Guillermo Del Toro Lectures, Marilyn Monroe Screening Series and VistaVision Prints Join Academy Museum’s Summer Programming Slate – Film News in Brief

Paramount's legal chief argues that the takeover will actually boost competition under the combined company's plans to lean on theatrical releases, with the aim of competing with streaming juggernauts.

On today’s episode, Variety’s Brian Steinberg reports on the triple-header kickoff of Upfronts week after attending Monday’s NBCUniversal, Fox and Amazon Prime Video presentations. He parses each platform’s pitch to Madison Avenue. And we’ll hear from NBCUniversal Entertainment chief business officer Liz Jenkins on risk-taking in the time of disruption, in remarks delivered this month at […]

Robert Irwin has wrangled snakes, cuddled koalas, and charmed television audiences from Australia to America. Now, he’s outrunning a stampede of inflatable crocodiles through the outback. Columbia Sportswear has unveiled its latest campaign starring its global brand ambassador, and the brand is leaning hard into Irwin’s signature blend of wildlife enthusiasm and self-deprecating humor. The […]

Despite a selection light on Hollywood fare, the Croisette got whipped into frenzy nonetheless by boldfaced names like Demi Moore, Chloe Zhao, Jane Fonda, Diego Luna and Heidi Klum on night one.