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September 21, 2020

Israeli and Emirati film industries to cooperate after deal

Film agencies in Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced an agreement Monday to collaborate on television production, ...

September 15, 2020

Madonna to direct, co-write biopic about herself

A biopic about Madonna has found a uniquely qualified director: Madonna, herself. Universal Pictures announced Tuesday that ...

September 15, 2020

T.I. settles federal claim he pushed bogus cryptocurrency

Rapper and actor T.I. has settled civil charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he helped promote a ...

September 12, 2020

Pandemic chases 'Wonder Woman 1984' to Dec. 25

Following the less-than-stellar theatrical debut of Christopher Nolan's “Tenet,” Warner Bros. is delaying its next big ...

September 10, 2020

Hollywood's inclusion problems still run deep, study finds

As Hollywood searches for a response to the reckoning brought on by the death of George Floyd and the Academy Awards move to ...

September 09, 2020

Ann Hui wins lifetime achievement award at Venice festival

Hong Kong director Ann Hui paid tribute to her home city as she received a lifetime achievement award from the Venice ...

September 07, 2020

'Tenet' tallies $20.2M as Americans step back into theaters

In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” brought in an estimated $20.2 million ...

September 04, 2020

From Venice, a plea to reopen movie theaters shut by virus

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has joined a chorus of voices at the Venice Film Festival urging the reopening of movie ...

September 04, 2020

After a long slumber, U.S. cinemas awaken on pivotal weekend

With the previews about to start, a trickle of masked moviegoers made their way into one of the first U.S. screenings of ...

September 03, 2020

'The Disciple' returns India to Venice film fest competition

A film about a classical musician’s struggle to balance his career dreams and life in contemporary Mumbai will this week ...

September 03, 2020

Venice opens 'miraculous' film festival, but veterans lament

The beachfront terrace at the Excelsior Hotel, usually hopping with movie industry VIPs and minor celebrities, is pleasantly ...

September 02, 2020

Attorneys present revised Weinstein bankruptcy plan to judge

Attorneys for The Weinstein Co. presented a Delaware judge Wednesday with a revised bankruptcy plan that would provide about ...

September 02, 2020

Blanchett on Venice, virus and why lessons weren't learned

Australian actress Cate Blanchett said Wednesday she is baffled that other countries didn’t learn from Italy’s pain to be ...

September 01, 2020

Venice reclaims spotlight as 1st COVID-era film fest opens

Venice is reclaiming its place as a top cultural destination with the opening of the Venice Film Festival — the first major ...

August 21, 2020

Weinstein seeks to pursue arbitration over firing

Disgraced Hollywood film mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein is asking a bankruptcy judge in Delaware to allow him ...

August 17, 2020

With travel limited, Hollywood looks to 'game changer' tech

New LED video wall technology used in making last year’s “The Lion King” and “The Mandalorian” series could become more ...

August 14, 2020

Extradition hearing to send Weinstein to Los Angeles delayed

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers and Los Angeles prosecutors have agreed to postpone extradition proceedings that would send the ...

August 12, 2020

Sumner Redstone, who built media empire including CBS, dies

Sumner Redstone, who joined his family's drive-in movie chain in the 1950s and used it to build a vast media empire that ...