The hottest sport on TV isn’t football, basketball or even pickleball. It’s the game of trying to find how to watch your favorite team. As more streaming services focus on offering sports, fans have a seeming infinite number of games they can watch. The trouble now comes in finding the exact one a viewer wants
Shohreh Aghdashloo will star in the upcoming third season of “The Wheel of Time” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. It had long been rumored that Aghdashloo would appear in the series, but nothing had been confirmed until now. She will play Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan, one of the Aes Sedai like Rosamund Pike’s
Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez‘s 1967 magnum opus, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” has long been considered one of the greatest works of modern literature. However, during Márquez’s life, he refused to sell the rights to the novel because he felt a film adaptation would not come close to scratching the surface of this
The Pokémon Company are teaming up with stop-motion animation studio Aardman for a new mystery collaboration. Billed only as a “special project,” it’s unclear whether it will be a feature film, series or something else entirely but promises that Aardman will bring “their unique style of storytelling to the Pokémon universe in brand-new adventures.” It
CNBC has sketched out an intriguing strategy the network hopes will have it getting bigger by sweating the small stuff. The business-news outlet, backed by NBCUniversal, plans to launch a new unit devoted to creating content aimed at niches of its audience. The division will be led by Max Meyers, a veteran producer who has
The stunning fall of the Syrian government early Sunday — a bloodless coup by Islamist rebels that ended the brutal 50-year rule of the Bashar Assad regime — has been reverberating across the global film community. There’s widespread elation among displaced Syrian filmmakers, but also fear about what the future holds. All are happy that Assad is gone. But
“Chasing Chasing Amy” filmmaker Sav Rodgers has signed with Sandstone Artists for management representation. Rodgers enters the partnership as he looks to expand into scripted content while continuing his documentary work. “Chasing Chasing Amy” explores the complex legacy of Kevin Smith‘s 1997 cult classic movie “Chasing Amy” on LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on Rodgers, who made his
A long-overdue shake-up is coming to Hollywood’s most celebrated night. For the first time in history, the Oscars will be streamed on Hulu and aired live on ABC, making the ceremony more accessible than ever. The potential game changer, announced jointly by ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, indicates a significant
Netflix has unveiled that its documentary on one man’s quest for immortality, “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever,” debuts on the streamer New Year’s Day 2025. According to the official synopsis, the film explores the question, “How far would you go to live forever – or even just slow down the aging
Paris prosecutors have requested a five-year prison sentence for filmmaker Christophe Ruggia over sexual assault charges involving actor Adele Haenel when she was a minor, Le Monde reports. Haenel is the star of the Cannes prize-winning film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and “BPM.” The sentence, requested on Tuesday, includes two years under house
In an on-stage talk Wednesday at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, Sarah Jessica Parker teased Season 3 of “And Just Like That” and her recent appointment to the judging panel of the prestigious U.K. literary award, the Booker Prize. In a wide-ranging discussion, Parker talked about her extensive acting career that began
Two-time Oscar winner A.R. Rahman has been named honorary president of Trinity Laban, Britain’s sole conservatoire for music, musical theater and contemporary dance, for a five-year term. The composer of “Slumdog Millionaire” follows conductor Charles Mackerras and violinist Yehudi Menuhin in the role. His appointment builds on Trinity Laban’s 125-year history of music education in
One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers has given an anonymous on-camera interview about his sexual assault allegations against the music mogul, marking the first time an alleged victim of Combs has done so. In an interview with CNN, a John Doe — whose face was concealed and voice altered to maintain his anonymity — detailed
British exhibition giant Cineworld is closing a total of 11 theaters across the U.K. as part of a completed restructuring plan aimed at stabilizing the chain’s operations heading into 2025. Five locations – Glasgow Parkhead, Bedford, Loughborough, Yate and Swindon Regent Circus – were shuttered following the plan’s July announcement. Six additional sites in Castleford,
Blackpink member Jisoo and award-winning actor Park Jeong-min‘s upcoming Korean zombie apocalypse series “Newtopia” is set to debut on Prime Video, the streaming service revealed on Wednesday. The series will premiere globally on Prime Video Feb. 7 and on Korean streamer Coupang Play on the same date. It follows a couple’s journey to reunite amid
