Category Archives: News
Elmo’s X Account ‘Secured’ After Hacking; ‘Sesame Street’ Says ‘Unknown Hacker Posted Disgusting Messages, Including Antisemitic and Racist Posts’
A spokesperson for “Sesame Street” confirmed to Variety that Elmo’s official X account was “compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemit...
Zack Sharf Jul 14, 2025
Mongrel Media Boards Anouk Whissell’s ‘Holi Womb’ Ahead of Its Debut at Fantasia’s Frontières Co-Production Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Psychological horror project "Holi Womb," from Montreal writer-director Anouk Whissell, famed for her part in collective RKSS ("Turbo Kid"), has been picked up by Mongrel Media for Canadian distributi...
John Hopewell Jul 14, 2025
MarketCast Appoints Amy Fenton CEO
MarketCast promoted Amy Fenton from co-president to CEO of the market research and analytics firm. Fenton, who joined the company in December 2022, takes over the top job after former MarketCast CEO J...
Todd Spangler Jul 14, 2025
Stellan Skarsgard Says He Accepted a Lower Salary on ‘Sentimental Value’ to Give the Crew Good Lunches: ‘Norway Is the Richest Country, but They Don’t Want to Spend Money on Food’
Stellan Skarsgrd accepted a lower salary and became an executive producer on Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value" - winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes this year - because he wanted to give the crew goo...
Leo Barraclough Jul 14, 2025
Billy McFarland is trying to sell the brand rights to Fyre Festival on eBay
Billy McFarland has revealed he is now selling the brand rights to the controversial Fyre Festival on eBay. READ MORE: The 10 most WTF moments from Netflix’s jaw-dropping Fyre Festival docu...
Max Pilley Jul 14, 2025
New Version of Erich von Stroheim’s ‘Queen Kelly,’ Starring Gloria Swanson, to Pre-Open Venice Film Festival With Live Music Event
The Venice Film Festival has set as its pre-opening event the launch of a freshly restored - and re-imagined - version of Erich von Stroheim’s controversial 1929 silent movie “Queen Kelly....
Nvivarelli Jul 14, 2025
Refused tell us about their final tour, winning over fans from ‘The Bear’ and the future of hardcore
Refused caught up with NME backstage at Mad Cool 2025, and told us about their final tour, the future of the hardcore scene, and how featuring on The Bear’s soundtrack won them some new fan...
Liberty Dunworth Jul 14, 2025
Mehdi Hmili’s Revenge Drama ‘Exile’ Acquired by MAD World Ahead of Locarno Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Launched at Cannes 2024 as the global sales arm of pan-Arab entertainment powerhouse MAD Solutions, MAD World has swooped on worldwide sales rights to highly regarded Tunisian filmmaker Mehdi Hmili's ...
John Hopewell Jul 14, 2025
James Longman, Rachel Scott Will Anchor ABC News’ Daily Short-Form Show for Disney+
The newest show on Disney+ is likely to have more surprising plot twists than any Marvel movie and more oddball characters than the latest series from "Star Wars." What is it? The news. In its first o...
Brian Steinberg Jul 14, 2025
All Time Low announce new album ‘Everyone’s Talking’ with details of 2026 UK and European arena tour
All Time Low have announced a new album ‘Everyone’s Talking’ and have shared details of a 2026 UK and European tour. The Maryland band – made up of Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat,...
Max Pilley Jul 14, 2025