Entertainment

Though HBO’s latest comedy is called “The Franchise,” there’s never any doubt which franchise creator Jon Brown (“Succession,” “Veep”) has in mind. The beleaguered crew, stressed-out producers…
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Wong Kar-wai’s series debut “Blossoms Shanghai” won two of the top awards at the Busan International Film Festival‘s sixth annual Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT (streaming)…
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Filmax, still a byword for genre from Spain, has swooped on international rights to “Gaua,” the new film from Paul Urkijo, whose “Irati,” a Basque sword and mace epic beginning in 778 and sluiced…
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Composer Howard Shore likes to sleep on it. “I try to get in touch with my inner feelings,” he said at the Zurich Film Festival, explaining his preferred method of working. “If you think…
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Vice President Kamala Harris is heading back to CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” marking the Democratic presidential candidate’s first late night interview since landing the…
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Alonso Aguilar, head of Mexico Originals at Amazon Studios and showrunner/director Jorge Michel Grau regaled participants of the Madrid confab Iberseries & Platino Industria with a first look…
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In the first Lonely Island song of the 50th season of “SNL,” the beloved trio of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer debuted “Sushi Glory Hole,” a humorous take on a fictional app…
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On “Weekend Update,” hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost took jabs at some of Hollywood’s heaviest hitters, like Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis and rapper Diddy. Che took aim at…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) being beneficial rather than harmful for Asia’s creative industries was the tenor of the opening sessions of the AI conference at the Busan Asian Contents and Film…
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The Oct. 5 episode of “Saturday Night Live” began with a political cold open mocking this week’s vice presidential debate. Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and her husband Doug Emhoff (Andy …
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