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Amazon Launches Faster Fire TV Stick 4K, Adds Alexa+ Hub
Amazon rolled out a faster Fire TV Stick 4K, a redesigned tactile remote, and a new Alexa+ hub for smarter content recommendations across its streaming platform.
World Soundtrack Awards Integrates With Film Fest Ghent
The World Soundtrack Awards' Film Music Days will run alongside Film Fest Ghent for the first time in its 26-year history, running Oct. 8-10 to deliberately foster filmmaker-composer collaboration thr
‘NAZA’ Beats ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ to Top Italian Box Office
The Gaza documentary "NAZA" debuted at No. 1 at the Italian box office, grossing roughly €1.1 million ($1.2 million) over Monday and Tuesday and tripling the take of Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame Encore
Netflix Renews Indian Reality Breakout ‘Lock Upp’ For Second Season
Netflix has ordered a second season of its Indian reality hit 'Lock Upp: Sach Yaa Sazaa' after the celebrity jail-based competition amassed 50 million hours viewed in a month and topped Netflix's TV c
The Swan Contestants: 'Ultimately, We Were Just a Job'
A new Hulu documentary, 'The Swan: Behind the Mirror,' revisits the notorious 2004 Fox reality show through interviews with its 32 contestants, who describe being isolated without mirrors, subjected t
Renoir and Love Hailed as Year's Happiest Exhibition
A new exhibition titled "Renoir and Love" at the National Gallery has been declared "the happiest exhibition of the year" by a leading critic, who argues the show recasts Pierre-Auguste Renoir as the
Straight Men Read Romance — And Keep It Quiet
Straight men who read romance novels describe the genre as offering emotional liberation from conventional masculinity, yet remain largely invisible — men make up just 4% of Mills & Boon sales — with
Chad Lowe's daughter Fiona dies at 13
US actor Chad Lowe and his wife, producer Kim Painter, are mourning the death of their 13-year-old daughter Fiona, releasing a statement describing her as 'the light of our lives' and asking for praye
Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist: Miéville, Williams Among Six
The £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize, which honors fiction that 'breaks the mould' of the novel form, has shortlisted six titles including China Miéville's 1,200-page epic 'The Rouse' and the Booker-longliste
True Brit Entertainment Files for Administration
True Brit Entertainment, the U.K. film distributor founded by Zygi Kamasa less than three years ago to focus exclusively on British theatrical titles, has filed for administration, blaming 'extremely
‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Shocker: Actor Reflects On Death Of OG Character Who “Went In The Very Best Way”
Ted Lasso Season 4's penultimate episode, titled "Mae Rides The Bus" and now streaming on Apple TV, hints at a farewell to a beloved character who has been part of the series since Season 1.
Thunberg Denounces Western Sahara Occupation at Zurich Premiere
Greta Thunberg made a surprise appearance at the Zurich Film Festival to support the documentary 'My Home of Wind and Sand,' condemning global inaction on Western Sahara's occupation and calling for u
SKF advert review – let’s hope this dull AI Greta Garbo is not the future
SKF has released a 99-second TV ad built around an AI-generated likeness of Greta Garbo, prompting a scathing Guardian review that calls the result a 'Stepford robo-star' and warns about AI resurrecti
Sorkin Explains Social Reckoning Reshoots, Trump Omission
Aaron Sorkin is breaking his silence on 'The Social Reckoning' ahead of its Oct. 9 release, explaining that the reshoots were quality-driven rather than damage control and that omitting Trump's name w
Wicked Stars Reveal Song Secrets
Stars of Wicked reflect on the emotional and creative journeys behind their favorite songs from the musical, revealing personal connections, pivotal changes, and behind-the-scenes evolutions in the sh
Final Payment, Congo Boy Win Top Prizes at Pingyao Festival
The Pingyao International Film Festival crowned Chinese director Niu Niu's Final Payment as Best Film in its Fei Mu Awards and Rafiki Fariala's Congo Boy as Best Film in its Roberto Rossellini Awards,
Fiona Lowe, Daughter of Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, Dies at 13
Fiona Hepler Lowe, the 13-year-old daughter of actor Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, has died, the family confirmed to People magazine on Tuesday in a statement expressing their devastation.
'Final Payment' Wins Best Film at Pingyao Festival
Niu Niu's "Final Payment" and Dong Jie's "Zoom In, Zoom Out" each took two prizes at the 10th Pingyao International Film Festival, with Rafiki Fariala's "Congo Boy" winning the top international honor
Tom Cruise Revives 'Risky Business' Dance on Hudson Show
Tom Cruise revived his iconic 'Risky Business' dance — black Ray-Ban sunglasses included — during a walk through 'The Jennifer Hudson Show's' Spirit Tunnel, the latest stop on the press tour for his u
Thunderbirds: The Optimistic Vision Behind the Puppets
A retrospective on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1965 puppet series Thunderbirds traces its strikingly optimistic vision of humanity to a real German mine disaster that trapped 50 men — and reveals how
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