Netflix has released its latest six-month trove of viewing data, and if the compilation of more than 15,000 series and movies points to anything, it’s how big a phenomenon Squid Game is. Season two of the Korean hit was the most watched series worldwide in the second half of 2024, in both Netflix’s preferred view metric (86.5 million, measured by …
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“From the Heart of Europe: Austria on Screen” promises to bring “an eclectic mix from hard-hitting drama to absurdist comedy” to the 2025 Glasgow Film Festival, which kicked off on Wednesday and runs through March 9. Across 12 days, Scotland’s largest annual celebration of cinema will bring out such stars as James McAvoy, Ed Harris, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, George …
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Amalia Ulman’s Magic Farm will plant roots as the opening night screening of the second edition of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies. Presented by MUBI and Mezzanine, LAFM is set to take place from April 3-6, and it will feature a program of more than 20 feature films, a curated shorts roster, an inaugural animation program and featured artists …
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You may not know his name, and you’ve never heard his voice, but you’ve probably seen his face. It’s the same one staring out at you in hundreds of TikTok and Instagram videos that have been viewed billions of times. But unlike most social media stars, Jarred Jermaine has earned his internet celebrity performing an essential cultural service: He breaks …
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TKO Group Holdings, the owner of UFC, WWE and soon IMG, PBR and other sports brands, is launching its first “takeover” over a city, bringing its three tentpole companies under one roof over the course of a long weekend. The company said Wednesday that it would launch a takeover of Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center in April, bringing a Professional Bull …
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Fox is going all-in on its first-year medical drama Doc. The network has renewed the series, starring Molly Parker, for a second season — and the order is an old-school, 22-episode season, showing a vote of confidence after solid early returns in the ratings. Doc is averaging about 2.3 million same-day viewers, per Nielsen, but grows substantially with streaming on Hulu …
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The international film community is in uproar over the summoning of Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha to court in their native country amid the production and distribution of their 2024 Berlin Film Festival feature My Favourite Cake. The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) has reiterated its unequivocal support for Moghadam and Sanaeeha, currently awaiting the start …
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Drake has canceled the remaining four sold-out shows on his Australia and New Zealand tour, the Anita Max Win Tour. The shows were postponed due to a scheduling conflict, Drake’s rep tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We are actively working on rescheduling these dates along with adding some additional shows,” said the rep. “All tickets for the affected shows will remain …
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“Want to know what you’re playing for?” It’s a line Survivor executive producer and host Jeff Probst has said countless times, right up there with the immortal catchphrase “the tribe has spoken.” But what Survivor contestants are playing for isn’t what it used to be. Legacy competition shows largely haven’t kept pace with inflation, while newer reality shows on streaming network are aggressively flooding …
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Isabella Rossellini has joined Joan Collins in The Bitter End (w/t), a movie about the untold story of Wallis Simpson, John Gore Studios has confirmed. Directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and penned by Louise Fennell, the film charts the last years of Simpson, the American divorcee who became the Duchess of Windsor when King Edward VIII …
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