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Addie Morfoot Contributor During a Distribution Advocates podcast recording at Hot Docs, producer/director Amy Hobby announced a new documentary $200,000 grant called The Marketing Innovations Fund, which will go to independent distributors. Hobby co-founded Distribution Advocates in 2020 alongside Abby Sun, Avril Speaks, Carlos Gutierrez and Karin Chien.

Jennie Punter Nishta Jain’s “Farming the Revolution” has won Hot Docs’ Best International Feature Documentary Award, it was announced Friday at the festival’s awards ceremony, held in Toronto at the Centre for Social Innovation–Annex. Produced by Jain (Raintree Films) and Valérie Montmartin (Little Big Story) and co-directed by cinematographer Akash Basumatari, the film follows the massive year-long gathering of Indian farmers protesting unjust new farm laws that they felt would impact their markets. The jury said, “‘Farming the Revolution’ spotlights the power of ordinary people with an enduring cinematic sophistication and an indomitable lyrical presence.” The award comes with a Cnd.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When Jensen Huang’s software company Nvidia invented the graphic processing unit, it fundamentally changed the world. Huang is set to receive the Gold House A1 honor in business and technology. The GPU was one step ahead of the CPU (computer processing unit) and being one step ahead is how Huang, Nvidia’s president and CEO, has been.

, the Australian heartthrob is also deeply involved in running Tsu Lange Yor, the lifestyle brand he launched last summer alongside his brother. As part of our , we caught up with Sivan at TLY’s first-ever American activation—a in New York City that wraps up Sunday, May 5—to find out how he prepares for a night out, what’s going on with that , and, yes, what he smells like.“My signature scent is a layer of a bunch of things, but I ultimately wear our signature scent a lot, which is TLY 5755,” Sivan says. “It’s our most complex and maybe interesting scent.

F1 is one of the most popular motorsports in the world!

It's May already, and with a new month brings new shows to binge.

Emily In Paris season four has been revealed, as Lily Collins shares an update on the show.The rom-com drama series, starring Collins as an American marketing executive who movies to Paris, debuted in 2020.Now, the fourth season is scheduled for a staggered summer release, with Netflix splitting it into two five-episode parts. Part one will premiere on the platform on August 15, with part two following on September 12.Season four will see the return of Collins in the titular role, as well as many of the main cast, including Ashley Park and Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.Season four will pick up after the events of Camille and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, and will revisit Emily’s romantic dilemmas, as she works with Gabriel for a Michelin star, while Mindy prepares for the Eurovision song contest (according to press).The show’s writer and creator Darren Star has spoken on the upcoming series, teasing even more details of its plot, and this season’s varying locations: “Emily finds herself with a busy travel schedule in Season 4 of Emily in Paris.

Season four of Emily In Paris will land later this year, Netflix has revealed.

Running a business can feel like juggling with too many balls in the air, no matter if you’re flying solo or leading a small team. It’s especially tricky without those nifty management tools that could take some of the weight off your shoulders.

EXCLUSIVE:Here’s a buzzy one. Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) and Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) are attached to star in new movie The Death Of Robin Hood, we can reveal.

Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha believes his old club needs 15 Roy Keanes in the dressing room to galvanise a resurgence.

A tycoon's daughter has sold her luxury home after being repeatedly targeted in firebomb and graffiti attacks. Jennifer McLeish put her home in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, on the market earlier this year and has now sold it for £625,000.

Enid Blyton adaptation The Magic Faraway Tree has found key cast in the shape of two-time Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider Man) and two-time Emmy winner Claire Foy (All of Us Strangers).

Angelina Jolie could be off the market!

Glamour's senior west coast editor Jessica Radloff said it first: Challengers is set to be the .That's certainly the case here in the office. Some staffers loved it (hi, hello), while others were disappointed or worse—bored.

People in parts of Staffordshire have taken part in the local elections 2024 to vote in their councillor.

EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s Kung Fu Panda 4 crossed the $500M mark globally this past weekend, reaching the milestone on a staggered release pattern that has worked well for the partners in the past (think Puss in Boots: The Last Wish). Through Wednesday, it’s at $324M international box office and $509M worldwide.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Paramount Global said it would bake a new suite of data into all ad deals “at no additional cost” that examines whether a commercial spurred a consumer to take a particular action, a measure known as “attribution” that is gaining new sway on Madison Avenue as marketers struggle to determine the effectiveness of their paid media pitches. Paramount said it would offer data from both Mastercard and EDO, a start-up founded in part by actor Ed Norton, that will help clients examine “outcomes,” such as a visit to a marketer’s web site or showroom, or a consumer search for a product being advertised.

Tatiana Siegel Universal Pictures has found its director for the high-priority Leonardo da Vinci film. “All of Us Strangers” helmer Andrew Haigh has signed on to direct and adapt Walter Isaacson’s acclaimed biography of the Renaissance man. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Isaacson’s book became one of the hottest literary properties when it hit the market in 2017.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jessica Casano-Antonellis is exiting SiriusXM to join the new Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery sports-streaming venture as head of communications.

has an absolute innovation. For the Australian premiere of her new Mad Max movie, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Taylor-Joy wore a mostly sheer, gold chain-mail minidress that was covered in long, arrow-like spears, thus guaranteeing that no person could come within about a foot of the actor without risking impalement. And yes, of course she wore a spike-covered headdress to match.Under the dress, Taylor-Joy appears to be wearing only a nude thong, and she styled the outfit with a pair of high-heeled Lucite slides.

The BFI is once again heading to the Cannes Market with its so-called Great 8 — a selection of projects from first and second-time filmmakers that it will present to international buyers. 

Netflix has another new real estate series coming out!

wore archival Dior from 2004, styled with a skirt slip to make it less nude than it . Still, this is a very Unlike the sheer dress, the naked dress isn't about showing actual skin; it's about wearing a tight-fitting dress that's similar to your skin tone to create a momentary illusion of nudity. A tasteful suggestion, made by your outfit, that what you're wearing…is nothing at all.

Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament is back. While studios during Covid wildly embraced the theatrical day-and-date model when cinemas were closed, they soon realized there’s nothing more profitable than a theatrical release and the downstreams that come with it. If anything, theatrical is the advertisement for a movie’s longevity in subsequent home entertainment windows. Entering the conversation in 2023 were the streamers, such as Apple, who have also realized the necessity of theatrical to eventize their movies. The financial data pulled together here for Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament is culled by seasoned and trusted sources.

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The CW has switched three of its affiliation agreements to Nexstar-owned stations, including in Chicago, the No. 3 U.S. TV market.

EXCLUSIVE: Neon has hired marketing and publicity veteran Joey Monteiro as EVP, International Marketing and Ashley Hirsch as Manager of International Sales and Marketing. The move further expands the company’s global footprint as it grows its international sales arm headed up by seasoned sales executive Kristen Figeroid. 

EXCLUSIVE: VMI Worldwide has acquired worldwide sales rights on Breed of Greed starring Gina Gershon (Showgirls). 

EXCLUSIVE: Film finance and sales company Concourse Media has acquired international rights to the psychological period thriller Long Shadows and will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes market.