Variety
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YouTube TV Could Lose CBS, Comedy Central, MTV and More in Contract Dispute, Paramount Warns
Paramount Global is notifying YouTube TV subscribers that channels including CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon could go dark on the...
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Steve Coogan’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Trailer Pays Homage to Stanley Kubrick Original (EXCLUSIVE)
The U.K.’s National Theatre Live has unveiled the first trailer for its cinematic presentation of “Dr. Strangelove,” the stage adaptation of...
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Bong Joon Ho Knows Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Mickey 17’ Villain Resembles Trump: ‘Were We Oracles Predicting the Future?’
In a wide-ranging conversation at the British Film Institute ahead of his new film “Mickey 17,” Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho revealed that...
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Disney to Update ‘It’s a Small World’ Ride With New Lyrics
After nearly 60 years of being a Disneyland staple, the iconic “It’s a Small World” ride is getting a new set of lyrics for a new generation of...
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Noomi Rapace to Star in Character-Driven Action Thriller ‘Traction;’ WestEnd Films to Launch Package at EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Noomi Rapace is set to star in female-led action thriller “Traction,” which WestEnd Films is bringing to the EFM. “Traction” is directed by...
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Millie Bobby Brown Says Her Salary Contracts ‘Should’ve Been Protected So They’re Not on the Record’ After Reports of $10 Million ‘Enola Holmes’ Pay Leaked
Millie Bobby Brown spoke out in a Vanity Fair cover story about her film contracts leaking online. Reports surfaced in July 2022 that Brown was...
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How Best Picture Nominees Like ‘Conclave’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ Feel Different Under a Trump Presidency
“Election season is not for the weak.” Even this statement in the Telluride Film Festival program last fall couldn’t have guessed how directly...
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Why Hollywood Keeps Sending Rom-Coms Like ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Straight to Streaming
In “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” the neurotic, lovelorn heroine hasn’t just swapped cigarettes for Nicorette. She’s traded the big screen for...
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‘Bridget Jones’ Author Helen Fielding on Bringing ‘Mad About the Boy’ to the Big Screen and Defying Stereotypes About Women Dating Younger Men: ‘Bridget Isn’t Anyone’s Old Bat’
The night the third “Bridget Jones” novel, “Mad About the Boy,” came out in October 2013, author Helen Fielding was taking a walk in London when...
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Secuoya Studios Expands International Reach With New BlackBox Multimedia Partnership in the U.K.
Spanish content powerhouse Secuoya Studios has entered into a strategic first-look development and production partnership with London-based...
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Indian LGBTQ Horror Film ‘Ummeed’ Boards Venice Alum Karan Tejpal, Heads to EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Director Karan Tejpal, whose debut “Stolen” (2023) premiered in Venice’s Horizon’s strand before screening at BFI London Film Festival, Zurich Film...
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Icelandic Creators of Berlinale Series Market Selects’ ‘Vigdís’ on Biopic of Former President: ‘She Was a Role Model to Generations of Women’
“Vigdís,” the four-part biopic about Iceland’s iconic former president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, widely known as the world’s first democratically...