A24 is closing an eight-figure deal to acquire the U.S. rights to Ruben Östlund’s “The Entertainment System Is Down,” Variety has confirmed. The deal was struck between A24 and Paris-based Co-Production Office, which launched international sales for the project at the Cannes
Those of us in arts philanthropy need to redouble our efforts to fund artists and organizations of color and sharpen our grantmaking practices to advance racial justice.
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The 50th Annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) wrapped up on Sunday and announced the winners of the 2024 Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards. The festival began on May 9 and screened 261 films representing 84 countries with “62% of the
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, sent its first crew into space in nearly two years, after a failed, uncrewed test flight in 2022 temporarily grounded passenger flights. The New Shepard rocket successfully completed its 25th mission into space Sunday. The 10-minute
After a nearly two-year hiatus, Blue Origin flew adventurers to space on Sunday, including a former Air Force pilot who was denied the chance to be the United States' first Black astronaut decades ago.
Travel season is in full swing and there are a few essentials you’ll need if you’re heading onto an airplane. Aside from things like a good travel pillow and a portable charger, one of the new must-haves for air travel is a wireless audio transmitter, like this one from Twelve
Kevin Costner rode into Cannes with cowboy swagger, making finger pistols on the red carpet to cheers from the crowd ahead of the premiere for Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1, a partially self-financed western that is one of the biggest swings of his long career. Inside
Diddy has taken to social media to address a video which surfaced last week, in which the embattled mogul could be seen physically assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie.
“Horizon: An American Saga,” Kevin Costner’s risk-it-all Western epic, rode into Cannes on Sunday, earning a seven-minute standing ovation. Costner was visibly emotional as the film received huge applause and chants of “Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!” During his speech, Costner thanked
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face a British High Court on Monday to ultimately decide whether the accused classified information leaker will be extradited to the U.S. after more than a decade of legal battles. Assange has been in British custody since 2019 after the
It’s never been easier to keep an eye on your home thanks to the seemingly endless number of security camera brands available right now. If you’re looking for a great indoor security camera, you’ll want to take advantage of this new Amazon deal, which gets you the best-selling
Russia launched an offensive in the Kharkiv region late last week, significantly adding to the pressure on Ukraine’s outnumbered and outgunned forces which are waiting for deliveries of weapons and ammunition from Western partners.
An Israeli minister on Sunday criticised in Madrid Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's plans to recognise a Palestinian state, saying this would be "rewarding" the attack carried out by Hamas against Israel. Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli was speaking at a
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Sunday that the Dali container vessel that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March will be removed from the bay "within days." A container vessel hit the Baltimore bridge in late March, causing the entire structure to collapse into
Michel Hazanavicius, the Oscar-winning director of “The Artist,” makes a first foray into animation with “The Most Precious of Cargoes” which world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24. Adapted from Jean-Claude Grumberg’s bestselling novel, “The Most Precious of
About 1,000 demonstrators voiced concern about the rise of ultra conservative ideology in Europe, as right-wing leaders and politicians from countries including Argentina, France, Italy, and Hungary, took part in the Europa Viva 24 conference in Madrid, organised by Spain's
Search and rescue efforts are underway in Iran after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a "hard landing," state news media reported Sunday. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, returning from a ceremony to open a dam on Iran's
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said Sunday that Republicans would be demanding resignations from liberal justices if they were reported to have displayed upside-down flags on their lawns after former President Trump was elected in 2016. New
Can anyone help me understand the economics of video streaming platforms? Streaming, encoding, and storage demands enormous costs -- especially at scale (e.g., on average each 4k video with close to 1 million views). Yet YouTube seems to charge no money for it. I know
Unionization was in full force throughout the entertainment industry in 2023, particularly over at Disney. VFX artists across several in-house teams—including those for the MCU and the Avatar franchise —successfully unionized, a trend that’s now continuing in the corporation’s