Neon’s surreal crime comedy I Love Boosters opens wide for the Memorial Day holiday frame a bit crowded with The Mandalorian And Grogu, Focus Features’ breakout Obsession and studio holdovers. Boosters reviews are great, and director Boots Riley urged fans to turn out. “We didn’t get the screen count we wanted for I Love Boosters […]

Peddi from Prathyangira Cinemas debuted in India — where it’s the top Telugu opener of 2026 — as well as Stateside this weekend amid a social media controversy accusing the film of objectifying its female lead. In an unusual move, writer-director Buchi Babu Sana agreed Saturday to modify the scenes called out by critics of […]

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reiterated that he personally had no part in greenlighting Melania, the documentary on the current First Lady, but called it a “very wise business decision” for the tech giant. “We have denied it. Melania’s office has denied it. It’s not true,” Amazon’s co-founder, former CEO and now executive chairman told CNBC […]

Lionsgate Studios blew past Wall Street forecasts for its fiscal fourth quarter ended in March as The Housemaid buoyed results at the motion picture group. Segment revenue of $651.9 million and sprofit of $187.1 million grew by 23% and 39%, respectively, year-over-year, with the ancillary performance of Now You See Me: Now You Don’t and […]

Sean Ono Lennon’s directorial debut ThreeASFOUR: FULL CIRCLE, a loving portrait of the avant-garde New York fashion collective, is set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival Sunday night. The doc, co-directed with Brian C. González, is also getting a fall release at the Film Forum in NYC via new distributor Assembly Releasing. ThreeASFOUR’s Gabi Asfour, […]

Paramount said to today that competition authorities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia have approved its pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Foreign direct investment authorities in Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Czechia, New Zealand, Italy, France and Romania are also on board, the David Ellison-run company said […]

UPDATED with deal close: Allen Family Digital, an affiliate of Byron Allen’s family office, has closed its deal to acquire to acquire a majority stake in digital media company Buzzfeed with Byron Allen becoming chairman and CEO. Current chief executive and co-founder Jonah Peretti will transition to a newly created role as president of BuzzFeed […]

Barry Diller is making his next big move as People Inc. (previously IAC) submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire control of MGM Resorts International. The plan would be to buy outstanding MGM shares that People doesn’t already own and take the publicly-traded company private. People Inc. already holds a sizable 26% stake in MGM Resorts. […]

CNN is the latest to sue Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging the AI firm “has unlawfully copied over ten thousand CNN stories, videos, images, and other works to power its products and tools.” The suit said the two sides tried but failed to reach an agreement in 2025 and Perplexity continued ripping off CNN content […]

TIFF-premiering romantic crime thriller Carolina Caroline and animated adventure The Last Whale Singer open in moderate release. The Little Sister from Cannes, documentary Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC, She’s The He and anime Jinsei are new limited debuts. John Carney’s Power Ballad with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas expands to 1,275 screens after a nice launch on […]

Lionsgate has set a March 26, 2027 release date for supernatural revenge thriller Day Drinker starring Johnny Depp – the spot originally set for the first installment of The Resurrection Of The Christ, which the studio is moving to May. The film, also starring Madelyn Cline and Penélope Cruz, is directed by Marc Webb, written […]

Ask E. Jean by Ivy Meeropol is holding over for second week at IFC Center in New York after a full-house opening weekend and adding the NuArt in LA before expanding. Over 40 theaters are booked for the next month as the distributors build a network to support the documentary about the writer and former […]