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China-based video streaming company iQiyi recorded a 5% decrease in revenue in the second quarter and an 80% plunge in net profits. The firm said Thursday that revenues in the April to June period came in at RMB7.45 billion ($1.04 billion at current rates of exchange), down year-on-year and also 6% lower than the first […]

Fandango Sales has taken global distribution rights outside Italy to “Feeling Better” (“Nonostante”), the hospital-set drama by Italian actor-director Valerio Mastandrea which will open the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section focusing on new trends in world cinema. “Feeling Better” – in which the Roman actor also stars – marks Mastandrea’s sophomore directorial effort following his […]

SOVIET SAGA Stockard Channing and Michael Praed will star in the world premiere of “The Gates of Kyiv” at the U. K.’s Theatre Royal Windsor. Written by Ian Kelly and directed by Roxana Silbert, the play tells the story of Soviet piano virtuoso Maria Yudina and her defiance against Stalin’s regime.

Sony Music Entertainment Korea has signed a global distribution deal with Attrakt Entertainment, a fast-rising K-pop management company. They aim to expand the global reach of Fifty Fifty, a girl group that recently had to be rebuilt after most of its members quit. SMEK said that it will: “spearhead the worldwide distribution of Fifty Fifty’s […]

Lawrence Valin’s feature directorial debut “Little Jaffna” is set to make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The first clip has been unveiled from the film. The film, which Valin also co-wrote and stars in, explores the Tamil diaspora experience in France through the prism of gang culture in the area of central […]

Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett is returning to the London stage, taking on the role of Arkadina in Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” The production will run for six weeks at London’s Barbican Theatre beginning in February 2025. Joining Blanchett in the cast is Tom Burke, known for his role in BBC series “Strike” and in “Furiosa: […]