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Google Hit With EU Antitrust Probe Over Whether AI Summaries Are Hurting Publishers
The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation into whether Google is violating competition rules with AI-generated summaries in its search results. In a statement on Tuesday, the European...
First Look: Russell T Davies’ Queer Channel 4 Drama ‘Tip Toe’ Sees Alan Cumming & David Morrisey Become Deadly Enemies In The Face Of Creeping Prejudice
Russell T Davies‘ first Channel 4 drama since It’s a Sin has dropped first look images of Alan Cumming and David Morrisey as leads. Cumming and Morrisey are Leo...
Breaking Baz: Kate Winslet On Why “Integrity, Grace & Kindness” Mattered On The Set Of Her Directorial Debut, ‘Goodbye June’
EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet has made it. Her directorial debut feature, the heart-warming, and heart-breaking, Goodbye June, which the Oscar-, Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning star shot from a screenplay by her...
‘MobLand’ Star Joanne Froggatt Closes Production Company To Focus On Acting & Family
EXCLUSIVE: Joanne Froggatt, the Golden Globe-winning actress who shot to fame in Downton Abbey, is closing her production company, Insight Pictures. Froggatt founded Insight in 2020 and two years...
POC Content Accelerator Rideback Rise Sets 2026 Fellows
EXCLUSIVE: Rideback Rise, the non-profit content accelerator that supports mid-career POC writers and filmmakers in developing commercial entertainment to propel narrative change, on Friday announced the members of its...
Disney Animated Short Film ‘Versa’ Filmmaker On Expanding The Boundaries Of Grief Storytelling: “I Felt Like I Got Split Open”
After experiencing a tremendous loss, some try to stay grounded in their community, while others turn to the stars for answers about life’s grand design. In Walt Disney Animation...
‘Matlock’ Star Skye P. Marshall Signs With Verve
EXCLUSIVE: Skye P. Marshall, best known for her breakout role in CBS’ Matlock, has signed with Verve for representation. Marshall received her second Critics Choice Award nomination Friday morning for...
SAG-AFTRA Says It Will Conduct “Complete And Thorough Analysis” Of Netflix-WB Deal Before Taking A Position, But Warns Merger “Raises Many Serious Questions”
SAG-AFTRA has weighed in on the news that Netflix has won the bidding war for Warner Bros., and as expected, the actors union doesn’t seem happy — but it...
‘Super Troopers 3’: Broken Lizard Comedy Sets Sirens For Late Summer 2026 Release
Searchlight’s Super Troopers 3 will be pulling over moviegoers into theaters on Aug. 7, 2026. The movie will go head-to-head with the Universal comedy One Night Only directed by...
Aly Muritiba & Luca Castellani Talk Live-Action Short ‘America,’ A Tragic Love Story Rooted In Immigrant’s Quest For Self-Empowerment — The Backstory
With their Oscar-contending live-action short America, Brazilian filmmaker Aly Muritiba and actor-producer Luca Castellani set out to portray the immigrant experience through an uncommon lens, exposing the vulnerabilities immigrants...
Wall Street Processes Netflix-WB Deal: WBD Stock Up Slightly, Paramount And Netflix Shares Slump
Wall Street has begun rendering its verdict, at least in the short term, on Netflix‘s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. As is typical of acquisitions, the stock...
How Netflix-WB Deal Could Impact A-List Festivals Cannes, Venice & Berlin
Netflix’s blockbuster deal to acquire Warner Bros. raises intriguing questions across the value chain and across different sectors of the global business. One realm not front of mind today,...