Elon Musk’s X has implemented new technological restrictions on its Grok AI chatbot to prevent the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, responding to mounting international pressure as Britain’s media regulator Ofcom continues its formal investigation into whether the
The first trailer has been unveiled for Berlinale-bound Indonesian horror feature “Sleep No More,” marking the latest international outing for filmmaker Edwin. Produced by Palari Films alongside co-production partners across Asia and Europe, the feature — titled “Monster Pabrik
The Yellow Affair has acquired lyrical Sámi drama “Árru,” which will have its world premiere in the Panorama strand of Berlinale next month. The film, accompanied by evocative “yoik” music and unfolding in scenic Arctic landscapes, explores “the struggle to break the silence
The film from director Karl Friis Forchhammer, world premiering at the Copenhagen documentary fest, explores the alternative society shaped by hippie culture and governed by consensus democracy.
Paris-based sales agent Alpha Violet has acquired the rights to Fernanda Tovar’s feature debut “Sad Girlz.” The sensitive coming-of-ager, which will world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival as part of the Generation strand, follows two best friends in the aftermath of a
In her latest drama “Tell Everyone” Finnish director Alli Haapasalo – also known for Sundance hit ‘Girl Picture’ – goes back to the year 1898. But she found few differences between the past and the present. “That’s the saddest part of the story – it’s just as relevant. This
The new feature from Polish filmmaker Łukasz Ronduda, loosely based on the life of young artist Patryk Różycki, world premieres in the Big Screen Competition at the Rotterdam film festival, IFFR.
Blue Finch Films has picked up international sales rights to “Bowels of Hell,” a genre-bending horror film set to make its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam this month. The U.K. sales and distribution company secured worldwide rights excluding Brazil
Boutique distributor Menemsha Films has acquired U.S. rights to “The Pianist’s Choice,” a World War II-set romantic drama written and directed by Jacques Otmezguine. Oscar Lesage, a scene-stealer in “The Substance,” stars as François Touraine, a gifted pianist forced to tour
The Ink Factory and 127 Wall Productions have completed production on a Chinese-language adaptation of “The Night Manager” for Alibaba-owned streaming platform Youku, with Eddie Peng and Sean Lau leading the cast of the 12-episode series. The pan-Asian reimagining of John le
The musician and actress also performed her song "Hard Part" with Lucky Daye
India’s theatrical market reached unprecedented heights in 2025, with gross box office collections hitting INR13,395 crore ($1.48 billion), marking the first time the territory crossed the INR13,000 crore threshold, according to Ormax Media’s annual report released Thursday.
Based on Agatha Christie’s 1929 novel “The Seven Dials Mystery” and adapted for television by Chris Chibnall (of “Broadchurch” fame), Netflix’s “Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials” is a solid murder-mystery offering a peek into 20th-century aristocracy, centered on a plucky
Sharad Devarajan and Dr. Mark Sagar have launched FaiBLE Media Inc., a Silicon Valley startup focused on merging artificial intelligence with storytelling to develop new narrative technologies and unlock scientific breakthroughs in creative expression. The company will be
A tale of withdrawal that feels withdrawn in its telling, Lilian T. Mehrel’s debut “Honeyjoon” traces familial relationships in the wake of loss as a mother and daughter find their way back to one another. A story of Iranian diaspora, of sexual and emotional repression, and of
IMDb has revealed its most anticipated Indian films of 2026, with Shah Rukh Khan’s action thriller “King” claiming the top spot based on global user engagement from the platform’s worldwide audience. The rankings, determined by actual page views from more than 250 million
The actor starred in Eastwood's 2009 film 'Invictus.'
Life after lockup: The reveal of Todd and Julie Chrisley as the Croissants on “The Masked Singer” might come with some controversy — given the reality TV couple’s conviction of tax evasion and bank fraud, followed by a pardon by Trump. But Todd told Variety that he hasn’t faced
Hailee Steinfeld and her “Sinners” co-star Michael B. Jordan shared the kind of on-set conversations you can only have while making a horror movie. While filming, one of their frequent debates was over what would it sound like to feed on someone as a vampire. “We were joking
As foretold at BravoCon by Andy Cohen — the executive producer of “The Real Housewives,” and the host of Bravo’s nightly talk show “Watch What Happens Live” — the network will celebrate the franchise turning 20 by producing “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring
The Oscar-winning filmmaker also made it clear how he feels about those who question whether Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack could have been saved at the end of 'Titanic': "Don’t ask me about the fucking raft, people!"
The driver called police to report an alleged assault and was assisted by an interpreter during the investigation, a source close to the criminal probe tells Rolling Stone
Chris Noth took to Instagram on Wednesday to calm the buzz surrounding a comment he made on an earlier post that appeared to endorse a fan’s take-down of his former “Sex and the City” co-star Sarah Jessica Parker. “My off-the-cuff slightly sarcastic response to a comment on the
Hackman Capital Partners is expected to cede ownership of Radford Studio Center, the historic L.A. production facility, to lenders after defaulting on a $1.1 billion mortgage, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Hackman, the world’s largest independent studio owner, reportedly told
The Oscar winner's films have reportedly amassed a combined total of $15.47 billion.
