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Broadway’s ‘Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) Sweetly Nicks Some Swift Publicity

Broadway’s Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), a British musical import that got terrific reviews but could always use some help in enticing ticket-buyers, has landed on a light-hearted, if not truly light-fingered, bit of coattail publicity-riding to boost its own visibility. Taylor Swift probably won’t mind. The musical by Jim Barne & […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ewgrK2m

Joby Baker Dies: Actor In ‘Gidget’ & Elvis Films, Disney Stalwart & ‘Good Morning World’ Co-Star With Ronnie Schell Was 92

Joby Baker, whose presence on television and in film throughout the 1960s and ’70s made him one of the era’s more familiar faces in both drama and light comic fare, died June 22 of natural causes in Mount Kisco, New York. He was 92. His death, announced to Deadline by his family, came just 10 […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/4n0Kh2o

Two Cities Television Bosses On The “Heartening” Success Of ‘Backrooms’ & Why Now Is The Time For Their TV Reimagining Of 1969 War Movie ‘Army Of Shadows’: “There’s Something In The Zeitgeist”

EXCLUSIVE: One might not think of a niche indie movie about the French resistance as the basis for a show to take your drama company up a notch, but Two Cities Television boss Michael Jackson has other ideas. In a world where a Reddit forum can lay the foundation for one of the biggest box […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Joiylr4

Jodie Foster Thinks ‘F1’ Was Made With AI: “Wasn’t It?”

As Hollywood grapples with AI’s potential impact, Jodie Foster believes the tech is already very present in the industry. The 2x Oscar winner recently explained why she believes last year’s Joseph Kosinski-helmed, Ehren Kruger-penned Brad Pitt starrer F1 was made with artificial intelligence, pointing to the Academy Award-winning film as an example of GenAI creating […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/bCkdwzS

Hong Kong Box Office Up 25% In 2026 First Half Topped By Local Hit ‘Night King’ 

Hong Kong’s beleaguered cinema market had some good news in the first half of 2026, with overall box office revenues increasing by 25% thanks to a strong line-up of local and Hollywood releases. Total box office for the six months from January 1 to June 30, 2026, reached $84.7M (HK$664M), according to figures from Hong […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/klKpDTn

‘Love Island USA Aftersun’s Ciara Miller & Tefi Pessoa On Humanizing Islanders, Pitch To Host Reunion & Not Being Afraid Of Sharing Opinions

Ciara Miller and Tefi Pessoa, the two new bombshells who entered the Love Island USA villa to revamp Aftersun. The weekly talk show features Miller and Pessoa giving a debrief of the Peacock dating reality series, as well as exclusive never-before-seen footage and interviews with dumped Islanders. The change has paid off for the streamer, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/AMo6ySH

‘The Gunfighter’: RXM Entertainment Vigilante Movie Sets Patrick Perez Vidauri To Direct

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Perez Vidauri will direct the RXM Entertainment action movie, The Gunfighter. Written by Tom Jenkins, The Gunfighter follows Johnny Bandit, a philosophy student by day and a mysterious masked vigilante by night. As his relentless pursuit of justice ignites fear, admiration, and controversy throughout the city, law enforcement races to uncover the man […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/IDF17Ce