Month: January 2025

The rise and fall of Sean “Diddy” Combs is dissected by over 15 of his alleged victims and former employees in a new docuseries from “Quiet on Set” producer Investigation Discovery. “The Fall of Diddy,” a four-part special, features lengthy interviews in nearly hour-long episodes that build up to the first recorded allegations against Combs
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In an unprecedented move, Gaumont, the Paris-based TV & Film production house behind such global hits as “Narcos” and “Lupin,” has forged a co-production deal with Brazilian media powerhouse, Globo. The new pact was announced as Miami confab Content Americas wrapped on Thursday. First out the gate is a still-untitled project that will “explore the
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The North Road Company, a media venture launched in 2022 by mogul Peter Chernin, has made its first acquisition in Latin America with Perro Azul, a major Mexican production company. Perro Azul has produced Netflix’s most watched show ever produced in Mexico and Latin America, “Who Killed Sara? (¿Quién mató a Sara?).” The companies said the acquisition
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SAG-AFTRA has announced a tentative agreement with Telemundo Television Studios to represent its Spanish-language television performers. Telemundo is the largest employer of Spanish-language talent in the United States. If approved, the deal will cover the contract period from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2028. The actors guild previously reached a contract with Telemundo in
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After weeks of speculation, Donna Langley — who took on the role as chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment and Studios after a corporate shuffle in November — unveiled her executive structure on Thursday, while Matt Strauss shared his new setup as the recently named chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group. As long rumored, under Langley’s division (which
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In the opening sequence of Matt Wolf’s HBO documentary series “Pee-wee as Himself,” the late artist and performer Paul Reubens mulls over who should have control of a celebrity documentary. “It turns out that you are not really supposed to direct your own documentary,” he tells the camera. “You are not supposed to control your
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Billy Ray Cyrus’ son has written a pleading open letter to his father after the musician took part in Donald Trump’s Liberty Ball following the inauguration on Monday. Trace Cyrus, also a musician who played in the band Metro Station, said in an Instagram post that Billy Ray is “not healthy” and “everyone is noticing
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The whiplash of the Oscar nominations rippled across Hollywood professionals, awards pundits, and elated enthusiasts of 2024’s best films and performances. The most jaw-dropping — and welcomed — moment of nomination morning came from Walter Salles’ Brazilian drama, “I’m Still Here,” which landed three major nominations: international feature, best actress for Fernanda Torres, and best
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Political polarization in America has gotten so bad that librarians — yes, librarians — are under siege across the country. To combat the nationwide censorship efforts made by politicians and conservative parental rights initiatives like Moms for Liberty, a group of librarians formed the FReadom Fighters in 2021. The group boasts members from across the
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Charli xcx‘s “Brat” continues to dominate awards season, earning the Essex-bred singer the most Brit nominations for any artist this year: artist of the year, album of the year, song of the year and dance and pop act. Seven-time Brit winner Dua Lipa follows with four nominations, including pop act which she won in 2024,
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Offset has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation in all areas. The Grammy-nominated rapper, and one-third of the multi-platinum rap trio Migos, recently released a pair of solo singles, “Antisocial” and “Swing My Way.” They serve as follow-up efforts to his 2023 sophomore album, a 21-song set dubbed “Set It Off” that included collaborations
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Tom Blyth may have starred in Francis Lawrence’s box office hit “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” but that doesn’t mean the British actor is moving on from independent film. Case in point: “Plainclothes.” In writer-director Carmen Emmi’s feature debut, Blyth stars as Lucas, an undercover cop in 1990s Syracuse, N.Y., who
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Sly Stone, founder, frontman and namesake of Sly and the Family Stone, has deserved to be the subject of a documentary since the heyday of his eponymous, chart-topping, mixed-gender, racially integrated 1960s and ‘70s funk band. After more than 30 years out of the spotlight — and another 10 in which his personal and legal
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In the galaxy of Gene Rodenberry’s 59-year-old “Star Trek” franchise, humanity enjoys an idyllic, utopian, primary-colored future in which a non-lethal phaser and a persuasive argument can put an end to even the messiest of conflicts. But even squeaky-clean Starfleet needs someone to get their hands dirty every now and again, which is where the
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Denis Villeneuve has once again found himself shut out of the best director race for helming a “Dune” movie, which doesn’t make sense to cast member Josh Brolin. The Oscars failed to nominate Villeneuve for “Dune: Part Two” after similarly shutting him out of the best director category in 2022 for the first “Dune” movie.
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