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Christopher Abbott felt a bit humbled by his reveal as Professor X at D23 last month. The “Girls” and “East of Eden” star will take on the iconic role in Marvel’s upcoming “X-Men” reboot, which is set to release in May 2028. Speaking to New York Magazine in a robe at the Russian and Turkish […]
Jack’d, the largest dating app for queer people of color in the United States, is launching the inaugural Jack’d Film Festival, a showcase and competition celebrating original films by queer creators with a particular focus on films that center the experiences, stories and/or perspectives of queer people of color. TS Madison (“Outlaws With TS Madison” […]
LCD Soundsystem will continue their nearly ten-year tradition of NYC year-ending residencies with 12 shows over three weekends, beginning November 19-22 at Knockdown Center in Queens, continuing with a November 30-December 3 return to Brooklyn Steel, and concluding with four more shows December 10-13 at Knockdown Center. This year’s four-night run at Brooklyn Steel will […]
“La Bola Negra” writer-director-producers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are set to exec produce an ambitious, new HBO Max drama series now in development in Spain and created by preeminent Spanish screenwriters Fran Araújo and Eduard Sola. A co-writer on Alberto Rodriguez’s “The Anatomy of a Moment” nominated for an International Emmy last week, Araújo […]
Media and entertainment group Banijay Entertainment has greenlit an adaptation of Raphael Montes’s “Uma Mulher No Escuro” (“A Woman in the Dark”) for Globoplay. The project will be led by Banijay’s Brazilian scripted label, A Fábrica, and is developed in partnership with the author’s development studio Casa Montes. The project was known to be in […]
Netflix has dropped a first look at Jenna Ortega in “Wednesday” Season 3 as the streamer announced that production has officially wrapped. Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in the Tim Burton-directed series that launched in 2022. Season 2 debuted last year in two parts released in August and September. The first four-episode half garnered 50 […]
Women make up about 1 percent of US executions. How do states put people to death, and why is it contested?
Iraq marks US troop withdrawal with 'Sovereignty Days', symbolising a shift after decades of foreign military presence.
At least six people killed in drone attack on passenger van and one person killed in strike on residential apartment.
Danny Boyle is adamant: “28 Years Later” part 3 will happen. “‘28 Years 3,’ or whatever it ends up being called, will get made because people keep asking about it. Quite when I’m not sure, but there’s a script – a very good script by Alex Garland,” he said. And it will feature Cillian Murphy. […]
“NAZA,” the hot-button documentary about the war in Gaza which recently won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival, beat “Avengers: Endgame Encore” to debut at No. 1 at the Italian box office. In its first theatrical outing following its Venice launch, the doc — which was shot at night on the rooftops […]
The World Soundtrack Awards’ Discovery of the Year prize has a knack for spotting emerging talent. Gustavo Santaolalla (“21 Grams”), Michael Giacchino (“The Incredibles”) and Nicholas Britell (“Moonlight”) all won it before reshaping the modern film score, and recent winners Daniel Blumberg (“The Brutalist”) and Jerskin Fendrix (“Poor Things”) look set to follow. Meet this […]
City officials say three killed in Ukraine's capital, as emergency services say child killed in the surrounding region.
Crude flows through Hormuz have recovered, but tanker insurance costs and geopolitical risks remain barriers to a return to normality.
Yemen's latest fighting has redrawn front lines after more than a decade of war, deepening hunger and displacement.
Netanyahu faces continued pressure over alleged warnings before the 2023 Hamas attack as October 27 elections draw near.
Former American Idol contestant found guilty of murdering wife
Mubi has taken worldwide rights to two iconic series from Movistar Plus International, the overseas distributor of the biggest Spanish pay TV and SVOD operator: “La Mesias,” from “La Bola Negra” directors Los Javis, and “Riot Police,” the first premium TV series from “The Beloved” director Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Further headlines: Nominated on Sept. 23 for […]
Top Bollywood star Ajay Devgn tells Variety he is confident “Drishyam 3: The Conclusion” clears the bar set by its predecessors, calling the psychological thriller’s twists unpredictable even for genre-savvy audiences accustomed to guessing outcomes. Speaking ahead of the film’s Oct. 2 release, Devgn says the Hindi-language franchise ends definitively, unlike its open-ended Malayalam-language counterpart. […]
The death of King Oyo Nyimba in August triggered widespread grief and a succession dispute in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom.
