Amazon Buys MGM Studios For Nearly US$9B

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Flag Day,” a new drama from Sean Penn, has sold North American rights to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer weeks before it is scheduled to have its global debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was directed by Penn, with the Oscar-winner starring alongside his daughter, Dylan Penn.

MGM has taken North American distribution rights to Sean Penn’s upcoming Flag Day which is making its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this July. Penn directs, and also stars with his daughter Dylan Penn in what we’re already hearing is a sublime star-making role for the actress. The studio will release Flag Day via its marketing-distribution joint venture United Artists Releasing later this year.

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Amazon and Barnes & Noble have apparently taken down a new book by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical advisor to the president.

Good American — which has taken on everything from denim and shoes to ultra-cozy loungewear — Khloe Kardashian knows a thing or two about cool and comfortable fashion. Case in point: her Adidas Cloudfoam Pure Running Shoes.The 36-year-old  star has always been one to share her stylish activewear looks and other parts of her life to her fans on Instagram, often showcasing her must-have Good American leggings and other gym staples.

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Good American — which has taken on everything from denim and shoes to ultra-cozy loungewear — Khloe Kardashian knows a thing or two about cool and comfortable fashion. Case in point: her Adidas Cloudfoam Pure Running Shoes.The 36-year-old  star has always been one to share her stylish activewear looks and other parts of her life to her fans on Instagram, often showcasing her must-have Good American leggings and other gym staples.

Good American — which has taken on everything from denim and shoes to ultra-cozy loungewear — Khloe Kardashian knows a thing or two about cool and comfortable fashion. Case in point: her Adidas Cloudfoam Pure Running Shoes.The 36-year-old  star has always been one to share her stylish activewear looks and other parts of her life to her fans on Instagram, often showcasing her must-have Good American leggings and other gym staples.

Amazon Studios has acquired US and Latin American rights to the documentary Val from A24. Amazon will release the docu later this year; A24 controls all remaining global rights.

Oscar winning Free Solo directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have joined the commercial roster of Stept Studios for US representation.

Antonio Ferme editorActor-producer Daniel Dae Kim urged those of Asian and Pacific Islander descent to work hard at “allyship” with other underrepresented communities in order to focus on the roots of systemic racism. Kim spoke on May 20 at a half-day virtual seminar hosted by Amazon Studios to examine API representation in film and media as part of Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month.The rising tide of anti-Asian hate crimes underscores the urgency to act.

UPDATED: Amazon has revealed that its multi-part Borat special will debut on Prime Video on Tuesday, May 25.

EXCLUSIVE: The century-old story of Bruce’s Beach, which has been garnering national attention amid an effort to return the land to the owners’ descendants, will be subject of a scripted TV series. The project, from Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions, is in development at Amazon Studios.

Even with the most recent watershed moments of Minari, Sound of Metal and Crazy Rich Asians, finding a place in Hollywood remains a challenge for Asian American and Pacific Islander creatives and talent.

Amazon's Summer Fashion Sale has deals to help you clear out the cobwebs to make room for just about everything, including styles from your favorite brands. Some of the best deals there are on American Apparel clothing -- you can find items for as much as 40% off to add to your cute summer outfits!Amazon's Summer Fashion Sale doesn't end with cute clothes and outfit deals.

Antonio Ferme editorBron Studios is lending a helping hand to AAPI Creatives, a networking group started by Zosimo Maximo to amplify Asian American voices working in the industry.Maximo used Clubhouse to form a group of AAPI filmmakers who are inspired to change the narrative in Hollywood and build new opportunities for themselves. The group consists of Becky Baihui Chen, D.J.