Set to open on Feb. 7, the Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival enters its 39th year with high stakes. Organizers must re-create past successes while forging new paths to keep proceedings fresh, keeping their eye on a mission to education while celebrating the power of
Grindr, the ubiquitous LGBTQ hookup app that continues to expand into original content, will launch a new sex-focused podcast with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum Katya Zamolodchikova. “Who’s The Asshole?” is billed as a provocative look at love and sex, offering an “unfiltered and judgment-free space
Three big media players — Disney/ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery — have huddled up to create what some are already calling “Hulu for Sports.” The joint venture, currently pegged to launch in the fall of 2024, will include ESPN+, plus streaming feeds of
Tom March has been named chairman-CEO of Capitol Music Group, the company announced today (Feb. 7). The announcement was made by John Janick, chairman-CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, to whom March will report. The move comes just a day after former chairman-CEO Michelle Jubelirer
Celine Song is reuniting with A24 for her second feature following her breakout directorial debut “Past Lives,” with an A-list cast in talks to star. Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans are in talks to lead the romantic comedy “Materialists,” which reteams Song with
“The Sweet East” is on the road again, this time heading across the pond for a theatrical release via Utopia, which has acquired the drama’s U.K. rights. Marking celebrated cinematographer Sean Price Williams’ feature debut, “The Sweet East” stars Talia Ryder, Ayo Edebiri, Jacob Elordi,
Films by Polish auteurs Krzysztof Kieślowski, Walerian Borowczyk and Michał Waszyński form the classics strand of the 22nd Kinoteka Polish Film Festival in London. The festival will screen Kieślowski’s Berlin winner “Camera Buff” (1979), where a factory worker’s passion for 8mm film takes over his
It’s been a big year for America Ferrera: The “Barbie” star just received her first Academy Award nomination, and her directorial debut is now in development at Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures. Now, the actor, producer and author is being honored by the University of