The Roost Podcast Network Relaunches As Podium & Signs Trisha Paytas Show ‘Just Trish’

EXCLUSIVE: The Roost Podcast Network is relaunching as Podium, a video-first business that debuts with a Trisha Paytas deal in the pocket. The Roost’s parent, talent management and media company Night, has made the move two years after it acquired the podcast business, which now reaches 20 million monthly video and audio impressions and has […]

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BritBox’s ‘Gone’ Is a Masterfully Tense Crime Drama: TV Review

Writer George Kay certainly knows his way around a mystery. The success of his Netflix series “Lupin” and his Apple TV drama “Hijack” (especially the first season) have well proven his abilities. With his latest crime drama, BritBox’s “Gone,” loosely inspired by Julie Mackay and Robert Murphy’s true crime novel, “To Hunt A Killer,” Kay […]

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BritBox’s ‘Gone’ Is a Masterfully Tense Crime Drama: TV Review

Writer George Kay certainly knows his way around a mystery. The success of his Netflix series “Lupin” and his Apple TV drama “Hijack” (especially the first season) have well proven his abilities. With his latest crime drama, BritBox’s “Gone,” loosely inspired by Julie Mackay and Robert Murphy’s true crime novel, “To Hunt A Killer,” Kay […]

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Salaud Morisset Boards Ali Asgari’s ‘A Bit Of Light’ Ahead Of Venice Debut

EXCLUSIVE: Paris and Berlin-based sales company Salaud Morisset has boarded worldwide sales rights to A Bit of Light, the new feature from Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari, ahead of its world premiere in Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Set in contemporary Iran, A Bit of Light follows a disillusioned doctor who loses faith in […]

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International Cinema Union Criticizes Europe’s Approval of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘It Has Based Its Decision on Too Narrow a Scope’

The International Union of Cinemas has criticized the European Commission’s approval of the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, saying the decision was based on “too narrow a scope.” The union, known as UNIC, represents the European theater trade, including cinema associations and operators, across 39 territories. While UNIC welcomed the EC’s requirement for Paramount to cancel film […]

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Emily Watson Joined on Sarajevo Film Festival Jury by Athina Rachel Tsangari, Igor Bezinović, and More

The Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the jury for its main feature competition, which is headed by actress Emily Watson, as previously announced. Joining Watson are filmmakers Athina Rachel Tsangari and Igor Bezinović, actress Sara Klimoska and CEO of the European Film Academy Matthijs Wouter Knol. The winners will be announced on Aug. 21. Tsangari, […]

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European Film Academy Chief Matthijs Wouter Knol & Greek Filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari Join Emily Watson On Sarajevo Film Festival Jury

European Film Academy CEO and Director Matthijs Wouter Knol, Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, director Igor Bezinović and actress Sara Klimoska will all join Emily Watson to head up the Jury of the Competition Program at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival.  Watson, who is coming off the back of playing Mary Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao’s […]

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‘Harry Potter’ Back to Hogwarts 2026 Celebrations Feature ‘Sorcerer’s Stone’ 25th Anniversary Rerelease, New Glimpses of HBO Series

Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled its 2026 “Back to Hogwarts” program, a global celebration marking the 25th anniversary of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” with a weeklong theatrical re-release, live fan events across four global regions and new glimpses of the upcoming HBO Original series. The celebration centers on Sept. 1, the date on […]

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