Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Deutsche Bank has opted to take about 250,000 sq ft of Canary Wharf office space in a building emblazoned with the logo of Revolut, the latest high profile lease for London’s Docklands financial centre. The … Read more
Was there something in the water this year? It seems like everyone got the same erotic thriller memo because a slew of high-profile projects in the genre — both TV and film — have been set up over the past couple of months, some with big-name talent attached. The trend has been accelerating, with about … Read more
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Republican leaders have neither ruled out nor committed to launching a fuller investigation after revelations that U.S. forces killed two survivors of the attack.
Around 24 hours after Netflix came to a $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros‘ TV and film studios, streamer HBO Max and HBO, the Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters-run streamer has sent a note to its over 82 million U.S. subscribers telling them “nothing is changing.” In fact, in links from a four paragraph … Read more
Games of Thrones director Alik Sakharov is set to direct Saudi-backed production Unbroken Sword, an epic film about legendary Arab military commander Khalid ibn Al-Walid and the pivotal Battle of Yarmouk. The production will officially kick off activity at Saudi Arabia‘s newest film and TV production hub PlayMaker Studios, situated in Qiddiya City, the entertainment … Read more
The Trump administration asked the justices to take up the case on an expedited basis in September after lower courts found the policy unconstitutional and blocked it.
“America Alone” might be the simplest précis of the White House’s new National Security Strategy, an extraordinary document released Friday that starkly lays out the administration’s broad foreign policy priorities. In a 33-page wall of words and grievances that self-summarizes as “America First,” it manages to reject European allies with a borderline racist swipe, concede … Read more
Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona said she was pepper-sprayed and “pushed around” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a raid at a Tucson restaurant on Friday. In a video statement posted on X, Grijalva said it happened as local Tucsonans gathered to stop a group of roughly 40 ICE agents, many of them … Read more
As the fallout continues around the It Ends with Us behind-the-scenes drama, Blake Lively helped at least one co-star land his next role. The Housemaid director Paul Feig recently revealed that the actress encouraged him to cast her former romantic lead Brandon Sklenar in his upcoming psychological thriller, which premieres Dec. 19 in theaters. “Blake … Read more