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Apple has unveiled its launch date and pricing for MLS Season Pass, its partnership with Major League Soccer that will debut February 1 at $12.99 per month. An Apple TV+ subscription is not a prerequisite for unlimited soccer action, although it’s cheaper: MLS Season Pass will also be available as a standalone purchase through the Apple TV app for $14.99 per month or $99 per season...

Paramount+ is one of the top places for prime streaming TV, with options ranging from thrilling original series like Yellowstone spinoff 1883 to shows that arrived on streaming after originally airing on broadcast. Now, potential users have an option to get a Paramount+ plan for free, and all it takes is a Walmart+ subscription with its own long list of perks...

The 2022 Clio Entertainment Awards, recognizing creative excellence in the marketing of film, television, home entertainment, gaming and live entertainment, were handed out on Tuesday night in Hollywood, at a ceremony hosted by Anthony Anderson. During the Dolby Theater ceremony, Netflix was revealed as the network of the year, Microsoft Studios/Xbox as game publisher of the year, Walt Disney Studios as studio of the year and Trailer Park Group as agency of the year. Twenty-four individual winners were also recognized. The Clio Entertainment Awards, formerly known as The Clio Key Art Awards, were established by The Hollywood Reporter in 1971 before becoming a Clio property in 2015 and maintaining THR as a media partner...

As the 30th edition of Poland’s EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival gets underway, creator and director Marek Żydowicz asserts that promoting cinematographers’ artistic contributions in the hopes of expanding authorship rights to their work remains a priority. He also shares an update on the planned European Film Center Camerimage, a cultural center that will be built in host city Toruń. Planning for the center began in 2019, when Żydowicz signed an agreement with the Polish state and Toruń government. Construction — representing an investment of PLN 600 million (roughly $128.9 million) — is slated to begin next year and expected to be completed by the end of 2025...

"Ticket to Paradise" and "Where the Crawdads Sing" prove that theaters remain unbeatable when it comes to promoting films at home.“Ticket to Paradise” nearly swept the VOD charts this week, falling short only at Google Play. The Julia Roberts-George Clooney rom-com success, heading to a domestic theatrical gross of perhaps $75 million, hewed to the studio’s standard plan of home release after three weekends. It’s still thriving in theaters, taking #3 for the weekend, providing more evidence that theatrical play elevates films for home play. The increased marketing might even help theatrical attendance...

While reading Ernest Hemingway's letters, Quentin Tarantino learned a great trick to overcome this early writer's block — one that he recently shared while chatting with Howard Stern: give yourself a jumping-off point at the end of each writing session. You've probably got an idea of where the story is going. Rather than putting it on paper today, save it for the next session: "Don't finish the thought. You know what the thought is. You're not gonna forget it. So when you pick it up the next day, or two days later, you're writing again because you know exactly how to finish the thought. And now by the time you've finished the thought, you're in writing mode." ...

In the conversations about the scariest horror movie moments ever, Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" tends to land in the top ten, usually for its jarring introduction to slasher icon Leatherface. The "Texas Chain Saw" franchise has put great stock in its stifling Lone Star state setting, particularly the Sawyer family home which so many victims stumble onto During filming during the summer of 1973, the creepy 1900s house sat on Quick Hill Road in Round Rock, Texas — located at what is now the development site La Frontera. In the late '90s, an investor couple had the entire place deconstructed and re-assembled in Kingsland, Texas, on the grounds of The Antlers Hotel where it now sits. This was only possible because the house is a "pattern book" house; its pattern was picked out of a catalog, and local lumber materials were brought by wagon and assembled on-site.The house did sell, and the new owners seem to understand that "the saw is family." They've pledged to take good care of Leatherface's lair...