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Al Etihad
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Etihad
Warner Bros. Discovery and Etisalat launch their first global kids' FAST channel
2 July 2025 00:29 ABU DHABI (ALETIHAD)Warner Bros. Discovery, in partnership with Etisalat's StarzOn platform (by e&), has launched its first-ever kids-focused Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) live from July 1, 2025, this exciting milestone marks a new chapter in how children and families around the world enjoy free access to Warner Bros. Discovery's beloved and premium children's new channel will provide 24/7, free-to-access entertainment with a curated lineup of timeless and contemporary animated favourites from the Warner Bros. Discovery channel will debut with the legendary Tom & Jerry, along with other family favourites such as Gumball, Ben 10, Teen Titans Go, Scooby Doo, and will refresh its programming lineup quarterly to ensure a constantly engaging and dynamic viewing Gorman, VP of pay TV networks, Kids, EMEA commented: "This launch marks a major milestone in how we connect with our youngest fans in the MENA region."We're incredibly proud to work with Etisalat on a pioneering FAST channel that not only brings some of our most iconic characters into homes but does so in a format that suits the modern viewing habits of kids and families alike."It's an exciting step in ensuring that our content remains accessible, engaging and inclusive for audiences of all ages."The partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery and Etisalat signals a new era of regional content delivery, leveraging the reach and innovation of the StarzOn platform to bring kids' entertainment to millions of households. This aligns with Warner Bros. Discovery's global mission to make world-class storytelling available to wider audiences and Etisalat's commitment to innovation in digital media and customer experience. Source: Aletihad - Abu Dhabi
Broadcast Pro
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Broadcast Pro
WBD and Etisalat launch first free kids FAST channel on StarzOn
Viewers can enjoy a regularly updated selection of family-friendly shows such as 'Tom & Jerry', 'Gumball', 'Ben 10', 'Teen Titans Go' and 'Scooby-Doo'. Warner Bros. Discovery, in collaboration with Etisalat's StarzOn platform, has launched its first-ever Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channel dedicated to children's entertainment. Officially launching on July 1, 2025, the channel will be providing free, around-the-clock access to Warner Bros. Discovery's popular and premium kids programming for audiences worldwide. The new service will feature a curated mix of classic and contemporary animated hits, including Tom & Jerry, Gumball, Ben 10, Teen Titans Go and Scooby-Doo. To keep content fresh and engaging, the lineup will be updated every quarter, offering families a dynamic viewing experience at no cost. Sean Gorman, Vice President of Pay TV Networks, Kids, EMEA, said: 'This launch marks a major milestone in how we connect with our youngest fans in the MENA region. We're incredibly proud to work with Etisalat on a pioneering FAST channel that not only brings some of our most iconic characters into homes but does so in a format that suits the modern viewing habits of kids and families alike. It's an exciting step in ensuring that our content remains accessible, engaging, and inclusive for audiences of all ages.' This initiative underscores Warner Bros. Discovery's global commitment to making high-quality storytelling accessible to broader audiences, while supporting Etisalat's focus on digital innovation and enhancing customer experiences. By leveraging the StarzOn platform, the collaboration aims to bring family-friendly entertainment into millions of homes across the region.
Listly
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Listly
Beat the Dubai Heat: Seven Indoor Adventures and Summer Festivals in June 2025
To have fun all day long without melting in the heat, visit IMG Worlds of Adventure, one of the biggest indoor theme parks in the world. The entire park is air-conditioned, so you can enjoy your time without sweating it out. Here with your kids? They'll love meeting their favourite characters like Ben 10, The Powerpuff Girls, and even the gang from LazyTown. Older kids, and you too, will love hanging out with superheroes like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, and The Avengers. Both old and young are guaranteed endless fun at IMG Worlds of Adventure, so add it to the list!
