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This week’s cover story: Sex, Love and War: How the Racy Gay Epic ‘La Bola Negra’ Could Win Netflix’s First Best Picture Oscar

RT @bristei: Dave Jorgenson is making a bid to jump from convincing Washington Post readers to interact with short form video to luring YouTube fans to watch longer-form material. Which job is harder?

Connor Storrie in Talks to Play Villain Opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel's 'Ghost Rider'

Barry Keoghan Undergoes Skin-Tightening Cosmetic Treatment in Video Posted Months After He Called Out Online Abuse Over 'How I Look'

Oscars Will 'Always' Reward Human Excellence in AI Era, Academy Chiefs Say as They Leave Door Open to International Feature Rule Tweaks (EXCLUSIVE)

RT @aherman2006: netflix docuseries THE ONE ABOUT MATTHEW PERRY doesn't reveal much perry hadn't already disclosed himself, but drives home the gravity of his loss:

Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison by a Tehran court: • The new ruling, according to his lawyer, is separate from a previous one-year prison sentence • The court also ordered the confiscation of Panahi’s assets and imposed two-year bans on social media use and travel

Amy Poehler Tells Noah Wyle ‘The Pitt’ Needs More Romance: If You’re ‘Gonna Show the Guts, You Gotta Show Some Butts’

RT @MarlowNYC: Errol Morris, who shot the early Theranos ads, reveals he's sitting on a secret two-hour Elizabeth Holmes interview that he wants to release: "I did film a two-hour interview with her, which is not very well-known if it is known at all... I am sincerely interested in putting that out as an unedited film."

Elmo Is Going as Meryl Streep's Evil Fashion Editor Miranda Priestly for Halloween This Year

Melanie Lynskey is set to star in the limited series “Mushroom Murders,” which has been greenlit at Paramount+. The show is based on the now-infamous case of Erin Patterson, the Australian woman who was convicted on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder after allegedly preparing food for guests containing toxic death cap mushrooms. The show will depict the 97 days between the meal and Patterson’s arrest.

Danielle Harris Documentary Set About Her Career as a Child Star, 'Halloween' Scream Queen (EXCLUSIVE)

Jafar Panahi Now Faces a Five-Year Prison Term in New Ruling on Top of His Previous One-Year Conviction

Melanie Lynskey to Play Erin Patterson in 'Mushroom Murders' Limited Series at Paramount+

Rick Caruso has remained one of L.A.’s most prominent political figures, even after bowing out of a second run for mayor this year. Now he is preparing to unveil a memoir, “Breaking New Ground,” which will offer behind-the-scenes political dealings and lessons from a life spent in the midst of civic crises. The book is out on Jan. 26. “I enjoy dealing with complex problems and breaking things apart and putting them back together,” Caruso told Variety. The former L.A. mayoral candidate says the book aims to convey “a state of mind of how you get through difficult decisions.”

Bunny Levine's Final Film 'Omi' Premieres at Austin Film Festival - Watch the Trailer - Film News in Brief

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker sued conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday, alleging that Jennings had defamed him by misconstruing a quote to make it sound like Piker endorsed lynchings.

Joy Behar returned to “The View” after nearly a month away, revealing that a backstage fall left her with a dislocated shoulder and pain she described as “worse than childbirth”: “I missed you all, too, that’s why I came back today. I fell bad. I mean, I went down hard in this building, and I dislocated my shoulder.”

“Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie is in talks to play the villain opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel’s “Ghost Rider” movie. Shawn Levy is directing the Marvel movie, from a script by “Star Wars: Starfighter” screenwriter Jonathan Tropper. “Ghost Rider” is slated to release in 2028.

Tokyo Opener ‘Sukiyaki’ Director Zeze Takahisa on the Protest Roots of a Global Japanese Pop Hit: ‘The Culture Used to Be Wide Open – Now It’s Become ...

Joy Behar Returns to 'The View' After Nearly a Month Away: 'I Dislocated My Shoulder' and the Pain Was 'Worse Than Childbirth'

Connor Storrie in Talks to Play Villain Opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel's 'Ghost Rider'

Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quote

Dave Jorgenson Jumped From Short-Form Video at The Washington Post to Long-Form Video on YouTube. Which Task is Harder?

RT @ZSharf: Jennifer Lawrence denies starting her new haircare brand Mes is for financial stability amid a rapidly-changing Hollywood. “A smarter exit plan would be signing up for a big franchise. Starting a new company to get rich feels like jumping off a cruise ship to land on a door.”

Horror Film ‘The Land of Jinn’ Is First Indonesia-Kyrgyzstan Co-Production, Unveiled at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

Rick Caruso Stays in the L.A. Conversation With Memoir of a Life Spent Building Businesses and Handling Crises

Kevin Bleyer, an award-winning writer who worked on “The Daily Show” and “Politically Incorrect,” died Sunday in a car accident in Millrift, Pennsylvania. He was 54. His family said the accident occurred on a rural road where he had a country home.

