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Michaela Watkins To Star In Jessica Sanders’ Improvised Indie Comedy ‘I Want To Feel Fun’

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped on Jessica Sanders’ I Want to Feel Fun. Michaela Watkins (Hacks) stars in the movie, which is based on Sanders’ short of the same name that premiered at Tribeca last year. Avi Rothman, Lilah Pate, Vivian Bang, Dave Merheje, Kiran Deol, Zainne Saleh, Finn Harry, Andrew Key and Gene Kang […]

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Brenda Fricker Dies: Oscar-Winning Actress & ‘Home Alone 2’s Central Park Pigeon Lady Was 81

Brenda Fricker, the Oscar-winning actress who had memorable roles in My Left Foot and Home Alone 2, has died after a period of ill health, according to her agent. She was 81. In a statement, her agent Phil Belfield confirmed Fricker’s death and said: “We will never see her like again and the world is […]

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Craig Melvin Addresses Intruder Who Gained Access To ‘Today’ Studio

Craig Melvin addressed an incident in which an intruder accessed the Rockefeller Center studio of NBC’s Today, telling viewers that he was “safe and sound.” On Today on Friday, Melvin said, “You may have heard that unfortunately, an intruder made his way into an unauthorized area here in Studio 1A. Thankfully, he was apprehended quickly. […]

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International Insider: WarnerMount Uncertainty; Danny Boyle @ Venice; BBC Streamer Ask

Good afternoon Insiders from a boiling hot London, we’ve got your newsletter primed and ready after a busy week. Max Goldbart with the words. Sign up here. Weeks Of Uncertainty For WarnerMount “A giant conglomerate beholden to Trump”: We’ve been keeping you up to date with every twist and turn of the regulatory quagmire that […]

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‘Harry Potter’ Series Star Ruari Spooner Joins Bill Burr & Chris O’Dowd In Comedy ‘Bender’

EXCLUSIVE: Ruari Spooner, who plays Percy Weasley in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series, has joined the cast Bender, the coming-of-age comedy shooting in Ireland over the summer. Spooner will join a cast that includes Slow Horses actress Ruth Bradley, Bill Burr, and Chris O’Dowd. They will also be joined by newcomer Kitty Graham. Described as Superbad meets Derry […]

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BBC Names New Docs Chief

The BBC has unveiled its new documentary boss. Former Sky docs chief Poppy Dixon will take the reins of the biggest job in British TV documentaries. Dixon said it it is “an enormous honour to join this world-class team, and to help shape its future through this pivotal time for the organisation.” MORE FOLLOWS

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Asghar Farhadi To Receive Honorary Award At Sarajevo Film Festival

Asghar Farhadi is set to receive an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival. The acclaimed Iranian director and screenwriter is set to accept the award in person, while a retrospective of his work will be presented as part of the festival’s ‘Tribute To’ program. Farhadi returns to Sarajevo eight years […]

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Giovanni Veronesi’s ‘Dio Ride’ To Close Venice Film Festival

Dio ride, written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi (The King’s Musketeers), will close this year’s Venice Film Festival. The film will screen out of competition. The synopsis provided by the festival reads: “Set in the mid-1600s and loosely based on true events, the movie resonates strongly with the present time through a story that centers […]

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‘S.W.A.T.’ Creator Aaron Rahsaan Thomas & ‘Origin’ Producer Paul Garnes Among Names Set For Inaugural Ghana Creative Economy Initiative

EXCLUSIVE: Ghana’s capital, Accra, will this month host a selection of interesting industry names such as S.W.A.T. creator Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Paul Garnes, Ava DuVernay’s longtime producer, as part of the inaugural Ghana Creative Economy Initiative. The 2026 Ghana Creative Economy Initiative was developed and curated by Dorina Amina Abubakar, a Ghanaian-British producer, film […]

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Paramount-Warner Deal Faces Weeks Of Uncertainty As British Lawmakers Go On Summer Break

