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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Fresh off unprecedented pre-order numbers and its silver screen debut, Samsung‘s buzzy new device, the Galaxy Z Fold8, has secured a limited-time price drop. Through Sept. 27, Samsung is offering either $800 off the ultra-thin foldable device with eligible trade-in, or $250 off — no trade-in required. For a little background, the Galaxy Z series’ new entries, Samsung’s most advanced foldables ever, have been available for pre-order since July 22 with an official Aug. 7 release date.…

Shortly after Macklemore revealed that he’s donating $1 million to support Palestinian people, in addition to inviting billionaire Robert Kraft to match his donation, the Gillette Stadium owner has replied. Kraft wrote in a statement on X Wednesday afternoon that he plans “to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis.” “I have dedicated much of my life to building bridges between all people. I believe deeply that all lives are worth protecting,” the New England Patriots owner said. “Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called…

Filmmaker Mike Young is betting on an indie film about the real-life gambler known as Vegas Matt. Red Leaf Entertainment is developing The Chop, a rags-to-riches drama movie that has set Young to pen the script and produce. The feature is inspired by the true story of Stephen Matt Morrow, aka Vegas Matt, and his path to becoming an advantage slot player and gambling influencer with more than 1.6 million YouTube subscribers. The Chop is eyeing a 2027 production start and has not yet announced a director. Additional financing, production and casting details are set to be shared at a…

[This story contains spoilers from the season 35 premiere of Dancing With the Stars.] It was ladies’ night on Dancing With the Stars, as the female celebrities hit the ballroom for the first time. Season 35 of DWTS began with a special two-night premiere split by gender; Tuesday night saw the eight male stars perform, while Wednesday night was reserved for the women. Coming off season 34, the cast is full of reality stars, Olympians and (ABC) television stars a plenty. For both nights of the premiere, stars danced to a No. 1 song from the year they were born,…

Chinese filmmaking legend Zhang Yimou will preside over the main competition jury at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, leading a seven-member panel of prominent filmmakers, actors and producers from across Asia. Joining Zhang are Chinese auteur Bi Gan, Korean actress Moon Choi, Japanese director Kei Ishikawa, Korean filmmaker July Jung, Vietnamese producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc and Kazakh actor Samal Yeslyamova. The group will judge the 13 films selected for the second edition of Busan’s new main competition section. Zhang is inarguably one of Asia’s most artistically decorated and commercially successful filmmakers. His directorial debut, Red Sorghum, won the…

Some stories refuse to stay on the page.The Hollywood Reporter’sBeyond the Bookcolumn explores what happens whenbooksmake the leap to screen and beyond — unpacking what stayed, changed, how it was done and why it matters with the creatives who made it. *** In 2016, former CIA analyst John Nixon published an unusually rare look into the operations of a U.S. mission that, for nearly a decade, many Americans had only understood largely through headlines. Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein, published in 2016 by Blue Rider Press, offered direct insight into the capture and interrogation of the Iraqi…

“There are survivors“ but “there are no winners“ in the Hunger Games. In the new trailer released Wednesday, Lionsgate offered another look at the return to the dangerous games of Panem in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping trailer. The film, adapted from Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name, centers on fan favorite Haymitch (portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the Hunger Games films), who later acted as a mentor in the Hunger Games to heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). As with the book, the film revisits the world of Panem 24 years before the events…

The new specialty label Magenta Edge Films has acquired Good Sport, the second feature from writer/director Andrew Jack Zuckerman, for a limited theatrical release from Sept. 20. The distribution label of Bob Yari’s Magenta Light Studios plans screenings in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, ahead of its digital release on Oct. 13. Zuckerman co-wrote the screenplay with Dillon Orth for Good Sport, which stars Sam Landman, Mike O’Gorman, Sari Lennick, Virginia Newcomb, Elizabeth Guest, Michelle Hutchison, Darius Jones and Esera Tuaolo. The indie follows Pat, “who is having a very bad day. His ex-wife is about to get remarried,…

Chelsea Handler, Chlöe Bailey and Billie Jean King are among the stars set to participate in the ESPNW Women and Sports Summit, set for Oct. 14-16 in Ojai, California. The event will also feature soccer star Abby Wambach and Olympic gold medalist Hilary Knight and a screening of the 30 for 30 documentary Give Me The Ball! about King directed by Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff. Handler will sit for a keynote conversation and the summit will also feature keynotes with National Women’s Soccer League Commissioner Jessica Berman and orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine physician and researcher Dr. Vonda Wright. And…

Charles D. King‘s media company, MACRO, has acquired ALLBLK from AMC Global Media, marking its entry into direct-to-consumer streaming. MACRO, the multi-platform entertainment company behind films such as Judas and the Black Messiah, One of Them Days, Sorry to Bother You, They Cloned Tyrone, and the forthcoming Josephine and If I Go Will They Miss Me, as well as Apple TV’s Government Cheese and the Netflix original series Gentefied, plans to invest in new original programming to usher in ALLBLK’s next phase of expansion, the company said. With the acquistition, MACRO says it is committed to greater creative collaboration across…