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How Netflix Filmed Alex Honnold’s Taipei 101 Climb
By the time Alex Honnold finished pulling himself up the 1,667-foot glass-and-steel facade of Taipei 101, the athleticism and fearlessness…
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J-pop Trio Number_i Signs With WME (Exclusive)
Japanese trio Number_i has signed with WME in all areas of global representation, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The…
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‘Skyscraper Live’ Producer on Why Alex Honnold Is Really Climbing Taipei 101 for Netflix: “TV Is Mostly a Necessary Evil for Him”
Veteran TV producer Grant Mansfield says any criticism of Alex Honnold’s imminent attempt to free solo the Taipei 101 skyscraper…
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Mohammad Bakri, Renowned Palestinian Actor and Filmmaker, Dies at 72
Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a…
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Stray Kids Concert Movie Heading to Cinemas Worldwide
Bleecker Street’s event cinema division Crosswalk and Universal Pictures Content Group (UPCG) have acquired rights to Stray Kids: The dominATE…
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Red Sea Film Festival’s Shivani Pandya Malhotra on Saudi Cinema’s Rapid Rise and Navigating Western Skepticism
In just five years, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has gone from an ambitious start-up to an established…
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‘Game of Thrones’ Director Alik Sakharov to Film ‘Unbroken Sword’ at Saudi Arabia’s New PlayMaker Studios
Saudi Arabia’s rapidly expanding array of production facilities added another major hub this week with the official opening of PlayMaker…
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Ana de Armas Opens Up About Her “Beautiful Friendship” With Keanu Reeves; Becoming an Action Star by Accident
Ana de Armas reflected on her long friendship with Keanu Reeves and her unexpected evolution into an action star during…
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Red Sea’s Fionnuala Halligan on Nurturing Saudi Film Culture With Respectful and “Strange” Programming
After more than three decades as a dogged movie reviewer, most recently as chief critic for the U.K.’s Screen International,…
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‘Kokuho’ Director Lee Sang-il on the Brutal Beauty Behind Japan’s Box Office Phenom
Amid another anxiety-inducing year for the theatrical film business, one of 2025’s few unmistakably hopeful signs came in a most…
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