The first sexual assault trial against French actor Gérard Depardieu has begun in Paris, with Depardieu in attendance. Two women accuse the French acting legend, famous for his roles in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Green Card (1990) and The Last Metro (1981), of assault alleged to have taken place in 2021 on the set of French feature The Green Shutters. …
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Indie studio Blue Ant Media, producer of unscripted series like Canada’s Drag Race and Northwoods Survival, has unveiled plans for a reverse IPO to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange by acquiring assets from Boat Rocker Media Inc. Blue Ant, a private company controlled by former Alliance Atlantis head Michael McMillan, will go public via a reverse-takeover of Insight Productions, …
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Amanda Seyfried said she went to some “scary dark places” for her latest role in Long Bright River, playing a beat cop on the mean streets of Philadelphia. In the eight-part drama, which dropped on Peacock+ March 13 and will have its international premiere at TV festival Series Mania in Lille this week, Seyfried plays Mickey, a Philly-raised overachiever who …
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Stormskerry Maja, a sweeping period drama about a woman’s struggle for survival on a remote 19th-century island, was the big winner at the 2025 Jussi Film Awards, Finland’s equivalent to the Oscars, taking home six awards, including best film and best director for Tiina Lymi. The film’s star Amanda Jansson also took Jussi for best lead performance. The Jussis were …
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International series do not lack scale and ambition. The lineup of this year’s Series Mania, the TV festival and industry meet that runs through March 28 in Lille, France, includes historic epics like Joe Wright’s rise-to-fascism biography Mussolini: Son of The Century, real-life action thriller Kabul, which traces the fall of Afghan capital to the Taliban in 2021, and Liongate’s …
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Alan Cumming will host the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises on Sunday, May 11 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, the British Academy said Monday. The actor, writer, producer and TV host is “renowned for his celebrated career in the arts, spanning television, film, and theater,” BAFTA said. “From his Tony and Olivier Award-winning performance …
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Paramount+, the streaming service of Paramount Global, will launch two new subscription tiers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, namely its basic (with ads) and premium plans. They will join the standard tier in the three countries. Starting on Wednesday, March 26, the premium plan will launch in the three markets, priced at €12.99 ($14.08) per month in Germany and Austria, and …
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On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note. O’Brien accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy Sunday night while acknowledging the backstage turmoil that hangs over the future of the cultural center …
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There’s no denying Denzel Washington’s magnetism. He carries himself with a swaggering authority enhanced by the natural gravitas of his voice. The two-time Oscar winner is the principal reason audiences are shelling out upwards of $900 to see Kenny Leon’s frustratingly underpowered revival of Othello on Broadway. Playing the Venetian general often disparagingly referred to as “the Moor,” Washington emanates …
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Hacks star Hannah Einbinder was honored at the Human Rights Campaign‘s Los Angeles Dinner on Saturday night and used her time on stage to speak about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. The actress received HRC’s Visibility Award for expanding LGBTQ+ representation on and off-screen and told the crowd, “My queerness is a tradition of social justice, as is …
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