all-new season from David E Kelley, the Emmy Award-winning creator of Ally McBeal and The Practice.
The show is a dramatic, sometimes comedic, behind-the-scenes look at the personal and professional lives of teachers working at a mid-size high school in Boston.
Boston Public has never been shy about addressing tough issues, which exists in the education system. But it also never gets preachy or boring.
That’s thanks largely to the hodge-podge of characters, which make up the teachers of Winslow High. There’s the firm but fair principal Steven Harper (Chi McBride), the protective teacher Marylin Sudor (Sharon Leal), the erratic and risky Marla Hendricks (Loretta Devine), and of course, the unforgettably nostalgic and comic Harvey Lipschultz (Emmy winner Fyvush Finkel), among others.
Whatever their differences and idiosyncrasies, they all share one thing in common – their unwavering passion for teaching, a stock belief that they can make a difference, and that everyone can be human.
And in this school, that philosophy holds especially true for the teachers – who send the rules to get things done and are never afraid to deal with the personal issue behind the a public face.
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
