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Venice Film Festival Q&A

Film Alberto Barbera On This Year’s Stellar Lineup, Oscar Hopefuls & A Final Cut Dispute

The Venice Film Festival boss has again pulled in an impressive mix of Hollywood and arthouse fare for this year’s edition, lofty even by his festival’s standards with star power including George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Idris Elba, Jacob Elordi, Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Tony Leung and Dwayne Johnson. He sits down post-announcement to discuss his lineup, Oscar hopefuls, tough choices and why so many filmmakers seem to be making longer movies these days.

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‘Fantastic Four’s Pedro Pascal Says He Was “Appalled By The Way I Look” In ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ That He Has “Never Gone Back” To Clean Shaven Aesthetic

Pedro Pascal is returning to the superhero world in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but he had previously starred in DC’s Wonder Woman 1984. In a new interview, Pascal recalled his look for the Wonder Woman sequel, noting that he was “appalled” by his appearance. “I grow such shit…

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‘Freakier Friday’ Red Carpet Premiere Photos: Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘Parent Trap’ Reunion & More

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis celebrated the premiere of Freakier Friday at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The red carpet event included a Parent Trap reunion as Lohan’s co-stars Elaine Hendrix and Lisa Ann Walter joined her for the premiere. Other celebrities at the premiere included Chad Michael Murray…

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Vince Calandra Dies: Longtime ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ Booker Who Guided The Beatles Into U.S. Homes Was 91

Vince Calandra, who as a longtime booker for CBS juggernaut The Ed Sullivan Show helped introduce The Beatles to America’s TV audience, has died. He was 91. According to a local mortuary’s obit, he died Saturday at his home in Woodland Hills, CA. Calandra was just 23 when he landed a job on…

Arienne Mandi Joins ‘Chicago P.D.’ For Season 13 As New Series Regular

Arienne Mandi (The Night Agent) has joined the cast of Chicago P.D. as a series regular for Season 13. Sources close to production tell Deadline, Mandi will play Chicago P.D. officer Naomi Kerr. She is a former soldier and military contractor who is said to thrive in dangerous situations. She is…

Zach Cregger Says ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Will Be “Honoring” The Games: “I Think The Movie Is Going To Rip”

Zach Cregger is teasing his new vision for Resident Evil and why he wanted to reboot the franchise. The film adaptation of the Capcom videogame is set to star Austin Abrams, and in a new interview, Cregger revealed why he wanted to tell this story. “Because I love the games,” Cregger told ComicBo…

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Los Angeles On-Location Production Falls Again In Q2, But A Few Brighter Spots Emerge

The woes continued for on-location shoots in Los Angeles during the second quarter of 2025, but there also a modicum of quarter-to-quarter good news on both the feature and small-screen fronts as the regions continues to recover from the wildfires. FilmLA, the city and county’s film permitting…

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Cristin Milioti To Topline Horror Film ‘Buddy’ From ‘Too Many Cooks’ Helmer Casper Kelly

Hot off her first Emmy and Golden Globe nomination for her starring role in HBO’s The Penguin, Cristin Milioti has inked a deal to star in Buddy, a new film from Too Many Cooks helmer Casper Kelly, Deadline has confirmed. Written by Kelly and Jaime King (World’s Best), the film’s plot is being kept…

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Saying Goodbye: Hollywood & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2025

Patrick Soon-Shiong Says He Plans To Take Los Angeles Times Public; Shares Will Be Offered Through Regulation A Financing – Update

UPDATED with additional details and internal memo: Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, said that he plans to take the publication public. In an appearance on The Daily Show on Monday, Soon-Shiong told host Jon Stewart that “we are literally going to take the L.A. Times public and…

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Doc Talk Podcast: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine Uncovers Astonishing Photographic Talent In ‘Memories Of Love Returned’; Emmy Noms Debrief

American-born Ugandan actor Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine is starring in the new Showtime/Paramount+ series Dexter: Resurrection in the role of Blessing Kamara. But he's blessing audiences with more than just his acting work. The multi-hyphenate — actor, writer, filmmaker, playwright – also has an exceptional…

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Emmys 2025: Category Breakdown By Night Revealed

The Television Academy has set the roster of 2025 Emmy categories that will be awarded over three nights, September 6 and 7 (Creative Arts Emmy Awards) and September 14 (Emmy Awards, live on CBS and Paramount+). There are no changes to the primary telecast, which will again feature 25 categories…

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Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations Coverage

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2025 Nominations Complete List: ‘Severance’ Tops Field

Snubs + Surprises: No Luna Or Moss? Beyoncé, Scorsese In

Where’s My Show? Why Some Of Your Favorites Weren’t Nominated

Scorecards: HBO Lands Its Most Nominations Ever, Tops Netflix

Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden’s ‘Freaky Tales’ Sets HBO Max Premiere Date

Lionsgate’s Freaky Tales, from filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, is set to make its streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max in the U.S. on Friday, August 8. The film, starring Pedro Pascal and many more, will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, August 9 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Set in 1987 Oakland, Freaky Tal…

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Amazon MGM Studios Sets Alejandra Márquez Abella To Direct Mennonite Crime Thriller Based On L.A. Times Article

EXCLUSIVE: Narcos series director and Good Girls filmmaker Alejandra Márquez Abella is set to helm an untitled Mennonite crime thriller based on Steve Fisher's Los Angeles Times article “How a Mennonite Farmer Became a Drug Suspect” at Amazon MGM Studios. The project is currently in development. The…