Global

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight; Director Title Europa Cinemas Label

Belgian Valéry Carnoy’s “Wild Foxes” (“La Danse des renards”) has won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2025 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the Directors’ Fortnight closing ceremony this afternoon, the prize is one of three at Directors’ Fortnight and awarded by one of […]

Music

Kid Cudi Testifies in Diddy Trial About Car Explosion, Dating Cassie

Scott Mescudi, the rapper and actor also known as Kid Cudi, took the stand as a witness during Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial on Thursday, recounting his relationship with Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and Combs’ alleged acts of retaliation. Mescudi appeared in the New York courthouse dressed in jeans, a leather jacket and a white […]

Film

Innovative Artists Entertainment Promotes Four to Agents

Courtney Martin, Isaac Finn, Alex Jankovich and Madeline Petrovich have all been promoted to agents at Innovative Artists Entertainment. Martin has been promoted in the endorsements department while Finn, Jankovich and Petrovich will work in the talent department. The news comes following Innovative’s recently announced strategic partnership with Coral Tree Partners in March, which has […]

Tv

Ina Treciokas Launches Consulting Firm in Partnership With DKC

Longtime PR pro Ina Treciokas has unveiled her next venture: Ingenuity Group, a talent and brand consultancy, launching in partnership with the Acceleration Community of Companies and its public-relations firm DKC subsidiary. Treciokas was previously a partner at Slate PR, which dissolved last month after 15 years. She formed Ingenuity Group, based in the Los […]

Tech

FBI Director Kash Patel Abruptly Closes Internal Watchdog Office Overseeing Surveillance Compliance

If there’s one thing the Federal Bureau of Investigation does well, it’s mass surveillance. Several years ago, then attorney general William Barr established an internal office to curb the FBI’s abuse of one controversial surveillance law. But recently, the FBI’s long-time hater (and, ironically, current director) Kash Patel shut down the watchdog group with no […]