The 20,000 attendees for DreamHack at the Anaheim Convention Center wrapped up the three-day gaming event tonight with the conclave’s first awards show, aimed squarely at the gaming community and its publishers. The Dreamies honored games in unique categories whose winners were determined by judging from industry…

UPDATE: Hunters creator and executive producer David Weil has responded to the backlash in regards to the new Amazon series about a band of Nazi hunters in 1977. As Weil pointed out, the new series is inspired by true events, but the scrutiny was in regards to a scene that included a human chess game which the…

Attention, Hollywood: think Rudy on skates, Rocky on ice A 42-year-old Zamboni driver who served as a practice goalie was unexpectedly called into action Saturday night when his team’s starter and back-up goalie were injured during game play. David Ayres had given up his NHL dream when he had a kidney transplant 15…

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the biggest sales deals to come together at any EFM, we understand Netflix is nearing a world rights pre-buy in the region of $25M for The Good Nurse, set to star Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne. Based on the book by Charles Graeber and scripted by 1917 scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Tobias Lindh…

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…

UPDATE, writethru: 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…