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EXCLUSIVE: Wilson Bethel (Untamed, Daredevil: Born Again) is set for a key recurring role opposite Dakota Fanning in Apple TV‘s Alex Cary thriller series. He joins a cast that also includes Stellan Skarsgård, Daryl McCormack, Grace Gummer, Joely Richardson, Susan Kelechi Watson, David Zayas and Louisa Krause. In the as-yet-untitled series, Fanning stars as a

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EXCLUSIVE: Kristen McGuinness has joined Untitled as an L.A.-based Creators Manager. McGuinness joins after four years at Range Media Partners, where she represented a wide range of creator and crossover talent. Clients coming with her include Bre Rook, CineMonika, Haylee Joe, Jay (flossybaby), Sayeh Soltani, Soleon and Tyler Wells. Prior to Range, McGuinnes

EXCLUSIVE: Alicia Zhu has been hired for the role of Chief Operating Officer at Creator Nation, the Live Nation-backed creator company co-founded by Scott and Alexis Fisher. Launched in October, Creator Nation is a platform focused on acquiring and scaling creator-management firms and adjacent businesses. Their thesis is that, while creators have already pro

Action drama-thriller “Unguarded,” the second movie as a director of Mario Casas, toplined by Mario and Óscar Casas as underground bare-knuckle MMA fighters, will be brought to market by Film Factory Ent. at this week’s AFM. Film Factory will handle international sales. International star Mario Casas (“The Invisible Guest,” “Cross the Line,” “Bird Box Barcel

While some of the former CM’s supporters gathered at her residence, most of her erstwhile loyalists were conspicuous by their absence

EXCLUSIVE: Unicorn, the 360 management firm and content studio, has expanded its executive team with the hiring of Gabriella Yacyk. Yacyk, most recently Senior Director of Development at The Second City, will lead talent management and IP development for Unicorn’s comedy division, reporting directly to co-CEOs Scott Dunn and Chris Gera. “Gabriella is a true

EXCLUSIVE: Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland) is joining Kellan Lutz in faith-based survival thriller The Rescue, which Premiere Entertainment will continue selling at the AFM. Production is scheduled to begin in New Zealand in February 2027. Pic will be directed by Darren Simmonds and Jared van Berkel from a screenplay written by van Berkel. Simon Ambridge, Ant

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III) is among cast joining Tim Roth and Timothy Spall in crime-thriller and dark comedy Murdering Michael Malloy, which Archstone continues to sell at AFM. Also joining the cast are Asia Kate Dillon (Billions), Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction), Michael Rispoli (The Sopranos) and James Madio (The Basketball

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived at the COP31 Antalya Leaders’ Summit in Turkiye, where he is set to highlight Pakistan’s climate priorities, along with other world leaders.</p> <p>Delegates from nearly 200 countries are meeting in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya as global greenhouse gas emissions show little sign of falling and

Family says proposed monument would cast shadows over relatives’ grave sites

Kennedy dynasty has filed a motion to stop Trump's arch from obscuring JFK Eternal Flame and family gravesites.

One of the biggest names in the rugby league world has made an impassioned plea for structural changes to recognise what Pasifika players bring to the game.

'Go talk to the families in Tumbler Ridge' if you want to know how effective the AI industry’s voluntary standards are.

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Slovyansk continues to be bombarded by Russian forces, making it almost uninhabitable with less than 10% of its pre-war population remaining.

The new opportunity within Skydance for Efrain Miron, former EVP and head of content strategy and licensing for Paramount DTC, has been revealed. Miron, who stepped down from his DTC post in the recent restructuring unveiled by JB Perrette, Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer of Skydance‘s TV and Direct-to-Consumer, has been named to the newly […]

The UAE is among dozens of countries to sign an AI declaration, promoted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Paris Peace Forum , aimed at protecting children from untested models. Mr Macron said the commitment of countries was clear that "no AI should be placed in the hands of children without first being tested, evaluated and therefore authorised". H

The Duchess of Sussex had pulled out of giving a speech with Prince Harry at the event promoting children's online safety.

