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BBC to Cut 550 Jobs and Reduce Commissioning Spend by More Than $100 Million as Part of Savings Plan, New Director General Says

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Juicy Hong Kong Hulu Drama ‘The Season’ Is a Spiritual Successor to ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: TV Review

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Annecy’s MIFA Bets on Cross-IP, AI and Global Growth Amid Animation Financing Squeeze

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Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Eyes Record $150 Million-Plus Opening Weekend

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‘Minions & Monsters’ Opens Annecy 2026 as Festival Eyes Record Crowds, New Class A Status and a Global Animation Spotlight

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YouTube India Positions Connected TV as New Prime-Time Screen, Unveils Three-Lever Strategy for M&E Partners at APOS

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Vans Releases ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Collection Inspired by Hit Song ‘Golden’

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TikTok Sets Cannes Lions Creator Lineup With Tineke Younger, Morgan Jay, Katie Fang and More (EXCLUSIVE)

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Streaming Titles Are Following the Theatrical Trend of Less Diversity, Finds UCLA Hollywood Report

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Screen X to Launch New Premium Large Format With ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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How an Incentives Arms Race Is Drawing ‘Dune 3,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Resident Evil’ and More to Central and Eastern Europe

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Culver City Approves Permanent Production Incentive Measures as Netflix and MGM+ Film on Location in the Heart of Screenland

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Indonesia’s Ismail Basbeth Sets Next Feature ‘Love Letters of Our Life’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Raindance Founder Elliot Grove Praises ‘Exceptional’ Connor Storrie, Says ‘Some of the Most Exciting Filmmakers Working Today’ Come From Horror

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Is ‘Austin Powers 4’ Happening? Mike Myers Says ‘Yes’ (but Nothing Else)

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Australia’s Warwick Thornton Brings ‘Wolfram’ to Shanghai, Discusses Film’s Roots in Family History

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Ester Expósito, Mario Casas and Anna Castillo Lead Prime Video’s New Originals Slate in Spain, Its No. 1 Non-English Powerhouse

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Maria José of Savoy, Queen of Italy for Only 27 Days, to Be Subject of Film From Ginevra Elkann and Marco Bellocchio (EXCLUSIVE)

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Netflix, Prime Video, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery Bet on Local Content and Fandom to Drive APAC Growth

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‘April X’ Director Michel K. Parandi Says Casting Connor Storrie Before ‘Heated Rivalry’ Felt Like Casting Harrison Ford in ‘Blade Runner’: I Was ‘Telling Everybody He’s Going to Be a Movie Star’

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COL Group, Virtue Asia Team for Southeast Asia Microdrama Brand Push

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Juno Hong’s ‘Only the Moon Knows’ Wins Annual Focus at Shanghai Project Market

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Harry Styles Trades Disco for Classical and Plays Some Deep Cuts (Plus Simon & Garfunkel) in Heavenly, Intimate Orchestra Show: Concert Review

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Studiocanal Sets True Crime Art Heist Docu-Series ‘The Paris-Tokyo Job’ With Sunny Side of the Doc Launch (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Thelma & Louise’ Musical Reveals Full Cast for Young Vic World Premiere

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Prime Video Pushes Beyond Streaming to Build APAC Entertainment Hub, Top Executives Reveal at APOS

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‘We Won’t Get Old Together,’ From ‘Monsters.’ Director, Explores One Man’s Midlife Meltdown During the Pandemic in Bucharest

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Andy Serkis Says AI Brings New Responsibility to Storytelling: ‘The World Is Changing Fast but Human Creativity Will Evolve Alongside It’

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Toronto Film Festival Reveals More Than 130 Buyers to Attend First Edition of Market

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JioStar’s Kevin Vaz Says Commerce Will Become Third Revenue Stream as Indian Ad Market Faces Pressure

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HBO Max Gets ‘Fired Up!’ With Taiwanese, Filipino and Indonesian Originals Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Apocalypse Civilizations: Rome,’ On the Battle of Actium Between Octavian and Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Goes to France TV Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)

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Viu and iQIYI International Strike Streaming Bundle Deal for Southeast Asia

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Crunchyroll to Enter Taiwan and Korea as Anime Fandom Drives Asian Expansion

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Fahadh Faasil to Star in Two Malayalam Films for India’s Panorama Studios and Producer Jacob Babu (EXCLUSIVE)

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Jordanian Cinema, Deeply Rooted in Local Realities, Is Resonating on the International Stage

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‘Top Gear’ Star Jeremy Clarkson Reveals ‘Aggressive’ Cancer Diagnosis

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‘Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story’ Review: The Mistress of Late-Night Cable Public-Access Sex-Show Kitsch Gets Her Own Bangin’ Documentary

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‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘The Chair Company’ Among 2026 Rockie Awards Program Competition Winners

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‘Give Me a Call Back, HBO’: Why Brittany Allen Submitted Herself for an Emmy as a Dying Cancer Patient on ‘The Pitt’ After the Network Ignored Her Calls

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Inside ‘Summer House: The Aftermath,’ Whether Bravo Protects Amanda Batula and Why Ciara Miller Is the ‘Future’ of the Show (EXCLUSIVE)

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Asia-Pacific Screen Economy Races Toward $200 Billion as Monetization Gap Defines the Decade

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‘Girls Like Girls’ Review: Hayley Kiyoko Makes a Warmly Assured Directorial Debut, Awash in Adolescent Melancholy and Yearning

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