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Alicia Keys ‘and Friends,’ Victoria Monet, More Join Global Citizen Festival Lineup
Alicia Keys & friends, Victoria Monét, Yeonjun, and Yoshiki have joined the lineup for this year’s Global Citizen Festival, the organization
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Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs to Launch AI-Powered Music Platform in Expansive Licensing Deal
Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs are getting into business. The label has struck an expansive licensing agreement with the AI audio star
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Producer Ewa Puszczyńska and Director Jan Holoubek Say ‘Wild Wild East’ No Longer Feels Like a Period Drama: ‘It Can Happen Again. It Already Is’
Jan Holoubek’s TIFF premiere “Wild Wild East” is set in 1943, but it no longer feels safely stored away in the past. “When I first read the
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Mohsen Gharaei’s Iranian Drama ‘Falling House’ Sells Across Europe After Venice Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s “Falling House” has sold to a raft of international territories following its world premiere at the Venic
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‘American Horror Story: 13’ Trailer: Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters Reprise Iconic Roles in Ryan Murphy’s Horror Anthology
Ryan Murphy’s long-running anthology series “American Horror Story” is back for Season 13, and the new trailer teases Jessica Lange, Sarah P
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New York Games Week to Launch in October as First Citywide Video Game Industry Event
The first New York Games Week will take place Oct. 4-11 with video game industry-themed events, showcases, conferences, tournaments, summits
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Drew Barrymore Will Court Social-Media Crowd With Long-Form Interviews on YouTube
Drew Barrymore will break free of the conventions of TV talk as she launches the seventh season of her CBS-produced daytime program. Barrymo
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Anna Biller on ‘The Love Witch’ Follow-Up ‘The Face of Horror’ and Her Issues With ‘Obsession’: ‘The Male Point of View Is Always Going to Sell Better’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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K2 Media Capital Launches at Toronto Market With a Slate of Cross-Border IP Projects (EXCLUSIVE)
Gayathiri Guliani and Uzair Merchant are unveiling K2 Media Capital, a new entertainment investment and production venture, at the Toronto F
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‘Now You See Me’ Live Show Sets Broadway Debut
The Four Horsemen are taking their talents to Broadway. “Now You See Me Live,” a stage show inspired by Lionsgate’s hit film franchise about
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Toronto Platform Pick ‘Angh,’ With ‘Shetland’ Star Douglas Henshall, Boards Jungle Book Studio for World Sales, Unveils Clip (EXCLUSIVE)
Jungle Book Studio has taken international sales rights to “Angh,” the debut feature from Nagaland filmmaker Theja Rio. The film is world pr
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Dreamkite Chief Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann on AI Opportunities and Industry Concerns: ‘AI Production Will Create a Lot of New Human Jobs’
Earlier today, Variety announced that international media executive and producer Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and AI filmmaker Mark Wachholz have l
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Ella Langley Leads 2026 CMA Awards Nominations With Nine, as Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves Also Score Big Tallies
In perhaps the least surprising development in recent CMA Awards history, Ella Langley emerged at the front of the pack when nominations for
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Amazon’s AWS Now Lets Streamers Deliver up to 11 Live Feeds on One Screen
Personalized multiview livestreams — the ability to watch multiple video feeds on one screen — have become a popular and much-requested feat
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‘Why Did I Get Married Again?’ Review: Taraji P. Henson Joins the Gang for a Tyler Perry Sequel That Sells the Next Generation Short
It’s been nearly 20 years since “Why Did I Get Married?”, the original Tyler Perry movie that first introduced these characters and their va
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James Marcus Haney’s ‘Black Sunflowers’ Boarded by Charades and CAA Media Finance Ahead of TIFF Docs Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Charades and CAA Media Finance are launching sales on “Black Sunflowers,” the timely new feature documentary directed by James Marcus Haney
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‘& Juliet’ to Close on Broadway After Four Years
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Jack Quaid Jokes He’s a Supermodel After Starring in New Bonobos Campaign: ‘I Guess I Can Add That to My Resume’
Jack Quaid isn’t giving up his acting career, but the “Boys” star jokes he’s on his way to becoming a supermodel now that he stars in the Fa
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Marie Clements on the Power of Indigenous Women’s Stories and Her Interview With Gloria Steinem: ‘We Have More in Common Than What Works To Divide Us’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Writer-director Marie Clements, who premiered “Bones of Crows” in 2022, returns this weekend to the Toronto Film Festival for the world prem
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Alpha Violet Picks up Naëmi Ada’s ‘Body of Glass’ Ahead of San Sebastián (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based sales boutique Alpha Violet has acquired international sales rights to “Body of Glass,” German filmmaker Naëmi Ada’s feature deb
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Toronto’s Indigenous Film and Industry Slates Aim to Grow Audiences and Spark Biz by Reflecting the Diversity of Global Screen Culture
With enticing acquisition titles, rising talent and supercharged industry presence at the market, the Toronto Intl. Film Festival’s 2026 Ind
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Thai-Taiwanese Horror Slate Unites Fearfolks and Studio76 in Three-Picture Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
Bangkok-based horror distributor Fearfolks and Taipei’s Studio76 have signed a three-picture Thai-Taiwanese horror development deal, which w
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EDM and Business Dynamo Deadmau5 Signs With Independent Artist Group (EXCLUSIVE)
Canadian electronic musician Deadmau5 has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation in all areas across music, film, televisio
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Malachi Kirby Takes the Lead in ‘Uncle’ as Revenge Thriller Gets First Look (EXCLUSIVE)
Malachi Kirby, the BAFTA-winning “Small Axe” star recently seen as the lead in the Disney+ series “A Thousand Blows,” is starring in revenge
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