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Federal bribery investigators were closing in on Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Congressman James Clyburn—until Donald Trump reshaped the FBI. A new ProPublica investigation reveals that career agents were actively tracking suspicious campaign cash flowing to both lawmakers. But the probe abruptly collapsed during the chaotic leadership purge inside Trump’s Justice Department. Ke...

Fresh off making Cannes history with Goodbye Julia, Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani is making his next major play. Kordofani heads to Rome’s MIA Market this week, shopping his ambitious period drama, About Love and September Laws. Produced through his outfit Klozium Studios, the project has already locked down a slate of international partners. Kordofani says his target is clear: breaking out...

Director Muhammad Mustapha is pulling back the curtain on Cairo’s toughest nightclub bouncers and bodybuilders. In his new documentary, Big Boys Don’t Cry, premiering at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, Mustapha argues that society traps these hyper-muscular men in an emotional prison. His verdict: anger is the only feeling they are permitted to show. It is an intimate, raw look behind the massive...

A power grab at the top of television. The newly merged Banijay and All3Media giant—now officially operating as Banijay Entertainment—has revealed its new senior leadership team. Chief Executive Marco Bassetti is locking down control, stacking top executive ranks almost exclusively with Banijay loyalists. All3Media CEO Jane Turton secures the deputy CEO seat, while Banijay veterans Thomas Gousset...

The demigods are taking Europe. Percy Jackson stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri are heading to Italy this October for the Lucca Comics and Games Festival. Festival organizers confirm the trio plans to get up close and personal with fans inside the historic Tuscan city, bringing exclusive, unseen footage ahead of the show's return. For thousands of fantasy loyalists gathe...

Patricia Clarkson is heading across the Atlantic to open London’s third annual Women and the World International Film Festival. Clarkson headlines director Rachel Feldman’s new drama, Lilly, claiming the marquee opening slot on November fifth. The week-long showcase runs through November twelfth, spotlighting female directors exclusively. The lineup also locks in the world premiere of Sigrid Andre...

Line of Duty and Good Omens mastermind Douglas Mackinnon is heading into high-stakes emergency medicine. The Scottish director has unveiled BurnTime, a gritty six-part paramedic drama set on the streets of Edinburgh. Mackinnon is shopping the project this week at Rome’s MIA Market, running October 19th through the 23rd, marking the first major television swing from his newly launched banner, Rugge...

Television veteran Tom Fontana, the mastermind behind HBO’s gritty prison hit 'Oz,' is setting his sights on the Holy See. Fontana will showrun a major new drama series based on Emanuele Midolo’s forthcoming book, 'The Devil’s Business.' The project exposes the murky world of Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the notorious American prelate who ran the Vatican Bank through decades of financial intrigue an...

Former Disney heartthrob Erik von Detten is facing serious legal trouble. The forty-two-year-old actor—best known as the arrogant teen dream in The Princess Diaries—has been hit with a civil lawsuit accusing him of elder abuse. Details are emerging from a new court filing alleging von Detten mistreated an elderly individual. Von Detten walked away from Hollywood years ago for a quiet life in finan...

Hollywood’s existential nightmare just got an official endorsement. Speaking at the View Conference in Turin, Italy, Runway co-CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela dropped a chilling confirmation on the future of cinema. When asked if artificial intelligence will eventually replace living, breathing actors, his answer was swift: absolutely. Valenzuela claims the shift is already quietly underway, warning an i...

Rapper Blueface is back behind bars, but this time, he was not the one who dialed 9-1-1. Police raced to the twenty-seven-year-old artist's location following a frantic swatting call reporting a violent emergency. But when officers arrived to secure the scene, authorities say Blueface refused to cooperate, deliberately stalling the probe. Instead of catching the hoax caller, deputies slapped the c...

Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines is fighting for her life in critical condition tonight after being rammed by a vehicle. The violent strike has sent shockwaves through Canberra, triggering urgent demands from leaders across the political spectrum to de-escalate simmering national tensions. Police are investigating the motive behind the crash as an anxious nation braces for updates on t...

The quiet rolling hills of Devon, England, are now the front line in the global war over artificial intelligence. Tech developers want to construct one of Europe’s largest data center hubs right in this pastoral countryside, but furious locals are pushing back. Residents are confronting officials over staggering power demands, massive water consumption, and the destruction of green belts. Silicon...

