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‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Wins Battle Against Censorhip in India After Being Blocked Amid Fears Theatrical Release ‘Would Break Up the India-Israel Re...

In a significant reversal, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated feature “The Voice of Hind Rajab” has been cleared by India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) that had blocked the politicall...

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Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt Lead in Early Returns in Bizarre L.A. Mayor’s Race

Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt led in early returns in the race for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday night, with Councilwoman Nithya Raman running in third. However, it could still take days to determine wh...

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Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton Lead in Early Returns for California Governor

Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton are leading the race for California governor in early returns, as they seek to advance to a November runoff, while Tom Steyer trailed in third place. It may take days b...

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Scott Pelley Fires Back After ’60 Minutes’ Ouster: ‘The Collapse of Values at The Top Has Become Untenable’

Scott Pelley said he no longer recognizes “60 Minutes” in the months following the takeover of CBS News by Paramount Skydance, and accused the executive set in charge of the news division of “incompet...

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‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Premiere Reveals First Five Couples, Bombshell Entries Leave the Villa Shook

Summer is back in session! And with it comes “Love Island USA” Season 8 on Peacock, complete with host Ariana Madix, narrator Iain Stirling and a new set of single islanders looking to find love. Thin...

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‘South Park’ Creator Trey Parker Says ‘We Have a President Who Thinks His Job Is to Be the Joker’

“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone did a quick video spot for the 19th Television Academy Honors, which aired on May 20. In it, they discussed their role in the world of comedy and expla...

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Scott Pelley Out at CBS News After Dramatic Clash With New ’60 Minutes’ Executive Producer

And then there were three. CBS News has terminated “60 Minutes” veteran Scott Pelley after the journalist and executives felt they could not find a way to work together following a heated public argum...

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‘Summer House’ Reunion Part 2: The Five Biggest Moments, From West’s Girlfriend Reveal to Kyle’s Cheating Caught on Tape

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Part 2 of the Season 10 “Summer House” reunion, streaming on Peacock as of May 27. Where will it go from here? That was the first thought running thro...

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‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’ Review: Haley Bennett Is Starry-Eyed in a Literary Adaptation With Much Heart and a Heavy Hand

Virginia Woolf herself was not the greatest admirer of her 1919 novel “Night and Day,” a complex and somewhat elusive work that wove a pensive reflection on women’s suffrage through a quasi-Shakespear...

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JioHotstar Goes on AI Hiring Spree as India’s Largest Streamer Bets on Homegrown Tech (EXCLUSIVE)

India’s largest streaming platform, JioHotstar, is recruiting for more than 75 AI roles as the platform moves to build out a dedicated artificial intelligence division, the company revealed Wednesday....

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‘The Hunting Party’ Canceled After Two Seasons at NBC

“The Hunting Party” has been canceled after two seasons at NBC. The series, which aired its final episode on May 7, starred Melissa Roxburgh as former FBI profiler Rebecca “Bex” Henderson, who led a s...

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Ernest Chambers, ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ Showrunner, Dies at 97

Ernest Chambers, the writer and producer known for variety TV shows like “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “Click,” died on May 28 at home in Los Angeles following a brief illness. He was 97. C...

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Peabo Bryson, Veteran R&B Singer of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Whole New World,’ Dies at 75

Peabo Bryson, the veteran R&B singer best known as the singer behind the Disney film hits “Beauty and the Beast” and “Whole New World,” has died, according to a statement from his family. No cause...

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‘Wolverine’ Game Developers Break Down New Footage, X-Men Cameos, ‘Low-Gore’ Option, Claw Combat and How Logan Can Die

If there’s one key thing that PlayStation’s Insomniac Games wants you to take away from the new gameplay footage for its upcoming “Marvel’s Wolverine,” it’s that this video game will be as bloody as p...

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Mindy Kaling and ‘Not Suitable For Work’ Boss on Depicting the Gen-Z Workforce Onscreen and Setting Up Numerous Love Triangles: ‘You Want to Keep Peop...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the three episode-premiere of “Not Suitable For Work,” now streaming on Hulu. Let the record show that Mindy Kaling is well aware of the possibility of ...

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Spoke Up on ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Set When Scene Wasn’t Working; Director Sent Crew Home So It Could Be Rewritten

Tom Holland told Amy Poehler on the latest episode of the “Good Hang” podcast that acting alongside his partner Zendaya is a “lifeline” and “I couldn’t imagine doing what I do without her.” The two A-...

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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina Hurricanes Livestream: How to Watch the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Final Online

The NHL Stanley Cup Final 2026 features two of the best teams in hockey in a best-of-seven series. Over the next two weeks, the two teams battle for glory and compete to hoist the legendary Stanley Cu...

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The Beach Boys Celebrate ‘Pet Sounds’ 60th Anniversary With New Merch, Including Special-Edition Vinyl

The Beach Boys first made waves in the 60s, and several decades later, the group has cemented its place in music history. Among their most famed bodies of work is the 1966 album “Pet Sounds,” which tu...

