The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Artists Equity Inks Overall Theatrical Film Agreement With Sony Pictures [55d]
• ‘The Bear’: All the New and Returning Guest Stars in Season 4 [55d]
• Audacy Shuts Down Podcast Studio Pineapple Street, Lays Off Staff; Division Had Produced Multiple Shows for HBO and Max [55d]
• Kendrick Lamar Halftime Show Performer Arrested Months After Holding Up ‘Gaza-Sudan’ Flag at Super Bowl [55d]
• Amanda Seyfried Says ‘I Auditioned Six Times’ for ‘Wicked’ Before Losing the Role: ‘I Worked My Ass Off for Years and Years on That Music’ [55d]
• ‘Liver King’ Ordered to Undergo Mental Health Evaluation, Is Subject to Restraining Order After Arrest for Joe Rogan Threats [55d]
• Bill Moyers, Elder Statesman of PBS Journalists, Dies at 91 [55d]
• ‘Farmhouse Fixer’ Canceled by HGTV Along With ‘Bargain Block’ and ‘Izzy Knows Best’; Host Jonathan Knight Is ‘Still Processing Their Decision’ [55d]
• Clea DuVall on Going From ‘Poker Face’ Guest Star to Director, Filming That ‘Brutal’ Death Scene and ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ Turning 25 [55d]
• ‘Death Stranding 2: On The Beach’ Is Out Now for the Sony Playstation 5 [55d]
• Producers to Watch Panelists on Getting Fired, Hacked Footage and Why Hollywood Needs to Adopt the Costco Hot Dog Model [55d]
• Jake Paul Walks Off Piers Morgan Set and Slams Host: ‘I Don’t Give a F— About Your Show, Dumbass’ [55d]
• Will ‘The Bear’ Return for Season 5? How Schedule Conflicts and Cast Ambitions Could Determine the Show’s Future [55d]
• ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Director Gerard Johnstone on AMELIA, ‘Monster High’ and the ‘Thorny Territory’ of AI in Film [55d]
• Marge Simpson Is Very Much Alive, ‘The Simpsons’ EP Says After Finale Sparked Online Outrage: ‘There Is No Canon!’ [55d]
• Lalo Schifrin, Prolific Film Composer Who Wrote ‘Mission: Impossible’ Theme, Dies at 93 [55d]
• Leo Woodall Joins Rachel Weisz in Netflix Limited Series ‘Vladimir’ [55d]
• NALIP Accelerator Program’s 2025 Slate to Include Films From Danny Ramirez, Alexis Garcia, Sylvia Ray and More (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• U.K. Ticket Resellers Employ Overseas Buyers to Secure Taylor Swift, Oasis Seats [55d]
• New Oscar Voters: Ariana Grande, Fernanda Torres, Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong and 530 More Invited to Join Academy [55d]
• ‘Pitch Perfect: K-Pop Idols’ Series in the Works as Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman’s Brownstone Productions Sets UTV First-Look Deal (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• Diddy Trial Closing Arguments: Prosecutors Paint Him as ‘Insanely Jealous and Abusive,’ Guilty of ‘Hundreds’ of Drug Crimes Alone [55d]
• Anna Wintour Stepping Down as Vogue U.S. Editor-in-Chief After 37 Years [55d]
• ‘Fortnite’ Players to Receive More Than $126 Million in Refunds From FTC [55d]
• Bert Kreischer to Star in Netflix Comedy Series ‘Free Bert’ [55d]
• Lola Petticrew, Scoot McNairy Join Emmy Rossum in Liz Meriwether Hulu Series Inspired by 1987 Movie ‘Black Widow’ [55d]
• ‘Raze Vol. 1’ VR Game Starring Lzzy Hale Set To Launch on Meta Quest and Steam VR From Cream Productions [55d]
• Apple TV+ Series Based on Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna Novels Casts Bill Camp [55d]
• Brenda Song Says Disney Didn’t Want Her Acting in ‘Gran Torino’ and ‘The Social Network.’ She Fought Back: ‘This Is the Opportunity of a Lifetime’ [55d]
• Spotify Launches ‘The Come Up: Center Stage’ Video Series With Sombr [55d]
• LeAnn Rimes’ Teeth Fall Out Mid-Concert: ‘If You Catch Them, Please Return Them’ [55d]
• Neon Buys Park Chan-Wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ for North America [55d]
• Harvey Guillén, Brenda Song Set to Announce This Year’s Emmy Nominations on July 15 [55d]
• ‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ Live-Action Movie Set at Disney [55d]
