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The end of the year is near, and the 2024 edition of Spotify Wrapped is here. The annual recap of what music you listened to most, which began in 2016 as a marketing tactic, has since become a pop-culture staple mimicked by rival streaming platforms like Apple Music and Amazon Music as well as other services like Duolingo and Reddit. Spotify’s personalized insights are presented in fun, share-worthy graphics, and the package includes several unique features—from video messages from artists to “Your Music Evolution,” which analyzes how your tastes have transformed throughout the year, and even some new artificial intelligence twists. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] With the launch on Wednesday of this year’s Wrapped, here’s what to know. How can users access their Spotify Wrapped for 2024? Subscribed Spotify users—even if they don’t have Premium—can access their personalized Wrapped experience in the mobile or desktop app (make sure to have the latest version downloaded).

Sky scripted exec Meghan Lyvers has addressed a question some people have been asking over the recent “The Day of the Jackal” reboot, starring Eddie Redmayne, namely whether it needed to be a reboot at all given the departure from the source material. “The Day of the Jackal” was first published as a novel in […]

The Netherlands and Indonesia signed an audiovisual co-production agreement at the inaugural JAFF Market on Wednesday. The treaty was signed by Indonesian Deputy Minister of Culture Giring Ganesha Djumaryo and Barbera Wolfensberger, Director-General of Culture and Media at the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science for the Netherlands, with Dutch and Indonesian dignitaries present.

Paolo Sorrentino – whose latest film “Parthenope” is scoring record-breaking grosses at the Italian box office – is set to return behind camera to shoot “La Grazia,” a drama that will re-team the Oscar-winning director with “The Great Beauty” actor Toni Servillo. Plot details of Sorrentino’s next film are being kept under wraps besides the […]

Indonesian film production is getting a major boost as Massive Music Entertainment unveils comprehensive music licensing solutions aimed at streamlining one of the industry’s biggest challenges. The music publisher, which represents over a thousand Indonesian composers, showcased their end-to-end services at JAFF Market 2024, presenting a unified approach to handling everything from music selection and […]

“Santosh,” the acclaimed Indian crime drama that is the U. K.’s submission for international film Oscar, finally has U. K. distributor on board, with Vertigo Releasing partnering with Civic Studio for a theatrical release on March 21, 2025. The Hindi-language film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard competition in Cannes earlier this year, is the directorial […]