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Google has launched new film and TV production wing: Business Insider
Google has launched a new film and TV production initiative to scout projects it could fund or co-produce, Business Insider reported, a…
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Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's ever told'
Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year. He…
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Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series — The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and ‘Hot Ones’ Stir Up Buzz
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the…
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Property maps vs. Surveys
Land ownership and property management involve complex systems and regulations. Understanding the difference between property maps and a…
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Here’s How to Preorder ‘Sinners’ on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.…
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Bleecker Street Buys Survival Thriller ‘Bone Lake,’ Sets Fall Release Date
Bleecker Street has nabbed U.S. rights to “Bone Lake,” a darkly comedic survival thriller from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan. The film,…
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French minister apologises to Liverpool fans over Champions League chaos
Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent France's former interior minister has apologised for the first time for the 2022 fiasco at the Stade de…
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Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. stock prices fall after Trump threatens tariffs on foreign-made movies
Stock prices for Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery fell this morning after President Trump took to social media to warn of major…
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‘The Last of Us’ Director on Dina’s Bisexuality, Introducing Isaac and How the Show Has Inspired Her Adaptation of ‘The Sims’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Day One,” Season 2, Episode 4 of “The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max. Kate Herron is…
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Cannes-Bound Iranian Film ‘Mother and Child’ Sparks Controversy, Prompting ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director to Intervene (EXCLUSIVE)
Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is…
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China Box Office: ‘The Dumpling Queen’ Reigns Over May Day Frame, ‘Ne Zha 2’ Crosses $2.13 Billion
Chinese audiences turned out in decent numbers over the May Day holiday weekend, propelling CMC Pictures’ “The Dumpling Queen” to the top…
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‘Astonishing’ Annecy Entry ‘Nimuendajú,’ About a Pioneering Defender of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples, Boarded by O2 Play (EXCLUSIVE)
O2 Play, one of Brazil’s most active international distributors, has acquired worldwide rights to “Nimuendajú,” an impactful 2D animated…
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My New York City Tour of Tours
I’m a sucker for guided tours. I love a CliffsNotes condensation of a place. All of Rome in ninety minutes gave me a Visigothic sense of…
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The Battling Memoirs of The New Yorker
In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. Before doing so, however, he sat around with the boys in the bar and thrashed out…
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Christoph Niemann’s “Spotted in New York City”
For the cover of the May 12 & 19, 2025, special issue about New York—our second issue commemorating the magazine’s hundredth anniversary,…
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Why I Broke Up with New York
All this may seem to imply some deeper judgment about the city—that I think it’s wanton and unregulated, a “Where’s Waldo?” of Boschian…
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Why I Can’t Quit the New York Post
Worse, I’m not sure I want to. If I’m away and something big happens, I usually ask a friend if he can stop by a newsstand so I don’t miss…
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Keith McNally’s Guide to Making a Scene
McNally seemed to enjoy occupying a place in New York’s cultural landscape; he describes McInerney asking for permission to use the…
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Meet the 5 Baltic scaleups in TECH5’s 'Champions League of Tech'
Five standout scaleups from the Baltics have made it into TECH5 — the “Champions League of Technology.” Representing Estonia, Lithuania,…
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Epicentre Takes French Rights for Simón Mesa Soto’s ‘A Poet’ Ahead of Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
French distribution rights for Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet” have been sold to Epicentre Films ahead of the film’s world premiere at Cannes…
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Volvo Cars sales fall 11% in April as fully electric cars slump
Volvo Cars reported on Monday (May 5) an 11 per cent decrease in April sales to 58,881 cars from a year earlier, sending its shares down.…
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Sundance Hit ‘Omaha’ Nabbed by Cercamon for International Sales, Heads to Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Dubai-based sales agency Cercamon has snagged international sales rights to family drama “Omaha” following its acclaimed world premiere at…
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Trump rules out firing Powell while pushing him to cut rates
US President Donald Trump insisted he does not plan to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell despite his sustained criticism over the…
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Danny McBride and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Team Say Goodbye to the HBO Comedy: ‘F—, I’m About to Start Crying’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the series finale of “The Righteous Gemstones,” now streaming on Max. In the end, “The…