LOS ANGELES Among the five Emmy nominations earned by Slow Horses (Apple TV+) this awards season is the first for Adam Randall–Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on the strength of the “Hello Goodbye” episode. The fourth season of Slow Horses is also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series as well as writing (by series creator Will Smith), Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Venice Film Festival offers an embarrassment of auteur riches this year. The 82nd edition, which kicks off on Wednesday, has films from Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Luca Guadagnino, to name a few. Even Charlie Kaufman has a short film (“How to Read More 

LOS ANGELES The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, written for the screen and directed by Scott Cooper, will open the 39th edition of AFI Fest on Wednesday, October 22. Jeremy Allen White stars as Bruce Springsteen in the film, which traces the musician in 1981 and 1982 on Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Monica Lewinsky is keenly aware of what it feels like when your name is no longer your own and becomes attached to a character conjured by others. An affair that she had with President Clinton nearly 30 years ago as a White House intern made her an international headline. So, when Lewinsky read that Amanda Read More 

LONDON (AP) Only a few people know what it’s like to stand outside 10 Downing Street and address the world’s media. Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy aren’t politicians, but they got that opportunity playing rival stateswomen in thriller miniseries “Hostage.” No. 10 is where the British prime minister lives and works and it’s at the heart of Read More 

LONDON (AP) Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print. “The Beatles Anthology” will be returning “in its ultimate form,” according to a release issued Thursday. The famed 1995 “Anthology” music documentary, recounting the band’s journey beginning with Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) There’s only so much directing you can do when you send your lead actor, who is holding several bags of goldfish, in water, on a roller coaster with a 35 mm camera strapped to the front. You just have to trust. “Splitsville” director and actor Michael Angelo Covino knew he could count on his friend Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Fandom is a funny thing in the age of social media. Spend enough time scrolling and it’s easy to feel like you really know a celebrity, and all their friends. The new film “Lurker,” a Sundance breakout in theaters Friday, explores the question of what might happen if a certain type of fan got a Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Nexstar Media Group is buying broadcast rival Tegna for $6.2 billion, which will help strengthen its local news offerings. The transaction, if approved, will bring together two major players in U.S. television and the country’s local news landscape. Nexstar oversees more than 200 owned and partner stations in 116 markets nationwide today and also runs Read More 

NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES Production company m ss ng p eces has brought directing duo Nick & Charles back to its roster for representation across commercials and branded content. Nick & Charles originally joined m ss ng p eces in 2018 and together built a strong portfolio of work spanning video and experiential. Today, coming off a run of Read More 

NEW YORK BURN Studio–headed by managing director/executive producer Brad Johns and founding director Greg Hardes–has officially signed director Caraz for her first representation in the U.S. market. Caraz brings a distinct voice shaped by years of travel, photography, filmmaking and a deep fascination with psychology. Her ability to deliver evocative and emotionally resonant narratives can be seen Read More 

NEW YORK Panoptica has signed director Waley Wang for U.S. representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos. With roots in music videos and a steadily expanding commercial portfolio, Wang brings a fresh creative voice shaped by his love of cinema, personal heritage, and instinct for crafting emotionally resonant narratives. Previously signed to Son&Heir, the L.A.-based production Read More 

NEW YORK AICP’s annual Camp Kuleshov trailer competition for emerging creative artists — affectionately known as “Camp K” — has announced its Call for Entries for the 2025 installment. The editing, graphics, music score/sound design competition in which entrants are challenged to take an existing film (or films) and transform it into a trailer for an entirely Read More 

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companies’ right to free speech. Supporters say Maryland needed to overhaul its tax methods in response to significant changes in how businesses advertise. The tax focuses on large companies Read More 

BOSTON Independent agency Connelly Partners (CP) has acquired McCarthy Mambro Bertino (MMB), the creative agency behind campaigns for Subway, Sam Adams, and Toyota. CP has also won a series of global client wins and added key talent across its Boston, Dublin, and Vancouver hubs. “We have always been committed to relentless creativity and measurable accountability in Read More 

ATLANTA Fitzco, a BCG Worldwide agency, has named Chris Wallrapp as its new CEO, effective Sept. 8. Wallrapp joins from Hill Holliday Group in Boston where he has served as CEO since 2023 following more than a decade of leadership roles, including president and chief growth officer. He will relocate to Atlanta to lead Fitzco’s team. Read More 

LOS ANGELES American Cinema Editors (ACE) has announced two major developments that reflect its commitment to honoring editorial excellence across all formats. The ACE Board has officially approved a new competitive award category–Best Edited Short–and will, for the first time, accept submissions from YouTube and other digital platforms across compatible existing categories. Additionally, ACE will present YouTube Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Ron Howard’s “Eden” opens with a bold statement: “Fascism is spreading.” It’ll surely carry weight in modern society, but the phrase is referencing events from nearly a century ago. Based on a true story, “Eden” retraces what happened when a group of Europeans attempted to start anew on the remote island of Floreana, only to Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) You can say this: Writer-director-actor Michael Angelo Covino and writer-actor Kyle Marvin know how to start a movie. Their 2020 breakout film, “The Climb,” begins with two best friends on a bike ride just before Kyle (Marvin) is to be wed. Mid-climb, Mike (Covino) confesses he slept with the bride-to-be. In one long take, an Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) The skies are blue, the sun unrelenting and the body count escalating in the Bakersfield, California, of “Honey Don’t!,” where Margaret Qualley’s private investigator tries to get a handle on the nefarious goings-on in her city with a small-town feel. It’s the second film in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s so-called “lesbian B-movie trilogy,” and Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Filmmaker Kate Beecroft points her lens toward the real cowgirls of the Badlands in the lyrical new film “East of Wall.” The film blends fact and fiction to tell a story about the working women of South Dakota, skilled riders and trainers with ranching and rodeo in their blood who also can’t seem to catch Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) This year’s MTV Video Music Awards is shaking things up, handing out two new awards to decorated artists in the rap and Latin music genres. Rapper Busta Rhymes will receive the first ever MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award and Ricky Martin will be honored with the inaugural Latin Icon Award, the VMAs announced Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) You know the band Devo, right? The guys with the funny red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly “Whip It” video? They had that odd, spiky ’80s vibe? Well, it turns out you may not know as much as you think. The new Netflix documentary “Devo” is an eye-opening examination Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) When Michelle Yeoh first saw “Ne Zha 2” in Hong Kong, she walked away dreaming about a dubbed version. The Chinese blockbuster, which this year became the highest-grossing animated film of all time with over $2.2 billion in ticket sales, had seemed to her like an ideal movie for a global, all-ages audience. But even Read More 

LONDON (AP) Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87. His death on Sunday was disclosed in a death notice published online. The London-born Stamp started his film career with 1962’s seafaring “Billy Budd,” for which Read More 

DENVER (AP) The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday. The settlement comes after Fox News Channel paid $787.5 million to settle a similar lawsuit in 2023 and Newsmax paid Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) “Weapons” scared its way to the top of the box office in its debut and managed to stay there during its second weekend, beating out “Freakier Friday” and newcomer “Nobody 2.” Zach Cregger’s horror film earned $25 million in 3,450 North American theaters, a 43% drop from its first weekend. The highly anticipated film benefited Read More 

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