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Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan have announced their production team for the 98th Oscars. Rob Paine will once again return as co-executive producer and Hamish Hamilton as director, along with Taryn Hurd and Sarah Levine Hall as producers. Writers for this year’s show…
The Athena Film Festival has announced the full lineup of documentary and feature films for its 2026 edition. The festival focused on female leadership, a partnership between Barnard College and Women and Hollywood, will open with the Sarah McBride documentary State of Firsts, directed by Chase Joynt, chronicling the campaign that resulted in McBride becoming…
In July 1981, Robert Redford collected a bunch of characters from the industry. He wanted to talk about what the Sundance Institute could be, because he wanted to do something to help the independent film scene. So, we all sat down and talked about it. I remember Roger Ebert went nuts because he couldn’t write…
David Letterman has signed on to executive produce Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer, an upcoming feature documentary about his longtime sidekick andLate Showbandleader. “Paul Shaffer is a show business friend who became a real friend. A comedic partner whose quickness and timing saved me night after night. A composer, arranger and performer…
Gerard Johnstone, who directed the two M3GAN movies, has signed with UTA. The New Zealand filmmaker made his directorial debut with the 2014 horror comedy Housebound but made waves with the the M3GAN movies, which were produced by Blumhouse, the horror-facing production banner run by Jason Blum. He was previously with CAA. The first M3GAN,…
Prolific Egyptian director Marwan Hamed shared insights into his career and his box-office hits during a special session with director Yousry Nasrallah (Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story;Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces) at the 55th editionof theInternational Film Festival Rotterdam(IFFR) on Monday evening. IFFR 2026 features a retrospective celebrating Hamed and works spanning the past two…
As the world enters yet another month obsessed with Heated Rivalry, Google has unveiled some of the at-times slightly unhinged terms people are searching in the lead up to the 2026 Winter Olympic games. Unsurprisingly, there’s an increased interest in several hockey-related terms, with Heated Rivalry itself being top trending related show. Searches for “Boy…
Another syndicated daytime talk show will end its run after this season. Debmar-Mercury, the Lionsgate-owned syndicated TV production company, says that it is canceling Sherri, the talker hosted by Sherri Shepherd, after four seasons. “This decision is driven by the evolving daytime television landscape and does not reflect on the strength of the show, its…
Netflix is getting in the BTS business. The K-pop supergroup is set to make their long-awaited return in March, releasing their first album in years, Arirang, following their group hiatus so the members could complete their mandatory military service in Korea. Netflix announced BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang on Monday, a special live stream…
You likely know Palestinian actressHiam Abbass(Munich) as Marcia Roy from theHBOhit drama Succession. At the55th edition of theInternational Film Festival Rotterdam(IFFR), she stars in Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 and Malek Bensmaïl’s fiction debut The Arab, which world premiered at the Dutch festival on Saturday. On Sunday evening, she appeared in an IFFR “Big Talk” together…
