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The 13th edition of the UAE’s Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth is expanding its pitching platform for its second iteration. Six projects were selected this year, up from the three that took part during its inaugural program. The expansion is part of SIFF’s effort to build a pathway for emerging filmmakers beyond […]
Two Emirati filmmakers are bringing distinctly local stories to the 13th edition of the Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, with Khalid Al Mahmood’s musical “The Mangrove House” and Abdulrahman Al Madani’s family drama “Oug,” the only Emirati films in competition. Both filmmakers have longstanding ties to SIFF. “The Mangrove House,” which world […]
HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series is casting Revelio on some more Season 1 roles. David Threlfall (“Shameless,” “Nightsleeper”) has been cast as the voice of the Sorting Hat, while Leo Bill (“The Living and the Dead,” “Alice in Wonderland”) will play Gryffindor House ghost Nearly Headless Nick. Andrew Brooke (“PhoneShop,” “The Agency”) will play Slytherin […]
Acclaimed British theater director Dominic Cooke, behind the recent stage spin-off “Game of Thrones: The Mad King,” is to helm his first film since 2020’s Benedict Cumberbatch-starring spy thriller “The Courier.” “John Daniel,” which has been acquired for worldwide sales by Cornerstone ahead of the American Film Market, is based on the extraordinary true story […]
After a thrilling F1 Mexico City GP last weekend, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing won his third race of the season. However, by finishing third, Kimi Antonelli won 2026 Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship with 380 points on the season. Antonelli is now the youngest racer to win the F1 championship at age 20. […]
“Blindspot Berlin,” a buzzy counter-terror police unit thriller led by “All Quiet on the Western Front” star Albrecht Schuch has been licensed by Beta Film to Spain’s upscale SVOD platform Filmin. Backed by Germany’s ARD, Europe’s biggest public broadcaster as well as rbb, NDR, and HR, “Blindspot Berlin’s” Spanish deal was announced Friday on the […]
“The Pitt” Emmy winner Noah Wyle has vowed to always sign autographs for kids after he had a memorable run-in with Eddie Murphy when he was 9 years old. Wyle, who was just voted People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2026, told Amy Poehler on her “Good Hang” podcast about asking Murphy for an autograph years […]
With Aerosmith, fans might not want to miss a thing, but they most especially did not want to miss — if at all possible — the band’s two all-star-guest-augmented shows at the Hollywood Bowl this week, the first of which was Thursday night. These two outings are the group’s first shows since they had to […]
Jerry Seinfeld is headed to Las Vegas in 2027 with a brand new residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn. The comedian will kick off a string of 12 performances just before the Super Bowl, from Feb. 11 to Feb. 13, before returning for a weekend in June and another weekend in October. Tickets to […]
Amazon’s stock price is down after the ecommerce giant missed Q3 earnings estimates and ad revenue growth slowed in the quarter — while investors are rattled by its continued massive investment in AI infrastructure, which put a crimp in free cash flow. But on the company’s earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy called out bright spots […]
“Bára Basiková is a truly fascinating singer,” says Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Třeštíková, who was honored for her contribution to the genre at this week’s Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival. Her subject for the 50-year time lapse docu “Bára – Diary of a Rockstar,” Basiková sang in rock bands before the Velvet Revolution, including Precedens and […]
Russell Brand’s defense in his London rape trial was “a lot of half-truths” that were “spun into lies,” the prosecution said on Friday in its closing argument. Brand has been charged with with three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault. He has pleaded not guilty to […]
Shopping for the women in your life is easy enough if you’re sticking to the usual suspects: a cashmere sweater, a luxury fragrance, a pair of designer sunglasses. But what about the friend who thinks Nathan Fielder is the hottest man alive? Or the one who’d rather spend Friday night watching “Gone With the Wind” […]
Television has no shortage of thrillers, but the sinister twists and turns of Apple TV’s latest entry into the genre, “Nocturne” — based on Lars Kepler’s novels “Lazarus” and “The Sandman” — make it well worth your time. Created by Rowan Joffé, the series follows Jonah Lynn (Liev Schreiber), a former homicide detective turned recluse […]
Voicemod, the AI-powered voice-modifying platform that lets users change the tone and sound of their voice and make use of sound effects, will add the likes of Star Wars and Marvel characters to the mix. The company said Friday it would incorporate soundboards from Star Wars and Marvel projects onto its platform, allowing its 5.7 […]
Although he released two albums during the final dozen years of his life, David Bowie had effectively retired from active duty, focusing on his family and, as his extensive posthumous catalog of sound and vision shows, curating his life’s work. It’s been a treasure trove for longtime fans, but one thing in particular has been […]
The romantic comedy “Eavesdropping” has all the ingredients of a traditional TV series: recurring characters, serialized storylines and a will-they-or-won’t-they relationship at its center. But you won’t find it on a streaming service or a TV network. Created by Nicolas Alayo, Kaleigh Howland and Christian Sullivan, who also all act in the series, “Eavesdropping” unfolds […]
The immersive Czech film “Up Again,” screening in its world premiere at the Ji.hlava docu fest, starts in darkness as the unmistakable sound of ice skates scraping at high speed fills the cinema. Director Eliska Cilkova Andrsova says it’s a motif she returns to again and again throughout her three-year chronicle of the rise of […]
Bereaved families say they were appalled to see footage of the Itaewon disaster included in Modern Warfare 4.
Microdrama platform FlareFlow will launch in Thailand on Nov. 2 through AIS Play, the entertainment service of Thai telecom operator Advanced Info Service (AIS), in a deal brokered by Singapore-based distributor Rock Networks. FlareFlow, the vertical video service owned by COL Group, will cost subscribers THB39 ($1.15) a month. AIS Play users will find a […]
