LOS ANGELES Jonathan Tropper explained that some “15 years of living in Westchester” helped in part to spark the creation of Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+). “Being adjacent to that world, absorbing the aesthetic of it,” shared Tropper, fueled his desire “to do a show there.” Set in the fictional, affluent Westmont Village, loosely based on Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) During his best director acceptance speech at this year’s Academy Awards, Sean Baker zealously spoke about the importance of theatergoing, particularly the increasingly threatened independently-owned cinemas. Baker was accepting the award for “Anora,” which won five of the six Oscars it was nominated for that night. On the other side of that awards campaign, the Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) 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 Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, his second feature, left such a imprint on culture and Hollywood that barely any trip to the movies, let alone to the beach, has been the same since. Few films have been more perfectly suited to Read More 

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership. Trump disclosed the executive order on the Truth Social platform Thursday morning. “He’s making an extension Read More 

CANNES, France On day four of the 72nd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the winners have been unveiled for the following Lions: Creative Business Transformation, Creative Effectiveness, Creative Strategy, Luxury, Brand Experience & Activation, Innovation, Creative Commerce. Simon Cook, CEO, Lions, said, “The brilliant winners of these Lions exemplify how game-changing the power of creativity and Read More 

CANNES, France Day three of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity saw the winners revealed of the Creative Data Lions, Creative B2B Lions, Direct Lions, Media Lions, PR Lions, and Social & Creator Lions. Simon Cook, CEO, Lions, said: “Huge congratulations to all our Lion winners, whose groundbreaking work demonstrates how powerful creativity can be to Read More 

CANNES, France 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 Read More 

CANNES, France Andy Jassy, president and CEO of Amazon, will be awarded the 2025 Media Person of the Year Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This award recognizes an individual who has made a significant impact on the creative communications industry and who stands as an influential figure within the global media landscape. The Read More 

CANNES, France The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which started today (6/16), has announced the winners of the Health & Wellness, Outdoor, Pharma, Print & Publishing and Audio & Radio Lions. Simon Cook, CEO, Lions, said: “It’s always an exciting moment when we see the results of our Juries’ hard work in establishing the global creative Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) The wide-screen spectacle of Formula One gets a gleaming, rip-roaring workout in Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing scenes, approaches a kind of high-speed splendor. Kosinski, who last endeavored to put moviegoers in the seat of a fighter jet in “Top Gun: Maverick,” has moved to Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Elio is a lonely 11-year-old just looking for big answers about life. He’s recently lost his parents, the only people who understood him and wanted him, and the one thing that seems to give him comfort and hope is the idea that we’re not alone in the universe. So, in Pixar’s latest (in theaters Friday), Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Most movies are lucky to predict one thing. Danny Boyle’s 2002 dystopian thriller “28 Days Later” managed to be on the cutting edge of two trends, albeit rather disparate ones: global pandemic and fleet-footed zombies. Add in Cillian Murphy, who had his breakout role in that film, and “28 Days Later” was unusually prognostic. While Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) 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 Read More 

LOS ANGELES Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon’s media and production company that’s a part of Candle Media, is launching Sunnie, a Gen Z-focused media, experiential and lifestyle brand, community and content platform designed to inspire the next generation of young women to reclaim their time, follow their curiosity and step into their power–without the pressure of having it Read More 

CANNES, France 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 Read More 

LOS ANGELES The Sweetshop USA has added directorial duo Stefano & Alejandra (Stefano Caprile and Alejandra Cano), two creative minds with a shared eye for the bold, the playful, and the beautifully offbeat. Stefano & Alejandra have a body of commercial work which spans such brands as KFC, Snickers, Shell, Vodafone and Phillips, among others. George Meeker, Read More 

NEW YORK Psyop Media, the independent parent group to creative studio Psyop, has named Matt Hunnicutt as CEO and Sandra Nam as chief strategy officer. From his longstanding role as head of integrated production and Nike global production director at Wieden+Kennedy Portland to recent leadership positions at Meta’s Reality Labs, Hunnicutt has led Emmy and Cannes Grand Read More 

LOS ANGELES Modern Logic, a studio known for its conceptual design, animation, and immersive content, has added visual effects designer/director Elad Offer to its creative roster. Offer’s latest project is “Bono: Stories of Surrender, (Immersive),” serving as creative director for the first feature-length film available in Immersive Video on the Apple Vision Pro device. The addition of Read More 

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) 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 Read More 

CANNES, France Following seven competitions over four days, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced its 2025 Young Lions winners. This year saw Turkey take home its first-ever Gold in Marketers and Guatemala win for the first time with a Gold in Film. The Young Lions competitions, which are sponsored by Adobe, are at the Read More 

CANNES, France Future Lions, the global competition founded by AKQA in partnership with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has unveiled its 2025 winners. Supported by media partner The Wall Street Journal, Future Lions continues to champion young innovators using technology and creativity to solve pressing global challenges. Now in its 20th year, Future Lions celebrates Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) 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 Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) “How to Train Your Dragon” took flight at the box office this weekend, proving that some remakes still have teeth. The Universal live-action adaptation of the beloved animated franchise soared to a strong $83.7 million debut in North American theaters, according to Comscore estimates Sunday. The film, directed by franchise veteran Dean DeBlois, follows the Read More 

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