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Saudi national charged with planting a listening device at OpenAI offices
US FBI said Abdulrahman Alfozan was engineer at the tech giant from June 2025.
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DataFuelX Launches Video Ad Marketplace That Taps 13 Different Publishers
As media audiences fall apart, one analytics company hopes to knit some of them back together. DataFuelX, a company led by former TV-sales executives is launching DFX Marketplace, a new way for advertisers to connect to commercial inventory across multiple publishers with a single point of entry. The company, co-founded by Dan Aversano and Michael […]
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‘Clayface’ First Reactions Praise DC Body Horror as ‘Freakishly Awesome’ and ‘Loaded With Brutal Scenes’
The first reactions are in for DC Comics’ body horror thriller “Clayface,” with journalists and fans calling it “freakishly awesome” and “everything you want from a villain-led movie.” Directed by “Speak No Evil” filmmaker James Watkins from a screenplay co-written by “The Haunting of Hill House” creator Mike Flanagan, “Clayface” stars Tom Rhys Harries as […]
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Netflix Lays Off 6% of Employees, Elimination About 1,000 Jobs in Biggest Cutbacks to Date
Netflix is swinging the axe — laying off around 1,000 employees, representing 6% of its workforce, in what is its biggest layoff to date. Most of the layoffs will affect workers in Netflix’s product, technology, legal and HR teams, co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters wrote in an email to employees Wednesday morning about the […]
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Apple TV’s Hit German Series ‘Where’s Wanda?’ Returns for Season 2, Again Asking: ‘How Far Would You Go to Save Your Child?’
“Where’s Wanda?” Apple TV’s first German series, proved a major hit for the streamer. The show’s creative team at UFA Fiction have now raised the stakes with Season 2. Set in the town of Sundersheim, the series’ first season followed parents Carlotta (Heike Makatsch) and Dedo (Axel Stein) Klatt on their desperate search for their […]
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Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman Thriller ‘Pumping Black’ Adds Daniel Quinn-Toye, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Arieh Worthalter and Tony Hale (EXCLUSIVE)
Cameras have started rolling in the French Alps on “Pumping Black” a high-adrenaline thriller being led by Jonathan Bailey (“Wicked,” “Jurassic World: Rebirth”) and Oscar winner Natalie Portman (“May December,” “Good Sex”). First announced by Variety earlier this year ahead of its market launch in Cannes by Anton Studios, the film also stars Lukas Gage […]
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‘Zogsool’ Wins Four Prizes at Busan Vision Awards as ‘Full Moon’ Takes Three
Sakhya Byamba’s “Zogsool” was the biggest winner at the Busan International Film Festival’s Vision Awards on Wednesday, taking home four prizes. The film won both the Netpac Award and the Fipresci Award, along with the Vision of Jiseok Award. It also shared the Hylife Vision Award with Sailesh Rathnakumar’s “Selvi,” which separately picked up the […]
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Paul McCartney Calls Out Beatles Movies Because Paul Mescal Is Shorter Than John Lennon Actor; He Texted Director Sam Mendes: ‘Don’t Do This!’
Paul McCartney has a bone to pick with Sam Mendes, the director of the upcoming four Beatles movies starring Paul Mescal as McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. What’s the issue? It all comes down to how tall Mescal is compared to his co-stars. […]
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Content Market and Conference Mipcom Attracts 10,100 Delegates, Down by Around 500
As Mipcom, the annual content market and conference in Cannes, wound down on Wednesday, Lucy Smith, the event’s chief, revealed attendance figures for this year’s edition. Total attendance this year was 10,100 delegates, down approximately 500 from last year, of which 3,150 were buyers – that’s 34% of the total delegate number – down approximately […]
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Wang Chao’s ‘A Woman’ Swooped on by France’s Malavida, Which Sets 2027 Retrospective
LYON, France — French distributor Malavida has picked up Wang Chao’s “A Woman,” the Chinese filmmaker’s 2022 drama that won the screenplay prize at San Sebastián but has never received a theatrical release in France. Malavida is also preparing a wider retrospective of his work for spring 2027. The acquisitions, announced during Lyon’s International Classic […]
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Colombia inaugurates embassy to Israel in Jerusalem
Palestinian officials slam move by Colombian government that marked major shift after ex-president had cut Israel ties.
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How AI apps are offering free substitutes for Big Tech software
AI-developed ArtCraft is challenging Adobe after disrupting legacy software's economic model.
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Iraq’s PM tells Saudi crown prince Iraqi territory will not be used for attacks
Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline was struck by drones last month in an attack that originated in Iraq.
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Rachel Nichols Will Lead ‘The Story,’ a Daily Show From Sports Illustrated
Rachel Nichols has worked at some of the biggest mainstays in sports media. Now she’s growing her presence at one of them. Nichols, who is a regular at Fox Sports and Monumental Sports Network, will host a new weekday show for Sports Illustrated. “The Story with Rachel Nichols” will stream weekdays at 9 a.m. on […]
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Google’s Top Trending Halloween Costumes for 2026 Include ‘Obsession,’ ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Descendants’
Hollywood is providing plenty of Halloween inspiration this year, though some of the most-searched costumes for 2026 are coming from considerably stranger corners of the internet. Google has unveiled its top trending Halloween costume searches ahead of Oct. 31, with characters from horror films, video games and viral sensations dominating this year’s list. Leading the […]
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Gary Cosay, Co-Founder of United Talent Agency, Dies at 92
Gary Cosay, a longtime talent agent who was among the co-founders of United Talent Agency, has died. He was 92. Cosay died Oct. 5 at his home in Carmel, Calif. He was known for representing top TV writers and he was a quiet force in the rise of the modern-day showrunner in the 1990s and […]
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Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ Sets U.S., U.K. Release With Jimmy O. Yang, MC Jin Voicing English Dub
Stephen Chow’s “Kung Fu Soccer” will hit cinemas in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ireland on Oct. 23, with Singapore-based distributor Encore Films releasing the action-comedy in its original language as well as in a newly produced English-dubbed version. Jimmy O. Yang, MC Jin and Chow all voice their own characters in English for […]
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‘I’m Still Here’ Star Maeve Jinkings Set for Women’s Convent-Prison Daring Escape Drama ‘Cabildo 71’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Brazil’s Maeve Jinkings, renowned for her pivotal role in Walter Salles’ Oscar-winning “I’m Still Here,” leads the cast in the upcoming prison convent escape drama “Cabildo 71,” which is selected to participate in Ventana Sur’s Proyecta Co-Production Forum. Jinkings is also best known for her roles in “The Secret Agent” director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s lauded […]
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Ben Frow Stepping Down as Chief Content Officer of 5, Skydance’s U.K. Network, After 14 Years
Ben Frow, chief content officer of 5 (formerly Channel 5) is stepping down next year. The news was shared in an internal memo from Reemah Sakaan, president of the Skydance-owned U.K. network. He has been with the company for 14 years. “I have always said that this was the best job in the world, and […]
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France’s Luxbox, Spain’s Amore Cine Join Melina León’s Ventana Sur Proyecta Title ‘Portrait Huaco’ (EXCLUSIVE)
France’s Luxbox and Spain’s Amore Cine have boarded the Peruvian drama “Portrait Huaco” (“Huaco retrato”) by Melina León, best known for her debut feature “Song Without a Name” (“Canción sin nombre”), which world premiered at the 2019 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. “After the incredible journey we shared with ‘Song Without a Name,’ I’m thrilled to continue […]