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Tokyo Film Festival Unveils Competition Line-up With World Premieres From Garin Nugroho, Milcho Manchevski & Qiu Jiongjiong. Tokyo International Film Festival has announced its full line-up including the 15 features selected for its Competition section, seven of which are world premieres. Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho’s historical drama Red Before Dawn will be receiving its world premiere at the festival, along with Macedonian filmmaker Milcho Manchevski’s Sister Brother Manhole Cover, and two Chinese […].

Ted Sarandos Has No Regrets Over WB Pursuit, Talks Netflix’s Engagement Growth Challenges, Overall Deals & Casey Bloys. Appearing at Bloomberg’s Screentime hours after Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery overcame the last hurdle when a federal judge approved the settlement with the state attorneys general, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was asked whether he regretted going after Warner Bros. given the scrutiny from Wall Street the streamer has been put under since then. […].

Starz Goes Dark On Verizon FiOS Amid Carriage Dispute. UPDATED: Earlier this evening, Starz warned of the potential loss of all of its channels, Starz on Demand and the Starz app through Verizon FiOs amid negotiations with Verizon on a distribution agreement. Now, the company says those channels have gone dark. “Since an agreement was not reached, customers have lost access to Starz ’s […].

Ben Affleck Doesn’t “Worry About SkyNet” When It Comes To AI; “It’s Another Form Of Computing”. Donald Trump could have done a lot worse than inviting Ben Affleck to his AI lunch with tech CEOs this week at the White House. Unlike the heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and more, the Oscar winner and InterPositive founder isn’t playing defense or doom and gloom when it comes to the quickly evolving technology […].

Universal Studios Execs Promise New Sound Barrier To Reduce Rollercoaster Noise; Angry Residents At Community Meeting Demand Fast Fix. At least 350 people on Wednesday attended a meeting to address the screams coming from Universal Studio’s new Fast & Furious rollercoaster that opened Sept. 16. Neighbors of the amusement park — who were required to RSVP for the meeting that was closed to the press — were greeted at Universal’s stage 7 with slides […].

‘KPop Demon Hunters 2’ Targeting “A Very Broad Theatrical Release,” Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Says, Addressing Streamer’s Distribution Strategy. KPop Demon Hunters has broken streaming records for Netflix, amassing 325.1M views in its first 90 days on the platform and spending 63 consecutive weeks in the Global Top 10. The direct-to-streaming animated Sony title showed a massive box-office potential too — two months after KPop Demon Hunters‘ debut on Netflix, its singalong version grossed […].

Lobster’s Off The Menu: Conan O’Brien Laments The Decline Of Writers’ Rooms. Conan O’Brien remembers the good ol’ days but warns things are changing. Asked whether he believed comedians were losing something by having fewer opportunities to be in a writers’ room, the former Tonight Show host said it was a “real problem”. “When I first was put into a writer’s room when I was 22. I […].

Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton Talk Of Bringing Jobs Back To Hollywood, But Tussle Over Who Is Responsible For Losing Them. California gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton agreed on the need for tax incentives to keep or lure production back to Hollywood, but they still sparred over who bears responsibility for the flight of tens of thousands of jobs from the state. Meeting in Burbank for a CNN debate, Becerra, a Democrat, and Hilton, […].

‘South Park’: Trump’s Animated Penis Flies Away In Deepfake Clip Roasting “Billionaire Of Weenietown” Amid Data Center Infestation. As the human race braces for possible extinction amid the AI age, South Park resurrected its deepfake Trump to roast the “billionaire of Weenietown.” On Wednesday’s episode, Butters discovers Billionaire Weenietown in his literal backyard, a tiny kingdom of anthropomorphic disembodied penises who are destroying South Park—still renamed South America this season—with their invasive data […].

‘Heated Rivalry’ Producers Launch Book’s Irina Foundation In Real Life. As Heated Rivalry fans await the Crave series adaptation’s sophomore season, a page from the Rachel Reid books is coming to life. On Tuesday, the show’s production banner Accent Aigu Entertainment (AAE) launched a real version of the Irina Foundation, which is the nonprofit started by Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov in the books, named […].

‘Scrubs’ EP Aseem Batra On Dr. Cox And Carla’s Season 2 Presence, Casting Changes, Featuring Fewer Interns In Each Episode & More. SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the two-episode Season 2 premiere of ABC’s Scrubs revival. Scrubs returned Wednesday night with a two-episode Season 2 premiere that gave us a lot of Dr. Cox (John McGinley), established Tosh (Ava Bunn) as the lead intern following Bunn’s promotion to a series regular alongside OG stars Zach […].

Mark Ruffalo Slams Approved ParaBros Merger: “Bad Deal For This Country”. Mark Ruffalo has been one of the fiercest critics of the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger, and after the deal became a reality Wednesday, the man who plays the Incredible Hulk in the MCU came out swinging. “This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech and cost people their jobs — it is a […].