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Business Culture Podcaster Sammi Cohen Is Launching Social Commerce Network (SCN), a Livestreamed News Show Inspired by TBPN and Aimed at Being a Next-Gen CNBC
Sammi Cohen has hundreds of thousands of followers who tune in to her podcast focused on the intersection of business, tech and culture — an
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Channing Tatum Calls Rumors He Has a Burner Instagram Account ‘F—ing Hilarious’: ‘Can’t Believe Y’all Think This Is What I’m Doing With My Free Time’
No, Channing Tatum is not running an Instagram burner account to troll his ex Zoë Kravitz — but he does find the idea pretty funny. “Yo I tr
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Goodfellas’ CEO Vincent Maraval Says Michel Hazanavicius Cut Eight Days of Production on WWI Film ‘The Third Hand’ by Using AI
Vincent Maraval, the veteran CEO of major French sales-production company Goodfellas, spoke about the effects of AI in the industry while ta
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Will Record Summer Box Office Save Indie Cinema? Not Quite, But Cannes Might, Say U.S. Producers
There was some much overdue optimism on the first day of the Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organized by CAA Media Finance, in San Sebas
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Clavicular Charged With Rape and Drugging in Massachusetts
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‘Tango Metal’ Kickstarts Partnership Between Finland’s Helsinki-filmi and Iceland’s Glassriver (EXCLUSIVE)
In a move mirroring European indie producers’ look out for strong partners in an unstable market, Helsinki-filmi (“Tom of Finland,“ “The Sum
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U.K.’s National Film and TV School and Sean Connery Foundation to Establish Permanent Base in Edinburgh (EXCLUSIVE)
The U.K.’s renowned National Film and Television School (NFTS) has partnered with the Sean Connery Foundation to establish a new Scottish fi
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Oscars: Egypt Selects Abu Bakr Shawky’s ‘The Stories’ for International Feature Race
Abu Bakr Shawky’s drama “The Stories” — which is inspired by how the director’s Egyptian father and Austrian mother began their love affair
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Apple Reveals Apple Music Hall, a New Live Venue in London
Apple is bringing a new live music venue to London. Located in Battersea Power Station, Apple Music Hall is a state-of-the-art venue “design
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Juliet Stevenson, Olivia Williams Join Tim Crouch’s ‘An Oak Tree’ at the Other Palace (EXCLUSIVE)
Francesca Moody Productions has unveiled further casting for Tim Crouch’s “An Oak Tree,” adding Juliet Stevenson, Olivia Williams, Sean Gild
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Susan Sarandon to Be Honored at Rome Film Festival Sidebar Where ‘The Accompanist’ Will Bow Internationally (EXCLUSIVE)
Susan Sarandon will be honored by the Rome Film Festival’s independently run Alice in the City sidebar, which is dedicated to films for chil
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Parvathy Thiruvothu on Playing a Police Officer in ‘Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar’ and Speaking Out About Misogyny Despite Scrutiny: ‘I Enjoy Watching Patriarchy Fall Apart’
Indian actor Parvathy Thiruvothu has spent two decades fighting the system from outside it – both on screen and off. In “Pradhama Drishtiya
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Banijay to Launch Dating Reality Format ‘Date Knight’ at Mipcom (EXCLUSIVE)
Media and entertainment group Banijay Entertainment has unveiled a new dating reality format “Date Knight,” which will join its portfolio of
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Japan Pitch Heads to Busan Film Festival With Four Co-Production Projects (EXCLUSIVE)
Atmovie Inc. will stage Japan Pitch at the 31st Busan International Film Festival, giving four filmmakers from its Atmovie Global Track acce
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Rima Das, Shan Zuolong, Shim Eun-kyung Named to Busan’s New Currents Jury
The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has confirmed Indian director Rima Das, Chinese producer Shan Zuolong and Korean actor Shi
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From Memory to Horror: Eight New Gen Basque Filmmakers to Track
For a new generation of Basque filmmakers coming into focus at San Sebastián, stories often begin with something unresolved: an argument a c
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Inside the Basque Production Boom: Who Owns the Growth?
The Basque Country has become an increasingly attractive place to make films and television. In Bizkaia alone, audiovisual employment rose 5
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Werner Herzog’s ‘Ghost Elephants’ Lands Home Entertainment Deal With Buffalo 8 (EXCLUSIVE)
Buffalo 8 Distribution has acquired home entertainment rights to “Ghost Elephants,” the documentary written, directed and narrated by Werner
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Inside the 2026 San Sebastián-CAA Media Finance Creative Investors’ Conference
Acme AI & FX’s Ryan Kavanaugh, Laura Austin-Little at Black Bear International, Neon’s Elissa Federoff, StudioCanal’s Ron Halpern and Sumeri
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Madrid Pitches Itself as a Global Production Hub as It Looks Ahead to Hosting the Upcoming 6th Iberseries & Platino Industria
Under the banner, ‘Something is Cooking in Madrid,’ Madrid Film Office head Raúl Torquemada led its presentation at the San Sebastian Festiv
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3Cat’s ‘Gènesi’ Tells Origin Story of El Bulli, the Iconic Restaurant of Celebrity Chef Ferran Adrià
The six-part 3Cat series “Gènesi,” which premiered two episodes at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 21, aims to look back at the gen
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‘The Harvester’ Star Antonio de la Torre: ‘Violence Has No Justification, but It Does Have an Explanation’
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain – “Violence has no justification, but it does have an explanation.” That was Antonio de la Torre’s approach to playing
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San Sebastian Startup Challenge Puts AI, Immersive Tech and Green Production in Focus
AI watchdogs, virtual production tools and carbon-tracking platforms are among the technologies heading to San Sebastian this year, as the f
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San Sebastian’s Basque Production Slate Mixes Global Auteurs, New Voices and Local Memory
Basque cinema is making its presence felt across San Sebastián this year. The festival’s 74th edition, running Sept. 18-26, features 31 titl
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