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 Issue Date: 06/17/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
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Tom Cruise, Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton and Wynn Thomas To Get Oscars At The 2025 Governors Awards
Thirty-five years after Tom Cruise received his first Oscar nomination, he’s finally getting a trophy. It’s not for his death-defying stunts, either. At least, not exclusively. Cruise, choreographer Debbie Allen and “Do The Right Thing” production designer Wynn Thomas have all been selected to receive honorary Oscar statuettes at the annual Governors Awards, the film
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FCB Chicago’s “Caption with Intention” Wins Pair of Grand Prix Honors At Cannes Lions
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity held its second awards evening, unveiling the winners across the eight categories that make up the Entertainment and Craft Tracks: Entertainment Lions, Entertainment Lions for Gaming, Entertainment Lions for Music, and Entertainment Lions for Sport, as well as Design Lions, Digital Craft Lions, Film Craft Lions, and Industry
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Havas Unveils AI-Powered Product Suite and Next-Gen Tools At Cannes
Today (6/17) from the Croisette, Havas presented major progress in deploying AI throughout the group. Last year in Cannes, Havas announced a major pivot and committed to investing €400 million ($462 million USD) in data, tech and AI over the next four years as part of its global strategy and operating system, now renamed Converged.AI
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Trump suggests he’ll extend deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell app
President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that he would likely extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app. Trump had signed an order in early April to keep TikTok running for another 75 days after a potential deal to sell the app to American owners was put on ice.
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WhatsApp To Start Showing Ads To Users In Parts Of The Messaging App
WhatsApp said Monday that users will start seeing ads in parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messaging service. Advertisements will be shown only in the app’s Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion
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Managing director Robert Mulligan and sr. EP Blake Rice drive into The Garage
The Garage has added managing director Robert Mulligan and sr. executive producer Blake Rice to its leadership team as the shop expands beyond food and beverage into live-action, experiential work, and brand activations. Mulligan brings extensive experience in creative business growth and operational leadership to guide this evolution while Blake, a production pro with deep
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LeBron stars in Amazon commercial, credits family for historic 23rd season return while nursing knee injury
LeBron James may be daydreaming about Prime Day deals in his new Amazon commercial, but there’s no fantasy when it comes to his real-life focus: getting his knee healthy in time for training camp. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar plans to return for his 23rd NBA season, which would make him the first player in
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Review: Director Simon West’s “Bride Hard”
Take your average wedding flick, shotgun a hostage situation into it and add some anarchic energy from Rebel Wilson and you get “Bride Hard,” which is a movie, for better or for worse. In this case, much, much worse. “Bride Hard” — which combines thrusting male strippers dressed as Vikings as well as deadly automatic
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Sean “Diddy” Combs Likely Won’t Testify As Defense Says Its Case Could Be Less Than 2 Days
The possibility that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs might testify at his federal sex trafficking trial all but vanished Tuesday after his lawyer predicted a defense presentation lasting as little as two days and a judge said jurors could begin deliberations as early as next week. Attorney Marc Agnifilo offered the hint when Judge Arun
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Doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry will plead guilty
A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death will plead guilty, according to an agreement filed in court Monday. Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed in federal court in Los
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