Hollywood Reporter
"Novig is just sports. So they wanted to show just sports,” Sweeney says in the ad as she goes nude while posing with a variety of sports equipment including footballs.
Variety
Every awards season has a film that dares you to look away. This year it’s carried by a nine-year-old girl. Sumerian Pictures will submit Beth de Araújo’s Sundance Film Festival winner “Josephine” across multiple categories for the upcoming awards season, Variety has learned exclusively. The push runs from best picture through the acting and crafts […]
Variety
“The Pitt” will be honored by Cedars-Sinai with the Hollywood Leadership Award at its upcoming Sunset Soirée gala. The award recognizes the medical drama’s authentic portrayal of life in the emergency room and commitment to portraying the realities of emergency medicine with accuracy and heart. Star and executive producer Noah Wyle, executive producer and director John Wells and creator and showrunner R. […]
Variety
Academy Award-nominated French animation studio Xilam Animation has inked a wave of presales for the latest content from its line-up of iconic comedy franchises during the Unifrance Rendez-Vous, contradicting the sales slowdown announced by France’s National Film Board and Unifrance earlier this week. Among these titles, the landmark ninth season of “Oggy and the Cockroaches” […]
Hollywood Reporter
After spending 11 years on Taschen's 10-pound 'Arnold,' editor Dian Hanson reveals what she unearthed about the star — including his favorite movie, his compulsive collecting and his uncanny impression of someone eating potato chips.
Variety
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos used the Paris premiere of “Call My Agent! The Movie” to underscore the streamer’s importance to France’s entertainment industry amid a regulatory battle over the country’s investment obligations and release window. “We’re not just like an outsider being in France. We are vital to the entertainment community here in our investment, […]
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Fox Corp.’s bid for streaming platform Roku is undergoing review by the Justice Department, with the U.S. agency requesting additional documents related to the proposed deal. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, “as expected, each of Fox and Roku received a request for additional information and documentary material” — referred to as a “second request” in regulatory […]
Hollywood Reporter
"Some things aren’t meant to be fixed,” the transgender model and activist says in the "Born to Disobey" campaign from the Spanish label that critiques artificial intelligence.
Hollywood Reporter
The agreement is the first season-long TV deal for the women's hockey league.
Variety
Beehiiv, the creator platform that has gained traction through associations with independent journalists such as Oliver Darcy and Joanna Stern, unveiled an expansion of its Media Collective, a roster of journalists who have turned to the company to help launch new digital efforts. The new creators are Peter Greenberg, a longtime travel editor at CBS […]
Variety
It’s just a couple of days before Jeff Goldblum is getting ready to head to London to host the Season 2 premiere of “SNL U.K.” on Sept. 12. “I’m a big Anglophile,” he tells me on a Zoom from Italy, where he and his wife Emilie are enjoying a summer vacation. “I’ve read all of […]
Hollywood Reporter
The son of Tim Herlihy follows the son of Steve Higgins out the Studio 8H door after five seasons.
Variety
Rome-based sales company True Colours has boarded Italian director Ginevra Elkann’s new feature “The Roses of Marrakesh” (“Le Rose di Marrakech”) starring Fanny Aradant as an aged matron named Madame Isabelle who lives in a luxurious estate in the Palmeraie of Marrakech. Elkann, who is a granddaughter of former Fiat automaker chief Gianni Agnelli, is a London […]
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Ripcord, a new independent film platform that aims to directly connect genre filmmakers with fans, has announced a spooky new film festival. The Halloween Film Festival, presented with Blackmagic Design, is set to showcase 50 short genre films, including horror, sci-fi, thriller and fantasy titles and fans can vote on their favorites. The winning entry […]
Hollywood Reporter
The searing drama, premiering next month on Starz, was made entirely with British money — and Cumming says it couldn't have gone any other way: "I doubt anything like this will be made in America for some time, sadly."
Hollywood Reporter
Silicon Valley founders and CEOs are the next wave of big screen villains in buzzy projects tackling Zuckerberg, Musk, Holmes and Altman.
Variety
Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi adventure, “Disclosure Day,” will stream on Peacock starting Oct. 9 Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor star as a meteorologist and whistleblower who discover an unexpected connection with alien life. They risk their lives to reveal the truth to the world about extraterrestrial activity and abuse at the hands of the U.S. […]
Variety
After a summer for the record books, movie theater operators are hoping to keep the vibes high with some midnight margaritas. Those celebratory cocktails are part of the fun in “Practical Magic 2,” a fantasy sequel about witchy sisters played by Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. Nostalgia should propel the follow-up film to $30 million […]
Hollywood Reporter
A chat with Peter Levin, founder of venture firm Griffin Gaming Partners, on Hollywood's forays into the trading card business and how he curates his own 500,000-plus card collection.
The Guardian Culture
Period instruments are miles away from retro affectation, and as two Proms this week will show, can actually bring historical music up to the momentNostalgia. What a kick. And what a commercial boon for the music industry. Love the sound of 60s pop and 70s disco? You need the original synths if you’re a composer or producer. You listen to music on digital streams? Loser! Join the retro-future of vinyl enthusiasm, and feel the grooves under your fingers like your parents or grandparents used to.