Castellon (Spain), March 6 (Ians) Asian Championship gold medallist Pooja Rani (75 kg) defeated world champion Atheyna Bylon of Panama in a semi-final bout as nine Indian boxers stormed into the finals of the 35th Boxam International boxing tournament here.
Pooja dominated her opponent from the beginning and looked unfazed throughout and assured a unanimous win on Friday. She will now square off against Melissa Graham of USA in the final on Sunday night.
Other women boxers joining Pooja in the final are debutant Jasmine (57 kg) and Simranjit (60 kg).
Young Jasmine, who is playing her first senior international tournament showed great composure and played from distance to ensure a comfortable 4-1 win over Italy's Sirine Charaabi. She will be up against European champion Irma Testa in the gold medal bout.
World Championship bronze medallist Simranjit was up against veteran Puerto Rican Kiria Tapia and in a close encounter which saw both the...
Pooja dominated her opponent from the beginning and looked unfazed throughout and assured a unanimous win on Friday. She will now square off against Melissa Graham of USA in the final on Sunday night.
Other women boxers joining Pooja in the final are debutant Jasmine (57 kg) and Simranjit (60 kg).
Young Jasmine, who is playing her first senior international tournament showed great composure and played from distance to ensure a comfortable 4-1 win over Italy's Sirine Charaabi. She will be up against European champion Irma Testa in the gold medal bout.
World Championship bronze medallist Simranjit was up against veteran Puerto Rican Kiria Tapia and in a close encounter which saw both the...
- 3/6/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Bounce has greenlighted a pair of scripted series — one produced by Cedric the Entertainer and fronted by D.J. Hughley and another starring Vivica A. Fox — and Court TV unveiled a new show with Ashleigh Banfield as the sibling networks unveiled their 2020-21 slates at Ctam today.
Along with the Hughley-led dramedy Johnson and Fox’s sitcom Secrets of the Salon, Bounce has renewed Saints & Sinners for Season 5; set premiere dates for In the Cut and Family Time; and announced the true-crime docuseries Dying to Be Famous: The Ryan Singleton Mystery and three original movies.
Along with the series renewal, Bounce has set a stand-alone Saints & Sinners movie — a first for the drama. Read details about those and the network’s other shows below.
Meanwhile, Court TV announced Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield, a weekly hourlong series that brings the original Court TV host back to the network. Premiering at 8 p.
Along with the Hughley-led dramedy Johnson and Fox’s sitcom Secrets of the Salon, Bounce has renewed Saints & Sinners for Season 5; set premiere dates for In the Cut and Family Time; and announced the true-crime docuseries Dying to Be Famous: The Ryan Singleton Mystery and three original movies.
Along with the series renewal, Bounce has set a stand-alone Saints & Sinners movie — a first for the drama. Read details about those and the network’s other shows below.
Meanwhile, Court TV announced Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield, a weekly hourlong series that brings the original Court TV host back to the network. Premiering at 8 p.
- 8/11/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
A Cedric the Entertainer-produced comedy starring D.L. Hughley is one of three new original series picked up by Bounce TV, the network announced Tuesday.
“Johnson,” produced by Cedric the Entertainer via his “A Bird & A Bird Entertainment” company, revolves around a group of lifelong best friends — all named Johnson. Hughley will star in the single-camera comedy, which will navigate all aspects of the world from the perspective of Black men.
The multi-platform network has also picked up “Secrets of the Salon” starring Vivica A. Fox, which chronicles the lives, loves, relationships and daily web of gossip that finds its way into an Atlanta hair salon. “Secrets of the Salon” will be produced by “Saints & Sinners” producers Swirl Films.
Also Read: Bounce TV Pulls 'The Cosby Show' From Schedule Following New Bill Cosby Guilty Verdicts (Exclusive)
Among the upcoming unscripted projects at the network are the true-crime...
“Johnson,” produced by Cedric the Entertainer via his “A Bird & A Bird Entertainment” company, revolves around a group of lifelong best friends — all named Johnson. Hughley will star in the single-camera comedy, which will navigate all aspects of the world from the perspective of Black men.
The multi-platform network has also picked up “Secrets of the Salon” starring Vivica A. Fox, which chronicles the lives, loves, relationships and daily web of gossip that finds its way into an Atlanta hair salon. “Secrets of the Salon” will be produced by “Saints & Sinners” producers Swirl Films.
Also Read: Bounce TV Pulls 'The Cosby Show' From Schedule Following New Bill Cosby Guilty Verdicts (Exclusive)
Among the upcoming unscripted projects at the network are the true-crime...
- 8/11/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The provocatively titled show “Killing Michael Jackson” pieces together the investigation into the pop superstar’s death a decade later and examines his relationship with his personal physician, Conrad Murray, who was imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter in 2011. U.K. producers Zig Zag secured access to case files and the audio recording of a police interview with Murray for their one-off documentary.
The starting point for the project was a meeting between Zig Zag’s founder, Danny Fenton, and Los Angeles police detective Orlando Martinez, who helped get two other detectives who worked on the case, Dan Myers and Scott Smith, on board. The officers’ involvement was crucial to getting access to the primary source material. “Orlando is still active in the Lapd and got the consent of the commissioner of the Lapd,” Fenton says. “He was able to go into the lockup and bring out all of the evidence that...
The starting point for the project was a meeting between Zig Zag’s founder, Danny Fenton, and Los Angeles police detective Orlando Martinez, who helped get two other detectives who worked on the case, Dan Myers and Scott Smith, on board. The officers’ involvement was crucial to getting access to the primary source material. “Orlando is still active in the Lapd and got the consent of the commissioner of the Lapd,” Fenton says. “He was able to go into the lockup and bring out all of the evidence that...
- 6/28/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Discovery has picked up a documentary about the death of Michael Jackson for a raft of its international territories.
The factual giant has taken the rights to Killing Michael Jackson from I Wanna Marry Harry producer Zig Zag Productions in the UK, Italy, Germany and the Nordics.
The hour-long doc will mark the tenth anniversary of Jackson’s death and will features the three U.S. detectives who led the original investigation into the singer’s death. Elsewhere, Poland’s Polsat Television in Poland, Tvnz in New Zealand and Medialaan in Belgium have picked it up.
Orlando Martinez, Dan Myers and Scott Smith will re-examine the case a decade later and will reveal the details of their investigation into Doctor Conrad Murray, who was jailed for the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson.
Matt Graff, Managing Director of Zig Zag Productions, said, “We are delighted that this documentary has been picked up in territories across the world.
The factual giant has taken the rights to Killing Michael Jackson from I Wanna Marry Harry producer Zig Zag Productions in the UK, Italy, Germany and the Nordics.
The hour-long doc will mark the tenth anniversary of Jackson’s death and will features the three U.S. detectives who led the original investigation into the singer’s death. Elsewhere, Poland’s Polsat Television in Poland, Tvnz in New Zealand and Medialaan in Belgium have picked it up.
Orlando Martinez, Dan Myers and Scott Smith will re-examine the case a decade later and will reveal the details of their investigation into Doctor Conrad Murray, who was jailed for the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson.
Matt Graff, Managing Director of Zig Zag Productions, said, “We are delighted that this documentary has been picked up in territories across the world.
- 6/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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