“The One About Matthew Perry” director Mary Robertson opens up about the challenges of earning the trust of the late actor’s loved ones for the Netflix documentary: “I understand that Matthew’s life was harvested for content by tabloids for many, many, many years, and his friends and his loved ones were fiercely protective of Matthew. That was their trained response, and a completely understandable one. They’d never met me before, so we had to, through time and through experience, come to a place where they believed that my intentions were correct by them.”

Sosie Bacon is set for a lead role in the upcoming MGM+ series "The Black Tapes." Bacon will star in the series alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The show is based on the hit horror podcast of the same name and will begin production on its eight-episode first season in January in Vancouver.

Kevin Bleyer, Emmy-Winning 'Daily Show' Writer, Dies at 54 in Car Accident

Variety Nominated for 62 Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

Sophia Bush on Choosing Experiences to Share in Her Book — and Which She Wrote About and Never Published

“Crystal Lake” has become Peacock’s fourth-most-watched scripted original series of all time, racking up 1.3 billion minutes viewed in 11 days.

Prosthetic makeup artist Kazu Hiro breaks down how he created Tom Cruise’s prosthetic belly for "Digger": "Under the suits, we made spandex and glued down prosthetics on it because he didn’t want to glue it (the prosthetic belly) on him. I said, 'Are you sure? This is going to be heavy and hard to wear?' He said, 'Yes, I’m trained and can handle it. So he started to wear that.'"

RT @ZSharf: One week after revealing she was misdiagnosed with MS, Christina Applegate speaks out with a promise to the MS community: “Even though I don’t have this disease... I’m still your warrior, and I’m still going to speak out on your behalf forever and ever."

'Crystal Lake' Hits 1.3 Billion Minutes Watched in 11 Days, Becoming Peacock's No. 4 Scripted Debut Ever

'Reacher,' 'Neagley,' 'Lioness' Give Paramount TV Studios Three of September's Four Most-Streamed Original Series

Errol Morris was hired by Elizabeth Holmes in 2015 to shoot a series of notorious ads for Theranos that depicted her staring wide-eyed into the camera. Morris exclusively reveals to Variety that he actually conducted a two-hour interview with Holmes that he’s contemplating releasing in the wake of "You Can See Everything."

Charades Boards Basketball Drama 'Import' From Cannes Alum Paul Shkordoff Ahead of AFM (EXCLUSIVE)

Sophia Bush says she’d be open to joining “The Hunting Wives” because “Brittany [Snow] and I in ‘John Tucker Must Die’ were everyone’s gay awakening.” “How dow do we figure it out? Of course I would be thrilled, and I’m also such a fan that I’m like I don’t know if I would want the spoilers!”

Politico Plans Live Video Coverage of Midterm Elections

Christina Applegate Tells MS Community 'I'm Still Your Warrior' After Being Misdiagnosed: 'I’m Going to Speak Out on Your Behalf Forever'

Amelia Dimoldenberg‘s “Chicken Shop Date” is coming to movie theaters to screen its final episode after 12 years. Dimoldenberg is holding a one-night-only event on Nov. 24 at cinemas in the U.K., Ireland and Paris. All six episodes of the final series — which so far includes interviews with Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, Role Model and Jorja Smith — will be screened together in one “cinematic experience,” per a press release, featuring exclusive new material. The screening will culminate with the final unreleased episode, giving fans a chance to see it before it drops on YouTube Nov. 27.

A court has denied Danny Masterson's appeal of his 2023 conviction on rape charges, upholding the verdict and his 30-year prison sentence. In an 89-page ruling, a three-judge panel rejected each of Masterson’s arguments, including the claim that the trial judge was biased against Scientology.

Ancestral Memory Meets AI in Himalayan Drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

Billy Bob Thornton Examines Mayflower Voyage in Fox Nation Documentary Series

Amelia Dimoldenberg's Final 'Chicken Shop Date' Series to Screen in Theaters

Television Academy Foundation Pacts With Best Buy to Launch Production Assistant Training Program for Los Angeles Area High School Students

Punk Band Guitar Wolf Rocks Back Into Takeuchi Tetsuro’s ‘Wild Zero Overdrive’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

“Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” the blockbuster French animated series, is gearing up for a global rollout of its seventh season across Disney, France’s TF1 and Brazil’s Globo. In the U.S. and Latin America, the new season will debut on Disney Channel on Nov. 20 before launching on Disney+ the following day.

Sosie Bacon Joins Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in 'Black Tapes' Series at MGM+

Errol Morris has a secret, two-hour Elizabeth Holmes interview that he's thinking about releasing. "It gives you a comparison of Elizabeth before and Elizabeth after, which I think is interesting in and of itself... what interests me is: To what extent was she self-deceived? To what extent did she believe in her own bullshit?... I keep wondering about the psychology of self-deception because part of me believes that she believes in Theranos and that she could achieve the results as promised."