Paramount’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) faces more than a month of regulatory uncertainty in Britain, where Parliament has closed its doors for the summer. The House of Commons went into recess without UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy providing an update on whether she will formally intervene in the Hollywood mega-merger, which […]

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BBC Studios No Longer Part Of Donald Trump’s $10B BBC Defamation Lawsuit

Donald Trump has dropped part of his $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC but reports have emerged that the U.S. government is considering joining his litigation. The POTUS is suing the BBC over the botched Panorama edit of his January 6 speech and trial is set for next year but court documents show his action […]

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‘The Odyssey’ Launches Weekend Voyage With Thursday Previews Around $15M U.S. – Box Office

EXCLUSIVE: Universal’s Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey is sailing to previews tonight around $15M give or take. If that figure posts, it will rank as the best previews we’ve seen so far this year for a live-action title, ahead of Lionsgate’s Michael ($12.6M previews, $97.2M U.S. opening). On Rotten Tomatoes, the audience score for The […]

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‘God Of War’ To Recast Lead Kratos After Ryan Hurst Suffered Injury On Set Of Prime Video Series

EXCLUSIVE: This is a shocker: Prime Video’s God Of War will have a new actor playing Kratos as the lead role in the high profile fantasy drama series is being recast, Deadline has learned. The decision, made after a careful consideration by the studios on the show, Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, comes […]

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PVR Inox’s Sanjeev Kumar Bijli On India’s Box Office Recovery, Cinema Expansion & Cannes Acquisitions Haul

EXCLUSIVE: India’s theatrical market is one of the few in Asia that has outstripped pre-pandemic revenues, despite the growth of streaming, the slowdown in the Hollywood pipeline and all the other factors that have hampered box office in other international territories. In 2025, box office reached a record-breaking $1.48BN, due to a string of Hindi […]

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Sinclair-Owned ABC And NBC Stations Preempt Networks To Carry Trump Primetime Speech

A number of ABC and NBC stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting ended up airing President Donald Trump’s primetime speech on Thursday, after ABC News and NBC News said earlier in the day that they would only carry the address on their streaming sites. Trump’s address tonight began at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and lasted […]

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Donald Trump Says ABC And NBC Should Lose Broadcast Licenses Because They Didn’t Carry His Primetime Address On Election Claims

Donald Trump lashed out at ABC and NBC, the two networks that chose not to carry his speech live on their broadcast platforms, as he delivered a 25-minute long speech full of claims that included China obtaining voter registration data and the “deep state” withholding that intelligence from him. Without evidence, Trump claimed that ABC […]

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ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro Confirms Interest In Bidding For World Cup Rights In 2030

ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro confirmed the Disney division will bid on World Cup rights for the 2030 tournament. “We had the World Cup for two decades and it was a big part of ESPN’s identity and DNA,” the exec said during a CNBC-hosted conference Thursday at Fanatics Fest in New York. “Of course we’re interested” […]

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‘Age of Attraction’ Is Netflix’s Top New Reality Launch, But ‘Star Search’ & ‘Calabasas Confidential’ Struggle

Netflix launched a number of new reality series in the first half of the year and it turns out viewers were most turned on by its age-shifting dating escapades. Age of Attraction, from Velvet Hammer Media, was the streamer’s top performing new unscripted series over the first six months of 2026, per its What We […]

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UFC’s McGregor-Holloway Rematch Muscles Up 6.5M Viewers Across U.S. & Latin America

UFC averaged 6.5M viewers on Paramount+ across the U.S. and Latin America for the July 11 main card featuring Conor McGregor and Max Holloway. Per Paramount Skydance, the telecast peaked with 8.3M concurrent streams, which the company says is more than any other “exclusive” live event on the streamer and behind only Super Bowl LVIII […]

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Meg Stalter Addresses ‘Oh, Mary’ Absence A Week After Broadway Debut

