Jack Lang, a former French culture minister, has resigned as president of the Arab World Institute, the French Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday, after revelations of his past contacts with ...

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AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Casting team seeks six principal actors for romantic drama filming this summer. Auditions slated for March in Chapel Hill, North ...

The group of creatives acknowledged controversy that ensued after Odessa A’zion was cast in Sean Durkin’s A24 film as character Zoe Gutierrez, who is described in the book that the film is based on as ...

The original series ran from 1987 to 1993. Netflix is holding an open casting call for background actors to appear in its upcoming sequel series to A Different World, the classic ’90s sitcom. Set at ...

You know the old saying about how you wait ages for a bus and then two come along at the exact same time? New Oscars categories are like that too. In the 77 years since 1949, the Academy Awards have ...

Awards season buzz reached a fever pitch Thursday with the announcement of the 2026 Oscars nominations. It marked our first true glimpse at which movies and filmmakers will vie for Hollywood's most ...

Arabic and Hebrew belong to the Semitic language family, a group of languages spoken primarily throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia, though speakers can be found all around the globe. They are ...

As the TV show “Baywatch” is getting a reboot against the backdrop of the Venice Beach in Los Angeles, the show creators will hold an open casting call next month, the production company behind the ...

Stars — and their publicists — are learning that the one thing almost as good as being signed as the next 007 is being rumored for the part. By Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, Editors Pretty much ...

THE LAST time Iran was convulsed by nationwide protests, in 2022, the Arab world was transfixed. The Islamic Republic had spent decades building a network of powerful allies that came to dominate the ...

The year was 1923, and thousands of people a month were flooding into Los Angeles in hopes of finding a job in the nascent film business. Many planned to start as background actors, dreaming they’d be ...