• Discovery Will Take Advantage of Shark Week to Launch New Slate, Including ‘Animals on Drugs’ and ‘Apocalypse’ Edition of ‘Naked and Afraid’ (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• Rachell ‘Valkyrae’ Hofstetter’s HiHi Studios Sets ‘Bad Influence’ Webtoon Series (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• New ‘Friday the 13th’ Vignette ‘Sweet Revenge’ Set From Filmmaker Mike P. Nelson (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• ‘Bugonia’ Trailer: Emma Stone Is Kidnapped by a Conspiracy Theorist Who Thinks She’s an Alien in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Next Film [55d]
• Laila Ali Takes Over as Host of Revamped ‘SuperChef Grudge Match’ Series as Darnell Ferguson Exits (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025 (So Far) [55d]
• Disney and Charter Strike Deal to Add Hulu, Restore Eight Cable Networks to Spectrum Lineup [55d]
• Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Forge Ahead With Venice Wedding After Activists Threaten to Block a Canal With Inflatable Crocodiles [55d]
• TikTok Star Bella Poarch to Make Film Acting Debut Alongside ‘American Honey’ Star Sasha Lane in Horror ‘Six Till Midnight’ (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• Abramorama Appoints Damon G. Smith as Senior Vice President of Business Growth and Creative Strategy (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• ‘Spider-Man’ Original Trilogy Returning to Theaters From Fathom Entertainment: Re-Release Includes 2.1 Extended Cut [55d]
• Bob the Drag Queen Launches Production Company Purse First Studios (EXCLUSIVE) [55d]
• Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers,’ Nia DaCosta’s ‘Hedda’ to World Premiere at TIFF [55d]
• Adam Sandler Sets ‘You’re My Best Friend’ Comedy Tour [55d]
• ‘F1’ Sequel Should Reunite Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in a ‘Days of Thunder’ Crossover, Says Joseph Kosinski: ‘Who Wouldn’t Pay to See Those Two on the Track?’ [55d]
• Producer Robert Lantos Talks Hungarian Epic ‘Rise of the Raven’: ‘We Have No Saints and No Devils’ [55d]
• Latin Industry Leads Speak About Needing to ‘Educate’ Market on Their Stories: ‘We Are Winning, But It’s Through Little Steps’ [55d]
• ‘Rogue One’ Director Says ‘I’m Happy to Move on’ From ‘Star Wars’ and ‘I Don’t Agree’ It’s the Best Movie of Disney’s Lucasfilm Era [55d]
• From Real-Life Covert War Mission to Explosive On-Screen Adaptation in a Week: How AI Short ‘The Decisive Moment’ Hopes to Become ‘Mission: Impossible’ for the News [55d]
• BBC Throws Up Website Paywall for U.S. Users [56d]
• ‘Gloria’ Star Paulina Garcia to Topline ‘Love is the Monster’ by Neto Villalobos (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Banijay Locks Indonesia Deals as Southeast Asia Expansion Accelerates, CEO Reveals at APOS [56d]
• CJ ENM Expands K-Drama Footprint in France with M6+ Streaming Deal (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Salty Pictures, Damai Entertainment Strike First Look Deal Starting With Thai Oscar Entry ‘Not Friends’ Chinese Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Paramount+ Books Original U.K. Thriller Series ‘Baby Doll’ Starring Alfie Allen, Jill Halfpenny (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Locarno to Celebrate ‘Barry Lyndon,’ ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Costume Designer Milena Canonero With Lifetime Achievement Award [56d]
• ‘The Bear’ Season 4 Is Better, but Not by Enough: TV Review [56d]
• CBS Tops 2025 News Emmy Wins; CNN’s ‘The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper’ and ABC’s ‘World News Tonight with David Muir’ Land Key Program Prizes [56d]
• Rajkumar Hirani, Anjali Menon, Shoojit Sircar and Onir Board ‘My Melbourne’ Second Chapter (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Ryu Seungryong Returns to Disney+ With Treasure-Hunting Crime Drama ‘Low Life’ [56d]
• Judge Rejects Authors’ Claim That Meta AI Training Violated Copyrights [56d]
• Jeremiah Brown on His ‘Love Island USA’ Romance With Huda Mustafa and Ace Greene’s Clique Voting Him Off: ‘That’s Some Bulls—!’ [56d]
• Universal Television Debuts Three Hit No. 1 Series Across Netflix, Prime Video and Max Charts [56d]
• Blavatnik Family Foundation Makes $25 Million Donation to USC to Build Virtual Production Center [56d]
• ‘Stealing Pulp Fiction’ Review: A Malformed Homage-Cum-Heist Comedy That Over-Relies on Reference [56d]