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Japan’s New 2027 Anime Award Should Put Creators in the Spotlight, Industry Leaders Say at Tokyo Market

Japan’s New 2027 Anime Award Should Put Creators in the Spotlight, Industry Leaders Say at Tokyo Market

A new Japanese anime award planned for 2027 should put the people who make anime in the spotlight, industry leaders said...

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Ozu Shapes Mishima Yukiko’s Tokyo Competition Title ‘Two Cigarettes, Three Nights’

Ozu Shapes Mishima Yukiko’s Tokyo Competition Title ‘Two Cigarettes, Three Nights’

Known for her dark relationship dramas, including the 2017 multiple-award-winner “Dear Etranger,” Mishima Yukiko has tak...

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Sourav Ganguly’s ‘Bigg Boss Bangla’ Among Highlights as Indian Media Giant JioStar Revenues Climb 10%

Sourav Ganguly’s ‘Bigg Boss Bangla’ Among Highlights as Indian Media Giant JioStar Revenues Climb 10%

JioStar, the Indian media giant backed by Reliance Industries, grew revenue from operations 10.1% year-on-year to INR68....

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How Keanu Reeves Landed in Stop-Motion Samurai Epic ‘Hidari’ – and Why S.S. Rajamouli Wanted to Know How It Was Made

How Keanu Reeves Landed in Stop-Motion Samurai Epic ‘Hidari’ – and Why S.S. Rajamouli Wanted to Know How It Was Made

Keanu Reeves joined Japanese stop-motion feature “Hidari” after watching the project’s pilot film, with his team getting...

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Georgia’s ‘Guria’ Wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot Chidgasornpongse Takes Director Prize

Georgia’s ‘Guria’ Wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot Chidgasornpongse Takes Director Prize

Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili’s “Guria” was named best film at the 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, handed out Oc...

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Ranbir Kapoor, Yash Light Up Gold House’s Diwali Event as Group Launches South Asian Shorts Fund

Ranbir Kapoor, Yash Light Up Gold House’s Diwali Event as Group Launches South Asian Shorts Fund

Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, stars of the epic adaptation “Ramayana: Rise of a Legend,” opened Gold House’s largest Gold Diwa...

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Bill Maher Fact-Checks Kid Rock After He Compares Abdul El-Sayed to 9/11 Hijackers on ‘Real Time’

Bill Maher Fact-Checks Kid Rock After He Compares Abdul El-Sayed to 9/11 Hijackers on ‘Real Time’

Bill Maher opened his new episode of “Real Time” Friday night by addressing Trump’s 1,300-word social media tirade again...

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Bill Maher Fires Back at Trump by Comparing Him to Taylor Swift

Bill Maher Fires Back at Trump by Comparing Him to Taylor Swift

Bill Maher learned that when it comes to Donald Trump, no good deed goes unpunished. On last week’s episode of “Real Tim...

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Martin Scorsese Says His ‘Cleopatra’ Movie With Angelina Jolie Was ‘Ruined’ by Seth Rogen and the Sony Hack: ‘It Was Gonna Be Really Wild’

Martin Scorsese Says His ‘Cleopatra’ Movie With Angelina Jolie Was ‘Ruined’ by Seth Rogen and the Sony Hack: ‘It Was Gonna Be Really Wild’

Martin Scorsese’s “Cleopatra” never came to fruition, and he says the Angelina Jolie-starrer was nixed because of Seth R...

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Daytime Emmys 2026 Winners List (UPDATED LIVE)

Daytime Emmys 2026 Winners List (UPDATED LIVE)

The 53rd Daytime Emmys are underway at Hollywood’s historic Palladium theatre. CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” leads a...

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Two Arrested in Murder of ‘SNL’ Writer’s Sister

Two Arrested in Murder of ‘SNL’ Writer’s Sister

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Christina Downer, “Saturday Night Live” writer Jimmy Fo...

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