Peacock’s Best Deal This Year Saves You 67 Percent While Streaming ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Love Island’ and More
Reality TV junkies and cord-cutters won't want to miss this Black Friday discount.
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Christopher Nolan Says He’s Not Directing Next James Bond
Christopher Nolan says he’s not doing a Bond, James Bond, movie as his next project. The director shot down speculation he might pivot to the 007 franchise after the blockbuster success of his summer period drama Oppenheimer. “No, sadly no — no truth to those rumors,” Nolan told The Associated Press in an interview while […]
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Box Office: ‘Napoleon’ and ‘Wish’ Take Their Seats at the Thanksgiving Table
The Thanksgiving box office feast is underway. Disney Animation Studios’ holiday tentpole Wish opens everywhere across North America on Wednesday after starting off its domestic run with $2.3 million in Tuesday previews. The music-infused movie is tipped to win the Thanksgiving stretch with at least $45 million to $50 million for the five-day corridor, including […]
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‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Producers Respond to That Anti-Capitalism Criticism
From the very moment Squid Game: The Challenge was announced, there’s been a recurring criticism of the show’s very existence. The reality competition is based on Netflix’s hit drama series and has 456 players competing in dystopian kids games for a record-breaking $4.56 million prize. The show is arguably the most cinematic reality series ever […]
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Cineplex Sells Player One Amusement Group for $155M
Canadian exhibitor Cineplex has unveiled a definitive agreement with OpenGate Capital to sell Player One Amusement Group for $155 million, the company said Wednesday. The deal will see Los Angeles-based private equity firm OpenGate acquire all issued and outstanding common shares of the amusement gaming provider. “Player One represents a dynamic investment and opportunity to […]
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‘Faraway Downs’ Review: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ Expansion Comes Up Short
The director's 2008 epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman becomes a six-part Hulu miniseries that incorporates previously cut footage and an alternate ending.
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Brian Cox Shares All-Time Favorite ‘Succession’ Line
Brian Cox has shared his favorite all-time Succession line — and it’s one many viewers will hear and nod with in agreement. “I love you, but you’re not serious people … that really sort of summed it all up, didn’t it?” host Seth Meyers asked while welcoming Cox to his Late Night show. “Well, actually, […]
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Why a Wave of High-Profile Sexual Assault Lawsuits Is Arriving Now
If it seems like the music industry is facing a moment of reckoning — this month, lawsuits were filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, music mogul L.A. Reid and ex-Grammys CEO Neil Portnow — it might be, but it’s likely that these cases are making headlines all at once because a New York law that suspends […]
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YouTube Star and Comedian Daniel Howell Signs With UTA, InterTalent (Exclusive)
UTA and the comedy division of U.K. talent management company InterTalent have signed British YouTube star, author, TV host and comedian Daniel Howell. The news follows Howell’s global tour and builds upon the achievements of his 2020 book You Will Get Through This Night, which became a Sunday Times bestseller, online following and advocacy for […]
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Israel and Hamas Agree on Truce to Free Hostages in Swap
Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day cease-fire in the war in Gaza — a breakthrough that will facilitate the release of dozens of hostages held by militants as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and bring a large influx of aid to the besieged territory, officials said Wednesday. The truce raised hopes of eventually winding down […]
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‘Ferrari’ Gala Screening to Close Red Sea Film Festival
The Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will wrap up its third edition next month with a closing-night gala screening on Dec. 7 of Ferrari, the biopic from Michael Mann starring Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz, Shailene Woodley and Patrick Dempsey. Organizers on Wednesday also unveiled the lineup for the International Spectacular […]
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European Film Academy to Honor Producer Uljana Kim
Uljana Kim, the Korean-Kyrgyzstani producer of such acclaimed documentaries as Mariupolis and The Natural History of Destruction, will be honored at this year’s European Film Awards with the 2023 Eurimages International Co-Production award. The award is backed by pan-European co-production fund Eurimages. Born to a Korean family in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Kim is one of Eastern […]
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Berlin Boosts Budget for Film Festival
The city of Berlin has pledged to boost the budget for the Berlinale, helping to counter major cuts that have shaken up the organization of one of Europe’s largest film festivals. At a media event held by the CDU, one of the ruling parties in Berlin’s coalition government, on Tuesday, the city pledged to support […]
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OpenAI Bringing Back Sam Altman as CEO Days After Firing
In another plot twist, artificial intelligence start-up OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, said that co-founder Sam Altman was set to return as its CEO after days of drama following a showdown between him and the company’s board that fired him. “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with […]
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‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter,’ ‘Horror of Dolores Roach’ and ‘With Love’ Canceled at Amazon
Amazon’s Prime Video is cutting three original series from its roster. The streamer has canceled two first-year dramas, Harlan Coben’s Shelter and The Horror of Dolores Roach, and comedy series With Love, which ran for two seasons. All three were produced at least in part by the tech giant’s in-house Amazon Studios (now Amazon MGM […]
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‘Monday Night Football’ Hits 27-Year Ratings High
A Super Bowl rematch on Monday Night Football brought in a huge audience — the biggest one for any TV broadcast, in fact, since the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles’ 21-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs drew better than 29 million viewers across all platforms, the most for a Monday Night Football telecast in […]
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Daisy Ridley Talks ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ and Her ‘Star Wars’ Return
Daisy Ridley has a lot going on these days, but she made a point to carve out some time to support The Marsh King’s Daughter, a film that was a promotional casualty of the now-resolved SAG-AFTRA strike. The English actor has plenty of reasons to be proud of her work in Neil Burger’s thriller, as […]
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Sarah Paulson Credits Matthew Perry for Helping Her Land ‘Studio 60’ Role: “One of the Most Generous People”
Sarah Paulson remembers Matthew Perry “as one of the most generous people on the planet.” The American Horror Story actress looked back at her fond memories with the Friends star, who died at age 54 last month, during a recent appearance on The View. On Oct. 28, the Los Angeles Police Department found Perry unresponsive […]
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