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Trade Group DEG Launches AI Alliance, Citing Core Mission To “Amplify Human Creativity”
The Digital Entertainment Group, a coalition of several dozen stakeholders across programming, technology and retail, has launched a new alliance called DEG.AI. The goal of the new effort is...
Judge Rules Trump’s Continued Deployment Of National Guard In Los Angeles Must Come To An End
A federal judge said that the Trump administration must end its deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles, troops that were sent to the region despite the objections of...
European Film Commissions Network’s Location Awards Shortlist Includes ‘The Librarians: The Next Chapter’ & ‘Arctic Circle’
The field for the European Film Commissions Network’s two location awards has narrowed with the shortlist revealed. The EUFCN has two major categories, its overall Location Award and the...
Sophie Kinsella Dies: Author Of Book Series Adapted As ‘Confessions Of A Shopaholic’ Film Was 55
Sophie Kinsella, the best-selling British author whose ‘Shopaholic’ novel series became the basis of 2009 film Confessions of a Shopaholic, has died aged 55. The author, who also wrote...
‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’: Watch First Trailer For Billie Eilish 3D Concert Film From James Cameron & Paramount
Here’s your good-loooking first trailer for Billie Eilish‘ 3D concert film Hit Me Hard And Soft, directed by James Cameron and set to be released by Paramount on March...
Motion Picture Association’s Nigel Warner To Replace John McVay As CEO Of Pact
The UK policy consultant to America’s Motion Picture Association (MPA) is replacing John McVay as CEO of producer trade body Pact, with McVay stepping down soon after a quarter...
Sigourney Weaver Says She Hopes James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Performance Capture Tech Can Be Shared Across The Industry: “It’s A Much Purer Experience For The Director And Cast” — Red Sea 
Sigourney Weaver took part in a brief career Q&A session at the Red Sea Film Festival this afternoon, during which she praised her Avatar director James Cameron and said...
Piv Bernth’s Apple Tree Productions To Shutter Next Year, Citing “Increasingly Difficult” Danish TV Market
Piv Bernth and Lars Hermann’s Apple Tree Productions will close at the end of 2026, with its founders citing “increasingly difficult” market conditions. The Danish company was launched in...
Alia Bhatt Teases Yash Raj Films’ First Female-Led Spy Movie ‘Alpha’ At Red Sea Film Festival
Alia Bhatt passed through the Red Sea Film Festival this afternoon, where she teased Alpha, her forthcoming Yash Raj Films spy flick, which is set for release in 2026. ...
Channel Confirms Former Warner Bros. Executive Priya Dogra As CEO
UPDATE 08.23 a.m. GMT: Channel 4 has confirmed that Priya Dogra, a former Warner Bros. Discovery chief in Europe, has been made CEO. She will replace Alex Mahon. PREVIOUS:...
Leo Woodall On Learning German Alongside Russell Crowe For ‘Nuremberg’: “I Put A Lot Of Pressure On Myself”
British actor Leo Woodall, aged 29, has smashed it playing Renee Zellweger’s hunk du jour in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, a heartthrob in Netflix weepie One Day and by playing leads in...
‘Saiyaara’ Named IMDb’s Most Popular Film Of 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Saiyaara, Mohit Suri’s romantic film starring Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, is the most popular Indian movie of the year, per IMDb‘s latest number crunch. The movie topped the...