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As “Survivor” celebrates 25 years, it’s safe to say the CBS reality series has evolved quite a bit since its 2000 premiere — with many of those changes spearheaded by host and showrunner Jeff Probst. During a panel at American Cinematheque’s “This Is Not a Fiction” festival, Probst reflected on the last two decades, including […]

The 2025 National Association of Broadcasters Show wrapped last week in Las Vegas, following a busy convention that attracted an estimated 55,000 delegates from the media and entertainment industries. While attendance remains far below pre-pandemic levels – the 2019 edition reported 90,000 attendees – it’s clear that AI is steering an industry in transition, fueling […]

With the surprise box office success of “A Minecraft Movie” (taking in $550.5 million worldwide, so far), fans are itching for the sequel. Fans want to know what happens next with Jack Black’s Steve, as well as have more rowdy movie theater moments — like the infamous “chicken jockey” scene. To hold you over until […]

Sheryl Crow and LeAnn Rimes will join “The Voice” as “mega mentors,” helping prepare the remaining Season 27 contestants for the playoffs, which begin April 28. Crow will join coaches Kelsea Ballerini and Michael Bublé, while Rimes (who is a coach on the British and Australian versions of “The Voice”) will team up with John […]

Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker behind “Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie” and “The Other F Word,” died April 12 of breast cancer at her home in Los Angeles. She was 63. As a director, producer and writer, Blaugrund Nevins tackled a range of subjects – from the legacy of Barbie to the […]

Fresh off of releasing the music video for “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA have notched an eighth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with the track. With its eighth week, “Luther” ties 24kGoldn’s “Mood” for the second-longest Hot 100 topper for rap songs this decade, only behind Roddy Ricch’s “The Box.” That song held the […]

Industry animation and VFX studios are continue to announce hires from units of the former Technicolor, which collapsed in February amid financial difficulties. Paris-headquartered Technicolor was the parent company of VFX giant MPC, commercial VFX studio The Mill, Mikros Animation and Technicolor Gaming. It’s closure affected thousands of artists around the world. Among the recent deals, […]

Alex Schulman, the bestselling book author of “Burn All My Letters” and “Survivors” is set to make his feature debut with “Once in the Archipelago” with a strong cast headlined by Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer”), Fares Fares (“Chernobyl”) and Linus Wahlgren (“Partisan”). “Once in the Archipelago” is produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden with […]

Soon you’ll be able to watch A24’s Oscar-winning epic “The Brutalist” from the comfort of your own home, personal library or other architectural wonder. Directed by Brady Corbet and starring best actor winner Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” will begin streaming on Max on May 16. It will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, May 17, […]

Soleil Moon Frye knew Aaron Carter when he was just a teenager. “He was just this vivacious, bubbly, bright, beautiful light,” she says of the late singer. When she met Angel Carter Conrad, Aaron’s twin, a few years ago, they connected quickly. “She had already lost two of her siblings and her father, and in […]