Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Ravi Ahuja discussed the studio’s breakout movie of the summer, “KPop Demon Hunters,” on Thursday at Bank of America’s Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference in New York. Speaking with analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich about Sony’s distribution deal with Netflix, Ahuja said the deal with the streamer “made sense.” Sony produced “KPop Demon Hunters” and sold the …
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Will Smith has found a new home at Paramount Pictures. The movie star and his Westbrook banner, which he runs with wife Jada Pinkett Smith, have inked a first-look deal with a focus on developing four-quadrant theatrical movies, emphasizing projects based on IP and franchise plays. The projects will be developed as starring vehicles for the Oscar winner. Under the …
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Paramount Pictures continues its streak of high-profile deals, with a first-look, multi-picture deal with Will Smith and his company Westbrook. Following the Skydance deal last month, the new pact with Smith will focus on creating global, four-quadrant theatrical movies with franchise-starting and IP-based films. The terms encompass a first-look deal with a development commitment to franchise-starters, positioned as starring vehicles for Smith which …
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Every platform wants to be the place you hang with friends — even Spotify as of this week — so it’s apparently time for TikTok to shore up its direct messaging feature! It told TechCrunch that over the next few weeks, all users should see voice messages and image sharing options arrive in their DMs. (They won’t show up for …
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Posted on August 29, 2025 Posted by John Scalzi For the new release of the Pixel 10 Pro (and the 10 Pro XL, which is mostly the same phone, just larger), Google has introduced something called the “Pro-Res Zoom,” a process by which, once you zoom in with the camera over about 30x zoom, after you’ve snapped …
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It’s a love story; she said yes. Taylor Swift, not long ago hailed as the world’s most famous “childless cat lady”, is tying the knot. She announced her engagement to footballer Travis Kelce, her partner of two years, on Instagram on Tuesday. The post was liked more than 14.5m times in just two hours, and reportedly crashed the platform for …
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Jeep Cherokee he all-new 2026 Jeep® Cherokee returns with the perfect blend of iconic design, capability and efficiency to provide customers with the midsize SUV only the Jeep brand could create. With a new 1.6-liter turbo-four hybrid engine, an estimated 37 mpg combined and more than 500 miles to a tank of fuel, the 2026 Cherokee is ready to take …
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NEED TO KNOW Gisele Bündchen is giving a little glimpse at her baby boy The mom of three shared several snaps of her summer, including a few rare photos with her newest little one The supermodel welcomed her baby boy, whose name hasn’t been revealed, with boyfriend Joaquim Valente in February Gisele Bündchen is sharing some rare photos of her …
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The most striking science photos of the week: including the Perseid meteor shower and glowing underwater wonders. Record warm seas have brought an extraordinary range of new species to UK waters. Britain’s seas have had their warmest start to the year since records began, with BBC analysis finding that the average sea temperature from January to the end of July …
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Paramount Pictures has countersued the cousin of a writer on Top Gun: Maverick, who alleges he co-wrote the screenplay, opening another front in the legal battle over alleged copyright infringement in the writing process for the film. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in California federal court, the studio alleges Shaun Gray deliberately hid his role in penning key scenes, …
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