Meg Stalter made her Broadway debut with Oh, Mary! last week but has been absent during recent performances. Addressing rumors on social media, Stalter opened up about the reason she has not been on stage. “I’m so sad to have missed @ohmaryplay shows this week as I’m very very sick with bronchitis,” Stalter shared in […]

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Netflix Content Spend Accelerates, As Do Savings From AI, Ted Sarandos Says Streamer Has Used It In 300 Productions

Streaming giant Netflix anticipates content spending (of about $20 billion) will be up around 10% in 2026, accelerating from 8% increases over the last five years but below the 14% the company averaged over the past decade. Live, now a focus, will be about 5% of total. The higher outlay comes even as generative AI […]

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‘The Boroughs’ Wraps Run As Newest Series Release In Top 40 Of Netflix’s What We Watched Report

Canceled Netflix drama The Boroughs got a consolation prize — it was the most recent ongoing scripted series release to make the Top 40 of Netflix’s semi-annual What We Watched viewership report released Thursday, which spans January – June 2026. The supernatural series, executive produced by Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers, logged 23.1 million […]

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Netflix To Stop Biannual Viewership Reports, Opting Instead For Yearly Data Dump Amid Scrutiny Over Audience Retention

After four years of biannual viewership reports, Netflix is pulling back a bit on the transparency front. The streamer revealed Thursday that, beginning Q1 2027, it will only release one engagement report each year. In its earnings report, the company says this is part of its shift in focus to quality over quantity. In its […]

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‘Special Forces’ Star & Expelled Congressman George Santos Addresses “Haters” & Defends Co-Stars Brandi Glanville & Candace Cameron Bure

Expelled Congressman and former politician George Santos is defending himself and his Special Forces co-stars from all the criticism following their casting announcement. Santos took to social media to address the hate he and co-stars Brandi Glanville and Candace Cameron Bure have been receiving after it was revealed they would be starring in the Fox […]

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Netflix Co-CEOs Respond To Swirl Of M&A Rumors, Reports They May Partner With Peacock Or Launch FAST Channels

Netflix Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters used the company’s second-quarter earnings interview to try to clear the air regarding prospects for M&A, strategic partnerships and FAST channels. Responding to a question about Lionsgate or NBCUniversal, both considered prime suspects in the current wave of consolidation, Sarandos told Wall Street analysts he wanted to remind […]

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Netflix To Ramp Up Live Programming As ‘BTS: The Comeback Live’ & ‘The Roast Of Kevin Hart’ Perform For Streamer, Drive Subscriber Numbers

Netflix is all in on live programming. After a number of its big-ticket live stunts such as The Roast of Kevin Hart, BTS: The Comeback Live – Arirang and Skyscraper Live performed well over the first six months of the year, the streamer said that it was doubling down on the nascent genre. The Roast […]

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Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction In Consumer Lawsuit Seeking To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

A federal judge has denied a group of consumers a preliminary injunction to at least temporarily block Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The judge, Araceli Martínez-Olguín, said that she is taking Paramount’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit under advisement. The lawsuit was filed in April, one of the early legal challenges to the […]

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Kevin Hart’s ‘Funny AF’ Drums Up Nearly 42M Views On First Netflix Viewership Report; Katt Williams Lands Top-Performing Special With ‘The Last Report’

Netflix was quick to renew Funny AF, Kevin Hart’s stand-up competition series launched in April — and now, it’s clear why. While widely embraced by the comedy community as an effort to elevate a new generation of comedy stars at a time when comedy talent incubation has been deprioritized, the show has also drummed up huge […]

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Ted Sarandos Says Netflix’s Sophomore Series Slump Snag Is Actually Improving

Netflix is hitting back at the idea that its original series are suffering a sophomore slump, claiming that it has actually improved the situation. The streamer has seen a number of shows including Beef, The Four Seasons and A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder returning for their second seasons with lower ratings than their debut […]

