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Japan’s Film Funds Look Beyond Production Committees to Build New Financing Models

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Japan’s New 2027 Anime Award Should Put Creators in the Spotlight, Industry Leaders Say at Tokyo Market

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Ozu Shapes Mishima Yukiko’s Tokyo Competition Title ‘Two Cigarettes, Three Nights’

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Sourav Ganguly’s ‘Bigg Boss Bangla’ Among Highlights as Indian Media Giant JioStar Revenues Climb 10%

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How Keanu Reeves Landed in Stop-Motion Samurai Epic ‘Hidari’ – and Why S.S. Rajamouli Wanted to Know How It Was Made

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Georgia’s ‘Guria’ Wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot Chidgasornpongse Takes Director Prize

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Ranbir Kapoor, Yash Light Up Gold House’s Diwali Event as Group Launches South Asian Shorts Fund

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Bill Maher Fact-Checks Kid Rock After He Compares Abdul El-Sayed to 9/11 Hijackers on ‘Real Time’

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Bill Maher Fires Back at Trump by Comparing Him to Taylor Swift

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Selma Blair Addresses Alleged Plane Assault for First Time in New Video: ‘I Am So Sorry’

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Martin Scorsese Says His ‘Cleopatra’ Movie With Angelina Jolie Was ‘Ruined’ by Seth Rogen and the Sony Hack: ‘It Was Gonna Be Really Wild’

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‘Kelly Clarkson Show,’ ‘General Hospital,’ ‘Beyond the Gates’ Lead Daytime Emmys 2026 Winners

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Two Arrested in Murder of ‘SNL’ Writer’s Sister

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Selma Blair Apologizes for Plane Incident: ‘I Am So Sorry’

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Magical Realist Tale ‘6TM’ and ‘Searching for SmarterChild,’ About One of the Earliest Chatbots, Win Top Industry Awards at Ji.hlava Festival

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Marvin R. Shanken, Longtime Publisher and Editor of Wine Spectator, Dies at 83

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Cate Blanchett-Backed Group and Collection of Hollywood Stars File Brief in New York Times-OpenAI Lawsuit: Hollywood Has ‘Proven Infrastructure’ to License Content

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‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker Pitched Nathan Fielder a Collaboration After Watching ‘You Can See Everything’: ‘I Put It Out in the Water’

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Netflix’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Won’t Play in Regal and Cinemark Imax Theaters

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Trinh T. Minh-ha Still Sets Her Own Rules – and Heads to ‘The Undying Desert’ in Her First Film Set in the U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)

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Hotel and Travel Industry Groups Back U.S. Film Incentive as Tourism Draw

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‘The Celebrity Traitors’: [SPOILER] and [SPOILER] Win in Nail-Biting Season 2 Finale

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Jennifer Lawrence Says ‘Absolutely F—ing Not’ to Transforming Into X-Men’s Mystique Again

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Léa Seydoux Getting American Cinematheque Retrospective (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Star Tom Francis on Singing in the Movie Last Minute and the ‘Visceral and Intense’ World War II Scenes

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Santa Barbara Film Fest: Inde Navarrette, Jaafar Jackson Among Eight Tapped for Virtuoso Awards

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Paramount+ Acquires Rights to Moonbug Series From the ‘Blippi’ and ‘CoComelon’ Universes (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘A Few Good Men’ Review: Broadway Revival Breathes New Life Into Aaron Sorkin’s Courtroom Classic

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‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ to End With Season 20 at Paramount+

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‘Iron Man’ Cinematographer Matthew Libatique Says AI ‘Could Replace Marvel’ VFX, but They’ll Never ‘Use AI Actors’

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Eric Bauza Remembered as a “Once-in-a-Generation” Talent Who Gave Looney Tunes a New Voice

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Skydance Sets Comms and Publicity Leadership Team, With Several Execs Departing

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‘Big Little Lies’ Season 3 Production Kicked Off This Week — For One Day Only (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Christmas at the Kringles’ Director on Mixing Holiday Horror, Humor and Heart With a Cast of Comic Ringers

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Jessica Lange Hints at Acting Retirement: ‘I Feel Like I’m Coming to an End… It Doesn’t Seem Easy to Get Things Made Anymore’

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‘The Odyssey’ Oscar Blitz to Begin With Robert Downey Jr., Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg as Moderators

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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Cuts 50% of Employees After Actress Buys Back Company

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Netflix’s ‘Haunted Hotel’ Renewed for Season 3

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Eric Bauza to Make Posthumous ‘Simpsons’ Debut: Late ‘Looney Tunes’ Voice Actor Plays Two Characters

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NFL to Face New Trial in Sunday Ticket Class-Action Lawsuit to Determine Financial Damages

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Patrick Stewart Changed Genre Acting Forever With ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’

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Tony Gilroy on the Lunch With Pedro Pascal That Saved ‘Behemoth!’ and How the Film Explores ‘New Varieties of Loneliness’

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Beyoncé, Zendaya and Halle Berry’s Go-To Red Carpet Designer Launches Affordable H&M Collection

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Rotterdam and Alexandria Festival Programmers on What Gets a Movie Accepted and Why Rejection Isn’t a Verdict on Quality

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Blink49 Studios Evolves as a Pure-Play Content Shop to Meet the Moment for Content Production

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Ripcord Halloween Film Festival: ‘Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart’ Director Julian Doan Takes $100,000 Grand Prize

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Variety’s Doc Dreams Live Returns to New York for Third Year

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‘Harry Potter’ Actor Paapa Essiedu ‘Wouldn’t Have Taken This Job On’ If He Couldn’t Handle Snape Casting Backlash: ‘My Priority Is the Work’

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Golden Globes: ‘Artificial’ Submitted as Comedy (Exclusive)

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Inde Navarrette, Jaafar Jackson, Jordan Firstman and More Among SBIFF Virtuosos Honorees

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