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Egyptian Director Omar Hilal on Pairing Top Arab Stars Hend Sabri and Ahmed Helmy for the First Time in ‘His Weakest Creatures’: ‘I’m Thanking My Lucky Stars’

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Tarik Saleh’s Oscar Entry ‘Eagles of the Republic’ Leads Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards With 11 Nominations

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18 Premiere Party Photos: 16 Winners Reunite, Law Roach and More

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Can Timothée Chalamet Save Indie Film? Inside ‘Marty Supreme’s’ Wild Press Tour

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Disney Accuses Google of Using AI to Engage in Copyright Infringement on ‘Massive Scale’

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ and Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Top RIAA’s 2025 Multi-Platinum Lists

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Paramount+ Thriller ‘Little Disasters’ Hooks Us With Diane Kruger’s Antivaxxer Mom, but Abandons Its Most Interesting Themes: TV Review

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Disney Inks Blockbuster OpenAI Deal to Bring More Than 200 Characters to Sora Video Platform, to Invest $1 Billion in AI Company

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‘Hijack’ Season 2 Trailer: Idris Elba Takes His Hostage Negotiation Skills to a Train Instead of a Plane

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Tyler Perry’s ‘Beauty in Black’ Renewed for Third and Final Season at Netflix

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Sydney Sweeney Tells Ethan Hawke ‘I Wish You Were My Dad’ as They Swap Stories on ‘Euphoria,’ Acting as Teens and More

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HanWay Boards Olive Nwosu’s Debut Feature ‘Lady,’ Premiering at Sundance (EXCLUSIVE)

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Amir El-Masry Receives Variety International Vanguard Actor Award at Red Sea Film Festival: ‘I Hope to Open Doors’

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Palestinian Filmmaker Maha Haj’s ‘Playhouse’ Leads Winners at Red Sea Souk Project Awards

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Ad-Research Firm MarketCast Hires Nielsen Alum Lana Busignani as CEO, Replacing Amy Fenton

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Ramzi Bashour’s Sundance Title ‘Hot Water,’ Starring Lubna Azabal, Acquired by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)

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Film4 Hires Mubi’s Co-Head of Global Acquisitions Cate Kane as Senior Commissioning Executive

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EFM Frontières Focus Unveils Lineup, Featuring Bosnian PTSD Folk Horror, Irish Sexual Fantasy and the Whole Truth, Perhaps, About Legendary Skyjacker ‘D.B. Cooper’  (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Iron Chef,’ ‘Forensic Files’ Among FAST Channels in Radial-Telus Canada Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

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Taylor Swift Reveals Two Favorite Songs From Her Catalog on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’: Rankings are ‘Constantly Changing’

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Sundance Title ‘How to Divorce During the War’ Boarded by New Europe (EXCLUSIVE)

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Golden Globes Honors Hend Sabry, Alia Bhatt at Red Sea Film Festival

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‘South Park’ Season 28 Finale: Trump Celebrates the Death of His Satanic Baby

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’28 Years Later III’ Going Forward at Sony; Alex Garland Writing and Cillian Murphy in Talks to Return

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Felt ‘Backed Into a Corner’ to Reveal Her 2017 Cancer Diagnosis After ‘Veep’ Production Delay: ‘250 People Weren’t Going to Be Working’

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Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson to Return for ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’

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Sling Drops 50% Discount on Monthly Subscription Price As Part of Holiday Promotion

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Amanda Seyfried Says ‘I’m Not F—ing Apologizing’ for Calling Charlie Kirk ‘Hateful’: ‘What I Said Was Pretty Damn Factual. I’m Free to Have an Opinion’

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Donald Trump Says CNN Should Be Sold as Part of Any Warner Bros. Discovery Deal Because the ‘People Running It’ Currently Are ‘Either Corrupt or Incompetent’

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Rick Riordan and ‘Percy Jackson’ EPs Unpack How Season 2 Changes ‘The Sea of Monsters’ Book: ‘As the Kids Say, It Hits Different’

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SZA Blasts White House for Using Her ‘SNL’ Song About Cuffing Season in Pro-ICE Post: ‘Evil and Boring’

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David Letterman: Donald Trump Is a ‘Fool’ Who ‘Should Expect and Examine Every Bit of Ridicule He Receives’

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‘The World of Love’ Review: Yoon Ga-eun’s Superb Social Drama Tackles a Sensitive Topic With Grace, Power and Beautifully Judged Humor

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‘South Park’ Season 28 Finale: How to Stream the Annual Christmas Episode Online

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Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Making Case for Why Its Bid Is Better Than Netflix Deal: ‘I Am Passionate and Dedicated to This Pursuit’

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‘Ella McCay’ Review: James L. Brooks’ Latest Misfire Is Too Enamored With Its Characters to Recognize Their Flaws

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‘Jay Kelly’ Composer Nicholas Britell on Using a Felt Piano and Analog Tape to Record the Film’s Score

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Jeff Garcia, Voice of Sheen on ‘Jimmy Neutron,’ Dies at 50

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‘Franz’ Star Idan Weiss on Working With Helmer Agnieszka Holland: ‘It’s So Good That We Still Have Directors Who Are Really Political’

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‘Magic Tree House’ Animated Series in the Works With Spuree (EXCLUSIVE)

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Idris Elba Talks ‘Dust to Dreams’ and Upcoming Feature ‘This Is How It Goes’ at Red Sea: ‘Directing Lets Me Flex Different Muscles’

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Teyana Taylor to Receive Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award From Variety at 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival

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Anthony Hopkins Recalls How He Approached the Role of ‘Intellectual Genius’ Hannibal Lecter, Wanting ‘to Play Him as a Machine’

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Long-Lost NES Cartridge Game ‘Xcavator,’ More New Indie Titles Unveiled During Day of the Devs 2025

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Tobias Jesso Jr. Reflects on Songwriter Grammy Nomination, Working With Justin Bieber and Returning to the Spotlight With ‘Shine’

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‘Sinners’ Director Ryan Coogler Says Rejecting Academy Invite Was ‘Not Out of Animosity’ After Oscar Snubs: ‘I’m Not Good at Judging Things’

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‘Young Sheldon’ Star Iain Armitage Returns to CBS to Play Himself on ‘Ghosts’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Democratic Reps Warn WBD That Paramount’s Takeover Bid Raises National Security Concerns Over Saudi and Other Foreign Investors

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Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz Series Spanning Their Lives In Development From Lucie Arnaz and Bob Greenblatt (EXCLUSIVE)

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