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Whitney Cummings Says Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash ‘Is Just Racism,’ Claims Stand-Up Comics Who’ve Worked With Live Nation Have ‘Taken Saudi Money’

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Kathy Hilton on Her New QVC Show, Top Hosting Tips and What She Never Wants to be Gifted Again: ‘Don’t Give Me a Picture Frame’

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Variety Launches ‘Daily Variety’ Podcast Hosted by Cynthia Littleton

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Cinema United Extends 5-Year Contact With CEO Michael O’Leary

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‘Amadeus’ Teaser: Will Sharpe’s Mozart and Paul Bettany’s Salieri Face Off in Sky Series

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Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Finds New Jesus and Mary Magdalene in Jaakko Ohtonen and Mariela Garriga, Reveals Main Cast (EXCLUSIVE)

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Independent Film Company and Shudder Buy Zombie Outbreak Horror Movie ‘This Is Not a Test’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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IDFA to Open With Shorts Program, Announces Victor Kossakovsky’s ‘Trillion,’ Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s ‘Silent Flood’ in Competition

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Cineflix Closes Multiple Deals for ‘Vanished History,’ ‘Cape Carnage: Killer Catch,’ ‘Commando Missions’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Society for Audiovisual Heritage Launches Latam Classics Label at the Lumière Film Festival’s International Classic Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Titanic’: How a Four-Minute-and-Two-Second Trailer Helped James Cameron’s Epic Stop the Bad Buzz and Become a Massive Blockbuster

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Pepe Aguilar, Gloria Estefan, Carín León and More to Perform at 2025 Latin Grammys

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Donald Trump Complains ‘Really Weird’ Time Magazine Cover ‘Disappeared My Hair’: ‘The Picture May Be the Worst of All Time’

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‘Tron: Ares’ Debuts Atop U.K., Ireland Box Office

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Instagram’s Teen Accounts Will Restrict Content to Match Movie Industry’s PG-13 Rating

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Dan Laustsen on Shooting Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’: ‘It’s About Love and Forgiveness’

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Mipcom: Banijay Asia Partners With Talpa Studios in India and Thailand; New Quiz Format ‘Caught in the Middle’ Lands in Australia, Netherlands; Prime Video Unrolls ‘Red Carpet Survival’ in Italy

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Jeremy Renner Narrates AI-Animated Feature ‘Stardust Future’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Selma Blair and Constance Zimmer Get Candid About Struggles With Health, Menopause and Aging: ‘Why Was This Kept a Secret?’

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Amazon Prime Video Extends U.K. Film and TV Training Initiative, Launches New Programs for Freelancers (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Playmaker to Launch International Sales on ‘Barry & Me’ at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)

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John Hannah to Lead U.K. Detective Drama Series ‘Death in Benidorm’ for Paramount’s Channel 5 and ZDF Studios (EXCLUSIVE)

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Abbie Cornish, Dougray Scott to Star in Action Thriller Series ‘The Invisible’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Halloween vs Day of the Dead’ to Haunt AFM as Studio 100 Film Board as Sales Agents (EXCLUSIVE)

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Lucy Liu’s ‘Rosemead’ Boarded by Picture Tree for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

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Crime Series ‘The Big F*ck-Up’ Is Not Afraid of Color: ‘You Can’t Compare It to Anything Else Made in Belgium’

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Filipino Historical Epic ‘Quezon,’ Starring Jericho Rosales, Iain Glen, Sets Global Rollout (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘The Plague’ Director Alberto Rodríguez Unpacks ‘The Anatomy of a Moment,’ Hailed in Spain as the ‘Series of the Year’

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Madgic Distribution Marks MipJunior Debut With Sale of Toon Series ‘Emerald’ to Knowledge Canada, MediaCorp Singapore and Noga Israel (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Africa’ Takes Showmax’s Hit Franchise to Brazil (EXCLUSIVE)

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Britt Raes Talks Adapting Berlinale-Winning Short ‘Luce and the Rock’ Into Series for VRT’s Ketnet and New Wave of Flemish Animators

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‘The Big F**k-Up’ Producer Gears Up to Launch Female-Led Dramedy ‘Boho,’ Warns Against Conservatism: ‘The Old White Man is Back’

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The Animation Industry is Strapped for Cash. What’s Next?

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Kylie Jenner Sings and Raps in Her Music Debut, ‘Fourth Strike,’ With Terror Jr

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‘The Twits’ Review: Unruly Roald Dahl Adaptation Is Tastier Than a Bowl of Worms, If You Like That Sort of Thing

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Electric Entertainment Gets $20 Million Investment From Content Partners Capital (EXCLUSIVE)

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Anna Wintour Says CBS News Head Bari Weiss Has The Makings of ‘a Great Leader’

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Keanu Reeves Remembers Diane Keaton as a ‘Generous Artist’ and a ‘Very Special’ Person: ‘She Was Very Nice to Me’

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‘Dancing With the Stars’: Danielle Fishel Reunites With Bill Daniels and ‘Boy Meets World’ Cast for Emotional Tribute Dance

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AI-Driven ‘Hanuman’ Film Lands Rajesh Mapuskar as Director (EXCLUSIVE)

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Haim Brings ‘I Quit’ Tour to a Close in Santa Barbara With a Fiery Show That Feels Anything but Resigned: Concert Review

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TiVo Stops Selling DVRs, Exiting the Hardware Business After 26 Years

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Diane Keaton’s ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ Returning to AMC Theatres

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SAG-AFTRA Launches Verticals Agreement for Microdramas

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‘Shelby Oaks’ Review: A Woman Is Haunted by Her Sister’s Disappearance in Chris Stuckmann’s Too-Familiar Chiller

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‘9-1-1’ Actor Rockmond Dunbar Heads to Trial Over COVID Vaccine

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With Sundance Leaving, Horror Fest FilmQuest Is Staking a Bigger Claim in Utah

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Zoe Saldaña Urges James Cameron to Make ‘Avatar’ Doc to ‘Give Us a Chance to Explain’ Why Motion Capture Is the ‘Most Empowering Form of Acting’

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Jackie Burch, Casting Director Behind ‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Breakfast Club,’ Dies at 74

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