Platform game Astro Bot led the winners of the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards, which were handed out in London on Tuesday evening, earning five honors, including for best game of the year. The psychological horror game Still Wakes the Deep received three gaming BAFTAs, including two performance honors. Action-adventure Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II had led the pack with 11 nominations, …
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A French parliamentary investigation into sexual violence has condemned what it called “endemic” abuse in the country’s entertainment industry. The damning report, details of which were released to French media ahead of the presentation to parliament on Wednesday, is calling for an overhaul in funding and regulations to protect vulnerable actors and minors on set. “Moral, sexist, and sexual violence …
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Apple is coming off a very strong month for its Apple TV+ streaming service, with season two of Severance emerging as a bona fide smash, and Seth Rogen’s comedy The Studio capturing the imagination of Hollywood. But it is also coming at a precarious moment for the company at large, and the economy generally, with President Trump’s tariff plan likely …
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Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay is making her feature directing debut with a very personal subject: her mother, Jayne Mansfield. HBO will premiere Hargitay’s documentary My Mom Jayne in June. The film will follow her “as she seeks to know, understand, and embrace her mother for the first time,” according to the documentary’s logline. “Through intimate interviews and …
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CBS is extending the already long run of its daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful for several more seasons. The network has ordered three more seasons of the soap, which will take The Bold and the Beautiful through its 41st season in 2027-28. That lines up with CBS’ other long-running daytime soap, The Young and the Restless, which is …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. “Hollywood loves a comeback story,” says luxury shopping expert Christos Garkinos, author of Covet the Comeback, a new memoir about his fashion business, life, and personal triumphs. “This is the ultimate comeback story.” As the well-dressed (and …
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When MSNBC splits from NBC News later this year as part of Comcast’s “SpinCo” pivot, it will lean in hard to digital as a growth engine. On Tuesday, MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler announced that Madeleine Haeringer will be the executive tasked with leading that charge. Haeringer, most recently the executive vp and gm of Crooked Media, is joining MSNBC as …
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Mike Birbiglia will return to Netflix for his next stand-up special. The comedian’s latest set, Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life, is set to premiere May 26 on the streamer. The special will be Birbiglia’s fourth at Netflix (and sixth of his career), coming about 18 months after 2023’s Emmy-nominated The Old Man and the Pool. As is usually the case …
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German director Werner Herzog will be honored with a Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The Fitzcarraldo and Grizzly Man director will be honored at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, which runs Aug. 27-Sept. 6. “I feel deeply honored to receive a Lifetime Achievement Honorary Golden Lion by the Venice Biennale. I have always …
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Indie production powerhouse Fremantle is pushing hard into sports content with the launch of a new division, Fremantle Sports, to focus on non-scripted and factual documentaries, as well as digital formats, in the wide world of sporting competition. Owain Walbyoff has been appointed to the new job of director of sports at Fremantle, charged with expanding the company’s sports content …
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