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Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5 million for new fund targeting AI in pharma.

Family friendly franchise “Air Bud” returns to theaters in January with “Air Bud Returns,” while the team behind the hit canine adventures is bringing international sales and licensing back in-house after 15 years of major studio partnerships across more than 22 films and four series with Disney and Netflix. The team will be at AFM […]

UPDATED with new trailer: Netflix on Friday released a new trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, the David Fincher-directed follow-up to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood spotlighting Brad Pitt’s stuntman Cliff Booth. Tarantino wrote the screenplay but decided against helming the pic, which is now gearing for its November 25

Cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.

Nine Inch Nails principals and veteran film composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are once again teaming up to provide the score for David Fincher’s new film “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth,” marking their sixth collaboration with Fincher on one of his movies. News of Reznor and Ross’ score was revealed on the poster […]

Hollywood Ventures Group — the film production outfit and consultancy co-founded by former Amazon MGM Studios executive Glenn S. Gainor and industry veteran Sandy Climan — has boarded the documentary short “Green Lava,” the first Vatican-produced film to be submitted to the Oscars. Gainor, Climan, Nelly Kim and Nabeel Laher are joining John Shufeldt MD […]

No surprise here, but the No. 2 and No. 3 exhibitors, Regal and Cinemark, won’t be playing Netflix’s Quentin Tarantino penned Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow-up, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth when it opens on Wednesday, Nov. 25. That’s because the movie, which is getting a two-week exclusive run in Imax, is […]

We wondered what on earth we’d let ourselves in for. A guided food tour soon turned our apprehension into delight with warm welcomes, wonderful flavours and an unexpected urban oasis.

Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain and Coursera. It's platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents.

Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners and Guy Oseary’s venture capital firm Sound Ventures are partnering to invest $1 billion in emerging platforms at the convergence of tech, media and culture. The firms said the partnership “will capitalize on RedBird’s global reach and business-building expertise, alongside Sound’s access to founders and marketing a

Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners, coming off its major investment in David Ellison’s Skydance, announced a pact with Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures to jointly invest up to $1 billion in “emerging platforms at the convergence of technology, media and culture.” As part of the agreement, RedBird will contribute the “expertise” of RedBird X, the firm’s […

The Skydance and Artists Equity backer and the talent manager's investment firm will deploy the cash toward companies "at the convergence of technology, media and culture."

Quentin Tarantino surprised audiences on Friday night at AFI Fest when he shared the first 17 minutes of “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth.” Tarantino made a special appearance at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, following a screening of “Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood.” Following the Q&A moderated by Rotten Tomatoes’ Jacqueline […]

ABC News' Danny New interviews a blind college student in Virginia who's traveling with her guide dog Beasley as she continues her education in Scotland.