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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere announced a 225 million reais ($45 million) investment package through 2028, including public policies, grant programs and initiatives aimed at strengthening the local cultural sector and film and television industry. Cavaliere made the announcement during the “Culture All Year Round” panel at Rio 2C, Latin America’s largest gathering of creativity. The panel also included Márcio Tavares, Secretary General of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Lucas Padilla, Secretary of Rio Culture, Leonardo Edde, President of Riofilm, and Renata Magalhães, President of the Brazilian Film Academy. This investment is part of Rio de…

Supergirl’s box office prospects are bleak after star Millie Alcock sparked a backlash after she mocked Christian’s father. The DC superhero movie, which opens June 26, is expected to gross between $47 million and $65 million in its opening weekend, and between $107 million and $181 million in all domestic screenings, according to Box Office Theory. Directed by James Gunn, the film reportedly has a budget of around $170 million, but marketing costs are estimated to be over $75 million, for a total of around $245 million. Supergirl’s box office prospects look bleak after Millie Alcock (who is promoting the…

Scooter Braun gushed over girlfriend Sydney Sweeney and her provocative performance of “Euphoria” for the first time. “I understand. I’m biased, but I love it,” Brown said when asked about the HBO drama on Thursday’s episode of Susie Weiss’ “Second Thought” podcast. The 44-year-old music manager cheekily added: “There was a great performance by an actress.” Scooter Braun spoke for the first time about his romance with Sidney Sweeney on Susie Weiss’ podcast on Thursday. Susie Weiss and the Free Press/Rethinking Youtube Brown praised Sweeney’s provocative performance in “Euphoria.” HBO Max Sweeney and Brown, 28, met at Jeff Bezos and…

Prime Video has set a global premiere date of June 12 for Hindi investigative thriller “Raak” starring Ali Fazal (“Mirzapur”), Sonali Bendre (“The Broken News”) and Aamir Bashir (“Tiger 3”). The series centers on investigators searching for two missing teenagers, a case that tears their families apart and throws the entire city into crisis. As the police officer digs deeper into the case, he is drawn into a world of violence and human depravity. Directed and executive produced by Prosit Roy (Paatal Lok), Raakh is produced, written and co-directed by Anusha Nandakumar (Singam Again) and Sandeep Saket (India Police), with…

Zendaya revealed the meaning behind her two Euphoria rings. HBO Zendaya brings a part of herself to her on-screen “Euphoria” character. In a video for Elle Magazine, the actress revealed that some of Lou Bennett’s everyday looks were actually created by Zendaya’s biological mother. “There are two rings that she wears on these two fingers,” she said, holding up her right index and middle fingers. “That was my mother’s ring.” Lou Bennett’s costumes are very modest, but the character always wears the same two rings on his right hand. Patrick Wymore/HBO As it turns out, those rings came from Zendaya’s…

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Film Council (KOFIC) have set up a public-private consultative body to negotiate a voluntary theatrical release restraint agreement, aiming to finalize terms by August without waiting for pending legislation. The committee, officially named the Public-Private Consultative Body for Improving the Korean Film Distribution Structure, held its first meeting in Seoul on Friday. The 22 participants included decision-makers from production, distribution, exhibition, TVOD, and SVOD departments, including Lee Eun of the Korean Film Producers Association, Lee Hwa-bae of the Distributors Alliance, Shin Han-sik of the Korean Film Industry Association, and…

Mel C is getting candid about the Spice Girls. On a recent episode of Cosmopolitan’s Blind Date, when asked which member of the girl group was “the craziest” during their rise to superstardom in the ’90s, Mel C (aka Melanie Chisholm) named Mel B (aka Melanie Brown). “I think it’s the best success rate…” Mel C began, “I’m trying to find a better way to say it.” “Scary Spice” Mel B, now 50, said: “It was very popular.” Mel C, pictured in London last month, said Mel B was a “popular” member of the band at the height of their…

Jailbreak microdrama sequel She Means Justice 2: Breakout has been released by FlareFlow and Hollywood-backed GammaTime, marking the title as one of the earliest franchise follow-ups to the original Western vertical drama offering. The new work continues within a shared universe built on “She Means Justice.” The debut on FlareFlow racked up more than 180 million global views in its first month, making it one of the platform’s fastest-growing titles in the female revenge and legal thriller genre. The original trailer had over 9 million views on YouTube within 72 hours of its release, and early episodes had over 22…

Italian writer Alice Rohrwacher, known for her magical realist works “The Wonders,” “Happy as Lazarus,” and “La Chimera,” which were screened at the Cannes Film Festival, has been chosen to direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino’s coming-of-age fable “The Baron in the Trees.” One of the most famous books in 20th century Italian literature, The Baron in the Trees was published in 1957 and revolves around a 12-year-old baron named Cosimo Pivasco di Rondo. After an argument with his father, the Baron climbs a tree and remains there for the rest of his life. This work is one…

holy cow Warning: Spoilers ahead. Do not proceed if you have not watched “Dutton Ranch” Episode 4, “Starting with a Bullet.” The fourth episode of Yellowstone spinoff Dutton Ranch takes a devastating turn for Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly). After the death of their father John (Kevin Costner) in “Yellowstone,” the couple is forced to start over again and again, and then “Dutton Ranch” begins when their previous ranch burns down. Just when they think they have settled in Texas, they are ravaged by foot-and-mouth disease and are forced to kill their entire herd of valuable cattle. “It…