Daily Archives: March 26, 2025

Lady Gaga Reveals ‘The Mayhem Ball’ Tour With Dates in North America, Europe and U.K.

Lady Gaga is officially taking “Mayhem” on the road, revealing tour dates across North America, Europe and the U.K. Following Gaga’s previously announced spring shows in Mexico, Brazil and Singapore — and a headlining set at Coachella in April — the “Mayhem Ball” tour will

Banijay Entertainment’s Steve Matthews Drills Down on Europe’s Crime Boom, ‘Local for Local,’ Genre as a ‘Scalpel to Cut Into Society’

Banijay Entertainment’s three shows selected for Series Mania underscore just how far the film-TV’s giant has come in scripted, and most especially its vast range,  Apple TV+’s “Carême,” from Banijay’s Shine Fiction, opened the French TV festival, Europe’s largest, delivering a portrait of the world’s

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Says U.S. Academy ‘Refused’ to Issue Statement in Support of Hamdan Ballal: They Were ‘Silent When a Filmmaker They Honored Needed Them the Most’

Yuval Abraham, one of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” has criticized the Academy for not commenting on the attack of his Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal. Ballal was released by Israeli authorities on Tuesday after Abraham wrote on X the day prior

Prime Video Teases Jesse Williams Italian Action Drama ‘Costiera’ and Adaptation of YA Romance Novel ‘Love Me, Love Me’ at Series Mania

From a dark conference hall in Lille, Italy’s Amalfi Coast was given some major screen time as Prime Video used Series Mania to promote “Costiera,” the upcoming action drama series starring Jesse Williams. The audience at the showcase were shown an exclusive sun-soaked teaser of

K-Pop Group NewJeans Vows to Continue Label Battle Despite Court Setback: ‘This Fight Is Necessary’

In their first interview since a South Korean court blocked their attempt to leave record label Ador, K-pop phenomenon NewJeans told the BBC they will continue to fight despite the setback. “This fight is necessary. Although it will be extremely difficult and arduous, we will

Putin Assassination Target Christo Grozev on Why Life Has Become Even More Dangerous: ‘The Bad Guys Now Are Seen as Being OK in the U.S.’

Investigative journalist Christo Grozev, a key contributor to Oscar-winning doc “Navalny” and central protagonist of “Antidote,” is one of Vladimir Putin’s most wanted men for having exposed his assassination operations against opponents such as the late Alexei Navalny. At Copenhagen’s CPH:DOX documentary festival Tuesday, he

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Says U.S. Academy ‘Refused’ to Issue Statement in Support of Hamdan Ballal: They Were ‘Silent When a Filmmaker They Honored Needed Them the Most’

“No Other Land” filmmaker Yuval Abraham has criticized AMPAS for not commenting on the situation surrounding his Oscar-winning fellow co-director Hamdan Ballal. Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning Israel-Palestine documentary “No Other Land,” was released by Israel authorities on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Abraham posted on X: “Sadly,

Venice Title ‘Pooja, Sir: Rajagunj’ Released in Nepal After Extensive Censorship Battle: ‘An Attack on the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech’ (EXCLUSIVE)

After world premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, director-producer Deepak Rauniyar’s crime thriller “Pooja, Sir: Rajagunj” has finally released in its home country of Nepal, but not without hurdles. The film is now in its second week in Nepali theaters, following a contentious battle