‘Pavements’: EP Robert Schwartzman & Director Alex Ross Perry On Why Unlikely Indie Band Pavement Was Likely Choice For Music Docu – Crew Call Podcast

‘Pavements’: EP Robert Schwartzman & Director Alex Ross Perry On Why Unlikely Indie Band Pavement Was Likely Choice For Music Docu – Crew Call Podcast

Deadline “This is not my favorite band,” exclaims filmmaker Alex Ross Perry about the indie rock group Pavement, who is the subject of his documentary Pavements. That’s not a ding. The Stockton, CA born band, which came together in 1989, was the type of group you wouldn’t necessarily find on the top of a stack…

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Iran’s Jafar Panahi Dedicates Gotham Award To Filmmakers “Deprived Of The Right To See And Be Seen” As He Wins For Original Screenplay And International Feature

Iran’s Jafar Panahi Dedicates Gotham Award To Filmmakers “Deprived Of The Right To See And Be Seen” As He Wins For Original Screenplay And International Feature

Jafar Panahi dedicated his Gotham Award for Best Screenplay for It Was Just An Accident “to independent filmmakers in Iran and around the world” the same day the Iranian director was sentenced in absentia earlier today to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban. His Cannes Palme d’Or-winning drama It Was Just An Accident…

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US moves to deepen minerals supply chain in AI race with China

US moves to deepen minerals supply chain in AI race with China

The Asian nation is home to more than 90% of global rare earths and permanent magnets refining capacity [WASHINGTON] The US will seek agreements with eight allied nations as part of a fresh effort to strengthen supply chains for the computer chips and critical minerals needed for artificial intelligence (AI) technology, according to the top…

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Publisher Of ‘The Chronology Of Water’, Adapted By Kristen Stewart In Directing Debut, Is Acquired By Catapult Book Group

Publisher Of ‘The Chronology Of Water’, Adapted By Kristen Stewart In Directing Debut, Is Acquired By Catapult Book Group

EXCLUSIVE: Hawthorn Books & Literary Arts, the indie publisher of memoir The Chronology of Water, has been acquired by the Catapult Book Group. Chronology has gained attention recently due to Kristen Stewart‘s film adaptation, her debut as a director, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes last May. Catapult is an independent…

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Warner Bros gets mostly cash Netflix offer in new round of bids

Warner Bros gets mostly cash Netflix offer in new round of bids

[NEW YORK] Warner Bros Discovery was fielding a second round of bids on Monday (Dec 1), including a mostly cash offer from Netflix, in an auction that could wrap up in the coming days or weeks, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Bankers for Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix worked over the long Thanksgiving…

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Gotham Awards Winners List – Updating Live

Gotham Awards Winners List – Updating Live

Refresh for latest… The 35th annual Gotham Awards is underway in Manhattan, and Deadline is posting the winners live as they are announced. See the list below. The ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street kicks off movie awards season, as usual, calling out the first set of names and handing out the first crop of trophies.…

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ABC News Taps Hanna Battah As Correspondent & Overnight Anchor ‘World News Now’ & ‘Good Morning America First Look’

ABC News Taps Hanna Battah As Correspondent & Overnight Anchor ‘World News Now’ & ‘Good Morning America First Look’

ABC News has named Hanna Battah overnight co-anchor of World News Now and Good Morning America First Look alongside Sophie Flay. Most recently, Battah was anchor of KDFW-TV’s top-rated afternoon and early-evening newscasts in Dallas, where she was also co-anchor of The Ten, a largely unscripted program featuring wide-ranging live interviews. In her more than…

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Netflix Gears Up For ‘Culinary Class Wars’ Season 2 With Trailer

Netflix Gears Up For ‘Culinary Class Wars’ Season 2 With Trailer

Culinary Class Wars are set to resume on Netflix. The first season of the Korean cooking competition series was a major streaming hit, per Netflix, which is dropping the second on December 16. Netflix handed it a renewal in October. Culinary Class Warswas the first Korean unscripted series to top Netflix’s Global Top 10 (Non-English…

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