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Taylor Swift, Inducted Into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Says ‘There Is No Music Community Like This Music Community. I Know, I Checked All the Communities’

Taylor Swift looked back on her earliest days crafting songs in Music City as she was inducted Monday into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member at 36. Swift was inducted by former tourmate Brad Paisley, whom she teased, and serenaded by Lainey Wilson, whom she praised, before launching into a lengthy […]

‘Nobody Wants This’ Star Tovah Feldshuh Responds to Adam Brody’s Palestine Support: ‘To Accuse the Jewish People of Genocide’ Is ‘Right Out of Hitler’s Playbook’

“Nobody Wants This” star Tovah Feldshuh has weighed in after Adam Brody called for a “Free Palestine” during a GQ interview last month. At the time, the actor, who plays Rabbi Noah Roklov on the Netflix show, explained that while he hadn’t spoken publicly about the Israel-Gaza issue before, it comes up “a lot” for […]

Neil Young Files $10 Million Suit Against Trump for Using ‘Rockin’ in the Free World,’ Six Years After a Prior Settlement Over the Same Song

Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J. Trump’s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the president’s walkup music at midterm election rallies. If it feels like (to quote a Crosby, Stills, Nash & […]

Netflix Hires Steve Wilson to Lead Podcast Content Acquisition

Netflix has hired Steve Wilson to head its podcast expansion, Variety has confirmed. Wilson will lead the company’s podcast content acquisitions on a contract basis. Before heading to Netflix, Wilson spent 15 years at Apple, where he most recently headed marketing for Apple Podcasts and partnered with podcasters and networks. He left Apple in December […]

Hubert de la Bouillerie, Editor on ‘Woodstock,’ ‘Witches of Eastwick,’ Dies at 75

Hubert de la Bouillerie, who edited films including George Miller’s “The Witches of Eastwick” and “Tango & Cash,” died Aug. 8 in Los Angeles. He was 75. Among his credits was additional editing on the 1970 documentary “Woodstock,” along with “Highlander II: The Quickening,” “Mo’ Money,” “Doin’ Time,” “Blank Check” and “Celtic Pride.” He also […]

Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti Announces 2026 Writers Fellowship Class

The Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti has named the third cohort of its annual PEAK Writers Fellowship. This year’s cohort includes Kanani Koster, Erin Lau, Sean Oketani, Neil Tinkham and Pouariʻi Tanne. Supported by Netflix, the fellowship selects five up-and-coming writers whose work honors Pasifika (people of Pacific Islander descent) experiences, providing them with mentorship, professional […]

‘Call of Duty’ Movie Will Be About the ‘Cost of War and Having to Be a Warrior,’ Says Director: ‘These Are Not Comic Books or Cartoon Characters’

Paramount Pictures’ upcoming “Call of Duty” movie, based on the massively popular video game franchise, is definitely not going to feel like a comic book tentpole or make soldiers out to be superheroes, director Peter Berg recently told ComicBook. The “Friday Night Lights” and “Lone Survivor” director is helming the video game adaptation from a […]

India’s Oscar Entry ‘Gondhal’ Unveils Global Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

“Gondhal,” the Marathi-language thriller India has put forward for the international feature Oscar at the 99th Academy Awards, has launched its global trailer as its awards push moves into a new phase. The film is the first feature from writer-director Santosh Davakhar. It was chosen from a field of 33 films in contention for India’s […]

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‘The Odyssey’ VFX House DNEG Co-Finances Francesco Lucente’s Fantasy Adventure ‘Sinbad,’ Cappu Films Boards Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

DNEG, the visual effects house on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” has come aboard Francesco Lucente’s fantasy adventure “Sinbad” as co-financier and producer, with Hong Kong-based Cappu Films handling sales in a wide spread of territories. The deal was unveiled ahead of the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market. Lucente’s fresh screen version of the classic […]

Macklemore Calls for Unity During First ‘Free Palestine’ Show as Hozier, Kneecap and Mark Ruffalo Support: ‘Those Two Words Are So Threatening to Some People’

Macklemore dedicated his first “Free Palestine” tour date in Dublin, Ireland to “love and liberation,” just over a month after he was dropped as an opener for Ed Sheeran following a political speech on stage. 3Arena was dotted with keffiyehs and Palestinian flags on Monday night as Dubliners young and old gathered to back the […]

Tom DeSimone, Director of ‘Chatterbox,’ ‘Reform School Girls,’ Dies at 87

Tom DeSimone, who transitioned from directing adult films into helming a host of B-movies including cult pic “Reform School Girls” and talking-vagina comedy “Chatterbox,” died Oct. 17 in Cathedral City, Calif. He was 87. His brother Bob confirmed his death and said he chose to die with medically assisted end of death after a terminal […]

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Ella Langley Retakes No. 1 on Hot 100 From Taylor Swift; Tate McRae’s ‘Housewife,’ Rodrigo/Roan ‘Expectations’ and Zach Bryan/Lana Del Rey ‘Lies’ All Bow Big

Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” no longer has a stranglehold on the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100; after three weeks of dominance, it has relinquished the slot to the previous song to have a stranglehold on the chart, the evidently indomitable “Choosin’ Texas.” Ella Langley’s historically significant country tune returns to the top […]

L.A. Film School Escapes Whistleblower Lawsuit as Judge Punishes Lawyer for AI Use

A federal judge has thrown out a whistleblower lawsuit that accused the Los Angeles Film School of massive student loan fraud and has sanctioned the claimants’ attorney for filing a brief generated by ChatGPT. The whistleblowers, two former executives at the school, filed a false claims suit in 2024, alleging a scheme in which the […]

Lionsgate Forms Joint Venture With Steven Paul, Movie Producer Who Has Had Trump’s Ear

Lionsgate and Steven Paul, an entrepreneur and film producer who has personally lobbied President Donald Trump on a federal tax incentive for Hollywood, are forming a joint venture through which Paul’s SP Media will make a “significant” investment in new initiatives together with Lionsgate. The amount of Paul’s planned investment into the JV was not […]