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Tensions ratchet up in the latest official trailer for the third season of Netflix‘s The Diplomat, as viewers eagerly await the Oct. 16 premiere of the next set of episodes. Kicking off with what looks like the immediate aftermath of President Rayburn (Michael McKean) dying at the end of season two, the preview sees staffers…
The race to bring cinematic-level video to studios and filmmakers took another turn Thursday as AI video company Luma AI announced it was partnering with Adobe to release its new Ray3 model. Starting today, the AI video company is making Ray3 available to customers of Adobe’s generative-AI app Adobe Firefly. Paid Firefly customers will get…
A year after launching a juggernaut publishing line with Batman at its center, DC has another massive Batman comic book hit. The publisher announced Thursday that its Batman No. 1, a relaunch of the Caped Crusader by writer Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jiménez, has sold over 500,000 copies. That number puts the title as…
Robert Redford was not your garden-variety celebrity. Even though his name was virtually synonymous with Hollywood glamour, and despite starring in a slew of popular hits like Inside Daisy Clover (1965), This Property Is Condemned (1966), The Chase (1966) and Barefoot in the Park (1967), capped off by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969),…
In 2014, I traveled from Los Angeles to New York to meet Robert Redford for the first and only time. Even as an experienced and somewhat jaded journalist, I was nervous. Not because of Redford’s iconic stature, which was beyond doubt; and not because I’d grown up deeply affected by such films as Butch Cassidy…
“I have a question for the group, actually. How many of you watch late-night on any network today? Raise your hand.” Few hands went up. That was how Paramount’s new COO, Andy Gordon, parried a question about Stephen Colbert’s cancellation during a meet-and-greet with journalists upon closing of the $8 billion merger with Skydance on…
Spotify and Sony Music Group have reached an agreement for new multiyear global licensing deals in recorded music and publishing, the companies announced Wednesday. The companies didn’t disclose specifics on the deals but said the agreements means “songwriters share more directly in the growth of streaming.” “Sony Music Group andSpotify have long been mutually committed…
Charlie Hunnam and Stella Maxwell are back in Mackage’s orbit. After teaming earlier this year to debut the brand’s spring and summer collection, Hunnam and Maxwell linked up once more on behalf of the fall/winter 2025 line, which is rolling out as “Le Monde Mackage.” Designed to “strongly articulate” the brand’s pillars of luxury, destination…
Paul Thomas Anderson‘s hotly anticipated One Battle After Another officially hits theaters on Sept. 26, but the reviews from critics are already pouring in. The Warner Bros. Pictures film, which is loosely based on Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, sees a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. The…
BCBG is back. Maison BCBG, the fashion house founded by Max Azria, has relaunched the label with a new collection for fall 2025, designed to reflect French sensibility with “a distinct, modern approach to everyday style.” In doing so, the house has recruited celebrity stylist Dani Michelle, whose clients include Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber,…
