مسار منفصل للأخبار السياسية والعراقية والعالمية يظهر فور الجلب، بينما تبقى التقنية والذكاء الاصطناعي في الواجهة الرئيسية.
Prince Harry has lost his long-running lawsuit against the publishers of the Daily Mail. The British royal, who now lives in Montecito, California, was among a group of high-profile figures who filed suit in 2022 alleging they were victims of unlawful information gathering. The others were Elton John, David Furnish, actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie […]
Maeve Jinkings, Bárbara Colen and Márcio Vito, three of the finest Brazilian actors of their generation, are set to star in “Mesopotamia.” Director Andy Malafaia’s feature debut, “Mesopotamia” is set up at Brazil’s Druzina Content, behind “Five Types of Fear,” a best film winner at Gramado Fest which was boarded by Viola Davis’ Ashé as […]
Women’s sports have never been bigger. Now Togethxr, the sports media company co-founded by veteran exec Jessica Robertson alongside pro athletes Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel and Sue Bird, is getting in the weekly podcast game. Togethxr and iHeartMedia announced the launch of “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports,” a weekly audio and video podcast debuting […]
You’d be hard-pressed to call an hour spent in the company of Harry Shearer and Tom Leopold work. Not only is each a prolific comedian in their his right — Shearer best known for his roles in “The Simpsons” and “Spinal Tap” while Leopold has writing credits on numerous hits including “Cheers” and “Seinfeld” – […]
Anime is no longer a niche import. It is pop culture’s new center of gravity – and nobody is moving faster to press that advantage than the studio behind “Demon Slayer.” Nishimoto Shu, appointed president of Aniplex earlier this year, has outlined a plan to deepen the Sony Music Entertainment Japan subsidiary’s foothold in international […]
Bombillo Amarillo, the Colombian co-producer of “The Violinist,” winner of Annecy’s top Cristal for best animated feature film, is launching an animation beachhead in Spain. BA Estudios, an animation studio, will be up and running from the week of July 13, based out of Bilbao, capital of Bizkaia, part of Spain’s Basque Country and home […]
France’s Autour de Minuit, behind Academy Award-winning animated short “Logorama,” and Spamflix, a burgeoning force in Portuguese animation production and distribution, have boarded Brazilian filmmaker and cinematographer Erick Ricco’s “The March of the Sunflowers,” one of the animation highlights at this week’s Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM). Already working up an industry fanbase at December’s Animation! […]
Jude Law will star in a new movie about a getaway driver, written by Zach Baylin, the co-creator alongside Kate Susman of Netflix miniseries “Black Rabbit,” co-writer of Justin Kurzel’s movie “The Order” and an Oscar nominee with “King Richard.” The new movie will be produced by Law’s production company Riff Raff Entertainment. Riff Raff […]
Hot-button Iranian doc “An Eye for an Eye,” that in 2025 scored a Special Jury mention at the Tribeca Festival, has been acquired by New York-based AI-driven documentary distributor Jolt dedicated to indie titles. Co-directed by Iranian-born American documentary filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian and Iran-based Farzad Jafari, “An Eye for an Eye” follows a real-life Tehran-set courtroom […]
Lured by Colombia’s coveted film incentives, new production shingle Miércoles Entertainment, co-founded by former Pantelion/Pantaya exec Paul Presburger, chose to shoot its first feature, “Belleza,” in Colombia. “We shot Pantelion and Pantaya projects in Colombia in the past but we’ve never had a smoother production. Thanks to Daniel Hernández and the Secuoya team, we came […]
Spanish actors Itziar Ituño (“Money Heist”) and Vito Sanz (“The Other Way Around”) have landed starring roles in “Numana,” a sci-fi drama series created by Argentine-Spanish writer-directors Jesica Arán (“Pájaros Negros”) and Soledad Velasco (“Cross Dreamers”). The series will be produced by Chilean-Spanish production company Clara Films and Barcelona-based Unbound Hub, a Senior VFX Strategy […]
Rimini’s Teatro Amintore Galli was packed to the rafters for a conversation between Turkish actor Özge Gürel (“Wolf,” “Mr. Wrong”) and Serkan Çayoğlu (“Wolf,” “Cherry Season”) on Sunday at the Italian Global Series Festival. The second the on-stage conversation concluded, a wave of ardent fans rushed to greet them in person. The conversation was itself […]
Jay-Z has added a London date to his string of “Jay-Z 30” shows, celebrating his three-decade career in music. The rapper will play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sept. 4. The concert will mark his only U.K. stop of the year and joins previously announced performances in Paris on Sept. 10 and Los Angeles on […]
Lauren McQueen, recently seen as Maid Marian in the MGM+/Lionsgate series “Robin Hood,” is set to lead upcoming British psychological drama “Crack’d.” A first-look for the film has been unveiled. Currently nearing picture lock, the feature is set and shot in Liverpool and sees McQueen play Chloe, a once promising young actress whose reality unravels […]
India’s T-Series Films and Almighty Motion Picture, the team behind hit Amazon MX Player series “Made in India: A Titan Story,” are reuniting for “The Tatas,” a multi-season drama adapting Girish Kuber’s book “The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation.” The companies acquired the audio-visual rights to Kuber’s book in 2022 […]
Suno, the controversial AI music generation company eager to partner with the music industry, has tapped two executives with longstanding ties to the business in VP roles. The company has hired former Atlantic Records executive Grace James as vice president and head of artist marketing and editorial. In addition, Christian Bowne, former YouTube head of […]
The U.K. and Ireland box office maintained a steady rhythm over the weekend as Disney’s “Toy Story 5” retained the number one spot for a third consecutive frame. The Pixar release collected £5.7 million ($7.6 million), pushing its three-week cumulative total to £37.9 million ($50.7 million). Universal secured second place with the wide-circuit launch of […]
The Hollywood Bowl was by no means a lonely bowl Sunday night, as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass returned to pack the storied venue for the first time in 59 years. The Brass’s Cahuenga Pass comeback came not a moment too soon, with the band leader proudly bragging about his age… as one does, […]
The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team has been eliminated from World Cup competition in a hard 4-1 loss Monday evening to Belgium in the Round of 16 of the global soccer tournament. Belgium defeated the U.S. in a match held before a capacity crowd at Seattle Stadium. The game is expected to deliver NFL-level ratings […]
Variety’s Rebecca Rubin breaks down a muted July 4th holiday weekend at the box office with a tepid U.S. opening for Universal and Illumination’s “Minions and Monsters” but a solid turnout for indie Angel Studios’ “Young Washington.” And Variety‘s K.J. Yossman explains why Comcast’s Sky has struck a deal to buy U.K. broadcaster ITV for […]
