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Four months after SAG-AFTRA warned casting websites that it was illegal to collect fees from actors who want to submit themselves for commercial casting, a California-based public interestfirm has filed a class action lawsuit against Casting Networks for its controversial pay-to-play model. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of actors Nicole... Read more

These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday. Balmain names new CEOEffective May 6, Balmain's new CEO will be Matteo Sgarbossa, currently Givenchy's international director. He succeeds Jean-Jacques Guével, who stepped down after four years in the role. "Matteo's ...Continue reading... Read more

Nathan Fillion is awesome. This is something we can all agree on. (And if not you shall be shunned. Horribly, … Continue reading "Nathan Fillion Learned A Skill Just To Fend Off Zombies"... Read more

Alongside many new cameras such as the URSA Cine 12K, URSA Cine 17K with a 65mm sensor, and the box-style PYXIS 6K, Blackmagic Design has just announced its new URSA Cine EVF, which will work with all three cameras mentioned above and, maybe, even more. On the show floor at... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher) is in talks for one of four female leads in Night Electricity, an indie from her longtime collaborator Sebastian Gutierrez (Jett). Pic’s plot is under wraps, though it’s been described as a psychological drama with thriller elements. David Lancaster (Whiplash,... Read more

Pamela Anderson is dressing up for Naked Gun. The actor has signed on to star opposite Liam Neeson in Paramount Pictures’ untitled remake of Naked Gun, based on the crime spoof comedies that were released in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Akiva Schaffer is directing the comedy, which has... Read more

As NAB rages on in full force, we’re excited to see some more camera announcements make it into the mix. And with this latest camera from Insta360, an 8K upgrade version of their X3 model, this new Insta360 X4 should turn a few heads with its new AI-powered gesture controls.The... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Nielsen’s Lt. Frank Drebin was wrong: Cops and women do mix, and with that we have Pamela Anderson joining Liam Neeson in Paramount Pictures’ untitled Naked Gun reboot, which Akiva Schaffer is directing and executive producing for a July 18, 2025 theatrical release. The Baywatch actress of 110... Read more

Fremantle and Fabula have renewed their first-look partnership with an agreement they say will result in them working even more closely to develop a fresh slate of original dramas and films. Under the accord, Fremantle’s international sales wing, FMI, will distribute the drama projects worldwide. Global production and distribution company... Read more

Executive producer Kevin Fitzpatrick and ID network exec Winona Meringolo talk about the care that goes into their harrowing and moving look at a different kind of victim.... Read more

Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy was once again asked about the rumored Taylor Swift cameo in the film. It’s so funny because he keeps getting asked about this! Do these people conducting the interviews actually think he’s going to reveal any big surprises!?This time the question came from the... Read more

“Loki” could conjure up a Best Drama Series nomination this year and give Disney and Marvel representation at this year’s Emmys. The second season of “Loki” continues the journey of Tom Hiddleston‘s titular former villain as he attempts to save the multiverse. Loki traverses the multiverse with the help of... Read more

Lee Hollin is staying at Lionsgate. Hollin, who is EVP, Television and Head of Current Programming at Lionsgate Television Group, has signed a new multi-year deal. It comes after he played a role in helping score renewals for series such as Ghosts, which landed a fourth season at CBS, Power... Read more

Max Cutler, the former Spotify executive who oversaw the audio streamer’s deals with the likes of Alex Cooper and Joe Rogan, is launching his own company. Cutler, who founded Parcast Studios, which Spotify acquired in 2019 for $56M, left Spotify as part of a reorg last year. He is now... Read more

OJ Simpson died last week at the age of 76, sparking a wide array of mixed responses from sports journalists … Continue reading "OJ Simpson Executor Doesn’t Want Goldman Family To Get Anything"... Read more

Fremantle has renewed its first-look deal with Fabula, the Chilean production company run by acclaimed director Pablo Larrain and brother Juan de Dios Larrain. Fabula’s filmography includes Larrain’s Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman and the Oscar-nominated Jackie as well as Spencer and El Conde. The agreement will see Fremantle and Fabula... Read more

You probably seen the news about the Ninja Phone and the Sun Dragon products from Atomos, but you’ve to watch the 17 minutes of this video to discover things you probably missed about them. The Ninja Phone is a whisper quiet, 10-bit video co-processor for smartphones and tablets that lets... Read more

In addition to unveiling the Pyxis 6K and Ursa Cine 12K cameras, Blackmagic Design also used NAB 2024 to tease an even higher-resolution camera with a large-format image sensor. [Read More]... Read more

UPDATE: Kara McGee, a jury pool candidate who was excused on Tuesday morning, told reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday that she was disappointed to not be able to serve because of scheduling conflicts with her cybersecurity job.  “I don’t approve of what he did as a president,” McGee said,... Read more