Canada is not breaking apart—at least not today. In Alberta, the country’s oil-rich powerhouse, voters have officially shut down a push to secede. The referendum forced residents to choose between loyalty to Ottawa and an independent future built on trillions in energy reserves. But the vote settled nothing. With the final tally leaving both separatist leaders and federalists dissatisfied, the fig...

Streets across France fell quiet overnight under strict, police-enforced curfews designed to choke off escalating urban violence. The emergency clampdown halted days of street clashes, but French officials warn the calm remains fragile. Sébastien Lecornu confirmed that local authorities will decide on renewed curfews for Tuesday night on a city-by-city basis. With thousands of tactical officers st...

A remote island becomes a claustrophobic battleground in the first trailer for Lex Julia. Directed by Laura Hyppönen, the psychological suspense drama is heading to the Tallinn and Mar del Plata film festivals. The story traps an alleged rape victim, played by Rea Lest, on an isolated outpost alongside her accused attacker, Christian Hillborg, and his wife, Jessica Grabowsky. As conflicting memori...

A terrifying escape for indie pop trio MUNA. Hours after taking the stage at Stanford's Frost Amphitheater on Sunday night, the band's tour bus suddenly burst into flames. Members Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson confirmed the disaster online, assuring fans that everyone on board made it out safely. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation, but the irony is chilling: the...

Australia’s premiere electronic pilgrimage is setting the stage. Pitch Music and Arts has officially locked in the lineup for its landmark tenth anniversary edition in Victoria’s Grampians. Berlin sensation Patrick Mason, London tastemaker HAAi, and local powerhouse X CLUB. are set to lead the four-day bush gathering alongside Chlär and Peach. Organizers are promising their most ambitious visual a...

Los Angeles just got a massive dose of K-pop adrenaline. The inaugural 82WORLD festival took over Southern California, with powerhouse headliners ATEEZ and P1Harmony commanding the stage. P1Harmony teased upcoming music mid-set, while ATEEZ anchored the night with their signature, high-octane choreography. But the moment that truly set the crowd off was a surprise throwback tribute honoring BTS. F...

A spacecraft is now hurtling toward deep space on a high-stakes, multi-million-mile heist. The target: Phobos, the enigmatic, cratered moon orbiting Mars. The prize: just ten grams of alien dust. Scientists believe this microscopic pinch of cosmic soil holds the pristine chemical blueprint of our solar system's birth. If the probe survives the years-long round trip, those few precious grains will...

Artificial intelligence has officially entered the recording booth in Mumbai. Producer Amita Madhvani, co-founder of Equinox Virtual alongside acclaimed filmmaker Ram Madhvani, is launching Raagverse—a record label pairing human lyricists directly with AI production engines. The hybrid label drops its debut album, 'Janaa Hai Toh Jao,' on October twentieth. Industry insiders are watching closely to...

Thirty to forty beers deep, a Canadian tourist decided to snatch a living flamingo right off the Las Vegas Strip. It ended in court, and a guilty verdict for animal cruelty. The tourist testified he plucked Peachy from her habitat at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino purely on drunken impulse, insisting he meant no harm. Nevada prosecutors disagreed, securing a conviction after the bird suffered injur...

Tirana is burning. Seven straight days of street warfare in Albania have left nearly three hundred people injured—and more than half of those casualties wear police badges. What began as an anti-government rally has turned into relentless urban combat, with tear gas choking the capital and crowds defying every order to disperse. Opposition leaders demand immediate resignations, while emergency roo...

Swae Lee is taking center stage Down Under. The thirty-one-year-old hitmaker just locked in a five-city Australian run for January, supporting his highly anticipated debut solo album, Same Difference. Spanning major venues across both the East and West coasts, the tour marks a massive solo leap for the former Rae Sremmurd star. Expect signature falsettos, chart-topping anthems, and an entirely new...

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is bringing raw terror to the streets of Mumbai this Halloween. Kashyap and director Vasan Bala have officially backed Aakhri Ride, a pulse-pounding short thriller chronicling one nightmare cab journey across the city on October thirty-first. Directed by Vijesh Rajan and Yashoda Parthasarthy, the project bypasses traditional theaters entirely, premiering worldwide on Kashy...