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Spencer Pratt Uses Us Weekly Cover to Campaign for LA Mayor: ‘The Personality I Created on “The Hills” Was Strategic’

Reality TV alum Spencer Pratt has been running a mayoral campaign in Los Angeles, and he took to the cover of Us Weekly to speak more about his campaign and distance himself from the persona he cultivated on “The Hills.” “I’m not trying to convert anybody who’s caught up in believing reality TV is real,” […]

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‘Emily in Paris’ Actor Pierre Deny Dies at 69

Pierre Deny, a French actor best known for his role in Netflix’s “Emily in Paris,” died on Monday from ALS-related complications. He was 69. Deny played Louis de Léon — the CEO of luxury fashion company JVMA and father of Nicolas (Paul Forman), the love interest of Mindy (Ashley Park) — in Season 3 and […]

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Tribeca Festival Sets First Premiere of Fully AI-Generated Film, ‘Dreams of Violets’

The 2026 Tribeca Festival has set the world premiere of “Dreams of Violets,” a fully AI-generated film produced by studio Fountain 0 aimed at showcasing Iranian civilian resistance. The film’s premiere at Tribeca marks the first full-length, live-action film generated by AI to be accepted by a marquee film festival, according to Fountain 0. The film, […]

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Tribeca Festival Sets First Premiere of Fully AI-Generated Film, ‘Dreams of Violets’

The 2026 Tribeca Festival has set the world premiere of “Dreams of Violets,” a fully AI-generated film produced by studio Foundation 0 aimed at showcasing Iranian civilian resistance. The film’s premiere at Tribeca marks the first full-length, live-action film generated by AI to be accepted by a marquee film festival, according to Foundation 0. The film, […]

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‘Wild Inside,’ Penny Lane’s Documentary About Flaco the Owl, Premiering in Central Park Before July Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Penny Lane’s latest feature documentary “Wild Inside,” about the Eurasian Eagle-Owl named Flaco who escaped from the Central Park Zoo, generating a global following and launching a million memes, will have its world premiere on July 29 in New York’s Central Park at a special outdoor screening. The event is free and open to the […]

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HamptonsFilm Unveils 2026 SummerDocs Series Lineup, Featuring Films on Salman Rushdie, K2 and Jocelyne Wildenstein (EXCLUSIVE)

HamptonsFilm has unveiled its annual SummerDocs series with a lineup that includes Alex Gibney’s “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie” and Amir Bar-Lev’s “The Last First: Winter K2.” It marks the 18th edition of the series, which will be presented in partnership with Guild Hall. Gibney’s film will open the series on Saturday, June […]

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Roku Unveils Biggest Home Screen Overhaul in More Than a Decade

Roku’s more than 100 million streaming households already watch billions of hours of content every month. But the company wants to get those numbers even higher. On Wednesday, Roku took the wraps off a new home screen that it says is more dynamic, more personalized — and smarter. A key design point: It’s meant to […]

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Laurie Segall, Paris Hilton Launch ‘Mr. Deepfakes’ Investigation That Breaks All The Old Rules of True Crime

Laurie Segall is betting she can build a new model for true-crime investigations, one that doesn’t have to rely on documentary structures or the hour-long conventions of broadcast TV. The journalist, who first gained traction at CNN as a technology reporter before leaving to launch her own creator endeavor, will launch “Searching for Mr. Deepfakes,” […]

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‘Blue’s Clues’ Star Steve Burns Signs With UTA

“Blue’s Clues” star Steve Burns has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Burns was the original host of the children’s TV series from 1996 to 2002, helping propel it into one of the most recognizable kids’ franchises of the 1990s and 2000s. He reprised his role — a fictionalized version of himself — […]

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Sunset Studios and Knockout Shorts Unveil Microdrama-Focused Standing Sets at Sunset Las Palmas Lot

Sunset Studios has created a new area of premium standing sets on its Sunset Las Palmas Studios lot in Hollywood designed for the production of microdramas. Knockout Shorts, the vertical media studio recently launched by actor Matthew Ko, has been a partner in the design and construction of the initial sets. Per the company, Sunset Studios […]

