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Daisy Edgar-Jones said in an interview with Elle Magazine that she is quite fortunate her A-list male co-stars have never taken issue with her being the lead star over them. She first broke out onto the scene opposite Paul Mescal in “Normal People” before co-starring with Sebastian Stan (“Fresh”), Harris Dickinson (“Where the Crawdads Sing”), […]

“Tokyo Crush,” a pioneering France-Japan comedy romance, won the Series Mania Forum Best Project Award, awarded for best title at the French TV festival’s hugely popular Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. One of Series Mania’s industry centerpieces, the Pitching Sessions saw 15 projects presented to an industry audience on Tuesday at Series Mania in Lille, northern France.  […]

The Hollywood studios’ technology joint venture MovieLabs is launching a leadership council for its recently-formed MovieLabs Industry Forum, with industry vet Leon Silverman as chair. The council is made up by MovieLabs studio members, including Paramount Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal City Studios and Warner Bros. Entertainment, joined by Adobe, Amazon […]

Greg Hessinger, a former executive director of the Screen Actors Guild, has been named the third-ever chief executive of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Hessinger will take responsibility for negotiating dozens of labor agreements on behalf of the major Hollywood studios. The contracts with the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild […]

Loyola Marymount University will host its inaugural Innovators Film Festival, offering panel discussions and experiential installations centered around AI. The free festival, hosted by LMU’s School of Film and Television, will include screenings of student short films as well as panels and workshops made up of industry professionals who will speak about topics like the […]

Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash and producer Tony Brown were announced Tuesday as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, due to be officially inducted in a formal ceremony in fall 2025. The new trio of inductees were revealed during a morning news conference hosted by Vince Gill, who shared personal connections […]

Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, will open with the world premiere of “Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance,” directed by Canadian filmmaker Noam Gonick. The documentary explores the pivotal moments that sparked Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ movement. The festival’s 32nd edition, which runs from April 24 to May 4 in Toronto, has revealed a […]

Allison Russell has released the first taste of her next full-length project with “Superlover,” a plea for peace. Joining her in a duet is Annie Lennox, and it’s a rare one, marking her first vocal appearance on a recorded song since her 2018 movie theme “Requiem for a Private War”; Lennox’s last full album was […]

DELHI DEBUT BookMyShow Live is set to bring rap superstar Travis Scott to India for the first time as part of his “Circus Maximus” world tour, with a performance scheduled for Oct. 18 at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The India show will be produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live, the live entertainment experiential division […]

Incredibly, Mary J. Blige, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and one of the greatest singers New York has ever produced, has never before headlined the city’s most iconic music venue, Madison Square Garden. All of that will change on April 10, when the moment finally […]