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Bruce Springstreen’s Fiery Music Video for ICE Protest Song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ Shows Brutal Raids, Renee Good and Alex Pretti Tributes, More

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Michael J. Fox Says Retiring in 2020 Was ‘Non-Emotional’ and Finally Acting Again Is ‘Not the Beginning of Any Campaign to Reestablish My Career’

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Paramount+ Sets True-Crime Docuseries ‘Wild Boys,’ About Two Young Brothers Who Claimed to Be Raised in the Woods (EXCLUSIVE)

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Antoine Fuqua on His Nelson Mandela Sundance Doc ‘Troublemaker,’ ICE Crisis and Reuniting With Denzel Washington on Netflix Film: ‘It’s My ‘Lawrence of Arabia’’

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‘God of War’ Series Casts Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Thor

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‘Impractical Jokers’ Scores Top-Rated Episode Ever in Adults 25-54, as Series Sees Big Growth on TBS

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WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Signs With 3 Arts Sports to Expand Career Into Entertainment

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Kara Swisher to Explore Longevity, Anti-Aging in New CNN Documentary Series

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Jeff Probst and ‘Survivor’ Producers Talk Season 50 Casting, New vs. Old Era and Backlash From Fans and Cut Players: ‘It Feels Personal. It’s Not Personal’

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Ruben Östlund Admits He Bought a Plane to Make ‘The Entertainment System Is Down,’ Cast Keanu Reeves as an Electrician and Says It’s About Today’s Society: ‘We’re Harming Ourselves and We Know It’

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A$AP Rocky to Receive Vanguard Award for Fashion at NAACP Image Awards

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One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off in 2025, GDC Study Reveals

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Variety Names Jeff Cooper as Group Senior Vice President of Consumer Partnerships

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TikTok’s Global Live Fest Sets Keke Palmer as Host, Demi Lovato as Headlining Performer (EXCLUSIVE)

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Procter & Gamble Heads South for Super Bowl, Tapping Local Commercials in Southern U.S.

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Charades and Former Studiocanal Exec Launch Classics Sales Label With Sundance Screening of Ryan Gosling-Starring ‘Half Nelson’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Lady Gaga to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards

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Katt Williams Sets Fourth Netflix Special ‘The Last Report’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ari Emanuel to Publish ‘Fiery’ Memoir ‘Roll the Calls’ in September

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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s Industry Arm Agora Unveils Lineup of Projects (EXCLUSIVE)

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Wagner Moura on Making Oscars History With ‘The Secret Agent’ and His Warning to America: ‘Polarization Is Democracy’s Greatest Threat’

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New York’s Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup, Including ‘The Stranger’ and ‘Alpha’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Kennedy Center Artistic Director Kevin Couch Quits Less Than Two Weeks After His Hiring Was Announced

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Ryan Phillippe Climbing Thriller ‘Reach’ Sells Globally for Capture as First-Look Revealed Ahead of EFM (EXCLUSIVE)

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Erin Doherty and James McAvoy Team for Supernatural Drama ‘Faith’ From Paul Andrew Williams (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Jury Duty’ Season 2 Sets Release Date at Amazon, Will Follow Fake Hot Sauce Company Retreat

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Thriller ‘The Method,’ From the Producers of Oscar Winner ‘The Lives of Others,’ Picked Up by Beta Cinema

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Pepsi Lures Coca-Cola’s Popular Polar Bears to Super Bowl in Soda-Wars Surprise

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Oikos Lends Strength to Kathryn Hahn in Streaming-Only Super Bowl Commercial

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How ‘& Juliet’ Became an Against-the-Odds Hit on Broadway

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Darren Aronofsky’s AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series — but Hired Human Actors to Voice Founding Fathers

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Lady Gaga Pauses Tokyo Concert to Condemn ICE and Support Americans ‘Who Are Being Mercilessly Targeted’: ‘We Need to Get Back to a Place of Safety’

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‘Disney Afternoon Collection’ ’90s Games to Launch on Nintendo Switch, Including ‘Bonkers’ and ‘Goof Troop’

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Kino Lorber Buys Arnaud Desplechin’s French Romantic Melodrama ‘Two Pianos’ for North America (EXCLUSIVE)

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Hims & Hers Super Bowl Commercial Spotlights Cancer Detection, GLP-1 Microdoses

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Melania Trump Doc Pulled From Theaters in South Africa

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‘Gomorrah – The Origins’ Series Sells Widely, Including to HBO Max in Germany and Turkey

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‘Candy Crush’ Launches New Daily Puzzle Game ‘Crushable’ for Yahoo With Ad Starring Frankie Muniz (EXCLUSIVE)

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Kornél Mundruczó’s Amy Adams-Starring Berlinale Competition Film ‘At the Sea’ Lands at MK2 Films (EXCLUSIVE)

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Berlin-Bound Chinese Film ‘Light Pillar’ Lands at Cercamon (EXCLUSIVE)

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Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Buys Crowd-Pleasing Drama ‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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A Night at the Movies With King Charles: Inside the Glittering and Surreal Windsor Castle Premiere of ‘Finding Harmony’ With Kate Winslet, Judi Dench and Rod Stewart

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Comcast Q4 Sees Fall in Cable Revenue, Wider Peacock Losses, Despite Boost in Ads, Theme Parks

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Berlinale Adds Xu Zao’s ‘Light Pillar’ to Perspectives Section

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‘Inception,’ ‘Clueless’ and ‘Before Sunrise’ Among 25 Movies Added to National Film Registry

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There’s More to Rotterdam Than ‘Edgy and Unconventional Cinema,’ Say Festival Heads Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart: ‘We Want to Be Accessible’

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‘Demon Slayer’ Powers Japan’s Box Office to $1.79 Billion in 2025, Up 32% Year-on-Year

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‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Cast Guide: All the Characters New and Returning to Netflix’s Romance Series

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João Nicolau Talks Casting Portuguese Eurovision Star Salvador Sobral in Rotterdam Opener ‘Providence and the Guitar’

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‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Part 1 Succeeds Despite Benedict and Sophie’s Lackluster Romance: TV Review

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