Buzz Feed
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Mansplaining Examples, According To Women
Well, even though it's 2025, women are still being mansplained to (aka the explanation of a particular subject by a man, typically to a woman, that's considered condescending). So we asked the women of the BuzzFeed Community: "What is the dumbest thing that has been mansplained to you?" and their answers will make you red in the face. Here's what they said below. "A man once explained to me what an X-Ray image is. I'm a doctor." —ale8"I learned what an X-ray is from Sesame Street when I was three. I don't think *anybody* needs to have X-rays explained to them, but trying to explain them to a DOCTOR is a whole other level!"—ddaisy "I was in the process of buying a house, and a male coworker, who never bought a house, tried to mansplain income debt ratio to me. It took our male supervisor, who had bought a house a year prior, telling him I was right before he accepted, begrudgingly, that he was 'mistaken.'" "A man once yelled in my face that he was the ultimate authority on how to file for a certain type of construction project, and how I, a lowly woman, couldn't possibly understand the complexities of what I was looking at. So, he never got to build his project, because I, the lady who signed off and permitted them, refused to do so until he fixed his dang paperwork. I was LITERALLY the ultimate authority on it." —renashinoa "Once, a man explained to me why Avatar: The Last Airbender is an anime, and he kept insisting it was not a Nickelodeon cartoon. I am an animation student. For comparison, this is like calling the original Ben 10 or the original Teen Titans an anime. (Just to be clear, the style is very clearly inspired by Japanese animation because that's what was popular at the time. But it is not considered an anime because its original language is English, and it was made by an American animation studio.) "I am a residential counselor for male teenagers and have been working in this field for 10 years. I have lost count of the number of times MALE teenagers start lecturing me about my role as a FEMALE and what I should or should not be doing because I keep doing it wrong in comparison to some of my male counterparts, whom I have helped train." —origamidino44 "When my friend's boyfriend broke up with her, he told her it was because she was bad at sex. My girl lowered the boom on the dicknose by replying, 'Since you were my first, I guess that makes you a bad teacher.' I still miss you to this day, Susan!" "After I finally decided to get a credit card, my husband frowned and told me, 'You do have to pay the money back, you know.' Duh. Then again, his mother actually thought that the credit card limit meant it was free money." —thatvillageidiot "A guy once said, 'I went birdwatching... you know, when you watch birds.' It literally could not be named more literally." "I work in film and saw my brother for the first time the other week, and he tried to explain the writer's strike to me and why it'd be over soon. He knew exactly one reason they were striking and not the laundry list of others. I've been in the industry for 10 years and had jobs shut down because of this strike, he works at a car rental place." —deebee2118 "I had a random guy online try to mansplain hymens, and he kept making the usual false claims about how it 'pops' when you lose your virginity, and that it's the way you can tell a virgin from a non-virgin. I tried to correct him and explain that 1) hymens don't pop, 2) you can wear your hymen down with activities other than sex, and 3) you can lack a hymen and be a virgin, as not everyone even has a hymen (and, again, sex isn't the only thing that wears it down). Alas, he didn't believe me. Typical." "I was selling my old bike, and the guy who bought it spent the whole time he was there explaining all of the features of the bike to me. The features were all included in the listing, since I had bought the bike myself and specifically picked it because of them. He got incredibly offended when I asked if he was there to buy a bike or hold a lecture." —torbielillies "I'm not customer service, but I work as a branch (bank) manager in a money kiosk in a mall with an anchor store. A gentleman came in and asked for a completely different luxury store. Think, oh, I dunno, Nordstrom vs. Neiman Marcus. I told him the exact address of where he wanted to go, and he told me I was WRONG. Nooooo, I'm not... but let's pull up that Google Maps, huh? That was when he told me he didn't need to look it up because he knew where he was going, but maybe *I* should? On the quickness, I pointed at the Nordstrom entrance, 'Ya know what, you're right, Neiman Marcus is right inside, so sorry, I don't know HOW I missed that...'" "When I was a junior in college, I was talking to a friend about some of my classes, and his roommate took our conversation as an excuse to explain to me what linguistics was and what the