In a wide-ranging fireside chat with Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan at Mumbai’s World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) conference, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that theatrical distribution and streaming can successfully coexist, particularly in India’s “fan-centric” entertainment ecosystem. Sarandos stirred up controversy online by calling
The 27th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, concluded this weekend with China’s “Her Story” taking home the Golden Mulberry award, marking a significant triumph for female filmmakers at the event. Director Yihui Shao’s box office hit claimed the festival’s
Prime Video and Korean powerhouse CJ ENM have struck a multi-year distribution deal that will bring a slate of premium K-content to the streamer’s viewers. The pact, unveiled today at the WAVES Bazaar, the market component of the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES)
President Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself as the leader of the Catholic Church, coming as the Vatican’s conclave to select the next pope is set to commence next week. On Friday evening, the U.S. president posted the image on his official account on
CBS has canceled the reboot of “The Equalizer” after five seasons, Variety has learned. The series, which is led by Queen Latifah, was the last remaining bubble show at the broadcast network. The season finale airing on May 4 will now serve as the series
Florence Pugh might have daredevil in her DNA. At last summer’s San Diego Comic-Con, Pugh revealed that she had a major stunt in “Thunderbolts”: jumping off the second tallest building in the world, Merdeka, a 118-story skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It’s the type of
Kirk Medas, a main cast member of MTV’s reality series “Floribama Shore,” died Friday in Miami, Fla. of complications due to liver failure. He was 33 years old. His death was confirmed by MTV in a statement to People. “We are deeply saddened to learn
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Thunderbolts*,” now playing in theaters. After months of speculation, we finally know what that pesky asterisk in “Thunderbolts*” means: There’s a New Avengers team in the MCU! Since “Endgame,” there hasn’t been a proper Avengers group, but