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Michael Richards has always been an unpredictable performer. Critics and audiences alike singled that out as Richards’ brilliant skill, shaped across nine seasons and 180 episodes while starring as Cosmo Kramer on the iconic sitcom Seinfeld. Even co-stars Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus didn’t always know how Richards planned to play a scene,…
The Pokémon Company has distanced itself from a controversial U.S. Department of Homeland Security video that repurposed the franchise’s iconic anime theme song to promote an ICE raid. The Department of Homeland Security posted the clip earlier this week, splicing footage of ICE agents making arrests with imagery from the original Pokémon animated series and…
For many, turning 21 is the moment you set out on your own, no longer under someone else’s wing. For the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), which celebrates its 21st edition this week, running Thursday through Oct. 5, the milestone comes with a similar sense of independence and ambition. Under new private ownership and with an…
Spotify is set to strengthen AI protections for artists and music producers with a series of measures, including improved enforcement of impersonation violations, a new spam-filtering system and AI disclosures for music with industry-standard credits. The music streaming giant made the announcement in a “For the Record” post on its website Thursday, noting that it…
The independent film industry can’t afford the risk of not taking risks. That is one of the key conclusions of the StepIn 2025Report published Thursday by Locarno Pro, the Locarno Film Festival‘s industry program. Titled “Embracing the Risk(s), but How?,” the reportconcludes that “cinema’s future depends on its ability to reframe risk acrossthe ecosystem —…
YouTube is taking flight with Delta Air Lines. The airline, which is celebrating its centenary, has inked a wide-ranging, multiyear partnership with the video platform, a deal that will bring YouTube content to the airline’s seat-back in-flight video displays, free trials of YouTube Premium for Delta Skymiles members and a custom YouTube Music playlist (curated…
London-based TAPE Collective has acquired Sofia Alaoui‘s Moroccan-French genre-bending supernatural feature Animalia for a theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland. The deal was negotiated by Isra Al Kassi of TAPE Collective and Margot Hervée of Paris-based sales agent Totem Films. The Animalia release in cinemas is set for Dec. 12. The movie premiered at…
On Sept. 25, 1987, 20th Century Fox unveiled The Princess Bride in theaters. The Rob Reiner-directed comedy would initially gross a modest $30 million in theaters but live on as a cult classic. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review of the movie is below: It’ll be interesting to see how Rob Reiner describes Princess Bride on…
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Global pop sensation Dua Lipa has slammed the Daily Mail news outlet over a report she says is totally false “clickbait” regarding her professional relationship with a member of her management team, who the tabloid claims was fired by the singer over an instance of pro-Israel online activism. The storypublished by theMailon Sept. 20claimsDavid Levy,…
