Entertainment

Acclaimed South Korean director Park Chan-wook returned to the Venice Film Festival and was greeted with a six-minute standing ovation for the twisted black comedy “No Other Choice.” Before…
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Edward Berger has left the secret hallways of the Vatican in “Conclave” for the glitzy world of Macau in his latest film, “Ballad of a Small Player.” In the movie, Colin Farrell‘s character…
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Meta‘s unauthorized AI chatbots of virtual celebrities including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez were “flirty” and “routinely made sexual advances,” according to…
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Channing Tatum will venture into the underworld alongside Oscar Isaac and Zazie Beetz in “Kockroach,” the story of a mysterious stranger who transforms himself into a…
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Slovak Director Tereza Nvotová didn’t want to make “Father.” “To be honest, I thought: ‘I can’t do it. I don’t know how.’ These kinds of movies can be so heavy – you just feel like you’re…
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Kids and preteens may reinvigorate the theatrical movie business, at least according to a new study by entertainment researchers NRG. The report found that Gen Alpha, which consists of…
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The screenplays of Moroccan multi-hyphenate Maryam Touzani (“Adam,” “The Blue Caftan”) always start from a personal place. Her latest, “Calle Málaga,” which screens in Venice and Toronto, is set…
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Light Dox has acquired sales rights to Lana Daher‘s documentary “Do You Love Me,” which has its premiere in Venice Days, a sidebar to the Venice Film Festival. Variety debuts an exclusive clip.…
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TV buyers will soon have yet another option when weighing what smart TV to purchase. Digital advertising giant The Trade Desk has been developing a new operating system, known as Ventura,…
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Geena Rocero is making her mark behind the camera. The four-time Emmy-nominated director’s scripted directorial debut, sci-fi short “Dolls,” has dropped its first trailer ahead of its world…
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