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After a highly successful year in cinema and television, 2024 looks to carry on the momentum and to our benefit. With intriguing and must-see releases coming left and right—it won’t matter which streaming service you’re subscribed to—here are 10 films and series to keep on your radar.

Hit Man
From an unlikely relationship formed by faking it till you make it, Glen Powell follows up on the highly successful “Anyone but You” with the steamy “Hit Man.”
“From Academy Award-nominated writer/director Richard Linklater, co-written and starring Glen Powell alongside Adria Arjona, comes Hit Man. Inspired by an unbelievable true story, a hit man meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities.”

Ripley
Andrew Scott is set to lead the upcoming eight-episode limited series as protagonist Tom Ripley.
“Scott’s Tom Ripley is a grifter scraping by in early ’60s New York. He’s hired by a wealthy industrialist to travel to Italy to try to convince the man’s dilettante son, Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), to return home. Accepting the job is Tom’s first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud, and murder,” shares Netflix.

Avatar: The Last Airbender
“Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action I feel like is going to bring everything you know and love about the original series back to life,” said Gordon Cormier, who plays Aang. After a streak of successful live-action adaptations, let’s hope he’s correct for this one.

Kung Fu Panda 4
“After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior, is called upon by destiny to … give it a rest already. More specifically, he’s tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace.”
However, retirement doesn’t come so easy as the emerging villainess, Chameleon has their eyes on Po’s Staff of Wisdom, which would give her the power to re-summon all of Po’s past foes.
Jack Black reprises his role as the unlikely Dragon Warrior and is joined by Viola Davis and Awkwafina.

Dune: Part Two
“‘Dune: Part Two’ will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.”
Timothée Chalamet is joined by Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, and Léa Seydoux among others.

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MANILA —The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is laying off over 660 workers from a casino near Manila Bay as it turns over operations to a private sector group—a prelude to future job disruptions as the state gaming regulator moves closer to implementing a decades-old plan to privatize all casinos by the end of 2025.

The Inquirer learned that Pagcor workers in the Casino Filipino New Coast in Malate were informed of the layoffs during a town hall meeting last December. The meeting was led by Pagcor chair and CEO Alejandro Tengco. A source told the Inquirer that employees started to receive their severance pay over the past few days.

“It’s a bit frustrating for us because we lost jobs while they’re saying that the industry is doing well,” an employee told the Inquirer. On Monday, Pagcor announced record high-revenues of over P285 billion in 2023, thanks to recovering land-based casinos and the boom in online gambling.

The employees were offered options to transfer to other roles within Pagcor but slots were either limited or the pay was much lower, the source said.

The layoffs were equivalent to roughly 6 percent of Pagcor’s workforce.

Special incentive packages

Tengco told the Inquirer on Wednesday that they complied with labor laws and that special incentive packages were provided to the 665 affected workers.

He also blamed the previous Pagcor board for failing to explain the impact to the workers during their talks with Marina Square Properties Inc. (MSPI). “When we learned of this I scheduled the town hall meetings to explain to them the sad news,” Tengco said.

The layoffs were related to the turnover of casino operations to private license holder MSPI, controlled by Hong Kong-listed International Entertainment Corp., which applied for a casino license during the Duterte administration.

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Pagcor cuts 665 jobs from privatized casino MANILA —The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is laying off over 660 workers from a casino near Manila Bay as it turns over operations to a private sector group—a prelude to future