Barry Keoghan's skin-tightening cosmetic treatment video is going viral months after the actor called out online abuse over "how I look." "Every time I come in, it’s very relaxing and therapeutic. I feel better about myself. I look better. I think it’s important to look after yourself inside and outside," Keoghan says in the video of himself undergoing treatment that uses radio-frequencies to tighten the skin and renew collagen in the face and neck.

'Every Contact Leaves a Trace' Director on Why She Hired a Detective: 'I’m Trying to Reconstruct a Life Story'

Christina Applegate vows to keep fighting for the MS community after being misdiagnosed with the disease. "Even though I don’t have this disease, I’ve fallen in love with everyone that we know, our listeners, our friends that have MS. I’m still your warrior, and I’m still going to speak out on your behalf forever and ever. Despite not having MS. I still feel like part of this community. No matter what, I love you." Applegate is now facing symptoms of an undiagnosed illness, explaining: "I actually timed it today, it took me 10 minutes to be able to move off my pillow and get out of the bed and stand up, at which point I almost couldn’t walk to the bathroom, and now a walker is sitting next to my bed because of what’s going on. I don’t know what’s going on. This is what I’m still living with, and I never had that before. I was able to sit up and stuff.” (via "MesSy")

HBO is developing a series reboot of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film “The Birds,” with Sarah Snook in the lead role. The official logline states: “Escaping a bitter custody battle, Myra Massey (Snook) returns home with her young daughter, secretly probing a childhood friend’s suspicious disappearance. With a killer on the loose and personal threats mounting, Myra fights to protect her daughter against a terrifying new menace: vicious, deadly bird attacks inexplicably tied to the crime.”

Danny Masterson Loses Appeal of Rape Conviction

Acrobatic Pastor’s Secret Obsession Drives Boo Junfeng’s ‘Trinity’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

Errol Morris Is Sitting on a Secret Elizabeth Holmes Interview (EXCLUSIVE)

'Until the Day Ends' Review: Two People Connect Across a Political Divide in a Striking Serbian Youth Drama

Trump Says 'Artificial Intelligence' Is 'a Very Bad and Inaccurate Name,' and That He Wants to Officially Ban the Term 'AI'

'The Birds' Reboot: Sarah Snook to Lead HBO Series Take on Hitchcock Classic

As NFL Expands Globally, Marriott Bonvoy Taps Cooper Kupp, Jerry Rice and More for City Travel Guides

‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Director on Gaining His Sister's Trust, Explaining How He Died and More

‘Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir’ Sets Global Season 7 Rollout on Disney, TF1 and Globo

RT @ZSharf: Errol Morris, who directed Theranos ads in 2015, reveals to @MarlowNYC that he has a secret two-hour interview with Elizabeth Holmes. "To what extent was she self-deceived? To what extent did she believe in her own bullshit? ... I keep wondering about the psychology of self-deception because part of me believes that she believes in Theranos and that she could achieve the results as promised."

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s “You Can See Everything” has been ruled ineligible for top prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards. The movie can only compete in the outstanding directorial achievement in documentary category.

TV and broadband provider Virgin Media is going to pay one winning candidate almost $900 to play #GTA6 for eight hours and share their “honest” review of the game on social media. The winner also will get a free copy of the video game. Virgin Media is accepting applications through Nov. 15 for the gig, requiring applicants to explain why they deserve to get the job. The catch? The promotion is being sponsored by Virgin Media Ireland, and the offer is open only to residents of the Republic of Ireland.

Donald Trump says "artificial intelligence" is a very bad and inaccurate name" and wants to replace it with "super intelligence." "In short order, we will be officially BANNING the term, ‘AI/Artificial Intelligence,’ in all relevant documents, and everything else, due to its inaccuracy. Thank you for your attention to this matter."

'Nobody Wants This' Season 3 Opens With 6.2 Million Views in Four Days

“Nobody Wants This” Season 3 reached 6.2 million views in its first four days of streaming on Netflix. This marks a decrease from previous seasons: Season 1 debuted with 10.3 million views in 2024, while Season 2 opened with 8.6 million views in 2025.

Japanese Producers Drive Tokyo Market Growth as Exhibition Space Sells Out

Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred opposite Rock Hudson in “McMillan & Wife” and Jane Curtin in the CBS sitcom “Kate & Allie,” died Monday at 80 years old after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Saint James’ family described her as someone “generous with her time and energy, which she valued more than money, and instinctively drawn to whoever needed lifting up. She taught her children to pause, be kind and look out for other people. She never met a stranger. Every person she met became the most important person in the room at that moment, from a fellow board member to the clerk at the shoe store, who usually walked away knowing her entire life story.” (via People)

Netflix Grapples With Digital-Ad Squeeze Amid Widening Glut of Streaming Commercials

Kevin Delaney Takes Role as NBC News' Head of Digital Content and Subscription

Fox and Endemol Shine Team to Adapt 'Fear Factor' as a Scripted Microdrama Series for My Drama App

Elmo is dressing up as Meryl Streep’s iconic “The Devil Wears Prada” character Miranda Priestly for Halloween. Watch the full video reveal of the costume: