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Yassine El Idrissi’s drama “Halima” has entered the Golden Goblet Awards Main Competition at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, where it celebrated its world premiere ahead of a press conference. The selec...
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One of the stars of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s latest entry in its “Spider-Man” franchise has little spoken dialogue, but may end up stealing a few scenes. Samsung’s Galaxy phones are used by character Ned Leeds (p...
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Top Justice Department officials moved to drop the antitrust investigation into Paramount’s $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery before the team of lawyers investigating the matter could issue a recommendat...
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Kyla Scanlon doesn’t have any formal background in business journalism but enough math tied to the creator economy adds up for her to have a new and potentially prominent role at CNN. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed...
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John Hannah is returning to the “Mummy” franchise – and he’s not the only one. “You’ve heard all the rumors and it’s true. Everyone’s back,” he told journalists at Monte-Carlo Television Festival. The four...
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The Grammy Awards update rules and add to their categories in response to proposals from members every year, and 2027 is no exception. The next show, taking place on Feb. 7, 2027, will see five new categories — includ...
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Tom Holland seemingly confirmed his marriage to Zendaya in a new Esquire magazine cover story by saying their family members “were all there” on their wedding day. Speculation over whether or not the A-list actors and...
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Paddington is heading to New York. A musical about the anthropomorphic, marmalade-loving bear is opening on Broadway in the spring of 2027. The show’s transfer was teased with posters of Paddington, which have been po...
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Computing power, distribution and directable generative video AI. Those are the key challenges facing the Chinese film industry when it comes to AI, according to speakers at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s ...
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Content Partners has struck a new deal with Carlyle Global Credit to facilitate fresh investment capital for the company that has been a pioneer in buying out ownership stakes and profit participation rights in movies...
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KVIFF Promises, part of the industry program of Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, has unveiled the works-in-progress projects from Central Europe selected for the KVIFF Central Stage showcase, as well as the books sel...
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The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Italian actress and director Asia Argento with its lifetime achievement award dedicated to creative pioneers. She will receive the award on Aug. 13 in the Swiss lakeside town’s...
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Beloved British animated characters The Wombles are set to enchant a new generation following a consolidation of the brand’s intellectual property rights and the appointment of The Blair Partnership as its exclusive g...
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Aardman director Will Becher said “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” could reach Chinese cinemas in October, speaking at a panel discussion at the Shanghai International Film Festival, where he is serving as...
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BBC Studios Kids & Family has unveiled a three-way partnership with U.K. production company Wheel in Motion and Japan’s Kadokawa Corporation to develop a live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono’s novel ...
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There will be blood — and lots of it — in Kazakh director Aitore Zholdaskali’s solo debut, “Sicko,” a hard-boiled crime thriller about an internet scam gone wrong that plays this week at the Transilvania Intl. Film Fe...
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The All Living Things Environmental Film Festival has launched one of India’s largest environmental film funds, an INR1.2 crore ($126,000) initiative backed by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies that will provide grants t...
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RisingJoy has launched RJOY, a direct-to-consumer microdrama streaming service, initially available to audiences in the U.S. and Japan via TikTok Minis, the in-app feature that enables access to vertical content. The ...
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