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  1. Family Adventure ‘The Emperor’s Stone’ Gets Series Greenlight; Production Underway In Italy & FranceDeadline
  2. Claudine Longet, Singer-Actress Who Shot Skier Spider Sabich, Dies at 84Hollywood Reporter
  3. Los Angeles Rams Huddle With CBS LA As New Local TV PartnerDeadline
  4. James Franco Makes Mark in Cannes, Says Making His New Film ‘Foster’ Felt Like “Old-Fashioned L.A.”Hollywood Reporter
  5. Jordan Fisher To Star In & Produce Ballroom Rom-Com ‘I Won’t Dance’ From Christine LakinDeadline
  6. Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence, Driven by Fast Emerging Key Production PlayersVariety
  7. Clarence Carter Dies: ‘Slip Away’, ‘Patches’ Singer Was 90; Raunchy Song ‘Strokin” Found Second Life In Eddie Murphy’s ‘The Nutty Professor’Deadline
  8. Cannes: ‘La Frappe’ Set to Premiere in Critics Week with Charades on Board as Sales Agent (EXCLUSIVE)Variety
  9. Bill Lawrence to Be Honored As Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year (EXCLUSIVE)Variety
  10. King Princess Signs With Anonymous ContentDeadline

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Family Adventure ‘The Emperor’s Stone’ Gets Series Greenlight; Production Underway In Italy & France

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Los Angeles Rams Huddle With CBS LA As New Local TV Partner

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Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence, Driven by Fast Emerging Key Production Players

Variety · 2026-05-14 16:45
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Clarence Carter Dies: ‘Slip Away’, ‘Patches’ Singer Was 90; Raunchy Song ‘Strokin” Found Second Life In Eddie Murphy’s ‘The Nutty Professor’

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Family Adventure ‘The Emperor’s Stone’ Gets Series Greenlight; Production Underway In Italy & France

EXCLUSIVE: Family adventure The Emperor’s Stone, starring Colin Morgan (Merlin), Antonia Desplat (Plaine Orientale) and Luke Treadaway (Clash of the Titans), has begun production in Italy and France following a series greenlight. The six-episode series, from Nolita, Aircraft P...

The big picture: Family Adventure ‘The Emperor’s Stone’ Gets Series Greenlight;... — signals where Hollywood is headed.

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Claudine Longet, Singer-Actress Who Shot Skier Spider Sabich, Dies at 84

Married to Andy Williams, she recorded pop albums and starred with Peter Sellers in ‘The Party’ before being convicted of criminally negligent homicide.

The big picture: Claudine Longet, Singer-Actress Who Shot Skier Spider Sabich,... — could reshape the box office conversation.

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Los Angeles Rams Huddle With CBS LA As New Local TV Partner

The NFL’s 2026 schedule will be unveiled later today, but the Los Angeles Rams have some news of their own in the meantime. CBS LA revealed Thursday that it is the new local TV partner for the club, taking over from ABC7. It’s a homecoming of sorts as Channel 2 was the SoCal o...

Bottom line from Deadline: this reflects evolving audience tastes.

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Jordan Fisher To Star In & Produce Ballroom Rom-Com ‘I Won’t Dance’ From Christine Lakin

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off acclaimed runs in Little Shop of Horrors, and Tony Award-winning shows Moulin Rouge and Hadestown on Broadway, Jordan Fisher is set to star in and produce I Won’t Dance, a YA sports rom-com marking the feature directorial debut of Christine Lakin, which we...

Why it matters: Jordan Fisher To Star In & Produce Ballroom... is generating industry buzz.

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Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence, Driven by Fast Emerging Key Production Players

Chile boasts a milestone presence in Cannes this year with new or consolidating companies leading the charge. Among them is Fernando Bascuñán’s Planta with three projects — two competing in Directors’ Fortnight: Domingo Sotomayor’s drama about a woman adopting a stray dog, “La...

Variety reports: Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence,... — this reflects evolving audience tastes.

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Clarence Carter Dies: ‘Slip Away’, ‘Patches’ Singer Was 90; Raunchy Song ‘Strokin” Found Second Life In Eddie Murphy’s ‘The Nutty Professor’

Clarence Carter, the blind Southern soul star who scored two Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s with “Slip Away” and “Patches,” died today, May 14, following diagnosis of Stage 4 prostate cancer and a battle with pneumonia and sepsis. He was 90. His death was first ...

