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‘South Park’ Skewers Trump — And Paramount — With Name Change To ‘South America’

As it heads into its 29th season, South Park announced a change of its name — to South America. The announcement is a troll of Donald Trump and his drive to rename buildings, bodies of water and even a state. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone also got in a dig at Paramount, the parent […]

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‘Practical Magic 2’ Review: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman Sequel Lacks Magic Of Original, But Lays Groundwork For Trilogy

After nearly three decades, Practical Magic 2 had a tall order to fill in conjuring the same magic as the original 1998 adaptation of the Alice Hoffman book. While the sequel is sure to serve as an entertaining day at the movies with mom, it reads a bit more Harry Potter than Witches of Eastwick […]

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‘Bunker’ Review: Penélope Cruz And Javier Bardem’s Marriage Is In Crisis In Florian Zeller’s Drama Of Isolation And Fears – Venice Film Festival

Florian Zeller wrote his latest film Bunker for real-life married couple Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz to play a married couple on screen for the first time, a purposeful decision in order to add intrigue to a story of two people increasingly isolated from each other after 17 years together and now trying to find […]

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Vanessa Gonzalez Sets Hulu Premiere For Debut Special ‘Mamona’

EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Gonzalez has set a Hulu launch for her debut stand-up special, Vanessa Gonzalez: Mamona, which she’ll unveil September 15. Raised by a devout Catholic mother and a witch grandmother, Gonzalez’s special brings an unfiltered look at growing up in a Texas border town and what it means to be called Mamona. She takes the viewer […]

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‘The Tonight Show’ Scores Four Sunday Night Slots

Jimmy Fallon will be suiting up on Sunday nights again. The Tonight Show will air four shows after NBC’s Sunday Night Football this season, in line with the four that it ran last year. This was up from only one in the 2024/25 season. It will air shows after the Los Angeles Rams vs. Denver […]

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‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ & ‘Star Wars’ 50th Anniversary Edition To Be Released In Imax 70MM

Disney’s Lucasfilm’s new universe title Star Wars: Starfighter in addition to the 50th anniversary re-release of Star Wars will be presented in Imax 70mm upon release in 2027. It will mark the first time that the Star Wars franchise has been presented specifically in Imax 70MM. For the 1977 George Lucas directed Star Wars, the release will […]

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Dani Jacobson Joins Untitled As Manager

EXCLUSIVE: Dani Jacobson has joined Untitled as a manager based in the company’s New York office. Jacobson joins from The Team (formerly Wasserman), where she served as Agent, Senior Director. She’d worked as part the Creators division since 2025. In her new role, she will continue to rep creators and multi-hyphenate talent, working with clients to […]

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Herman Yau’s Audience Award-Winner ‘We’re Nothing At All’ Sold To Blacklight Global For U.S. Release

EXCLUSIVE: Blacklight Global Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to We’re Nothing At All, the latest film from prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau, starring Patrick Tam, Anson Kong and Ansonbean. The deal was negotiated by Janice Leung on behalf of Blacklight Global Entertainment and Hong Kong-based Golden Scene on behalf of the filmmakers. Blacklight […]

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Lonnie Bunch Says He Will Resign As Secretary Of The Smithsonian Amid Trump Administration Attacks And Pressure On Institution

Lonnie Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian as its secretary for the past seven years, said that he will step down at the end of the year. His departure comes amid repeated criticism from the Trump administration over how the institution depicts and descrives historical events and figures. In an interview with The New York […]

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‘Artificial’ Teaser Trailer Shows Andrew Garfield As Sam Altman In Luca Guadagnino Film

Neon on Monday released the teaser trailer for Artificial, the Luca Guadagnino-directed movie that centers on Sam Altman and a key, tumultuous time at his company, Chat GTP creator OpenAI. The footage reveals Andrew Garfield as Altman, who is seen walking through some sort of mansion/office. “We have created a machine that will solve the […]

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Channel 4 “Deeply Saddened” By Death Of Employee Lolita Visa

Channel 4 has said it is “shocked and deeply saddened” by the death of Lolita Visa, a digital librarian who worked at the UK network for four years. Visa, known as Lola to her colleagues, died at the age of 32 in mysterious circumstances last month after going missing on a trip to Llandudno, a […]

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UTA Signs Maxwell Jenkins In Competitive Pursuit Of ‘Scooby-Doo: Origins’ Star

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Maxwell Jenkins, one of the stars of Netflix’s upcoming Scooby-Doo: Origins, for representation in all areas. We’re told this was a highly competitive situation spanning the Big 3 agencies and beyond. The pursuit of Jenkins extended for a week and a half to two weeks. This ws off buzz surrounding his performance in […]

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Comedy Central’s ‘Drunk History’ Returning With Three New Short-Form Episodes This Fall

EXCLUSIVE: Drunk History is emerging from a long, inebriated slumber: Comedy Central has announced that its Emmy-winning educational comedy series from Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner is set to return this fall with three brand-new short-form episodes, marking the series’ first original installments in years. New episodes are set to roll out on Comedy Central’s YouTube channel […]

