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California Bill to Subsidize Post-Production Advances as Commercials Bill Dies
A bill to subsidize post-production in California cleared a hurdle in the state Senate on Thursday, while a separate mea...
‘Practical Magic 2’ Inspires Wave of Witchy Merch, Including Gemstone Jewelry, Retro Tees and ‘Midnight Margaritas Club’ Aprons
As “Practical Magic” fans gear up for the highly anticipated sequel reuniting Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, Warner B...
Jeff Bezos Is Now Part-Owner of English Premiere League’s Liverpool Soccer Team
It’s apparently a week for wealthy business moguls to buy sports clubs: Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder who is among the ...
Venice: M-Appeal Picks Up Chinese Director Jie Dong’s ‘Zoom In, Zoom Out’ Ahead of Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Berlin-based world sales company M-Appeal has boarded “Zoom In, Zoom Out,” the debut feature from Chinese director Jie D...
Digital Brand Architects Acquires Creator Management Firm V1sion Ventures
Digital Brand Architects has snapped up creator management firm V1sion Ventures, which represents a range of digital sta...
‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Trailer Leaks Online, Prompting Co-Writer Chris Miller to Speak Out: ‘Not a Fan of Leaks of Unfinished Footage’
“Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” is the latest movie to get hit by an unauthorized leak. The trailer for the third ...
Oscar Predictions: Best Director — Could Christopher Nolan Triumph Again With ‘The Odyssey’?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neal Stephenson, Mira Lane, Rod Roddenberry to Judge XPRIZE Sci-Fi Film Competition
XPRIZE announced the judges for its sci-fi film competition, which aims to inspire optimistic adaptations of a technolog...
Netflix Orders YA Gothic Romance ‘Sid & Zoey,’ Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Bad Robot to Produce
In a competitive situation, Netflix has greenlit the YA romance series “Sid & Zoey.” The show hails from creator Jon...
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Sets Disney+ Release Date in September
A galaxy far, far away is about to get closer than ever. “The Mandalorian and Grogu” will be available to stream on Disn...
‘Lioness’ Season 3 Opens With 7.1 Million Viewers in Three Days, Up From Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE)
The Season 3 premiere of “Lioness” hit 7.1 million viewers in its first seven days of streaming. That total, which comes...
Brandy, Halle Bailey, Auli’i Cravalho Join Legendary Disney Voices for ‘Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration’ – Stream Online Here
Disney fans are in for a treat this Sunday as the Mouse House unites ten of its most memorable characters and voices for...
‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Loki’ Directors Say They Rejected HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Due to J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia: ‘Absolutely F—-ing Not’
Not everyone wants to climb aboard the Hogwarts Express, it transpires. Top TV director Ally Pankiw has posted on Instag...
LISTEN: Retired Athletes Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil Return to Sports as Team Owners and TV Producers in YouTube Docuseries ‘We Are Osos’
Never tell Ryan Kalil or Blake Griffin to stay in their lanes. Since moving on from their playing days in the NFL and NB...
Cinema Guild Takes North American Rights on Éric Baudelaire’s ‘For the Moon’ Ahead of New York Film Festival Launch (EXCLUSIVE)
Indie distributor Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights for documentary “For The Moon” (“Car la L...
‘Objet a’ Review: Ann Oren’s Wickedly Kinky Curiosity Eroticizes Everything From Mushrooms to Mushroom Cuts
“Objet a” was Lacan’s term for the lack, the absence, that sets our desires into motion; an object-cause rather than a p...
Ana Vaz Discusses the Impact of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, the Work of Yoko Hayasuke and Preferring to Be a Mother Rather than a Zombie
“When you begin again, you repeat everything,” reflects experimental filmmaker Ana Vaz, thinking of her home country Bra...
Busan Film Festival to Honor Founder Director Kim Dong-ho With Korean Cinema Award
Kim Dong-ho, founding festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, has been named the recipient of the 31...
San Sebastian Adds Jesse Eisenberg, Fred Cavayé, Amanda Kernell Films to Golden Shell Race
The San Sebastián Film Festival has added six films to its 2026 Official Selection, including new works from Jesse Eisen...
