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YouTube educator and children’s entertainer Rachel Accurso, aka Ms. Rachel, has partnered with Stonyfield Organic Yogurt to launch a line of no-sweetener-added pouches featuring Ms. Rachel on the packaging. The new YoBaby® No Added Sweeteners yogurt pouches will launch alongside “O is for Organic,” a new program from Ms. Rachel and Stonyfield created to “emphasize the […]

Proof of Concept, an accelerator program supporting women, trans and nonbinary filmmakers founded by Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, producer Coco Francini and noted researcher Dr. Stacy L. Smith, debuted the work of its inaugural class at a showcase on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. “The showcase is a celebration of a cornucopia of new, wonderful […]

“Fire Island” actor Zane Phillips and Jelani Alladin of “Fellow Travelers” are set to star in the 1980s-set queer erotic thriller “Strangers On a Beach.” Written and directed by Michael Schwartz (“Snatched”), the film’s official logline reads, “It’s 1983 in San Francisco and a mysterious killer is targeting homosexual men. But Calvin just wants to […]

The first full trailer for the Max crime drama “Duster” has dropped, promising viewers a high-octane ride through the American southwest. The series is set in the 1970s and is said to explore “the life of a gutsy getaway driver (Josh Holloway) for a growing crime syndicate that goes from dangerous to wildly, stupidly dangerous […]

‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ wants fans to do the time warp again for its 50th anniversary. The musical cult classic’s half-century milestone will be celebrated with a new 4K Ultra remaster that will be released in theaters and on Blu-ray later this year. Released in 1975, the movie stars Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon […]

“Shōgun” is officially coming back for Season 2 at FX, with the second season of the hit historical drama set to begin production in January 2026 in Vancouver. Season 1 stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis will return in the roles of Lord Yoshii Toranaga and John Blackthorne, respectively. Sanada, who was a producer on […]

Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi will be fêted during the Cannes Film Festival by the Arab Cinema Center with its Arab Cinema Personality of the Year Award. The award honors prominent industry figures “whose persistent contributions have helped elevate the Arab film industry in the eyes of the international filmmaking community as a […]

International sales outfit Cercamon has acquired worldwide rights to the Gaza-set documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” directed by Iranian-French filmmaker Sepideh Farsi. The documentary is set to make its world premiere in the ACID program at next month’s Cannes Film Festival. The feature offers an intimate, first-hand look at life under […]

Former StudioCanal executive Kalle Friz is joining Universal Pictures International as Managing Director for Germany and Austria.  Friz will report to Paul Higginson, Executive Vice President, EMEA for Universal Pictures International and will be managing day-to-day operations in the territory, which is one of UPI’s biggest theatrical markets.  Karel De Vries, who successfully led the teams in Germany, […]

Barcelona, Spain — On a bustling street in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, past halal butchers, tattoo parlors and generations-old Catalan cafés, a production crew quietly turns the camera on a modest building that houses Can Mosques, a fictional restaurant at the heart of “Ravalear,” Max’s latest Spanish original series. The scene feels uncannily real, […]