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Two Epic Games board directors have resigned from their positions amid an antitrust inquiry by the Justice Department. The board members had been appointed to the privately held company’s board by minority investor Tencent, which is the China-based owner of Epic competitor Riot Games. Epic Games, which also counts Disney among its investors, is the […]

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is starring in “Beba from 5 to 9.” The short film marks writer and acclaimed music video director Dano Cerny’s narrative debut. Rodriguez portrays Beba, a Puerto Rican hospice nurse, as she “navigates a day that will test her resilience and redefine her outlook on life,” reads the film’s logline.

Do international moviegoers have something against witchy BFFS Elphaba and Glinda, Michael Keaton’s Ghost with the Most and a band of fearless storm chasers led by Glen Powell? If not, how do you explain that even though “Wicked,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “Twisters” were domestic box office powerhouses, they weren’t as warmly received in overseas markets?

Over the last several years, the entertainment industry has been rocked by a succession of body blows. It came out of a global pandemic only to be hit with dual strikes (WGA and SAG-AFTRA) that caused historically long labor stoppages, which were followed by a work slowdown brought on by a deflation of the streaming […]

Tom Holland appeared on a Christmas-themed episode of the “Dish” podcast and got asked what it’s like acting opposite his longtime girlfriend Zendaya. The two have starred in three “Spider-Man” movies and will spend much of 2025 on film sets together as the stars of a fourth “Spider-Man” movie and of Christopher Nolan’s mysterious new […]

The Motion Picture Association is gearing up to push for significant changes in the California film incentive, which would make it more generous to individual productions. Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged in October to more than double the state’s annual support for Hollywood to $750 million. At the time, the governor did not propose other changes […]