As Streaming Wars Wear on, Emmy Success Could Give Peacock and Paramount+ a Boost
Peacock and Paramount+ are positioning 2026 as a breakout Emmy year after modest success in 2025. Peacock logged a record 19 nominations, highlighted by a reality‑competition win, while Paramount+ has yet to secure major scripted nods. Both services are banking on limited‑series contenders—Peacock’s "All Her Fault" and Paramount+’s "The Madison" and "Landman" season 2—to crack the top categories. A strong awards showing could translate into talent attraction, ad revenue, and subscriber momentum amid the ongoing streaming wars.
Paramount's Delrahim Slams 'Fear-Mongering' And Partisan Politics Clouding Warner Bros. Deal
Paramount Pictures, led by CEO David Ellison, is pursuing a $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a deal that would unite CBS News and CNN under one owner. The company’s chief legal officer, former DOJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim, is...
In Sundance Breakout Film 'TheyDream,' A Puerto Rican Family Heals Old Wounds
Filmmaker William D. Caballero earned the Sundance NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression for his debut feature “TheyDream,” a multimedia portrait that fuses live‑action, animation and 3‑D‑printed miniatures to honor his Puerto Rican family, especially his mother Milly. The...
Violet Grohl Steps Out of Her Famous Father's Shadow with a Haunted, Alt-Rock Debut
Violet Grohl, 20, has launched her debut album “Be Sweet to Me,” a genre‑spanning collection that fuses late‑80s alt‑rock, dream‑pop, and hardcore elements. Produced by Justin Raisen, the record features a rotating crew of seasoned session musicians who helped craft...
Netflix Isn't Airing the World Cup. But It Still Has Big World Cup Programming Plans
Netflix is rolling out a slate of original soccer documentaries and scripted series to ride the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, even though it does not hold broadcast rights. The lineup includes titles from Latin America, the UK,...
Paramount, Pushing to Buy Warner Bros., Girds for Legal Challenges
Paramount Pictures has engaged top antitrust lawyer Jeffrey Kessler to steer its proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes assets such as CNN, HBO, and major film studios. The deal would add roughly $79 billion of debt and trigger...
Photographer Catherine Opie Is Everywhere All at Once This Spring
Catherine Opie’s 2026 “World Tour” sees five major solo shows simultaneously in Europe and Los Angeles, including a career‑spanning survey at London’s National Portrait Gallery and a new exhibition, “Holding Blue,” at Regen Projects. The Los Angeles show pairs 44 Arctic‑light mountain...
No Time for a 'Mandalorian' Rewatch Before Getting Your 'Grogu' On? We Got You Covered
The Mandalorian and Grogu, directed by series creator Jon Favreau, hits theaters this Friday as a self‑contained continuation of the hit Disney+ series after Season 3. The film follows Din Djarin and his Force‑sensitive apprentice on a New Republic assignment that...
2026 TV Upfronts Recap: Hi-Tech Ad Buying, Creator Fever and 'Baywatch'
The 2026 TV upfronts highlighted a shift from mass‑reach ratings to AI‑driven, addressable advertising that tailors ads to individual viewer segments. Streamers unveiled tools like NBC’s Performance Insights Hub and Netflix’s habit‑based targeting to give marketers real‑time performance data. YouTube’s...
Be Careful What You Wish for in 'Obsession,' An Old but Effective Nightmare Retooled for Gen Z
Indie filmmaker Curry Barker’s sophomore horror feature Obsession opened wide on May 15, 2026, following his self‑distributed debut Milk & Serial. The film follows Bear, a twenty‑something who wishes his crush Nikki would love him, only to unleash a violent, possessive nightmare that taps...
Maya Hawke Has Learned What Love Really Is
Maya Hawke, 27‑year‑old singer‑actor, is set to release her fourth album, “Maitreya Corso,” in mid‑May 2026. The folk‑pop record, co‑produced with husband Christian Lee Hutson—known for work with Phoebe Bridgers—explores love and art. Hawke says this rollout is designed to be enjoyable, a shift...
Houston and Brooklyn Show What Robert Wilson Still Means to LA28
Robert Wilson’s avant‑garde vision returned to the U.S. with Houston Grand Opera’s striking staging of Handel’s “Messiah” and Brooklyn Academy of Music’s immersive “Moby Dick” opera. Both productions were accompanied by screenings of the newly restored documentary “Robert Wilson and the...
To Earn some Countries' Film Tax Incentives, You Have to Pass the Test
Film and TV tax incentives now exist in nearly 48 countries, offering rebates up to 40% to lure productions away from Hollywood. To qualify, each nation applies a cultural test that scores a project on content, local contribution, hubs, and...
Casting without Borders: Inside Top Casting Directors' Global Search for Talent
Veteran casting directors are leveraging digital platforms and global networks to source talent worldwide, as shown by Carla Hool’s search for the Virgin Mary in Alejandro Monteverde’s biblical epic and Meredith Tucker’s collaborations on The White Lotus. Tools such as...
For Her First Documentary, 'Our Land,' Argentina's Lucrecia Martel Chases Down a Murder
Renowned Argentine director Lucrecia Martel debuts her first feature documentary, “Our Land,” chronicling the 2009 murder of Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar in Tucumán. The film juxtaposes courtroom testimony with sweeping aerial footage to expose a violent land‑grab that pits a centuries‑old community against...