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Warner Bros Discovery to Launch Max Streaming in 7 Asian Markets in November

FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus is pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, US May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus is pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, US May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
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Warner Bros Discovery to Launch Max Streaming in 7 Asian Markets in November

FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus is pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, US May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus is pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, US May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo

Warner Bros Discovery will launch its Max streaming service across seven Asian markets on Nov. 19, making the platform available in more than 72 markets, the media giant said on Tuesday.
Warner Bros said it will bring popular content from iconic brands such as HBO, Discovery, the DC Universe, Harry Potter, and Cartoon Network to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Reuters reported.
This announcement comes after the company said last month it expects to add more than 6 million subscribers to its Max streaming platform in the third quarter.
Warner Bros Discovery relaunched its streaming service in May 2023, with expanded programming offerings and extended Max to Europe this May, capitalizing on the anticipation of the Olympic Games held in Paris earlier this year.
Warner Bros' streaming service Max includes premium content from HBO, along with programs from HGTV, the Food Network, the Discovery Channel and other cable networks.

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Doctor to Plead Guilty to Supplying Ketamine to ‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry 

Matthew Perry appears at the GQ Men of the Year Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2022. (AP) 
Matthew Perry appears at the GQ Men of the Year Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2022. (AP) 
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Doctor to Plead Guilty to Supplying Ketamine to ‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry 

Matthew Perry appears at the GQ Men of the Year Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2022. (AP) 
Matthew Perry appears at the GQ Men of the Year Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2022. (AP) 

A California doctor charged in the overdose death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of illegal distribution of the drug ketamine, according to a court filing on Monday.

Salvador Plasencia, who operated an urgent care clinic in Malibu, faces up to 40 years in prison, according to a statement from prosecutors. He is expected to enter the guilty plea in the coming weeks.

Plasencia was one of five people charged in the death of Perry at age 54. An autopsy found the actor died from acute effects of ketamine and other factors that caused him to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub in October 2023.

Ketamine is a short-acting anesthetic with hallucinogenic properties. It is sometimes prescribed to treat depression and anxiety but also abused by recreational users.

In the plea agreement, Plasencia admitted to injecting Perry with ketamine at the actor's home and in a Santa Monica parking lot in the weeks before his death, in exchange for thousands of dollars, and that it was "not for legitimate medical purposes."

Plasencia obtained the ketamine from another doctor, Mark Chavez of San Diego. According to earlier court filings, Plasencia texted Chavez about Perry, saying: "I wonder how much this moron will pay."

Chavez and two other defendants already have pleaded guilty in the case. None has yet been sentenced.

A fifth defendant, Jasveen Sangha, whom authorities said was a drug dealer known to customers as the "ketamine queen," has been charged with supplying the dose that killed Perry. She has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go on trial in August.

Perry had publicly acknowledged decades of substance abuse, including during the years he starred as Chandler Bing on the hit 1990s television sitcom "Friends."