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variety.com - Essie Assibu - At Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia Showcases a Film Industry Built on Collaboration, Capital and Creative Ambition
At Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia Showcases a Film Industry Built on Collaboration, Capital and Creative Ambition
Variety

When Saudi Arabia's Cultural Development Fund gathered filmmakers, producers, investors and entrepreneurs at its Film Future reception during the Red Sea Film Festival, the goal was not simply to celebrate recent progress. Instead, the event was…

broadwayworld.com - Nicole Rosky - NY Governor Kathy Hochul Signs Bills to Boost AI Transparency in the Film Industry
NY Governor Kathy Hochul Signs Bills to Boost AI Transparency in the Film Industry
BroadwayWorld.com

Governor Kathy Hochul today signed first-in-the-nation legislation to protect consumers and boost AI transparency in the film industry. Legislation S.8420-A/A.8887-B requires persons who produce or create an advertisement to identify if it includes…

standard.co.uk - Casey Cooper-Fiske - TV and film performers to vote on industrial action over AI scanning
TV and film performers to vote on industrial action over AI scanning
Evening Standard

TV and film performers are to vote on industrial action over scanning for artificial intelligence (AI). Actors union Equity is to hold the vote – from December 4 to December 18 – on whether members are prepared to refuse to be…

dailymail.co.uk - Christine Rendón - Justin Bieber returns to the bowling alley where he filmed Baby
Justin Bieber returns to the bowling alley where he filmed Baby
Mail Online

Have YOU got a story? Email He was just a teenager when he filmed the music video for Baby in a bowling alley. Now, 15 years later, Justin Bieber has returned to the place where it all started. Bieber, 31, posted video of him revisiting the bowling…

telegraph.co.uk - Liam Kelly - Does Spielberg's new film star real aliens?
Does Spielberg's new film star real aliens?
The Telegraph

Shortly after ET the Extra-Terrestrial was released in 1982, Ronald Reagan hosted a special screening of the film at the White House. Steven Spielberg, the film's director, later recalled that, as the credits rolled, the president stood up and…

theguardian.com - Ryan Gilbey - A stiff dose of 'weak sauce': Paul Dano's best films - ranked!
A stiff dose of 'weak sauce': Paul Dano's best films - ranked!
The Guardian

This disquieting narrative debut from the British director James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) is a kind of minor Cape Fear. Gael García Bernal plays a sociopathic outsider threatening the apparently perfect life of his long-lost preacher…

upi.com - Fred Topel - Deadly Night' star, director say film mixes Christmas, Halloween
Deadly Night' star, director say film mixes Christmas, Halloween
UPI

Rohan Campbell plays Billy Chapman in 'Silent Night, Deadly Night,' in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Cineverse Ruby Modine and Rohan Campbell star in 'Silent Night, Deadly Night,' in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Cineverse Pam (Ruby…

dailymail.co.uk - Ciara Farmer - Heidi Klum cuddles up to a hunk while filming Germany's Next Top Model
Heidi Klum cuddles up to a hunk while filming Germany's Next Top Model
Mail Online

She is one of the world's most famous supermodels. And Heidi Klum proved exactly why on Tuesday as she threw herself into filming Germany 's Next Top Model on Venice Beach in LA. The fashion icon, 52, looked nothing short of sensational in a…

kare11.com - Jamie Rogers - KARE 11 staff share their favorite holiday films.
KARE 11 staff share their favorite holiday films.
kare11.com

MINNEAPOLIS — 'Tis the season for Rudolph guiding Santa's way; Hugh Grant reminding us that love actually is all around; and debating if “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. Whether your gatherings are full of Griswold-level chaos…

hollywoodreporter.com - David Rooney - Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the Best Films of 2025
Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the Best Films of 2025
The Hollywood Reporter

When Steven Soderbergh expressed frustration over the commercial failure of his well-reviewed Black Bag back in March, his comments crystallized one aspect of film-industry anxiety in the post-pandemic years. The spy thriller's box office…

hollywoodreporter.com - McKinley Franklin - Happy Holidays: 20 Kid-Friendly Films for Christmas
Happy Holidays: 20 Kid-Friendly Films for Christmas
The Hollywood Reporter

The Polar Express shares the story of a young boy who finds himself on a journey to the North Pole on a magical train — the Polar Express. A beloved Christmas film, the movie shares the message of believing in the spirit of the holiday. The…

deadline.com - Melanie Goodfellow - Top Saudi Creative Agency Habbar Launches Film Marketing Arm - Red Sea
Top Saudi Creative Agency Habbar Launches Film Marketing Arm - Red Sea
Deadline

One of Saudi Arabia 's best-known creative agencies, Habbar, is getting into cinema. The Riyadh-based company has launched a new initiative bannered Habbar Film Marketing, aimed at connecting both local and international movies with Saudi…

chicagotribune.com - Katie Walsh - Review: 'Ella McCay' is a confounding film from James L. Brooks
Review: 'Ella McCay' is a confounding film from James L. Brooks
Chicago Tribune

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Film fans like to lament, “they don't make them like they used to,” specifically about the kinds of wry, life-affirming dramedies that director James L. Brooks perfected back in the 1980s and…

the-sun.com - Beth Allcock - 80s movie legend looks unrecognizable 38 years after hit film & cosmetic surgery
80s movie legend looks unrecognizable 38 years after hit film & cosmetic surgery
The US Sun

AN EIGHTIES movie legend looked completely unrecognisable 38 years after starring in an iconic chic flick that rocketed her to worldwide fame. The screen queen, now 65, left her fans doing a double take courtesy of her glam look and brunette…

variety.com - Rebecca Rubin - Can Timothée Chalamet Save Indie Film? Inside 'Marty Supreme's' Wild Press Tour
Can Timothée Chalamet Save Indie Film? Inside 'Marty Supreme's' Wild Press Tour
Variety

On a cool October evening, Timothée Chalamet summoned New Yorkers to arguably the least desirable part of Manhattan to preview a movie they wouldn't be able to see until the end of the year. “Show up here. 9pm. I'll show you the first…

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