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‘Dragonfly,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ Win Big at Cairo Film Festival as Industry Hub Cairo Film Connection Marks Record Year
The 46th Cairo Intl. Film Festival wrapped Friday in an emotionally charged ceremony that balanced the region's realities with a showcase of bold new cinema. Held at the Cairo Opera House before a pac...
Leo Barraclough Nov 22, 2025

Soundgarden are “pretty close” to finishing their final album with Chris Cornell
Soundgarden have said they are “pretty close” to finishing off their new album, featuring vocals from the late Chris Cornell. READ MORE: Chris Cornell songs: the best b...
Max Pilley Nov 22, 2025

Sia, Kathy Griffin, Amber Ruffin and More Out100 Party Red Carpet Photos
Kathy Griffin was honored Friday night by Out magazine as the LGBTQ+ community's Advocate of the Year. The "My Life on the D-List" star was presented with the award by Sia during the Out100 party at S...
Marcmalkin Nov 22, 2025

The Ring IV: How to Watch David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde Live Online
With WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez off the heels of an unanimous decision win against Cuban David Morrell in February, the American is set to defend his title against Brit fighter Ant...
Rudie Obias Nov 22, 2025

Box Office: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Takes Flight With Huge $68.6 Million Opening Day, Soaring to Second-Biggest Debut of 2025
“Wicked” still knows about popular. Universal Pictures’ musical sequel “For Good” swept up a spectacular $68.6 million across Friday and preview screenings from 4,115 loc...
J. Kim Murphy Nov 22, 2025

Sony and Qatar’s Film Committee Forge Pact to Co-Finance Arabic Film Slate as Rebate Is Unveiled
Sony Pictures International Productions has forged a multi-year agreement with Qatar's nascent Film Committee to co-finance a slate of Arabic-language films from the Middle East and North Africa. The ...
Nvivarelli Nov 22, 2025

Ashes to Films, Arts Nonprofit Inspired by L.A. Fires, Sets Short Film Festival and Names First Cohort of Filmmakers
Ashes to Films, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit arts organization established in the wake of January’s wildfires, has unveiled its first cohort of fire-affected filmmakers who will receive grants ...
Cynthia Littleton Nov 22, 2025

‘Wicked: For Good’ Post-Production Studio Company 3 Set to Launch Middle East Hub in Qatar
Global post-production and VFX giant Company 3 has signed an agreement with the nascent Film Committee at Media City Qatar to set up a post-production and VFX studio in Doha. The Los Angeles head...
Nvivarelli Nov 22, 2025

Spike Lee ‘Puzzled’ by Trump-Mamdani Detente, Still ‘Floating’ After Meeting With Pope Leo: ‘Black Folks, We Claim Him. We Call Him Our Brother!’
News of President Trump's surprisingly amiable meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani traveled fast, leaving at least one Mamdani voter gobsmacked by the President's abrupt change of to...
Becroll Nov 22, 2025

Cairo Horizons of Arab Cinema Winner ‘Dead Dog’ Director Sarah Francis on Silence, Migration and Small Stories in Arab Cinema
Lebanese director Sarah Francis brought her quietly devastating marital drama "Dead Dog" to the Cairo Film Festival's Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition, where the film won the Saad Eldin Wahba Award...
Leo Barraclough Nov 22, 2025