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Shozo Ichiyama, the Tokyo International Film Festival’s programming director, has been curating films since the 1990s and has weathered the dramatic shift from 35mm to digital without changing his fundamental philosophy. “Even though it has become digital, the expression of movies hasn’t changed much,” Ichiyama tells Variety. “So I don’t think my programming has fundamentally changed.” He referred to a 2000 Cannes talk on the impact of digital, noting that while some French directors expressed concerns, filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa said his approach was consistent regardless of format. Ichiyama says the competition selection is the boldest programming move for TIFF 2025.…
Amazon plans to lay off tens of thousands of workers this week, its biggest layoff since cutting about 27,000 workers at the end of 2022. As first reported by Reuters, Andy Jassy’s e-commerce giant plans to cut as many as 30,000 workers, nearly 10% of its workforce, as early as Tuesday. The job cuts come just before Amazon releases its latest quarterly results on Thursday and are part of an effort to “cut costs and compensate for overhiring during peak demand during the pandemic,” according to Reuters sources. As of the end of March, Amazon reported 1.56 million employees, an…
What you need to know Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber are rooting for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the World Series The Canadian singer always shows his support for the home team The “Dices” singer wore a light blue baseball jersey with “Bieber 57” written on the back on the road trip Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber have a date night at Dodger Stadium! On Monday, October 27, the Canadian pop star, 31, and his wife, 28, cheered on the Toronto Blue Jays in Los Angeles during Game 3 of the World Series. The swag singer was…
Cheers to Kelsey Grammer’s growing family! The “Frasier” star announced on Monday’s podcast “Pod Meets World” that he and wife Kate Walsh recently welcomed a baby boy named Christopher. This will be the actor’s eighth child, and the fourth with Walsh. “It was like three days ago,” he told hosts Daniel Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong. “Christopher, we just joined the family.” Kelsey Grammer and Kate Walsh have welcomed their fourth baby. Dave Bennett/Getty Images, ATG This little one is the 70-year-old actor’s eighth child. / splashnews.com The Cheers actor, 70, became a father in 1983 when he welcomed…
Rafael Manuel’s debut feature “Filipinana” is being pitched at the Tokyo Gap Financing Market as the international co-production enters advanced post-production. The film is an expansion of Manuel’s short story of the same name, which won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and follows Isabel, a tee girl at Manila’s Alabang Golf & Country Club, who spends her days teeing up golf balls just inches from the clubs she swings. When she meets the club president, Dr. Palanca, asleep in the bushes on the course, their brief connection takes her on a deep journey into the…
Kim Kardashian turned heads in a vintage medieval costume as she left the Whitby Hotel in New York City on Monday. The Skims founder wore a Dominique Syrup haute couture corset ($6,468) from the designer’s Fall/Winter 1999 campaign. The archive fit featured a huge fur collar draped along a metallic leather corset and leather tassel skirt. Kim Kardashian wore a vintage medieval-themed outfit in New York City on Thursday. GC images The businesswoman appeared wearing a Dominique Syrup haute couture corset from the designer’s Fall/Winter 1999 campaign. GC images Kardashian, 45, wore black pants underneath and paired it with black…
After just one season, the Emmy Award-winning drama “The Pit” is already impacting medical conversations. That’s according to a new study released Monday by the USC Norman Lear Center that says “The Pit” has changed the conversation about issues like organ donation and end-of-life planning. According to a survey of 1,409 viewer groups conducted by the Hollywood Health and Society Division at the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California, 26.9% of respondents said they were more likely to seek out information about organ donation after watching “The Pit,” and 17.2% said they would share that information with…
What you need to know Emily and Brady Kaiser’s 3-year-old son, Trigg, died in May after drowning in his family’s backyard pool. In the months since, Emily has opened up about how she coped with her grief journey, revealing on Monday, October 27, that she recently attended a grief retreat and learned that “grief is not my enemy, but rather my companion.” “It’s a daily reminder of your loved one,” she said Emily Kaiser continues to open up about her grief journey five months after losing her 3-year-old son Tryg in May. The Arizona-based influencer told her followers that she…
The Netflix feature film “House of Dynamite” tells a “very different story” about the U.S. government’s ability to repel a nuclear attack than real-world nuclear tests suggest, according to an internal government memo obtained by Bloomberg. The film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”) and written by former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim (“Jackie”), depicts how the U.S. government reacts to a nuclear ballistic missile flying toward Chicago. The Secretary of Defense, played by Jared Harris, expresses shock that the $50 billion missile defense system has only a 50% chance of success in shooting down a missile, and in…
Sidney Sweeney has denied romance rumors but gushed about his “beautiful” relationship with Glen Powell. “Glenn and I really care about each other and have love and respect for each other,” the actress, who co-starred with Powell in the 2023 romantic comedy “Anyone But You,” told Variety in an interview published Monday. “I love being with him, and I think people really saw a really beautiful pairing.” Sidney Sweeney has opened up about her relationship with her Anyone But You co-star Glen Powell. sydney_sweeney/Instagram “Glenn and I genuinely care about each other and have love and respect for each other,”…