With Japan’s animation industry recording its highest-ever market value — JPY3.8 trillion ($23.7 billion), according to the Assn. of Japanese Animations — Toei Animation is in Cannes this week to make the case that the next chapter of anime’s global story is one of co-creation, not just export. The timing is not incidental: Japan’s government…
Paramount Pictures and Warner Music Group have closed a multi-year, first-look deal that will see both companies partnering on theatrical films, drawing on the lives and music of WMG’s roster of artists and songwriters. Warner Music Group catalog is rich including such top-selling and award-winning performers such as Frank Sinatra, Cher, The Eagles, David Bowie,…
Sony’s It Ends With Us adapted Colleen Hoover’s powerful story about domestic violence and a resilient woman, but drama between stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni behind the scenes and afterwards has lingered beyond the film’s release in theaters. Arriving to the big screen last August and later heading to streaming on Netflix in December…
It’s not an SNL closer unless there’s a Joke Swap. The time-honored Weekend Update tradition sees co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che trading jabs they wrote for each other. In no-holds-barred bits from the past, everything — and everyone — is game, including Jost’s wife, two-time Oscar-nominated actress Scarlett Johansson, and the late-nighter’s trusty steward…
In what looks to be the longest and certainly one of the most enthusiastic standing ovations of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, Jeanne Herry’s Garance received a wild 12-minutes of applause of the film ended. Garance stars Adèle Exarchopoulos as a jobbing actress navigating the instability of her profession, alcoholism, family tragedy and love. Garance…
After seven years, Lucasfilm is bringing the Star Wars legacy back to the big screen with Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, directed by Jon Favreau.