The Brutalist Report

Variety

DGA Responds to Production Slump by Limiting TV Actors From Taking Director Jobs [11d]
Viral ‘Open Door’ YouTube Short to be Adapted Into Feature, Earns Six-Figure Development Deal (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
‘The Furious’: Inside the Balletic and Brutal Fight Scenes, From Mixing Martial Art Styles to Taking 18 Days to Shoot the Insane Final Showdown [11d]
WABC-TV’s Bill Ritter Departs ‘Eyewitness News’ Anchor Job After Being Diagnosed With Early Stage Alzheimer’s [11d]
‘Blue Film’ Star Kieron Moore Says Movie’s Kink and Taboo Subjects Were ‘Never a Shock’ to Him Because He Has ‘Super Sex Positive’ Friends [11d]
‘Lilo & Stitch 2’: Chris Sanders, Who Voices Stitch, Set to Direct Live-Action Sequel [11d]
Gene Shalit, Longtime ‘Today Show’ Film Critic, Dies at 100 [11d]
‘Dutton Ranch’ Episode 6: [SPOILER] Gets Killed, [SPOILER] Gets Shot and Beulah and Everett Get it On [11d]
Aardman Founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton Knighted in King Charles’ Birthday Honors [11d]
Veteran PR Executive Adam Keen Launches Agenda Collective [11d]
‘Stop That Train’ Producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato on Their Silly Disaster Spoof: ‘It’s Not Just Fun. It’s Healing’ [11d]
‘Jinsei’ Review: An Eerie Philosophy of Fame is Fine-Lined in a Spellbindingly Strange Anime Debut [11d]
What Taylor Swift’s Big Week With ‘Toy Story 5,’ Steven Spielberg and the New York Knicks Says About Her Next Era [11d]
Justice Department Approves Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover Without Any Strings Attached [11d]
Roku Stock Jumps 20% on Report It’s in Sales Talks With a U.S. Media Company [11d]
Ronnie Schell, ‘Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.’ and ‘That Girl’ Actor, Dies at 94 [11d]
Katherine LaNasa Learned Her ‘The Pitt’ Accent in the Bathtub: ‘It Was a Hard Accent to Learn’ [11d]
Jason Bateman on Five Possible Emmy Noms, a ‘Game Night’ Sequel, AI and His Spielberg-Size Studio Dream [11d]
Aaron Sorkin Tried to Get Jesse Eisenberg Back as Mark Zuckerberg for ‘Social Reckoning,’ but the Actor Doesn’t ‘Want to Be Conflated’ With the Facebook Founder Anymore [11d]
Ariana Grande Expands Philanthropic Efforts With Launch of Brighter Days Ahead Foundation [11d]
‘The Great Skull’ Director, Cast on Shanghai Dialect Cinema and Portraying Grief [11d]
Joe Negri, Guitar Player and Handyman on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ Dies at 99 [11d]
Spencer Pratt Concedes in L.A. Mayor Race: ‘You Have No Idea How Bad Things Are About to Get’ [11d]
Ashley Padilla on Writing a Book With Diane Keaton, Staying Off Social Media and Becoming an ‘SNL’ Breakout Star: ‘I Assumed People Would Go, We Hate Her!’ [11d]
A ‘Fool’s’ Tune: How an Elton John Introduction Sparked Michael Stipe and Andrew Watt’s ‘Rooster’ Theme Song [11d]
A ‘Fool’s’ Tune: How an Elton John Introduction Sparked Michael Stipe and Andrew Watt’s ‘Rooster’ Theme Song [11d]
Jimmi Simpson Joins Elisabeth Moss in Hulu Drama ‘Conviction’ (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
Tonies and Hasbro Team Up to Reinvent Classic Board Games — Including ‘Monopoly’, ‘Game of Life’ and ‘Guess Who’ [11d]
Tom Cruise Reunites with Spielberg Co-Stars Colin Farrell, Dakota Fanning (and a Popcorn Bucket of the Director’s Head) for ‘Disclosure Day’ Screening [11d]
Olivia Rodrigo Releases Special-Edition Vinyl for ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ [11d]
LISTEN: Mike Hopkins on Prime Video’s Evolution, the Bundling Boom, How MGM Changed Amazon, the Future of Bond and No Regrets on ‘Melania’ [11d]