The “normal” amount of time to mount and broadcast the show was about a week to 10 days, but the “actual” amount of time that the venue was available was three days. As in, 72 hours, and, spoiler alert, I ended up being on site for around 60 of those... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Former Verve TV lit agent Matthew Doyle is transitioning to management and joining Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment. Starting this week, he will be working out as a of the company’s Los Angeles office. Doyle brings with him a roster of clients that include writer/director Haley Z Boston (Something Very Bad Is... Read more

Henry Cavill and Alan Richson star in a silly, semi-effective "Inglourious Basterds" wannabe that could spark its own cinematic universe.... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named Omer Ben Shachar, Mary Dauterman, MG Evangelista, Naomi Iwamoto, Thomas Kivney, Juan Paulo Laserna and Jhanvi Motla as the screenwriters selected for the 26th edition of its Screenwriting Lab, an intensive program designed to provide individualized story and career development for screenwriters with fiction feature... Read more

Here’s where the latest Marvel ‘Thor’ movie went wrong. Continue reading…... Read more

“We’ve got Josh Stoner here”, says Kenny McMillan, “who’s going to run us through the new broadcast lenses which I am less educated on so this will be educational.” Exciting news for Canon users, the announcement of the CJ27ex7.3B, Canon’s first 2/3” portable lens with a class leading 27x optical... Read more

Video marketing is evolving in 2024 as businesses seek new ways to boost brand awareness and connect with audiences. With the power of sight and sound combined with compelling storytelling, videos provide unmatched opportunities for brands to increase their visibility.  That’s why 70% of people who haven’t used video marketing... Read more

John and Craig can’t help but look at intrinsic motivations — those specific internal drives that guide characters behavior. They discuss how to structure and expose that internal drive, the importance of an innate irritability, how it can stop your characters from becoming flat, and rewarding that intrinsic motivation with... Read more

According to Hollywood insiders, Dev Patel is being eyed as the lead in the next Jurassic World film, which is … Continue reading "Jurassic World Eyeing Dev Patel For New Lead"... Read more

It’s crazy to me that Warner Bros. and DC still haven’t done anything with Batman Beyond. Fans have been wanting to see a film version of this for years! It’s like WB is throwing money away by not making this movie.So, we have to leave it to the fans to... Read more

Dylan Baker is the definition of a consummate actor. For over three decades he has delivered so many incredible performances in series like The Good Wife, Damages, Hunters, films like Happiness, Selma, Spider-Man 2, and his latest, LaRoy, Texas, where he plays a professional killer. He talks about his approach... Read more

NBCUniversal Chair Donna Langley will be honored with the 2024 Kering’s Women in Motion Award at the Cannes Film Festival, celebrating, according to Kering and Cannes “a lifelong career committed to steadfast leadership and the fostering of a more inclusive industry that has helped shape diversity both in front and... Read more

Can't make it to the Everglades? Let an unprofitable SVOD service bring it to you.... Read more

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Dior briefly swapped its typical runway home in Paris for a night at the Brooklyn Museum on Monday. The decision to stage a show in New York was inspired by Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri's travels to the city as a young woman and wanting to represent the "raw" glamour... Read more

Without new camera models to show, there is not much news from Canon Cinema Line at NAB 2024, so the updates in firmware, like those giving the C500MK II “more flavors” of RAW, are some of the things DP and now Senior Technical Specialist Matt Irving had to share with... Read more

At NAB 2024 in Las Vegas, NEEWER was showing its new CB200C 200W RGB LED Video Light. I reviewed the slightly larger Neewer CB300B 320W Bi-Color Monolight on the site last year. I found it to be a solid offering. It was color-accurate, quiet, and it certainly has a good... Read more

NPR has put on temporary suspension the editor who penned an essay that criticized the network for losing the trust of listeners as it has covered the rise of Donald Trump and coverage of Covid, race and other issues. Uri Berliner has been suspended for five days without pay, starting... Read more

Black Mamba. The Bride. Beatrix Kiddo. Mommy. From hired assassin to “defenseless” Bride to vengeful Beatrix to protective Mommy, Uma Thurman‘s “Kill Bill” character is arguably THE queen of revenge anti-heroines. On April 16, 2004, the much-anticipated second half of Quentin Tarantino‘s masterful saga was released in the U.S., and... Read more

Eiza González, Alex Pettyfer and Henry Golding also star in the semi-fictionalized account of a covert mission unofficially mandated by Churchill to neutralize Nazi U-boats in the North Atlantic.... Read more

Hannah Einbinder is back for the hit Max two-hander.... Read more