Deadline reports: Clarence Carter Dies: ‘Slip Away’, ‘Patches’ Singer Was... — this may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Cannes: ‘La Frappe’ Set to Premiere in Critics Week with Charades on Board as Sales Agent (EXCLUSIVE)

Charades has acquired world sales rights to “La Frappe” (“The Blow”) from writer-director Julien Gaspar-Oliveri. The film will premiere during Cannes’ Critics Week. The film which will have its world premiere on May 15, follows siblings Enzo and his sister Carla who have been ...

Why it matters: Cannes: ‘La Frappe’ Set to Premiere in Critics... could reshape the box office conversation.

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Bill Lawrence to Be Honored As Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year (EXCLUSIVE)

Bill Lawrence will receive the 2026 Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year Award. The TV creator will be honored at Project Healthy Minds’ annual World Mental Health Day Gala on October 8 at Spring Studios in New York.  Lawrence currently serves as the executive produce...

Why it matters: Bill Lawrence to Be Honored As Project Healthy... reflects evolving audience tastes.

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King Princess Signs With Anonymous Content

EXCLUSIVE: Anonymous Content has signed King Princess, the contemporary pop artist born Mikaela Mullaney Straus, with an eye toward helping her scale her work across film, television, and stage. A Brooklyn-based vocalist, songwriter, producer, and actor, King Princess made her...

Bottom line from Deadline: this signals where Hollywood is headed.

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10 Chilean Standouts at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

As Chile boasts a milestone presence in Cannes this year with new or consolidating companies leading the charge — including Domingo Sotomayor’s drama about a woman adopting a stray dog, “La Perra,” and Lisandro Alonso’s “Double Freedom” (“La libertad doble”) both competing in ...

Variety reports: 10 Chilean Standouts at the 2026 Cannes Film... — this may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Kate Beckinsale To Star In ‘Twilight Of The Dead’ Movie; North American Deal In The Bag — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Underworld star Kate Beckinsale has been set to lead Twilight of the Dead, the long gestating “final chapter” of George A. Romero’s classic zombie saga. The horror project, which has buy-in from the Romero estate, has recently undergone a facelift with new cast, dir...

Deadline reports: Kate Beckinsale To Star In ‘Twilight Of The... — this could reshape the box office conversation.

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David Mamet’s ‘Speed The Plow’ Among First Films Using AI-Powered Production System Debuting In Cannes

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Pao, the independent producer behind Andrew Garfield film Under The Silver Lake, has used the Cannes Film Festival to launch an AI-powered production platform. Named New Hollywood, the system aims to make it easier for filmmakers to develop, produce, and post-p...

Deadline reports: David Mamet’s ‘Speed The Plow’ Among First Films... — this is generating industry buzz.

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‘Rooster’ Concludes Freshman Season As HBO’s Most-Watched Comedy Debut In 15 Years

Rooster wrapped up its first season as HBO’s most-watched comedy debut in more than 15 years, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. The company said Thursday that Sunday night’s finale tallied 2.2M U.S. viewers in its first three days. That’s down just a tad from the 2.4M who t...

Why it matters: ‘Rooster’ Concludes Freshman Season As HBO’s Most-Watched Comedy... may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Nithya Raman Is Hollywood’s Choice for L.A. Mayor — But Will It Matter?

Kathleen Eagan Murray was as surprised as everyone else when her college friend Nithya Raman announced she was running for mayor of Los Angeles in February. She sent off a quick text — and soon found herself organizing a slew of fundraisers and meet-and-greets. Eagan Murray an...

Variety reports: Nithya Raman Is Hollywood’s Choice for L.A. Mayor... — this may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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‘Fatherland’ Review: Pawel Pawlikowski Fans Will Feel Cozily, Coldly at Home with His Latest Tour Through Europe’s Regrets

Cannes: The mighty Sandra Hüller stars as German author Thomas Mann's daughter, tasked with taking him on an emotional postwar trip in 1949, in the Polish filmmaker's chiseled-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life road movie.