Golden Lion Winner Milcho Manchevski Talks ‘Giving a Voice’ to Pulse Nightclub Survivors With ‘Good People’: ‘Our Job Was to Stay Out of the Way’
It took over three decades for Macedonian filmmaker Milcho Manchevski — whose debut feature “Before the Rain” won the to...
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Drawing Tourists to Milan Prompting an 18% Increase in Visitors to the Film’s Locations in Italy’s Fashion Capital
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” is making a heavenly impact on Milan. Just a few months after the theatrical release in May of...
Nigel Farage Documentary ‘Where Does the Money Come From?’ Set at U.K. Broadcaster 5 as Parliamentary Standards Watchdog Reopens Finance Probe
ITN Productions has set “Nigel Farage: Where Does the Money Come From?”, a one-hour documentary examining the Reform U.K...
TV Academy Hall of Fame: Sheila Nevins, Absent Due to COVID, Thanks Dr. Fauci for the Vaccine; Bill Hader Pays Tribute to the ‘South Park’ Creators Wi...
Documentary icon Sheila Nevins — who holds the all-time record for most Emmy wins by an individual (31), thanks to her l...
‘You Don’t Belong Here’ Review: A Potentially Involving Story Is Weakened by Airless Dialogue and a Misguided Finale
Florin Şerban’s “You Don’t Belong Here” opens with great promise and finishes with a stupefyingly misguided coda: The le...
Fukada Koji, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Boo Junfeng Films Win Busan Co-Production Fund
The Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) has selected three international co-productions for its ...
Rani Mukerji Receives La Trobe Honorary Doctorate, Wins IFFM Special Citation
Bollywood star Rani Mukerji has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Australia’s La Trobe University for three ...
COL AI Studios Launches to Expand Group’s Global Distribution Network (EXCLUSIVE)
COL Group has launched COL AI Studios, a new entertainment vertical designed to help platforms, studios and brands devel...
Troye Sivan Brings Nicole Kidman to the Club for ‘She’s the Best’ Music Video
Troye Sivan has kicked off a new era with the release of his new single “She’s the Best” along with a music video co-sta...
Phoebe Bridgers Leads Delighted Fans Around the Rink at a Rollerskating Listening Party for ‘Lost Weekend’
Phoebe Bridgers tends to stand out in a crowd, and not just because of her celebrity or natural star quality, but becaus...
Oscar Predictions: Supporting Actress — Is This the Year of Penélope Cruz?
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Oscar Predictions: Supporting Actor — How Many Men Can be Nominated From ‘The Odyssey’?
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Oscar Predictions: Best Actress — How Obsessed Will the Academy Become With Inde Navarrette?
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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — The Most Competitive Category Awaits Leading Men Like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and More
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Tyler Duckworth, ‘The Challenge’ Reality Show Winner, Dies at 44
Tyler Duckworth, who competed on six seasons of reality show “The Challenge” and also appeared on MTV’s “The Real World:...
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Beneficiary of $21.7 Million Stock Sale as Paramount Merger Is Stuck on Hold
David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, has now sold over $195 million worth of stock since the media...
Matthew McConaughey Says Acting in ‘The Wedding Planner’ With Jennifer Lopez Saved Him From Being Searched at U.S.-Mexico Border: ‘They Let Me Go’
Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that acting alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2001’s “The Wed...
Tramell Tillman Says ‘I Had to Sign NDAs’ Before Even Meeting for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role: ‘A Little Frustrating Because Everything Was Shrou...
Tramell Tillman is going to play a big role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s future. And he can finally talk about it....
NFL Preseason 2026 Livestream: Here’s Where to Watch Pro Football Games Online
Although the first game of the preseason is the NFL Hall of Fame Game, the rest of the teams in the league begin play du...
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler to Recieve Directorate Award at This Year’s International Emmys
Warner Bros. Discovery president of international Gerhard Zeiler has been tapped to receive the 2026 International Emmy ...
Stretching Time: Nicolaas Schmidt on ‘September Afternoon’
On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast. A se...
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