The Will Ferrell Sports Comedy Universe will expand in the summer. Netflix has given a title and a premiere window to Ferrells golf comedy. Its called The Hawk (a change from the all-caps GOLF announced at the time Netflix ordered the series) and will debut sometime during the summer. As for the plot of The Hawk: If youve seen Talladega...

Legendary singer/actress/director Barbra Streisand will be feted by the Cannes Film Festival this year with a honorary Palme dOr for her lifes work. Cannes unveiled the award on Wednesday, calling Streisand an iconic artist and embodiment of the American dream in all its original splendor. The EGOT winner has never had a film in Cannes before. She will make her...

Fox Entertainment has found an executive to lead its nascent Fox Creator Studios division, which will work with new and emerging creators in categories relevant to the companys programming. Fox has hired Billy Parks to head Creator Studios. A veteran of Otter Media, Fullscreen and Astronauts Wanted, Parks was recently an operating partner at The Chernin Group and a venture...

The Banff World Media Festival has tapped Spain as its official Country of Honor for the 2026 festival. Spanish producers and other industry execs will be spotlighted on the ground in the Canadian Rockies as they look to do more international co-productions while their country expands as a production hub for global studios and streamers. Spains rise has been one...

Rick and Morty is back with a new batch of episodes that Adult Swim pledges are among its best yet. The acclaimed hit comedy will return for season nine on Sunday, May 24. I know its my job to say that this show just keeps topping itself, but it also has the benefit of being true, said Michael Ouweleen, president...

Those 30-second unskippable ads before your favorite creators video are adding up to something massive. YouTube generated $40.4 billion in advertising revenue last year, according to new estimates from media research firm MoffettNathanson, and that figure tops the combined $37.8 billion ad haul from four of Hollywoods biggest players, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Skydance, and Warner Bros. Discovery. The numbers mark...

Colman Domingo addressed concerns about the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael after Paris Jackson spoke out against the project last year. The Euphoria actor, who plays Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson, told WSJ Magazine in an interview published on Tuesday that he hopes Paris eventually loves the tribute that we made about her father. Paris critiqued Domingo and the Antoine...

Misty Copeland is speaking out after Timothe Chalamet claimed that no one cares about ballet and opera. The retired American Ballet Theatre dancer addressed the Marty Supreme actor, whose recent comments on the art forms sparked controversy, while speaking on a panel on March 8. First I have to say that its very interesting that he invited me to be...

The Hong Kong International Film Festival will mark its 50th anniversary next month with a pair of Asia premieres from two of the regions most closely watched young auteurs. Singaporean director Anthony Chens We Are All Strangers has been selected as the opening-night film of the landmark edition of the festival, while Hong Kong filmmaker Philip Yungs Cyclone will close...

Sadie Sandler is ready for a new living situation in the trailer for the Netflix comedy Roommates. Director Chandler Levacks feature is set to debut on the streaming service April 17. Chloe East, Billy Bryk, Sarah Sherman, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll, Storm Reid, Martin Herlihy, Josh Segarra, Carol Kane, Janeane Garofalo and Bailee Madison round out the cast. Roommates centers...

Tim Mulkerin is a freelance writer, editor, and social media manager who has been working in digital media and the tech world since 2016. He has a bachelor's degree in art history and is currently pursuing a master's degree in communicative sciences and disorders from New York University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. ...

Tim Mulkerin is a freelance writer, editor, and social media manager who has been working in digital media and the tech world since 2016. He has a bachelor's degree in art history and is currently pursuing a master's degree in communicative sciences and disorders from New York University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of Atlantic Media Company, in Washington, D.C. She has nearly a decade of experience as a freelancer covering tech (including issues related to security, privacy, and streaming) as well as...