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CANNES — Blessed for most part by balmy weather, French TV fest Canneseries launched a new life this week, staging its first standalone edition without a parallel MipTV or Mipcom supplying a big buyer base sitting literally just yards from Canneseries screenings.  Canneseries Artistic Director Albin Lewi argued before Canneseries that the event is not […]

Netflix teased one of its most anticipated Latin American releases to date, “The Eternaut” (“El Eternauta”), at a decked-out themed fête ahead of today’s streaming release to 200 countries, dubbed into more than 12 languages, with subtitles in more than 30. Directed by Bruno Stagnaro, who co-directed the country’s cult classic “Pizza, Beer and Cigarettes” […]

A trio of Indian content heavyweights are placing a high-stakes bet on experimental storytelling with Madlab Alpha, a new studio venture that aims to create innovative premium content at a time when traditional formulas face mounting audience fatigue. The venture — a partnership between Bodhitree Multimedia Limited, Madlabs Films, and Universe of Ideas — aims […]

Netflix is set to add another international series to its growing slate with “Mad Unicorn.” The Thai drama, helmed by award-winning director Nottapon Boonprakob (“Come and See”), draws inspiration from the true story of Thailand’s first unicorn startup in the competitive express delivery industry. The series stars Ice-Natara Nopparatayapon (“One for the Road,” “Delete”) as […]

Kanye West has released his lost album “Donda 2” after he revealed on a livestream that he was planning to drop the record today. The roots for “Donda 2” date back to early 2022, when the rapper posted on Instagram that the sequel to his 2021 album would arrive that February and be executive produced […]

The staff of the Writers Guild of America West has won voluntary recognition for its new bargaining unit, after more than 81% signed cards in support. The 110 employees of the WGA West will be represented in bargaining by the Pacific Northwest Staff Union. The leadership of the WGA West chose to recognize the union […]

Jack Black’s “Minecraft Movie” meme jam “Steve’s Lava Chicken” has become the shortest song to ever enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Steve’s Lava Chicken,’ which clocks in at a mere 34 seconds, debuted at No. 78 on the Hot 100. The song also reached No. 10 on the Hot Rock Songs chart. According to […]

CBS is experimenting with its own sense of space and time: The network’s drama “Einstein,” recently ordered to series and targeted for next season, will be instead be held until the following year. That means the Matthew Gray Gubler starrer, which was first ordered as a pilot in August 2024, won’t actually hit the airwaves […]

The TCM Classic Film Festival isn’t just high on vintage films — occasionally, at least, the festival also finds a way to make room for long-gone methods of projection and exhibition. This is, after all, the festival that brought back Smell-o-vision for a screening back in the 2010s. “We bring back in every format, eventually,” […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “This Place Is Our Everything,” the Season 1 finale of NBC’s “St. Denis Medical,” now streaming on Peacock. A big change is coming to St. Denis Medical, just as long as the ceiling doesn’t cave in. All season, hospital executive director Joyce (Wendi McClendon-Covey) has gone to great […]