LOS ANGELES The narrative pendulum of The Pitt (HBO Max) has swung in a direction that’s brought new life and depth to the medical procedural drama series genre. The Pitt follows a day in the life of healthcare professionals at a Pittsburgh hospital as they deal with the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients. The show Read More 

NEW YORK The year’s best advertising was saluted tonight (6/5) at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) at a gala AICP Awards celebration and screening. Since 1992, AICP has hosted this industry-wide celebration at MoMA to honor the winning work, which is annually made a part of the archives of the museum’s Department of Film. Winners for Read More 

INGLEWOOD, Calif. With a mic in hand, Bono belts out “Vertigo,” close enough to reach out and touch, as if you’re sharing the stage with him at the Beacon Theatre in New York. As he performs, the front row seat experience becomes deeply personal, with the U2 frontman seemingly locking eyes with you before the camera swings Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Stephen King’s first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, “Steve has a movie camera in his head.” So vividly drawn is King’s fiction that it’s offered the basis for some 50 feature films. For half a century, since Brian De Palma’s 1976 film “Carrie,” Hollywood has turned, and turned again, to King’s books for their richness Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Years before Ana de Armas was using an ice skate to slice a neck in “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” she co-starred with Keanu Reeves in a much different film. The erotic thriller “Knock Knock,” released in 2015, was de Armas’ first Hollywood film. De Armas, born and raised in Cuba, had just Read More 

NEW YORK Adolescence topped the second annual Gotham Television Awards with three wins during a ceremony held Monday evening (6/2) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Adolescence–which tells the aftermath story of a 13-year-old boy who murders a classmate–took three categories: Breakthrough Limited Series; Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series for Stephen Graham; and Read More 

LOS ANGELES The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has unveiled the winners of this year’s AAFCA TV Honors, its annual TV Top Ten List and its 2025 class of Special Achievement Honorees. The 7th Annual AAFCA TV Honors will  take place on August 23 at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. This year’s winners, as voted on Read More 

LOS ANGELES The trailer for “28 Years Later” from Sony and agency Buddha Jones took Best of Show at the 2025 Golden Trailer Awards ceremony held on Thursday evening (5/29) in Los Angeles. The zombie feature trailer also won distinction as Most Original Trailer and for Best Voiceover. Topping the feature trailer tally were “Sinners” and “Wicked” Read More 

PARIS (AP) “She’s messy. It can be messy. But it’s real.” So says Cynthia Nixon — not just of Miranda Hobbes, the character she’s embodied for almost three decades, but of the show itself. “And Just Like That…,” HBO’s “Sex and the City” revival, has come into its own in Season 3: less preoccupied with pleasing everyone, Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network. In its lawsuit, PBS relies on similar arguments, saying Trump was overstepping his authority and engaging in “viewpoint discrimination” Read More 

WASHINGTON (AP) Google returned to federal court Friday to fend off the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to topple its internet empire at the same time it’s navigating a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence that could undercut its power. The legal and technological threats facing Google are among the key issues being dissected during the closing arguments of Read More 

NEW YORK Pulse has added New York-based director Sean Price Williams to its global talent roster, marking his first commercial and music video representation. Williams’ feature directorial debut, The Sweet East, premiered at Cannes, LFF and NYFF in 2023, to critical acclaim. A surreal, satirical road movie, the film follows Talia Ryder’s character on a picaresque journey Read More 

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES Creative studio Even/Odd has signed NYC-based director and creative director Quinn Whitney Wilson, a versatile storyteller who blends nostalgia, bold color, and camp in service of championing authentic representation of queerness and Blackness in modern media. Even/Odd reps Wilson for commercials, branded content and music videos. A longtime collaborator of Grammy Award-winning artist Lizzo–leading creative Read More 

CULVER CITY, Calif. Contagious has signed Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based commercial director Nick Wenger for exclusive U.S. representation in the branded content space. Wenger incorporates humor, dialogue, and VFX into a tableau of memorable visual storytelling, directing projects for brands like Visa, Chevrolet, Durex, Nestlé, Pepsi, Johnny Walker, and Twitch. Since earning his MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Read More 

