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‘Business of Television’ Author Updates Book to Reflect a Very Different Hollywood Era

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter In the six years since writing the definitive book on dealmaking in the TV industry, Ken Basin has had to rethink plenty before updating his masterwork for a second edition. “One thing that I think I underestimated when I sort of wrote my very optimistic end to the first edition, where I expressed my belief in the power of innovation and dealmaking to kind of set a course for the industry, was how many incentives there were against that kind of innovation,” he said on the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business.” Listen to the podcast here: This veteran of business affairs at some of the leading content companies discusses how disruption in Hollywood has changed his strategic outlook, but also outlines his prescription for getting showbiz back on track.

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Documentary Festival IDFA to Fete Belgian Artist, Filmmaker Johan Grimonprez

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Belgian artist and filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, whose “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” won an award at this year’s Sundance, will be the guest of honor at the 37th edition of IDFA. The documentary festival, which will take place from Nov. 14 to 24, has also unveiled curated program Dead Angle and Spotlight on Cuba, which focuses on the island’s cinema, alongside live cinema section IDFA on Stage and new media program IDFA DocLab.

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Jenna Ortega dismisses gender-swapped Hollywood movie roles: 'We should have our own' characters

Actress Jenna Ortega recently called out Hollywood’s haphazard attempts at reviving old movies with gender-swapped roles for women instead of innovating new stories centered around a female lead. While discussing how "certain movies that should get a sequel, and shouldn’t get a sequel" while promoting her new film "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice", "MTV’s" Josh Horowitz asked Ortega what she thought about a possible reprisal of another Tim Burton classic, "Edward Scissorhands" as "Edith Sicssorhands." "I love that there's a lot more female leads nowadays, I think that's so special.

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Tribeca Sets Lineup For First European Edition, Tribeca Festival Lisboa

Tribeca Enterprises has unveiled the lineup for the inaugural edition of Tribeca Festival Lisboa with the first European iteration of the NYC fest set to unspool in the Portuguese capital October 17-19 with a mix of U.S. indies, Portuguese films, series, podcasts and talks with international and local luminaries.

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Music Industry Moves: SoundCloud Launches ‘Ascending’ Global Artist Program With Laila!

Thania Garcia What do Shaboozey, Teezo Touchdown, Odetari and Kenya Grace all have in common? They were a part of SoundCloud‘s “Ascending” global artist development program that’s been in pilot mode since March 2023. “Ascending” initially launched as a pilot in the UK with Grace before expanding to the United States with Odetari in August 2023.

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LadyGang Podcast to Host Inaugural Three-Day LadyWorld Retreat (EXCLUSIVE)

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events The LadyGang podcast is launching LadyWorld, a three-day retreat debuting in 2025. The podcast, hosted by Keltie Knight, Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek, announced today they will curate the weekend experience Sept. 26-28, 2025, in Miramar Beach, Fla.

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Cate Blanchett Says AI Cannot Replicate Human ‘Mortality’: ‘It Doesn’t Understand That Deep Existential Dread’

Ethan Shanfeld Cate Blanchett offered her thoughts on artificial intelligence during a wide-ranging conversation at Toronto Film Festival. During an audience Q&A section of the interview, conducted by TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey, the “Carol” and “Lord of the Rings” star was asked about the positives and negatives of AI. “I’m very proud of the industry, actually, for going on strike about it,” Blanchett said, prompting applause.

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How Toronto Documentaries Use Innovative Methods to Reach New Audiences: ‘You Need a Different Lens’

Gregg Goldstein Documentaries have flooded streaming services and arthouse theaters for years, with good reason: They’re usually the most inexpensive indie films to produce and can spark cultural conversations that attract big audiences. But with so many to choose from, how can filmmakers set theirs apart from the pack? In Toronto, directors are taking some unconventional approaches: inserting new theatrical scenes to present unfilmable histories, capturing mind-bending aerial stunts that go far beyond typical doc photography, using aural techniques that duplicate protagonists’ experiences and even bringing doc elements into other genres.

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‘The Cut’ Review: Orlando Bloom Gives an All-Time Great Performance in an Uneven Boxer Drama

Siddhant Adlakha By now, boxing movies are such an overplayed genre, it’s tough for any filmmaker to innovate how the sport appears on screen. Sean Ellis‘ “The Cut” finds a way around that problem by focusing on physical and psychological struggles outside the ring, especially the grueling battle to make weight.

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From Auteur Docs to Immersive Innovation, Luxembourg Makes Big Impact

Ben Croll With six Luxembourgish projects on display, this year’s Venice Film Festival served as a victory lap for a modest state with an outsized impact. Boasting 1,200 professionals, a vibrant animation sector, and an output of 25-30 titles per year, the Grand Duchy’s co-production driven ecosystem is all the more remarkable for its relative youth and for the speed of its ascent.

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Vietnamese Director Duong Dieu Linh’s ‘Don’t Cry, Butterfly’ Scores Top Venice Critics’ Week Prize

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Vietnamese Director Duong Dieu Linh’s horror-comedy “Don’t Cry, Butterfly” is the big winner of the Venice Critics’ Week where it scooped the grand prize and the award for most innovative feature. Written and directed by Duong Dieu Linh, the Hanoi-set film follows a housewife who uses voodoo to try and get her cheating husband to fall back into love with her.

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Sergio Mendes, Brazilian Pop Innovator, Dies at 83

A.D. Amorosi Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Friday in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed.

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'The Boulet Brothers' Dragula' Season 6 Premiere Date & Celebrity Guest judges Revealed!

The Boulet Brothers‘ Dragula is returning for a sixth season this fall!

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Joe Wright on the Importance of Making Benito Mussolini Series ‘M’: It’s a ‘Howl Against the Current Rise of the Far-Right’

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent British director Joe Wright, who helmed Winston Churchill drama “Darkest Hour,” is at the Venice Film Festival with another historical piece, high-end TV drama “M. Son of the Century.” The series chronicles Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and is particularly timely as populist leaders are sprouting up all over the world.

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The Yorkshire Vet star worries over 'UK first' as he warns 'it could be disastrous'

The Yorkshire Vet made history with a groundbreaking moment as a beloved dog, Jimmy Joe, was whisked into surgery for an extraordinary procedure. For the first time in the UK, cutting-edge 3D modelling technology was utilised by vets to insert screws into the spine of a dog.The poor pup was suffering from back pain during playtime, causing his owner great worry.