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Elf fans will want to give themselves an extra scoop of syrup-covered spaghetti. Warner Bros. Discovery will honor director Jon Favreau’s enduring Will Ferrell-led holiday film with the first annual celebration of “December the TwELFth.” Released Nov. 7, 2003, the New Line movie also stars James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner and Bob…

The Warner Bros. bake-off has officially begun. Paramount, Comcast and Netflix each submitted bids for some or all of Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter confirms, officially kickstarting a process that is likely to see the company sold to yet another new buyer, either whole or in part. Paramount, led…

For politicians, does a “no comment” in reaction to difficult questions about actual or even potential scandals keep you safe or actually land you in just the hot water you are trying to avoid? Just ask the conservative former Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who led the government 2013-2021 and faced political and media pressure…

Next year, just before her Wuthering Heights hits theaters, Emerald Fennell will make her mark on the novel as well. Simon & Schuster is launching a Female Filmmakers Collection that will feature rereleases of classic literature —each volume will be curated by a different director, tasked with curating a movie-inspired cover, writing a new foreword,…

You want to live independently and follow your dreams? Of course, you do. And so does Ella, 19, the protagonist of Norwegian writer-director Mari Storstein’s fiction feature directorial debut My First Love. But there are barriers for her that you may not even be aware of when you start watching this coming-of-age story about desire,…