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The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s ‘Timeless’ Started as a Backstage Jam — Now It’s a Global Smash
“Timeless,” the brooding trap collaboration between the Weeknd and Playboi Carti, made its live debut before it was actually completed. According to XO co-founder Amir “Cash”...
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How Drake Dialed Up ‘Nokia’: Cocomelon, Crazy Frog and Endless Phone Calls Inspired the Hit’s...
It was a hectic time in Elkan’s life, and the Sierra Leone-born producer’s phone was constantly buzzing. Taking refuge from the barrage of calls, he began singing repeatedly in...
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Ondi Timoner on How Her Altadena Fire Doc Aims to Help Heal and Stop Foreclosures
Veteran documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner and her wife, Morgan Doctor, were working on a film in Budapest when they got a phone call informing them their home in the Los...
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The Safer Bet: Why David Zaslav and the WBD Board Favored Netflix in a Turbulent Time for Legacy...
After a few marathon days of telephone and video calls, emails and text message chains, the $82.7 billion agreement for Netflix to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max was clinched...
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James Cameron Banned Generative AI Use in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’: ‘We Honor and Celebrate Actors....
James Cameron wants moviegoers to know before “Avatar: Fire and Ash” opens in theaters worldwide that no generative AI was used in the making of the sequel. Speaking to...
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Kore-eda Hirokazu Sets Live-Action Adaptation of ‘Chainsaw Man’ Creator Fujimoto Tatsuki’s Manga...
Palme d’Or-winning Japanese filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu is in post on a live-action adaptation of Fujimoto Tatsuki’s bestselling manga “Look Back,” with the film scheduled for a...
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50 Cent and ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Director Break Down Netflix Doc, From Getting Private...
In November 2023, the day that Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, director Alexandria Stapleton and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson got to work. Together, the...
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‘DWTS’ Host Julianne Hough on Finding Her Place in the Ballroom, Navigating ‘Dangerous’ Online...
Tusday night’s “Dancing With the Stars” special may be celebrating the holiday season with musical performances and festive routines, but co-host Julianne Hough is also...
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Netflix Deepens Southeast Asia Commitment With JAFF Partnership, APROFI Deal and Creative...
Netflix is ramping up its investment in Southeast Asian storytelling with a comprehensive slate of industry initiatives unveiled at Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival,...
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Cult Argentine Toy Line ‘Guerreros del Manana’ Acquired by Black Mandala for Animated Series...
New Zealand-based sales outfit Black Mandala has secured rights to develop an animated series and action figure line based on “Guerreros del Manana” (Warriors of Tomorrow), the...
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‘The Traitors’ Heads to Korea With Actor Cha Seung-won as Host
All3Media International has teamed with Korean production companies Luyworks Media and Something Special to bring a local adaptation of the reality competition format phenomenon...
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Guillermo del Toro to Receive BFI Fellowship
“Frankenstein” director Guillermo del Toro is set to receive a BFI Fellowship, the film organization’s highest honor. The award will celebrate del Toro’s “extraordinary...
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David Matalon, ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’ Producer and TriStar Co-Founder, Dies At 82
David Matalon, a founding member of TriStar Pictures and producer of films like “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” and “Hear No Evil,” died on Dec. 2 in his Beverly Hills home,...
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‘Landman’ Season 2 Episode 3: Craziest Moments and Burning Questions, From Andy Garcia’s...
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from Season 2, Episode 3 of “Landman,” “Almost a Home,” which premiered Sunday, Nov. 30, on Paramount+. This week’s “Landman” is the...
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James Cameron Says It’s ‘Horrifying to Me’ that AI Can ‘Make Up an Actor’: It Creates a...
Safe to say James Cameron will never cast Tilly Norwood in a movie. During a recent interview with CBS’ Sunday Morning, the director of “The Terminator” explained that even...
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British Independent Film Awards: BDSM Romance ‘Pillion’ Claims Top Honor, ‘My Father’s Shadow’...
“Pillion,” the kinky BDSM rom-com in which Alexander Skarsgard’s strapping biker takes Harry Melling’s timid wallflower as his new submissive, has won the top honor at the...
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‘Zootopia 2’ Box Office: All the Records Set in Opening Weekend
“Zootopia 2” stuffed the box office competition over Thanksgiving. Disney’s animated sequel, a buddy-cop comedy about anthropomorphic animals, debuted to $156 million in North...
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‘Paddington’ Review: A Furry, Funny, Fantastic Musical Comedy
“Is this bear an endangered species?” asks Tarinn Callender as the hapless helper of Victoria Hamilton-Barritt’s (very) arch-villainess Millicent Price. With growling glee as...
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Indonesia’s Massive Music Sets AI-Powered Music Licensing and Curating Search Engine
Leading Indonesian music publisher Massive Music has begun development on an AI powered data-driven technology solution that could assist audiovisual producers in their creative...
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Korea’s Showbox, Thailand’s M Studio Forge Co-Production Partnership (EXCLUSIVE)
Korean content company Showbox has partnered with Thailand’s M Studio to develop Thai film co-productions under a newly signed memorandum of understanding. The strategic...
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Andy Garcia on Going Head-to-Head With Billy Bob Thornton on ‘Landman’ and Why Taylor Sheridan...
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains very light spoilers from Season 2, Episode 3 of “Landman,” “Almost a Home,” which premiered Sunday, Nov. 30, on Paramount+. Andy Garcia made...
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Korean Indie ‘The World of Love’ Lands French Distribution Deal With The Jokers Films (EXCLUSIVE)
The Jokers Films has acquired French distribution rights to Barunson E&A’s “The World of Love,” the top-grossing independent Korean film at the 2025 local box office. The...
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China Loses Young Moviegoers as Vietnam Market Grows, JAFF Market Panel Hears
China’s theatrical market is losing younger audiences while Vietnam emerges as a breakout territory for pan-Asian content, according to industry executives speaking at the JAFF...
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Draws Record 34 Million Viewers on NBC, Peacock in Early Numbers
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was no turkey for NBC. In fact, the broadcaster’s 2025 airing of the annual event is poised to record its biggest combined audience ever. Per...
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‘Tale of the Land’ Director Loeloe Hendra Brings Migrant Worker Drama to JAFF Future Project
Loeloe Hendra, whose feature debut “Tale of the Land” won the Fipresci Award at the Busan International Film Festival and screened at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, has a...
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‘Canopy’ Director Aaron Wilson Brings Australia-Indonesia Romance ‘Under the Banyan Moon’ to JAFF...
Aaron Wilson, whose debut feature “Canopy” premiered at Toronto, has a new project selected for the JAFF Future Project with “Under the Banyan Moon,” a cross-cultural romance...
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‘The Beatles Anthology’ Gets a New Ending: Director Oliver Murray on How Episode 9 Finally Put a...
The newly refurbished version of “The Beatles Anthology” has been rolling out on Disney+ over a period of days this week, with a newly commissioned Episode 9 premiering on the...
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Guillermo Galoe’s ‘Sleepless City’ Wins Best Film at Qatar’s Inaugural Doha Film Festival
Guillermo Galoe’s “Sleepless City,” a hybrid drama set inside Europe’s largest informal settlement, took the top narrative prize at the inaugural Doha Film Festival. The...
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Indonesia-Malaysia Co-Productions Surge With Four New Film Projects at JAFF Market
A quartet of Indonesian-Malaysian film co-productions was unveiled at the JAFF Market, signaling an uptick in collaboration between the two Southeast Asian territories. The...
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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio Solidify as Ethan Hawke...
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming...
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