MoviePass, the movie subscription service, has received a new equity investment from Comcast’s Forecast Labs.  The investment from Forecast Labs, which is the consumer venture group within Comcast NBCUniversal, will be used for TV advertising to drive new customer acquisition for MoviePass. The financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. ...

Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser are ready to get their kicks with a new action-comedy movie from director Peter Farrelly. Farrelly is set to reunite with Amazon MGM Studios on Balls Up, which hails from Skydance. Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese (Deadpool & Wolverine) wrote the script for the feature that focuses on two […]

Two environmental activists have been arrested after they broke into a private airfield outside of London, where Taylor Swift’s plane landed hours earlier, and spray-painted multiple private jets orange, in a call to end the use of fossil fuels by the end of the decade.  Just Stop Oil members Jennifer Kowalski, 28, and Cole Macdonald, […]

Jimmy Kimmel Live has lined up his summertime hosts. As is his annual tradition, the ABC late night host will take a summer hiatus, while his show continues with a rotation of guest hosts. This year’s lineup includes Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as well as Jeff Goldblum, RuPaul and Martin Short. […]

Netflix is getting into the popcorn business. The streaming giant is expanding its consumer business with a push into snacks, partnering with Popcorn Indiana to launch a line of popcorn under the brand name Netflix: Now Popping. Now Popping will be available beginning today at Walmart’s across the country. Among the flavors being launched are […]

The 30th Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFFB), Germany’s largest Jewish film fest, unveiled this year’s award winners at a gala ceremony in Berlin on Thursday night. The top prize, the Gershon-Klein award for best feature film went to Salty Water (Südsee), an Israel-set drama by German filmmaker Henrika Kull. Vishniac from U.S. director Laura...