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Netflix, Paramount To Stream Internationally Natalie Portman-Starrer ‘Annihilation’ 17 Days After U.S. Release

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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Paramount/Skydance are negotiating a deal on the Alex Garland-directed Annihilation that will give the streaming service international rights to the sci-fi thriller, and an opportunity to release the film on its overseas streaming service 17 days after the film premieres in the the U.S. on February 23. Paramount will do the traditional theatrical release in the U.S., Canada and China. Putting a major film on Netflix internationally three weekends… Read

Donald Trump Announces: U.S. Will Move Embassy To Jerusalem, Officially Recognize Israel’s Capital

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President Donald Trump announced he officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and will move the U.S. embassy to the city. While TV cameras were trained on him, he signed a directive for the State Department to hire architects to come up with a new embassy in Jerusalem, which he said should be designed as “a magnificent tribute to peace.” Trump began his 11-minute speech about the most radioactive piece of real estate in the world, by patting himself on the back… Read

France Mourns Johnny Hallyday: Media Wall-To-Wall With Tributes To Icon, Reactions

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UPDATE, WRITETRU with additional reaction: France is in mourning after waking up today to the news that its most beloved rock star, Johnny Hallyday, died overnight. Broadcast and cable networks, radio stations and newspapers all mobilized to pay tribute to the man known as the French Elvis. Social media is filled with reactions from fans, friends, entertainers and a fair few politicians. President Emmanuel Macron is understood to be favorable to planning an official day… Read

Fox’s $15.6B Takeover Of Sky Delayed After UK Regulators Postpone Report

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21st Century Fox's attempt to take over UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky in a $15.6 billion deal has been delayed by another month after regulators postponed publishing their latest report. The Competition and Markets Authority is set to publish their findings in mid-January, rather than the initial date of December 18. A CMA spokesman told the Guardian: "It is not unusual for us to update our 18 timetables. In this case, we have received a large body of evidence – including… Read

Megyn Kelly Devotes ‘Today’ Show Hour To Time’s Person Of Year Nod To #MeToo Movement

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Shortly after Time magazine named “The Silence Breakers” of the #MeToo movement its Person Of The Year, NBC News’s Megyn Kelly, who is among those interviewed for the feature, devoted the bulk of her program to conversation about sexual misconduct and the MeToo movement. She opened Megyn Kellly Today talking to Alyssa Milano who, in the wake of all of the allegations surfacing in Hollywood, started #MeToo on Twitter to put a spotlight on the issue, and Tarana Burke, the… Read

Acorn TV Sets January Slate With ‘Detectorists’, ‘Girlfriends’ & More

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has set its January slate of premiering and returning international dramas and comedies. They include two Acorn TV Originals, Detectorists and Girlfriends as well as New Zealand legal drama, Dear Murderer. Acorn has steadily expanded its role as co-producer and in January will be participating for the first time at the TCAs with an executive panel and panels for Girlfriends and Irish drama Striking Out. Detectorists, the BBC… Read

Time’s Person Of The Year: “The Silence Breakers” Of #MeToo Movement

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Time magazine Wednesday morning named its Person Of The Year, paying tribute to the movement started a couple months ago when mad-as-hell members of media and entertainment sparked the #MeToo movement that’s now being heard round the world. In naming The Silence Breakers its Person Of The Year, Time interviewed dozens of people from many industries “all of whom had summoned extraordinary personal courage to speak out about sexual harassment at their jobs” as the hashtag… Read

AACTA Awards: ‘Lion’ & ‘Top Of The Lake’ Sweep Oz Film & TV Prizes

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The second installment of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts AACTA Awards ceremony took place in Sydney Wednesday evening local time with Lion continuing its dominance over the film categories, and Top Of The Lake: China Girl taking key wins for TV. Those include kudos for Nicole Kidman in both. Kidman took the Best Supporting Actress nod for Lion which was named Best Film. It also picked up trophies for Garth Davis’ direction and Dev Patel’s supporting… Read

Johnny Hallyday Dies: The ‘French Elvis,’ Major Star Of Music & Film, Was 74

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Johnny Hallyday, known as the “French Elvis” for his massively popular recordings and acting career, has died. He was 74 years old and had been battling cancer, according to Agence France Presse. Widely credited as the first French star to popularize early rock ‘n roll in France, Halladay sold more than 110 million records over his 50-year career. He sang French-language covers of American pop, starting with his 1960 debut album. His appearances soon set off near-riots… Read

Russia Olympics Ban Applauded By ‘Icarus’ Filmmakers

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The International Olympic Committee said today that it is banning Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea following its investigations of a doping scheme. The news was met with applause by Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan, filmmakers behind the Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary, Icarus, an exposé chronicling Fogel's investigation into the international world of sports doping. Netflix has rights and premiered the film in August. “We applaud today's… Read

Robin Campillo On France’s Oscar Entry ‘BPM’ And Resolving 25 Years Of His Life

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Robin Campillo is not a big fan of the limelight, but he's happy to share it with BPM, a movie that he "really wanted" to debut at the Cannes Film Festival because he didn't think it would have the same impact without such a launch pad. "I wanted to be in competition because we are more visible there," he tells me. The film is France’s Oscar entry this year. Marrying his early activism with cinema has meant "the two great affairs of my life found each other," Campillo… Read

Phillip Noyce To Helm WWII Drama ‘Rats Of Tobruk’ Backed By Oz’s DEMS Entertainment

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Australian helmer Phillip Noyce is prepping Rats of Tobruk, a World War II feature inspired by experiences his father shared of a brave band of untrained Oz soldiers. Nascent Canberra- and Los Angeles-based DEMS Entertainment is partnering to co-produce and finance the drama which is eyeing a 2019 production start. The Rats of Tobruk was the name given to the soldiers of the garrison who held the Libyan port against a German-Italian army commanded by Gen.Erwin Rommel… Read

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