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AFI Awards Kicks Off Important Weekend As Final Oscar Voting Looms With Early Deadline – Notes On The Season
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. We are getting down to the wire and this weekend could do much to clarify the true state of...
John Travolta, Mandy Patinkin & Dermot Mulroney Lead Roland Joffé’s JFK Thriller ‘November 1963’; K5 International Aboard For EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar nominee John Travolta (Pulp Fiction), Emmy and Tony winner Mandy Patinkin (Homeland), and SAG nominee Dermot Mulroney (August Osage County) have been set to headline JFK...
U.S. Job Growth Slowed In January; Slight Gains In Entertainment Business Employment
Job growth slowed in January to 143,000 positions, with the unemployment rate ticking down to 4%. The latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offer a picture of...
Jurassic World Immersive Attraction Unveiled In Bangkok For Q2 2025
A Jurassic World immersive attraction will open in Bangkok in the second quarter of this year, marking the franchise’s first stand-alone immersive attraction in Southeast Asia. Costing 1.2 billion...
International Insider: ‘Emilia’s Awards Chances…; EFM Deals; German Diversity Debate
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here penning the newsletter after another busy week. Read on. And sign up here. ‘Emilia’s Awards Chances… Netflix A week is a long time:...
The extraordinary evolution of Super Bowl halftime shows
We don’t know exactly how Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance will look, but we do know it will be spectacular. It’s become an annual tradition for one of...
‘Epic — The Life & Times Of David Lean’ Begins Production; Assemble Media Boards Sky Doc
EXCLUSIVE: Cameras are rolling on Epic — The Life & Times of David Lean, with Assemble Media boarding the documentary. The Sky Arts feature comes from director Barnaby Thompson...
Deva Cassel, Julien De Saint Jean & Romain Duris Set For ‘Twilight’-Inspired, French ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ Adaptation; SND Launching At EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Deva Cassel (Netflix’s The Leopard), Julien De Saint Jean (The Count Of Monte Cristo) and Romain Duris (Heartbreaker) are set to co-star in a contemporary, French-language version of Gaston...
Kiefer Sutherland & Rebel Wilson Set For Sky Original ‘Tinsel Town’ — EFM
Kiefer Sutherland (Designated Survivor) and Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids) have boarded the Sky and Future Artists Entertainment flick Tinsel Town. The film is now in production on location across the...
Simple House Films Launches Int’l Sales Unit With Adam Green’s Survival Thriller ‘The Ascent’ – EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Addam Bramich, Ryan Hamilton and Volodymyr Artemenko’s production banner Simple House Films is launching an international sales arm at the EFM. The new division is headed by Anastazja...
