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P Diddy, once synonymous with crystal-drenched rap videos, fur coats, and parties, is now knee-deep in a federal mess: charged with s*x trafficking, racketeering, and a buffet of other felonies that read more like a gangster film script than a Forbes profile. With a trial kicking off next week, Sean Combs, who once bragged about running the city, is now running out of defenses.

Since his arrest in September 2024, his legal crew’s been sweating over prep, while the rest of us watched the headlines pile up. Real talk: If convicted, he could lose more than just his name and legacy. From his storied romances with Jennifer Lopez and Cassie Ventura to raising seven kids across multiple relationships to the storm of lawsuits… It’s been a messy ride.

Diddy didn’t date to flex; he dated because he felt P Diddy in Get Him to the Greek | Credits:...

"True story, I swear." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for Bad Boy, an Israeli series from the original creators of the Israeli version of "Euphoria". This series originally premiered in 2023 at the Toronto Film Festival, and was picked up by Netflix there. It's now set for a streaming debut worldwide on Netflix this May. From Ron Leshem, creator of the original Israeli "Euphoria" from 2012 (which was remade in the HBO version), comes Bad Boy, the award-winning new series about youth, survival, and redemption. Inspired by true events, the series follows Dean, a teen imprisoned in juvenile detention who discovers the power of creativity to heal. Starring Daniel Chen, Havtamo Farda, Neta Plotnik, and Guy Manster as Dean. This dynamic drama tells the story of a troubled teen who is sent away to a brutal juvenile detention facility, and how his humor and wit keep him alive. Doesn't sound like...

Following the massive success of its teen-centered drama, Adolescence, Netflix is preparing to welcome another moving and captivating piece of television in just a few weeks with the May 2 arrival of Bad Boy. Today, Collider is thrilled to share the exclusive first look at the trailer for the award-winning series that hails from the original Euphoria’s co-creator, Ron Leshem and filmmaker HagarBenAsher who also directed the entire series. Based on true events, the Hebrew-language drama promises to pull audiences in and hold on tightly as it follows one young man’s nightmarish experience with a juvenile detention center. Starring Guy Manster (Mama’s Angel), the eight-episode production follows the teen’s fight to shake off his bad boy ways and set himself up for a future filled with success.

The trailer for Bad Boy is nothing short of what one would expect from one of the minds who first introduced...

The trailer for HBO documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” has been released.

The documentary consists of two parts and follows the life history of the late Paul Reubens, the performer who portrayed Pee-wee Herman. It’s a “a window into his never before discussed personal life. Determined to correct the record and tell the factual story of his life, Reubens excavates his kaleidoscopic influences, origins in the circus and avant-garde performance theater, and career choices,” according to the official synopsis.

Directed by Matt Wolf, the documentary also includes interviews with Reubens’s sister, Abby Rubenfeld, Tim Burton, Judd Apatow, Natasha Lyonne, Laurence Fishburne, David Arquette and Laraine Newman.

Executive producer credits include Wolf, Reubens, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Candace Tomarken, Kyle Martin, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Sara Rodriguez.

Part one debuts May 23 at 8 p.m. Et, with the second part airing immediately after at 9:40 p.

Exclusive: Israeli series Bad Boy has its Netflix premiere date.

The show from Euphoria creator Ron Leshem and Hagar Ben-Asher has just swept up at the Israeli Television Academy Awards and will now drop on Netflix on May 2.

Bad Boy launched on Israeli network Hot late last year. From Peter Chernin’s North Road and Israeli studio Sipur, Bad Boy tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility. While in jail, Dean bonds with Zoro, a grim and mysterious teenage prisoner serving time for murder. He also learns to harness his unique intelligence and creativity and, 20 years later, these traits define Dean as a star comedian, while his time in jail is a secret threatening to resurface and tear his life apart.

Netflix acquired global streaming rights after the series had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2023.

The show...

Ron Leshem and Hagar Ben-Asher’s Bad Boy won seven gongs at the Israeli Television Academy Awards last night, while Shira Haas took home Best Supporting Actress.

The Israeli version of the Emmys rewarded Bad Boy, which is made by Sipur and was North Road’s first international co-pro, as it landed big wins including Best Drama, Best Directing and Best Writing. Both Euphoria creator Leshem and Ben-Asher took home prizes.

During a ceremony in Israel, Unorthodox star Haas won Best Supporting Actress for Night Therapy, which won three acting gongs as Yousef Sweid and Yaakov Zada Daniel also secured awards for the show about an Arab-Israeli psychologist who struggles to raise his two children after his Jewish-Israeli wife commits suicide.

Best Actress in a Drama Series went to Manayek’s Liraz Chamami. Other winners on the night included fan favorites like Couples Therapy and Come Dine With Me.

