Magma Cine, Chemistry Unveil Strategic Production Alliance (EXCLUSIVE)
Magma Cine, a pioneering company on the pan-Latin American co-production scene, and top Mexican post-production house Chemistry have sealed a strategic...
YouTube Reveals 2019 Top-Trending Videos, Most-Viewed Music Videos
YouTube is out with its year-in-review lists for 2019, documenting the top videos, trends, creators, musicians, games and more. Leading the list of U.S...
Billie Eilish Nearing Deal With Apple TV+ for R.J. Cutler-Helmed Documentary
Apple is nearing a deal to acquire a yet-untitled Billie Eilish documentary, directed by R.J. Cutler and produced by Interscope Films, a source close ...
Bright Lines: Musicologists Police the Boundaries of Copyright Law
Todd Decker is a music historian who chairs the music department at Washington University in St. Louis. A few years ago, a local attorney called the department ...
ATF: Singapore Looks to 2020 as Prolific Year for Local Movies
Singapore cinema will claim a share of the spotlight at the ongoing Asia TV Forum & Market, where some 80 local media companies are promoting their wares at...
A Wide World of Animated Shorts
A record 92 animated short films have qualified for the 92nd Academy Awards, a list that will be winnowed to 10 contenders when shortlist is announced Dec. 16. Alongside entries such as Sony’s...
Def Leppard Reveal Dates for Stadium Tour With Motley Crue
As previously reported, Def Leppard will undertake a stadium tour this summer with Motley Crue and Poison, and special guest Joan Jett & the Blackhearts have been...
Illinois Judge Sets R. Kelly Trial Date
A Cook County, Ill., judge today set a Sept. 14 trial date for R. Kelly, who is charged in four sexual abuse cases in the area, according to the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago...
Sundance 2020 Lineup Includes Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem Docs
Oscar nominees such as Glenn Close, Viggo Mortensen, Ethan Hawke, and Benedict Cumberbatch will appear alongside newcomers at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,...
Media Investment Firms Snap Up Former Hollywood Execs Set Adrift by Mergers
The shake-out in media and entertainment after a few years of mergers, cost-cutting initiatives and massive restructurings has thrust many experienced ...
Instagram Finally Starts Checking Whether Users Are Actually at Least 13 Years Old
Instagram will finally begin enforcing its policy to allow only users 13 or older to sign up for the service in most countries — or, at any...
AEG Presents Promotes Debra Rathwell to Executive VP of Global Touring and Talent
AEG Presents announced today that Debra Rathwell has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Global Touring and Talent. The appointment was...
NENT Group Aiming to Ramp Up International Slate
With studios in the U.S. and the U.K., the Scandinavian major NENT Group is becoming ever more global with Filippa Wallestam, who became COO of the company and heads up...
Netflix Animated Pics Draw From Heart to Hand
In a field dominated by CGI-animated studio sequels, Netflix has turned a spotlight this awards season on traditional hand-drawn animation with two very different movies. Aimed at...
The Best Films of 2019
Looking back, 2019 was a year in which Netflix followed up the history-making performance of “Roma” at the Oscars with the release of Martin Scorsese’s mega-budget “The Irishman,” when Marvel’s...
Listen: How One Talent Agency Is Surviving the Writers Guild Standoff
When Abrams Artists Agency signed the Writers Guild’s Code of Conduct last month, it was an acknowledgement that the impasse between the WGA and talent...
Elliot Grainge, Son of Music Industry Titan Lucian Grainge, Is Forging His Own Path
Label heads are not an uncommon sight at West Hollywood’s Soho House, but judging by the surreptitious security guard who trails us discreetly ...
Why Baby Yoda Unequivocally, Unfortunately Rules (Column)
I don’t know what I expected from “The Mandalorian,” but it sure wasn’t falling in obsessive puppy love with a tiny mint green creature whose favorite pastime is...
The Best TV Shows of 2019
As TV keeps transforming into different shapes and multiplying beyond basic cable’s wildest dreams, distinguishing the best of the best becomes an ever more complicated process. But after months of...
Melissa Leo, Paul Feig Set Projects at Fox
Fox Entertainment has set up a pair of projects with Lionsgate and BBC Studio — one drama and one comedy. Oscar winner Melissa Leo will star in the drama project, “Silent Witness,”...
Female Filmmakers and Actors Discuss Creating Intimacy on a Safe Set
Everything was so glamorous and cool,” sighs “Hustlers” star Constance Wu of the last lucrative night her character spends working in the strip club before...
BET Orders Miniseries on Hip-Hop Label Uptown Records
BET is exploring the story behind Andre Harrell’s iconic hip-hop record label, Uptown Records. The network has ordered a three-part miniseries titled “Uptown,” with Harrell ...
Streamers Make Positive Impact on Docs, but Filmmakers Keep Eye on Theatrical Future
It is the best of times and, arguably, the trickiest of times when it comes to the documentary industry. There’s no doubt that 2018 was a...
New York Film Critics Circle Announces 2019 Winners
The New York Film Critics Circle will be announcing its yearly awards Wednesday morning. The 85th ceremony will be held Jan. 7 at the New York Film Critics’ annual gala. Last ...
