The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to explore creating a $5 million subsidy for microdramas, the short-form vertical videos enjoying a surge in popularity. The council voted 14-0 to direct city staff to come up with public or private funding sources to support microdrama production. “Many of these productions do not fit the needed […]VarietyRead More
Sandra Bernhard has checked into “The White Lotus” Season 4. The “Severance” and “Marty Supreme” actor joins previously announced cast members Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Coogan, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Marissa Long, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina and AJ Michalka in the France-set installment of the HBO vacation dramedy. Details on Bernard’s role are unclear. Additional casting has yet to be announced as creator Mike…
Did I believe that Chris Pine, with his waxed and coiffed Beverly Hills look, is a sad-sack divorced physician who wears a stethoscope around his neck as he runs his quaint office as a general practitioner in Cleveland, Ohio? Not quite. But as Noah, Pine gives a performance that’s rippled with anger and vulnerability, and…
Crunchyroll is deepening its investment in Thailand with the launch of a Thai-language user interface and a significant expansion of localized anime content. The anime platform is now making more than 500 titles available to Thai subscribers, including over 70 with Thai dubbing and 300 with Thai subtitles. The rollout adds 70-plus new titles to…
İlker Çatak, who was born in Berlin to Turkish parents, is back at the Berlinale with “Yellow Letters,” which unlike his last film — the Oscar-nominated Germany-set “The Teachers’ Lounge” — takes place entirely amid political repression in Turkey, even though it was shot in Germany. The timely political drama stars Turkish actors Özgü Namal…
Netflix’s “Skyscraper Live,” which is set to follow free solo climber Alex Honnold as he climbs the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, has been postponed because of rain — and will move to Saturday night U.S. time (Sunday morning Taiwan time) instead. “Due to weather, we are unable to proceed with today’s SkyscraperLIVE event. It…
