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Some of the top documentary filmmakers in the world soon will be packing their bags for Toronto, preparing for a curtain call at one of the world's most important cinematic events. The 51st edition of the Toronto Film Festival again features a dynamic roster of documentaries, ranging from…

Director Rebecca Miller calls Martin Scorsese "the maestro," and who would disagree with that? Scorsese has been making cinematic masterpieces for many decades now – Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, Casino, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, to name only a few. Miller explores the…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Ronson’s audio series Things Fell Apart is returning for a third season next year. The new season, the show’s first in three years, will follow the British-American gonzo journalist as he explores eight stories of outsiders fighting powerful institutions. Per the synopsis, it…

Kountry Wayne, the Southern comic who landed major streaming releases for his first two specials, has an unusual origin story. While many comedians have built audiences through social media, Wayne took a more specialized route: He zeroed in on vertical micro-dramas, a format that helped him…

Warning: This podcast and write-up has spoilers about the ending of tonight’s first episode of HBO/DC’s Lanterns We can’t even say it in a blunt, straight sentence. But, first episode in, something crazy happened to Kyle Chandler’s O.G. Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, in a time jump. It’s an…

There’s a 1970s movie sensibility in Steve Conrad’s HBO limited series DTF St. Louis, which tells the story of a bromance between two co-workers, a River City TV weatherman played by Jason Bateman and his hearing-impaired interpreter played by David Harbour. The former gets the latter into a kinky…

The score is now Disney+ 1, Netflix 1. Disney’s streaming service has struck a deal with former Manchester United footballer and emerging media magnate Gary Neville for podcasts from his Global Studios-owned company, The Overlap. This follows Netflix branching out into football podcasts…

For over 75 years, Mel Brooks has been making people laugh. Hard. He's brought to the screen Mongo, Lili Von Shtüpp, the grandson of a certain mad scientist (aka Young Frankenstein), Frau Blücher ("A little Ovaltine, perhaps?), Louis XVI ("It's good to be the king"), Max Bialystock, Leo Bloom…

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films making a splash internationally. The industry is more global than ever and breakout projects are appearing in pockets of the world all the time, making it hard to keep track, so we'r…

Of the 18 Emmy nominations for Apple TV’s Pluribus, composer Dave Porter can call dibs on three of ’em: for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), and Original Main Title Theme Music. It’s a sweet moment for Porter, for after his 18-year…

Disney+ and Hulu have inked a video podcasting deal with iHeartMedia for six iHeartPodcasts titles, including Hey Jonas! from the Jonas Brothers, which kicks things off on August 14. Also on the slate are Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim, Pod Meets World, Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald…

President Barack Obama is known for his prodigious list making. He's also an avid reader. So the 44th President is bringing two of his favorite hobbies together in a new podcast series. He is hosting A Great Book with Barack Obama for Amazon's Audible. It forms part of his first-look deal with…