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Ari Emanuel has spent more than three decades making deals, building companies and occasionally screaming his way through Hollywood. Now, the superagent-turned-media mogul is telling his own story. In a new memoir “Roll the Calls,” released Sept. 22, Emanuel chronicles his rise f

Blessed by warm but hardly sweltering late summer sun — and no typical Basque txirimiri drizzle so common to other editions — the 74th San Sebastián also marks the last under festival director José Luis Rebordinos, who since 2011 has brought stability, sponsors, industry build an

Sharon Levy is exiting Banijay’s Endemol Shine North America after nearly a decade at the company — including most recently as CEO. The restructure comes following this summer’s completion of the $8 billion merger between Banijay and All3Media, with Banijay Americas CEO Ben Samek

Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s latest stunt has paid off. The Season 29 premiere of “South America” — renamed from “South Park” as a parody of Donald Trump’s controversial initiatives to rename major landmarks — hit 4.2 million viewers in three days. That total accounts for viewers

It’s an unseasonably warm September day in Chatsworth, and the air conditioning at the Capital Arts soundstages has gone out. The crew has one day to churn out four microdramas for Nithya Raman’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor. They are running a little behind schedule. “Quiet pl

The hottest ticket in New York City is to the Knicks home opener at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Since winning the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs back in June, the Knicks have become the toast of New York with good vibes around the city, massive TV ratings

“The Light in the Darkness: Director’s Cut,” from game designer Luc Bernard, launched Tuesday. Originally released in 2023, the free Holocaust narrative game puts players in the experience of a Polish-Jewish family in Nazi-occupied France. This newly expanded and enhanced edition

Ed Sheeran’s challenging month continues as a pair of his high-profile stadium shows have been canceled due to weather. The pop star’s Sept. 25 and 26 shows at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., have been nixed due to a nor’easter that’s set to hit the East Coast, with heavy

iHeartMedia has announced the lineups for the 2026 edition of its annual “Jingle Ball Tour”: Olivia Rodrigo, Hilary Duff, Jonas Brothers, Sombr, Charlie Puth, Raye, Alex Warren, Katseye, OneRepublic, Ludacris, Teddy Swims, Sienna Spiro and more. Presented by Capital One, the tour

Tom Holland has found his dance partners for Sony’s yet-to-be-titled Fred Astaire biopic: Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter. As previously announced, Holland will play the debonair dancer in the upcoming Sony film, directed by Paul King, with Amy Pascal producing. Qualley wi

Bryce Dallas Howard is calling on Hollywood to make a change. While at Variety’s L.A. Power of Women event on Wednesday in Beverly Hills, the actress and filmmaker reflected on the declining statistics for women directors in Hollywood. A 2025 study described the year as a “Great

Ari Emanuel has spent more than three decades making deals, building companies and occasionally screaming his way through Hollywood. Now, the superagent-turned-media mogul is telling his own story. In a new memoir “Roll the Calls,” released Sept. 22, Emanuel chronicles his rise f

Lance Oppenheim has always lived in reality, but not all his subjects do. The documentarian has built a career out of pointing his camera at people, from the retirees of “Some Kind of Heaven” to the unregulated donors of “Spermworld” and the self-appointed royalty of “Ren Faire.”

Alexander Ludwig is meeting me on Zoom from a small cafe in the south of France. “Apologies, but my internet connection in my Airbnb is so terrible,” he says. “Hopefully it doesn’t get too loud.” Then he cracks, “This is my really hard life right now.” Life is anything but hard f

Florence Pugh revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair that she has likely lost hundreds of thousands of followers on social media over the last few years because she is so outspoken in support of Palestine. The Oscar nominee has routinely shared links for humanitarian aid to Pa

Student filmmakers from USC, California College of the Arts and Cal State Northridge were the top winners at PBS SoCal’s 27th annual Fine Cut Festival of Films. The winners, revealed during a screening and awards ceremony on Tuesday at Eagle Rock’s Vidiots (inside its Eagle Theat

Blessed by warm but hardly sweltering late summer sun — and no typical Basque txirimiri drizzle so common to other editions — the 74th San Sebastián also marks the last under festival director José Luis Rebordinos, who since 2011 has brought stability, sponsors, industry build an