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Jon Stewart Gives His Solution for Israel-Hamas Peace on ‘Daily Show’
Jon Stewart opened his third return episode of The Daily Show by noting his first two episodes generated some controversy, so this week he was going to tackle … the Israel-Hamas war. And during the course of his monologue, Stewart offered a sincere idea for solving the crisis. First, the host delved into the current […]
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Disney+ Sets Release Date for Hitman Anime Series ‘The Fable’
Disney+ has revealed the release date for the next title on its growing slate of Japanese anime. The hitman series The Fable, based on the best-selling manga of the same name, will launch worldwide on the streaming service on April 7. The show is the latest anime title released via Disney’s partnership with Japanese publishing […]
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Giorgio Armani Weighs in on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Giorgio Armani is not Donatella Versace. He doesn’t like politics. He doesn’t like controversy. He never gets out of line on current political events. He loves to talk only about fashion. Most of all, his own. Donatella Versace, for her part, often takes a stand. Her speech on the stage of Milan’s La Scala Theater […]
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Diego Boneta-Led Thriller ‘El Gato’ Lands at Amazon
A long-developing comic book series starring Diego Boneta has found a home at Amazon’s Prime Video. The tech giant’s streaming service has ordered El Gato, based on the comic El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez. Boneta (Luis Miguel: The Series, the 2022 Father of the Bride) will play the title character in the thriller, a […]
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A Hopeful Sign for Mid-Sized Movies
Berlin’s European Film Market was the first big test of the post-strike indie film market. Executives were cautiously optimistic ahead of the EFM, reporting a “flood” of big, star-stocked projects that came together just ahead of the market, including A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Margot Robbie’s first film post-Barbie), The Materialists (Celine Song’s first film post-Past Lives, which has […]
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‘Poor Things’ Producer Ed Guiney on the “Head-Scratching Moments” Pulling Off Yorgos Lanthimos’ Biggest Movie Yet
One might say Poor Things is an epic culmination for Ed Guiney: It’s a film ten years in the making that lurked in the shadows of the producer’s three other collaborations with director Yorgos Lanthimos (the duo also has a fifth project on the horizon: Kinds of Kindness). Based on a novel of the same […]
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Berlinale Files Criminal Charges Over “Antisemitic” Instagram Hack
Berlin Film Festival organizers say they have brought criminal charges against unnamed hackers of its Instagram page for briefly posting statements seen as antisemitic on Sunday. The Berlinale in a statement said the Instagram channel for its Panorama sidebar was briefly hacked on Sunday and “anti-semitic image-text posts about the Middle East war with […]
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Why Denis Villeneuve Kept Anya Taylor-Joy’s ‘Dune: Part Two’ Casting a Secret: “Hollywood Is the Most Gossipy Town on Earth”
At Dune: Part Two‘s London world premiere earlier this month, Anya Taylor-Joy made waves when she walked the red carpet alongside the cast, confirming an online rumor that she had a secret role in the film. Taylor-Joy again made an appearance at the New York premiere on Sunday night, as writer-director Denis Villeneuve revealed why […]
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Jenna Coleman, Complex Characters and No Easy Answers: How ‘The Jetty’ Explores “Primal” Issues
Jenna Coleman had “avoided” playing a detective – until she was approached about playing rookie cop Ember Manning in a scenic lake town in Lancashire in North West England in BBC Studios’ The Jetty from creator and writer Cat Jones and Firebird Pictures. “What appealed to me was that the character of Ember was completely […]
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Spirit Awards Disrupted by Small But Loud Israel-Hamas War Protest Outside Tent
People protesting the Israel-Hamas war outside the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards could be heard inside throughout the ceremony on Sunday afternoon. A handful of protesters were outside the tent located on the beach in Santa Monica playing previously recorded chants on a megaphone such as “free Palestine,” “long live Palestine” and “ceasefire now.” The chants […]
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Stars on Bringing Animated Characters to Live Action: “We’re Weren’t Doing a Caricature”
After more than half a decade of development, Netflix unveiled its highly anticipated live- action Avatar: The Last Airbender on Friday. The show, adapted from Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko’s animated series that premiered in 2005, follows the beloved story of Aang, an Avatar who can bend all four elements — water, earth, fire […]
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Berlin: Generations Winners Full List
Generation, the Berlin Film Festival sidebar for children and youth films, has announced this year’s winners unveiling the picks from both the Generation 14plus (for teen and older viewers) and the youth jury for the Generation Kplus (kids and tweens) sections. Sasha Nathwani’s coming-of-age drama Last Swim, about an Iranian-British teen confronting a major life […]
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