World Cup: First Round Draws Record Ratings Globally; Jeff Robinov Finds Financing From China's Fosun; James Murdoch Meets Italian Prime Minister, Vows Production Spending

If you are unable to see the message below, click here to view it in a browser. TOP STORIES World Cup: First-Round Action Draws Record Ratings Globally As the tournament approaches the halfway mark, even nontraditional soccer nations, including the U.S., are catching World Cup fever. | Read More Jeff Robinov Finds Financing From China's Fosun International UPDATED: The company announced its commitment in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. | Read More LATEST MOVIE NEWS Venice: French Film Composer Alexandre Desplat to Head Competition Jury UPDATED: Desplat, who earned six Oscar nominations for musical scores including those for "Argo" and "The King's Speech," is the first composer to serve as jury president in Venice's 71-year history. | Read More China Box Office: 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' Poised to Break Records Theater chain owners are excited at box office free-for-all, despite niggling doubts, and believe it could unseat "Avatar" as record-holder. | Read More LATEST TV NEWS World Cup: Record Rating on ESPN for USA-Portugal The dramatic 2-2 draw averaged a 9.1 overnight, the best-ever rating for a World Cup game on ESPN, and equaled ABC's audience for the second round USA vs Ghana match in 2010. | Read More Wimbledon: BBC Launches Most Comprehensive Digital Coverage Ever The U.K. public broadcaster touts "a huge summer of sport" as the London tennis tournament joins the World Cup as a ratings magnet on the TV schedule. | Read More THE BUSINESS Fox's James Murdoch Meets Italian Prime Minister, Vows Production Investments The company's Italian pay TV arm Sky Italia will invest heavily in two new television series, both with ties to Oscar winners. | Read More Netflix in Talks With Deutsche Telekom Ahead of German Launch (Report) The VOD giant is believed to be close to a marketing tie-in with Germany's leading Internet service provider as it prepares to roll out in Germany this fall. | Read More REVIEWS RECOMMENDED FOR YOU Monty Python Launches Official Fan Club Fans of cult British comedy troupe Monty Python are being offered the opportunity to ask the founding members questions ahead of their final reunion tour show via the first official Python fan club – Monty Python's SPAM Club. Proudly touted as "what may be the worst run fan club in the world," the web-based fanclub will offer a place on the site for fans to write a message on its virtual "spamvelope." | Read More Daytime Emmy Awards: Winners List (Updating Live) The 41st annual Daytime Emmy Awards are under way in Beverly Hills. PHOTOS Daytime Emmy Awards Red Carpet Arrivals | Read More You are currently subscribed to The Hollywood Reporter International newsletter as zakakl9000.worldmovies@blogger.com Unsubscribe | Newsletter Preferences | Forward To A Friend | Follow us on Twitter or Facebook ©2014 The Hollywood Reporter. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 All rights reserved. | Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy