French Film & TV Sectors Sound Alarm Over Cuts To State Broadcaster Budget; Say They Are At Odds With Macron’s Lumière Summit Pledges

French Film & TV Sectors Sound Alarm Over Cuts To State Broadcaster Budget; Say They Are At Odds With Macron’s Lumière Summit Pledges

France’s film and TV sectors are sounding the alarm over a proposed €47M ($53M) cut in public funds for state broadcaster France Télévisions in 2027. In a joint open letter published on Wednesday, independent producers’ guilds, Le SPI, l’USPA and AnimFrance accused the government of engaging in “a brutal social plan” which could cause irreparable…

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Taylor Swift Unveils Life of a Showgirl: The Encore Featuring 4 New Songs

Taylor Swift Unveils Life of a Showgirl: The Encore Featuring 4 New Songs

Drop everything now—Taylor Swift has another surprise for fans.  Just one day after the “Opalite” singer revealed her brand-new single “Patient Zero,” out Friday, Sept. 25, she announced The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, featuring four new songs, will drop the same day. “About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing,” Swift wrote…

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DDA Vet Jack Davidson Exits To Launch Events Management Company JDL

DDA Vet Jack Davidson Exits To Launch Events Management Company JDL

EXCLUSIVE: After a 17-year run at comms agency DDA, Jack Davidson has exited to launch an event management and logistics company, Jack Davidson Logistics and Events (JDL). London-based Davidson most recently served as Senior Vice President at DDA Event Management (DDA EM). DDA EM has recently been acquired by DDA Global (DDA) and merged with…

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‘Where’s Wanda’ Season 2: Watch Trailer For Apple TV Series

‘Where’s Wanda’ Season 2: Watch Trailer For Apple TV Series

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the trailer for Season 2 of Apple TV‘s German dark comedy Where’s Wanda?. The sophomore season starring Heike Makatsch (Love Actually), Axel Stein (The Vault), Lea Drinda (The Gryphon), Leo Simon and and Nikeata Thompson (Späti) debuts globally on October 21, and this is the exclusive trailer ahead of the launch. Episodes will…

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Jesse Eisenberg Talks Writing ‘The Debut’ For Julianne Moore

Jesse Eisenberg Talks Writing ‘The Debut’ For Julianne Moore

Jesse Eisenberg heaped praise on Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, the co-stars of his latest feature, The Debut, this morning during a press conference at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where the musical comedy is set to make its European debut this week. “We filmed the first two days of the movie in one day,…

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Studiocanal Wraps Final Film In German-Language ‘Woodwalkers’ Trilogy

Studiocanal Wraps Final Film In German-Language ‘Woodwalkers’ Trilogy

Studiocanal has announced the official wrap of the final instalment in hit German-language trilogy Woodwalkers alongside unveiling a January 28, 2027 theatrical launch date in Germany and a first image. A production between Blue Eyes Fiction and Studiocanal Germany, the trilogy was launched in 2024 as the partners’ most ambitious German-language production to date. The…

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