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Move over, Mark Kerr, and make way for the Chicken Man. Dwayne Johnson was spotted in Brooklyn on Tuesday shooting his new movie “Lizard Music” from director Benny Safdie. Like with his previous collaboration with the “Uncut Gems” director, 2025’s “The Smashing Machine,” Johnson has gone through a serious prosthetic transformation. This time around, instead […]
Banijay Entertainment, the production and distribution behemoth that now encompasses All3Media, is considering an expansion into the highly competitive U.S. scripted space, having gained major financial firepower through the recent merger. Speaking alongside chair Jeff Zucker in a conversation with Variety’s co-editor-in-chief at Mipcom Cannes, Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti said he saw an opportunity for […]
Over the last two years, no Spanish company has helped drive Spanish content onto the world stage more than Movistar Plus, the biggest Spanish pay TV/SVOD operator. Since 2025 alone, Movistar Plus Originals have scored the two top prizes at Series Mania with “Querer” and “Celeste,” has earned two Oscar nominations with “Sirāt,” while “La […]
Sesame Street has a half-century-long tradition of legendary musical guests and innovative adaptations: from Stevie Wonder’s iconic performance in the early ‘70s to Tony Bennett retrofitting his timeless classic “Fly Me to the Moon” to be a story about the show’s worm character Slimy on an expedition to the moon (“Slimy to the Moon,” of […]