LOS ANGELES GREATERGOOD has added Brazilian director Guimo to its roster for U.S. commercial representation. Known for his sharp comedic timing, performance-driven work, and refined visual sensibility, Guimo has collaborated with global brands including Old Spice, Heinz, KFC, Danone, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Ford. His work has been recognized by festivals and award shows including Cannes Lions, Clio Read More 

NEW YORK Effie Worldwide has released the 2024 Effie Index®, the 14th edition of the annual global ranking that celebrates the most effective marketing around the world. Drawing from finalist and winning entries submitted across regional, national, and global Effie Awards competitions, this year’s Index continues to reflect the evolving landscape of impactful marketing. “The Effie Index Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson once clashed on the court in the 2001 NBA Finals, but now the basketball legends are joining forces to revive the Reebok brand they helped make iconic. In the Netflix docuseries, “Power Moves,” which premiered this week, the Hall of Famers swap jerseys for executive titles, with O’Neal stepping in Read More 

LOS ANGELES Director/executive producer Alfredo De Villa and exec producer Robert Teitel have launched Luchadores Productions, a certified 100% diversity-led and owned full-service creative production studio. The shop opens with a roster of celebrity directors that includes John Leguizamo, Jay Hernandez, Phil Bertelsen, and company co-founder De Villa. This marks the first spot representation for all the Read More 

SAO PAULO, Brazil Starting this month, Marie Julie Gerbauld takes on the role of chief creative officer at DAVID São Paulo. Gerbauld joined the agency in November 2023 as executive creative director. Her promotion comes at a special moment for DAVID São Paulo, which has recently added major accounts such as Unilever (Dove and LUX), Heinz Brazil, General Read More 

LOS ANGELES Design-driven studio Modern Logic has added AI OR DIE, a creative collaborative who recently scored with the viral mock trailer “Karen: Unleashed,” created entirely in AI. The signing marks a first for Modern Logic which is looking to build a new kind of talent roster of tech-forward creative thinkers built for an evolving media landscape. Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Another ex-girlfriend who says Sean “Diddy” Combs abused her testified at his sex trafficking trial Thursday about being subjected to drug-fueled sexual marathons orchestrated by the hip-hop mogul, who the judge said would be kicked out of the courtroom if he kept “nodding vigorously” at the jury. The woman, using the pseudonym “Jane,” is among Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) As if a movie about sharks wasn’t scary enough, the filmmakers behind “Dangerous Animals” have upped the screams by adding what every thriller needs — a serial killer. While that may sound like very dangerous moviemaking, the result is actually taut and well crafted, a worthy birthday present to “Jaws,” celebrating its 50th anniversary this Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) “The Life of Chuck” is a peculiar movie with grandiose ambitions. It teases out a cosmic mystery about life and some guy named Charles Krantz ( Tom Hiddleston ) in a story told in reverse chronological order that gets smaller and smaller with each act. This is a story that begins with the apocalypse and Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Watch a bunch of John Wick movies all in a row, and you can get pretty paranoid. You start to think everyone’s an assassin. The guy at the newsstand, the street musician, the subway rider, that nice neighbor in the elevator — ruthless contract killers, all. So perhaps it shouldn’t be too surprising that in Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy Tuesday night from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile. But the star of the “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” film franchises, as well as this year’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” says all the attention should go to the award’s namesake – Ford’s friend, Read More 

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Netflix flexed its Hollywood star power with a live event where it unveiled details about its upcoming slate of streaming offerings, including Lady Gaga being cast as a teacher on “Wednesday,” and release dates for the final episodes of hits “Squid Game” and “Stranger Things.” The streaming giant assembled actors including Jenna Ortega, Oscar Isaac, Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) “Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning” dominated the box office charts again after fueling a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend. Theaters in the U.S. and Canada had several new films to offer this weekend as well, including Sony’s family friendly “Karate Kid: Legends” and the A24 horror movie “Bring Her Back. ” According to Read More 

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