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‘Primetime’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Stars as ‘To Catch a Predator’ Host Chris Hansen in A24 Thriller

A24 has released the teaser trailer for “Primetime,” a new drama-thriller that sees Robert Pattinson suit up as the iconic “To Catch a Predator” host, Chris Hansen. “Ren Faire” filmmaker Lance Oppenheim directs with a script from Ajon Singh. Other cast members include Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers. The logline for “Primetime” reads, […]

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MoviePass Signs Deal to Provide Subscription Services to Independent Cinema Alliance Members (EXCLUSIVE)

MoviePass has signed a new strategic partnership with the Independent Cinema Alliance (ICA). The pact will allow the ICA to provide an integrated subscription model to its network of theaters, which includes approximately 180 member companies and nearly 5,000 independently operated screens across the United States and Canada. In an interview, MoviePass Founder Stacy Spikes […]

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Anonymous Content Signs Rising Australian Filmmaker and Actor Nick Annas (EXCLUSIVE)

Anonymous Content has signed fast-rising Australian writer, director, producer and actor Nick Annas for representation, followed what it describes as a competitive situation. Based in Sydney, the 20-year-old is, according to Anonymous, “one of the most exciting young multi-hyphenate voices of his generation.” Annas is currently in post-production on his debut feature film “Crashout,” a […]

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Long-Running Arab TV Format ‘Stars of Science’ to Be Produced by U.K. Factual Outfit Zinc Media Group

U.K. factual outfit Zinc Media Group has been commissioned to reinvent and produce season 18 of the Qatar Foundation’s educational reality TV show “Stars of Science” in a $6 million deal that marks Zinc’s first major entertainment commission in the Middle East. “Stars of Science,” which features Arab innovators and entrepreneurs looking to transform their ideas […]

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‘Backrooms’ Review: Experimental Horror Comes Out of the Margins in Kane Parsons’ YouTube-Gone-A24 Head Trip

Parsons, in his feature directing debut (the script is by Will Soodik), proves a wizard of mood who shares the early David Lynch’s love of industrial cosmic sound design, and also Lynch’s fixation on the mysteries of electricity. Parsons wrings genuine terror out of the sense of being enclosed, in what feels at times like it could be some infinite version of a serial killer’s lair.

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Anthony Chen, Kamila Andini Named to Shanghai Film Festival Jury

The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled the complete jury rosters for its Golden Goblet Awards across five competitive categories. The festival runs June 12–21, 2026. Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, whose debut feature “Ilo Ilo” took the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2013, will preside over the Asian New Talent jury. He is joined […]

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Movistar Plus, Chile’s Wood Producciones Team on ‘Patagonia,’ With ‘Money Heist’ Star Itziar Ituño (EXCLUSIVE)

In a pioneering collaboration with Latin America, Spain’s Movistar Plus is teaming with Chile’s Wood Producciones and Spain’s Atlantika Films to make “Patagonia,” starring Itziar Ituño. As already announced, Germany’s ZDF Studios handles international distribution. Currently shooting in the south of Chile, the new Movistar Plus series turns on Alicia (Ituño) whose son Noah (Unai Arana) […]

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‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Blasts to No. 1 at U.K. and Ireland Box Office

The U.K. and Ireland box office found its force over the weekend as Disney’s “Star Wars” spinoff “The Mandalorian and Grogu” captured the top spot, debuting to £5.2 million ($7.1 million). Universal’s musical biopic “Michael” moved to second place in its sixth week of release but sustained momentum, taking $2.4 million for a robust cumulative […]

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Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake Join U.K. Short Film ‘Laundreams’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Paapa Essiedu, star of HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series and a newly-crowned Olivier Award winner, has taken time away from playing Professor Snape to join Maxine Peake (“I Swear,” “Say Nothing”) in the British short film “Laundreams.” Producer Tobi Kyeremateng, who won the BAFTA TV for best short form for 2023’s “How to Be a […]

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Sports Emmys: ESPN, Fox Sports, Dodgers’ World Series Victory Among This Year’s Top Winners

