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Chris Olsen says it wasn’t easy writing his recently released memoir, “I Think My Therapist Hates Me,” but he believes it was worth it. “People say, was it cathartic to write it? No, it felt like I was just kind of like stabbing myself over and over again,” the TikTok star told me Sunday at […]

Tomi Adeyemi said in a new interview with The Guardian that she will “never” turn another one of her books into a movie again after her disastrous experience on the set of “Children of Blood and Bone,” the upcoming film adaptation of her 2018 fantasy novel. The best-selling author went viral in late July when […]

Focus Features has released the trailer for “Elsinore,” the Andrew Scott-led drama from director Simon Stone. The film will be released in theaters on Nov. 20. Written by Stephen Beresford, “Elsinore” is the “deeply emotional and inspirational true story of Ian Charleson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his greatest triumph,” per the official […]

Long-running Australian soap opera “Neighbours” is being recut into short-form vertical video by RoseBerry Media for its Epis (stylized as “epis”) platform — and it’s starting with episodes starring Margot Robbie. Robbie starred as Donna Freedman on the series from 2008 to 2011 before becoming a globally recognized film star. For Epis’ microdrama launch of […]

The network is 100 years old. The commercials, however, are new. NBCUniversal is trying to expand the sponsorship model it used for the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” in 2025 and customize it for its coming celebration of a century of its flagship broadcast network. If sponsors like it, the company will have a […]

OBB Studios is spreading its wings across the pond with the launch of a London office, marking the first international hub for the bustling 10-year-old outfit known for its social media-savvy branded content and longform unscripted fare. The OBB London outpost will be lead by Daisy Domenghini as managing director of OBB Bolded London, the […]

“Minions & Monsters” will be available to stream Oct. 28 on Peacock. The seventh installment of the “Despicable Me” franchise released in theaters July 1 with a voice cast led by Allison Janney, Jeff Bridges and Jesse Eisenberg. Pierre Coffin, the series co-creator and voice of the Minions, and Patrick Delage directed the film, which […]

As the summer begins to wind down in September, Hollywood is just getting started with a new crop of awards season movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Some of the first arrivals for the 83rd annual Italian fest included George Clooney, Laura Dern, Kate Mara, Claire Foy and jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal. At the […]

Veteran publicist Lydia Kanuga, previously of the Chamber Group, Def Jam and Columbia Records, has launched her own firm, When There Are Nine — the name inspired by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s response to the question of when there will be enough women on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kanuga began her career at Columbia […]

Oasis’ highly anticipated documentary “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” which charts the reunion of brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher as they perform together again for the first time in 15 years, has set its Disney+ and Hulu premiere date. The documentary will bow exclusively on the platforms Oct. 9. The streamers will also host new […]

Since hitting an artistic peak with the back-to-back festival triumphs “Head-On” and “Edge of Heaven” in the mid-2000s, German-Turkish auteur Fatih Akin has darted all over the map in genre, style and form — occasionally striking commercially, as with the Diane Kruger thriller “In the Fade” and the local hip-hop biopic “Rhinegold,” without ever matching […]

UFC and Zuffa Boxing promoter Dana White takes the show to England with Zuffa Boxing 11. In the main event, English fighter Johnny Fisher (14-1-0) goes head-to-head against Belgium boxer Michael Pirotton (12-2-0) in a marquee heavyweight match. It’s scheduled for 10 rounds. On Saturday, Sept. 26, Johnny Fisher vs. Michael Pirotton takes place at […]

Krug is pairing Champagne with live music at Larrabee Studios. The luxury Champagne house is opening the doors to one of Los Angeles’ most storied recording studios this month for “The Art of Blending Krug & Sound,” a three-night experience at Larrabee Studios that will turn guests’ tasting notes — or, more precisely, whatever memories, […]

Box-office hit “100 Litres of Gold” – last year’s Finnish Oscar submission – is getting a sequel, downing additional “200 Litres of Gold” as the boozy saga about Finnish beer sahti continues. “In the first one, the sisters were making sahti for their sister’s wedding. Now, they are making it for the Finnish Sahti Championship. […]

Finnish-Somali director Naima Mohamud’s debut feature, “Halima,” was named Best Fiction Project at the Finnish Film Affair. It’s not the first award for the film, which has consistently generated buzz also outside of the country. But it’s the first Finnish feature film directed by a Black woman. Produced by It’s Alive Films, No-Office Films and […]

Roeg Sutherland, co-head of CAA’s media finance department and its international film group, lit a candle of hope at the Zurich Summit this Saturday morning as he spoke about how American audiences are consuming international films and how there is “more money” available than ever before—thanks, in particular, to a rise in private equity. “It […]

The sound of rubber sneakers screeching against hard floor inundates the corridors of a sports center tucked in the suburbs of Zurich. It is then cut by the thudding of a heavy metal door. Tucked in the corner of a four-by-four boxing ring is Anthony Ippolito, wearing a thick cream pullover, a neatly pressed shirt […]

A year after announcing AI actress Tilly Norwood at Zurich Film Festival’s Summit, Particle 6 founder and Norwood creator Eline van der Velden returned to the Swiss event to look back at the backlash her creation has faced since. Asked if she could have ever predicted the furore around Norwood, van der Velden said not […]

Indian devotional film “Hanuman Ansh” has grossed more than $3.5 million outside its home territory since Hombale Films took it to international audiences, and the company behind the blockbuster “K.G.F” and “Kantara” franchises has now detailed how it engineered the run. Written and directed by Vishal Chaturvedi and adapted from his book “Divine Detour: That […]

A very jet-lagged Scarlett Johansson reunited with co-stars Adam Driver and Miles Teller for the New York Film Festival premiere of “Paper Tiger,” which kicked off the festival’s 64th edition. “I’m hallucinating,” said Johansson, who just got off a long international flight, where she’s filming another movie. “It’s 5 in the morning — which is […]