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Matt Minton mminton@variety.com With a Steven Spielberg film currently filming in the area, the Made in Huntington Film & TV Festival is officially launching with the goal of supporting emerging filmmakers. Starting Thursday and running through April 6, the festival is hosting 14 public screenings, with a total of 35 titles chosen from 100 submissions. For festival executive producer and Huntington’s director of film and television Joe Schramm, the festival is a unique opportunity to highlight production opportunities in Long Island.

To celebrate its release in UK and Irish cinemas this week, the BFI has given us an exclusive clip from Four Mothers, a film looking at mother and...In cinemas from 18th October.Landing in UK and Irish cinemas next week.To celebrate the release of this week’s Only The River Flows, we have an exclusive clip to share from the feature....Check out this brand new clip from The Descent and Dog Soldiers filmmaker Neil Marshall’s new film, Duchess. This one is...Amazon MGM Studios has released a debut clip from Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Blink Twice.

The world is reeling from Donald Trump’s grand tariff announcement, which was positioned by the POTUS as “liberation day.”

Wes Anderson’s new film, The Phoenician Scheme, has unveiled an action-packed trailer at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.The film stars Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton as a father and daughter struggling to overcome their difficult relationship. Unusually for the director, known for quirky comedy, the trailer shown to the convention crowd featured a lot of combat.

Susanna Reid, the familiar face of Good Morning Britain, has announced she'll be taking a short hiatus from the show. On Thursday's (April 3) episode at the ITV studios, Susanna greeted viewers with her co-host Ed Balls as they tackled the day's hot topics, including the lucrative underworld of counterfeit goods and President Trump's new tariffs on UK exports to the US. As the programme drew to a close, Susanna and Ed chatted with pundits Ayesha Hazarika and Ed Vaizey before transitioning to Lorraine Kelly's segment.

Naman Ramachandran Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has doubled down on the government’s commitment to implement local content quotas for streaming platforms, despite mounting pressure from the U.S. amid escalating trade tensions. “We strongly support local content in streaming services so Australian stories stay on Australian screens,” Albanese said on Thursday.

ATEEZ have announced their upcoming 2025 ‘In Your Fantasy’ world tour, featuring concerts in the US, Latin America and Japan.On March 31, ATEEZ and their label KQ Entertainment announced the boyband’s upcoming 2025 ‘In Your Fantasy’ world tour. It will feature 15 stops across North American, Japan, South Korea and more.The tour will kick off with two nights at Incheon’s Inspire Arena on July 5 and 6.

Chris Brown will be heading out on the road later this year with a string of UK dates this summer.

Joe Rogan and comedian Kurt Metzger roasted Disney’s new adaptation of “Snow White” as it flounders in theaters.Since it began production in 2022, Disney’s live-action remake of “Snow White” has made headlines due to multiple controversies, including a year-long delay, a debate over how to portray the original fairytale’s “seven dwarfs” after scathing commentary from actor Peter Dinklage and an outspoken lead actress who prompted backlash with her public mockery of the original Disney film and later of supporters of President Donald Trump.Metzger argued that as much as lead actress Rachel Zegler may have been a bad pick for the film, its failure cannot be blamed entirely on her.“If you notice the spin on it, they’re putting it all on her. I mean, I’m sure she sucks, but she is very young.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Ryan Gosling, looking very nerdy and quite un-Ken-like, plays a science teacher turned astronaut in “Project Hail Mary,” a sci-fi adventure that Amazon MGM Studios teased during its presentation to theater owners at CinemaCon on Wednesday. “I put the not in astronaut,” Gosling tells the government handler (Sandra Hüller) who has tapped him for to undertake a suicidal space mission.

Michael Jackson biopic could be divided into two films.Titled Michael, the film will tell the story of the life and career of Michael Jackson, who will be portrayed by his own nephew, Jaafar Jackson.Per the Hollywood Reporter, sources close to the project claim that director Antoine Fuqua and other executives from Lionsgate are currently considering splitting Michael into a two-parter.Though a split hasn’t been confirmed, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the current cut of the film is nearing four hours, as they’re hoping to include as much as possible in their telling of the King Of Pop’s story. The film is currently still scheduled for an October 3 release in the United States, with a global release date not yet locked in – given the potential splitting, it is now unclear if Michael will meet its planned premiere date.So far, limited information about the film has been made public.

