The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Zendaya Responds to AI Tom Holland Wedding Photos: ‘Many People Have Been Fooled by Them’ [2h]
• After ‘Weak’ Live Nation-DOJ Settlement, Senator Amy Klobuchar Introduces Antitrust Accountability and Transparency Act [3h]
• ‘Hoppers’ Holds No. 1 at U.K., Ireland Box Office as ‘Reminders of Him’ Debuts at No. 2 [3h]
• Linmon Media Unveils 2026–2027 Slate and Microdrama Expansion at FilMart Hong Kong [4h]
• AI, Cross-Border Collaboration and Global Content Strategies Explored at FilMart Forum: ‘As Long as the Story Is Strong, AI Can Support Creators in Connecting With Audiences’ [4h]
• AI, Cross-Border Collaboration and Global Content Strategies Explored at FilMart Forum: ‘As Long as the Story Is Strong, AI Can Support Creators in Connecting With Audiences’ [4h]
• Applause Entertainment, Story TV Team for Premium Microdrama Slate in India (EXCLUSIVE) [5h]
• Malaysia’s FINAS Unveils $76 Million Rebate Renewal at FilMart, Targets Role as Southeast Asia Production Hub [6h]
• Arte President Bruno Patino Issues Industry-Wide Alert: AI Has Now Pushed Us Into a ‘Relationship Economy,’ the Only Way Forward Is ‘Coalition’ [6h]
• Hrithik Roshan’s HRX Films, Prime Video Team for Comedy ‘Mess’ (EXCLUSIVE) [6h]
• ‘Forbidden Fruits’ Review: The Salesgirls Are Witches in a Depraved Satirical Thriller That’s Like ‘Mean Girls’ Meets ‘The Craft’ Touched with Something Darker [7h]
• Jimmy Kimmel on How the Oscars Are Held in a Mall: ‘Last Night, Barbra Streisand Was This Close to a Hot Topic Store’ [7h]
• Kiki Shepard, ‘Showtime at the Apollo’ Co-Host, Dies at 74 [8h]
• ‘Basic’ SXSW Review: Ashley Park and Leighton Meester Bond Over Toxic Relationship Anxieties in a Charming Rom-Com [8h]
• Jon Stewart Says ‘Opera and Ballet Have Defeated Timothée Chalamet’ After Misty Copeland’s Oscars Performance: ‘No Contest! A Knockout!’ [9h]
• Chinese Auteur Jia Zhangke Wraps Short Film in Italy, Talks AI at Asian Film Awards Masterclass [10h]
• ‘The Night Manager’ Chinese-Language Remake Expands Cast [11h]
• Samsung’s Latest Galaxy Smartphone Is the Brand’s Most Intuitive, Future-Thinking Offering Yet [12h]
• Supernatural Horror ‘The Other Side’ Heads to Hong Kong FilMart With Contents Panda (EXCLUSIVE) [12h]
• Hugoeast Reveals FilMart Sales Slate Topped by ‘Shanghai Wonton’ (EXCLUSIVE) [12h]
• FilMart 2026 Sets the Stage for AI, Short Dramas and Emerging Asian Markets [12h]
• FilMart Celebrates Three Decades of Shaping Asia’s Screen Industry: ‘We Add Value by Helping International Companies Navigate the Regional Market’ [12h]
• Num Kanchai, Weir Sukollawat and Two Popetorn Lead Thai Action-Drama ‘Prasert’ (EXCLUSIVE) [12h]
• AI-Generated Feature ‘Raphael’ Anchors MBC C&I’s Hong Kong FilMart Slate (EXCLUSIVE) [12h]
• Ji Seung-hyun, Cecilia Choi, Yayan Ruhian’s ‘Bluefish’ Lands Hong Kong, Taiwan Deals With Trinity Media (EXCLUSIVE) [12h]
• Lu Po-Shun Seeks Financing for Feature Debut ‘Will You Still Be My Friend’ at Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum [12h]
• Pae Arak, Weir Sukollawat to Star in Thai Horror Epic ‘Cher’ (EXCLUSIVE) [12h]
• Misty Copeland on Her ‘Sinners’ Oscar Performance After Retirement and Hip Surgery: ‘It Was Such an Honor to Be on That Stage’ [13h]
• Jackie Chan, Leo Zhang Team for Action Comedy ‘Pawfect Agents,’ Cappu Films Handling Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• ‘SupermodelMe’ Makes History as First Reality Franchise to Go Vertical With FlareFlow Microdrama Series (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• ‘Ninja Hattori’ Lands Global Licensing Deal as 8 Lions, TV Asahi Team for Digital Push (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• ‘Charlie Chan’ Series Lands Tzi Ma, Rae Dawn Chong and Aileen Wu (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• K-Pop Meets Cantopop in Musical ‘K-Pop Out of Time’ From Phoenix Waters, TE Creatives (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• Mirror’s Lokman Yeung, Alton Wong and Error’s Dee Ho to Lead Hong Kong Remake of Nippon TV’s ‘Life’s Punchline’ for ViuTV (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• Sarah Michelle Gellar Speaks Out After Hulu Axes ‘Buffy’ Reboot and Blames It on One Executive Who’s ‘Not a Fan of the Original’: ‘Nobody Saw This Coming’ [13h]
• Japan Pushes for a New Global Stage as Film Frontier Makes Its Debut at Hong Kong Market [13h]
• ‘DreamQuil’ Review: A Satirical Sci-Fi Soap Opera That Doesn’t Fully Connect [14h]
