Sebastian Gibbs Returns To Netflix As Director Original Series

Sebastian Gibbs Returns To Netflix As Director Original Series

EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Gibbs is joining Netflix as Director, Original Series. He will be covering IP and tentpole franchises, reporting to VP, Scripted Series Teddy Biaselli. His start date is Aug. 17. Gibbs is moving to Netflix from Amazon MGM Studios where he was a Senior Television Development Executive for the past four years. This is…

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Tom Prior Signs With Independent Creative Management

Tom Prior Signs With Independent Creative Management

EXCLUSIVE: Firebird and Kingsman: The Secret Service actor Tom Prior has signed with Independent Creative Management (ICM) in the UK. Prior is best known for his lead role in romantic war feature Firebird about a forbidden love between a private and a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War. He was…

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Cardinals second-round rookie suffers long-term injury

Cardinals second-round rookie suffers long-term injury

The Arizona Cardinals defeated the Las Vegas Raiders 27-14 in their first preseason game on Thursday night, but it seems to have come at a cost. Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur revealed after the game that rookie guard Chase Bisontis was injured when a Raiders defensive lineman fell into the side of his left knee…

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Zach Braff Tribeca Drama ‘Clean Hands’ Gets International Sales Deal

Zach Braff Tribeca Drama ‘Clean Hands’ Gets International Sales Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Following its Tribeca premiere and North American deal with Vertical, Myriad Pictures has acquired international rights to Clean Hands, the true-life drama starring Zach Braff and Esther McGregor. Holt McCallany, Abigail Spencer and Lucas Till round out the ensemble cast in the feature written and directed by Jake Allyn. Myriad will be selling at…

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Mark McKenna & Stephen Lang Enter Thriller ‘Isolation Booth’

Mark McKenna & Stephen Lang Enter Thriller ‘Isolation Booth’

EXCLUSIVE: Mark McKenna (Sing Street) and Stephen Lang (Avatar) are among cast to lead thriller Isolation Booth, which has recently wrapped filming in Minnesota. Heralding from producers Shifted Industry (Showtime’s Basketball County: In The Water) and Witchcraft Motion Picture Company (IFC & Shudder’s Dolly), the psychological thriller from first-time feature director John Beckham follows a…

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US retail sales unexpectedly fall in July

US retail sales unexpectedly fall in July

Published Fri, Aug 14, 2026 · 09:21 PM [WASHINGTON] US retail sales unexpectedly fell in July after recent strong gains that were fuelled by large tax refunds, but consumer spending is likely to remain supported by rising wealth from the stock market even as households are increasingly sensitive to higher prices. Retail sales dropped 0.6…

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Chris Evans Shares Rare Insight Into Fatherhood After Welcoming Baby With Alba Baptista

Chris Evans Shares Rare Insight Into Fatherhood After Welcoming Baby With Alba Baptista

“We’re laying low,” Evans told E! News last June of how the couple was spending their summer. “We’re enjoying our time, just relaxing.” Indeed, Evans noted it had been an “incredible” two years of marital bliss musing, “It’s wonderful.” Meanwhile, the couple expanding their family has always been a dream of the Materalists star.  “Wife,…

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Giuseppe Schillaci’s ‘Auber 89’ Acquired By Lightdox Ahead Of Venice Prem.

Giuseppe Schillaci’s ‘Auber 89’ Acquired By Lightdox Ahead Of Venice Prem.

EXCLUSIVE: International sales and distribution agency Lightdox has acquired Giuseppe Schillaci’s documentary Auber 89 ahead of its world premiere at the Giornate degli Autori‘s Notti Veneziane (Venetian Nights), a sidebar of the Venice Film Festival. The nonfiction feature examines the experience of Fatsah Bouyahmed, a French Algerian actor who suffered memory loss after an accident.…

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Straits Trading H1 net loss narrows by 72.7% to S$11.1 million

Straits Trading H1 net loss narrows by 72.7% to S.1 million

Improvement driven mainly by stronger performance from resources segment and absence of non-cash remeasurement loss [SINGAPORE] The Straits Trading Company on Friday (Aug 14) reported a net loss of S$11.1 million for the first half ended Jun 30, narrowing from a net loss of S$40.8 million in the year-ago period. This was driven mainly by…

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