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AApple lands record-breaking 81 Emmy Award nominations, with Severance leading as this year’s most-nominated series and The Studio becoming the most-nominated freshman comedy in history...

A documentary about Eminem a.k.a. Marshall Mathers a.k.a. Slim Shady will be released exclusively in AMC Theaters for a limited run from Aug. 7 through Aug. 10. Titled “Stans,” after the rapper’s hit song about an obsessive, unhinged superfan, the film will explore Eminem’s career through the eyes of his most devoted supporters. (Since the single’s release in 2000, the term “stan” has entered the lexicon — and was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017 — as a word for an obsessed fan. However unlike the song’s message, it’s usually used now as a term of endearment.) Directed by Steven Leckart, “Stans” was described in a press release as an examination of the “complicated relationship between one of the world’s most private artists and his massive public persona.” The filmmaker uses recreations, archival footage and new interviews to explore the highs and lows of Eminem’s career. The 15-time Grammy winner, for songs including “Lose Yourself,” “Without Me,” “Stan,” “Real Slim Shady” and “Love the Way You Lie,” served as a producer on “Stans” with Paul Rosenberg, Stuart Parr, Antoine Fuqua, Tony DiSanto, David Schiff....

AThe Deauville American Film Festival is launching a new industry initiative designed to bridge the gap between the French and U.S. film sectors. Rather than introducing a traditional co-production market, the festival will host a focused one-day program of panels, case studies, and networking sessions on September 8, positioning Deauville as a key transatlantic meeting point. The day will be split into two thematic sections. The morning – organized in collaboration with public institutions like the CNC and major players such as Mediawan – will highlight the strengths of the French production ecosystem, with panels on international appeal and case studies of recent U.S. films shot in France. In the afternoon, sessions developed with the French actors’ guild ADAMI will spotlight American production practices, offering local professionals insights into areas such as casting direction and intimacy coordination. The 51st Deauville American Film Festival runs from September 5 – 14. “Alpha” star Golshifteh Farahani will serve as jury president...

Spain and Colombia, two territories offering some of the most enticing location incentives in their respective regions, have inked an historical co-production treaty. According to Diana Díaz, director of audiovisual, film & interactive media of Colombia’s Ministry of Culture, it indeed marks the first time Colombia has signed a bilateral co-production agreement with Spain “The signing of the Colombia–Spain co-production agreement presents a strategic opportunity for producers in both countries to collaborate on stories that enrich the cultural catalogs of each nation, while expanding the reach and diversity of their audiovisual offerings. These shared narratives not only deepen cross-cultural dialogue but also tap into common creative ground – within a dynamic framework of rich, diverse storytelling,”...

The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for the 2025 Venice Immersive section, showcasing the cutting edge of VR and immersive cinema. Venice Immersive will present 69 projects from 27 countries, 30 of them in competition. Venice was the first A-list festival to launch a VR competition, debuting the section in 2017, and Venice Immersive remains the leading international platform for immersive and XR works. The 2025 international jury will be headed by Eliza McNitt, the Emmy-nominated director of Spheres and the Darren Aronofsky executive-produced Ancestra. Joining her are Gwenael François, co-founder of Luxembourg’s Skill Lab and winner of the 2024 Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize for Oto’s Planet, and French animator and installation artist Boris Labbé, whose VR debut Ito Meikyū won the Venice Immersive Grand Prize in 2024...

The sled known as Rosebud — or at least one of the original red sleds created for the 1941 Orson Welles masterpiece Citizen Kane — has just sold for $14.75 million at auction. The pine hardwood prop, which bears its original paint but signs of production use, wear and removed rails likely sacrificed to wartime scrap drives, has belonged to director Joe Dante since 1984. While he was directing Explorers (1985), it was given to him by someone clearing out a portion of the Paramount lot that once served as the home of RKO Pictures...