Hollywood Reporter
At the Tribeca Festival, the director reunited with the cast of her film 30 years on and got candid about what the sapphic neo-noir meant to her then and now.
Variety
Fatma Al-Ghanim is a Qatari athlete and filmmaker who is breaking new ground for women in the tiny country and in the Arab world at large. In 2010, she captained Qatar’s first-ever women’s national soccer team. Now, Al-Ghanim is at the Tribeca Film Festival with “Theatre of Dreams,” a powerful short that marks her directorial and […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Berklee College of Music poll also reveals that more than a quarter of artists use it for backing tracks in the final product.
Hollywood Reporter
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Variety
“Backrooms” is officially A24’s highest-grossing worldwide release, as well as the studio’s first movie to surpass $200 million in ticket sales. The breakout horror hit, directed by YouTuber Kane Parsons, has generated $212 million globally including $135 million in North America. Those returns have surpassed the lifetime haul of Timothee Chalamet’s “Marty Supreme” ($191 million), which previously […]
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Patrick Bruel, one of the best-selling French-speaking artists of all time, has been taken into police custody on Monday (June 8) as part of an investigation into alleged sexual violence. The probe currently concerns 13 alleged victims, according to the Nanterre prosecutor’s office. Bruel denies all allegations. His lawyers, Christophe Ingrain, Céline Lasek and Fanny […]
Hollywood Reporter
The ex-reality TV star's redemption arc ushered in a new era of the influencer candidate and reframed the city's narrative around homelessness.
The Guardian Culture
‘A big dude came up to me and said, “My wife dragged me kicking and screaming to see your movie – and it was the best thing she’s ever done”’Baz Luhrmann was this cool guy two years ahead of me at NIDA, the drama school in Sydney. When I graduated, I joined his theatre company Six Years Old and the play of Strictly Ballroom came out of that. It was inspired by Keith Bain, who taught movement at the school. He was a ballroom-dancer who had left Australia for South America in the 1950s then came b
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Anthony Jeselnik has announced dates for the first leg of a comedy tour titled “Wrath of Man.” Kicking off Sept. 12 in Portland, Ore., the tour will feature an entirely new set of stand-up material. Presale tickets are available on Wednesday, June 10, at 10 a.m. local time. A general sale will take place on […]
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Netflix has unveiled an early first-look at its upcoming “Scooby-Doo” live action-series. In a clip posted to social media, the beloved sleuthing canine is running through the woods near a summer camp when he runs into Shaggy, who will become his best friend and companion. Check out the clip below. The series, officially titled “Scooby-Doo: […]
Hollywood Reporter
Fraudsters are using AI to impersonate top Hollywood casting directors — targeting aspiring actors looking for their big break.
Hollywood Reporter
Travis founded the site and sold it to Fox five years ago, but will continue to appear on Fox News and host 'Outkick the Show with Clay Travis' on FS1.
Variety
One of Argentina’s new filmmaking talents to watch, Sundance Institute Latin Fellowship recipient Ana Bovino has just received private funding for her documentary project “The Nights” (“Las noches”) from heavyweight doc player Jane Ray, founder of Cat Flap Media and consultant artistic director of UK funding body The Whickers. Shopped at various co-production markets including Chile’s […]
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Charli xcx is going back on tour this fall to promote her upcoming seventh studio album, “Music, Fashion, Film.” The 12-date North American tour kicks off in Philadelphia, Penn. on Sept. 11 and includes two nights at both Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. The electronic artist Underscores will open for all of […]
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Pedigreed Palestinian producer May Odeh (“Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” “A Useful Ghost,” “Hanging Gardens,”“200 Meters”) has added Jordan’s Rina Khoury from Arab Media Network ‘s Abu-Lughod Studios to her early list of backers of “Chentian,” helmed by “Lemon Tree” and “The Syrian Bride” scribe Suha Arraf. The buzzy project, now in development, scooped the €35,000 […]
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Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott first met as young, eager, internet-savvy members of Brooklyn’s alternative stand-up scene, who didn’t fit into the boxes prescribed by Manhattan institutions like the Comedy Cellar. But less than a decade later, they’ve both accomplished more than most aspiring comedians ever dream of. Yang, 35, is now in a reflective […]
Hollywood Reporter
The polarizing stand-up comedian and TV talk show host will be feted at the Kennedy Center on June 28.
Hollywood Reporter
Based on the 2018 documentary, Sheldon Candis' film premieres Monday at Tribeca.
Hollywood Reporter
Microdramas, AI, and a shakeup of the financial fundamentals of series production will be in focus when Germany's biggest TV industry gathering returns to Cologne this week.
The Guardian Culture
In his own unique words, the One Battle After Another actor made it clear there is no one he won’t reject for a fan photo – and revealed the real reason he skipped the OscarsOne of the highlights of this year’s Oscars was Sean Penn’s win for best supporting actor. Not because he deserved it – although in truth he probably did – but because he didn’t turn up, which simultaneously made the ceremony a little bit shorter and spared the world a Sean Penn acceptance speech.At the time, much was made a