Hollywood Reporter
Orange Pop! is a free match-3 puzzle game featuring original voice performances by Thompson and Mitchell.
Variety
These up-and-coming producers champion diverse talents and storytellers, and will be recognized at the Bentonville Film Festival. The 12th edition of the festival runs June 15-21 in Bentonville, Ark. with founding partner Walmart, presenting partner Coca-Cola and a partnership with Variety’s Producers to Watch. While it seems like the current conversation around theatrical films is doom […]
Hollywood Reporter
It’s been an epic rise for the 35-year-old British actor, from strumming Beatles tunes in ‘Yesterday’ to reteaming with Christopher Nolan for his upcoming adaptation of literature’s longest boat ride.
Hollywood Reporter
As attorneys general aim to challenge the merger, David Ellison’s team is leaning on a free speech theory to help cross the finish line.
Variety
The contract dispute between DirecTV and The E.W. Scripps Company has continued into June, with DirecTV subscribers in almost 40 markets across the country still without access to local Scripps-owned stations. The blackout has impacted major cities including Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville and Phoenix, with subscribers no longer able to view […]
Variety
Marc Maron wrapped his “WTF” podcast in October after 16 years — and so far, he says, he doesn’t really miss it. “I don’t find myself freaking out as much,” he tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “I mean, it was a big haul. We did a lot of episodes. We did two new episodes a […]
Hollywood Reporter
The 1980s-set series will also stream on Hulu.
Variety
Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman embark on quite the boundary-pushing relationship in the first trailer for director Gregg Araki’s irreverent sex comedy “I Want Your Sex.” Featuring everything from ball gags, whips, strap-ons to a threesome gone widely wrong, “I Want Your Sex” follows an assured artist (Wilde) who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with her […]
Variety
UTA has enlisted a broad slate of stars, clients, brands and creators to take part in its expansive Cannes Lions activations, including the return of its UTA Beach facility in the heart of the festival and the additions of a VIP Creator Lounge and podcast studio. Notable names set to headline UTA’s main stage conversations […]
Variety
When Michelle Pfeiffer signed on to be a part of “The Madison,” she hadn’t read a single script — in fact, series creator Taylor Sheridan hadn’t written one yet. The actor also had no idea whether Kurt Russell, who had signed on to play her husband, would even be available to film due to a […]
Variety
The Trawler will rise this summer. “The Shards,” Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis autofiction thriller novel, will premiere on FX and Hulu on Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. PT. Set in Los Angeles in the 1980s, the dark, coming-of-age drama series follows Bret (Igby Rigney), an aspiring writer whose high school life […]
Variety
Primary Wave Music has announced a partnership with the estate of legendary R&B singer Donna Summer, best known for such disco-era hits as “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Hot Stuff” and many others. Summer’s estate will work alongside Primary Wave on her award-winning music catalog and recordings, as well as share in her name, image, […]
Variety
French cinema group MK2 – the family-owned company which had five movies in competition at Cannes and won four prizes — is opening its capital to the public for the first time in its 52-year history. Led by brothers Nathanaël and Elisha Karmitz, the company runs a revered arthouse cinema chain across Paris and has […]
Variety
On Nov. 14, 1972, Maude Findlay, a 47-year-old woman living in suburban New York with her fourth husband found herself unexpectedly pregnant. It was a year before Roe vs. Wade was passed, and like many women in America, Maude wasn’t interested in having another child and found herself weighing an abortion. The dilemma played out […]
Hollywood Reporter
The declaration of a day designed to honor the late philanthropist and city leader marks a collaboration between the County of Los Angeles and the cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills.
Variety
“Chicken Shop Date” host and producer Amelia Dimoldenberg is expanding her Dimz Inc. Academy in its second year, with the goal of opening doors for the next generation of creative talent. This year, Dimz Inc. Academy is extending to a four-week free program and will offer paid work placements, industry mentoring and hands-on experience to […]
Hollywood Reporter
The former Constantin Film Chairman will take over from current ZFF President Doris Fiala next month.
Variety
Xbox leadership shook up its strategy this week with the announcement that upcoming games “Gears of War: E-Day” and “Clockwork Revolution” would be exclusive to Xbox consoles and PCs. Following years of Xbox breaking down platform barriers for its games with competitors PlayStation and Nintendo under longtime chief Phil Spencer, the move was a radical […]
Variety
Greece has been selected as the country of honor for the next edition of the Cannes Film Market, which takes place from May 11 to 19 during the 80th Cannes Film Festival. The Market said, “This distinction celebrates Greece’s remarkable rise as one of Europe’s leading audiovisual hubs and recognizes its growing influence on the […]
The Guardian Culture
The lowest ever viewing figures, an identity crisis for the show and a confusing Billie Piper-based cliffhanger – whoever takes on the BBC fantasy drama has quite the job on their hands …The announcement that the BBC has abandoned the planned Doctor Who Christmas special, and is ending its partnership with showrunner Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf production company, will not have come as much of a surprise to many fans. It has been rumoured for some time. Aside from the gossip, the fact that no