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WWE searches for a Raw Diva in the US
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) new interactive initiative will involve searching for a beautiful, glamorous, physically fit, talented and charismatic woman.
WWE has announced the second edition of its $250,000 Raw Diva Search. The contestants will compete for a one-year WWE contract worth $250,000 and the entertainment opportunities that follow.
In India WWE action airs on Ten Sports. Last year fans voted for Christy Hemme. Hemme now appears every week on Raw. She has appeared on the cover of Playboy, numerous American talk shows and was featured in WWE’s biggest pay-per-view event of the year WrestleMania 21.
Potential Divas can enter the contest at wwe.com by e-mailing an application and two photographs (head shot & head to toe shot). Candidates must be at least 20 years old and from the US. All entries must be received by 13 May.
WWE will host a casting event in the Los Angeles area in early June where judges will select the eight finalists based on who best exhibits the qualities of a WWE Diva. Later this year, the eight finalists will appear on Raw. WWE fans will vote for their favorite Diva contestant. The contestant with the fewest number of votes will be eliminated on a weekly basis until the winner is crowned. Voting will take place exclusively on WWE.com.
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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.
