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NewsNetflix global viewing hours soar
The number of hours viewed on the service around the world climbed 45% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015 from 8.25bn to 12bn, CEO Reed Hastings told CES on Wednesday.
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News'Hail, Caesar!', 'Anomalisa' to bookend Glasgow fest
Coens’ Hail, Caesar! to receive UK premiere at festival.
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NewsUS Briefs: Italia Film fest honour for Ennio Morricone
Plus:Art Directors Guild nominees; Laura Lancaster, Sandra Condito on the move; production wraps on People You May Know; and more…
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NewsCartagena to stage Brillante Mendoza tribute
The 56th edition of the Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) set to run from March 2-7 has announced a retrospective of the Filipino filmmaker’s work.
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NewsMagnolia to kick off EFM sales on 'Harry Benson'
The distributor has acquired world rights to Harry Benson: Shoot First and will commence international sales in Berlin next month. Separately, HBO Documentary Films has moved on upcoming Sundance premiere Jim: The James Foley Story.
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NewsPGA snubs 'Carol', 'The Force Awakens'
Denis Villeneuve’s cartel thriller Sicario received timely awards attention in The Producers Guild Of America’s (PGA) theatrical motion picture nominations on Tuesday while Carol and Star Wars: The Force Awakens failed to make the cut.
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News'Carol', 'Big Short' top Australian Academy's International Awards nominees
Other titles up for awards include Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant and Steve Jobs.
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News'Mr. Six' tops China box office with $68.5m
Mojin – The Lost Legend and Mr. Six crossed $200m and $100m, respectively.
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NewsBrie Larson, John Boyega among Bafta Rising Star nominees
Other nominees include Dakota Johnson, Taron Egerton and Bel Powley.
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News‘Mommy’ director Xavier Dolan slams Netflix UK
Filmmaker writes open letter to the streaming service, which changed the aspect ratio of his Cannes Jury Prize award-winner Mommy.
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NewsDisney grossed $5.85bn in 2015
The Walt Disney Studios announced its record-breaking calendar year results as combined grosses for all releases amounted to $5.845bn – the second biggest score ever behind Universal’s $6.88bn from last year.
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NewsRotterdam fest reveals eight Tiger competition titles
World premieres of new features from the US, South America and Asia; titles include A Woman, A Part starring Mad Men’s Maggie Siff; jury named.
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NewsFilm Edinburgh claims $10m boost to region
Features to shoot in the region include Steven Spielberg’s The BFG and Tommy’s Honour.
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NewsChina's Wanda Group poised to buy stake in Legendary
China’s Dalian Wanda Group is reportedly in talks to acquire a majority stake in Legendary Entertainment.
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NewsToronto critics hail 'The Forbidden Room'
Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson will share the C$100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award following the critics group’s gala dinner on January 5.
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News'The Force Awakens' sets biggest third weekend in North America
JANUARY 5 UPDATE: With the North American box office record poised to fall on Tuesday or Wednesday, Disney confirmed that Star Wars: The Force Awakens added $8m on Monday to reach $750.2m following a $90.2m weekend that wiped out Avatar’s $68.5m third-weekend mark from exactly five years ago.
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NewsUS titles dominate French box office in 2015
The US share of the French market rose to 54.5% in 2015 against 45.4% in 2014.
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NewsAlibaba Pictures removes missing digital chief
Alibaba Pictures has removed group digital content chief, Patrick Liu Chunning, who has been in police custody relating to a corruption investigation since July 2015.
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News‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ tops 2015 buzz chart
Erotic romance beat James Bond, Star Wars and Avengers to the top slot.