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All3media Boss Jane Turton on Banijay Merger: ‘Scale Is Important, but You’ve Got To Work Out Why Scale Matters’

All3Media CEO Jane Turton has offered a glimpse as to what the merger with Banijay will look like when it likely clears the antitrust review process. The merger, which is set to go through by late sum...

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‘I Will Find You’ Trailer: Sam Worthington and Britt Lower Star in Netflix’s New Thriller (TV News Roundup)

Netflix has released the trailer and first look at “I Will Find You,” a new series from Harlan Coben. An adaptation of Coben’s best selling novel, the drama will premiere on June 18. “I Will Find You...

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Saint Harison Discusses How He Made Sense of Heartbreak With New ‘Ghosted’ EP: ‘It Came From a Real Place’

Saint Harison was in the midst of working on a project that told the story of his upbringing when the fallout from a relationship hijacked his creative process. “As you can tell from the songs, it was...

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The Kennedy Center’s National Symphony Orchestra ‘Is in Real Trouble,’ Ben Folds Says — Here’s How We Can Help

For all the stigma and turmoil that President Trump has brought onto the Kennedy Center, the people who are most harmed are the people who work there — including the National Symphony Orchestra, the v...

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T-Mobile’s Perks Span Steep Discounts on Everything From Concert Tickets and Hotel Stays to Food Delivery

In a wireless industry long accustomed to competing on price and coverage maps, T-Mobile has spent the past several years trying to carve out a different competitive angle: a plethora of perks spannin...

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‘Stop That Train’ Director Shuts Down Claims That RuPaul Movie Used AI: ‘Every Shot Was Made By Human Hands’

“Stop That Train” director Adam Shankman defended the RuPaul Charles-starring film after social-media chatter over the weekend accusing the filmmakers of relying on generative AI — calling such claims...

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‘Noche de los Grandes’ & El Grande Americano Mask vs. Mask Match Draws Over 2 Million Viewers

Es bueno ser El Grande Americano. The official video of the AAA wrestling event “Noche de los Grandes” on the WWE YouTube channel has drawn over 1.8 million views at the time of this publishing, while...

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Netflix’s Emily Feingold Out as Comms Chief After 8 Years

Emily Feingold, Netflix’s longtime communications chief, is exiting the streaming giant after eight years. Feingold was hired in 2017 as communications director and was promoted in 2022 to VP of commu...

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Martin Scorsese Backs AI Company and Says He’s Using It to Storyboard Movies: ‘We Have to Be Open to How’ Cinema Can ‘Evolve’

Martin Scorsese is the latest Oscar-winning director to hop on the AI wagon, joining the AI firm Black Forest Labs as an adviser in a bid to “push the bounds of creativity to create deeper and richer ...

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Paul McCartney’s ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ Gets Exclusive White Vinyl Release

Paul McCartney’s latest trip down memory lane is getting a collector-friendly vinyl release. “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” the Beatles legend’s new solo album, is available to order on Amazon following ...

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Paramount’s Top Lawyer Claims Some Opponents of Warner Bros. Merger Are Engaging in ‘Fear Mongering’ Because of ‘Their Own Antisemitic Views’

The chief legal counsel of Paramount Skydance, Makan Delrahim, has alleged that some opponents of the David Ellison-led company’s pending $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery are motivated ...

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Dewayne Perkins Ensemble Comedy in Development at Hulu (EXCLUSIVE)

An untitled ensemble comedy from comedian and actor Dewayne Perkins is in development at Hulu. The project follows a group of friends in their 30s who decide to date by jury, meaning all of their rela...

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‘The Audacity’ Cast Talks Tech and the Silicon Valley-Set Series’ Relevance: It’s ‘The Industry of the World Right Now’

Billy Magnussen, Simon Helberg and more stars from AMC’s “The Audacity” convened for Variety‘s Behind the Show presented by AMC to discuss what drew them to the dark comedy and its extreme relevance t...

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Coverage of Last Year’s Devastating Fires, and the Aftermath, Dominate L.A. Area Emmy Nominations — as PBS SoCal, ABC7, KMEX Lead Tally

PBS SoCal, KABC/ABC7 and KMEX led the tally on Tuesday as the TV Academy announced nominations for the 78th annual L.A. Area Emmy Awards. The annual ceremony will take place on Saturday, July 25, at t...

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White House Correspondents Association Plans New Dinner for July 24 With Heightened Security

The White House Correspondents Association plans to make a new attempt to hold its annual awards dinner after the first was interrupted by a potential assassination attempt against President Donald Tr...

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Indian Master Ritwik Ghatak Gets London Retrospective, 4K Restorations

India’s National Film Development Corporation – National Film Archive of India has completed 4K restorations of the entire feature filmography of auteur Ritwik Ghatak and will present them at a month-...

