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Variety reports that Parallax Films has taken on worldwide sales for "Aman," Rahul Roye's short film about a trans man who discovers he is pregnant on the eve of his gender-affirming surgery. The film is set for its world premiere in the Short Cuts
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HousingWire reports that mortgage rates have climbed to 7.12%, with the 10-year Treasury approaching 5% and oil prices adding inflationary pressure. The combination is squeezing both inventory levels and pending sales, which are now running up against stiffer year-over-year comparisons. For anyone tracking the cycle,
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Hollywood Reporter reports that FilmNation CEO Glen Basner used a TIFF panel to argue indie film needs more than marquee names to survive. Basner's point, delivered at The Market, is that packaging now demands a fuller creative vision if smaller films hope to find audiences outside the
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Deadline reports that Iranian director Ali Asgari's contemporary Tehran-set drama A Bit Of Light premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening as the penultimate competition screening. The raw, timely drama was shot in the immediate aftermath of the Islamic Republic's brutal crackdown
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Sneaker News landed the first on-foot images of the Jordan Vail this weekend, giving readers an early read on Jordan Brand's next lifestyle silhouette. The outlet's exclusive surfaces the shoe in worn context rather than polished product shots, which is typically where the real
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Just Jared reports that Michael Kors unveiled his Spring/Summer 2027 collection at New York Fashion Week on Friday, drawing a notable gathering of celebrities to mark the occasion. The designer's runway presentation arrived as part of the broader seasonal calendar, with the guest list itself becoming
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Variety reports that Singaporean director Ang Geck Geck Priscilla has brought her feature debut "Ah Girl" to the Toronto International Film Festival as a Centrepiece selection, marking its North American premiere after earlier wins at Rotterdam and Hong Kong. The film emerged from more than a decade
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Variety reports that Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" has sailed past every other film in Universal Pictures' 114-year catalog to become the studio's highest-grossing release ever. The Matt Damon-led epic reached the milestone in under two months, with domestic earnings
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The Real Deal National reports that Meta is continuing to pull back its real estate footprint in the Seattle area, marketing two more office spaces for sublease. The company is looking to offload 72,000 square feet at the Home Plate Center in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood and
America's housing market is short inventory and workers, pressuring home affordability. Constructions robots are reality, but to date not humanoid homebuilders.