The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama [31d]
• Our Lady J Says Revealing She’s Converted to Judaism Has Been a Lot ‘Harder Than Coming Out as Trans’ [31d]
• ‘The Batman: Part 2′: Matt Reeves Confirms Bryan Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Charles Dance and More Cast Additions [31d]
• Byron Allen on How He Plans to Use BuzzFeed to Create a ‘Premier Global Free Streaming Service,’ What It Means to Be Taking Over Colbert’s CBS Time Slot and Why He Wants to Buy Starz [31d]
• Byron Allen on How He Plans to Use BuzzFeed to Create a ‘Premier Global Free Streaming Service,’ What It Means to Be Taking Over Colbert’s CBS Time Slot and Why He Wants to Buy Starz [31d]
• Amazon Studios Accused of Blacklisting Vendor Who Refused to Pay Kickbacks [31d]
• Before Cable Was Cool: Ted Turner Was a Visionary Maverick and Gift to Journalists [31d]
• Asghar Farhadi Blows Kisses as French Drama ‘Parallel Tales,’ Starring Isabelle Huppert, Scores 5.5-Minute Cannes Ovation [31d]
• Nicki Minaj Reveals Why She Came Out as MAGA, Says Jay-Z Hurt Obama’s Legacy [31d]
• Verve Signs ‘CHIPS’ Creator Maddie Brewer (EXCLUSIVE) [31d]
• Sarah Caplan, Longtime Television Producer, Dies at 73 [31d]
• Seth Rogen on Animated Alzheimer’s Movie ‘Tangles,’ Casting Madonna in ‘The Studio’ and Recreating the Venice Film Festival for Season 2: ‘It Is Crazy’ [31d]
• Keith Cox, Who First Brought Taylor Sheridan to Paramount, to Exit as Chief of MTV Entertainment Studios [31d]
• Music Industry Moves: Dawn Richard, Valerie June to Perform at Libera Indie Awards; Universal Music Expands Mental-Health Initiatives [31d]
• Florida Touts Regional Incentives, Locations and Top-Notch Crew to Lure Productions [31d]
• James Bond Auditions Have Officially Started, ‘Game of Thrones’ Casting Vet Nina Gold Tapped to Find Next 007 (EXCLUSIVE) [31d]
• ‘Fatherland’ Review: Thomas Mann and His Daughter Travel Across Germany in 1949 in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Meticulous Time Machine of a Drama [31d]
• Charter Adds Discovery+ to Select Spectrum TV Plans for No Additional Cost, Joining HBO Max in Cable Company’s Streaming Lineup [31d]
• LISTEN: Upfronts 2026: What We Learned From TV’s Biggest Platforms; Crafting the Music of ‘Heated Rivalry’ [31d]
• Try Guys Cooking Competition Series ‘Phoning It In’ Rounds Out Season 4 Judges (EXCLUSIVE) [31d]
• Claudine Longet, Singer and Actor Who Shot Olympian Spider Sabich, Dies at 84 [31d]
• ‘Gabin’ Review: A French Farm Boy Grows Up, Both Fast and Slow, in a Marvelous Cannes Discovery [31d]
• ‘Tangles’ Review: Striking Animation Honors an Artist’s Heartbreaking Account of Losing Her Mother to Alzheimer’s [31d]
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Developing Film Adaptation of Afghan War Memoir ‘Now Way Out’ for Netflix [31d]
• Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s ‘Family Movie’ to Open 2026 Bentonville Film Festival, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ to Close [31d]
• TV Drama Writers Detail Difficulties of Ending a Hit Show, How Much to Plan Ahead and Becoming ‘Emotion Dealers’ for Audiences [32d]
• Sandra Hüller Soaks Up 5-Minute Standing Ovation for ‘Fatherland’ as Oscar Race Starts Early in Cannes [32d]
• Dua Lipa Announces ‘Dua Lipa (Live From Mexico)’ Concert Film and Live Album [32d]
• The 25 Best Drake Songs of All Time [32d]
• ‘Lost Women of Alaska’ Team on Spotlighting the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis: The Community ‘Has Been Through a Lot’ and ‘Hasn’t Been Heard’ [32d]
• First Look at Supernatural Thriller ‘Hide and Don’t Speak’ Features Star Momona Tamada [32d]
• Eight Directors, Five Countries, Four Films: Inside KawanKawan Media’s ‘Next Step Studio Indonesia’ at Cannes [32d]
