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\n\tLeading Indian streamer JioHotstar<\/strong> is launching \u201cPitch to Get Rich,\u201d a fashion entrepreneurship reality series premiering Oct. 20. The show, produced by Fashion Entrepreneur Fund and Dharmatic Entertainment<\/strong>, features a INR40 crore ($4.5 million) investment pool for India\u2019s emerging fashion entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n \n\tBollywood luminaries Akshay Kumar<\/strong>, Karan Johar<\/strong>, Manish Malhotra<\/strong>, and Malaika Arora<\/strong> serve as judges alongside business leaders including Naveen Jindal, Dhruv Sharma, Ravi Jaipuria, Darpan Sanghvi, Gaurav Dalmia, Vagish Pathak, and Vinod Dugar. Fourteen founders will compete for funding and mentorship while tackling real-world business challenges.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis series is not just entertainment, it\u2019s a catalyst that brings fashion, business, and innovation together,\u201d said Apoorva Mehta, CEO of Dharmatic Entertainment.<\/p>\n \n\tFashion Entrepreneur Fund founder Sanjay Nigam emphasized the show\u2019s mission to champion \u201cMake in India\u201d while delivering competitive entertainment. The series marks the first mainstream platform uniting India\u2019s entertainment icons with industry tycoons to spotlight fashion entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n \n\tMason Alexander Park<\/strong> will lead the West End premiere of \u201cOh, Mary!\u201d at Trafalgar Theatre beginning Dec. 3. The Tony Award-winning dark comedy runs through April 25, 2026.<\/p>\n \n\tWritten by Tony winner Cole Escola<\/strong> and directed by Tony winner Sam Pinkleton<\/strong>, the 80-minute one-act examines Mary Todd Lincoln<\/strong> in the weeks before Abraham Lincoln<\/strong>\u2018s assassination. Park stars alongside Kate O\u2019Donnell, Oliver Stockley, Dino Fetscher, and Olivier winner Giles Terera.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Broadway production won Tonys for Best Leading Actor and Best Direction, plus a Pulitzer Prize finalist nomination. Producers are Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon and Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia.<\/p>\n \n\tNHK<\/strong> has partnered with Singapore\u2019s Empire of Arkadia <\/strong>and Mocha Chai<\/strong> Laboratories on \u201cLost and Found,\u201d a six-part adventure drama targeting Gen Z audiences globally. The series launches mid-March 2026 on NHK and Mediacorp Singapore<\/strong>, coinciding with the countries\u2019 60th diplomatic anniversary.<\/p>\n \n\tShot in Japanese and English across Tokyo and Singapore, the series stars Anna Yamada<\/strong> and Shawn Thia<\/strong> as gamers caught in Tokyo\u2019s criminal underworld of scams and trafficking. Executive producers Michelle Chang<\/strong> and Fotini Paraskakis<\/strong> developed the project with TV Man Union.<\/p>\n \n\tThe collaboration marks NHK\u2019s first international scripted partnership of this kind, as the broadcaster rolls out its new strategy for global co-productions. Empire of Arkadia will handle worldwide distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PITCH PERFECT Leading Indian streamer JioHotstar is launching \u201cPitch to Get Rich,\u201d a fashion entrepreneurship reality series premiering Oct. 20. The show, produced by Fashion Entrepreneur Fund and Dharmatic Entertainment, features a INR40 crore ($4.5 million) investment pool for India\u2019s emerging fashion entrepreneurs. Bollywood luminaries Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, and Malaika Arora serve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[15445,15449,15448,675,15447,15446,3938,1440],"class_list":{"0":"post-25578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-akshay","9":"tag-jiohotstars","10":"tag-johar","11":"tag-judge","12":"tag-karan","13":"tag-kumar","14":"tag-pitch","15":"tag-rich"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\tLINCOLN LAUGHS\t<\/h3>\n
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