Fox veterans The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers have never really been on the bubble because first, they remain strong performers for the network, and secondly, due to the longer lead time needed in animation, they would always get an early renewal. That was taken to a new level this year as all three, along with American Dad!, returning to Fox after an 11-year run on TBS, have just been given four-year pickups, keeping the 20th TV Animation-produced comedies off the bubble list for the foreseeable future.

Since news broke last night that actor Val Kilmer had died at the age of 65, there has been an outpouring of tributes from fellow actors and filmmakers praising Kilmer’s talent on-screen. Matt Corman, co-creator/executive producer of USA’s Covert Affairs and Disney+’s Daredevil: Born Again, has an insight into how Kilmer was off-screen.

In an unprecedented 4×4 order, Fox has picked up four 20th TV Animation series for four seasons each, renewing animated stalwarts The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers for four more years and confirming ‘s return to the network after an 11-year break, also with a four-season order. Solidifying its status as the top linear home of adult animation, the network called the pact with Disney TV Studios, which had been in the works for months, a “meganimation deal.”

EXCLUSIVE: Indie filmmaker Kevin Cate has wrapped on the Georgia production of his debut feature, the holiday road trip comedy Unbearable Christmas. Principal cast for the film includes Julia Stiles (Chosen Family), Alex Moffat (SNL), Caroline Rhea (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), David Cross (Arrested Development), Stephen Root (Barry), Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Kennedy Moyer, and Ben Lewis Doherty (Task).

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Alison Krauss will sell no high, lonesome sound before its time. Her fans don’t have to be reminded — although we will anyway — that it’s been 11 years since the last tour by her bluegrass band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and an even longer 14 since the group’s last album. She and the other members have had side hustles, of course, like Krauss spending the last three summers on the road with a Robert Plant co-bill, which is no one’s idea of slumming.

Coachella Music and Arts Festival is kicking off at Indio, CA’s Empire Polo Field on April 11-13.That weekend, household-name headliners Lady Gaga, Post Malone, Travis Scott, Green Day and Charli XCX will take the stage.Then, on April 18-20, they’ll do it all over again.Other big names on the bill for the six-day (!) extravaganza include Lisa and Jennie of Blackpink, Enhypen, Kraftwerk, Missy Elliott and Benson Boone among others.And if you want to join them all there, it isn’t too late to secure last-minute 2025 Coachella tickets.At the time of publication, our team found some three-day passes going for as low as $651.28 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $668.72 including fees.Yes, you read that right. Three-day passes are cheaper than what it will run you to attend just one day.Need a few more details before smashing that buy button?You’re in the right place, Little Monsters, Malonials, Ragers and Idiot Nation.Our team has everything you need to know and more about the 2025 Coachella Music and Arts Festival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.Single and multi-day pass options for both 2025 Coachella weekends and the best prices on tickets can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn’t noted, will include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

New York Times in an interview published Wednesday and defended taking on various business ventures, such as her Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” and her newly-launched As Ever lifestyle brand, following her and Prince Harry’s 2020 exit from the royal family.“I need to work, and I love to work,” said Markle.The “Suits” alum also said that, before she met Harry, 40, in 2016, she wasn’t without a job since she was 13.And given that she now has two kids, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, Markle said, “This is a way I can connect my home life and my work.”Markle and Harry quit their royal duties in January 2020, less than two years after their wedding, and moved to Montecito, California, where they own a $14 million mansion.Since starting their new life in America, the couple has released multiple Netflix shows, including Markle’s cooking series that was trashed by critics and failed to make a splash in viewership upon its release last month.Additionally, Markle had her own podcast with Spotify, called “Archetypes,” but the $20 million deal fell through in 2023. Her new podcast with Lemonada Media, titled “Confessions of a Female Founder,” will premiere next week.

Page Six reports. The news follows the “Since U Been” singer-turned-chat show queen’s still-unexplained absence from “The Kelly Clarkson Show” for nearly two weeks last month.

Lady Gaga is causing quite a bit of ‘Mayhem.’Due to overwhelming demand, the 14-time Grammy winner has added a number of shows to her forthcoming ‘Mayhem Ball World Tour.’That includes three (!) additional gigs at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.Originally, the recent “SNL” host and musical guest scheduled back-to-back-to-back concerts at the Knicks and Rangers’ home on Friday, Aug. 22, Saturday, Aug.

Financial markets declined markedly Wednesday after Donald Trump unveiled steeper-than-expected retaliatory tariffs on goods imported to the U.S. from other nations.