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Box Office: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Takes Flight With Huge $68.6 Million Opening Day, Soaring to Second-Biggest Debut of 2025

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Sony and Qatar’s Film Committee Forge Pact to Co-Finance Arabic Film Slate as Rebate Is Unveiled

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Ashes to Films, Arts Nonprofit Inspired by L.A. Fires, Sets Short Film Festival and Names First Cohort of Filmmakers

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Post-Production Studio Company 3 Set to Launch Middle East Hub in Qatar

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Spike Lee ‘Puzzled’ by Trump-Mamdani Detente, Still ‘Floating’ After Meeting With Pope Leo: ‘Black Folks, We Claim Him. We Call Him Our Brother!’

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Cairo Horizons of Arab Cinema Winner ‘Dead Dog’ Director Sarah Francis on Silence, Migration and Small Stories in Arab Cinema

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Radiohead Returns to London: The Best Moments From the Band’s First U.K. Show in 8 Years

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Indian Institute of Creative Technologies, Australia’s Deakin University Sign Partnership at WAVES Film Bazaar

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UFC Fight Night Qatar: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker Livestream — Here’s How to Watch the MMA Event Online

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Tallinn Black Nights: 6 Takeaways From Hollywood Glamour to New Studios in Estonia, Fest Deals, Catalonia and a Producer’s Guide to Surviving Headwinds

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Dolph Lundgren Eyes Dramatic Roles but Might Not Be Done with Ivan Drago Just Yet: ‘I Could Still Show Another Side of This Guy’

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Italian Cinema Takes Spotlight With Honor and Urgency at Torino Opening Night

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Spike Lee, Antonio Banderas Celebrate Each Other at Torino Film Festival

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Cairo Award Winner Mohanad Yaqubi on Lebanese Filmmaker Jocelyne Saab: ‘It’s as If She’s Making the Film and I’m the Instrument Making This Happen’

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Tallinn Black Nights Festival Awards: Family Dramas ‘The Good Daughter’ and ‘The Well’ Win Big at a Still Growing Event

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Sustainability Sparks Calls for Industry Reform at International Film Festival of India: ‘The Beginning of a New Era’

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Kendrick Lamar Comedy With ‘South Park’ Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone Removed From March Release Date: ‘We’re Working Hard at Finishing the Movie’

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India’s PTC Punjabi, Australia’s Temple Forge Three-Film Co-Production Pact (EXCLUSIVE)

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, After Break With Trump, Resigns From Congress

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How Brendan Fraser Confronted His Loneliness in ‘Rental Family’ and His Warning on AI Acting: ‘It Strikes Me as a Form of Plagiarism’

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‘Andhadhun’ Producer Matchbox Backs Film Adaptation of Honor Killing True Story ‘Shamed’ – WAVES Film Bazaar

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‘Wolf Dog’ French Producers Board WAVES Film Bazaar Ladakhi Project ‘Idiot’

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Gal Gadot Honored by Cedars-Sinai, Recalls Doctors Saving Her Life After Suffering ‘Massive Brain Clot’ While Eight Months Pregnant

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Michael B. Jordan Tears Up Accepting Award From Ryan Coogler After Chadwick Boseman’s Walk of Fame Ceremony: ‘I’m So Happy It Happened on the Same Day’

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Breakdown: 28 Easter Eggs, Broadway Changes and References Explained

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George Clooney Charms Londoners With Comedic Jabs at Brad Pitt, Donald Trump and Himself: ‘Ocean’s 14’ Will Be Like ‘The Golden Girls’

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Lena Dunham’s ‘Too Much’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Netflix

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‘Calorie,’ Starring Anupam Kher, Unveils Trailer Ahead of Asian Premiere at International Film Festival of India (EXCLUSIVE)

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Christopher Nolan Was Hired to Direct ‘Troy’ More Than 20 Years Before ‘The Odyssey’; He Says the Studio Backtracked and Offered ‘Batman Begins’ as ‘Consolation Prize’

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Apple TV Streaming Service Drops Price 54% in Black Friday Deal

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‘A Sad and Beautiful World,’ ‘Left-Handed Girl,’ Vishal Jethwa and Tandin Bidha Among Winners at Asian World Film Festival

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Director Jon M. Chu Says Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Created the Most Emotional Scene by Accident: ‘I Forgot to Call Cut’

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Culver City OKs Film Incentive Package to ‘Reignite’ Production in the Heart of Screenland

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Proves Ariana Grande Is a Movie Star

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Olivia Dean Calls Out Live Nation and Ticketmaster Over Inflated Resale Prices: ‘You Are Providing a Disgusting Service’

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Joel Edgerton Drama Series ‘Trigger Point’ Set at Netflix With A24 Producing

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Oscars Unveil More Than 300 Eligible Films Across Animated, Documentary and International Feature Races

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The Duffer Brothers on How ‘Game of Thrones’ Taught Them to Get Bigger Budgets From Netflix and Why the ‘Stranger Things’ Cast Aging Is ‘Not as Dramatic as People Think’

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Kate Hudson on the Film She’d Make With Goldie Hawn and Breaking Out of Her Rom-Com Box in ‘Song Sung Blue’: ‘I Didn’t Want to Get Boxed In’

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Sofia Vergara Joins Cast of Dark Comedy ‘Thumb’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Cher, Lindsay Lohan and Marilyn Monroe to Be Featured in Journalist Scott Huver’s Second ‘Beverly Hills Noir’ True-Crime Book (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Best Smart Home Automation Tech Gifts to Buy Online in 2025

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I Watched Those Eight Unreleased Episodes of ‘Joey,’ Despite Never Watching ‘Friends’ — and They’re Terrible

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‘Memory of a Killer’ Trailer: Patrick Dempsey Stars as Hitman With Alzheimer’s in First Look at Fox Drama

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Eddie Murphy to Be Honored With AFI Life Achievement Award

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Kristen Bell, Brian Cox and More Surprised to Find Out They Are Starring in Fox News Audio ‘Life of Jesus’ Resurrected Podcast

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LISTEN: UTA’s Blair Kohan and Jason Heyman Have a Deep Conversation About the Business of Comedy: ‘If You Don’t Build It, They Won’t Come’

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Hilary Duff Announces New Album ‘Luck…or Something’

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Soundtrack Added to Kids Audio Platform Yoto, the Perfect Gift for Kids

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Jordan Firstman Sets Directorial Debut ‘Club Kid’; Will Star Opposite Cara Delevingne and Diego Calva (EXCLUSIVE)

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