Variety

Sony Invests in AI Copyright-Protection Firm Midnight Labs

Midnight Labs, an AI company focused on intellectual property protection in the entertainment industry, has secured an investment from Sony’s Innovation Fund to help bolster its efforts to combat piracy and deepfakes plaguing entertainment companies and content creators in the U.S. and Japan. A Midnight Labs spokesperson did not disclose how much the company had […]

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Hollywood Reporter

The Broadway Tax Credit Has Returned, For Now

Gov. Kathy Hochul allocated an additional $150 million for the tax credit program, which has become essential for producers, but has also faced some pushback.

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Variety

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Earns R Rating

Teens and tweens hoping to find out if Odysseus makes it home to Ithaca are going to need to bring a parent or adult guardian to the multiplexes. “The Odyssey,” Christopher Nolan’s sprawling adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association. It’s unclear why the picture got this designation […]

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Variety

Jimmy Kimmel Slams CBS as ‘Trump Suck-Ups’ and ‘Clowns’ for Firing Scott Pelley From ‘60 Minutes’: A ‘Cowardly’ Decision

Jimmy Kimmel is standing up for Scott Pelley after the longtime broadcast journalist was fired from “60 Minutes.” Pelley was cut from the newsmagazine program after accusing newly appointed CBS News boss Bari Weiss of “murdering” the show and saying new executive producer Nick Bilton has “slender qualifications for this job.” “Last night, the Trump […]

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Variety

Netflix Pauses Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua’s Hannibal War Movie Over Budget Concerns

Netflix has paused pre-production on Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington’s “Hannibal” film. The historical epic was planning to shoot later this year in Italy, with Fuqua directing and Washington starring as the Carthaginian general. However, pre-production has been put on pause while the producers, including Fuqua and Washington, and the studio hammer out budgetary concerns. […]

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Variety

‘The Odyssey’ Ticket Madness: Online Wait Times Hit an Hour as Christopher Nolan’s Epic Pushes AMC Site to Limit

Moviegoers are scrambling to reserve their seats for “The Odyssey,” and the mad dash to see what Christopher Nolan has cooked up is hitting some unexpected hurdles. Demand for Imax and other premium large format screenings of the adventure epic appears to be so high that AMC’s ticketing app paused briefly. Sales have resumed, but […]

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Variety

Paramount Wants Lawsuit Seeking to Block Warner Bros. Deal Tossed: ‘Clumsy Attempt to Politicize Antitrust Litigation’

In April, five streaming subscribers filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion deal to swallow up Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds. Paramount on Thursday (June 3) filed a motion with the court seeking to have the case dismissed, arguing that the plaintiffs’ allegations that the merger violates antitrust laws “do […]

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Variety

Can ‘Skyscraper Live’ Bring Some Variety to the Emmy Variety Categories?

You can’t help smiling — with a slightly arched brow — at the streamers’ recent obsession with live events. Television started out as a live medium, after all — virtually all programs were live in the early, golden age of the small screen before the use of film, and then videotape, allowed for more flexibility. […]

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Variety

‘FIFA World Cup’ Video Game to Launch on Netflix With Daily Updates Based on Real Tournament Results

Netflix will make its biggest push into the gaming industry so far with the debut of “FIFA World Cup Launch Edition” June 11. Created by “007 First Light” developer Delphi Interactive and Netflix Games in collaboration with FIFA, “FIFA World Cup” is described as a “streamlined football simulation game” that just requires having Netflix queued […]

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Hollywood Reporter

The First ‘Masters of the Universe’ Muscled Into Theaters in 1987

Dolph Lundgren brought Mattel’s He-Man action figure to life, but the movie failed to flex at the box office.

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Variety

‘De Gaulle’ Director Antonin Baudry on Pathé’s Next Epic, Roosevelt and Why ‘Europe’s Narrative Has Been Written by the Americans’

As French cinema continues to embrace large-scale event filmmaking, Antonin Baudry’s “De Gaulle: Résistance” arrives as Pathé’s latest ambitious historical epic, following the blockbuster success of “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “The Three Musketeers” diptych. The first installment of a two-part saga chronicling Charles de Gaulle’s wartime years, the film world premiered out of […]

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The Guardian Culture

Theatre producer to repeat Broadway phone ban at London run of play

New York audiences were asked to put their phones in sealed pouches for duration of performance of LiberationWhen a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened in New York, audiences had to do something unusual.They were asked to put their phones away – not in their pockets, but in specially designed pouches, which they could only open at the intermission or after the show. Continue reading...

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Variety

Globoplay Original Series ‘The Playoffs’ Premieres at SXSW London, Created by and Starring Brazilian Powerhouse Cauã Reymond

“The Playoffs” (“Jogada de Risco”) has had its world premiere at SXSW London , the international festival unspooling June 1-6, whose mission is to bring the business, technology and creative communities together. TV Globo, the largest producer of Portuguese-language content in the world, hosted the London premiere of “The Playoffs,” a Globoplay Original series produced […]

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Variety

Most-Watched TV Series of 2025-26 Across Streaming, Broadcast and Cable: ‘Stranger Things,’ NFL, ‘Tracker,’ ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Top the Charts

TV audiences were high on the Upside Down this season. “Stranger Things” ended its final season with an average of 32.9 million viewers, easily making it the most-watched series of the just concluded 2025 26 TV frame. The Netflix thriller averaged that number over 35 days, per Nielsen’s multiplatform ranker. Netflix also scored the previous […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Constance Zimmer on ‘Love Story,’ Personal Grief and Why Hollywood Needs More Women Over 50

The actress says playing Carolyn and Lauren Bessette’s mother, Ann Messina Freeman, in FX’s Ryan Murphy-produced series took on new meaning after the death of her own mom.

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Euphoria’ Final Season Scores 25 Million Worldwide Viewers, HBO Says

The May 31 finale drew 8.7 million U.S. viewers in its first three days.

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Hollywood Reporter

Writers Guild East President Decries “Near-Constant Level of Editorial Interference” at CBS News

Union head Tom Fontana said management is displaying “a profound contempt for the journalism profession” after the firing of ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley.

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Variety

‘Euphoria’ Finale Hits 8.7 Million Viewers in Three Days as Season 3 Reaches Average of 25 Million to Date, Up 17% From Season 2

“Euphoria” ended with 8.7 million viewers across HBO and HBO Max in three days, a slight increase from the Season 3 premiere. Though Warner Bros. Discovery did not provide viewership totals for each week of “Euphoria” Season 3, the company reported that that the final season’s first episode hit 8.5 million viewers in three days, […]

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Variety

‘Get Kevin Feige on the Phone’: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on Taking Control of His Marvel Offer and What’s Next for ‘Wonder Man’

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II wasn’t going to waste his one “Marvel buck.” This is the same man who walked away from a George Miller’s “Furiosa.” The move was necessary. Six straight years of work — “The Get Down,” “Aquaman,” “Watchmen,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “The Matrix Resurrections,” “Black Mirror” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” — […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey to Voice Audio Guides at Obama Presidential Center

The former president and first lady will also be featured in the guides on the Bloomberg Connects app.

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