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10 Cannes Lions Events and Trends to Watch for at This Year’s Festival of Creativity

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Crunchyroll, Goodfellas Board Xilam’s Star-Studded ‘The Wolf’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Albert Serra and Bi Gan Debate Literary Adaptation and Why AI Will Never Have Innocence

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Global Animated Hit ‘Ballerina’ (‘Leap!’) Gets ‘Ballerina 2’ Movie Sequel, TV Series

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‘Ballerina’ (aka ‘Leap!’) Sequel Greenlit as Good Hero Expands Animated Franchise

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Webtoon Productions, France’s OuiDo! Set Animation Series Adaptation of Webtoon Smash ‘Lumine’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Chimney Town: Frozen in Time’ Sells Wide Across Europe Ahead of Annecy French Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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Trafalgar Releasing Launches Korean Entity, Names Hybe Veteran as Asia Acquisitions Head (EXCLUSIVE)

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Indian Kids’ IP Brand Behind ‘Emomee’ Rolls Out First Animated Series (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: The Canary-Colored Critters’ Latest Starring Vehicle Goes Back to Early Hollywood, and Hits a Creative High

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‘The Way Home’ Bosses on Purposefully Leaving Some Questions Unanswered in Bittersweet Series Finale While Also Providing ‘Closure’ for Fans

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‘The Vampire Lestat:’ Star Sam Reid, Creator On Staging Their Favorite Song of the Season and Then Getting the ‘F— Out of the Way’

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‘House of the Dragon’ Director Breaks Down Epic Sea Battle, Building Two Full-Scale Ships and What’s Next After [SPOILER]’s Death

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‘House of the Dragon’ Actor on [SPOILER]’s Watery Death in Season 3 Premiere: It Was ‘Challenging Trying to Keep My Eyes Open’

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‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Cast Guide: Who’s Who in Westeros and What Happened in Season 2?

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Bob Dylan Erects a Watchtower in the Desert With Moody, Magisterial Show at Palm Springs’ Acrisure Arena: Concert Review

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Netflix, Focus Pass on Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ After Amazon MGM Studios Dropped Sam Altman-OpenAI Movie

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Olivia Rodrigo Earns Third Consecutive No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’

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‘Criminal Minds’ Star Paget Brewster Tells TV Journalist to ‘Work at a Shelter’ After Mixed Review, Sparking Outrage From Other Critics

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‘Peter Asher: Everywhere Man’ Review: The Beatles-Era Pop Singer Turned Star Producer Gets His Own Boomer-centric Documentary

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Iowa Anchor Dustin Nolan Calls Out ‘Sanitized News’ as He Quits on Air in Emotional Sign-Off: ‘We Have to Take People Out of Their Bubbles’

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Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Ignites to Series-Best $312 Million Globally, ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ Surpass $300 Million Milestone

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Richard Gere Turned Down ‘The Agency’ Before Signing on To Play CIA Bureau Chief After Re-Writes: ‘When Bosko Walks in the Room, He’s the Boss, and Everyone Has To Acknowledge That’

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SZA Slams ‘Disgusting‘ Musicians Using AI, Says Platforms Like Suno Train on the ‘Best and Brightest Black Minds of Writers and Producers’

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Karlovy Vary Film Festival Topper Karel Och Talks About the 60th Edition Lineup and Its Cinematic Ambitions for Regional Filmmakers and Beyond

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Concertgoer Falls to His Death During Goose Show at Madison Square Garden

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Aardman Teases New Pokemon, ‘Timmy’ Series, ‘The (Almost) Untold Story of Danger Delilah,’ Aardman Academy and Looks Back at 50 Years of Clay Animation at Annecy

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Aardman Teases New Pokemon Series, Upcoming Lego Short, Aardman Academy and Looks Back at 50 Years of Clay Animation at Annecy

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Netflix, A24 and Focus Pass on Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ as Mubi Circles (EXCLUSIVE)

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Aubrey Plaza Says ‘Kevin’ Is Canceled at Amazon After First Season: ‘Very Disappointing Since We Were Just Getting Going’

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Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Scores Year’s Biggest Debut With $160 Million, Shattering Franchise Opening Weekend Record

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Kit Harington Says ‘Growing Need’ to ‘Take the Reins on the Creative Front’ Led Him to Directorial Debut ‘Psychopomp,’ Starring Harry Melling: ‘I Feel Less Exposed’

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Bentonville Film Festival Taps ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me’ and ‘Jane Elliott Against the World’ as Its Top Winners

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‘Yugly’ Sells Wide Ahead of Annecy World Premiere, as nWave Team Enthuses at Quirky Characters, European CG With Heart (EXCLUSIVE)

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Banijay Kids & Family Close Latin America Deals on ‘Totally Spies’ Season 8, ‘MiniHeroes of the Forest,’ ‘The Game Catchers’ Season 1

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Director Stefano Bertelli Breaks Down ‘Spacetime Chronicles,’ Talks Feature Debut and Receiving True Audience Feedback

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Viu CEO Says Nearly 20% of Long-Form Users Now Watch Microdrama as Streamer Expands Branded Content and Co-Production Push

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Spanish Filmmaker Carlos Saiz’s Intimate Father-Son Drama ‘Lionel’ Wins Top Prize at Transilvania Film Festival

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‘The Fear’s Artist,’ ‘We Won’t Get Old Together’ Win Big at Transilvania Industry Awards

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Yash’s ‘Toxic’ Set for August Release During Extended Holiday Window

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Zhang Songwen’s ‘Secret in the Box’ Brings Infamous Hong Kong Murder Case to Shanghai Competition

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Cinepolis Picks Up Australian Documentary ‘Shared Table: Regional Heroes’ for India Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

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Lisa Lu, Centenarian Actor and Shanghai Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Reunites With Fans at Screening of Restored ‘The Arch’

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How Duncan Jones Made ‘Rogue Trooper’ Look Like a Studio Epic on an Indie Budget

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World Lens: How the Shanghai Film Festival Puts Its Faith in a New Generation

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‘Atlantic Rhapsody’ Takes Top Prize at Shanghai Film Festival

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How the Shanghai Film Festival Is Embracing Cinema’s Future: From AI to iPhone Moviemaking

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Tony Leung Reflects on the Rise of AI and His Hopes for the Future of Film

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Netflix Wins ‘Sesame Street’ Movie Rights

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‘Minions & Monsters’ Director Pierre Coffin on His Tribute to Hollywood, the Exhausting Work of Voicing the Yellow Creatures and Crafting Comedy That’s ‘More Irreverent Than Some of the Competition’

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