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Natasha Lyonne kicked off May with the Season 2 launch of “Poker Face” in Los Angeles while Kerry Washington was in New York City for the premiere of “Shadow Force.” At the same time, Reese Witherspoon jetted to Miami Beach for the American Express screening of “F1: The Academy” with Hello Sunshine and Netflix at […]

The 27th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, concluded this weekend with China’s “Her Story” taking home the Golden Mulberry award, marking a significant triumph for female filmmakers at the event. Director Yihui Shao’s box office hit claimed the festival’s top honor, awarded by audience votes, while Hong Kong’s “The […]

In a wide-ranging fireside chat with Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan at Mumbai’s World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) conference, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that theatrical distribution and streaming can successfully coexist, particularly in India’s “fan-centric” entertainment ecosystem. Sarandos stirred up controversy online by calling the movie theater model “outdated” in a recent interview, to […]

President Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself as the leader of the Catholic Church, coming as the Vatican’s conclave to select the next pope is set to commence next week. On Friday evening, the U.S. president posted the image on his official account on Truth Social, the social-media platform run by Trump Media & […]

Florence Pugh might have daredevil in her DNA. At last summer’s San Diego Comic-Con, Pugh revealed that she had a major stunt in “Thunderbolts”: jumping off the second tallest building in the world, Merdeka, a 118-story skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It’s the type of terrifying feat that would freak most grandparents out, but Pugh’s […]

CBS has canceled the reboot of “The Equalizer” after five seasons, Variety has learned. The series, which is led by Queen Latifah, was the last remaining bubble show at the broadcast network. The season finale airing on May 4 will now serve as the series finale. Previously, CBS had canceled the freshman multi-cam “Poppa’s House” […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Thunderbolts*,” now playing in theaters. After months of speculation, we finally know what that pesky asterisk in “Thunderbolts*” means: There’s a New Avengers team in the MCU! Since “Endgame,” there hasn’t been a proper Avengers group, but the Thunderbolts, now operating as the New Avengers, are ready […]

Kirk Medas, a main cast member of MTV’s reality series “Floribama Shore,” died Friday in Miami, Fla. of complications due to liver failure. He was 33 years old. His death was confirmed by MTV in a statement to People. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Kirk Medas, a beloved member […]

Rian Johnson recently told Business Insider while promoting “Poker Face” Season 2 that he wants the next “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” to be released in as many movie theaters as possible. Whether Netflix delivers on this wish later this year remains to be seen. Johnson’s interview came in the wake of Netflix […]

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