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Introducing George Jaques, the ‘Sunny Dancer’ Director and ‘Ballsy’ British Creative Being Called the ‘Tom Holland of Filmmaking’

Luxury fashion house Hermès recently hosted a special dinner in London to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Athenaeum, the production company founded by British multi-hyphenate George Jaques. While a touch pretentious, the name was chosen mostly because it “didn’t sound like a 16-year-old made it,” someone who, at the time, “couldn’t actually spell it,” he […]

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Oscars: Poland Submits Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland,’ Starring Sandra Hüller, for International Feature Race

Poland has selected “Fatherland,” Paweł Pawlikowski’s post-WWII drama starring Sandra Hüller, as its entry for the Oscars international feature race. The black-and-white film — which follows German novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Hüller) on a road trip across Germany in 1949 — world premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival in […]

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‘The Traitors’ Season 5 Cast Revealed: Kristin Chenoweth, Dominic Monaghan, Whitney Leavitt, and More

“The Traitors” has set a new round of players for its upcoming fifth season. The cast of Season 5 of the hit Peacock reality competition series will consist of: Bianca Del Rio (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”)Boman Martinez-Reid (Content Creator)Bronwyn Newport (“The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”)Casey Wilson (Actress)Chloe Kim (Olympic Snowboarder)Cody Simpson (Singer)Craig Conover (“Southern […]

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Japan’s Top Broadcasters Unite for First Joint Delegation to MipCancun (EXCLUSIVE)

Ten major Japanese broadcasters are joining forces for the first time to send a joint delegation to MipCancun, marking the country’s first coordinated television market presence outside Asia. The “All-Japan” initiative is organized under the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA) in collaboration with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the Broadcast Program […]

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Nick Kroll Delivers Heartfelt Appeal for Productions to Shoot in L.A.: ‘It Will Bring Life Back’ to the City

Nick Kroll said upcoming Netflix comedy series “A Hundred Percent,” which he co-created and stars in, is a “love letter” to Los Angeles — and he expressed hope that a “thriving” entertainment production community will bring “vitality” to the city. The comedian, writer, producer, director and actor was a featured keynote speaker at the Variety […]

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Universal Still Plans Overseas Release for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ Documentary Despite Mogul’s Legal Threats

Contrary to a recent report, Universal is moving forward as planned with the international release of Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary “Musk,” sources familiar with the project told Variety. Though a release date has not yet been set for the overseas rollout, that’s not unusual for a film like “Musk,” a nearly 4-hour long documentary […]