Go Dodgers! Fox’s coverage of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers won the Emmy for outstanding live sports special: championship event at this year’s Sports Emmys. It was one of nine won by Fox/Fox Sports 1, second only to ESPN, which scored 10 Emmys at this year’s event. […]

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‘Gurugram School Murder’ Book Gets Screen Adaptation From Matchbox Shots

India’s Matchbox Shots has acquired the screen rights to “The Gurugram School Murder,” crime journalist Leena Dhankhar’s account of the 2017 killing of a child at an elite school in Gurugram. The adaptation draws from Dhankhar’s reporting on one of India’s most prominent criminal cases. On Sept. 8, 2017, a seven-year-old boy known publicly as […]

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Cooper Hoffman to Lead as Burnt-Out Snowboarding Star in Hulu Drama Pilot ‘Durango’

Cooper Hoffman is set to play a never-was snowboarding star looking to make a quick buck in “Durango,” a new Hulu drama pilot. The logline for “Durango” reads, “Mikey is a ski bum townie chasing a buzz. Bunny is a homeschooled runaway working as a greasy-spoon waitress. Together they’re riding an avalanche of bad decisions […]

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Kevin Hart Says Tony Hinchcliffe ‘Arguably Had the Best Set’ at His Netflix Roast Despite Backlash: ‘I Don’t Expect Less. I Don’t Expect More’

Kevin Hart is speaking out about Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial set at his Netflix roast. “Yeah, the George Floyd joke, it wasn’t a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, but our audience that’s watching the roast, if you’re watching the roast, you get why they’re doing it. You get why the racial humor is […]

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‘Summer House’ Reunion Recap: Ciara Miller Reads Amanda Batula and West Wilson for Filth (With a Little Help From Lindsay Hubbard)

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Part 1 of the Season 10 “Summer House” reunion, streaming on Peacock as of May 27. What a week for New Yorkers. On Monday night, the New York Knicks trounced the Cleveland Cavaliers to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years. And Tuesday, the first part […]

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‘Pressure’ Review: Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser Go Toe-to-Toe in an Absorbing Tale of How the Weather Won the War

The British obsession with the weather goes from an easily mocked national quirk to a world-beating point of pride in “Pressure,” a handsome, efficient WWII drama that doesn’t go quite so far as to say a weatherman won the war, but wouldn’t mind one bit if that’s what you came away believing. The “weatherman,” in […]

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Yoshihiro Nishimura, ‘Tokyo Gore Police’ and ‘Welcome to Japan’ Director, Dies at 59

Yoshihiro Nishimura, the director behind films like “Tokyo Gore Police” and “Welcome to Japan,” died Monday in Tokyo following a nearly two-week hospital stay for liver disease. He was 59. Nishimura’s career began in the early 2000s, during which he directed and created effects for a number of short films before directing “Tokyo Gore Police,” […]

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LISTEN: ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and a Magnificent ‘Obsession’ Drive the Box Office

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our box office segment, Variety‘s Rebecca Rubin carefully measures the turnout over the Memorial Day weekend holiday for Disney’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu.” It was a big test for Disney and Lucasfilm and the strength of the Star Wars franchise at the turnstiles. Meanwhile, Focus Features’ horror […]

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‘Backrooms’ Star Mark Duplass Slams Rumor That Kane Parsons Didn’t Actually Direct Horror Movie: ‘Kane Was 100% in Control’

“Backrooms” star Mark Duplass took to X on Tuesday to defend Kane Parsons from rumors that the 20-year-old filmmaker didn’t actually direct the upcoming horror film. Responding to an X user who claimed Parsons “absolutely didn’t direct” A24’s “Backrooms,” Duplass wrote, “Hmmm, with all due respect I don’t remember seeing you on set. When I […]

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‘CBS Evening News’ Back Over 4 Million Viewers for First Time in Weeks

Tony Dokoupil is pushing back. The “CBS Evening News” anchor, who has been under intense scrutiny since taking the role in early January, led the signature CBS newscast to an audience of a little more than 4 million during the five-day period ended May 22, according to Nielsen — the first time in weeks the […]

