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Jennifer Beals, Roshan Sethi to Receive Yale in Hollywood Fest Honors (EXCLUSIVE)
Yale in Hollywood has revealed Jennifer Beals and Roshan Sethi as honorees for its sixth annual virtual film festival, set to run Dec.…
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Shekhar Kapur Unveils Vision for International Film Festival of India: Tech Integration, Carnival Opening and Global Film Market Expansion
Revered filmmaker and International Film Festival of India (IFFI) festival director Shekhar Kapur is steering the Goa-based event toward a…
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Béla Tarr-Backed ‘Lullaby for the Mountains’ Unveils Clip Ahead of International Film Festival of India Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety is exclusively unveiling a new clip from “Lullaby for the Mountains,” the debut feature from Armenian filmmaker Hayk Matevosyan…
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M5 Entertainment Launches Global Film Fund With Inaugural Award at India’s WAVES Film Bazaar (EXCLUSIVE)
Filmmaker and producer Sonya V. Kapoor is partnering with Amrita Mendonza to establish the M5 Entertainment Global Film Fund, which is…
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Rekha’s ‘Umrao Jaan’ Among 10 Restored Indian Classics Showcased by Prasad at Goa Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Post-production giant Prasad is showcasing 10 restored Indian classics at the 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), running…
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How NBA Stars and Timothée Chalamet Are Making Ugg a Trendy Courtside Shoe
Timothée Chalamet wore Ugg boots to sit court side at multiple NBA games last season. But he’s not the only basketball lover who wants to…
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Meta to remove under-16 Australians from Facebook, Instagram on Dec 4
META said Thursday that Australians younger than 16 will be removed from Facebook and Instagram on Dec 4, as Canberra prepares to enforce…
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How ‘The Southern Chronicles’ Team Created 1990s Lithuania on Film: ‘We Pressed the Rock and Roll Button’
After the release of “The Southern Chronicles,” producer Lukas Trimonis couldn’t quite believe the amount of attention the film was…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Dignity
When the Albanian political philosopher Lea Ypi was growing up, her grandmother, Leman Ypi, would tell her that during her honeymoon—which…
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Major League Baseball Strikes New 3-Year Rights Deals With NBCU, Disney, Netflix
The media world will take a new swing at showing games from Major League Baseball. The league has struck new — and widely-expected —…
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Key questions now Scotland are going to the World Cup
Make your own mind up on this one. The three host nations automatically enter pot one, and it goes without saying, they are the three…
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When “Psychopathic” Traits Make Better Founders
Entrepreneurship rewards edge cases. That’s uncomfortable to admit, but it’s true. Some traits we label as “psychopathic” can fuel strong…
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Disney Hopes CMA Telecast Kicks Off New Focus on Live-Event Bonanza in 2027
Disney may be using the 2025 CMA Awards as a warm-up for 2027. The company has in recent years been snatching up rights to some of TV’s…
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Jennifer Lawrence Says ‘One Battle After Another’ Is the ‘Best Movie I’ve Ever Seen’: ‘I Can’t Remember a Time Where I Ever Had an Experience Like That in the Cinema’
Jennifer Lawrence is heaping praise onto Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” calling the action thriller “the best movie…
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Elizabeth Day Signs With UTA and Curtis Brown
Award-winning author and broadcaster Elizabeth Day has signed with UTA and Curtis Brown, where she will be represented across publishing,…
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Nations must exercise ‘agency’ to develop AI capabilities: Josephine Teo
It is within the capacity of countries to shape the conditions to build an AI-ready society, for instance through the education system…
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The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon
In the nineteen-thirties and forties, young book critics on the make used to crowd outside the office of Malcolm Cowley, the literary…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps
We are entering a Surrealist phase of personal technology. Any device you might imagine can be found online courtesy of an obscure Chinese…
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The 2026 World Cup Is Trump’s Authoritarian Debutante Ball
The Monday event was meant to be a triumph for Infantino, whose obsequiousness knows no bounds. Since taking over the fantastically…
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‘Corn Island’ Director George Ovashvili Premieres His Most Personal Film Yet, ‘The Moon Is a Father of Mine,’ in Competition at Tallinn Black Nights
Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili, best known for 2014 Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner “Corn Island,” is bringing his most personal…
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Shah Rukh Khan Classics Among Programming for International Film Festival of India’s Inflatable Cinema Return (EXCLUSIVE)
Three Shah Rukh Khan titles will screen in inflatable cinema format for the first time as part of the 56th International Film Festival of…
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English youngsters turn to AI for advice: survey
AROUND 40 per cent of young people in England turn to artificial intelligence for advice, support or company, despite many yearning for…
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Children’s & Family Emmy Nominees: Ms. Rachel, June Squibb and a Lisa Kudrow/David Schwimmer ‘Friends’ Face-off
Popular children’s TV host Ms. Rachel just landed her first two Emmy nominations — as did 96-year-old actress June Squibb. There were…
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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
The rush is partly a spillover from Singapore, where a years-long moratorium on new centres forced operators to look north Malaysia’s palm…