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On his debut EP, recorded with studio gurus Dan Auerbach and David Ferguson, Dee White does something very different with his vintage country tastes. Alison Krauss guests.

Domenic Palermo channels a lifetime of tragedy into Nothing's blustery distortion, scorching riffs and stirring melodies.

The Southern soul survivor has made an album about strength: a holistic shot in the arm to help you find the fortitude to fight.

The British-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter depicts the collision of self-importance and insecurity from an earthier, more conversational angle.

Keshet International’s Israeli series “Prisoners of War” (“Hatufim”) is set to be the first Hebrew-language series to roll into India. In a landmark deal, Tata Sky, India’s leading content distribution platform, has just acquired the first and second season of the show. “Prisoners of War,” which is best known for having inspired the Golden Globe-winning […]

Mike Leigh’s “Peterloo” is set to have its U.K. premiere as part of the BFI London Film Festival, but in an unusual move, the Oct. 17 gala screening will take place in the city of Manchester, where the film’s events take place, rather than in London. It will be the first time one of the […]

The Sarajevo Film Festival has signed the 5050×2020 Charter, the latest festival to adopt the plan for narrowing the gender gap. Organizers in Sarajevo said the move was the festival’s “contribution to the establishment of gender parity and inclusion in the film industry.” Sarajevo director Mirsad Purivatra signed the charter Wednesday. First introduced this year in […]

The next major game from the people behind massive mobile hit “Candy Crush Saga” is a surprisingly deft mix of role-playing, strategy, and puzzler; casual and hardcore. A mobile game that sends players across a frozen tundra battling through a menagerie of enemies plucked from Nordic folklore as they try to stave off Ragnarok. “Legend […]

Wong Kar-wai’s Block 2 Distribution has appointed Virginia Leung, a veteran of the Hong Kong movie business, as its head of international sales. The company has recently taken a sales role on Pema Tseden’s “Jinpa,” which has its world premiere in the Horizonte section at the Venice festival. That will be followed by the film’s […]

Former “Silicon Valley” star TJ Miller is defending himself against claims from his co-star Alice Wetterlund that she was subjected to bullying on the set by him and the rest of the mostly male cast. Wetterlund, who played engineer Carla Walton for two seasons on the HBO series, last month described her experience on the set […]

After a strong push to get James Gunn back as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” following his firing from the project, Disney and Marvel are standing by their decision to not reinstate him as helmer for the next installment. The decision came following a meeting between Gunn and studio chairman Alan Horn. […]