Vue CEO Tim Richards Talks Awards Race, IMAX, Cinema’s Future & The Battle For WBD, Claims “The Entire Industry Is Supporting Paramount”

Vue CEO Tim Richards Talks Awards Race, IMAX, Cinema’s Future & The Battle For WBD, Claims “The Entire Industry Is Supporting Paramount”

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Richards is CEO of Europe’s largest privately held cinema operator, Vue International, and former Chair of the British Film Institute. The Canadian-born executive founded Vue almost three decades ago and the chain now operates 220 cinemas and 2,000 screens in eight countries, with the UK its biggest market. Prior to Vue, he worked for…

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Viva Films’ ‘The Loved One’ Emerges As First Philippine Hit Of 2026 As Experiments With Discounted Ticketing Pay Off 

Viva Films’ ‘The Loved One’ Emerges As First Philippine Hit Of 2026 As Experiments With Discounted Ticketing Pay Off 

Irene Emma Villamor’s The Loved One, starring Anne Curtis and Jericho Rosales, has crossed the symbolic PHP100M benchmark at the Philippines box office, making it the first locally produced hit of 2026 and encouraging the Philippine film industry to experiment further with discounted ticket sales. The romantic drama, produced by Viva Films and Cornerstone Studios,…

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China AI startups surge after holiday in rotation from big tech

China AI startups surge after holiday in rotation from big tech

Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 12:47 PM [HONG KONG] Shares of China’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) startups Zhipu and MiniMax Group soared in Hong Kong as the market reopened after the Chinese New Year, with investors piling into pure AI plays and rotating out of traditional Internet giants. Zhipu, officially known as Knowledge Atlas…

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Gold dips as dollar ticks up; all eyes on inflation data

Gold dips as dollar ticks up; all eyes on inflation data

Markets currently expect three 25-basis-point rate cuts this year, according to CME’s FedWatch Tool Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 11:26 AM [BENGALURU] Gold prices edged lower on Friday (Feb 20) as the US dollar firmed to a near one-month high, while investors awaited a key inflation report due later in the day for more…

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