Japan’s cinema box office edged slightly forward in 2023 after a strong rebound in 2022, but the business remains at levels below record-breaking 2019, which was the last normal year before the COVID pandemic. Annual figures were released on Tuesday by the Motion Picture Producers
The University of Southern California Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has crunched the numbers for 2023 to reveal its annual findings on inclusion and diversity in the recording studio. The results this year are strikingly more positive than what has been a consistent result of previous years:
Larry David is hitting the road ahead of the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” to discuss “Seinfeld,” “Curb” and everything in between at a pair of live tour dates. David will join a mystery moderator in Washington, D.C., on March 29 at The Anthem,
Rachael Ray is going to serve up a huge platter of shows for A+E Networks. A+E Networks has acquired a 50% equity stake in Ray’s Free Food Studios, which the TV personality and author formed last year with longtime collaborators Brian Flanagan, Anthony Amoia and
Jeff Ryan, Scott Cohen, Katerina Tannenbaum, Geneva Carr and Will Chase will star in “Mooch.” The crime comedy was also written and directed by Ryan, whose credits include “Mean Spirited” and “YouthMin.” The filmmakers received an interim agreement to work on this independent production during last year’s
Michael Showalter’s “The Idea of You” will close out this year’s South by Southwest Film & TV Festival. The film stars Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine and centers on Solène, a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with the 24-year-old lead singer of
What do Burning Man, Alcoholics Anonymous, Hasidic Judaism, deaf culture, raves and stand-up comedy have in common? They comprise the six most important chapters of Moshe Kasher’s life, and, in turn, of his new book, “Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes.” In it, the
Embracer Group shut down longtime Saints Row developer Volition Games last year as part of a larger purge of its studios after a planned $2 billion deal with Saudi Arabia-backed Savvy Games Group fell through in 2023. Just yesterday, Embracer Group canceled a Deus Ex game