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 Issue Date: 05/13/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SHOOT News of the Day
Cannes Film Fest Opens With Binoche’s Jury and De Niro Getting An Honorary Palme d’Or
Much of the cinema world, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino, descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza got its 78th edition underway Tuesday. Expectations are running high for a potentially banner Cannes. All of the ingredients — loads of stars, top-tier filmmakers, political intrigue — seem to
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5 Things To Look For At The 78th Cannes Film Festival
The 78th Cannes Film Festival got underway Tuesday, kicking off two weeks of French Riviera frenzy. Here are five things to look for at this year’s Cannes: Oscar season starts now It might still be springtime, but, make no mistake, multiple Oscar campaigns will be launched in Cannes. Recent Cannes editions have produced several best-picture
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Robert Benton, Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Behind “Kramer vs. Kramer,” Dies At 92
Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart,” has died at age 92. Benton’s son, John Benton, said that he died Sunday at his home in Manhattan
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GLAAD Safety Index Finds Major Social Media Platforms Fail To Protect LGBTQ+ Users
Major social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and X have failed to protect LGBTQ+ users from hate and harassment, in part, because they intentionally rolled back previous safety practices, the advocacy group GLAAD said Tuesday in its annual Social Media Safety Index. The report said that recent “unprecedented hate speech policy rollbacks” from Instagram
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Cannes Film Fest Salutes Charlie Chaplan On 100th Anniversary Of “The Gold Rush”
One hundred years after Charlie Chaplin made dinner rolls dance and ate his shoe like it was a fine meal, “The Gold Rush” has been vividly brought back to life in a new restoration that premiered Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival. On the opening day of its 78th edition, Cannes debuted a 4K restoration
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Ventureland and PRETTYBIRD Enter Into A Creative Partnership With Eli Russell Linnetz
Academy Award-nominated/Emmy-winning creative studio Ventureland and its sister commercial and music video production company PRETTYBIRD have entered into a creative partnership with artist, designer and director Eli Russell Linnetz. Known for his genre-defying work across fashion, photography, directing, film, and stage design, Linnetz brings his creative vision to Ventureland and PRETTYBIRD, where he has been
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Cannes Lions Honors Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen As Inaugural Creative Champion of the Year
Shantanu Narayen, chair and CEO of Adobe, will be honored as the inaugural Creative Champion of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The new honoree award is given to individuals and organizations in recognition of their long-term and meaningful contribution to providing creative people with the tools they need to truly
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Director Doron Max Hagay Signs With Tinygiant
Tinygiant has signed Brooklyn-based director and writer Doron Max Hagay. Known for his distinctive voice in comedy and genre-defying storytelling, Hagay had been directing independently prior to joining Tinygiant. Previously his last company affiliation was The Directors Bureau. He recently earned distinction with his debut as the only guest director on season 4 of the
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The Director Brothers Join Reverie Content
Reverie Content has added The Director Brothers–consisting of Josh Martin and Ryan McNeely–to its roster. Martin and McNeely cut their teeth at Funny or Die. As a directing team, they have shown a distinctive brand of humor along with a knack for the extraordinary––they drop everyday characters into fantastical situations, blending old-school stunts with motion
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2025 Cannes Film Fest features 24 productions shot on Kodak film
Kodak Motion Picture is celebrating 24 productions shot on film at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Four on-film titles–Die My Love, Sentimental Value, Sirat and The Phoenician’s Scheme–will compete for the Palme d’Or, with an additional seven titles featured in Un Certain Regard and six titles across Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week captured on film.
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Combs’ Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Testifies At His Trial About Abuse and “Freak Offs”
Cassie, the R&B singer and former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, testified on Tuesday that the music mogul abused and sexually exploited her for years, as she took the witness stand for the first time during his sex trafficking trial. Sighing heavily and pausing to compose herself at times, Cassie told the New York jury
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Gérard Depardieu Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault and Given 18-Month Suspended Sentence
French movie star Gérard Depardieu on Tuesday was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on the set of a movie in which he starred and was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence by a Paris court. He was also fined a total of 29,040 euros (around $32,350), and the court requested that he be
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Issue Date: 05/13/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SPW News of the Day
Stephen Arnold Music Creates Sonic Branding For Sports Programming on Gray Media
Stephen Arnold Music (SAM) created sonic branding and custom music for Gray Media’s newly launched slate of Atlanta Braves baseball games. The package includes an original score, featuring all live orchestration, providing Gray Media with a strong and distinct sonic identity as a sports broadcaster and distribution partner. The three-minute theme has a modular structure
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DWA Presents Ultimate Events, May 2025 Edition (Hybrid Special)
Over the past few years, we have adapted together; now, our ships are coming in. Comparatively, we may go less often, stay closer to home, and spend more time phoning things in … but new days are growing heavy with promise. In our refined order, learning opportunities beckon, inviting us to build and fortify relationships,
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