This year’s Cannes Film Festival could use a few extra flares, France’s largest energy workers’ union has warned. As part of ongoing protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s hugely unpopular pension reform, the Fédération National des Mines et de l’Energie has announced it will pull the plug on several major events scheduled to take place in […]
Sienna Miller on learning Meryl Streep was in Extrapolations – The Hollywood Reporter
Sienna Miller recalls the moment she found out she would be working with Meryl Streep on Apple TV+ series . during her performance The Tonight Show Friday evening that Anatomy of a Scandal The actress told Jimmy Fallon that she originally received an email from creator Scott Z. Burns asking to sign up for the […]
Armin van Buuren’s Armada Launches Dance Music Fund Beat With Arty Deal – The Hollywood Reporter
Independent dance label Armada Music – founded in 2003 by Dutch trance DJ and producer Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and manager and agent David Lewis – has launched Beat (for Best Tracks Ever Acquired), a dance music investment company called. The fund, backed by US-based Pinnacle Financial Partners, plans to invest $100 million over […]
Netflix ‘Beef’ under fire for silence – The Hollywood Reporter
beef premiered on Netflix on April 6 to near-universal acclaim (98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes). Critics and viewers alike raved about the dark comedy series’ bold but nuanced story about two strangers caught up in an escalating blood feud and the magnetic performances of stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. But less than two weeks […]
Scientists, Stars Join Hollywood – The Hollywood Reporter
The Breakthrough Prize ceremony, which honors “scientists who are changing the world” with substantial cash prizes, took place in Hollywood on Saturday night for the first time, having previously been held in San Francisco – and the world’s top innovators were surrounded by more stars, than you can see in a telescope. The ninth edition […]
HBO trolls Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ with ‘Game of Thrones’ Max Ad – The Hollywood Reporter
The non-war between HBOs house of the dragon And The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power seemingly just gone to a whole new level of passive aggression. Online ads released today for Warner Bros. Discovery’s (formerly HBO Max) rebranded Max streaming service feature a royal Daenerys Targaryen game of Thrones on the Iron […]
Peacock Streaming Service is Coming to Meta’s Oculus VR Headsets – The Hollywood Reporter
Peacock enters the Metaverse. NBCUniversal-owned streaming service and Meta Platforms Inc. announced Wednesday that Peacock will be available in the Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets starting today. Bringing Peacock to Meta’s VR platform is part of a larger, previously announced partnership between the companies, under which NBCUniversal will bring a suite of interactive […]
Paramount Plus, Formula 1 in advertising partnership – The Hollywood Reporter
In their quest to connect with existing fans and scout for new followers, Paramount Global’s streaming service Paramount+ and Liberty Media’s Formula 1 Circuit are looking to step on the gas with a promotional partnership for the 2023-2024 season, inclusive Circuit branding, digital sponsorships and plans for Paramount+ series, films and characters to “take center […]
Lil Dicky on FX’s Dave, Season Three, Music Career – The Hollywood Reporter
“I feel like I’m the comedic voice of my generation,” says Dave Burd before so much as our water glasses are filled. Then he hesitates, recognizing how a declaration so seemingly hyperbolic might be interpreted. “You’ll read it and be like, ‘This guy’s out of his mind,’ ” he says, “and, really, I don’t mean […]
Brad Pitt and the Charity Mess That’s Left Katrina Victims Stranded – The Hollywood Reporter
For the impacted homeowners of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, the August 2022 announcement that they were one step closer to being made whole — with relief coming in the form of a $20.5 million settlement — was long past due. Hurricane Katrina made landfall 17 years earlier, devastating their neighborhood. But that was just […]
