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Sony LIV Welcomes Graphic’s Animated Series ‘The Legend Of Karna’

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16 hours ago

July 22, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: SonyLiv is getting deeper into the animation game.

The India-based streamer has quietly greenlit The Legend of Karna, which comes from Sharad Devarajan and Jeevan J. Kang and their production house, Graphic India. The series, inspired by the Hindu epic Mahabharata, will debut on July 31.

The Legend of Karna will follow Karna, a warrior from the Mahabharata who is born to Kunti and the Sun God Surya but raised in a charioteer’s household. He possesses the gift of bow mastery that rivals the greatest warriors of his age, compelling him to enter a grand tournament usually reserved only for kings and princes, altering the course of an empire forever.

Per the synopsis: “Crowned king by the ambitious prince Duryodhana but rejected by a court that judges him by his perceived birth, Karna rises from the dust of a village workshop to the royal halls of Hastinapura. His journey is one of exceptional talent, unwavering loyalty and an enduring struggle against a world governed by lineage. As politics, prophecy and hidden truths converge, Karna must confront the conflict between the destiny imposed upon him and the legacy he seeks to create.”

“We couldn’t imagine a better home for this journey than with our partners at Sony LIV and the incredible honor they are giving us,” said Devarajan, the co-creator and showrunner. “Karna has always been the tragic heart of the Mahabharata. What the world refused him by birth, his own hands took with skill, and that question feels more urgent today than ever. Does greatness come from where you are born, or from what you do?

“With The Legend of Karna, we wanted to tell his story the way it deserves to be told, as an epic saga of unbreakable loyalty, unbearable secrets, and a talent that shook the world, seen through the eyes of a hero who has always stood at the center of the epic but never at the center of its telling.”

Devarajan is known for collaborating with the late Stan Lee, collaborating to create Indian superhero series Chakra – The Invincible for Cartoon Network India in 2013. The Marvel creator’s influence on Devarajan was such that in the past he has been called “the Indian Stan Lee.” His credits include producing Netflix live-action film The Archies and The Legend of Hanuman, which has become one of the top-rated series on Disney+ Hotstar. Devarajan also created the Spider-Man India character for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and teamed with SS Rajamouli on the Baahubali movie franchise, overseeing gaming, publishing and digital media and creating Prime Video series Baahubali: The Lost Legends.

More recently, we revealed he is working with The Adjustment Bureau writer-director George Nolfi on a Hindi-language version of the 2011 film, and with Gladiator writer David Franzoni to turn his graphic novel about Alexander the Great into a scripted series alongside Starlings Television.

As for the Sony Pictures Networks India-owned Sony LIV, which is known for originals such as Rocket Boys, Scam and Freedom at Midnight, the series joins other animated originals such as Jiyo Gopuda and Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.

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‘Seinfeld’ Alum Jason Alexander Apologizes To Courtney Stodden For Filming “Inappropriate” Sketch When She Was Underage: “I Truly Regret It”

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49 minutes ago

July 22, 2026

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Jason Alexander is apologizing for filming a comedy sketch with then-17-year-old Courtney Stodden.

Stodden recalled the 2012 Funny or Die sketch and questioned why “so many adults look at a minor and decide this was acceptable.”

“Looking back at the comedy sketch in which Ms. Stodden and I participated in 2012, I completely agree that it was inappropriate and I truly regret it,” the Seinfeld alum told TMZ in a statement.

He added, “But more importantly, I am deeply sorry for any harm or distress it has caused Ms. Stodden. I offer her my sincerest apologies.”

Stodden resurfaced the sketch as she advocates for the state of California to pass AB1267, a bill that would ban child marriage. The television personality married 51-year-old Dough Hutchinson in 2011 when she was only 16 years old.

