Sean Baker Says Filmmakers ‘Have to Put Foot Down’ Following Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Won’t ‘Go for the $150 Million Studio Thing’ Post ‘Anora’

Sean Baker Says Filmmakers ‘Have to Put Foot Down’ Following Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Won’t ‘Go for the 0 Million Studio Thing’ Post ‘Anora’

“Anora” director Sean Baker, who is at the Red Sea Film Festival as the head of the international jury, commented on the industry’s most burning current topic while speaking at the Jeddah-based event: Netflix agreeing to buy Warner Bros., including its film and TV studios, its gaming business, HBO Max and HBO. The director said…

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‘Capernaum’ Director Nadine Labaki on How Cinema Can Help Arab Filmmakers ‘Express Pent-Up Anger,’ ‘Not Being Faced With Agenda’ From Western Funders

‘Capernaum’ Director Nadine Labaki on How Cinema Can Help Arab Filmmakers ‘Express Pent-Up Anger,’ ‘Not Being Faced With Agenda’ From Western Funders

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose “Capernaum” is the highest-grossing Arabic and Middle Eastern film of all time with over $68 million worldwide, spoke about “how difficult it is” to make cinema in the Arab region. The director also discussed working with non-actors and dealing with Arab funders during an in-depth career talk at the Red…

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Offaly: Murder inquiry launched after child and woman die in fire

Offaly: Murder inquiry launched after child and woman die in fire

RTÉ An Garda Síochána (the Irish police service) say the fire occurred at a house in Edenderry, County Offaly Gardaí (Irish police) have launched a murder investigation after a four-year-old boy and a 60-year-old woman died in a fire in County Offaly. The fire occurred at a house in Castleview Park, Edenderry, at 19:45 local…

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Trump Border Czar Seems Totally Fine With Detaining Citizens

Trump Border Czar Seems Totally Fine With Detaining Citizens

On Truth Social, the president called Schiff a “Trump hating loser” and questioned the integrity of the Fox News program—of which he is, famously, an avid viewer—for having given him a platform. “Either the show made a mistake, or it is heading in a different direction,” Trump wrote, urging its staff to look into “the…

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Brookfield, GIC near binding offer for National Storage: sources

Brookfield, GIC near binding offer for National Storage: sources

The parties are finalising details of a transaction that could be announced as soon as Monday [SYDNEY] Brookfield Asset Management and GIC are nearing a binding offer for National Storage REIT in a deal that may value the Sydney-listed company at about A$4 billion (S$3.4 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. The parties…

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Trump Explodes at Democrat He Recently Pardoned

Trump Explodes at Democrat He Recently Pardoned

On Truth Social, the president called Schiff a “Trump hating loser” and questioned the integrity of the Fox News program—of which he is, famously, an avid viewer—for having given him a platform. “Either the show made a mistake, or it is heading in a different direction,” Trump wrote, urging its staff to look into “the…

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New US security strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says

New US security strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says

Russia has welcomed Donald Trump’s new US National Security Strategy, calling it “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision. The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration last week, suggests Europe is facing “civilisational erasure” and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US. Combatting foreign influence, ending mass migration, and rejecting the EU’s perceived…

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Box Office: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Debuts to Frightfully Good $63 Million, ‘Zootopia 2’ Crosses $900 Million Globally

Box Office: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Debuts to Frightfully Good  Million, ‘Zootopia 2’ Crosses 0 Million Globally

Audiences returned to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza in force, turbocharging a traditionally sleepy post-Thanksgiving weekend at the box office. “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” the second film inspired by Scott Cawthon’s popular horror game franchise, easily captured first place, opening to $63 million domestically. That topped projections that had the film debuting to between $35 million…

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