Bruno Mars has added 30-plus new dates to his 2026 “Romantic Tour,” announced earlier this week, which marks his first full headline tour in nearly a decade. Produced by Live Nation, the 2026 tour will be his first full headlining stadium tour, spanning nearly 70 shows to date
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 2 of “The Masked Singer,” “Fear Night,” which aired Jan. 14 on Fox. Updated at 6 p.m. ET to include full recap. Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were fully pardoned by Donald Trump last year after the reality stars were convicted
Never work with kids or animals, the Hollywood cliche goes. Thankfully, actor Johnny Sequoyah didn’t pay attention. As the lead of last weekend’s buzzy horror debut “Primate,” Sequoyah heads a cast of young stars in a battle for survival against a killer chimp – worse, one that
Josh Safdie told Sean Baker during a recent episode of the A24 Podcast that an early draft of “Marty Supreme” took Timotheé Chalamet’s titular ping-pong star all the way through the late ‘80s, where he becomes a successful business owner. However, in the film’s final moment,
The Pete Davidson Show releases Jan. 20 on Netflix
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale “Palm Royale,” “Maxine Does Something Good,” now streaming on Apple TV. At first glance, Apple TV’s “Palm Royale” is a visually lavish, 1970-set satirical look at society climbers in south Florida. While
‘Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience,' hits theaters on Feb. 6 and is now adding more showtimes due to high demand.
“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” can thank more than one member of the Kurtzman family for how it took shape. In an interview with Variety, “Starfleet Academy” co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman said that interactions with his college-aged son and his son’s friends greatly informed how
Emilia Clarke called out “Game of Thrones” linguist David J. Peterson during a recent stop at “Late Night With Seth Meyers” while promoting her new Peacock espionage series “Ponies.” The Emmy nominee recalled feeling “hurt” and “really pissed” when she read an article in which
Teyana Taylor addressed in a recent Vanity Fair cover story whether she has remained friends with Kanye West, despite his controversial behavior in recent years, including antisemitic remarks and his 2020 presidential run. “I don’t have to agree with everything that he does or
The company launched Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland in 2019, set in the timeline of its sequels, but will bring Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and John Williams' iconic score to the land this spring.
Verizon, the U.S.’s biggest wireless carrier, encountered serious technical issues Wednesday that knocked out service for thousands of customers across the country. Error reports for Verizon’s wireless service began to spike just after noon ET, with more than 180,000 reports
Veteran TV writer and producer Don Reo, whose lengthy career includes everything from “MASH” and “The Golden Girls” to “Blossom,” “My Wife & Kids” and “Two and a Half Men,” will receive this year’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement at the Writers
Bohan Phoenix, Michelle Jones Lee and Keith Leung have joined the cast of “Superfakes,” a crime drama from Peacock and A24, created by “Beef” writer Alice Ju and produced by the Safdie brothers. Lucy Liu (“Kill Bill,” “Charlie’s Angels”) stars in the series as a “small-time
Timothy Busfield made his first appearance in court on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse against a 7-year-old boy on the set of “The Cleaning Lady.” Busfield appeared before Judge Felicia Blea-Rivera via Zoom from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque. He was
Jodie Foster said in a new interview with NPR that she was “saved” from Hollywood sexual abuse because she earned power in the industry at such a young age. Part of that power came from scoring an Oscar nomination at 12 years old for her role in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver.”
Paramount Skydance is bringing on finance exec Dennis Cinelli as chief financial officer — with his appointment coming as the company is in the midst of a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Cinelli, most recently CFO of artificial-intelligence company Scale AI,
The Walt Disney Company has elevated content marketing whiz Asad Ayaz to the newly created role of Chief Marketing and Brand Officer. This marks the first time the family monolith has ever installed a CMO across the entire operation. Ayaz has spent the past eight years
The Spotlight Awards will also honor producer and Pacific Screenwriting Program founder Brian Hamilton as an industry trailblazer.
Hawn joined her daughter for a special L.A. screening of 'Song Sung Blue' on Tuesday.
The Apple Arcade version of 2K Games’ “Sid Meier’s Civilization 7” is set to launch next month. The Firaxis Games-developed turn-based strategy game, which debuted to mixed reviews last February, will be available to play on iPhone, iPad and Mac as of Feb. 5 Per Apple’s
Ryan Coogler took a moment to address the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good during his acceptance speech at Tuesday night’s National Board of Review Awards gala in Midtown Manhattan. The filmmaker, who was presented the original screenplay honor for “Sinners” by longtime
Grammy-winning artists Ed Sheeran and John Mayer, joined by producer Blake Slatkin, are offering a closer look into the making of “Drive,” their original song created for “F1.” Released as the fifth single from the film’s soundtrack album on June 20, 2025, “Drive” was
There are so many movie moments and images and expressions that stay with you long after you leave the theater. That’s certainly true of 2025, where we’re unlikely to forget the characters and scenes that left a lasting impression. We rounded up our favorites from some of the
