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‘Morte Cucina’ Team Says Asian Co-Productions Face Cash Flow Crisis – Tokyo Market

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Paramount TV Layoffs Hit CBS Entertainment, Paramount+, MTV and More

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‘Stitch Head’ Review: A Kiddie ‘Frankenstein’ with an Elegant Gothic Look, But Too Much of It Is ‘Monsters, Inc.’ Lite

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YouTube Star MrBallen Sets Podcast Pact With SiriusXM

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Paul Schrader on ‘Mishima’ Finally Screening at Tokyo Film Festival and Why He Thinks ‘People Will Pay’ to Watch AI Actors: ‘Use a Bit of Brando and Kevin Costner and Make an Exciting Movie’

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Robin Williams Never Followed ‘Dead Poets Society’ Script and ‘Didn’t Ask Permission’ to Throw It Aside, Says Ethan Hawke: ‘If He Had an Idea, He Just Did It’

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‘Long Island Compromise’ TV Series No Longer Moving Forward at Apple (EXCLUSIVE)

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Microsoft’s Xbox Console Sales Fall 29% as Gaming Content and Services Revenue Ticks Up

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Meta Q3 Earnings Stunted by Nearly $16 Billion U.S. Tax Charge Because of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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Josh Hutcherson on Filming an Orgy Scene in Front of His Great-Grandmother: ‘My Family Can Hang’

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YouTube Ad Sales Pop 15% in Q3 to Top $10.2 Billion, as Parent Alphabet Turns in First Quarter With More Than $100 Billion in Revenue

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LISTEN: Meet the Women Behind Variety Power of Women’s Stunning Visuals; ‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Gets ‘Disgusting’

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Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie Reuniting for Action-Thriller ‘Viva La Madness,’ Black Bear Launching at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Hedda’ Artisans Break Down Mid-Century English Looks, Creating Aristocratic Sets and More: ‘She Manipulates Everything’

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AOL to Be Acquired by Italy’s Bending Spoons

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‘The Brutalist’s’ Emma Laird, ‘Dunkirk’ Star Fionn Whitehead Unearth Buried Trauma on Greek Island Holiday in Psychological Drama ‘Satisfaction’

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‘The White Lotus’ to Shoot Season 4 in Paris and the French Riviera at Five-Star Hotels (EXCLUSIVE)

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Vidiots to Kick Off 40th Anniversary in November With Comedy Show and Special Q&A Screenings at the Eagle Theatre

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‘Blue Film’ Director Elliot Tuttle Signs With Fusion Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Shards’ Series Casts Wes Bentley (EXCLUSIVE)

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H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Lea Salonga to Lead Voice Cast for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Forgotten Island’

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DreamWorks Animation Sets ‘Forgotten Island’ Voice Cast With H.E.R., Dave Franco, Jenny Slate and More

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Colin Farrell Says Tom Cruise ‘Was Not Happy’ on ‘Minority Report’ Set After Farrell Drank Before Filming and Needed to Do 46 Takes of One Scene: ‘It Went Terrible’

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Colin Farrell Needed 46 Takes to Say One ‘Minority Report’ Line After Partying: “Tom Wasn’t Happy”

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Adam Driver to Star in Netflix Hostage Series ‘Rabbit, Rabbit’

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YouTube Makes Major Reorg to Product Group, Names Christian Oestlien Head of All Subscription Products Including YouTube TV, Music and Premium

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CBS News to Overhaul Saturday Morning Show After Paramount Layoffs

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‘No Other Choice,’ ‘Voice of Hind Rajab’ Top Asian World Film Festival Lineup Loaded With International Oscar Submissions

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Drake Files Notice of Appeal in Defamation Case Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

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How ‘Match’ Became Halloween’s Must-See Movie: Inside the Tubi Hit Freaking Out HorrorTok With Incest, Gore and That Penis in the Mouse Trap Scene

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How To Watch MLS Cup Playoffs 2025 Online

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‘BMF’ Canceled at Starz After Four Seasons

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‘America’ Star Luca Castellani on Gaining U.S. Citizenship After Making Aly Muritiba’s Short Film: ‘I Look Back and I Don’t Recognize the Country’

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Pete Davidson and David Leitch Team for Stunt Design Showdown: ‘People Really Don’t Understand How Hard These Guys Work’

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Hidden Empire Film Group Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE)

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Aly Raisman on Advocating for Survivors of Abuse and Their Pets Ahead of Receiving Purina Purple Leash Project Honor at Variety’s Power of Women

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Mia Goth, Zach Galifianakis and Dan Stevens to Star in HanWay Films’ ‘Hey Bear,’ ‘Portlandia’ Co-Creator Jonathan Krisel’s Feature Debut

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Mia Goth, Dan Stevens and Zach Galifianakis Join ‘Hey Bear’ from ‘Portlandia’ Creator Jonathan Krisel

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Griffin Newman Tries Really Hard Not to Throw Up in Nebula’s First Trailer for Patrick Willems Short Film ‘The Dinner Plan’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Steven Paul’s SP Releasing Buys Kevin Spacey Film ‘The Contract’ for North America (Exclusive)

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John Malone to Step Down as Chairman of Liberty Media and Liberty Global

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FilmQuest’s Robust Shorts Selection Mines Fresh Horror From Influencers, Murderers, Shoplifters and Sleep Paralysis Demons

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How the ‘Greek DNA’ of Thessaloniki’s Industry Arm Has Helped It Remain a Vital Platform for Filmmakers From Southeastern Europe and Beyond

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Jamie Lee Curtis Clarifies ‘Mistranslated’ Charlie Kirk Remarks

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Kate Hudson Finds Her Voice: How the ‘Song Sung Blue’ Star Landed Her Greatest Role Since Penny Lane and Why Oscar Buzz Doesn’t ‘Define My Value’

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Crunchyroll 24/7 Channel Launches on Samsung Smart TVs (EXCLUSIVE)

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Thessaloniki Head on Curating a Film Festival in Troubled Times and Championing ‘Restless,’ ‘Inventive,’ ‘Unpredictable’ Cinema

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Daniel Radcliffe Sets Broadway Return With Solo Play ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitriona Balfe Join Andrew Haigh’s ‘A Long Winter’ From Mubi and Film4

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Emma Thompson Gets in the ‘Slow Horses’ Spirit With Mick Herron Adaptation ‘Down Cemetery Road’: TV Review

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