Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera, whose current mandate is due to expire after this year’s 83nd edition, has been renewed in the role for 2027 and 2028. The festival announced that La Biennale di Venezia’s board of directors, chaired by Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, had approved the re-appointment. It follows a buzzy 2025 edition at which the … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Leigh Tavaziva, the BBC‘s chief operating officer, is stepping down amid continued leadership upheaval at the UK national broadcaster. Per an internal email, Tavaziva has told employees that she will exit the BBC in September. She has worked at the corporation for the past five years. Tavaziva is the third BBC board-level executive to … Read more
The State Department is urging Americans in the Middle East to leave immediately. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s team released a statement warning of “serious safety risks” across the region, and told Americnas to “depart via commercial means.” The warning covered American citizens who are currently in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West … Read more
It’s safe to say that God of War video game creator David Jaffe has some notes on the first-look image (above) Prime Video recently released of its forthcoming TV adaptation. In a nearly seven-minute-long video reaction posted to his YouTube, David Jaffe ridiculed the photo as “so dumb” and a “terrible image.” “I’m sure everybody’s … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: German event series The Widow Killer has landed deals in Europe ahead of its launch on ARD. Canal+ has swooped for rights in the Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, and SVT has bought the show for Sweden. The series is set to debut on ARD in Germany on Good Friday (April … Read more
When David Ellison saved Paramount from being swallowed up by Sony two years ago, he was perceived around town as a hero. Now that’s he’s in the pole position to take over Warner Bros, the last thing he wants to be known as is the guy who collapsed Hollywood. On Monday’s call with Wall Street … Read more
Kesha has joined the coterie of Olivia Rodrigo, the Rolling Stones, Celine Dion, Radiohead, Sabrina Carpenter and Isaac Hayes and others who really don’t like Donald Trump and his MAGA gang using their music at rallies, in videos and online. For a White House that views backing down or admitting a mistake as a cardinal … Read more
Since the announcement Friday that Paramount has entered a merger agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a lot has been written about the deal bringing together two major streaming platforms, HBO Max and Paramount+ (They will eventually become one, Paramount CEO David Ellison said today); two major film studios, Warner Bros. and Paramount; and two … Read more
Sesame Street, Heartstopper, The Tiny Chef Show, Win or Lose, Sweet Tooth, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Descendants: The Rise of Red were among the big multi-award winners at the fourth annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, which were handed out Monday night at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. … Read more
Alan Cumming isn’t one to hold his tongue, but it’s been more than a week since an audience member with Tourette’s syndrome shouted a racial slur while Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan were presenting at the BAFTA Awards. Cumming, who hosted the show, has been mum on the incident. Until now. Related Stories Tonight … Read more