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Roeg Sutherland, Arianna Bocco, Vincent Maraval & Michael Barker Explain Why They Are Getting Behind New TIFF Market
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is launching its first official market, running from 10-16 September 2026 alongside the festival’s 51st edition, and four sales, packaging and distribution heavyweights — Roeg Sutherland, Arianna Bocco, Vincent Maraval and Michael Barker — have publicly explained why they are backing it. All four sit on the 15-person TIFF…
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Songwriters file copyright suit against HYBE over BTS hit ‘SWIM’, alleging it copied their demo
Three Los Angeles songwriters — Steve Cooper, Jon Sandler and Greylyn Johnson — have filed a copyright lawsuit against HYBE and the credited writers of BTS’s single ‘SWIM’, alleging the track copied a demo they created in early 2025. Filed on 8 July in the US District Court for the Central District of California, the…
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Silo’s Rebecca Ferguson discusses who her character is without her memories
In an interview with Polygon, Rebecca Ferguson discussed the state of her character, engineer-turned-sheriff Juliette Nichols, at the start of season 3 of Apple TV’s post-apocalyptic thriller Silo. The premiere, “Who Are You?”, revealed that Camille Sims, the new head of IT, has been suppressing Juliette’s memories with drugs, leaving her unable to recognise her…
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Pontypridd, Birkenhead and Isle of Bute among shortlist for first UK Town of Culture
The UK government has unveiled the 15-place shortlist for its first-ever Town of Culture competition, a new scheme intended to celebrate and invest in Britain’s towns. Announced on Thursday by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the contest attracted almost 400 applications, underlining the strength of local pride across the country. The eventual winner…
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Kylo Ren Officially Returns in New Star Wars Release Next Month [Exclusive]
Collider reports that Kylo Ren is returning in a new Star Wars comic series, Star Wars: The Fall of Kylo Ren, which will be released on 12 August 2026. The announcement matters to fans as a fresh outing for the character, coming after Disney’s cancellation of the Adam Driver-led film The Hunt for Ben Solo,…
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Andrea Riseborough Joins Jeremy Strong in Paramount+ Drama ‘9/12’
Andrea Riseborough has joined the cast of the Paramount+ limited series “9/12”, starring opposite Jeremy Strong. The six-episode drama dramatises the David-and-Goliath legal battle that exposed corruption and secured justice for the ailing first responders of the 11 September 2001 attacks, a fight the series frames as reshaping the struggle for accountability. Riseborough, an Oscar…
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Visual Effects Society Sets Its 2026 VES Honors Recipients
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the recipients of its 2026 VES Honors, recognising individuals judged to have profoundly shaped the craft, technology and business of visual effects. The honours matter as one of the industry’s principal means of celebrating career-long contributions and pioneering achievements, and the recipients will be feted at the annual…
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RUN DMC Celebrates 40 Years of ‘Raising Hell’
To mark the 40th anniversary of their landmark album Raising Hell, RUN DMC members Rev Run and DMC have reflected on the record’s lasting influence in an exclusive Billboard video. The pair discuss how the 1986 release reshaped hip-hop and crossed into the wider mainstream, with DMC describing it as “the Sgt. Pepper’s of hip-hop”…
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The 30 Best Latin Songs of 2026 (So Far), Ranked: Staff Picks
Billboard’s Latin and Español editors have published their ranked list of the 30 best Latin songs of 2026 so far, highlighting a year they describe as stunningly varied, spanning afrobeats, rancheras, regional Mexican music and a chart-topping World Cup anthem. The list matters as a snapshot of the genre’s current commercial and creative landscape, capturing…