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In 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower gave a speech to the United Nations, nobly imploring member nations to allow Congo to emerge independent of colonial power Belgium. “The people of the Congo are entitled to build up their country in peace and freedom,” he said. “Intervention by other nations in their internal affairs would deny them

Motion Picture Sound Editors, the organization of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, will present Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Costner with the 2025 MPSE Filmmaker Award. The honor is bestowed annually to a filmmaker of distinction. Supervising Sound Editor Greg Hedgepath will receive the Career Achievement Award, which is presented to a person whose career has

Saoirse Ronan is having a moment. Which is not necessarily a new experience, given she has four Oscar nominations to her credit. Now 30, the Irish-born actress first made the Academy cut at 14 for her supporting role in Atonement, which she followed with leading roles in Brooklyn, Ladybird and Little Women. But this year,

“Press play and stay” is how Netflix’s Lat Am content boss characterized the streamer’s programing strategy as he unveiled sneak peeks of two of the most anticipated TV series out of the region ever, 100 Years of Solitude and Senna, along with first-looks at the Vinicius Junior movie and some new shows. Paco Ramos, VP

James Gunn is not discarding making R-rated projects at DC Studios if the story merits it. As Gunn and Peter Safran build their version of the DC Universe, the filmmakers are not shying away from continuing to take risks in their storytelling. In a new interview, Gunn revealed he would not wait and see how

EXCLUSIVE: WME‘s ex-corporate strategy SVP has joined the board of Insanity, the UK agency that reps the likes of Maya Jama. Laura Edwards will become a Non-Executive Director at the London shop following five years in New York with WME, which she exited several months back. During her time at WME she worked across M&A,

Denzel Washington expressed his disillusionment with U.S. politics, saying that the masses are “being manipulated” on both sides of the political aisle. “You know, it’s so easy to stand outside America and say this and that,” Washington told The Times of London while promoting his tour de force in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, in which

Gabrielle Union is joining a now-growing list of public figures that are leaving social media platform X. In a final post made yesterday, the Bring It On star cited changes to the terms of service, as well as the return of “volatile” individuals as reasoning for her departure. Recently, Jamie Lee Curtis also announced her

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal is unpacking some of his previous comments about audiences’ parasocial relationship toward him. “It’s just a weird thing because ultimately I don’t know you, you don’t know me, but we know a lot about each other because we’re visible the whole time,” the Academy Award nominee said recently on an

Denzel Washington, revered for his consistent hit rate as much as his talent when it comes to movie-making, reveals he knows he made some bad choices at an earlier stage in his career.  The double Oscar winner, who stars as slave owner Macrinus in Gladiator II, told The Times of London:  “After Malcolm X [1992] I made

When one imagines a musical biopic of storied singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, a CGI chimpanzee in the lead role is not an obvious choice. However, Better Man, in the hands of writer-director producer Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), sees that proverbial ‘performing monkey’, played by Jonno Davies, become key to a poignant tale of dehumanizing celebrity.

It is official. The 97th Oscars have a host and his name is Conan O’Brien. The Emmy Award-winning television host, writer, producer and comedian will be the sole host for the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang announced today. It will be O’Brien’s first time

T.J. Miller wants to return to the Deadpool universe in a potential fourth installment, but only if Ryan Reynolds asks. In a new interview, the Silicon Valley alum said he would be open to reprising his role in a new sequel to the Marvel Studios movie. “We talked a little while ago,” Miller said on

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is revealing today that two years ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent a procedure to remove the tumor. Thankfully, the filmmaker is now “fully recovered and fully functional,” he tells Deadline. The knight of the British realm is making a speech this afternoon to U.K. lawmakers at the

Denzel Washington is revealing that a same-sex kiss was cut from Gladiator II. In a new interview, Washington, who plays Macrinus in the Ridley Scott film, was asked, “How gay is the Roman empire?” “I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken,”

