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Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst Celebrate 20 Years of ‘Marie Antoinette’ With Reality-Bending Versailles Exhibition

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‘NAZA’ Trailer: Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s Venice Prizewinner Explores Gaza Conflict Through Revelatory Interviews With IDF Soldiers

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Shemar Moore Is Back in Action in Starz’s Solid Cop Drama ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’: TV Review

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Willem Dafoe Says Record-Breaking U.S. Box Office Should Be ‘Spread Out a Little Bit’: ‘The Audience Comes Mainly From Three Huge Movies’

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‘Fire at Sea’ Producer Donatella Palermo Boards Eryk Rocha’s Buzzy Doc ‘Elza’ Ahead of Rio Film Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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Warner Music Group Names Val Blavatnik Managing Director of North America and U.K. Amid Other Executive Moves

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Olivia Rodrigo, Sombr, Katseye Lead iHeartMedia ‘Jingle Ball’ Lineups

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New York Film Festival Boss on Scoring ‘Artificial’ and ‘Behemoth’ World Premieres and Why Movies Are ‘Unavoidably Political’

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Rio Fest’s RioMarket, Kicking Off Oct. 1, to Feature TikTok Program and Online Business Meetings

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Elton John, Charli xcx, Burna Boy and More Set Shows at New Apple Music Hall in London

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Turkish Distributor Baska Sinema Boards AI-Generated Feature ‘A Woman Asleep’ for Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

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Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ Returns to Theaters With Ticket Sales Donated to Dollywood Foundation After Star’s Death

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Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,’ Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Debut’ Among Rome Film Festival Standout Titles

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LISTEN: The Delicate Art of Releasing a Hit Streaming Series

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Produced by J.A. Bayona, Netflix Documentary Series ‘Beyond Society’ Examines What Happens After the Survivors of the 1972 Andes Plane Crash Return to Uruguay

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In Finnish Body Horror ‘Tick Fever,’ Lyme Disease Is the Least of Your Worries (EXCLUSIVE)

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ECAM Incubator Film Project ‘Our Raised Skin’ Explores the Male Body and the Fear of Its Touch

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Rio Film Festival Head on Bookending Fest With ‘La Bola Negra’ and ‘Club Kid,’ Expanding Premiére Brasil: ‘I Don’t Want a Festival By-the-Book’

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Tokyo Film Festival Unveils Mizoguchi Retrospective, Anime Award Symposium and Teens Cinema Workshop Milestone

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‘My Octopus Teacher’ Outfit Off the Fence Boards Viviane D’Avilla’s Intersex Doc ‘Let Us Be’ Ahead of Rio Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

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What Comes Next for Brazil After ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘The Secret Agent’? International Co-Productions Point Towards a Strong Future

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Oscars: Cuba Selects ‘Malecón’ for International Feature Contest, Movistar Plus Acquires Spanish Streaming Rights (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Drive-In, Streaming Platform Where Indie Filmmakers Keep IP, Audience and Money, Sets Launch (EXCLUSIVE)

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Block the Merger Coalition Asks Court to Reject Paramount’s Settlement With States Over Warner Bros. Deal

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Oscars: Denmark Selects May el-Toukhy’s Golden Lion Winner ‘Woman Unknown’ for International Feature Race

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‘Florid’ Director Billy Lumby on Challenging ‘Misrepresentation’ of Schizophrenia on Screen and Casting Non-Actors in Feature Debut

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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Sets Brooklyn Week Lineup With Zohran Mamdani, Bruce Springsteen

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‘Halima,’ First Finnish Pic Ever by Black Female Filmmaker, Bags Fiction Project Prize, ‘Sauna Diplomacy’ Named Best Genre Project at Finnish Film Affair

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Late-Night Hosts Take Aim at Trump’s Meeting With China’s President Xi

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‘Unabomber’ Review: A Portrait of the Terrorist as a Young Man, Given a Hokey TV-Movie Gloss

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Silver Lion Winner ‘Miss Violence’ Director Alexandros Avranas to Helm Greek Adaptation of Globoplay’s Hit Series ‘The Others’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Taylor Swift Still Has Unfinished Business With Her Exes — Thank God! — While Also Mooning Over Her Groom in ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’: New Tracks Review

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Gaussian Scout, Pixentinel Take Top Prizes at San Sebastián’s Zinemaldia Startup Challenge

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Paramount’s David Ellison Attends Trump White House State Dinner for Chinese President; CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From Event

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Hannah Einbinder Speaks Out After Being Arrested at Netanyahu Protest: ‘Let Us Not Mistake the Spectacle for the Story’

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Aamir Khan to Receive Screen Icon Award as Singapore Film Festival Opens With Hur Jin-ho’s ‘The Assassin(s)’

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The Horror Show Launches at Academy Museum: Costumes and Props From ‘Halloween,’ ‘Saw,’ ‘Poltergeist’ and More

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Inside Variety’s Power of Women 2026 Gift Bag: Goop Skincare, Tarte Beauty, Voluspa Candles and More

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AI Robots Dance in the Rain as Pingyao Film Festival Turns 10, Honors Ann Hui

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VMAs Producer Van Toffler on Madonna’s Return, the Taylor Takeover and Why He Brought the Show West Again: ‘L.A. and Snoop Is a Lethal Combo’

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12 Takeaways From Ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s New Book

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Dakota Johnson on Being in Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Music Video: ‘We Respect Each Other’s Creative Minds’

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Star Celia Rose Gooding Breaks Down That Time-Jumping Season 4 Finale

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SCAD Savannah Film Fest: Directors of 10 of 2026’s Top Documentaries Set for ‘Docs to Watch’ Panel (Exclusive)

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Backers of U.S. Film Incentive See Window to Pass Bill This Year

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‘The Musical’ Star Will Brill on His Dark, Surprisingly Delightful 9/11 Revenge Comedy

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Xsolla President’s New Book Reveals How Gaming Companies Can ‘Get Off That Hit-Driven Hamster Wheel’

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Jay Pharoah, Cheri Oteri, Adam Devine Among ‘Universal Basic Guys’ Season 3 Guest Stars (EXCLUSIVE)

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Buffalo Bills Mafia and Their Super Bowl Hopes Focus of New Docuseries

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Zurich Film Festival Underway With Golden Eye Award for Tom Hiddleston

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