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The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a budget proposal that, among other things, funds both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities at lev…
Less than a year after he jigged terrifyingly into Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror "Sinners" as an Irish-dancing vampire, Jack O'Connell is back with an even more bonkers baddie. Sir Jimm…
Disney+ has boarded "The Last Man on Earth," a French remake of Will Forte's hit 2015 sci-fi comedy series which will be headlined by French star Artus. An original series created by Forte, …
The backstage farce "La Comédie-Française" took a well-deserved bow as the opener at this year's Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris " an auspicious spotlight for a project not originally mea…
"Amadeus," Sky's five-part series about the rivalry between composers Mozart and Salieri starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany, has been acquired by Starz for the U.S. Based on Peter Shaffer…
David Linde, former Participant CEO and Universal Pictures chairman, has been named CEO at the Sundance Institute, where he'll lead all areas of the nonprofit organization and film festival,…
The Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, is getting a Met Gala-inspired glow up. The guild announced Thursday morning that the awards will have a "fashion theme" o…
Artist management and production company Entertainment 360 has promoted Nicola Chomiak, Yang Fei, Erica Kennedy, Jonah Koppelman and Dustin Rios from assistant to manager. All five are based…
Comedians Tig Notaro and Matteo Lane are set to headline civil rights organization Lambda Legal's inaugural Stand Up for Equality event on March 4. Held at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills…
Pamela Golum and Cynthia Swartz, two veteran communications executives, will receive special honors at the 63rd annual ICG Publicist Guild Awards, set for March 13 at the Beverly Wilshire Ho…
Such is the secrecy behind Sam Mendes' upcoming four-part biopic about the Beatles that the actors aren't allowed to take hard copies of the scripts beyond the set. Thankfully, Mia McKenna-B…
"How to Get to Heaven From Belfast," the new Netflix series from "Derry Girls" creator Lisa McGee, has unveiled a twisty trailer and Feb. 12 release date. The eight-episode comedy thriller f…
Fawzia Mirza, the award-winning director of "The Queen of My Dreams," has been tapped to helm "Bhoot," an English-language South Asian paranormal thriller from Toronto-based Champ & Pepp…
A nearly three-hour film about Kabuki was never supposed to be a box office juggernaut, but "Kokuho" has defied expectations to become Japan's top live-action hit " and an Oscars internation…
In her latest drama "Tell Everyone" Finnish director Alli Haapasalo " also known for Sundance hit 'Girl Picture' " goes back to the year 1898. But she found few differences between the past …
Boutique distributor Menemsha Films has acquired U.S. rights to "The Pianist's Choice," a World War II-set romantic drama written and directed by Jacques Otmezguine. Oscar Lesage, a scene-st…
Based on Agatha Christie's 1929 novel "The Seven Dials Mystery" and adapted for television by Chris Chibnall (of "Broadchurch" fame), Netflix's "Agatha Christie's Seven Dials" is a solid mur…
Chris Noth took to Instagram on Wednesday to calm the buzz surrounding a comment he made on an earlier post that appeared to endorse a fan's take-down of his former "Sex and the City" co-sta…
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale "Palm Royale," "Maxine Does Something Good," now streaming on Apple TV. At first glance, Apple TV's "Palm Royale" is a vi…
Veteran TV writer and producer Don Reo, whose lengthy career includes everything from "MASH" and "The Golden Girls" to "Blossom," "My Wife & Kids" and "Two and a Half Men," will receive …
Timothy Busfield made his first appearance in court on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse against a 7-year-old boy on the set of "The Cleaning Lady." Busfield appeared before Judge Felicia…
Jodie Foster said in a new interview with NPR that she was "saved" from Hollywood sexual abuse because she earned power in the industry at such a young age. Part of that power came from scor…
Zohran Mamdani's newly appointed commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Rafael Espinal, has already lined up a meeting with Gotham-based SAG-AFTRA leade…
Veteran publicist Christa Dallas has joined Narrative as vice president, with clients including EGOT winners Viola Davis and Jennifer Hudson following her. Dallas joins the firm, founded in …
When Martin Scorsese retreated to his room at 11 p.m. to watch "Homebound" during the editing process, the legendary director didn't just provide notes " he became deeply invested in bringin…