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Hong Sangsoo’s Berlinale competition title “The Day She Returns” will open in U.S. theaters next month through Cinema Guild. It will be paired with a double-bill screening of the Korean auteur’s 2011 feature “The Day He Arrives.” The rollout begins Dec. 15 at Acropolis in Los Angeles, with the film opening at New York’s Metrograph […]

Peak TV may be over, but peak TV salaries haven’t gone away. The streaming revolution changed the game when it came to recruiting A-listers to appear in topline series on the small screen, and the biggest stars are still nabbing impressive paychecks. The downturn in original series production has tightened up the marketplace overall. But […]

Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo, whose first feature as director, “Ben’imana,” took the Camera d’Or at Cannes this year, has signed with CAA. The film was named best first feature at the festival’s 2026 edition, where it also won the Fipresci Prize for the Un Certain Regard strand. It was the first film by a Rwandan […]

EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based financing, sales and distribution outfit EST N8 has closed a six-title deal with DuBow Media Distribution (DMD) for North and South America. The deal, announced during AFM, is led by two of Indonesia’s biggest recent box office hits, both produced by MD Pictures: Janur Ireng: Sewu Dino The Prequel and Danur: The […]

The golf community is grappling with a heartbreaking loss. Dan Hicks, a broadcaster for NBC Sports for more than 30 years and cornerstone of the golf world, died on Nov. 11, his wife Hannah Storm...

Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen has been the head of industry at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) for almost 20 years. Having selected thousands of projects for the festival’s renowned co-production and co-financing market, the Forum, she acquired a great understanding of what documentary audiences are looking for. According to the veteran, people currently want […]

Former CNN Senior Global Affairs analyst Bianna Golodryga was presented with the Jewish Heritage Award as well The post Gal Gadot, David Ellison Present Skydance Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz With Simon Wiesenthal Center Award appeared first on TheWrap.

Country star Morgan Wallen will return to the road in 2027 with a 7-city, 14-date stadium tour, the singer announced today. The Last Time I Checked tour, which follows Wallen’s successful 2026 Still The Problem Tour, will kick off on June 11, 2027, with two consecutive nights at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. Wallen […]

Gwyneth Paltrow is feeling goop about this opportunity. The Marty Supreme actress revealed that she recently took on the role as officiant for the first time as Matthew Lowe, 33, tied the knot...

While watching the first spinoff of Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” which transplants the action from Utah to the sunny beaches of Orange County, one might start to fear they’re seeing double. One Orange County castmember, McCall DaPron, is a dead ringer for her sister, flagship star Mayci Neeley. One actual O.G. Mormon […]

David Ellison has knocked out Warner Bros. Discovery, merging it with Paramount into the new Skydance Corp. Now the chatter around town is about the industry’s next megamerger. In the current landscape, only one media company of considerable size could be ripe for a takeover: NBCUniversal. Following its planned spinoff from Comcast in mid-2027, NBCU […]

Val Chmerkovskiy's biggest fan isn't sidestepping this elimination. After the season 35 Dancing With the Stars pro and partner Jenna Dewan were knocked out during the Nov. 10 episode, his and wife...