AMC and Trafalgar Releasing have set an August 7 release for Eminem-produced documentary Stans, exploring the rapper's trajectory through the prism of the following of his most loyal superfans, and released a teaser for the work. AMC Theatres Distribution will launch the work, by Emmy-winning…

EXCLUSIVE: Unfolding in New York's East Village in 1978, the Nova Convention has gone down in history as a legendary counterculture meeting headlined by Naked Lunch novelist William S. Burroughs, and also featuring Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg and Laurie Anderson. Aaron Brookner and…

EXCLUSIVE: Stage 32 is launching a Global Screenwriting Contest Hub, bringing together dozens of writing competitions from around the world into one place including Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying contests. The move comes with screenwriting website Coverfly set to shut down in a few weeks’ time, and…

BBC News has two new highest-paid presenters after Huw Edwards exited in ignominy last year. Fiona Bruce and Nick Robinson both earned as much as £415,000 ($558,000) in the year to March 2025, according to the BBC’s annual report. Match of the Day host Gary Lineker was the BBC’s best-paid…

Following numerous scandals, it was perhaps unsurprising that BBC Director General Tim Davie faced questions over his position at today’s Annual Report press briefing. Per his response and that of BBC Chair Samir Shah, Davie is going nowhere as he approaches his five-year anniversary running the…

Under fire BBC show MasterChef is “much bigger than individuals” and can “absolutely survive and prosper” without Gregg Wallace, the BBC Director General has said. Facing a ream of questions about the future of MasterChef now that Wallace has been dismissed, Tim Davie threw his weight behind the…

At last some good news for the BBC. The UK’s public broadcaster broke its license fee income record in the last financial year, while group revenue shot up by close to 10%. As the annual £174.50 ($234) fee was increased following two years of being frozen by the Conservative government, BBC…

EXCLUSIVE: Factual producer Dash Pictures is moving into scripted and has finished shooting its first project, Better, a feature film in which Game of Thrones and The Umbrella Academy's Tom Hopper plays identical twins. The psychological thriller stars Hopper as Henry, a man at a low ebb who…

Mexican director and producer Carlos Reygadas, U.S. producer Josyln Barnes and actresses Ursina Lardi and Renée Soutendijk have been announced for the main jury of the 78th Locarno Film Festival in August. They join award-winning documentarian Rithy Panh who was previously announced in May as…

BBC News journalist Gary O'Donoghue has admitted he accidentally put the phone down on Donald Trump ahead of the UK broadcaster’s first exclusive interview with a U.S. president in a decade. O'Donoghue, the BBC’s chief North America Correspondent, said he was asleep when he received a call from…

Hayu has set the premiere date for The Real Housewives of London, its first original reality series, and has dropped the trailer, which features some familiar faces. It will be on Monday, August 18, when RHOLDN will be available to stream on Hayu with episodes dropping weekly. The 10-episode…

EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Blakiston, the founder of S**t You Should Care About, has signed with WME for representation in all areas. The deal represents WME’s latest partnership with an outside agency, with Blakiston’s current rep Diving Bell remaining her “primary management and strategic partner.” WME…