Shefali Shah, Jim Sarbh & Vir Das have been nominated for the International Emmy Awards 2023.

Mumbai [India], 27 September 2023: Actors Shefali Shah, Vir Das, and Jim Sarbh have all received nominations for the International Emmy Awards 2023.

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Shefali Shah was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress for her work in 'Delhi Crime Season 2'. She is up against Connie Nielsen of Denmark, Billie Piper of the United Kingdom, and Karla Souza of Mexico.

Vir Das received a nomination for his comedy special 'Vir Das: Landing,' which debuted on Netflix's OTT platform. He is up against Le Flambeau of France, El Encargado of Argentina, and Derry Girls Season 3 of the United Kingdom.

For his role in 'Rocket Boys,' Jim Sarbh has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actor. He will compete against Ustavo Bassani of Argentina, Martin Freeman of the United Kingdom, and Jonas Karlsson of Sweden.

All three actors have expressed their reciprocation of the said announcement on their Social Media profiles.

Producer Ektaa R Kapoor will be honored with the Directorate Award at the next International Emmy Awards presentation, it was previously announced. Ektaa will receive the special award on November 20 at a ceremony in New York.

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Shein debuts designer collections as part of the EvoluShein incubation program.

Under the EvoluShein by Design initiative, fast fashion behemoth Shein has showcased the collections of designers from its Shein x Designer Incubator Programme.

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The effort, according to the business, aims to accelerate the use of "preferred materials and scale responsible manufacturing processes."

Six designers from the United States were chosen to participate in the program: Alexandria Carroll, Anke Wonder, Farah Naz, Jacqueline City, Lauren Flagg, and Lillian Butterworth.

Those picked had to comply with the criteria that their outfits use at least 30% "preferred materials," such as recycled polyester, "forest-safe" viscose, or "rescued deadstock."

Products must also be made by vendors who have "achieved high social and environmental compliance verification through third-party audits."

Shein continued on to say that the items would be manufactured using its "small-batch, on-demand production model."

Caitrin Watson, the company's director of sustainability, communiqué in a press release, "The six designers launching collections today are already independently incorporating sustainability into their personal brands and have expressed that using these lower-impact materials is of the utmost importance to them moving forward."

"We're excited to open this up to our Shein X Designers and beyond, and to hopefully inspire the next generation of sustainability-conscious fashion creators."

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Hollywood writers & studios reach tentative agreement to end almost 5-month-long strike.

Washington DC [US], September 25, 2023: Nearly five months after Hollywood screenwriters went on strike, a tentative agreement has been reached to end the standoff that has devastated the television and film industries.

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According to Deadline, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) inked a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a labor group representing studios and streaming services, on Sunday.

The writers' strike began on May 2 of this year, when 11,500 WGA members went on strike when their contract ended. Among the concerns they were protesting were increasing pay, the usage of AI in script composition, and the size of reduced writing staff connected to streaming show performance. "The WGA and the AMPTPT have reached a tentative agreement," the two unions declared in a joint statement late Sunday night.

“We have reached a tentative agreement on a new 2023 MBA, which is to say an agreement in principle on all deal points, subject to drafting final contract language,” the WGA told its members in a release, which the US-based media outlet Deadline said came after five days of long negotiations.

The agreement was reached after five days of negotiating with union officials and four top media CEOs, which began on September 20 and lasted over the weekend. The WGA's tentative deal has not been made public, but the organisation will announce it ahead of membership ratification votes. The WGA negotiating committee will vote on "whether to recommend the agreement and send it on to the WGAW Board and WGAE Council for approval" in votes tentatively slated for Tuesday, the guild stated on Sunday, according to Deadline.

Meanwhile, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), a labor union that has been on strike against the film and television industries since July of this year, has congratulated the WGA for "getting over the biggest hurdles with AMPTP." "After 146 days of incredible strength, resiliency, and solidarity on the picket lines, SAG-AFTRA congratulates the WGA on reaching a tentative agreement with the AMPTP." While we await the WGA and AMPTP's tentative agreement, we are dedicated to attaining the required terms for our members," Variety quoted a statement as saying.

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