IndieWire reports: ‘Fatherland’ Review: Pawel Pawlikowski Fans Will Feel Cozily,... — this may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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‘Fatherland’ Review: Pawel Pawlikowski’s Meditation On Postwar Germany Is A Masterclass In Artistic Discipline – Cannes Film Festival

In an era of prolix cinema sprawl, Pawel Pawlikowski is a maestro of precision-cut film-making: give him a bouquet of big themes and he’ll rigorously prune them until they fit perfectly into a specimen vase.  Fatherland, having its premiere in competition in Cannes, is peak Pa...

Bottom line from Deadline: this reflects evolving audience tastes.

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Team Built Massive Wardrobes In First-Of-Its-Kind Take On Animated Costumes — Web Summit

The fashion-forward look of Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters required what Sony Pictures Imageworks says was a first-of-its-kind approach to animated costuming, with each of the main characters having a huge wardrobe. Netflix’s animated film was produced by Sony Pictures Animation...

The big picture: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Team Built Massive Wardrobes In... — is generating industry buzz.

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Kristin Juszczyk Signs With UTA (Exclusive)

The fashion designer wife of San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk is looking to get deeper into unscripted and sports media as she co-hosts the YouTube series ‘Wifed Up Mic’d Up’ with Claire Kittle.

Why it matters: Kristin Juszczyk Signs With UTA (Exclusive) reflects evolving audience tastes.

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ElevenLabs, The Matthew McConaughey-Backed AI Audio Venture, Wants To Be Voice Of Hollywood

Not many people can claim to have founded an $11 billion company because they were frustrated by badly-dubbed movies, but Mati Staniszewski belongs to this exclusive club. Growing up in Poland with co-founder Piotr Dąbkowski, the pair were often aghast at local language voiceo...

Bottom line from Deadline: this signals where Hollywood is headed.

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Jodie Comer To Headline HBO Limited Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof

Emmy and BAFTA Award winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, 28 Years Later) has been tapped as the lead of The Chain, HBO’s upcoming limited series from Damon Lindeloff and Media Res. The thriller, based on the bestselling book The Chain by Adrian McKinty, follows Rachel (Comer), a ...

Why it matters: Jodie Comer To Headline HBO Limited Series ‘The... is generating industry buzz.

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‘Obsession’ Review: Clever, Creepy Indie Horror Applies an Old-School Monkey’s Paw Device to Modern Relationships

We generally hear the words “careful what you wish for” enough times in life that you’d think, if you ever were to be granted your heart’s desire by supernatural means, you’d at least be really particular about the wording. But an impetuous request to an invisible genie-like e...

Why it matters: ‘Obsession’ Review: Clever, Creepy Indie Horror Applies an... may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Claire Danes to Be Honored at Gotham Television Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

Claire Danes will receive the Performer Tribute at this year’s Gotham Television Awards. The third annual event takes place lie on June 1 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.  The recognition pays tribute to Danes’ storied career across film and television, including her ...

Variety reports: Claire Danes to Be Honored at Gotham Television... — this reflects evolving audience tastes.

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‘CoComelon’ Movie Sets SZA, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah Sherman to Lead Voice Cast

“CoComelon: The Movie” has unveiled its cast, with SZA, Nicholas Hoult and Sarah Sherman set to voice new characters in the theatrical spinoff of the beloved children’s series. Other newcomers to the movie’s cartoon universe are Ike Barinholtz, Ego Nwodim, Josh Johnson, Matt F...

Variety reports: ‘CoComelon’ Movie Sets SZA, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah Sherman... — this could reshape the box office conversation.

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‘Rooster’ Is HBO’s Biggest Comedy Launch Since ‘Hung’ and ‘Sex and the City,’ Averaging 6.5 Million Viewers

With 6.5 million average viewers, “Rooster” achieved HBO’s most-watched debut season for a comedy series in more than 15 years, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. That stat puts the show in good company: “Hung” (2009) and “Sex and the City” (1998) are the only HBO comedies t...

The big picture: ‘Rooster’ Is HBO’s Biggest Comedy Launch Since ‘Hung’... — signals where Hollywood is headed.

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Curry Barker’s Current ‘Obsession’? Just Making Great Genre Films

The director of 2026's first great horror movie tells IndieWire about the festival run that changed his life, balancing scares with laughs, and his "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" reboot.

The big picture: Curry Barker’s Current ‘Obsession’? Just Making Great Genre... — is generating industry buzz.

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