major program was like. He was a freshman political science major, and I was in my third year of my linguistics program." —skailyr "An ex was firmly against any kind of vibrator because it would 'stretch you out like an old T-shirt.'' "Taking my husband to the ER for a kidney stone, the two male-admitting nurses RUSH outside to greet my husband. They say, 'Oh, this is bad. We can tell by how he is walking that it's kidney stones. No disrespect, ma'am, but this is so much worse than giving birth.' Now, luckily, I am married to a wonderful man, who had my side on this, and chuckled through his pain, and said, 'No, you guys are looking at someone who went through 36 hours of labor with a broken tailbone, I got this.'" —angelaandres "A man thought he had to explain to me what a square was when I was 22." "I have an unusual first name. I was gobsmacked when someone asked how to correctly pronounce my name, and Captain Doorknob interrupted me to mansplain MY OWN NAME. INCORRECTLY." —shazzerz"I once had a man ask me, 'Isn't your name supposed to be spelled with an a?' Giving him the benefit of the doubt, I said, politely, 'You might be thinking of a different name. This is the standard spelling.' He then proceeded to give me a skeptical look and say, 'Are you sure?'(He did run away when I snapped, 'Am I sure about the spelling of my own name? Is that your question?')"—five_star "On my nineteenth birthday, I got into a car accident that basically totaled my car. The next day, my period started, and I was scheduled to work open to close at the coffee shop I worked at for the 'birthday' event marking the anniversary of the company's creation, with different deals." "I was a chemical engineering major in college. I tutored pre-med college students who struggled to pass chemistry and/or organic chemistry. Guys came to my grandmother's house, where I lived, for professional tutoring by recommendation of their professors. I can't tell you how many guys attempted to mansplain chemistry to me. It was so frustrating. I'd taken every chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry course the college offered and was a 4.0 GPA student." "If they kept mansplaining, I'd pick up the phone, call the professor in front of them, and ask the person being tutored to repeat the answer to the question. Then the professor would say: If you're not listening to the person who is tutoring you when you're wrong, you shouldn't be a doctor because you are an idiot without listening skills. It always made me laugh. I probably tutored two dozen pre-med guys in three years. None of them ended up going to medical school."—snarknado "A guy I just started talking to was really good with cars. I asked him a question about my car, and he asked what I drove. I told him and… he told me I couldn't drive the model I was, because he'd never heard of it." "I sent in a maintenance repair request to my landlord for a mole issue in the backyard. I explained the steps my husband and I had already taken to mitigate the problem. He responded with a copy and pasted Wikipedia article on moles and how pervasive they are and how difficult they are to remove. He suggested we 'stamp down the mounds.' I responded with 'I own a 6-acre farm, I'm also a maintenance director for an 18,000 square foot facility; I'm familiar with moles, Mike. But hey man, it's your lawn that's starting to get real effed up here. Do what you want.' Two days later, a mole man was out with traps." —mixedevolutionllc "I typically wear band or Star Wars shirts to work. This younger guy came up to me and said, 'I like your Billy Joel shirt.' I'm like, 'Thanks. It's Billy Idol.' The same guy comes up to me on a different day and notices I have a Star Wars shirt on. Asks me if I have seen any of the shows. I say yes. He says, 'There's this really good one out called The Mandalorian. You probably don't know about it.' This was a couple of months ago. And he's far younger than I am." "A patient once responded to my doctor (who is also a woman), telling him he had cavities with 'Well, but I have those black spots under my fingernails sometimes, so I don't think it's a cavity necessarily.' He initially came to us complaining of pain when he eats sugary things. He was convinced the black/brown spots on his teeth were just stains and dirt that could be cleaned off." —erintrimber "A man once tried to explain to me what a person can and can't eat when they are breastfeeding. He wasn't remotely correct. I am a mother, postpartum nurse, and lactation consultant. The same man also told me that he was frustrated with his wife in labor because 'she was pushing wrong.'" "I had a guy DM me in order to mansplain how to take care of my plants after seeing them on Instagram???" —Pez Fez Women, share with us your experience with being mansplained to in the comments or anonymously in the Google Form below:
Time of India
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Art & activism cannot and shouldn't be separated: Chinmayi Sripada
