Amazon’s stock price is down after the ecommerce giant missed Q3 earnings estimates and ad revenue growth slowed in the quarter — while investors are rattled by its continued massive investment in AI infrastructure, which put a crimp in free cash flow. But on the company’s earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy called out bright spots […]
Jerry Seinfeld is headed to Las Vegas in 2027 with a brand new residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn. The comedian will kick off a string of 12 performances just before the Super Bowl, from Feb. 11 to Feb. 13, before returning for a weekend in June and another weekend in October. Tickets to […]
With Aerosmith, fans might not want to miss a thing, but they most especially did not want to miss — if at all possible — the band’s two all-star-guest-augmented shows at the Hollywood Bowl this week, the first of which was Thursday night. These two outings are the group’s first shows since they had to […]
“The Pitt” Emmy winner Noah Wyle has vowed to always sign autographs for kids after he had a memorable run-in with Eddie Murphy when he was 9 years old. Wyle, who was just voted People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2026, told Amy Poehler on her “Good Hang” podcast about asking Murphy for an autograph years […]
“Blindspot Berlin,” a buzzy counter-terror police unit thriller led by “All Quiet on the Western Front” star Albrecht Schuch has been licensed by Beta Film to Spain’s upscale SVOD platform Filmin. Backed by Germany’s ARD, Europe’s biggest public broadcaster as well as rbb, NDR, and HR, “Blindspot Berlin’s” Spanish deal was announced Friday on the […]
Acclaimed British theater director Dominic Cooke, behind the recent stage spin-off “Game of Thrones: The Mad King,” is to helm his first film since 2020’s Benedict Cumberbatch-starring spy thriller “The Courier.” “John Daniel,” which has been acquired for worldwide sales by Cornerstone ahead of the American Film Market, is based on the extraordinary true story […]
HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series is casting Revelio on some more Season 1 roles. David Threlfall (“Shameless,” “Nightsleeper”) has been cast as the voice of the Sorting Hat, while Leo Bill (“The Living and the Dead,” “Alice in Wonderland”) will play Gryffindor House ghost Nearly Headless Nick. Andrew Brooke (“PhoneShop,” “The Agency”) will play Slytherin […]
Two Emirati filmmakers are bringing distinctly local stories to the 13th edition of the Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, with Khalid Al Mahmood’s musical “The Mangrove House” and Abdulrahman Al Madani’s family drama “Oug,” the only Emirati films in competition. Both filmmakers have longstanding ties to SIFF. “The Mangrove House,” which world […]
The 13th edition of the UAE’s Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth is expanding its pitching platform for its second iteration. Six projects were selected this year, up from the three that took part during its inaugural program. The expansion is part of SIFF’s effort to build a pathway for emerging filmmakers beyond […]
“A Court of Thorns and Roses” fans returned to Prythian in staggering numbers this week with the release of Sarah J. Maas’s sixth book in her epic fantasy franchise. The new installment, “A Court of Splintered Harmony,” broke a record for Maas when it sold 1.7 million copies on its Tuesday release date alone, Variety […]
Everybody’s favorite demigods are back. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri — along with the show’s co-creator and executive producer Jonathan E. Steinberg, and executive producer Dan Shotz — made the trek to Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games Festival on Friday for a dedicated panel presentation that […]
The immersive Czech film “Up Again,” screening in its world premiere at the Ji.hlava docu fest, starts in darkness as the unmistakable sound of ice skates scraping at high speed fills the cinema. Director Eliska Cilkova Andrsova says it’s a motif she returns to again and again throughout her three-year chronicle of the rise of […]
