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Banff Boss Brings It On
It’s perhaps fitting that as top TV creators and execs facing an industrywide contraction head to the Canadian Rockies for the 2024 Banff World Media Festival, one of the panels they will encounter is called “Moving Mountains: Canadian Producers Tackle the Rocky Landscape.” Indeed, this year’s confab, which focuses on content in the development phase, […]
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Elijah Wood’s ‘Bookworm’ to Open Fantasia Fest
The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson. The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life […]
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Celine Dion Says Singing With Stiff-Person Syndrome Feels “Like Somebody Is Strangling You”
Celine Dion has opened up about the chronic impact of her health battle with stiff-person syndrome on her all-important singing voice. “It’s like somebody is strangling you” when she tries to sing, Dion told Today co-host Hoda Kotb on Friday in a preview clip from their upcoming primetime interview set to air on NBC on […]
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Generative AI in the U.K.: 36 Percent Have Used It, but Deloitte Highlights Need to Improve “Fluency”
A total of 36 percent of U.K. citizens, or 18 million people between the ages of 16 and 75, have used a generative AI tool, such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini or Midjourney, according to new research from advisory and consulting firm Deloitte. That is up from 26 percent recorded in 2023, its Digital Consumer Trends […]
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Lana Del Rey Lauds Taylor Swift Ahead of U.K. Tour: “She’s Told Me She Wants It More Than Anyone”
Here in the U.K., Swiftmania is upon us: the pop superstar kicks off the first of 15 concerts in Britain on Friday night. Projected to contribute a whopping 997 million pounds (or $1.26 billion) to the U.K. economy, Taylor Swift officially descends on Edinburgh as thousands flock to the Scottish capital, donning sparkles, handmade bracelets […]
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Bob Iger Touts “Richly Immersive Experiences,” Cuts Ribbon on $2B Tokyo Disney Resort Expansion
After $2 billion spent and a lengthy construction process complicated by the pandemic, the Walt Disney Co. threw open the doors Thursday to its sprawling Fantasy Springs addition to the Tokyo Disney Resort. Spanning 1.5 million square feet and comprising new areas inspired by the Frozen, Tangled and Peter Pan franchises, the expansion is a […]
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L.A.’s Hello82 Is Bridging the Gap Between K-Pop Artists and Fans
Tucked away on Beverly Boulevard in between Fairfax and Hancock Park, K-Pop music and entertainment company Hello82’s Los Angeles fan space has become a beacon for local fans. On May 23, approximately 150 fans of the boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) gathered at that very fan space. By 1 p.m., the time registration was […]
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Alan Scarfe, ‘Double Impact’ and ‘Seven Days’ Actor, Dies at 77
Alan Scarfe, the classically trained British Canadian actor known for his turns as bad guys in Double Impact and Lethal Weapon III and as Dr. Bradley Talmadge on the UPN sci-fi series Seven Days, has died. He was 77. Scarfe died April 28 of colon cancer at his home in Longueuil, Quebec, his family announced. […]
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Daniel Brühl on ‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld,’ Meeting the Fashion Icon and Being Seduced by His Co-Star
Daniel Brühl and his portrayal of the late, iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in new Disney+ series Becoming Karl Lagerfeld were in the spotlight on Thursday at a screening of the first two episodes at the cinema at Selfridges in London. During a Q&A after the screening, the star said he had to laugh at first […]
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‘Wallace & Gromit’ Film Gets Title, Christmas Release as Iconic Villain Feathers McGraw Seeks Revenge
The BBC has officially unveiled the return of one of the U.K.’s favorite duos: Wallace & Gromit. The pair are back and set for a brand new adventure, made by independent studio Aardman Animations, which will premiere on the BBC and BBC iPlayer this Christmas, as well as heading to Netflix worldwide this winter. The […]
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Netflix Hit With Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘Baby Reindeer’
Netflix has been sued over its portrayal of a woman depicted as a stalker in Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in California federal court, Fiona Harvey, who claims to be the inspiration behind Jessica Gunning’s Martha, accuses Netflix of defaming her through statements in the show that she’s a twice-convicted […]
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‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’ Review: Daniel Brühl in a Hulu Miniseries That Struggles to Capture the German Designer’s Relevance
The French-language bio-drama charts the fashion icon's rising career and tumultuous personal relationships through the 1970s and into the early 1980s.
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