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Roku Rolls Out First Major Home Screen Redesign in Over a Decade
Roku is rolling out its first major home screen redesign in over a decade, rolling out May 27 to all U.S. Roku TVs and devices, with personalized recommendations, a new 'Quick Access' row, and AI-driv
Fox and Access Join Avi Nesher’s ‘Our Loves’ Film
Fox Entertainment Studios and Access Entertainment have partnered as co‑studios on Israeli director Avi Nesher’s new film ‘Our Loves,’ a drama depicting the October 7 tragedy and featuring an ensemble
Sunset Studios Debuts 8,000-Sq-Ft Microdrama Set Hub
Sunset Studios and Knockout Shorts have launched a dedicated microdrama production zone on the Sunset Las Palmas Studios lot in Hollywood, featuring pre-built, pre-lit standing sets designed to stream
Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Fernando Eimbcke’s ‘Olmo’
Greenwich Entertainment has secured U.S. distribution for Fernando Eimbcke’s coming‑of‑age film *Olmo*, slated for a nationwide theatrical rollout on August 7. The film, which debuted at Berlin’s Pano
Global Constellation Secures Rights to Margo Film
Global Constellation, a Vuelta‑owned sales firm, has secured the international sales rights to *The Long Haul*, a road drama starring Emmy‑winner Margo Martindale, ahead of its Tribeca world premiere.
Risk-taking, rigour and radicalism – Daniel Harding is an exciting prospect for Los Angeles
Los Angeles Philharmonic announced that veteran conductor Daniel Harding will take over as music director in 2027, joining a wave of bold leadership changes on the West Coast that also sees the under‑
Kane Parsons Debuts Horror 'Backrooms' with Stars
YouTuber Kane Parsons steps behind the camera for his first feature, the unsettling horror 'Backrooms', which transforms a web‑series premise into a nightmarish labyrinth of memory‑filled spaces. Chiw
Tara Clerkin Trio's 'Somewhere Good' Receives Praise
British trio Tara Clerkin Trio have built a distinctive sound by weaving accidental construction noises into their looping compositions, blending minimalist jazz, avant‑pop and trip‑hop. After a perio
Zinc Media Group to Produce 'Stars of Science' Season 18
U.K. factual outfit Zinc Media Group has been commissioned to produce season 18 of Qatar Foundation's long-running Arab reality show 'Stars of Science,' its first major entertainment commission in the
Apple Debuts 'After the Whistle' Podcast on June 7
Apple is reviving its 'After the Whistle' podcast for a third season, debuting June 7, to deliver multiple weekly recaps of the World Cup matches with hosts Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe.
Anthony Chen Chairs Shanghai Film Festival Jury
While the news cycle tracks U.S. energy tightness, India’s postponed women’s quota, and Taiwan’s stalled weapons deal, Shanghai’s 28th International Film Festival announced a star‑studded, globally di
Biography Shows Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury as Chronicle
A new biography, Trudeau & Doonesbury: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News into Art, traces Garry Trudeau’s half‑century comic strip as a living record of American history. Author Joshua Kendall, after
Mandalorian & Grogu Tops UK/Ireland Box Office with £5.2M
Disney’s ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ topped the UK and Ireland weekend box‑office with a £5.2 million opening, while Universal’s ‘Michael’ and ‘Obsession’ held second and third, and a slate of upcomin
Obama, Piers Morgan, Claire Foy Headline SXSW London
SXSW London has added Piers Morgan, Michelle Obama, Claire Foy, and key House of the Dragon cast and crew to its 2026 speaker lineup, ahead of the June 1-6 festival in east London.
Love Is Blind UK Stars Allege Welfare Leaks to Producers
Two Love Is Blind: UK contestants told Deadline that welfare workers on the Netflix dating show shared confidential disclosures with producers to fuel storylines, intensifying a UK reality TV welfare
‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing
Lucrecia Martel's new documentary "Landmarks" shifts the spotlight from Europe's stalled electrification to Argentina's dark history of Indigenous oppression, chronicling the 2009 killing of leader Ja
Meena Kandasamy's Novel Exposes Deepfake Sex Tape
Amid India’s postponed women’s quota and heightened India‑Pakistan tensions, Meena Kandasamy’s new novel dramatizes how online misogyny weaponizes deepfake technology, exposing cultural undercurrents
Leïla Slimani Joins Prado Residency, Goncourt Laureate
French‑Moroccan author Leïla Slimani spends two weeks at Madrid’s Prado Museum under the Writing the Prado residency, drawing on Goya’s Black Paintings while confronting her family’s trauma and recent
Ciara Miller Rips Amanda Batula at 'Summer House' Reunion
Part 1 of the 'Summer House' Season 10 reunion exploded as Ciara Miller branded ex-friend Amanda Batula 'a snake in the fucking grass' for pursuing West Wilson, who admitted he had another girlfriend
Paddington 4: Armando Iannucci to write bear’s next movie with Thick of It and Veep cowriter
Armando Iannucci, the creator of The Thick of It and Veep, has been tapped to co‑write the fourth Paddington film alongside longtime collaborator Simon Blackwell. Variety reports that director Dougal
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