Iranian director Saeed Roustayee is back in Cannes with “Woman and Child,” a female empowerment drama premiering in competition. The film follows a 40-year-old widowed nurse named Mahnaz, who is struggling with a rebellious son and other complications in a heavily oppressive patriarchal context. Roustayee’s new work segues from the somewhat similarly themed “Leila’s Brothers,” […]
Amid the many familiar names in the top 10 at present, there’s one that stands out as this year’s biggest who’s that? breakout so far. Nestled in the No. 2 position on Billboard’s Top 100, and poised to possibly take over the top spot, is Alex Warren’s brooding ballad, “Ordinary,” which explores an extraordinary rush […]
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After Android XR smart glasses, I was most excited to try out Google Beam, a shrunken and commercialized version of Project Starline 3D video calling booth that Google has been plugging away at over the past couple of years. Seemingly everyone who has tried Project Starline has told me how mind-blowing it is to video […]
Roughly a year after its launch, Italian state broadcaster RAI’s new sales unit for film is at Cannes with its first full-fledged slate headlined by surreal Western “Heads or Tails” starring John C. Reilly as Buffalo Bill during his stay in Italy that is launching in Un Certain Regard. The RAI Cinema International Distribution slate […]
Podcast subscription platform Podimo has appointed Georgia Brown as its chief content officer. The role will see Brown — a highly-respected TV exec — spearhead the content strategy for the company, which was founded in Denmark and now operates across multiple European and Latin American markets. Alongside focussing on its subscription platform and newly launched studios […]
The Disney Legends circle runs deep according to Miley Cyrus who credits “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” actor Harrison Ford for helping shape her upcoming short film, “Something Beautiful.” Cyrus will premiere “Something Beautiful” at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6 to support the May 30 release of her eponymously titled ninth studio LP. In […]
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The Enhanced Games, a bizarre, steroid-fueled Olympics knock-off that is being funded by wealthy MAGA types, is officially happening. The unconventional sports festival—which, as its name proudly suggests, will allow contestants to use performance-enhancing drugs—will take place in 2026 in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend, organizers announced on Wednesday. The inaugural festival (which, depending […]
Did we always live in a time when the most popular male singer in America could also be one of the most disliked male singers in America — and the country just had to hold these opposing thoughts? Even with anything resembling a pop-culture monoculture long gone, the extreme polarization some of our top artists […]
