Willem Dafoe has been appointed the artistic director of the Venice Biennale theater department for 2025 and 2026. The Biennale’s theater department was founded in 1934, following the establishment of its art, music and cinema branches. Its previous directors include Renato Simoni, Luca Ronconi, Franco Quadri, Carmelo Bene and Lluís Pasqual, and it is programmed…

Rob Reiner and Stephen King have joined the growing chorus of Hollywood voices publicly urging Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential election. The “All in the Family” actor and “Princess Bride” director posted a statement on X to his 2.3 million followers in which he said Biden’s exit…

To help Paramount Global to grow, its new owner needs to make cuts. Skydance executives who are set to take over the owner of CBS, Nickelodeon and MTV have identified at least $2 billion in cost cuts that can be made at the company, much of it from its linear media operations, according to Jeff…

Your favorite imaginary friends are coming to streaming. “IF” will be available to watch on Paramount+ on July 9. The film, released in May, follows a young girl named Bea (Cailey Fleming) who’s going through a hard time as her dad (John Krasinski) is in the hospital. Bea has a special power though: She can…

Even after clinching a deal with Skydance Media, Paramount Global has the right to shop around for a better offer in a 45-day window. But if Paramount agrees to accept a more attractive buyout deal, it would be on the hook to pay Skydance a $400 million breakup fee, David Ellison, founder and CEO of…

After rollercoaster-like parliamentary elections, the French film and TV industry has expressed relief over the far right’s defeat. Predictions had pointed to a triumph from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally based on the first round’s results, marking the first time that such a party would come into power since the pro-Nazi Vichy Regime, which had…