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A TikTok Script Expert Pitched Puppet Horror Movie ‘Play House’ at Fantastic Fest. One Year Later, The $100,000 Film Is Set to Debut After an ‘Intense’ Production
For inspiration for his new horror movie, Nicolas Curcio thought back to the media of his childhood. “A lot of filmmakers who grew up on wei
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Wyatt Russell Joins Asa Butterfield, Mark Strong and Kyra Sedgwick in John Carroll Lynch Comedy ‘Happy’
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Women‘s Impact Report 2026
The professionals featured in Variety’s 2026 Women’s Impact Report navigated yet another crazy year in show business. Despite the mergers, l
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Netflix’s ‘Monster’ Finally Delivers an Outrageously Engaging Season With ‘The Lizzie Borden Story’: TV Review
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India-Canada Screen Industry Corridor Takes Shape as NFDC, SASC Sign Pact at Toronto Market
India’s National Film Development Corporation and the South Asian Screen Council of Canada put their names to a Letter of Intent at the Toro
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‘Rose Hill’ Amazon Series Adds Siobhan McGroarty, Sophia Reid-Gantzert, West Mulholland
The series adaptation of Elsie Silver’s “Rose Hill” novels at Amazon Prime Video has added three series regulars and two recurring guest sta
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‘War’ Trailer: Sienna Miller and Dominic West Endure a Bitter Divorce Battle in HBO and Sky’s Legal Drama
Sienna Miller and Dominic West are at the center of an intense divorce trial in the trailer for HBO and Sky’s upcoming series “War.” Hailing
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‘The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula’ Season 7 Sets October Release Date on Shudder (EXCLUSIVE)
Emmy-nominated “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” returns for its seventh season Oct. 27 on Shudder and AMC+. The series was renewed in April as
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‘People Are Still Terrified of Me’: Sharon Stone on Thriving for 46 Years in Hollywood and Why ‘My Lane Was Never Going to Be Sex Psychos’
Sharon Stone has every reason to be tough. It’s not just that her father hung the carcasses of the animals he shot on the clothesline during
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‘SNL’ Season 52 Cast: Who Left, Who Joined and Who Stayed
Live from New York, it’s Season 52! The summer of “Saturday Night Live” casting announcements has come to a close, with the ensemble for thi
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Americana Award Winners Include Molly Tuttle, Brandi Carlile, Gillian Welch and Tyler Childers, as Robert Plant and Others Receive Lifetime Honors
Wednesday night’s Americana Music Honors & Awards in Nashville found the love being spread among a handful of the Americana’s brightest ligh
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Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2026 Schedule: 34 New Holiday Movies Starring Lori Loughlin, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Lacey Chabert, Christy Carlson Romano and More
Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas is back with more new holiday movies than ever. Ahead of the 17th annual event, Hallmark has unvei
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The Old & New Hollywood Guard Wielding AI’s Might
The AI gold rush has hit showbiz, even as the tech-fueled race to riches remains fraught. Morphing at a mind-bendingly fast pace, artificial
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‘This Week’ Executive Producer Ready to Scramble for Midterms
Few people have their lives scrambled at 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning, but for Jon Schlossberg, such stuff can be quite routine. Not too long
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‘Tyson’ Trailer: Mike Tyson Chronicles His Journey From Dropout to Heavyweight Champion in Netflix Docuseries
A trailer has been released for “Tyson,” a four-part Netflix docuseries set to explore the life of the “feared and fascinating” heavyweight
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Luke Bryan to Perform Exclusive Concert in Roku City
Luke Bryan’s next tour stop? Roku City, the virtual cityscape on Roku devices. On Saturday, Sept. 19 — one day after the release of his nint
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Former Disney Star Debby Ryan Suffered ‘Life-Altering Brain Injury’ After Multiple Concussions: ‘Some Things Did Not Come Back’
Debby Ryan, the former Disney Channel star who broke out on the network’s “Suite Life on Deck” before fronting her own series “Jessie,” reve
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Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sine Plambech to Lead Juries at Zurich Film Festival
U.S. writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga, whose films include “No Time to Die,” will head the Feature Film Competition jury at the Zurich Fil
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CookUnity Serves Gourmet Meals in New York City Bodegas With Spicy Promotional Recipe
How do you get consumers to pick one subscription food-delivery service over another? Perhaps by serving up something a little different on
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Nex Playground Gaming Console Maker Raises More Than $150 Million in Funding, Niantic’s Jeff Shouger Joins as CFO
Nex, the company behind the popular family gaming console Nex Playground, has secured more than $150 million in new financing to support exp
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BBC, Bobby Prod, Folivari, Gao Shan Pictures Honored by Europe’s Animation Industry at Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Forum, the leading co-production event in Europe for animated series, has unveiled the winners of this year’s Cartoon Tributes, reco
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Dolly Parton Posthumously Accepts Americana Award in Newly Released Video Recorded Before Her Death: ‘Just Know That I Will Always Love You’
Some attendees at the Americana Music Honors & Awards might have assumed that the lifetime achievement award for Dolly Parton was something
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Overwolf Ads Launches ‘In-Game Audience Map’ Product for Brands to Identify What Their Customers Play Across More Than 5,000 Video Games (EXCLUSIVE)
Gaming media company Overwolf Ads has launched a new in-game audience map product, which it describes as “the industry’s only media planning
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Dubai Film Festival Revived With New Edition Set for December 2027
Ten years after being abruptly shuttered, the Dubai International Film Festival is being revived with a new edition set to kick off on Dec.
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