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Quest Marks, Former Bravo Marketer, Joins The Shop as VP, Creative

Quest Marks, a veteran marketing executive who had a hand in promoting some of Bravo‘s best-known programs, is joining The Shop, an entertainment-marketing boutique that helps devise trailers and ...
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‘Don’t Say Good Luck’ Review: Sunny Sandler and Melanie Lynskey Give Genuine Soul to Netflix’s Mother-Daughter Heartbreaker

A peak in Adam Sandler's production partnership with the streamer, Julia Hart's honest four-hanky weepie covers familiar territory in both the coming-of-age and let's-put-on-a-show genres, but ...
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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Review: Wile E. Coyote Stars in a Courtroom Comedy That Blends Cartoons and Live Action. But the Fizz of Anarchy Is Missing

Initially shelved by its studio, it's a nostalgic lark that deserves to be seen. But next to the cartoons it pays homage to, it feels presentable and tame. That, of course, is exactly why those ...
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‘The End of Oak Street’ Review: End-of-the-Summer Trash That’s Like a Loopier (and in Some Ways Better) ‘Jurassic’ Movie

Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor are the parents in a 1982 suburb overrun by dinosaurs in David Robert Mitchell's shamelessly fun thriller. “The End of Oak Street” is preposterous, but it’s also ...
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Spies in the Woods: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on Their Emmy Nominations, Watching ‘Widow’s Bay’ and That ‘Diplomat’ Cliffhanger

This year marks the first time Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys will attend the Emmys together as nominees for different projects: Between Russell’s morally conflicted ambassador on “The Diplomat” and ...
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YouTube Announces Two Creator Shows Will Screen on Opening Day of TIFF, Hosting Inaugural Creator Festival with Variety

The inaugural Variety x YouTube Creator Festival at TIFF, on Sept. 10, will debut two projects from top YouTube creators Mark Vins and Ziwe. YouTube and Variety will host a first of its kind creator ...
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1-2 Special Takes U.S. Rights to Michal Marczak’s Sundance Documentary ‘Closure’ (EXCLUSIVE)

1-2 Special has acquired U.S. rights to Michał Marczak’s documentary “Closure,” which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The distributor will release the film in theaters on Oct. 28 ...
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‘Reacher’ Spinoff ‘Neagley’ Trailer Teases Creepy Cult at Center of Murder Mystery

Amazon Prime Video has dropped the first full trailer for “Neagley,” the upcoming action thriller series that serves as spinoff of “Reacher.” As previously announced, the series will debut its full ...
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‘The Traitors,’ ‘Masked Singer,’ ‘Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal’ Among This Year’s Emmy Winners in Juried Categories

Emmy winners in this year's juried categories have been announced, with 'The Traitors,' 'Masked Singer,' 'Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal' among them.
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Lakers Sell to Bob Iger, Josh Kushner for $12 Billion

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner are buying the Los Angeles Lakers. The deal values the NBA team at more than $12 billion, sources told ESPN and The New York Times. The purchase, from the former Disney CEO ...
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Steve Lacy Announces ‘Oh Yeah?’ Fall Tour Dates

Grammy-winning artist Steve Lacy announced the Oh yeah? Tour across North America in support of his third studio album, “Oh Yeah?,” which was released July 17 on RCA Records and features ...
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Mel Gibson Says ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Is Stuck in ‘Some Kind of Industrial Film Hell’ Even Though the ‘Script Is Better Than All the Others’

Mel Gibson gave an update on the long-gestating “Lethal Weapon 5″ this week, saying the sequel is “tied up in some kind of industrial film hell that you can’t extract it from to make it.” Gibson says ...