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Deadline’s awards-season showcase Saturday highlighted 13 films submitted by their countries for the 2025 International Feature Oscar race. Featuring Walter Salles’ Brazil entry ‘I’m Still Here’, Ireland’s ‘Kneecap’ and Hong Kong’s ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In,’ among others, the lineup spanned entries from Tunisia to Switzerland, Spain to Poland, and Romania to Taiwan. Read our coverage, and check back Monday when we launch the streaming site featuring the panel videos.

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Syrian Rebels Announce Ousting Of President Bashar Al-Assad In Dramatic TV Broadcast

Syrian rebels took to the airwaves on state Syrian TV on Sunday morning local time to announce they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad, after their shock seizure of the country's capital of Damascus. Footage circulating on social media channels shows the rebels taking control of the state TV…

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Mona Zaki Warns Young Egyptian Actors Against Being Obsessed With Social Media & Brand Deals: “It’s All Fake” – Red Sea Film Festival

Egyptian acting star Mona Zaki did not hold back when she was asked about the new generation of actors in the Arab film industry being consumed by social media and brand deals. “It’s all fake, from beginning to end,” declared Zaki during a conversation event at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival…

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‘SNL’ Brings On Trisha Paytas to Participate In Sketch About Paul Mescal’s Spotify Wrapped For 2024

Internet personality Trisha Paytas made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to participate in a sketch about Paul Mescal’s Spotify Wrapped for 2024. Besides a few obvious additions like Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, Mescal’s No. 1 on Spotify “by far” was a rando personality named…

‘SNL’s Weekend Update Takes On Donald Trump At Notre Dame Cathedral, Fox News Star Pete Hegseth & Joe Biden

Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update segment took one of the week’s hot topics, including Donald Trump at the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening, digs at Fox News host Pete Hegseth, and jabs at Joe Biden. Trump returned to the world stage after being elected the 47th president of the United States and…

British Boxer Ramla Ali & Producer Richard Moore Talk Upcoming Biopic ‘In The Shadows’ & Lift Lid On Their New Saudi-Backed Production Company 786 Entertainment — Red Sea Studio

British boxer, model and activist Ramla Ali and producer Richard Moore stepped into Deadline's Red Sea Studio in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to talk about In the Shadows, the upcoming biopic about Ali, which has been seven years in the making. The duo also shed some light on their newly launched, Saudi-backed pr…

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‘SNL’ Imagines ‘Gladiator II’ As A Musical, With Paul Mescal Singing About Being A Killing Machine

Saturday Night Live tonight imagined a world where, influenced by the success of Wicked and Moana 2, Gladiator II decides to add 50 minutes of musical content to become an even bigger hit. That was the plot of a skit featuring host Paul Mescal “reprising” his Gladiator II role as Lucius, except this…

Paul Mescal Is More Than “Nude Emotional Scenes” In ‘SNL’ Monologue & Dispels “Ugly Stereotypes About The Irish”

Paul Mescal took the Saturday Night Live stage and added some comedy to his acting resumé. The Gladiator II star started off his monologue tonight by saying he was “excited” to be on the NBC late-night sketch show as he’s “not really known for comedy,” adding, “which is crazy to me because I think…

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‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Features Dana Carvey’s Reprise Of The Church Lady As She Scolds David Spade’s Hunter Biden

Dana Carvey returned as the Church Lady for the Saturday Night Live cold open tonight, interviewing a succession of sinners, including David Spade as Hunter Biden. “I haven’t been here in a while. I have been laying low a little bit,” Spade’s Biden told her. “Oh, I think that’s okay. At least…

Judy Garland’s Ruby Slippers From ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ Auctioned For $28 Million

A pair of ruby slippers Judy Garland wrote during the filming of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz were auctioned off and fetched $28 million. Heritage Auctions handled the sale, and with the buyer’s premium, the slippers sold for $32.5 million. “There is simply no comparison between Judy Garland's Ruby…

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Jerry O’Connell Denies Being Checked Out Of ‘The Talk’ In Final Days Of Show: “We Give It Our All”

Jerry O’Connell is anything but checked out of The Talk in the final days of the CBS daytime talk show. The Scream alum took to social media to deny a report that stated the co-hosts had given up in their last days of broadcasting following their cancellation. “What the heck [The Sun], you’re…

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Cover Story: Eggers, Depp, Hoult & Dafoe Reveal Devil In The Detail Behind ‘Nosferatu’

The Craft Of ‘Nosferatu’: Editing, Cinematography, Score Brought “Originality & Darkness”

‘Dìdi’ Star Joan Chen On Embracing Vulnerability Through Acting And Motherhood

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‘SNL’s Heidi Gardner On Why She Broke “So Hard” In ‘Beavis & Butt-Head’ Sketch: “It Just Killed Me”

Heidi Gardner is reliving the Saturday Night Live sketch that made her completely lose it during the live show. Earlier this year, Gardner broke character during a Beavid & Butt-Head spoof and explains why she thinks she cracked up looking at her co-star Mikey Day. “I find it a big source of…

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Injured During Production Of Netflix Series ‘Man On Fire’

EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell us that Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II sustained a minor hand injury on Thursday while filming the Netflix series Man on Fire in Mexico City which forced production to pause. Filming is expected to resume on Monday for the eight-episode drama series which is an adaptation…