Thailand‘s government is on course to increase the cash rebate for foreign shoots from 20% to 30% after a meeting with senior Hollywood execs. Plans to increase the rate have been in the works since early 2023. Thai representatives talked up the plans at recent Asian confabs, and sources say they were the centerpiece of

In February 1961, a remarkable outburst took place at the United Nations in New York – jazz artists Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, writer Maya Angelou and others crashed the Security Council to protest the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. That little-remembered demonstration serves as the backdrop to the award-winning documentary Soundtrack to a

A new promotion for Wicked turns back the clock to 2021 to show co-stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo reacting to being cast as the film’s co-leads by director Jon M. Chu. The longform spot, titled “Connect to Your Dreams,” is a plug for the movie as well as distributor Universal Pictures parent Comcast‘s Xfinity

While reflecting on his career, Timothée Chalamet said there were certain doors that were closed to him in the industry based on his looks. In a new interview with Zane Lowe promoting his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown for the first time, the Oscar nominee said he related to certain outsider elements the legendary

EXCLUSIVE: Angela Bassett is ready for another Mission, Deadline can exclusively reveal. In Mission: Impossible 8, Bassett reprises her role as CIA Director Erika Sloane from 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout. The plot of the new film, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance, remains under wraps. Most recently garnering multiple Oscar nominations and grossing over $567MM

Danielle Deadwyler, who was previously snubbed by the Academy Awards for her starring portrayal in Till, said she’s more “relaxed” about being back in the Oscars conversation with The Piano Lesson. And, in fact, de-centering awards season might be the way to go. “I’m relaxed about it,” the actress told the Los Angeles Times in

Jon M. Chu had a bit of a scheduling conflict with the Los Angeles premiere of his sweeping musical Wicked. Ahead of the the film’s West Coast debut, held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Chu spoke to attendees, cast and crew in a recorded clip explaining that he was at the hospital awaiting the birth

As Pamela Anderson makes her long-overdue onscreen comeback, Gia Coppola is comparing the actress to another blonde bombshell. The Last Showgirl director was inspired by performers like Anderson and Marilyn Monroe when helming the Kate Gersten-penned film, which premieres Dec. 13 in theaters, after seeing the former’s 2023 Netflix documentary Pamela, a Love Story. “It

As Candyman fans mourn the death of scream king Tony Todd, his co-star Virginia Madsen addressed the horror hive. Shortly after Deadline reported that Todd died at age 69, the Oscar nominee reacted to his passing with an impromptu video statement she shared on Friday with her Instagram followers. “My beloved. May you rest in

Tony Todd, an actor who played the killer in Candyman and its 2021 sequel and appeared in Platoon and The Crow among more than 240 film and TV credits spanning 40 years, died November 6 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69. His reps confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide

From playing Leonard Cohen to a conflicted frat boy, Alex Wolff’s recent on-screen roles span life on idyllic Greek islands to toxic college parties. Next up is his second directing effort, If She Burns. “I didn’t realize how much of a razor’s edge I was walking when I was making the movie, but I really

As Whoopi Goldberg prepares to complete the holy trinity of her Sister Act franchise, one late sister will be there in spirit. The EGOT recently gave an update on that Sister Act 3 is still happening after her former co-star Maggie Smith previously died at age 89 in September, but the script is currently being

EXCLUSIVE: Irish artist Myrid Carten will debut her first feature-length project A Want in Her this month at IDFA. We can share the first official trailer for the film above.  Described as an “exploration of the messiness of family love,” the film follows Carten as she returns home to find her troubled mother Nuala. Once

Top movie theater owner AMC Entertainment unveiled what it calls its “GO Plan” — short for “go on offense” — a set of major improvements to seating, projection and auditoriums during the next few years. CEO Adam Aron laid out details of the initiative during a quarterly conference call with investors and analysts, adding that

It wasn’t the result that many in Hollywood wanted, but it’s the one they got. When PA called Pennsylvania for the Republicans, it confirmed what many in blue-leading names were hoping wouldn’t come to pass: That Donald Trump has passed 270-seat threshold to win the presidency that he previously held between 2016 and 2020 and