Investors Cheer Sales Growth at Ben & Jerry’s Owner Unilever Unilever sold more products at higher prices last quarter, a shot in the arm for Chief Executive Hein Schumacher who has been under pressure to deliver stronger growth. The owner of Dove soap, ... 04/25/2024 - 11:28 am | View Link
Ben & Jerry's Won't Stop Fighting Until There's 'Cannabis Legalization And Justice,' Says Activism Lead Ben & Jerry's teamed up American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and AZ Justice Project to celebrate this year’s 4/20 cannabis holiday and to spread one message: Legalization without justice is ... 04/25/2024 - 7:02 am | View Link
Passover indulgence: Decadent treats for the festive season From baking to snacking, Passover shelves are brimming with a diverse array of kosher delights, promising a culinary adventure for all. 04/25/2024 - 12:11 am | View Link
Unilever thanks ‘power brands’ for sales bump as Marmite-maker steams ahead with turnaround plan Consumer giant Unilever said sales of its most popular brands such as Dove soap helped drive growth in the first quarter, ... 04/24/2024 - 7:38 pm | View Link
Unilever ice cream sale won’t change us, says Ben & Jerry’s There is a “firmly established framework” that will “remain intact” to protect the integrity of a brand known for promoting progressive causes, said the independent board of Ben & Jerry’s. 04/24/2024 - 11:09 am | View Link
Italian period drama “My Place Is Here” is being released in Italy by Adler Ent. on May 9, and is being sold at Cannes by Beta Cinema. Variety speaks to the film’s directors, Daniela Porto and Cristiano Bortone, and debuts its trailer (below). “My Place Is Here” is set in the years following the end […]
FREE STREAMING Freely, the new free streaming service backed by Britain’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) that delivers live TV over broadband, has launched. The initiative is from Everyone TV, the organization which runs free TV in the U. K. and is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Paramount Global’s Channel 5. Announced last year, the service allows viewers […]
“Joyguru,” a fictionalized account of the life of Indian mystic artist and music icon Parvathy Baul, will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Parvathy Baul is a leading exponent of the syncretic Baul minstrel music tradition that is hugely popular and culturally influential across eastern India and Bangladesh.
Berlin-based sales agency Picture Tree Intl. has acquired the supernatural crime thriller “The Osha Rule,” and will start seeking distribution partner at the Cannes Film Market. The film will start principal photography in August 2024. “The Osha Rule” blends crime with supernatural horror and revolves around a young Latino gang member forced into a Santería […]
We don't think Gretchen Wieners' father, the inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too pleased to hear that it's been a full 20 years since Mean Girls first entered our lives and the cultural
A distinctive, dynamic R&B vocalist who seemed on the verge of major stardom through the 1960s, Jackie Shane disappeared soon after — so completely that many fans and former associates assumed her dead. It was a riddle rendered all the more mysterious by her singular status within that field as a more-or-less “out” transperson, her […]