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Leo Chaloukian, Emmy-Winning Sound Designer, Dies at 97
Leo Chaloukian, the Emmy- and Oscar-winning sound designer and former chair of the Television Academy, has died. He was 97. The Television Academy said Chaloukian died Thursday after working in sound design well into his 80s. He first worked at Ryder Sound Service in 1954, becoming an award-winning rerecording mixer and eventually the company’s owner […]
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Chloe Sevigny’s ‘Bonjour Tristesse,’ Kaniehtiio Horn’s ‘Seeds’ Join Toronto Film Fest Lineup
The Chloe Sevigny-starring adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s classic novel Bonjour Tristesse from director Durga Chew-Bose is set to open the 2024 Toronto Film Festival’s Discovery program with a world premiere, organizers said Wednesday. Claes Bang, Lily McInerny and French actress Nailia Harzoune also star in the English-language contemporary take by the Canadian writer-turned-director. TIFF’s Discovery program, which […]
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Digital Creator, Actress Yuri Lamasbella Signs With CAA (Exclusive)
Yuri Lamasbella, a digital creator and actress, has signed with CAA. She started out as a beauty and fashion influencer on YouTube. But Lamasbella went on to secure around 8 million followers on social media platforms, including TikTok, for her viral comedic parodies. Her biggest online viewership is for sketches of the Kardashian family. The […]
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Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis Clash as Cold-Blooded Killers in ‘The Thicket’ Dark Western Trailer
Juliette Lewis and Peter Dinklage are unlikely outlaws, and cruel and bloody killers to boot, in the trailer for Tubi’s dark Western The Thicket, which dropped on Tuesday. “You’re the littlest man I’ve ever seen,” Lewis, who plays violent gang leader Cutthroat Bill, tells Dinklage���s character, crafty bounty hunter Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son […]
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Nacho Vigalondo’s Sci-Fi Romance ‘Daniela Forever’ to Open Toronto Film Fest Platform Competition
Nacho Vigalondo’s Daniela Forever, starring Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding, will open the Toronto Film Festival’s Platform competition program with a world premiere. The Madrid-set sci-fi romancer has Golding playing Nicolas, a man grieving after the sudden death of his girlfriend (Beatrice Grannò) six months earlier and taking part in a clinical trial for a drug that […]
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Peacock Quarterly Loss Narrows to $348M as Subscribers Drop to 33M
Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, grew its second-quarter revenue and narrowed its loss to $348 million from $651 million in the year-ago period, and $639 million in the first quarter of 2024. The streamer ended June with 33 million paying subscribers, compared with 33.5 million as of the end of March, the company […]
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‘Pachinko’ Stars Yuh-Jung Youn, Jin Ha Confront Family and Business Conflict in Season 2 Trailer
A Korean family’s generational struggles with war, forbidden romance and business survival continue in the second season trailer for Apple TV+’s Pachinko, which dropped on Monday. Parallel storylines in the latest series teaser have Minha Kim starting in Osaka, Japan, in 1945 as younger Sunja making dangerous decisions to ensure her family’s war-time survival, before […]
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Sony Pictures Promotes Drew Shearer to CFO
Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted Drew Shearer to executive vp and chief financial officer. He assumes the post on Oct. 1. and will succeed Philip Rowley, who will step down after joining the Hollywood studio as CFO in 2016. Shearer has spent nearly 30 years at Sony, joining the studio in 1996 as director of […]
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AMC Theatres Secures Refinancing Deal to Push Debt Maturities to 2029
AMC Entertainment Holdings has reached a debt refinancing deal that will push up to $2.45 billion of debt maturities from 2026 to 2029 and beyond. The restructuring deal, unveiled Monday, aims to give the movie theater chain breathing room on its balance sheet to pay down an estimated $4.5 billion in long-term borrowings. “This agreement […]
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Warner Bros. Acquires ‘MultiVersus’ Developer Player First Games
Warner Bros. Games has acquired Player First Games, the developer of the recently launched MultiVersus free-to-play platform fighter videogame. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Player First Games, based in Los Angeles, will join Warner Bros. Games and continue to be led by co-founders Tony Huynh, CEO and Chris White, chief technology officer. Huynh and […]
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Angelina Jolie’s ‘Without Blood,’ Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’ Added to Toronto Film Fest Lineup
The Toronto Film Festival has turned up the star power for its 49th edition, having added the latest movies from Alicia Vikander, Lupita Nyong’o, Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek, Lily James and Riz Ahmed. For the Gala section at Roy Thomson Hall, there’s world bows for two music specials: the Andrea Bocelli […]
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Jabari Banks as Will Smith Clashes With Estranged Father, Banks Family in ‘Bel-Air’ Third Season Trailer
Jabari Banks is still a fish out of water in ritzy Los Angeles in the third season trailer for Bel-Air, Peacock’s dramatic take on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990s sitcom that starred Will Smith. “You always told me I was in control of my own destiny,” Banks, who plays Smith’s iconic role in the […]
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