EXCLUSIVE: Global nonfiction entertainment studio XTR is coming on board Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon as the award-winning documentary ramps up its campaign for Oscar recognition. That bid was strengthened over the weekend as the film directed by Khoa Hà and Victor Velle won the Audience Award at the New Orleans Film Festival. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sinners breakout Miles Caton is set to join Denzel Washington and Teyonah Parris in Mission: Impossible helmer Christopher McQuarrie’s new untitled thriller for Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists. In the film, a former police detective (Washington) serving a life sentence is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Granted compassionate release wi

MS NOW is adding to its ranks, with Abby Livingston joining the network as political reporter. Livingston most recently was at Puck, and previously spent more than a decade covering Capitol Hill and campaigns for The Texas Tribune and Roll Call. She started her career at NBC News, and also worked at National Journal and […]

Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.

EXCLUSIVE: Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) has joined the cast of Halsey and Avan Jogia’s psycho-sexual horror Replacer. The Montreal-set horror stars Halsey as troubled DJ Proxy, who meets an alluring artist and his group of friends who run an underground radio station. The station’s broadcast becomes warped by a mysterious signal hidden deep beneath the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Dominic West (The Wire) has joined the cast of the Irish-set feature A Weekend in the Country. Dominic Geraghty will direct West in his feature directorial debut. The official synopsis reads: Set over a weekend at Oughterard Castle in Ireland, the film follows Henry, the 29th Earl of Oughterard, who gathers his family and […]

Veteran Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is set for a spell on the sidelines with a foot injury, compounding the German champions’ absentee woes. Neuer came off just before half-time with an injury to his right foot in Saturday’s 2-1 win at Mainz. Read More: https://punchng.com/bundesliga-goalkeeper-neuer-joins-bayerns-long-injury-list/

SHAH ALAM, Nov 8 &mdash; Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today attended the Deepavali open house organised by MI...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has joined the Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme Technical Committee in a move aimed at strengthening the quality and competitiveness of Nigerian products in international markets. Read More: https://punchng.com/son-joins-export-supervision-committee-to-boost-standards/

As Druksi made his Saturday Night Live debut, he had some moral support from a friend who happens to be in the Five-Timers Club. On this weekend’s episode of the NBC sketch comedy show, the content creator was joined by The Catch co-star Emma Stone during his opening monologue, whom he joked is his romantic […]

The Oscar winner and comedian will co-star in the Universal Pictures rom-com The Catch, which hits theaters on May 21, 2027.

Just a few weeks after winning a premiership with the Roosters, and a few days after becoming a rugby player, Angus Crichton popped into Wallabies camp in London.

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA winner Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible and Star Trek franchises) has joined two-time Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti in horror pic Boutique. The film will follows an American tourist (Giamatti) who travels to the eerie English seaside town that inspired the work of his favorite reclusive author (Pegg), only to become entangled with a murderous [

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker Carla Gutiérrez has signed on to executive produce the award-winning short documentary Water Cooler, joining a distinguished group of talents. Along with Gutiérrez (director of Frida and editor of RBG), the ICE-themed film is executive produced by Oscar nominees Sam Pollard, Geeta Gandbhir, and Alisa Payne through their

On Tuesday night, Keisha Lance Bottoms won the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election, making history as the first Black woman to be elected governor of any U.S. state and Georgia’s first Black governor. One of the first moves made by Bottoms, who’d previously served as the mayor of Atlanta, a member of Atlanta City Council and […]

Common, the Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy-winning artist and actor, has joined Dana Nachman’s documentary short “The Second Life of Freddie Nole” as an executive producer, Variety can reveal exclusively. According to an official logline, “‘The Second Life of Freddie Nole’ follows an extraordinary man on what initially appears to be an ordinary day. Freddie

Netflix alum Emily Feingold has joined the Walt Disney Co. as executive VP of communications, where she will steer media relations, financial and technology communications as well as enterprise editorial, executive and brand messaging. Feingold’s move to Disney in a senior communications role comes five months after she left Netflix following a nine-year ten