• Noah Kahan Makes SXSW Laugh and Cry With Netflix Doc About Depression and Body Dysmorphia: ‘It’s Easy to Shut These Things Away’ [14h]
• Adam Schiff to Hold Hearing on Hollywood Jobs With Noah Wyle and IATSE’s Matt Loeb [15h]
• David Zaslav to Receive More Than $550 Million in Compensation Related to Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger [15h]
• Horror’s Big Night: ‘Sinners’ and ‘Weapons’ Oscar Wins Have Filmmakers Celebrating the Genre [15h]
• ‘Dune 3’ First Look: Timothée Chalamet Returns in Denis Villeneuve’s Epic Finale [15h]
• This BTS ‘Arirang’ Vinyl Comes in an Exclusive ‘Jung Kook Orchid’ Colorway [16h]
• WGA Begins Studio Talks at SAG-AFTRA Headquarters as Its Staff Pickets Outside [16h]
• ‘Sekiro: No Defeat’ Anime Trailer Revealed; Director Addresses Fans’ Concerns About Adapting Video Game Into Crunchyroll Series (EXCLUSIVE) [16h]
• Disney Elevates Deborah O’Connell as Chairman of U.S. Entertainment TV [16h]
• Jane Levy Joins Dan Goor & Luke Del Tredici’s Private Investigator Comedy Pilot at NBC [16h]
• Zhu and Joe Trapanese Explain How They Crafted the Dark, Propulsive Score for SXSW Film ‘He Bled Neon’ [17h]
• ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Pauses Season 5 Filming Due to Domestic Violence Investigation Into Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen [17h]
• Zendaya Achieved Her Oscars Blowout With This GHD Round Brush and $15 Tangle Teezer [17h]
• Vancouver Film Festival Launches Institute for the Moving Image, New Year-Round Hub for Artist Development and Industry Innovation [17h]
• Judy Collins Announces Farewell Tour [18h]
• ‘Last of Us’ Season 3 Casts Jason Ritter and Patrick Wilson, Promotes Three Cast Members to Series Regulars [18h]
• ‘Sinners’: How to Watch Michael B. Jordan’s Academy Award-Winning Performance Online [18h]
• Jane Fonda Asks Why Barbra Streisand Did Oscars Tribute to Robert Redford and Quips: ‘She Only Made One Movie With Him. I Made Four! I Have More to Say’ [18h]
• ‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Review: Vince Vaughn is Double Trouble in Highly Diverting Action Comedy [18h]
• LISTEN: Box Office: ‘Reminders of Him’ Expands the Hoover-verse; ‘Hoppers’ Hangs Tough [18h]
• Marion Cotillard and Walton Goggins to Star in ‘Job,’ Reimagining the Biblical Book (EXCLUSIVE) [18h]
• Paramount’s Jeff Shell Fires Back: Exec Says Allegation He Leaked Private Corporate Info Is ‘Utterly False Tale’ Created in a ‘Shakedown’ Attempt [19h]
• Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed Set to Host First Three Episodes of ‘Saturday Night Live’ U.K. [19h]
• Inside the Oscars: Execs Explain In Memoriam Omissions, Playing Off ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Winners and Bringing Back Conan O’Brien as Host [19h]
• Bert Kreischer’s Netflix Comedy ‘Free Bert’ Gets Season 2 Renewal [19h]
• On Hollywood’s Biggest Night, Why Were the Movie Stars in Hiding? [20h]
• Fremantle Promotes Jimmy Fox to President, Content and Strategy [20h]
• ‘A Quiet Place 3’ Sets Cast With Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy Returning, Plus Jack O’Connell and More Joining [20h]
• Sean Penn Skipped the Oscars to Meet With President Zelenskyy in Ukraine, Who Thanks Him as a ‘True Friend’ to the Country [20h]
• Matt Clark, ‘Back to the Future Part III’ and ‘Grace Under Fire’ Actor, Dies at 89 [20h]
• Warner Bros. Discovery Chief David Zaslav Celebrates Oscar Wins for ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ as ‘Remarkable Moment’ in Staff Memo [20h]
• ‘Minions & Monsters’ Voice Cast: Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg and Allison Janney to Lead ‘Despicable Me’ Spinoff [20h]
• Gaumont Posts Stable $172 Million Revenue for 2025 With Theatrical Business Up, but Big Losses Amid Animation Slowdown [21h]
• BBC Officially Files Motion to Dismiss Trump’s $10 Billion Defamation Lawsuit [21h]
• Led by Taylor Swift, U.S. Vinyl Sales Reached $1 Billion for First Time Since 1983 as Recorded Music Revenue Hit New High in 2025 [21h]
• The Associated Press, With Long Ties to Print, Ramps Up Live-Streamed Video Shows [21h]
• The Secret Behind Elle Fanning’s Oscars Glow? This Portable Skincare Wand [21h]
• Middle East Broadcaster MBC Group Posts 28.5% Revenue Jump as Streaming Side Expands [22h]
• For Trump’s FCC Chairman, Trolling Liberals Is the Point of His Threat to Pull Licenses of TV Networks That Air ‘Fake News’ About Iran War [22h]