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 Issue Date: 05/12/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SHOOT News of the Day
Cannes Film Festival Readies For 78th Edition With New Challenges On The Horizon
Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to enact tariffs on international films. Cannes, where filmmakers, sales agents and journalists gather from around the world, is the Olympics of the big screen, with its own
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“Andor” Comes To A Close But Opens “Star Wars” To Stories of Trauma and Humanity
The complex effects of personal trauma have not traditionally been the stuff of sci-fi and fantasy. They tend to get in the way of the quest. “Game of Thrones” made a meal of it. “Battlestar Galactica” tried to consider the effect on survivors of losing a planet of people. But it hasn’t fit in the
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“Mr. Loverman” Tops BAFTA Television Awards With A Pair of Wins
BAFTA unveiled and honored the winners of the BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday (5/11) during a ceremony at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. Celebrating the very best of television broadcast in 2024, the ceremony was hosted by Alan Cumming, with musical performances from Jessie J, Tom Grennan and Esther Abrami. Mr Loverman
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Director Claryn Chong Joins Stink For Commercial Representation
Claryn Chong has signed with Stink for representation worldwide spanning commercials and music videos. She’s already wrapped her first collaboration with the production house–”Unreal Movement” for Nike featuring Bugeisha Club, a collective of mixed Asian women working across the creative arts who explore their strength and skills to battle a dystopian future, deploying nunchucks, martial
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“Thunderbolts” and “Sinners” Are Once Again Perched Atop The Weekend Box Office
Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” dominated the North American box office charts again this weekend. Now in their second and fourth weekends respectively, the two films had some new competition, including a horror movie, a Kerry Washington action pic, a Josh Hartnett airplane thriller, and a Shakespeare-inspired musical. None of the additions made a
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Cannes makes it official: No nudity on the red carpet
The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world. Now, the festival has added a new stipulation: no nudity. While nudity was never previously endorsed at the festival, Cannes updated its dress policy on the eve of its 78th edition to read that “nudity is prohibited on
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Defense Concedes Sean “Diddy” Combs Had Violent Outbursts, But Contend No Federal Crimes Occurred
The public knew Sean “Diddy” Combs as a larger-than-life music and business mogul, but in private he used violence and threats to coerce women into drug-fueled sexual encounters that he recorded, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements at Combs’ sex trafficking trial. “This is Sean Combs,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told the jury,
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Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official , Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office. The office said in a statement Sunday that Perlmutter received an email from the White House a day earlier with the notification that “your position
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Sanjeev Gosain named chief operating officer at GALE
GALE has appointed Sanjeev Gosain as its new chief operating officer. This news comes alongside the promotion of 109 employees across GALE’s global offices, representing nearly 15% of its workforce worldwide. A strong start to the year propelled these appointments, thanks to a slew of new business wins. GALE’s scope with multiple clients, such as
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Michael Jordan is joining NBC as a special contributor for its NBA coverage
Michael Jordan is joining NBC Sports as a special contributor to its NBA coverage when the 2025-26 season begins. NBC made the announcement on Monday morning during its upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall previewing the networks offerings during the upcoming television season. “I am so excited to see the NBA back on NBC,”
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Issue Date: 05/12/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SPW News of the Day
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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