Emma Roberts thriller “Fourth Wall” is set to start shooting early next year in Saudi Arabia’s brand new AlUla Studios. The previously announced film is written by Jerry Kontogiorgis and produced by Greg Silverman and Grant Torre of Hollywood indie Stampede Ventures. It will be the first feature by U.S. director Alexis Ostrander, who has
“Quantum of Solace” star Gemma Arterton has weighed in on the prospect of a female James Bond, suggesting that such a change might not align with the franchise’s tradition. “Isn’t a female James Bond like Mary Poppins being played by a man?” the actor told The Times. “They talk about it, but I think people
Marisa Tomei, who is attending the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia this week, is looking for film and stage roles that address the themes confronting women in the post #MeToo era, she tells Variety. Tomei, who won the 1993 Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for “My Cousin Vinny” and received
Saudi powerhouse MBC Studios has inked a partnership deal with best-selling Saudi author Osamah Almuslim under which his novel “Jahim Al-Abirin” (“Travellers’ Hell”) will be made into a high-end horror film for the theatrical market helmed by rising director Hana Al-Omair. Hana Al Omair, who directed Netflix’s first Saudi original series “Whispers,” joined MBC earlier this year
The jury for European Shooting Stars, the program that promotes rising actors from Europe, has revealed its 2025 lineup. Shooting Stars from previous editions have included Riz Ahmed, Leonie Benesch, George MacKay, Carey Mulligan, Alba Rohrwacher, Bill Skarsgård, Alicia Vikander and Maisie Williams. The actors will be presented to the international press, film industry and
Drake Bell has an idea for a “Drake & Josh” reboot inspired by “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” In an interview on the “Beyond the Velvet Rope” podcast, Bell said he would be more than willing to reunite with his former co-star Josh Peck for some sort of reboot, noting that his “dream” would be to emulate
Acclaimed Afghan filmmaker Siddiq Barmak has joined Kazakhstan‘s Oscar hopeful “Bauryna Salu” as executive producer. The film, directed by Askhat Kuchinchirekov, is Kazakhstan’s submission for the international feature category at the Academy Awards. “Bauryna Salu” follows a traditional Kazakh custom where firstborn children are raised by their grandparents rather than biological parents. The story centers
Kreskin (aka The Amazing Kreskin), the renowned mentalist who had his own TV programs in the 1970s, has died. He was 89. Kreskin’s family announced the news in a statement posted on social media on Tuesday. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of The Amazing Kreskin, born George Kresge, at the
Back in June 2019, J.J. Abrams struck a massive overall deal that would keep him in the fold of Warner Bros., his home studio since 2006. The five-year pact, pegged at $500 million at the time, had a unique structure that allowed Abrams to draw from a significant pool of money to sign other writers
A bankruptcy judge in Texas rejected the bid of satire site the Onion to acquire the assets of Infowars — the bankrupt outlet of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — saying the auction process lacked clarity and that the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims deserved more money than the Onion’s parent had bid. Judge
Sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 AD” and Netflix’s period drama series “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar” secured the top spots on IMDb‘s Most Popular Indian Movies and Web Series lists for 2024, respectively. The rankings, based on page views from IMDb’s 250 million monthly visitors, showcase the expanding reach of Indian content across genres and languages. The
CJ 4DPLEX is ramping up its presence in the Asia-Pacific region through strategic partnerships with major exhibitors Event Cinemas in Australia and Showtime Cinemas in Taiwan. The cinema technology company, headquartered in Seoul with international offices in Los Angeles and Beijing, is part of the CJ Group conglomerate that includes CJ CGV, the world’s fifth-largest
Lisa Kudrow, who played the free-spirited Pheobe Buffay in the hit NBC sitcom “Friends,” revealed that the entire cast of the ’90s mainstay only met up once in the 17 years between the series finale in 2004 and “Friends: the Reunion,” which premiered in 2021. “We’d only had dinner, the six of us, once before
SPOILER WARNING: This story includes spoilers for Amazon Prime Video‘s “Secret Level.” Amazon’s new 15-episode adult-animated anthology series “Secret Level” features original stories set within the worlds of various video games. These run the gamut from classic ’80s games to today’s complex tactical titles. But they’re each adapted in somewhat surprising ways, the best example of
Andrew Ferguson, a Republican lawyer, was tapped on Tuesday to succeed Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission. President-elect Donald Trump praised Ferguson in a statement announcing the appointment, saying he “has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country.” Ferguson has
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