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YouTubers Bolster Netflix Viewing As Ms. Rachel & Mark Rober Score For Streamer But Video Podcasts Struggle To Break Through

Netflix has been in a battle against YouTube for the last few years and it appears that the streamer’s approach to lure some of the biggest content creators in the world is paying off. Netflix’s What We Watched report, which highlights viewing data for the first six months of 2026, shows that the likes of […]

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Michaela Watkins To Star In Jessica Sanders’ Improvised Indie Comedy ‘I Want To Feel Fun’

Brenda Fricker Dies: Oscar-Winning Actress & ‘Home Alone 2’s Central Park Pigeon Lady Was 81

Craig Melvin Addresses Intruder Who Gained Access To ‘Today’ Studio

International Insider: WarnerMount Uncertainty; Danny Boyle @ Venice; BBC Streamer Ask

‘Harry Potter’ Series Star Ruari Spooner Joins Bill Burr & Chris O’Dowd In Comedy ‘Bender’

BBC Names New Docs Chief

Asghar Farhadi To Receive Honorary Award At Sarajevo Film Festival

Giovanni Veronesi’s ‘Dio Ride’ To Close Venice Film Festival

‘S.W.A.T.’ Creator Aaron Rahsaan Thomas & ‘Origin’ Producer Paul Garnes Among Names Set For Inaugural Ghana Creative Economy Initiative

Paramount-Warner Deal Faces Weeks Of Uncertainty As British Lawmakers Go On Summer Break

BBC Studios No Longer Part Of Donald Trump’s $10B BBC Defamation Lawsuit

‘The Odyssey’ Launches Weekend Voyage With Thursday Previews Around $15M U.S. – Box Office

‘God Of War’ To Recast Lead Kratos After Ryan Hurst Suffered Injury On Set Of Prime Video Series

PVR Inox’s Sanjeev Kumar Bijli On India’s Box Office Recovery, Cinema Expansion & Cannes Acquisitions Haul

Sinclair-Owned ABC And NBC Stations Preempt Networks To Carry Trump Primetime Speech

Donald Trump Says ABC And NBC Should Lose Broadcast Licenses Because They Didn’t Carry His Primetime Address On Election Claims

ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro Confirms Interest In Bidding For World Cup Rights In 2030

‘Age of Attraction’ Is Netflix’s Top New Reality Launch, But ‘Star Search’ & ‘Calabasas Confidential’ Struggle

UFC’s McGregor-Holloway Rematch Muscles Up 6.5M Viewers Across U.S. & Latin America

Meg Stalter Addresses ‘Oh, Mary’ Absence A Week After Broadway Debut

Netflix Content Spend Accelerates, As Do Savings From AI, Ted Sarandos Says Streamer Has Used It In 300 Productions

‘The Boroughs’ Wraps Run As Newest Series Release In Top 40 Of Netflix’s What We Watched Report

Netflix To Stop Biannual Viewership Reports, Opting Instead For Yearly Data Dump Amid Scrutiny Over Audience Retention

‘Special Forces’ Star & Expelled Congressman George Santos Addresses “Haters” & Defends Co-Stars Brandi Glanville & Candace Cameron Bure

Netflix Co-CEOs Respond To Swirl Of M&A Rumors, Reports They May Partner With Peacock Or Launch FAST Channels

Netflix To Ramp Up Live Programming As ‘BTS: The Comeback Live’ & ‘The Roast Of Kevin Hart’ Perform For Streamer, Drive Subscriber Numbers

Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction In Consumer Lawsuit Seeking To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Kevin Hart’s ‘Funny AF’ Drums Up Nearly 42M Views On First Netflix Viewership Report; Katt Williams Lands Top-Performing Special With ‘The Last Report’

Ted Sarandos Says Netflix’s Sophomore Series Slump Snag Is Actually Improving

YouTubers Bolster Netflix Viewing As Ms. Rachel & Mark Rober Score For Streamer But Video Podcasts Struggle To Break Through

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