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Amazon Moves to Toss ‘Criminal’ Production Assistant’s Harassment Suit

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Navigating AI, Super-Serving Audiences, Engaging the Creator Economy and More at Variety’s 2026 Entertainment and Technology Summit

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Javier Bardem to Star in Drama Series ‘The Spread’ at HBO From Bill Dubuque, Sean Sansiveri

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Don Palathara’s Indian Drama ‘Monkey Play’ Selected for Vancouver’s Inaugural Works-in-Progress Lab (EXCLUSIVE)

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Music Industry Moves: T.J. Martell Gala Honoring Red Light Founder Coran Capshaw Raises Over $3.2 Million for Cancer Research; Freddy Wexler Launches Label

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Canada’s BetterHalf Films Joins Indonesia’s Studio Amarana on Animated Film ‘Galeo of the Seawalkers’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Brandy Clark on Conceiving New Song ‘American Roots’ as a Modern-Day ‘This Land Is Your Land’ — Polarizing Pro-Immigrant Sentiment and All (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Crawl’ Sequel, Starring Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd, Gets July 2027 Release Date

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VIFF’s First Business Hub Lineup Mixes It Up With a Vibrant Lineup

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Elevation Pictures Acquires Jason Lapeyre’s World War II Hybrid Doc ‘The Auschwitz Volunteer’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Gerrit Graham, Actor in ‘Phantom of the Paradise,’ Screenwriter and Grateful Dead Collaborator, Dies at 77

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‘NAZA’ Israel-Gaza War Doc Sets U.S. Theatrical Release

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Gaza Documentary ‘NAZA’ Sets U.S. Theatrical Release Through Self-Distribution Model

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TV Operators Power Spain’s Global Breakout as the San Sebastian Film Festival Readies Launch: ‘Spanish Cinema Has Never Been So Powerful’

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Brad Pitt Returning for ‘World War Z’ Sequel at Paramount With Edward Berger to Direct

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‘World War Z’ Sequel Back on With Brad Pitt Returning, Edward Berger Directing

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Getting to Know Juan Andrés García Ropero ‘Bropi,’ the New Director of Content of Movistar Plus

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Drunk Shakespeare Theater Producer Sues Amazon, Alleging Prime Video’s ‘Off Campus’ Violated Its Trademarks

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Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Debut’ Named as Opening Night Film at Middleburg Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

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Lily Collins Says Goodbye to ‘Emily in Paris’ as Filming Wraps on Series Finale: ‘This Has Forever Changed Me’

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‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom’ Review: The Ovine Adventurer Returns for a Perfectly Silly Halloween Treat

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Alan Ritchson in Talks to Star in Sony’s ‘Helldivers’ Video Game Adaptation

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Sony Music, Universal Music Group Sue Suno Over Label-Backed Model: ‘Fruit of the Same Poisoned Tree’

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Rina Sawayama on Releasing New Music After Two-Year Break: ‘I Didn’t Think I Would Return’

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‘Red Snow,’ a Vampire Santa Horror-Comedy, Acquired by Shudder (EXCLUSIVE)

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New Independent Film Studio SuperCinema Launches in Burbank

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Oscar Predictions: Best Original Screenplay — ‘Club Kid’ and ‘Josephine’ Lead a Field of Personal, Timely Stories

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‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ Wins Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film (Exclusive)

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‘House of David’ to End With Season 3 at Amazon, Wonder Project

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Nicole Wallace Joins Josh Heuston in Amazon MGM’s ‘Throttled’ Adaptation

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Afrobeats Superstar Davido Announces Residency in Nigeria: ‘This One Is Very, Very Dear to Me’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Disney Hires Its First CTO: Karandeep Anand, Former CEO of AI Chatbot Start-Up

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T-Mobile’s Latest Home Internet Deal Gets You a Free Month One Month of Service on T-Mobile — Plus AirPods 4 or Up to $200 Back

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‘Tiny Fugitives’ Writer Jacob Kaplan on Making a Raunchy, R-Rated Summer Camp Comedy Starring 12-Year-Olds: ‘Sometimes It’s Funnier if They Don’t Get What It Means’

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Jay-Z Revisits the Ghosts of Lyrics Past in the Illuminating (and Possibly Too Thorough) ‘Jay-Z in 8’: TV Review

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Nike’s New NBA Collection Lets Fans Shop Player-Worn Gear for the First Time

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‘The Traitors’ Season 5 Cast Revealed: Kristin Chenoweth, Dominic Monaghan, Whitney Leavitt, and More

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‘It’s Time for My Voice’: Jennifer Hudson on Reviving ‘Dreamgirls,’ Booking Tom Cruise for Her Talk Show and Writing Original Music Again

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Oscars: Poland Submits Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland,’ Starring Sandra Hüller, for International Feature Race

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Duncan Sheik, ‘Barely Breathing’ Hitmaker and ‘Spring Awakening’ Stage Composer, Dies at 56

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Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Makes $8.8 Million in Previews, Biggest Ever for Series

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Introducing George Jaques, the ‘Sunny Dancer’ Director and ‘Ballsy’ British Creative Being Called the ‘Tom Holland of Filmmaking’

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Bill Hader on Why Young People Hate AI, Voicing Cat in the Hat and the Status of His Jonestown HBO Series

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Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Transformation Initially Took Six Hours — but He Convinced the Makeup Team to ‘Get It Under an Hour’

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‘The Betrayers’ Director Talks Navigating Political, Personal Treachery in Crimea-Set Thriller

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Werner Herzog and Orlando Bloom on ‘Bucking Fastard’ and That Threesome Scene With the Mara Sisters: ‘It Has Such Charm and Depth’

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’Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Sets Limited Edition, Free CGC Comic Book Drop for New York Comic Con (EXCLUSIVE)

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Fan Bingbing on Toronto and Busan Selection ‘Diary of a Mad Old Man’ and Her International Ambitions: ‘Cinema Should Be Able to Cross Borders’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift’ Ride Opens to Thrill Fans at Universal Studios Hollywood

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Japan’s Top Broadcasters Unite for First Joint Delegation to MipCancun (EXCLUSIVE)

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