Chinmayi Sripada Chinmayi Sripada's voice has defined the soundscape of South Indian cinema — whether through songs like Priyathama, Yenti Yenti, Unnatundi Gundey, Titli, Tere Bina, and Zehnaseeb, or as the dubbing artiste behind some of the most memorable female leads in Tamil and Telugu films. And yet, she often encounters fans who are stunned to learn she sang their childhood favourite or a hit they've cherished for years. 'My career is filled with people saying, 'Wait, you sang that?'' she says, laughing. In town recently for a special performance, Chinmayi spoke to us about moments like these — including the viral rediscovery of her Ben 10 title track — and also opened up about online hate, lost work, and why she refuses to stay silent in the face of injustice. 'It's always a moment When people finally connect my voice to the song' Despite delivering chart-toppers like Mayya Mayya, and more, Chinmayi's voice has often outpaced her name recognition. 'When someone says, 'I really love your song,' that moment of being seen as an artiste — that's enough,' she says. She recalls the viral resurgence of a lesser-known credit — the title track of Ben 10, a popular animated series. 'Someone tweeted asking if I'd sung it, and I casually said yes. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play Chess on Your PC, Free Play Classic Chess Install Now Undo People were stunned — they had no idea! So many wrote saying it was a part of their childhood. It's heartwarming to know something you did years ago can still spark that kind of nostalgia.' The singer recently performed live in Hyderabad to a packed crowd, belting tracks like Mayya Mayya from Guru 'Art has always been the voice that speaks truth to power' For Chinmayi, music is more than melody. 'Art has always been the voice that speaks truth to power,' she insists, drawing parallels with the work of Black musicians, Tamil filmmakers like Pa Ranjith, and historical poets who challenged regimes. 'Poetry, in particular, has historically challenged authority — not always popular, but always powerful. The artistes have always been a threat to the government, historically speaking. So if they wanted to clamp down first, they will first go after the artistes and the poets. Art can also be activism. In Tamil cinema, directors like Pa Ranjith are using their craft to confront caste. There are some people who would rather not speak about what they're thinking and rather have their art speak for them. So no, I don't think art can be completely separated from activism — even if it isn't overt. And similarly, I don't think we can fully separate art from the artist. Because that art gives the artist not just fame but access to money and power.' Chinmayi also laments how modern pressures — like tailoring music for Instagram virality — stifle artistic expression. 'So many talented composers can't realise their full potential because they're stuck making 'hooks.' That's not real creativity. That's catering to an algorithm.' Chinmayi Sripada 'The mental harassment, the abuse, the courtroom trauma — none of it can be undone' Known for her outspokenness, Chinmayi has been one of the most prominent voices in the second wave of India's #MeToo movement. In 2018, she named lyricist Vairamuthu as a sexual harasser and supported women who accused South Indian Cine, Television Artistes and Dubbing Artistes Union president Radha Ravi of misconduct. Soon after, she was removed from the union. Though she later secured an interim stay on the ban, she says the ban still stands — especially in Tamil cinema. Pointing to the wider culture of silence that enabled it, she says, 'When women began speaking up, everyone forgot about the Hema Committee report — especially the redacted pages. No one talks about it now. In Malayalam cinema, women turned the tide. But when male stars were questioned, most stayed silent, calling it an 'insult to Malayalam cinema.' It was never about the art — it was about the silence around abuse. Tamil cinema was no different. I was cast out, and those in positions of power continued unchecked — while the industry looked the other way. That silence speaks volumes.' The singer sees her case as a stark example of how far a system can go to silence dissent. 'Years from now, I'll still say Tamil Nadu remains the only place where an actual work ban was imposed on someone. Others have faced shadow bans or lost work — but a formal, coordinated ban? That's rare. This isn't about who suffered more. It's about how a system was weaponised to ensure I didn't get work. The mental harassment I faced, the abuse, the courtroom trauma — none of that can be undone. ' Chinmayi with husband Rahul Ravindran Hyderabad has been a primary home for me and my husband Rahul for over a decade. I love its year-round weather and vibrant energy. Creativity isn't bound by location, but Hyderabad is truly a wonderful place to live in and nurture it – Divya Shree