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‘Love Story’: From Pulp to Lenny Kravitz, How Music Supervisor Jen Malone Built the Show’s Perfect ’90s Soundtrack

Have people ever been more nostalgic for New York City in the ‘90s? Ryan Murphy’s FX series “Love Story,” which chronicles the tragic romance of JFK Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly) and Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon), has people riding bikes like Kennedy, dressing like Bessette, and repeatedly listening to the show’s beloved soundtrack, hand-picked by music […]

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Spencer Pratt Uses Us Weekly Cover to Campaign for LA Mayor: ‘The Personality I Created on “The Hills” Was Strategic’

‘Emily in Paris’ Actor Pierre Deny Dies at 69

Tribeca Festival Sets First Premiere of Fully AI-Generated Film, ‘Dreams of Violets’

Tribeca Festival Sets First Premiere of Fully AI-Generated Film, ‘Dreams of Violets’

‘Wild Inside,’ Penny Lane’s Documentary About Flaco the Owl, Premiering in Central Park Before July Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

HamptonsFilm Unveils 2026 SummerDocs Series Lineup, Featuring Films on Salman Rushdie, K2 and Jocelyne Wildenstein (EXCLUSIVE)

Roku Unveils Biggest Home Screen Overhaul in More Than a Decade

Laurie Segall, Paris Hilton Launch ‘Mr. Deepfakes’ Investigation That Breaks All The Old Rules of True Crime

‘Blue’s Clues’ Star Steve Burns Signs With UTA

Sunset Studios and Knockout Shorts Unveil Microdrama-Focused Standing Sets at Sunset Las Palmas Lot

‘Primetime’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Stars as ‘To Catch a Predator’ Host Chris Hansen in A24 Thriller

MoviePass Signs Deal to Provide Subscription Services to Independent Cinema Alliance Members (EXCLUSIVE)

Anonymous Content Signs Rising Australian Filmmaker and Actor Nick Annas (EXCLUSIVE)

Long-Running Arab TV Format ‘Stars of Science’ to Be Produced by U.K. Factual Outfit Zinc Media Group

‘Backrooms’ Review: Experimental Horror Comes Out of the Margins in Kane Parsons’ YouTube-Gone-A24 Head Trip

Anthony Chen, Kamila Andini Named to Shanghai Film Festival Jury

Movistar Plus, Chile’s Wood Producciones Team on ‘Patagonia,’ With ‘Money Heist’ Star Itziar Ituño (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Blasts to No. 1 at U.K. and Ireland Box Office

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake Join U.K. Short Film ‘Laundreams’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Sports Emmys: ESPN, Fox Sports, Dodgers’ World Series Victory Among This Year’s Top Winners

‘Gurugram School Murder’ Book Gets Screen Adaptation From Matchbox Shots

Cooper Hoffman to Lead as Burnt-Out Snowboarding Star in Hulu Drama Pilot ‘Durango’

Kevin Hart Says Tony Hinchcliffe ‘Arguably Had the Best Set’ at His Netflix Roast Despite Backlash: ‘I Don’t Expect Less. I Don’t Expect More’

‘Summer House’ Reunion Recap: Ciara Miller Reads Amanda Batula and West Wilson for Filth (With a Little Help From Lindsay Hubbard)

‘Pressure’ Review: Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser Go Toe-to-Toe in an Absorbing Tale of How the Weather Won the War

Yoshihiro Nishimura, ‘Tokyo Gore Police’ and ‘Welcome to Japan’ Director, Dies at 59

LISTEN: ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and a Magnificent ‘Obsession’ Drive the Box Office

‘Backrooms’ Star Mark Duplass Slams Rumor That Kane Parsons Didn’t Actually Direct Horror Movie: ‘Kane Was 100% in Control’

‘CBS Evening News’ Back Over 4 Million Viewers for First Time in Weeks

‘Love Story’: From Pulp to Lenny Kravitz, How Music Supervisor Jen Malone Built the Show’s Perfect ’90s Soundtrack

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