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WorldPingSuno has spent months collecting music licensing deals like Infinity Stones — and now it has a product to show for it.
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"We believe this is a blueprint for how AI and the music industry can strengthen one another and build entirely new product experiences for artists, fans, and the broader music community," Suno CEO Mikey Shulman said.
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WorldPingBritish producer Duncan Kenworthy, best known for his work with longtime collaborator Richard Curtis, is set to receive the British Academy highest honor, the BAFTA Fellowship.
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"Duncan Kenworthy is one of the great champions of British film and filmmaking talent. For over five decades, he has played a pivotal role in bringing some of Britain’s most beloved stories to life on screen."…
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WorldPingFilmmakers describe the gig as a "hugely emotional" experience that took Noel Gallagher by surprise.
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WorldPingThe Iberseries & Platino Industria confab in Madrid has launched the Euro-Atlantic Series Co-Pro Pitch Program, which assembles a cross-section of mainly European TV projects that seek to advance their development.
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"I've never seen one person work so much and fix so little," the host quipped…
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WorldPingCulture is part of how we rebuild communities – these awards by the Freelands foundation recognise organisations promoting creativity and opportunity at grassroots level If politicians are serious about rebuilding our communities, they need to recogn…
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: Danish director Mads Mengel’s debut feature The Guest has been acquired for the U.S. and multiple European territories following its prize-winning world premiere in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July.
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Are you telling me the president of the United States had three full months and spent $20 million and couldn't even get a pool cleaned?"…
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WorldPingAre you ready for some football? Yes, the 2026 NFL season will kick off on the night of Sept. 9 with a Super Bowl LX rematch, as the defending champion Seattle Seahawks square off against the New England Patriots.
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WorldPingIt only took five weeks to change everything. Following Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor on Jan.
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WorldPingIf it’s a bit too easy to group Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng into a post-Apichatpong Weerasethakul wave of cryptic fablemakers, his latest only strengthens this association.
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WorldPingStefano Knuchel’s “Il desiderio di essere inutile – Hugo a Venezia” (“A Longing to Be of No Use – Hugo in Venice”) will premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival on Sept.
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WorldPingSony’s superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained its box office crown across the U.K. and Ireland for a sixth consecutive weekend, taking £1.6 million ($2.2 million). The performance propelled the film’s cumulative gross to $130.
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WorldPingTokyo market TIFFCOM has struck its first partnership with Frontières, the genre-focused co-production market run by Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival, adding a wave of horror and thriller titles to the 24 feature projects selected for th…
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: Shiver me timbers! Here’s a first look at Paramount+’s upcoming pirate drama Treasure Island.
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WorldPingTokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM), which is being held during this year’s TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo (October 28-30), has announced a line-up of 24 projects from Asia, Europe and the Americas for this year’s edition.
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WorldPingStudio TF1 is launching its medical drama “Dr. Seylan & Cindy” at Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre.
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WorldPingAustralian musician Kevin Parker will also no longer take photos with fans at hotels and airports, claiming ‘autograph hounds’ using children to gain access Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has announced he will no longer sign autographs, citing “ag…
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WorldPingPie Aerts’s striking images of horsemen who live an extremely solitary existence reveal hidden stories of loneliness, alcoholism and a fading heritage Continue reading...
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WorldPingMatt Shea investigates the far-right activist. Plus: grooming gang victims tell their stories in an important documentary. Here’s what to watch this evening 10pm, Channel 4 Does his mum still call him Stephen?
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The singer's mother and his managers have been accused of negligence in failing to protect a minor…
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"No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye" leads the 10th anniversary reissue of No Burden which arrives on Dec.4…
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WorldPingJon Stewart returned for an all-new episode of The Daily Show following a month-long hiatus.
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WorldPingThe crowds wept and prayed, police used their song lyrics for briefings and a vicar gave a sermon about brotherly forgiveness.
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WorldPingVeteran film and TV comedy writer Jeff Lowell died on August 24 in Virginia after a brief illness. He was 52.
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE The elusive goal is in sight but the finish line is still a way off in the race to get a federal film and TV tax incentive bill passed and signed into law by Donald Trump, California’s junior senator says.
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WorldPingUPDATED with evacuation order: Malibu City officials have just issued an evacuation order for much of the Point Lechuza community near Broad Beach after a sinkhole opened up in the driveway of one beachfront property.
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Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart are adapting Larry McMurtry's novel, which previously inspired a hit CBS miniseries.
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The 'Spider-Noir' star reportedly bought the oceanfront home in 2024 for $10.5 million.
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WorldPingThe comedian and Celebrity Traitors win big - see a full list of winners and nominees from the 26th edition of the awards.
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Seth Grahame-Smith is writing the screenplay for the feature based on the 1960s series from Mel Brooks and Buck Henry.
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WorldPingPatrick Brammall and Maxine Peake star in this superbly acted and absolutely riveting drama about a father who thinks his missing daughter may still be alive after a mysterious phone call Last Seen is a classic, twisty thriller with a killer premise:…
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A police dispatcher remains convinced that his daughter is still alive 11 years after she was kidnapped in this six-episode thriller.
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: Talk about a dead ringer when it comes to casting: We’re getting word that 4x Emmy winner John Mulaney is eyeing to star as wisenheimer Agent Maxwell Smart in Warner Bros’ upcoming reimagining of Get Smart.
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The political commenter attacked Offerman's character, Bill, in HBO's apocalyptic drama, saying he's "Ron Swanson who likes to nail dudes."…
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The Massachusetts mother's murder trial for the deaths of her three children ended in a mistrial last week…
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WorldPingLarry McMurtry’s classic Lonesome Dove novel is returning to television as a Netflix series.
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The nationwide openings continue the effort from Meta to make innovative technology easier to experience.
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The rapper is fighting charges he put a bounty on Quando Rondo in retaliation for the killing of King Von…
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A rewatch of the series premiere 60 years after it initially aired.
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: Actor Keen Ruffalo has signed with CAA, Deadline has learned. Ruffalo has heat as one of the young stars of Sterling Point, Prime Video’s coming-of-age drama series from My Old Ass helmer Megan Park, which was recently renewed for a second season.
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WorldPingRise in fatalities comes amid news reports that the average age of Burning Man attendees is increasing Three men over 50 died at Burning Man this year, tripling the average number of deaths in connection with the annual festival that brings tens of t…
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WorldPingRevenue from Britain’s independent producers hit its second-highest total last year, despite spend from UK broadcasters falling beneath £2B ($2.7B) for the first time since 2020.
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Courts have historically side-eyed issuing massive bonds in merger cases, particularly when the government challenges the deal. The states have stressed that Paramount proposed the term to win over shareholders.
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WorldPingJust weeks before Paramount Skydance starts being on the hook for the vaunted $7-million-a-day ticking fee to Warner Bros Discovery shareholders, the David Ellison-run company today pushed hard once again for the Writers Guild of America, California…
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The Man in Black's 1976 comic book 'Hello, I'm Johnny Cash' will be rereleased later this month by Z2 Comics…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Rolling Stone
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