Oscars: Pakistan Picks ‘Hanging by a Wire’ for Best International Feature Film Race

The Hollywood Reporter - Oct 5, 2026

Mohammed ali Naqvi’s film about an August 2023 cable car emergency is the first documentary selected as the country’s entry at the Academy Awards.

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The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced its Nominating Committee for the 2026-27 Broadway season, with former Washington Post chief theater critic Peter Marks and playwrights José Rivera and Migdalia Cruz among the new members. Each Broadway season, the Nominating Committee attends all eligible productions and convenes to vote on that year’s Tony Award nominees. […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios is developing A Murder to Remember, a feature adaptation of Brynn Kelly’s Audible Original from Grey Gardens helmer Michael Sucsy. A Murder is described as a razor-sharp romantic thriller that follows a Jane Austen-obsessed American art expert and a broke but charming British lord who awaken after a blackout-drunk night at […]

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Dolly Parton and her driver were “very close to each other.”The country music legend’s longtime driver, Jason Pirro revealed that Dolly struggled to move on after her husband, Carl Dean's death. Moverover, he shared that the singer showed no discomfort when she got to know that...

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Chris Wayland will succeed veteran Valari Staab as president of NBCUniversal’s local-media operations, elevating the head of the company’s Boston portfolio to oversee a broader array of assets, Staab is slated to retire at the end of the year after more than 15 years with the company and 46 yearss working in local TV. NBCU […]

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Chris Wayland will succeed Valari Staab as president of NBCUniversal Local, overseeing NBC and Telemundo local stations and other outlets. Staab disclosed her plans to retire earlier this year, and will work with Wayland in the coming weeks, with the transition before the end of the year, according to Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCU News […]

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Billboard Acquires ‘Cosmic Symphony,’ Laura Karpman Documentary On Iconic Instruments Lost In LA Wildfires: “A Requiem And A Celebration”

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