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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 […]
Andy Cohen has spent two decades presiding over some of reality television’s most memorable confrontations. Now, he’s opening up his personal archives. The Bravo host and executive producer is marking the 20th anniversary of the “Real Housewives” franchise with a new book, “Andy’s Bravo Scrapbook: Twenty Years Behind the Scenes of the Real Housewives and […]
Only 1.4 percent of all new wealth created between 2019 and 2025 went to the poorest 50 percent, report finds.
Brazil's left-wing president says he will release bank, tax, and phone records if right-wing rival will do the same.
The death was added to the federal tally, as the US records more than 4,400 measles cases nationwide.
President Macron's Gulf visit aims to address rising energy prices and strengthen ties amid regional security concerns.
Nigeria's Health Ministry says a woman who arrived on a flight from Uganda tested positive.
Netflix has joined as a strategic partner the newly expanded Santiago-Guadalajara Queer Incubator, a Latin American program organized by Chile’s Sanfic Industria in collaboration with the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) to foster professional growth and advance feature-length fiction film projects led by emerging LGBTIQ voices from across Latin America. Netflix is renewing a partnership which […]
Sacha Baron Cohen has explained why he decided to resurrect his buffoon alter-ego Ali G after more than a decade. “The fact that Ali G is outdated and problematic is the very reason I resurrected him,” Baron Cohen writes in a cover essay for Time magazine. “The world he’s returned to is, in many ways, […]
“Desert Chant,” the first single from “Dune: Part Three” has been released. The single begins with Timothée Chalamet humming before ascending into the war chant. The track is written by composer Hans Zimmer, who also scored the previous films. “Dune: Part Three” sees Chalamet return as Paul Atreides, continuing the story after his ascent to […]
Andrew Garfield is set to receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 6. Joining film critic Leonard Maltin for an on-stage conversation, Garfield will reflect on his decades-long career, including his upcoming performance in Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” where he plays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “Andrew Garfield has […]
Jon Leland, former chief strategy officer at Kickstarter, and Ivan Askwith, who previously led Digital Media at Lucasfilm, have teamed to launch Popular Demand, a new studio and technology company that partners with creators and fandoms to develop and distribute content to niche audiences. Popular Demand will develop, finance, produce and distribute film, television, publishing, […]
Netflix is gearing up for a Rob-Lowe-filled holiday season with the release of the actor’s documentary, “Rob Lowe: The Outsider,” and new video episodes of his podcast, “Literally! With Rob Lowe.” Set to release Nov. 24, “Rob Lowe: The Outsider” traces Lowe’s career from his breakout roles in “The Outsiders” and “St. Elmo’s Fire” to […]
Sundance Institute has appointed Tracy Brady as chief marketing, brand and communications officer. She is joining the organization at a pivotal time, with Sundance Film Festival preparing to relocate from Park City, Utah to Boulder, Colorado in 2027. Brady will report to Sundance Institute CEO David Linde and be based in Boulder. She is taking […]
The “Grievous Angel” will be getting a salute from a lot of grateful angels when an all-star tribute concert honoring the late Gram Parsons takes place at the Troubadour on Nov. 11, three nights before the country-rock pioneer is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. One of Parsons’ key collaborators during his […]
A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from Mariah Carey’s brother, in which he claimed he was defamed by the superstar’s 2020 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.” Morgan Carey, who is 10 years older than his sister, sued in 2021, alleging that the memoir falsely portrayed him as a violent drug dealer who had […]
CAA’s Roeg Sutherland remains bullish on the theatrical market, thinks the recent spate of mergers and consolidations represent an “opportunity” for film financiers and says it’s too soon to predict what the fallout will be from the wave of firings at Netflix. “To be honest, I really don’t know,” Sutherland said at Rome’s MIA Market […]
Trilateral deal between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan lays out provisions for joint defence.
The revocations targeted US visa holders who had allegedly broken the law, a spokesperson said.
The UAE and Bahrain deals increase French commitments to 295,000 tonnes a month, just over 10 percent of consumption.