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Nintendo & Sony’s Live-Action Take Of Videogame ‘Zelda’ Gets Title

What’s the next big title from Sony after Spider-Man: Brand New Day? Why, it’s their co-production with Nintendo, the live action-take of video game Zelda, which got a title today, The Legend of Zelda. The Wes Ball directed movie’s release date remains April 30, 2027. The Legend of Zelda was the first game in the […]

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France & Italy Among European Countries To Hit Record Admissions As Global Box Office Passed $4 Billion In August

Multiple territories in Europe and the Middle East clocked record admissions figures in August as the global box office passed $4 billion, according to a new report by the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC). UNIC’s report states that box office stats across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) increased 88% year-on-year, marking the eighth […]

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Currents Management Signs ‘Love Is Blind’ & ‘The Bachelorette’ Stars And Hires JT Wolkiewicz

EXCLUSIVE: Currents Management has signed contestants from Love is Blind, The Bachelorette and Dancing with the Stars, and unveiled the hire of JT Wolkiewicz. The latest additions to the talent management company’s roster include unscripted stars Giannina Gibelli (Love is Blind), Blake Horstmann (The Bachelorette) and Blake McGrath (Dancing With the Stars), lifestyle content Taylor […]

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Channel 4 Planning To Unveil “Deep” Job Cuts After Internal Review

Channel 4, the British broadcaster behind hits including The Great British Bake Off, is preparing to announce significant job cuts on Wednesday. Priya Dogra, the former Warner Bros. Discovery executive who became Channel 4’s CEO in March, has completed an internal strategic review, as the network grapples with ad market contraction and unprecedented competition for […]

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Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd & Sarah Paulson Set Broadway Return In Bess Wohl’s ‘Small Mouth Sounds’ From Producers Scott Rudin & Barry Diller

Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and Sarah Paulson will return to Broadway this winter in a production of Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds. Joe Mantello will direct with Scott Rudin and Barry Diller producing. News of the production comes as another Mantello-Rudin Broadway collaboration – Downstate – was confirmed for a fall staging. Described as experimental […]

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Amazon MGM Snaps Up ‘Throttled’ Romance Based On Lauren Asher Book; ‘Off Campus’ Star Josh Heuston Leads Cast

Amazon MGM Studios has taken worldwide rights to Throttled, a feature adaptation of Lauren Ashers’ Formula One romance novel, to star Josh Heuston of their hit romantic drama series, Off Campus. The first book in Asher’s Dirty Air series, Throttled tells the story of an ambitious young woman who joins her brother on the racing circuit and falls into […]

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Hot-Button Play ‘Downstate’ Confirmed For Broadway, Leans Into Controversy

Downstate, Bruce Norris’ controversial play about a group home housing convicted sex offenders, will, as expected, get a Broadway staging this fall, and far from shying away from its hot-button subject matter, the production, with Scott Rudin and Barry Diller producing, is leaning into the debate. The producers confirmed the Broadway staging today – it’s […]

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As NFL Season Kicks Off, Here Are Five Things In The Mix For 2026

The NFL is back – not that it ever really left. The league that rules the media business, Madison Avenue and American culture has managed to turn once-obscure events like the combine in February, the draft in April and the schedule release in May into major events. This week, the actual on-field action begins with […]

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AMC Global Media Settles Breach Of Contract Suit With ‘Walking Dead’ Creator Robert Kirkman, Producers

AMC Global Networks said Tuesday it has entered a settlement agreement worth $120 million with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and franchise producers for a breach of contract lawsuit dating from 2022. The case was set to go to trial in October. The agreement calls for AMC to pay a total of $120 million […]

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‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Sets Season 2 Premiere Date & Drops Teaser Trailer

Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection will premiere its second season on October 30 on Paramount+, with serial killers and ghosts aplenty to help kick off the Halloween holiday. A new teaser (above) also dropped, showing the titular Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) at the optometrist getting his vision exam. While testing his vision, Dexter sees words and […]

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MS NOW Entering DTC Era With Launch Of Membership Program And Dedicated Streaming Outlet

MS NOW will enter the direct-to-consumer era on Wednesday, launching a membership plan and dedicated streaming service. The 30-year-old cable network, like its linear peers, has been looking for ways to balance streaming with traditional pay-TV delivery as cord-cutting continues to eat into subscriber levels. In the news business, the track record for subscription streamers […]

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WestEnd Films Boards World Sales On James Erskine’s Niki Lauda Documentary — TIFF Market

WestEnd Films has boarded world sales on Lauda, a feature documentary about three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda, produced by Noah Media Group and directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker James Erskine (Copa 71). The company will launch sales at the upcoming TIFF market. Currently in production, Lauda tells the former Formula One driver’s rise to […]

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Cornerstone Boards Sports Comedy ‘Hot Curlers’ With June Squibb, Linda Hamilton, Jayne Eastwood & Caroline Aaron – Toronto

June Squibb (Eleanor the Great), Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), Jayne Eastwood (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and Caroline Aaron (Bookends) are all set to star in upcoming sports comedy Hot Curlers from filmmaker David White (This Town, Far North). Cornerstone Films is launching worldwide sales on the project at the Toronto International Film Festival […]

