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A number of networks, streamers and platforms have programming planned to celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day, the federal holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. From specials to live events and specially curated movies, Juneteenth programming begins Tuesday and extends through the month. A rundown: CBS News will offer special programming for

Anthea Sylbert, an Oscar-nominated costume designer on Chinatown and Julia who dressed Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby among many other credits and also was a studio exec and an Emmy-winning producer, has died. She was 84. The news came from filmmaker Sakus Lalus, who made the 2023 documentary Anthea Sylbert: My Life in 3 Acts.

Paramount Global General Counsel Christa D’Alimonte has told colleagues she will be exiting the company at the end of the month. In an internal memo (read it below), D’Alimonte recalled her 25-year association with Viacom, first as a legal representative of the company and later as a staffer. Caryn Groce, a 14-year company veteran who

Tom Hardy is addressing the possibility of returning to the Mad Max universe for a rumored prequel, The Wasteland. In a new interview about his latest film, The Bikeriders, Hardy was asked about possibly working with George Miller again to reprise his Mad Max: Fury Road role. “I don’t think that’s happening,” Hardy told Forbes.

Netflix‘s EMEA chief has described his Los Gatos overlords as “very hands off” when it comes to content strategy outside the U.S. Speaking to journalists at a Netflix site tour in Spain, Larry Tanz said the days when Money Heist creator Álex Pina had to “literally fly to LA to pitch a show so that

Rap icon Nas is joining a creative team to bring a stage musical adaptation of the 1984 hip-hop film classic Beat Street to Broadway. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known as Nas, made the announcement tonight at a 40th anniversary screening of Beat Street at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Grammy-winning artist said he

Even a quarter-century later, box office victory still tastes sweet for Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. Reminiscing about their 1999 collaboration, Analyze This, during a Tribeca Festival / De Niro Con screening Friday, the pair swapped memories of sitting at De Niro’s former restaurant, Ago, on the Friday night the film opened. (Crystal drew

This four-part, so-far-untitled documentary series about the rise and rise of Hollywood’s least likely marquee-name director starts out with a tribute from Christopher Walken that will be very hard for the next three instalments to match. In that inimitable… sta-cc-a-to… WAY… of his, the Sleepy Hollow star recalls his former dance teacher saying to him:

Tribeca Film Festival‘s ode to its 2x Oscar winning co-founder Robert De Niro –De Niro Con– continued Friday night with a screening of Silver Linings Playbook with that pic’s filmmaker David O. Russell and Ben Stiller sharing their candid experiences working with the Stella Adler trained actor. Or as Stiller, who worked with De Niro

Céline Dion has revealed she is working her way back to recovery, and is already planning a new show in her beloved Las Vegas. The French-Canadian chanteuse has given her only UK interview to BBC News, in which she revealed she had struggled to sing on stage several years before she was diagnosed with the

Warner Bros Pictures has acquired Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language feature debut, The Room Next Door, for release in a host of key international markets including the filmmaker’s home turf of Spain. Other markets to figure in the deal are the UK, Germany, Italy, the Nordics, Central & Eastern Europe (excluding Poland), Latin America and some of Asia-Pacific,

EXCLUSIVE: The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) will welcome Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix, Sundance Institute, Roadside Attractions and Film Independent as partners for its inaugural Industry Day. Taking place on June 28, other partners for the festival’s Industry Day also include Macro, The Salon, ColorCreative and CAPE. The Industry Day will aim to

UTA has named Bob Roback, a veteran music and tech exec and entrepreneur, as its chief operating officer. Reporting to CEO Jeremy Zimmer and President David Kramer, Roback will also be a partner and join UTA’s board of directors. As COO, Roback will oversee overall business operations as well as areas like growth, strategy and

EXCLUSIVE: Gail Bean (Snowfall) will topline Both Eyes Open, an indie psychological thriller from writer-director Ariel Julia Hairston (The Comeback), which has wrapped production in Atlanta. Additional cast for the pic from RodFather Productions includes Taye Diggs (The Best Man), Joy Brunson (This Is Us), Christie Leverette (You’ll Never Leave Me), Tristan Mack Wilds (The

EXCLUSIVE: Director Cameron Van Hoy has entered production on The Prince, a new feature drama penned by Pulitzer Prize winner and Oscar nominee David Mamet. Scott Haze (Old Henry) leads a starry ensemble that also includes Nicolas Cage (Pig), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Giancarlo Esposito (Parish) and Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven). The Prince chronicles an addict’s

Brush up on those contenders: The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has revealed the timeline for its 2025 MUAHS Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievements for make-up artists and hair stylists in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater. The 12th annual ceremony is set for Saturday, February 15, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel

While moviegoers await the arrival of big titles in theaters this summer, Netflix has added some new options to its catalogue to stream in June 2024. Newcomers to the streamer’s slate offer options for young adults, history buffs, book adaptation lovers and adrenaline junkies that like action-packed stories. Richard Linklater’s $20 million Hit Man starring

Although some advise against working with animals, Will Smith is fondly remembering his time with man’s best co-star. The Academy Award winner reminisced about his canine scene partner Abbey from the 2007 movie I Am Legend being “a brilliant actress” as he admitted to trying to adopt the German Shepherd, who was known for upstaging

EXCLUSIVE: The Haunting of Hill House actor Henry Thomas is joining the ESX Entertainment produced horror movie The Necklace, Deadline hears. The E.T. actor joins a booming ensemble in the Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz directed movie that includes sisters Madeleine & Violet McGraw (respectively from M3GAN and The Black Phone), Sarah Lind, Felix Solis, Jacob Moran, Christina Moore and Brynne Kurland.

“We have to do something,” says one of the many shadowy extremists who populate the fringes of Mike Ott’s tense drama McVeigh, a condensed account of the events that led Timothy McVeigh, an Iraq war veteran, to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma on 19 April 1995, killing 168 people and