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Massive Joy Division Boxed Set of Concert Recordings Due in September
Rhino will release "Eternal (Live)" on Sept. 25 — a 14-CD, 2-DVD boxed set compiling audio from 16 Joy Division concerts between March 1979 and May 1980, including previously unreleased and uncirculat
DC Studios, Warner Bros. Unveil Absolute Batman Series
DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation unveiled an 'Absolute Batman' animated series at Annecy, alongside greenlights for adult-skewing 'Joker: Laugh Riot' and a kids-focused Krypto project.
Puppy eyes, sad hair and a big boom box: John Cusack films – ranked!
To mark John Cusack's 60th birthday, a retrospective ranks his film roles — described as ranging from intense to ironic to lovable — highlighting characters like a sympathetic scientist and a peevish
Justin Halpern's Debut Novel 'Get Lost' Out Next Month
Writer and showrunner Justin Halpern, co-showrunner of ABC's 'Abbott Elementary,' discusses his debut novel 'Get Lost' — born on the WGA strike line — and previews a harder-edged Netflix adaptation of
Ghostbusters: Night Shift Unveils Footage at Annecy
The creative team behind Netflix's upcoming animated series "Ghostbusters: Night Shift" debuted first footage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, revealing the show will be set in 199
‘Peppa Pig’ Causes AI Stink: Concern As Beloved Hasbro Series Asks Child Actors To Sign Over Their Voices To Artificial Intelligence
Hasbro is asking child voice actors on Peppa Pig to sign contracts with AI clauses that would allow the company to clone and reuse their voices indefinitely in commercial assets, prompting a nearly 1,
Tartakovsky Sets 'Conan the Barbarian' Series with CN
Genndy Tartakovsky is developing an animated 'Conan the Barbarian' series with Cartoon Network Studios and Prime Video, announced at Warner Bros. Animation's Annecy Studio Focus — marking his return t
ViQueens Animated Viking Film Unveiled at Annecy
Animated Viking adventure 'ViQueens,' featuring voice work by Ella Purnell, Rita Ora, and soccer star Erling Haaland, debuted its first teaser at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival along
Virginie Efira to Receive Locarno's Leopard Club Award
The Locarno Film Festival will honor Virginie Efira with its Leopard Club Award on Aug. 7, shortly after the Belgian-born French actress starred in two Cannes competition films and won an acting prize
Dept. Q Season 2 Adds 10 New Cast, Starts Filming in
Netflix's Edinburgh-set crime series "Dept. Q" has begun filming Season 2, adding 10 new cast members including Aisling Franciosi and Greg Wise alongside returning leads Matthew Goode, Alexej Manvelov
Genre-Bending Stories, Trailblazing Co-Productions Head Annecy’s MIFA Feature Pitches
The MIFA Feature Pitches at the Annecy Animation Festival selected 10 projects from 200+ submissions, spotlighting five standout genre-bending animated features from Peru, India, China-France, and Bra
Elaine May Gets Lincoln Center Career Retrospective
Film at Lincoln Center is mounting a career retrospective on director Elaine May (June 26–July 2), featuring a 4K restoration of her once-maligned 1975 film Mikey and Nicky and a reappraisal of her no
Comcast-Owned Sky Agrees on Terms to Buy ITV’s Broadcast and Streaming Unit (Report)
Sky has agreed on terms to acquire ITV's broadcast and streaming division for £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion), with the deal now in final legal review pending UK regulatory and government sign-off.
Climate Musicals Bloom as Hot Mess Leads Genre
A new wave of musicals tackling the climate crisis is emerging on stages from Edinburgh to New York and the West End, with Hot Mess — which casts Earth and Humanity as star-crossed lovers in a toxic r
Musgraves, Church, Carter Family Headline 19th ACM
The Academy of Country Music has finalized its honoree slate for the 19th annual ACM Honors, set for Aug. 19 at Nashville's Pinnacle, with Kacey Musgraves, Ella Langley, Eric Church, and the Carter Fa
'Baahubali' Animated Film Debuts at Annecy With Global
The 'Baahubali' franchise goes animated with 'The Eternal War – Part 1,' a Franco-Indian-U.K. co-production set for an Annecy Festival work-in-progress unveiling, framed by its creators as a potential
Tate Modern Frida Kahlo Show Reckons With Fridamania
Tate Modern's new exhibition 'Frida: The Making of an Icon' examines the tension between Frida Kahlo's ubiquitous sanitized merchandise and the real, complicated artist — a sharp-tongued, heavy-drinki
Six Spanish Female Animators Unveil Projects at Annecy
Six emerging female animation directors from Spain, including IDFA Audience Award winner Lucija Stojević, will present their latest projects at the Annecy festival on June 25 at the Women in Animation
Salford Lads Club Upgraded to Grade II* Heritage Status
Salford Lads Club, made famous by The Smiths' 1986 album cover, has been upgraded from Grade II to Grade II* on England's heritage list, while a second rare Manchester lads' club was newly listed at G
Millie Bobby Brown Sworn to Secrecy on Eleven's Fate
Millie Bobby Brown revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that she knows what happened to Eleven in the Stranger Things series finale but is bound by a secret pact with the Duffer Brothers never t
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