Netflix Wins Big as California Doles Out Record $139 Million in Film Credits

Are you old enough to remember when Netflix was an underdog in international film festivals? When trepidation towards the future of film distribution was enough to keep streaming titles from winning in major film competitions? With all due respect to the Cannes Film Festival, those days certainly seem to be coming to an end. The Venice Film Festival has announced its lineup of winners, and Netflix has made quite a show for itself in the major categories.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterIn the final weekend of the California gubernatorial recall campaign, political ads are everywhere. The last push before the voting period ends on Sept.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterIf Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled next week, the entertainment industry will lose a valuable ally in Sacramento.The industry’s top concern at the Capitol is the film and TV tax credit, which provides a 20-25% discount on eligible production spending in the state.

Clayton Davis The streaming platforms are gearing up for another attempt to win the Academy’s affections. Though a streamer has yet to win the big best picture prize, Netflix has assembled a strong slate this year, at least judging by the reception at the Telluride Film Festival.

Line of Duty won big at this year’s TV Choice Awards, scoring a hat-trick of gongs at the ceremony.The BBC drama triumphed in the Best Drama Series category, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress awards for Martin Compston and Vicky McClure. Vicky beat off A-List competition from Olivia Colman for The Crown, Phoebe Dynevor for Bridgerton and Nicola Walker for ITV drama Unforgotten.Thanking the TV Choice viewers for her accolade, Vicky said: “You been so supportive over the years says.

Ruth Marx has crossed to the other side.

Netflix asked him to change the location of his new film Hustle from China to Majorca.Sandler, who signed a new deal with Netflix at the start of 2020 to make four more original films, explained that the streaming giant changed his original concept for the new film about a basketball recruiter who travels overseas.“It was written originally that I find a player in China and somehow, Netflix is not in China,” Sandler said on The Dan Patrick Show.“So they were like, ‘Would you guys please make it

Richard Blais, who won Bravo’s first Top Chef All-Stars, is to star in Gordon Ramsay’s Fox cooking competition series Next Level Chef.

Ruth Marx, whose singing voice was heard on classic TV commercial jingles that likely reached as many ears as the pop songs of her famous son Richard Marx, died of lung cancer at her home in California on Aug. 24. She was 85.

newsreader John McKay is celebrating after a movie based on his book won a major award at the Edinburgh Film Festival. The well loved figure, who has become famous for his ties, even has a cameo in the film called The Road Dance which premiered at the celebrated film festival.

the Chicago Sun Times Aug. 30 that his mother died of lung cancer at her home in California.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Free Guy” grabbed a convincing win at the top of the China box office, marking the end of a Hollywood drought and was earned despite difficult conditions.The family-friendly comedy earned $23.8 million in three days, according to data from Artisan Gateway. That was fully 56% of the nationwide theatrical haul between Friday and Sunday.It earned $3.77 million of its total from Imax screens.

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The Bronx have spoken to NME about what to expect from their “big, badass new rock record” ‘VI’, and the return of their side project Mariachi El Bronx.The Los Angeles hardcore band’s last album, 2017’s ‘V’, saw the Californian five-piece raging against political turmoil, social unrest and personal uncertainty and stood up as a big musical middle finger to the world at large.“We had to make that record,” vocalist Matt Caughthran told NME. “We had to prove to ourselves that we could do it.

Molly Shannon knows how to turn on the waterworks at will.

Molly Shannon and Jimmy Fallon had a cry-off during the actress’s “Tonight Show” appearance Wednesday.

“F9,” the ninth film in the “Fast & Furious” saga, on Wednesday has officially grossed over $700 million worldwide. It’s not only by far a pandemic record for an American film, but it’s also the first MPA film to cross that threshold since 2019.

Greta Thunberg says there is a “big lack of storytelling when it comes to the climate crisis” and urged decision-makers in the film and television industries to support writers willing to tackle the issue. The Swedish climate change activist was joined by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Tuesday afternoon where the two spoke about issues surrounding the lack of attention the entertainment industry gives the worldwide crisis.

Netflix has announced the release date of its controversial Diana: The Musical, and it is hitting screens in less than two months.The musical – which will arrive on New York's Broadway later this year – is being screened on the streaming giant a month before it hits the stage. It was filmed without an audience during lockdown after being forced to halt its March 2020 opening due to the coronavirus pandemic.