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Ryan Murphy's new medical drama Doctor Odyssey has premiered to a wave of critique but viewers have confessed they enjoy watching the 'incredibly stupid' series.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival has unveiled a first batch of titles that will screen as part of its “Festival Favorites” lineup, showcasing the cream of the international fest crop for Arab audiences. Besides including recent Cannes standouts such as Sandhya Suri’s crime thriller “Santosh” (pictured) –which will represent the U.K.

Jamie Lang Powerhouse production and distribution outfit Fremantle and Brazilian public broadcaster Globo are teaming on the new drama “Crime Inc,” which is being developed and produced by Mixer Films and Fremantle. Globo will distribute the show in Brazil via its Globoplay platform, with Fremantle taking rights to the rest of the world.

MTV has confirmed the pop superstar who will host the 2024 MTV EMAs, being held in Manchester for the first time. Chart-topping star Rita Ora will be doing the honours, having hosted the event three times before.

Sabrina Carpenter put Millie Bobby Brown under arrest during a recent stop on her Short N’ Sweet Tour.

Carolyn Giardina Artificial Intelligence is “fundamentally reshaping computing and will transform how stories are told, produced and experienced,” asserted NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang as he accepted the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award via a recorded message during the 76th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards.

horror films of all time.Conducted every year since 2020, MoneySupermarket’s Science of Scare study has involved hundreds of volunteers who watch hours of horror movies while having their heart rate monitored.The films are then ranked based on the effect on the audience’s heart rate, for which they are assigned a score based on the change in heart rate and the highest heart rate reached among the cinemagoers.According to the study, the scariest horror film of all time is Scott Derrickson’s 2012 supernatural horror,  Sinister, with the audience experiencing a 34 per cent uplift in heart rate on average when watching the movie.Coming in at a close second was the 2020 Zoom-based horror film Host, followed by Skinamarink, Insidious and The Conjuring.Hereditary placed sixth in the ranking while Smile came in seventh. The top 10 is rounded out by The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, Talk To Me and Hell House LLC.The list is largely dominated by modern horror films, several of which had been released in 2024.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor An attorney for CBS News pushed back against the threat of a lawsuit from former President Donald Trump Wednesday, suggesting to his counsel that he might be liable for attorneys’ fees or be subject to counterclaims if he sought to press further into the idea that newsmagazine “60 Minutes” doctored the presentation of its recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. “Your letter on behalf of Mr.

EXCLUSIVE: 9-1-1 has had a buzzy start to Season 8.

Variety’s Women’s Impact Report navigated Hollywood’s turbulent 2023 only to find more rocky roads in 2024. Layoffs, a production downturn and other woes dogged the entertainment business – but those were offset by the creation of blockbuster movies, series and music that captivated global audiences, alongside memorable characters, not to mention the women who worked the best deals for clients and their companies. The resilience illustrated by the women on our 2024 report is the secret sauce of showbiz.

Katcy Stephan “Magpie” screenwriter Tom Bateman doesn’t want you to guess his film’s twist ending; he wants you to squirm. “I want an audience to just be nudging their boyfriend, girlfriend, mum or dad like, ‘Something’s wrong here. There’s something up,'” he says with a laugh.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Lionsgate’s genre-spanning 2024 slate of heist comedies, weepy coming-of-age tales, cheeky video game adaptations and horror stories was aiming to fill a void. Most of these were the kinds of movies that major Hollywood studios have either stopped making entirely or largely relegated to streaming services.

Emiliana Betancourt Approximately one-third of the Netflix true crime thriller “Woman of the Hour” takes place on set of “The Dating Game,” where real-life serial killer Rodney Alcala was a contestant in the 1970s. So, production designers for the Anna Kendrick-directed film had two missions: to accurately recreate the well-known set and to make that colorful, cheery space highlight the irony of a murderer’s participation on a romantic game show. “Woman of the Hour,” written by Ian McDonald, is structured to jump back and forth in time to dates where Alcala committed his heinous killings, while “The Dating Game” show anchors the action.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Ricky Gervais’ career-launching mockumentary series “The Office” is getting a Mexican remake with Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and Gary “Gaz” Alazraki’s Máquina Vega leading the charge. Alazraki, who proved his comedy chops directing and producing major hits “Nosotros los Nobles” and “Club de Cuervos” serves as director and executive producer of “La Oficina” while Marcos Bucay (“Cómo Sobrevivir Soltero”) showruns the Mexican adaptation.

J. Kim Murphy Hollywood may be synonymous with moviemaking, but Los Angeles has historically been fickle about supporting a major film festival. AFI Fest, which will unfurl the red carpet for opening night on Wednesday, hopes to certify its status as the city’s landmark festival, especially after seeing an encouraging growth in presales this fall.

Marta Balaga Titan OS has announced a partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment for the launch of Sony One Channels. As part of the partnership, the company will roll out the Sony One FAST channel portfolio on selected Sony’s Android TVs and Philips Smart TVs already running Titan OS, making its content available to over 9 million households across Europe, said CEO Jacinto Roca during its first Content Partners Summit at Mipcom on Tuesday.

Caryn Rose “What up, doe?!” With that traditional, very Detroit greeting, Michigan native Little Stevie Wonder brought his “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” tour to Little Caesar’s Arena in the Motor City on Tuesday night. Escorted onstage by his daughter Aisha (of “Isn’t She Lovely” fame) and son Kailand, he continued: “This is a celebration — there’s so much I want to say, and so much I want to sing, and so much I want you all to sing.” He wasn’t exaggerating on the latter.

The American French Film Festival has long been considered the premiere U.S. event for launching French film and television content to American audiences and while last year’s edition was forced to cancel due to Hollywood’s dual strikes, this year the L.A.-based event is back and gearing up for what it expects to be one of its best editions yet. 

One of the key initiatives of the American French Film Festival is its long-running education program, which provides 3,000 high school students each year with the opportunity to attend a screening and discussion with filmmakers at the DGA Theatre. For the festival, it’s a rare opportunity to help actively develop younger audiences and expose them to French cinema.

to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. just saw Walz's car talk and raised him a rapping Eminem's “Lose Yourself” at a campaign rally in Detroit on October 22.Following an introduction from the rapper himself, Obama took the stage, and told the crowd he was feeling a little nervous to follow Eminem. “I notice, my palms are sweaty,” he said, quoting the iconic first line of the song.

Ethan Shanfeld Adam Ray is bringing his Dr. Phil parody to Netflix with a wild new special in which the comedian — dressed as the mustachioed talk show host — will come face to face with Dr. Phil himself.