They may not make the music or mastermind the marketing campaigns, but — duh! — the music business wouldn’t and couldn’t exist without lawyers. The best of them oversee the mega-million deals and catalog sales of superstars, protect the creative work of human beings against AI and other entities that would steal it, prevent young […]
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Venice Biennale chairman Pietrangelo Buttafuoco slammed the European Union at the film festival press conference on Thursday for withdrawing a €2 million ($2.3 million) grant in response to Russia’s participation in the Biennale’s arts exhibition this year. It was the first time the country has returned to the event since the invasion of Ukraine in […]
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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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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 […]
Continue ReadingWriter 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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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 […]
Continue ReadingThe live-action/animated comedy, that almost never saw the light of day, hits theaters on Aug. 28.
Continue ReadingThe 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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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 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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