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Awkwafina Had Doubts About Her Dramatic Turn in ‘The Farewell’: ‘I Never Thought I’d See a Script Like This’ (Video)
“I did become emotionally invested in the character and in the story. It’s so beautiful and moving,” the actress says
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Liberty Media Shakes Up Management Roles Following Departure of CFO Mark Carleton
Carleton plans to stay on as a senior advisor for Liberty
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‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang Lines up Next Project With ‘Children of the New World’
Wang is adapting the science-fiction film based on a collection of short stories by Alexander Weinstein
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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’: How Realistic Is Mysterio’s Illusion Technology?
“We begin to see the blurring of the lines between the digital and physical world,” futurist Brian David Johnson says
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Indie STX Entertainment Seeks Cash or a Buyer After String of Box Office Flops (Exclusive)
The studio’s CFO denied that the company is seeking to sell
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MoviePass Shuts Down for ‘Maintenance Related Issues,’ Company Plans to ‘Recapitalize’
Current subscribers won’t be billed and no new subscribers will be able to sign up during outage that could last ‘several weeks’
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WGA Writers’ Total Earnings Increased 4.2% to $1.56 Billion in 2018
WGA has said conflicts of interest from packaging deals often hurts the pay of the writers
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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’: What’s Next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Things are in flux for the MCU after “Avengers: Endgame,” but here’s what Marvel has in the works post “Far From Home”
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Budweiser and ACE Content’s New Doc ‘Kings of Beer’ Delves Into the Super Bowl of Brewing Beer (Exclusive Video)
Documentary hits select theaters in the U.S. and Canada on Aug. 2 following partnership with Gravitas Ventures
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Jim Gaffigan Sundance Film ‘Light From Light’ Acquired by Grasshopper Film
The supernatural film is the second feature from writer-director Paul Harrill
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‘Midsommar’ Star Jack Reynor on How the Film’s Full Frontal Nudity Flips Horror Conventions (Video)
Reynor notes that women are historically the victims of sexual violence in horror films
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Imperative Entertainment Hires Condé Nast Exec Jeremy Steckler as Film Production President
Studio is currently producing Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s adaptation of “Killers of the Flower Moon”
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How Cinemark Competes to Attract Moviegoers in the Age of Netflix
“Even in the midst of a lot of great alternatives at home, people are getting out of their houses to go see a lot of different movies, and it’s not just all ‘Avengers: Endgame,’” Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi says
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CAA Follows UTA and WME, Claiming Writers Guild Boycott Violates Antitrust Laws
William Morris Endeavor and United Talent Agency both sued the WGA last week
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WGA Sends ATA Cease and Desist Letter Over Antitrust Practices
“We’re not going to sit back and allow agencies to accuse us in a court of law of the very things they are doing,” WGA says