• Kamala Avila-Salmon’s Kas Kas Productions Reveals Initial Development Slate, Including Sci-Fi Series Starring Rainn Wilson (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence, Driven by Fast Emerging Key Production Players [32d]
• Cannes: ‘La Frappe’ Set to Premiere in Critics Week with Charades on Board as Sales Agent (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• Bill Lawrence to Be Honored As Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• 10 Chilean Standouts at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival [32d]
• Nithya Raman Is Hollywood’s Choice for L.A. Mayor — But Will It Matter? [32d]
• ‘Obsession’ Review: Clever, Creepy Indie Horror Applies an Old-School Monkey’s Paw Device to Modern Relationships [32d]
• Claire Danes to Be Honored at Gotham Television Awards (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• ‘CoComelon’ Movie Sets SZA, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah Sherman to Lead Voice Cast [32d]
• Jodie Comer to Star in HBO Limited Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof [32d]
• ‘Rooster’ Is HBO’s Biggest Comedy Launch Since ‘Hung’ and ‘Sex and the City,’ Averaging 6.5 Million Viewers [32d]
• Taylor Swift’s ‘1989,’ Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies’ and Records From Ray Charles, the Go-Go’s, Byrds, Weezer, Reba and More Inducted Into National Recording Registry [32d]
• Graydon Carter and Harrison Vail Launch Par Avion Pictures, Set Film and Series Slate (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• Miley Cyrus, Jisoo, Sabrina Carpenter, Al Pacino and More Photos from the Dior Cruise Show in Los Angeles [32d]
• All 13 Seasons of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Revival to Stream Exclusively on AMC+ in U.S. [32d]
• Jordana Brewster on Bringing ‘Fast & Furious’ to Cannes for Its 25th Anniversary and Honoring Paul Walker With ‘Fast Forever’: ‘We’ve All Got Each Other’s Backs, No Matter What’ [32d]
• ‘Monkey Quest’ and a New Anime Frontier: How Toei Animation Is Rewriting Its Global Playbook [32d]
• ‘PAW Patrol,’ ‘Rubble & Crew’ Renewed for Two Additional Seasons Each at Nickelodeon [32d]
• BET Studios Partners with Microseries Company aTwist to Develop Original Content Rooted in Black Culture (TV News Roundup) [32d]
• Megumi on ‘Fujiko,’ Japan’s Cannes Moment and Being Actor-Producer [32d]
• Sony Pictures’ Sanford Panitch Puts Japan at Center of Theatrical Argument at Cannes Film Market: ‘True Global IP Has Never Been Created by a Streaming Service’ [32d]
• Nishikawa Miwa’s War Orphan Drama ‘Children Untold’ Boards Intramovies for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• ‘The Meltdown’ Review: A Missing-Girl Mystery Becomes a Political Allegory as Remote as its Andean Setting [32d]
• Noomi Rapace, Maryam Touzani to Star in Nabil Ayouch’s Psychological Thriller ‘Run, With No Tears’ as Films Boutique Boards Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• Pete Townshend’s Music Catalog and Other Rights Acquired by Primary Wave Music in Nine-Figure Deal [32d]
• ‘The Match’ Review: An Exciting, Accessible Documentary About Soccer and War [32d]
• Steven Soderbergh’s ‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ Launches Sales in Cannes With 193 (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]
• Can You Trademark Yourself? Inside Matthew McConaughey’s Novel Legal Strategy to Fight AI Theft [32d]
• Will Smith to Star in Action Thriller ‘Supermax,’ Amazon MGM Lands Rights in $70 Million Streaming Deal [32d]
• Hannah Einbinder Says Hollywood Blacklist Fears Won’t Stop Her From Saying ‘Free Palestine’ as She Champions Melissa Barrera, Javier Bardem and More: ‘The Cost of Not Speaking Is Higher’ [32d]
• Gap Inc. Hires Another Ex-Paramount Exec in Push to Expand Fashion Brands to TV, Film and More [32d]
• Pascal Plante’s ‘King’s Daughters,’ Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Boarded by WTFilms (EXCLUSIVE) [32d]