مسار منفصل للأخبار السياسية والعراقية والعالمية يظهر فور الجلب، بينما تبقى التقنية والذكاء الاصطناعي في الواجهة الرئيسية.
Ascend Literary Management has signed Robb Cullen for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. Cullen continues to be repped by IAG and Jared Levine, Sabrina Padwa and Jonathan Leiter of Yorn Levine. Cullen most recently created the series “Average Joe.” The series originally launched on BET+ in 2023, while the second season will debut on Paramount+ […]
Shakira, the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, Live Nation and CAF have announced a $1.25 million initial commitment to rebuild schools following the devastating earthquake in Colombia last week. The announcement follows a similar commitment after earthquakes ravaged Venezuela last year. Shakira visited Quibdó on Monday alongside philanthropist Howard Buffett and representatives from CAF, the […]
A new private grantmaking initiative dedicated to films about North Korea has launched out of Los Angeles, with an advisory board drawn from documentary filmmaking, journalism, and human rights advocacy. Bearing North, founded by entrepreneurs and film investors Blaine Vess and Esther Paik Vess, will award grants to independent filmmakers worldwide at any stage of […]
South by Southwest has unveiled plans for a podcast festival, new locals-only perks and temporary changes in music venues for the 2027 event that will unfold on the streets of Austin, Texas in March. SXSW will run from March 15-21. The inaugural Podcast Festival will be held March 17-21. Open to all SXSW badgeholders, the […]
Early this month, when the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 was occupied entirely by country artists for the first time in its history, most of the names were familiar: There was Taylor Swift, there was Ella Langley, there was Morgan Wallen, there was Morgan Wallen with Ella Langley… and at No. 5, 23-year-old […]
North Macedonian filmmaker Teona Mitevska (“Mother”) is prepping a sequel to her satirical drama “God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya,” which premiered in competition at the Berlinale in 2019, the director revealed at the Sarajevo Film Festival. Written by Mitevska and Elma Tataragić, “Petra Doesn’t Want to Die (Anatomy of Masculinity)” is the story of […]
Nonprofit production venture Waterwell, co-founded by “Succession” player Arian Moayed, and nonprofit Nimruz has doubled the funding for their program of Unseen Iran Grants now in its second cycle. Funding for the grant program has grown to $100,000 to supporting 10 artists representing the Iranian diaspora with TV, film, theater and creative projects in other […]
It’s no time warp — Madonna leads all other divas in nominations for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, with 11 nods, it was announced Tuesday morning. She’s followed by Taylor Swift, with nine nominations, and Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter, with seven each. Others with multiple shots at a Moon Person (as the awards […]
Australia’s screen and games sector contributed AUD11.1 billion ($7.9 billion) to the economy in gross value added in fiscal year 2023/24 and directly employed 68,844 people in FY 2024/25, according to Screen Currency 2026, a landmark Screen Australia study. The report singles out “Bluey” as the country’s most effective cultural export, citing the children’s series […]
Digital media veteran Adam Boorstin has joined Beast Industries’ WatchTime Studios as general manager overseeing the production of original content in a range of genres for various platforms. Boorstin joined the company earlier this month after a 10-year run with Studio71, a cutting-edge digital services provider that helps creators scale their content across disparate platforms. […]
Nicolas Altmayer, the prolific French producer behind the “OSS 117” franchise and films by François Ozon, Bertrand Bonello and Julia Ducournau, and his partner Mathilde Favier, a prominent Dior public relations executive, died Monday in a car accident in western France. Altmayer was 61 and Favier was 57. The couple were killed at around 4 […]
War Child U.K. has officially kicked off the 10th edition of its Secret 7″ record auction, featuring 700 sleeves designed by world-renowned artists and tracks from John Lennon, the Last Dinner Party, Glass Animals and more. Each record contains a mystery song printed onto 7″ vinyl, packaged inside a sleeve designed using the music as […]
The Gallagher brothers get reflective, philosophical and, less unexpectedly, foul-mouthed in the first trailer for Oasis documentary “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger.” “The way it finished … unacceptable … it didn’t sit right with me,” says Liam Gallagher in the opening moments. “I just don’t see myself with Liam,” adds Noel Gallagher. “I don’t […]
Craig Carton, the longtime sportscaster best known, perhaps, for his stints on New Yorks’ WFAN, will join Fox’s Outkick sports-media outlet, hosting a new three-days-a-week program for a national audience. “The Craig Carton Show” will launch on September 8, with new episodes debuting Mondays, Wenesdays and Fridays. The new program will feature Carton’s unique take on […]
Season 2 of “Toxic,” the Elizabeth Chambers-hosted true crime series that explores poisonous romantic relationships and the trauma they cause, will premiere on Investigation Discovery on Sept. 15. According to ID’s announcement, the series will continue doing what it does best, following “Chambers as she speaks with survivors of toxic relationships, domestic abuse, and intimate […]
The chaos, hard graft and — ultimately — privileged thrill of feature filmmaking were the central themes of conversation at the Variety Lounge at Edinburgh International Film Festival as the rising directors in official competition sat down to discuss their craft. Supported by VisitScotland and held in Edinburgh’s historic Caledonian Hotel, the Variety Lounge welcomed the 11 […]
“Slow Horses” fans are in for a nail-biting ride in Season 6, with someone hunting down members of the Slough House crew – and the return of some familiar faces. A new trailer for the upcoming season, which launches Sept. 16 on Apple TV, sees Jackson Lamb’s band of merry misfits go underground as they […]
Digital startup Snips — which mines TV and film libraries to turn existing content into short-form, vertical (or “microseries”) fare — has sealed new deals with Banijay Rights and BIG Media to adapt some of their series and movies into minute-long episodes. Banijay Rights is the global distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment (“Big Brother,” “MasterChef”), […]
French advertising giant Publicis Groupe has a new American teammate: Travis Kelce. The ad-holding company and the popular Kansas City Chiefs tight end are forming a joint venture that aims to help advertisers find and start partnerships with college athletes and universities, a sign of the growing importance of so-called “name, image and likeness” deals […]
Disney’s ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, raising the pitch of the company’s efforts to countermand unusual pressure from the federal government to force the company’s stations to submit licenses for early renewal proceedings. ABC has found itself at cross purposes with the FCC at several moments in […]
