Entertainment
Film Industry Honors and Partnerships
The film industry celebrated with several award ceremonies and partnerships. Los Javis and Guitarricadelafuente were honored at the Miami Film Festival Gems, while Ralph Fiennes is set to star in a biopic about Henry Cecil. Streaming platforms Disney+ and Hulu will debut true-crime podcasts, and Plex integrated movie ticket sales into its streaming service.
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After its U.S. broadcast debut and theatrical roadshow tour, W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause, the new feature documentary by filmmaker Rita Coburn (Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands) on the life and legacy of the legendary writer W.E.B. Du Bois, is heading to the UK. Check out a trail
2026-10-15 13:55 UTC
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Variety will present Guitarricadelafuente with the Virtuoso Award and Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (known as Los Javis) with the Visionary Director Award at Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival Gems on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The event will take place at the Wolfson Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Guitar
2026-10-15 14:00 UTC
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EXCLUSIVE: Established streaming platform Plex has teamed up with Fandango to allow U.S. users to find showtimes and buy movie tickets as they browse and watch films. Founded in 2011, Plex offers a suite of streaming options from free, ad-supported live and on-demand programming to transactional VOD
2026-10-15 14:00 UTC
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ and Hulu will stream Pave Studios true-crime video podcasts Clues and Mother Knows Murder in exclusive windows before they go into wide release. The two titles, which are part of Pave’s Crime House sub-brand, are the company’s first to be picked up by a major streaming
2026-10-15 14:01 UTC
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EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes is reuniting with Conclave producer Tessa Ross and A Bigger Splash backer Studiocanal on Unbeaten, a biopic of legendary British horse racing trainer Henry Cecil and his most famous charge, Frankel. Fiennes will star as Cecil and serve as executive p
2026-10-15 14:02 UTC