From hip-hop’s earliest days, female rappers have had to fight for attention, let alone respect. Since the rap song category debuted in 2004, the award has been given to precisely one female rapper: Megan Thee Stallion, for her “Savage” remix, which got an assist (and
Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone and Benny Safdie star in the new trailer for Showtime’s bizarre, home-flipping comedy series “The Curse.” Fielder and Stone play a newly married couple, Asher and Whitney, who are the hosts of a house-flipping TV show and also trying to conceive
Disney’s advance into the Asian theme park market, starting with the opening of Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, has not been without stumbles and controversies, but the Disney parks in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai are now recording higher numbers across the board. In the third
Black Bear’s management arm has signed award-winning Quebec director Sophie Dupuis for representation. Most recently, Dupuis’ third picture, “Solo,” premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for best Canadian film. The film, which was written and directed by Dupuis, stars
After premiering on Sept. 12, Prime Video’s film on the Philadelphia Eagles’ team captain Jason Kelce has become the streamer’s most-watched documentary ever in the U.S. “Kelce” follows the All-Pro Center throughout the 2022-23 NFL season, offering an intimate look into his life, on and off
Former Electus CEO and Shine International prexy Chris Grant has launched a new distribution company, Osmosis Global, which he will unwrap in time for next week’s Mipcom conference. Investor and entrepreneur Marc Pierce is backing the new venture. Osmosis Global’s initial sales slate includes projects
Co-founder and CEO of the Newport Beach Film Festival Gregg Schwenk muses that there are several reasons the fest, which will run Oct. 12-19 this year, has grown in popularity over the last 24 years. There are, of course, the movies: over 300 films this
CANNES — A group of television industry veterans have teamed up to create new sales company Leading Distribution Partners, which will debut at next week’s Mipcom TV confab on the French Riviera. Howard Braunstein, Alexandre Coscas, Michael R. Goldstein and Ben C. Silverman are partnering for the