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Ronan Farrow’s Documentary About Serial Predator Sean Williams Starts Production at HBO (TV News Roundup)

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Disney’s Former Production Chief Sean Bailey to Launch New Production Venture Backed By RedBird

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‘Only Murders in the Building’ Renewed for Season 6 — and Moves to London

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Joe Torre Documentary Directed by John Turturro in Production

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Variety CEO Michelle Sobrino-Stearns to Step Down After 28 Years

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Ronan Farrow Is Turning His New Yorker Story on Serial Predator Sean Williams Into an HBO Doc

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Olivia Wilde Joins Pedro Pascal in Tony Gilroy Drama ‘Behemoth!’

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Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy

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Spotify Raises Subscription Prices in U.K. for Second Time in 18 Months, U.S. Price Hike Likely Soon

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From Eva Longoria to Tayla Parx to Alex Cooper: Variety’s Women’s Impact Report 2025

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Armie Hammer Saddles Up for His Film Return With ‘Frontier Crucible’ Trailer

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Gotham Film Awards Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads With a Record Six Nods

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Quentin Tarantino’s Filmography Gets 10-Book Series From Insight Editions, Starting With ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’

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Nickelodeon Comms VP Lilah Kojoori to Exit After 20 Years With Network

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Gotham Awards Nominations: Big-Budget ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads With Record-Breaking Six, Adam Sandler and Jessie Buckley Score Acting Nods

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‘The Pitt’ Stars Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa Tease ‘Grotesque’ Season 2 Storylines: ‘Our Prosthetics Team Has Been Working Overtime’

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‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ Sets Peacock Release Date

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‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Gaza Drama Nabs U.S. Distribution, December Release

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The Stray Cats Cancel U.S. Fall Tour Due to Brian Setzer’s ‘Serious Illness’

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‘Doctor Who’: Disney+ Exits Partnership With the BBC as 2026 Christmas Special Confirmed

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‘Kidz Bop Live: The Concert Movie’ Set to Premiere in Theaters (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘I Can’t Not Be Who I Am’: Jamie Lee Curtis on Her 47-Year Career, Falling in Love With Christopher Guest and Why She Hopes Charlie Kirk Found God

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Under Armour Launches Lab96 Studios to Help Tell New Athletic Stories

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Blumhouse Games Taps Amanda Kruse as Head of Business Development

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American Black Film Festival Honors to Celebrate ‘Sinners’ Creative Team, Including Ryan Coogler (Exclusive)

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Miguel Eek’s ‘Amílcar,’ About African Anti-Colonialist Leader, Debuts Trailer Ahead of World Premiere at IDFA (EXCLUSIVE)

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Animated Documentary ‘Endless Cookie’ Sells to New Distribution Company Obscured Releasing (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Freakier Friday’ Gets Disney+ Streaming Release Date

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‘Control Your Fear,’ Interactive Ghost-Hunting Movie Filmed at Malvern Manor With CtrlMovie Tech, to Debut in 2026 (EXCLUSIVE)

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Diabla Cine and We Are Not Zombies Sign Co-Production Deal For ‘The Paradise’ Ahead of Ventana Sur Series (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘One Piece’ Season 2 Sets March Release Date, Drops First Look at Luffy on Drum Island

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Amazon Says It Will Lay Off 14,000 Corporate Workers, Citing Rapid AI Development: ‘The World Is Changing Quickly’

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Leading Argentinian Producer Sabrina Farji Heading to Ventana Sur With Medical Drama ‘Gasp’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ventana Sur Series Unveils New TV Projects From Maximiliano Dubois, Marcelo Schapces, Theresa Jessouroun

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“Audiences Everywhere Are Drawn to Authenticity”: Tribeca Festival Lisboa’s Fábio Martins on Portugal’s Creative Renaissance

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Fangoria Launches ‘First in Fright’ Horror History Book and Digital Archive Kickstarter Campaign (EXCLUSIVE)

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Netflix Latin America Bets Big on Philip K. Dick Adaptation ‘The Future Is Ours’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Paweł Pawlikowski Exec Produces – and Praises – Doc ‘Silver’ as Director Natalia Koniarz Debuts Clip: ‘Brutal, Hypnotic and Profoundly Humane’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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YouTube TV Inks Bloomberg Media Deal for 24-Hour News and Originals Channels

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Michelle Obama to Be Interviewed by Robin Roberts in New ABC News Studios, ’20/20′ Special This Sunday (EXCLUSIVE)

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Adobe’s Free Premiere Mobile App Is Adding Dedicated YouTube Shorts Editing and Publishing Features

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Othelia Technologies Launches Non-Generative AI Storytelling Platform to ‘Manage Complex Narrative Worlds’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Olly Ginelli’s ‘The Long Spring’ Draws on Real-Life Refugee Stories for a Timely Short (Exclusive Trailer)

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Paramount, UFC to Expand Partnership to Latin America and Australia in 2026

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Prunella Scales, ‘Fawlty Towers’ Star, Dies at 93

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CNN’s New ‘All Access’ Subscription Streamer Puts Bigger Spotlight on Mobile Viewers

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Barbie Dreams, Therapy, and Smugglers: Tallinn Fest Unveils Baltic Competition Titles

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Alief’s Queer Neo-Noir ‘The Activist’ Sells to TLA Releasing for North America and HBO Max for the Baltics Ahead of Tallinn (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Springsteen’ Leads U.K.-Ireland Box Office as ‘Regretting You’ and ‘Chainsaw Man’ Open Strong

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Mike White and Sydney Sweeney Want to Compete on ‘The Amazing Race’ Together

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