Focus Features proved this weekend that Jane Austen’s classic of romantic misadventures and the humor that goes with it remains timeless. Emma, Autumn de Wilde’s visionary and fresh adaptation of the Austen novel, opened in five theaters in New York and Los Angeles to strong numbers, grossing an estimated $230,000…

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was “slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness” as she struggled with autism in her pre-teen years, according to a new book written by her mother. Malena Ernman details her 17-year-old daughter’s early life in a revealing new book, Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a…

EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Wilde’s Perfect, about Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug, is getting top scores from the buyers here at EFM. A big deal is in the works for world rights to the project, which is one of the EFM’s hottest. We understand Searchlight Pictures is in pole position but this is still in play and a deal isn’t…

EXCLUSIVE: The debut edition of a new film festival in Los Angeles, the Hollywood International Talent Festival, or 'HITFest', will be held October 25-30. The dates mean the festival will open three days after fellow LA event the AFI Fest closes its 2020 event. HITFest will be focused on international filmmaking, with…

Barbara Smith, whose broad range of endeavors and nationally syndicated TV show B. Smith With Style showcased her knack for defining lifestyle trends, has died. She passed from Alzheimer’s disease at her Long Island Home, according to her family. Known throughout her career by her first initial, Smith had her own…

Refresh for latest…: Paramount's Sonic The Hedgehog continues to be top critter of the litter at the global and international box office this weekend with an added $38.3M from 56 overseas markets. That brings the offshore cume to $96.5M and worldwide to $203.1M. Sonic raced into an additional 16 hubs this frame, with…

On the eve of the public memorial for Lakers great Kobe Bryant, new information has emerged about the helicopter pilot who manned the Jan. 26 crash that claimed nine lives. Ara Zobayan, who flew the Bryant helicopter into a hillside last month also violated weather-related flight rules in 2015, the Los Angeles Times…

President Donald Trump is taking his act on the road, heading to India for a rally and some deal-making on the subcontinent. An eager Commander-in-Tweet fired off a few messages before departing, and told reporters gathered at the White House for his departure that he expects a huge turnout for his public appearances…

5th Update Sunday AM FINAL writethru w/chart after Saturday 10:41PM: In the back and forth for No. 1 between Disney/20th Century Studios’ The Call of the Wild and Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog, the blue critter is back on top. Paramount is reporting this morning a $26.3M 3-day (-55%) after a Saturday of $12.1M, +89%…

50/50 by 2020? The international film biz still has a long way to go to reach gender parity, but there are reasons to be optimistic, agreed a panel held at the Berlin Film Festival today. The stated goal of the 5050×2020 campaign – which was originally launched at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival by the Swedish Film…