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Fresh off of releasing the music video for “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA have notched an eighth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with the track. With its eighth week, “Luther” ties 24kGoldn’s “Mood” for the second-longest Hot 100 topper for rap songs this decade, only behind Roddy Ricch’s “The Box.” That song held the […]

Industry animation and VFX studios are continue to announce hires from units of the former Technicolor, which collapsed in February amid financial difficulties. Paris-headquartered Technicolor was the parent company of VFX giant MPC, commercial VFX studio The Mill, Mikros Animation and Technicolor Gaming. It’s closure affected thousands of artists around the world. Among the recent deals, […]

Alex Schulman, the bestselling book author of “Burn All My Letters” and “Survivors” is set to make his feature debut with “Once in the Archipelago” with a strong cast headlined by Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer”), Fares Fares (“Chernobyl”) and Linus Wahlgren (“Partisan”). “Once in the Archipelago” is produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden with […]

Soon you’ll be able to watch A24’s Oscar-winning epic “The Brutalist” from the comfort of your own home, personal library or other architectural wonder. Directed by Brady Corbet and starring best actor winner Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” will begin streaming on Max on May 16. It will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, May 17, […]

Soleil Moon Frye knew Aaron Carter when he was just a teenager. “He was just this vivacious, bubbly, bright, beautiful light,” she says of the late singer. When she met Angel Carter Conrad, Aaron’s twin, a few years ago, they connected quickly. “She had already lost two of her siblings and her father, and in […]

Italian composer Paolo Buonvino delved deep into the musical heritage of his native Sicily to create the score for Netflix’s sumptuous “The Leopard” series, which has been steadily gaining global fans since dropping in March. The high-end period piece, which marks the streamer’s biggest splash in Italy so far, is a modern take on the classic […]

Jack Rooke has seen at least two U.S. producers reduced to tears in the middle of meetings. Best known for the BAFTA-winning “Big Boys” — his acclaimed semi-autobiographical sitcom that straddles both out-and-out hilarity and serious matters such a grief, loss, sexuality and mental health — the British comedian and writer has been visiting L.A. […]

Leslie Odom Jr. is returning to the room where it happened. The actor will reprise his Tony-winning role in “Hamilton” as Aaron Burr for a limited run from Sept. 9 through Nov. 23. The announcement comes as “Hamilton” celebrates its 10th anniversary on Broadway. “Returning to ‘Hamilton’ is a deeply meaningful homecoming,” said Odom. “I’m so grateful […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Alongside a tide of pensioner rallies and a workers strike that crippled a day’s transportation, the 26th edition of the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (Bafici) managed another explosive set of diverse screenings and industry discussions that wrapped on April 13, after 13 days of cinematic indulgence. An awards ceremony, […]

CASTING COMPLETE Full casting has been unveiled for “Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical,” the English-language musical adaptation of Bollywood blockbuster “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” ahead of its U.K. premiere at Manchester Opera House on May 29. Previously announced leads Jena Pandya (“Bhangra Nation,” “Mamma Mia”) as Simran and Ashley Day (“An American […]