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 Issue Date: 09/11/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
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The Mid-Sized Movie Strives To Survive At Toronto International Film Fest
Anyone will tell you it’s the audiences that make the Toronto International Film Festival. They aren’t purely industry folks, like they are in Cannes or Venice, but more boisterous, enthusiastic moviegoers with their own rituals, like growling like buccaneers at the piracy warning that plays before each screening. That real-moviegoer energy has always made TIFF
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Graphic Video of Kirk Shooting Was Prevalent Online, Showing How Media Gatekeeper Role Has Changed
They were careful with the explicit imagery — as usual. But did it make any difference? Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination Wednesday not to depict the moment he was shot, instead showing video of him tossing a hat to his audience moments before, and panicked onlookers scattering
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Analyst Matthew Dowd loses his MSNBC job following Kirk comments; reporter in Florida suspended
Political analyst Matthew Dowd is out of a job at MSNBC after his on-air comment following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing about “hateful words” leading to “hateful actions.” MSNBC said Thursday that Dowd, a paid political analyst, is “no longer with the network.” Both MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler and Dowd issued public apologies following his
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World Premiere of Writer-Director Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue” To Close AFI Fest 2025
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that the world premiere of Focus Features’ Song Sung Blue, written and directed by Craig Brewer, will close the 39th edition of AFI Fest on Sunday, October 26. Based on a true story, the film follows two down-on-their-luck musicians, played by Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, who form a
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Baloji Signs With PRETTYBIRD For U.S. and U.K. Representation
Fresh off his surreal, symbol-rich music video for Patta x Nike, the multi-hyphenate creative Baloji has joined the growing roster of directors at PRETTYBIRD for representation in the U.S. and U.K. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and raised in Belgium, Baloji is an artist in motion who brings an inspired vision and
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The Garage Adds Director Sam McGlynn To Its Roster For Commercials, Branded Content and Experiential Work
The Garage has added director Sam McGlynn to its talent roster for commercials, branded content and experiential work. This marks his first formal U.S. representation. McGlynn has collaborated with leading global franchises, directing cinematics for Call of Duty Vanguard, serving as a creative director for Meta, and managing the Unreal Engine team that built virtual
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Review: Director Simon Curtis’ “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just watch Robert Crawley go flat-hunting in London. Wait, what? FLAT-HUNTING? The Earl of Grantham? Well, yes, and it’s the most amusing scene in “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (a self-announcing title if there ever was one). Just look at proud and starched
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Review: Director Rob Reiner’s “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues”
In an early scene from “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the blisteringly obtuse Nigel Tufnel asks his wife a question after he and his bandmates have reunited after many years: “I don’t know whether this was a good idea or not.” Fans may ask that very same question after an albeit mercifully short sequel
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Trump’s plan for a drug advertising crackdown faces many hurdles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other administration officials are vowing a crackdown on deceptive drug ads, but the effort is likely to face multiple headwinds, including pushback from industry and layoffs among regulators tasked with leading the effort. President Donald Trump signed a memo Tuesday that directs the Food and
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