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Gigi Hadid Auditioned for Rapunzel in Disney’s ‘Tangled’ Live-Action Remake Before It Got Paused After ‘Snow White’ Flop: ‘I Was Proud of My Scene’

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György Pálfi Talks Logistical Challenges of Working With Eight Chicken Protagonists in Toronto Platform Title ‘Hen’

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Michael Caine Coming Out of Retirement at 92 Years Old for Vin Diesel’s ‘Last Witch Hunter 2’ at Lionsgate

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Story House Partners Sets Debut Feature ‘St. George’ Amid Investment in Montana Film Industry

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’Lovely Day’ Director Philippe Falardeau on Why His Latest Felt Wrong and How Lebanese Cast Members Convinced Him It’s the Film We Need Right Now (EXCLUSIVE)

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Blizzard Promotes ‘Overwatch’ Boss Walter Kong to Head of Live Games and Mobile Development

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‘SWAT’ Spinoff ‘Exiles’ Adds Original Series Stars Jay Harrington and Patrick St. Esprit in Guest Roles

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‘Leanne’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix

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CMA Awards Nominations Led by Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney and Ella Langley, With Six Each; Zach Top Lands Five

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Gabriel Mascaro’s Berlin Silver Bear Winner ‘The Blue Trail’ Becomes Brazil’s Biggest National Arthouse Release of the Year, Hopes for Oscar Recognition

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CBS Reveals Fall Release Dates For ‘The Young and the Restless,’ ‘Beyond the Gates’ and More (TV News Roundup)

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CAA Signs Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton’s Unanimous Media (EXCLUSIVE)

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Alicia Silverstone Mystery Drama ‘Irish Blood’ Renewed For Season 2 at Acorn TV

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The Mystery of ‘Exit 8’: How A Video Game Adaptation Set in One Hallway Became an Emotional Festival Hit

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TikTok and Twitch Star Vanillamace Signs With UTA (EXCLUSIVE)

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Tim Robinson’s HBO Series ‘The Chair Company’ Gets Release Date, First-Look Images

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Habanero Film Sales Clinches World Sales Rights to Ulises Porra’s ‘Under the Same Sun’ Ahead of its TIFF World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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Paramount Taps Kenneth Weinstein, Former Trump Adviser, as CBS News Ombudsman

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Sherlock Holmes Gets Animated Treatment as Harry King Television Taps ‘Shrek’ Producer David Lipman (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Ernest & Celestine’ Producers Embark on WW2, New York-Set Animated Adventure ‘Children of Liberty’ With Urban Handling Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

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Dacre Montgomery, Diane Lane, Sofia Boutella and Tim Robbins to Star in Brad Anderson’s Thriller ‘Moral Capacity’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Cate Blanchett Teaming With ‘Lady Macbeth’ Filmmaker Alice Birch on ‘Sweetsick’ for Searchlight Pictures

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‘The Christophers’ Review: Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel Are Brilliantly Matched in Steven Soderbergh’s Sly Look at Artistic Legacy

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‘SNL’ Finalizes Season 51 Cast: Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman and More Return; Colin Jost and Michael Che Back for ‘Weekend Update’

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Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso Sign With UTA (EXCLUSIVE)

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Laura Samani on the ‘Sexual Tension’ in Venice Prizewinner ‘A Year of School,’ About a Swedish Girl Enrolled in an All-Male Italian Senior Year Class

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Box Office: ‘Conjuring: Last Rites’ Overtakes ‘It’ as Biggest Horror Movie Opening With $194 Million Globally

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Ayo Edebiri Says #MeToo and Black Lives Matter Aren’t Dead After Interviewer Asks Only Her White Co-Stars Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield to Respond: ‘I Don’t Know If That’s Purposeful That’s Not for Me’

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Lily James and Gala Gordon Launch Production Company Parodos With Aim to ‘Champion Stories of Female Resilience’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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YouTube’s First Exclusive NFL Game Averages More Than 17 Million Global Viewers

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Eagles Extend Las Vegas Sphere Residency Into 2026

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PC Gaming Show Sets First-Ever Tokyo Direct Event, Elle Osili Wood and Midas to Host (EXCLUSIVE)

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Donald Trump Rejoices Over West Point Canceling Tom Hanks Award Ceremony: ‘We Don’t Need Destructive, Woke Recipients Getting American Awards’

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‘SmartLess’ Heading to the Hollywood Bowl for a Mass-Scale Podcast Taping in November (EXCLUSIVE)

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ESPN Acquires U.S. Rights, Bell Media Canadian Rights to Richard Brown’s ‘Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League,’ Distributed by Fremantle

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David Suzuki Feature Biopic in the Works, Montreal’s Possibles Média Introducing Project in Toronto (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Ghost School’ Director Seemab Gul on How Pakistan’s Real-Life Educational Crisis Inspired Her Toronto Feature

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Locarno Winner Woo Ming Jin’s Toronto and Busan Title ‘The Fox King’ Unveils First Clip (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Trailer: ‘Knives Out 3’ Has Daniel Craig and Josh O’Connor Investigating Death and God

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Director Zamo Mkhwanazi Goes Personal in TIFF Premiere ‘Laundry’ – and Readies for ‘Newborns’: ‘To Create Is to Heal’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Mitski Concert Film ‘The Land’ to Get Limited Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

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Joaquin Phoenix, Nicola Coughlan and More Join 3,900 Industry Names Pledging Not to Work With Israeli Film Institutions ‘Complicit in War Crimes’

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’: How to Pre-Order Target-Exclusive CD and Vinyl Variants Online

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Menemsha Films Takes North America to WWII Thriller ‘Frontier’ From Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

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Howard Stern’s Show Canceled at SiriusXM, Andy Cohen Takes Over Stern’s Channel

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Howard Stern Trolls Viewers With Gag That Andy Cohen Had Taken Over His SiriusXM Slot

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Howard Stern Trolls Listeners With Gag That Andy Cohen Had Taken Over His SiriusXM Slot

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Nigeria’s Nile Entertainment, U.K.’s Action Xtreme Ink First-Look Deal to Co-Produce and Distribute Slate of Action Films and Series in Africa (EXCLUSIVE)

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Nepal Prime Minister Resigns Amid Gen Z Mass Protests Against Corruption

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