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Djed Spence returns, but no Kobbie Mainoo, Cole Palmer or Nico O’Reilly

EXCLUSIVE: Manny Montana (Ironheart, Good Girls) has joined the Season 5 cast of Paramount+’s Tulsa King in a recurring role. He will play Gilberto Torres, a gangster with a strong presence, though he doesn’t have to advertise it. Through his network in the streets, nothing goes on in New York without him knowing about it. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Ari Stidham (Scorpion) has joined the cast of Reacher for Season 5 in a recurring role. Stidham will play Dean Lassider, a sleazy businessman and long-time associate of Nokes (Kevin Durand) who runs his shady operations out of a desert strip club. The project reunites Stidham with Reacher executive producer and showrunner Nick Santora. […]

Japan Football Association honorary president, Kozo Tashima, has announced his intention to contest the FIFA presidential election, challenging Gianni Infa Read More: https://punchng.com/japans-tashima-joins-fifa-presidential-race/

"The door is open," Barnier said.

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to co-sponsor this year's U.N....

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to co-sponsor this year's U.N....

She boards director Matt Johnson's live action feature from Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment.

Former NBC and BBC Studios executive Jenny Groom is moving to Amazon. Groom, who was most recently EVP, Unscripted Development at Dancing with the Stars producer BBC Studios, has been named Head of MGM Alternative. It is essentially the job previously held by Barry Poznick, who left a year ago. Groom starts at the end […]

The four Hollywood heavyweights will be recognized at the Paley Fall Honors Gala on Dec. 3.

Keeley Hawes has boarded the second season of ITV thriller Gone from Lupin creator George Kay. Three-time BAFTA nominee Hawes will play Ruth Manning, a pre-eminent and devoted paediatric surgeon working at Bristol’s Makeway Hospital, who comes into the crosshairs of DS Annie Cassidy, played by Eve Myles, when it becomes apparent that, for the […]

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<p>Growing number of countries are resisting Russia’s reintegration into international hockey after a sports court lifted a ban on competition</p><p>Canada has joined a coalition of countries refusing to play ⁠ice ​hockey teams from Russia, with prime minister Mark Carney saying Russian skaters will not be able to compete in ⁠a world junior championship next

Lucy Liu and Eloise Singer are preparing to take “The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters,” their immersive experience about Chinese pirate leader Cheng Shih, on an international tour next year, Singer tells Variety. The pair have also co-written a graphic novel and are developing a new game. The news comes as Singer, the project’s writer […]

Russell Wilson interviewed for the head coaching job at NC State on Tuesday, joining Philip Rivers as prominent candidates, sources told ESPN.

The country’s taxpayer-funded network and streamer is leaning into vertical video to reach new audiences.

Broadway business was off about 13% last week (from the previous week and from last season at this time) – maybe Halloween Saturday pulled away some attention? – with total box office for the 33 shows hitting $29,572,284. Attendance for the week ending November 1 was 251,700, down 4% from the previous week and 9% […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lili Taylor (Outer Range, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping) is set as a series regular opposite Claire Danes and John Goodman in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s psychological crime thriller The Beast In Me. The streamer is yet to confirm plot details about Season 2 of The Beast In Me, in […]

The King met the prime minister and Andrew Forrest aboard a 75-metre vessel powered by ammonia to highlight his interest in climate action.

The prime minister has said the UK will play a leading role reshaping the Commonwealth, including pursuing a debt "reset" to help nations struggling with higher borrowing costs.

Benjamín Vicuña, best known for his star turn in Netflix hit series “Envious” (Envidiosa”), has joined the cast of Goya-winner Matías Bize’s latest pic, “My Last Stand” (“Aquí me bajo yo”), which began filming Oct. 19. Vicuña plays alongside 91-year-old Jaime Vadell, a regular in Pablo Larraín’s films, including “The Club,” “Neruda,” “No” and “The […]