Jacob Soboroff Aims to ‘Connect’ New MS NOW Weekend Show With Social-Media Energy [11d]
Kathryn Newton Joins Cooper Hoffman in Hulu Pilot ‘Durango’ [11d]
Jane Campion Says Harvey Weinstein ‘Did Some Horrific Things’ but Led a ‘Brilliant’ Awards Campaign for ‘The Piano’: That ‘Was His Vision’ [11d]
‘There’s No Toxicity’: Mariska Hargitay and the ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Team on How the First Female Showrunner in 26 Years Changed Everything [11d]
Wanda Sykes Turned Down Kevin Hart’s Netflix Roast and Says ‘Thank God’: It’s ‘Lazy Writing’ With ‘Recycled Sexist, Racist, Gay Jokes’ [11d]
Sofia Coppola Is Rooting for the Knicks and Fighting for Women’s Rights: ‘Everyone Needs to Focus on Being Vocal’ [11d]
‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson on Pitching Rue’s Death to Zendaya: ‘It Was a Very Emotional Reaction’ and ‘Tough Discussion’ [11d]
Blake Lively Wins Partial Victory in Final ‘It Ends With Us’ Ruling [11d]
‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Acquired by Watermelon Pictures for North America After Winning Sundance Documentary Award (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
‘Shrinking,’ ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Abbott Elementary’ Made Luke Tennie the King of Warner Bros. This Season [11d]
Alec Baldwin and Dana Carvey Trade Tips on Impersonating Biden, Bush and Playing a ‘Mean and Nasty’ Donald Trump [11d]
Emilia Clarke’s ‘Ponies,’ ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Among Competitors for Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s Golden Nymph [11d]
For the Win: Why Versant Media Is Banking on the Heat Behind Women’s Sports [11d]
David Beckham on Pushing for a Spice Girls Reunion, World Cup Mania and Family Coming First: ‘I Feel Very Lucky’ [11d]
Rebel Audio Launches Public Beta of AI Podcast Production Platform (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
Asghar Farhadi’s Cannes Film ‘Parallel Tales’ Sells Across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Canada Through Charades (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
Box Office: ‘Disclosure Day’ Makes $6.5 Million in Previews [12d]
Italian Director Ludovica Rampoldi’s Clandestine Romance ‘A Brief Affair’ Scores U.S. Distribution Deal With Breaking Glass Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
CBS News Names Trevor Phillips Senior Global Affairs Correspondent [12d]
Horror Comedy ‘Best Friends Forever’ Expands Cast With ‘SNL’ Alum Aristotle Athari, ‘Game Changer’ Comedian Zac Oyama, ‘Dead Meat’ Hosts and More (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
Netflix Smash ‘The Platform’ and Iciar Bollaín’s ‘Rosa’s Wedding’ Set to Pitch at Spain’s Shanghai Market Remakes Showcase [12d]
‘House of Guinness’ Renewed for Season 2 by Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
Noah Wyle and Sally Field on ‘The Pitt’ Exhaustion, CGI Co-Stars and Their ‘ER’ History: It Was a ‘Big Gamble’ Once for an Oscar Winner to Do TV [12d]
‘Candy Crush All Stars’ Tournament Crowns 2026 World Champion (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
Sombr Covers Two Taylor Swift Songs as Steven Spielberg Compares Her to Lennon-McCartney at Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony [12d]
The Weeknd Tops 3 Million Tickets Sold in 2026 Alone as ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ Tour Kicks Off U.K. and European Legs [12d]
Pawan Kalyan Confirms ‘They Call Him OG 2,’ Shoot Set to Begin After November [12d]
Olivia Rodrigo’s Best ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ Lyrics, From Wishing Her Ex Loved Her ‘Less’ to Not Settling for ‘A Guy With a Fake Job’ [12d]