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‘Diablo’ Animated Series in the Works at Netflix, Blizzard Entertainment

An animated TV series adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s popular “Diablo” video game franchise is in development at Netflix. “Diablo” is set the dark world of Sanctuary, where humanity is caught in the eternal conflict between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells. The first “Diablo” game launched in 1996, marking this year as the 30th […]

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Alan Rickman Brought Kids ‘From the Hospital’ to the ‘Harry Potter’ Set, Says Co-Star Gary Oldman: ‘He Knew How Much It Meant’

While Alan Rickman’s legendary “Harry Potter” character, Severus Snape, may have been notoriously hard on the children at Hogwarts, in real life, the actor couldn’t have been more different from the pupil-hating professor.  In fact, Rickman would “bring in kids every single day” to the film’s sets, said Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black in […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Iowa vs. Iowa State: Where to Watch the 2026 Football Game Online

How to livestream the Cy-Hawk rivalry game on Sept. 12.

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Hollywood Reporter

‘The Fire Within You’ Review: A Monstrous Mama Unleashes in an Admirable but Draining Italian Comedy-Drama Set on a Miserable Christmas Eve

This Venice competitor from Edoardo De Angelis stars Vanessa Scalera as a caustic matriarch hosting family members whom she subjects to constant and withering criticism.

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Drake Reveals ‘Fear of Missing Out’ Teaser, Says Project Is a ‘Not So Short Film’

Drake on Saturday released a teaser for “Fear of Missing Out,” a “not so short film” set for release on Sept. 15. Fans have long speculated whether “Fear of Missing Out” would be an album, a music video or a world tour. With the teaser’s release, Drake revealed that “FOMO” is some sort of film. […]

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Love Has Everything to Do With It: Darlene Love, Producer Taraji P. Henson and Director Barry Avrich on ‘Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been,’ a Stirring Music Doc Premiering in Toronto

The truly legendary singer Darlene Love had her story already lightly sketched out in a 2013 film about backup singers of yore, 2013’s Oscar-winning “20 Feet From Stardom.” But what Love’s fans — and they are legion — really have hungered for is a movie in which she is less than 10 feet from the […]

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Hollywood Reporter

How ‘The Shards’ Rethinks the TV Serial Killer

The cast and producers behind the FX and Ryan Murphy teen thriller discuss how this adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ 2023 novel delivers its fictional murderer through a series of killer metaphors.

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The Top 10 Costume Design Schools in the World

From Savannah to Sydney, these academies teach future costumers how to dress to kill (or at least slay) onscreen 

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Venice Film Festival Reveals Award Winners (Updating Live)

The Venice Film Festival is about to reveal its award winners, including the prestigious Golden Lion for best film. Last year, Jim Jarmusch took home the top prize for his family triptych “Father Mother Sister Brother,” while Benny Safdie won the Silver Lion for best director for his Dwayne Johnson-led “The Smashing Machine” and Kaouther […]

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Venice Film Festival Award Winners (Updating Live)

It's time for one final, glitzy Lido red carpet as we prepare to find out who has taken this year's coveted Golden Lion for best film.

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Hollywood Reporter

Oscar Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Updated Post Venice and Telluride, as TIFF Gets Underway

Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage, updates his assessment of all 24 Oscar categories.

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Jeremy Thomas Remembered as a Filmmaker ‘Full of Stories’ Who ‘Made Great Movies’: ‘The Canon of His Work is Unmatched’

Tributes have begun flowing from across the film world for Jeremy Thomas, the legendary British producer who passed away on Friday at the age of 77. “He made great movies and was a loyal, dear friend,” said producer and publisher Charles Finch. “His father, Ralph, made a film with my father, Peter, called ‘No Love […]

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‘Practical Magic 2’ Leads Box Office as ‘Spider-Man’ Eyes All-Time Domestic Record

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman's sequel is set to end the six-week stretch at the top for 'Brand New Day,' as the frame also sees the debuts of 'Runner' and 'The Uprising.'

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Kling AI’s TIFF Market Panel Illuminates Tech Challenges and Human-Led Solutions in AI Filmmaking: ‘The Script Is Still the Blueprint’

Kling AI hit the opening morning of the inaugural TIFF: The Market with a lively, well attended panel, “A New Creative Paradigm: Consistent, Cinematic AI Video Powered by Kling AI,” geared towards a Canadian industry audience of animation and live-action film creators eager for up-to-date insight into their roles and human skills in rapidly evolving […]

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‘The Odyssey’ Becomes Universal’s Highest-Grossing Film of All Time

On a box office voyage for less than two months, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has become the highest-grossing film in the history of Universal Pictures. The 114-year-old film company announced the milestone on Saturday, when the Matt Damon-led epic’s weekend haul will bring its domestic earnings to $601.2 million, with an international tally of $1.083 […]

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Courteney Cox on Her TIFF True-Crime Drama ‘Evil Genius’: ‘The Story Is So Unbelievable’

Courteney Cox feels as if she was meant to be a director. “I notice everything,” she says. “I love actors, I love people, I love human stories.” Cox is best known for acting — including marquee roles in “Friends” and in the “Scream” franchise. But she’s long had a hand in directing, from episodes of […]

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Barbara Kopple Returns to the Picket Line

Fifty years after 'Harlan County, U.S.A.,' the Oscar winner's 'Union Town' follows Amazon, UPS and delivery app workers organizing in her own hometown — and finds hope even in their setbacks.

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‘The Odyssey’ Conquers ‘Jurassic World’ to Become Universal’s Highest-Grossing Film Ever

Christopher Nolan's star-studded adaptation looks to make noise during awards season following its epic box office run.

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‘Sámi Blood’ Director Amanda Kernell Explores Forgiveness in ‘Brace Your Heart’: ‘It Can Be a Matter of Survival’

“Brace Your Heart” director Amanda Kernell is ready to talk about forgiveness.  “What can be forgiven? And what if you live in a place where everything has to be, because it can be a matter of survival?,” she wonders. In Kernell’s new film — unspooling at TIFF and the San Sebastián Film Festival — young […]

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Kamila Andini Says Anger Is ‘Liberating’ as She Brings Furious ‘Four Seasons in Java’ to Toronto

Kamila Andini’s “Four Seasons in Java” is her fifth feature film, but this marks her third time at the Toronto Film Festival after “The Seen and the Unseen” (2017) and “Yuni” (2021) that won the Platform Prize and became Indonesia’s official Oscar entry.  It follows Pertiwi, starring Putri Marino (“Cigarette Girl”), who comes back to […]

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