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The liquor baron pushed back on the fugitive label in a fresh string of posts on X, days after the Bombay High Court told him he cannot dodge its jurisdiction and still ask for relief.

Casey Affleck's Company, starring Nick Nolte, Adelaide Clemens and Ben Mendelsohn, premiered in competition at Venice, weaving three eras of loosely connected stories about grief and forgiveness through stripped-down, intimate framing.

Jodhpur Police have arrested eight people, including former RSRDC officials and two contractors, over alleged irregularities in constructing the Rajasthan High Court's main bench building, years after cracks and fires were reported at the site.

ABC News has installed Rachel Scott and Rhiannon Ally as permanent co-anchors of Good Morning America Weekend, filling the gap left since Janai Norman departed the show in April.

Duncan Kenworthy, the producer behind Richard Curtis's biggest romantic comedies, will receive the BAFTA Fellowship on October 23 in a ceremony hosted by Curtis himself, the academy announced this week.

As Marvel brings the Avengers back to Indian cinemas this September and December in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, here's how Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Scarlett Johansson almost missed out on the roles that made them stars.

John Malkovich has canceled his April 2027 Tel Aviv performance of The Music Critic after a press release falsely quoted him expressing solidarity with Israel, a claim he says was never his to make.

Netflix has ordered a new series adaptation of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove from East of Eden showrunners Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart, with Teton Ridge Entertainment producing and eyeing three more McMurtry novels down the line.

Netflix has ordered a straight-to-series Lonesome Dove adaptation from Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart after beating rivals in a competitive bidding process, reuniting the pair ahead of their East of Eden debut on October 1.

John Mulaney is in early talks to play Maxwell Smart in a Warner Bros reboot of Get Smart, per Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Seth Grahame-Smith is writing the script, with no cast deal finalised yet.

John Turturro will receive the Zurich Film Festival's Golden Eye Award for his lead role in Noah Segan's crime drama The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, accepting it in person on September 26.

Warner Bros. released the first teaser for Remain, the supernatural romance from M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor, now set for a February 2027 release.

South Park is changing its title to South America ahead of season 29, mocking Donald Trump's renaming campaign and thanking Paramount for what Parker and Stone call a 'Skydance Capitulation.'

Practical Magic 2, out September 10, recasts the Owens daughters with Joey King and Maisie Williams and sends them chasing a family curse across the UK. Early reviews say it lacks the original's magic but leaves room for a third film.

Comedy Central's Drunk History is back after a seven-year gap, with three short-form episodes launching on YouTube from September 15, including Meghan Trainor as Madonna at the first VMAs.

Lori Loughlin has filed for divorce from fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli after nearly 29 years of marriage, invoking a prenup signed in 1997 and amended in 2015.

Jim Geoghan, who co-created The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and later executive produced its Indian version, died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday at 79, his daughter confirmed.

Netflix has greenlit a new Lonesome Dove series from Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart, the East Of Eden showrunners, reviving Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer-winning Western nearly four decades after the original CBS miniseries.

Sandra Bullock has opened up about dedicating Practical Magic 2, out this Friday, to her daughter Laila, calling the film a love letter and an apology rolled into one.

Bravo dropped the Real Housewives of Potomac season 11 trailer, confirming six returning stars, one new housewife and a friend rejoining after two seasons away. The show premieres October 11.

Toho and Gkids have dropped the first trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, confirming the monster survived Minus One. The sequel premieres at NYFF on September 26 before a November release worldwide.

Andrew Garfield says he wants The Uprising, Paul Greengrass's retelling of the story behind the Robin Hood legend, to leave billionaires "scared shitless" when it opens September 10.

The Odyssey topped South Korea's box office for a fifth consecutive weekend, crossing 10 million admissions, while Spider-Man: Brand New Day held second and five local films opened to a shrinking overall market.
Mirzapur: The Movie crossed Rs 154 crore worldwide after a Monday collection that doubled Toxic's same-day number, though it still trails Dhurandhar: The Revenge and Border 2 among 2026's biggest Hindi grossers.

At the Venice premiere of Florian Zeller's Bunker, real-life spouses Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz discussed playing a married couple for the first time, and why they won't dodge questions about politics.

The Motion Picture Association signed two declarations at the Lumière Summit in France, backing global cooperation on cinema and a coordinated fight against film piracy, with CEO Charles Rivkin meeting Macron and Lee Jae Myung.

Collider's latest list of the sharpest hard science fiction films argues the genre works best when the science serves the story, not the other way round. Five titles make the case, from Kubrick to Garland.

Phoebe Dynevor has married movie producer Cameron Fuller at a secluded French farmhouse, capping a relationship that started at a Sundance club night in January 2023.

Bravo's Summer House is set for an eleventh season with five cast exits, eight returning stars and four rumored new faces, per Just Jared, following a delayed shoot and a first-ever cast trip.

Jonathan Bailey left Venice on Sunday after a festival stint built around Armani Beauty, where he's the face of the brand's first new men's fragrance in more than 20 years.