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‘Ulya’ Review: A Striking but One-Dimensional Portrait of Basketball Legend Ulyana Semjonova

Recently premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, “Ulya” is a biopic of Latvian-born basketball phenomenon Ulyana Semjonova, who played and won many medals and championships for the Sovie...

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Permut Presentations Making Movie About ‘Sing Sing’ Star JJ Velazquez and ‘Dateline’ Producer Dan Slepian’s Fight to Overturn Murder Conviction (EXCLU...

Permut Presentations has acquired the life rights of Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who served a nearly 24-year sentence for a murder he did not commit, as well as to NBC News journalist Dan Slepian’s rep...

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BET Forms First-Ever Advisory Board, Tapping Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Founder Bob Johnson and More

Paramount Skydance’s BET has formed its first board of advisers, saying the group of six “cultural icons, business leaders and industry visionaries” will help guide the brand’s “continued evolution as...

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Netflix’s U.K. Unscripted Chief Warns of Dangers of Using AI in Reality Shows: ‘It’s Hard Now to Tell What Is Fake and What Is Real’

Syeda Irtizaali, Netflix’s recently appointed U.K. director of unscripted, told an audience at SXSW London on Tuesday she doesn’t want to use AI in unscripted television. Describing Netflix as a “tech...

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Tribeca Boss Jane Rosenthal Defends Premiering AI-Made Film About Iran Protests: ‘It Should Be Seen Right Now at This Time’

Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal is defending the fest’s decision to premiere “Dreams of Violets,” a fully AI-generated film about the Iranian civilian resistance. “I think people need ...

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Sakanishi Miiku Makes His Tribeca Debut With a Film About What We Forget, Clip Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)

Sakanishi Miiku has been thinking about forgetting for most of his life. His debut feature, “Memorizu,” world premiering in competition at the Tribeca Festival on June 6 before a theatrical release in...

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Mediawan, BYD Unveil Special ‘Miraculous Chibi’ Episode (EXCLUSIVE)

Mediawan and BYD, which recently partnered to develop and finance international premium content, have unveiled the first project out of their pact: a special episode of the “Miraculous Chibi” series f...

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Rotterdam Tiger Award Winner Paz Fábrega Sets ‘To the Future’ With Spain’s Edna Cinema and Uruguay’s La Mayor Cine Ahead of ECAM Forum (EXCLUSIVE)

Paz Fábrega, the first Costa Rican filmmaker to scoop a VPRO Tiger Award in Rotterdam, for her debut “Cold Water of the Sea (“Agua fria de mar”) in 2010, has secure further funding for her fourth feat...

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‘Twin Peaks’ Actor Owain Rhys Davies Dies at 44; Family Says It Was Sudden and ‘There Are Still Questions That Remain Unanswered’

Owain Rhys Davies, a Welsh actor who appeared in the “Twin Peaks” reboot, died “suddenly” over the weekend, according to the BBC. He was 44. Davies was best known for playing Agent Wilson in the 2017 ...

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‘Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)’: How Two Brits Turned a Love Letter to the Big Apple Into an Unlikely Broadway Hit

Jim Barne and Kit Buchan were terrified of being outed as frauds. After all, they were two very British writers creating a very New York musical. And they’d only ever been to the Big Apple as tourists...

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Inside Ranveer Singh’s ‘Don 3’ Exit, Bollywood’s Biggest Industry Standoff in Years

When top actor Ranveer Singh walked away from “Don 3” in December 2025, he triggered what has become one of Bollywood’s most closely watched industry disputes in years – a conflict that has drawn in a...

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AI Firm Utopai Studios Launches Enhanced 2.0 Version of Generative Video Platform

Utopai Studios unveiled the second version of its AI video storytelling platform PAI, less than three months after its initial version debuted. The company introduced the generative video platform PAI...

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Michelle Obama Says Dave Chappelle Was One Of Her Favorite ‘IMO’ Podcast Guests: ‘He’s One of the Smartest People on the Planet’

Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson brought a live recording of their “IMO” podcast to SXSW London on Tuesday, discussing their career journeys and entering the podcasting space — and reveal...

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‘Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Star Iona Bell Signs With Paradigm (EXCLUSIVE)

Iona Bell, the young British actress who’s set to appear in “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” later this year, has signed with Paradigm. Paradigm will collaborate with Bell’s long-term U.K re...

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Rosamund Pike Calls Out Audience Member for Texting During Performance of Legal Drama ‘Inter Alia’

Rosamund Pike has called out a member of the audience for texting during the climatic scene of “Inter Alia,” for which the actress won an Olivier award in April. The play follows Jessica Parks, a crow...

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Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan Changes Tune on Freedom 250 Concerts, Says He Too Is Quitting the ‘Circus,’ After Trump’s Tirade Against Artists

And then there was… one? Going into this past weekend, there were two out of nine artists booked for the “Freedom 250” concerts in Washington, D.C. that were still proclaiming an eagerness to do the g...

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