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CNN To Host Debate Between California Gubernatorial Candidates Xavier Becerra And Steve Hilton

California gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton will meet for a debate later this month, a nationally televised event hosted by CNN. The event will take place at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Sept. 30 at the network’s studios in Burbank, with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash serving as moderators. Becerra and Hilton […]

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Javier Bardem & Penélope Cruz Talk Playing Fictitious Arguing Couple In ‘Bunker’: “We Are Very Good At Creating Fiction & Reality” – Venice

A-list couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem touched down at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday for the competition world premiere of Oscar-winning French director Florian Zeller’s highly anticipated thriller Bunker. Bardem plays an architect who takes on an ethically questionable project to build a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire, in a move that […]

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’60 Minutes’ Gives A Peek At Story Lineup For Season Premiere Following Tumultuous Revamp

The season premiere of 60 Minutes on Sunday will feature Norah O’Donnell’s interview with the the weapon systems officer whose plane was struck down in Iran, leading to a successful rescue operation. The newsmagazine will be starting its 59th season with plenty of scrutiny: It’s the first original broadcast since a tumultuous revamp earlier this […]

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‘Murdoch Mysteries’ Maker Shaftesbury Hires Nataline Rodrigues In Creative Push

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Shaftesbury is supercharging its creative team. The Murdoch Mysteries maker has hired former Rogers content director Nataline Rodrigues in a VP role and promoted Susan Alexander to the same level. Both execs be VP, Creative Content, with the latter upped from her Senior Director post. Rodrigues will work on Shaftesbury’s primetime shows in […]

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‘South Park’ Skewers Trump — And Paramount — With Name Change To ‘South America’

‘Practical Magic 2’ Review: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman Sequel Lacks Magic Of Original, But Lays Groundwork For Trilogy

‘Bunker’ Review: Penélope Cruz And Javier Bardem’s Marriage Is In Crisis In Florian Zeller’s Drama Of Isolation And Fears – Venice Film Festival

Vanessa Gonzalez Sets Hulu Premiere For Debut Special ‘Mamona’

‘The Tonight Show’ Scores Four Sunday Night Slots

‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ & ‘Star Wars’ 50th Anniversary Edition To Be Released In Imax 70MM

Dani Jacobson Joins Untitled As Manager

Herman Yau’s Audience Award-Winner ‘We’re Nothing At All’ Sold To Blacklight Global For U.S. Release

Lonnie Bunch Says He Will Resign As Secretary Of The Smithsonian Amid Trump Administration Attacks And Pressure On Institution

‘Artificial’ Teaser Trailer Shows Andrew Garfield As Sam Altman In Luca Guadagnino Film

Channel 4 “Deeply Saddened” By Death Of Employee Lolita Visa

UTA Signs Maxwell Jenkins In Competitive Pursuit Of ‘Scooby-Doo: Origins’ Star

Comedy Central’s ‘Drunk History’ Returning With Three New Short-Form Episodes This Fall

Nintendo & Sony’s Live-Action Take Of Videogame ‘Zelda’ Gets Title

France & Italy Among European Countries To Hit Record Admissions As Global Box Office Passed $4 Billion In August

Currents Management Signs ‘Love Is Blind’ & ‘The Bachelorette’ Stars And Hires JT Wolkiewicz

Channel 4 Planning To Unveil “Deep” Job Cuts After Internal Review

Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd & Sarah Paulson Set Broadway Return In Bess Wohl’s ‘Small Mouth Sounds’ From Producers Scott Rudin & Barry Diller

Amazon MGM Snaps Up ‘Throttled’ Romance Based On Lauren Asher Book; ‘Off Campus’ Star Josh Heuston Leads Cast

Hot-Button Play ‘Downstate’ Confirmed For Broadway, Leans Into Controversy

As NFL Season Kicks Off, Here Are Five Things In The Mix For 2026

AMC Global Media Settles Breach Of Contract Suit With ‘Walking Dead’ Creator Robert Kirkman, Producers

‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Sets Season 2 Premiere Date & Drops Teaser Trailer

MS NOW Entering DTC Era With Launch Of Membership Program And Dedicated Streaming Outlet

WestEnd Films Boards World Sales On James Erskine’s Niki Lauda Documentary — TIFF Market

Cornerstone Boards Sports Comedy ‘Hot Curlers’ With June Squibb, Linda Hamilton, Jayne Eastwood & Caroline Aaron – Toronto

CNN To Host Debate Between California Gubernatorial Candidates Xavier Becerra And Steve Hilton

Javier Bardem & Penélope Cruz Talk Playing Fictitious Arguing Couple In ‘Bunker’: “We Are Very Good At Creating Fiction & Reality” – Venice

’60 Minutes’ Gives A Peek At Story Lineup For Season Premiere Following Tumultuous Revamp

‘Murdoch Mysteries’ Maker Shaftesbury Hires Nataline Rodrigues In Creative Push

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