“The older I get, the more impossible this is to understand. During this comedy sketch, Jason Alexander repeatedly rubbed his phone across my breasts while saying there was ‘no signal’ in my head but ‘plenty of signal’ in my chest,” Stodden wrote in an Instagram post. “Later in the sketch, he joked that when I turned 18 he’d like to take me behind the couch and ‘have his way’ with me. IMDb credits him as one of the writers of the episode.”

Stodden continued, “As an adult, that fact has become harder—not easier—for me to understand. I was a minor. I didn’t have the legal power to decide whether I wanted to participate. The contracts were signed by adults. The paycheck went to Doug. The production moved forward. I was the only child in the room. I felt so alone.”

As Stodden looked back at the moment, she said, “I don’t see comedy,” adding, “I see a 17-year-old girl whose body became part of an adult joke. People still say, ‘You chose to be there.’ Legally, I couldn’t make those decisions for myself. That’s the point. I can’t change what happened to me but I can ask myself: How did so many adults look at a minor and decide this was acceptable?”

Shining light on this past experience is why Stodden says she is speaking up today, adding, “Children deserve laws that protect them. They shouldn’t have to become adults before realizing the law should have protected them all along.”

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Kaylee Hottle Cause Of Death Revealed

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56 minutes ago

July 22, 2026

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The official cause of death has been determined for Kaylee Hottle. The Godzilla star died of multiple blunt force injuries in a car crash Tuesday morning in Frederick, MD, the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to Deadline. The manner of death is listed as accidental. An initial autopsy was completed Wednesday morning.

The Frederick County sheriff’s department said Hottle was a passenger in a Honda Accord that veered off the road at high speed early Tuesday morning, July 21, and crashed into a ditch at around 3 am. The driver, described as a 19-year-old Maryland man, was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Another passenger declined medical treatment at the scene. Hottle was taken to an area trauma center where she was pronounced dead.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit.

Hottle’s death was announced by her father Joshua Hottle in a Facebook livestream using American Sign Language (he is deaf, as was his daughter). Hottle’s passing was confirmed on social media by Texas School for the Deaf, where she was a high school senior.

The young actor was known for her role of Jia in the films Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. The character is a deaf orphan adopted by Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall) who develops a kinship with Kong. Hottle received praise for her performances, and was nominated for a 2025 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for her work. The award was won by Jenna Ortega for the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Hottle was discovered by Kong casting agents after she appeared in a commercial for a video relay service designed for deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired users. Hottle was fluent in American Sign Language.

Hottle also appeared on television in a 2021 episode of Magnum P.I., and according to her IMDb page, she was set to appear in the feature thriller What Doesn’t Kill Us, currently in pre-production.

The Sun was first to report Hottle’s cause of death.

Greg Evans contributed to this report.

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Alphabet Q2 2026 Earnings: YouTube’s 13% Ad Revenue Growth Paces Results

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1 hour ago

July 22, 2026

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YouTube ad revenue increased 13% in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago, helping to pace parent Alphabet‘s financial performance.

Total revenue rose 24% in the quarter to hit $119.8 billion, while earnings per share nearly quadrupled to $9.11. Both metrics were ahead of Wall Street expectations.

YouTube pulled in $11.055 billion in ad revenue, showing double-digit growth that has eluded its traditional media rivals in recent years. Along with its deep well of creator content, YouTube is increasingly looking to cross over into traditional entertainment, landing rights to the Academy Awards and NFL football games.

In the company’s earnings release, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai flagged YouTube’s popularity as a way for people to keep current. “Month over month, people turn to YouTube for major world events, with over 1.7 billion unique viewers watching World Cup-related videos during the FIFA World Cup,” he wrote.

Debate about the stocks of Alphabet and the other “magnificent seven” tech giants (Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Tesla and Microsoft) preceded to the earnings release. Some Wall Streeters fret about a recent divergence between the “mag seven” and semiconductor shares, given that chipmakers have slumped recently despite their key role in the AI boom.

Google, initially a laggard in AI, has moved the head of the sector over the last few quarters, though it also faces questions about strategic plans for Gemini and other tools.