The night’s big winner,...

Just mention spin-offs and now you have the attention of the entire Attack on Titan fandom. Every character in the series is extremely well-written, which makes them a subject of indefinite curiosity. Spin-offs are the perfect way to know more about the characters and the lore, without taking a detour from the canon narrative.

With that, it’s safe to say that spin-offs are fascinating, but that does not include Bad Boy! If you don’t know already, Bad Boy is a bonus chapter of Attack on Titan that delves into Levi’s backstory. It’s a short chapter and evokes many emotions, and some confusion as well.

Young Levi in Attack on Titan anime | Credits: Studio Wit

During an interview, the mangaka revealed that Levi wasn’t even part of his initial plan for the bonus chapter. However, some creative challenges pushed him to explore a different idea that always intrigued him.

Back in January of 2022, we heard that Insidious franchise creator James Wan was producing a “Back to the Future meets Aliens” project that was set to be written and directed by Jeremy Slater, creator of the The Exorcist television series and head writer on the Marvel / Disney+ show Moon Knight. As the Wan / Blumhouse collaboration Insidious: The Red Door, the fifth film in that series, made its way out into the world last year, it was revealed that Slater’s movie was a spin-off called Thread: An Insidious Tale, which had Mandy Moore (This Is Us) and Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals) on board to star in it. That movie never seemed to go into production, but last year Sony announced an August 29, 2025 release date for the next Insidious movie – not Thread, but Insidious 6. That project hasn’t gone into production yet, either. So it wasn’t a surprise to hear that...

Forty-seven tracks into Rush 50 — a new career-spanning anthology presenting 50 songs across nearly five hours — a cool sonic Easter egg arrives. Near the beginning of “Headlong Flight,” a track from Rush’s final studio album, 2012’s Clockwork Angels, Alex Lifeson plays a slashing solo-guitar break, which Geddy Lee and Neil Peart answer with quick unison bass-and-drum punches. The moment is a deliberate, near-exact replica of a passage from “Bastille Day,” originally released 37 years prior and included as track 10 on the comp. It’s both a fun throwback, and — heard here in...

Exclusive: IFC Films and AMC Networks’ horror streamer Shudder have acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to Meredith Alloway’s feature debut Forbidden Fruits, co-written by Alloway and Lily Houghton.

The film is adapted from Houghton’s play Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin, and Through Her We All Die, and is produced by Mason Novick, Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body), Trent Hubbard, and Mary Anne Waterhouse.

Forbidden Fruits will star Lili Reinhart (Hustlers), Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Victoria Pedretti (You), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie) and Emma Chamberlain in her debut performance. IFC Films plan to release the film, which is currently in production, theatrically in 2026.

In Forbidden Fruits, Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are...

Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in court Friday to plead not guilty to two new superseding indictments that were unveiled against him in January and earlier this month.

The 55-year-old’s normally dark hair was fully grey alongside a greying cropped beard he had grown since his arrest last September. As he entered the Manhattan federal courtroom, Combs smiled at his son Christian and daughter Chance, later giving a small wave to his mother Janice, who turned up halfway through the hour-long hearing.

Combs spoke confidently as he addressed U.S.

Dom Dolla is taking over New York City.

The 33-year-old Australian DJ and producer delivered a powerhouse set of performances over the weekend during two sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden on Friday (March 7) and Saturday (March 8) in New York City.

Over 30,000 fans attended the shows, which marked Dom‘s first time at the iconic venue.

Keep reading to find out more…

During the first night, Dom premiered a new, unreleased collaboration with Kid Cudi, who made his first on-stage appearance since last year’s 2024 Coachella Music Festival, closing out with his 2009 hit “Pursuit of Happiness.”

Collaborator Clementine Douglas also came out on stage for the first time ever, debuting their collabs “Miracle Maker” and “Saving Up” to the enthusiastic crowd.

On the second night, Kid Cudi returned to perform a medley, including his 2008 hit “Day ‘n’ Nite” and their new song. Dom also debuted the highly anticipated Anyma remix of his latest single,...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of threatening and physically abusing his employees in a second superseding indictment that was returned today as part of the embattled mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering criminal case.

The new 15-page indictment, obtained by Rolling Stone, did not name any new co-defendants but instead focuses on Combs’ alleged abusive treatment and forced labor of employees who worked across Combs’ multiple businesses. The 55-year-old is accused of maintaining control over certain employees’ lives by leading them to “believe they would be harmed — including by...

The man who co-founded Bad Boy Entertainment with Sean Combs in 1993 filed a new lawsuit late Friday accusing Combs of creating a highly toxic and psychologically manipulative work environment filled with serial sexual harassment, physical aggression, and “forced compliance with degrading sexual acts.”

In his 18-page complaint obtained by Rolling Stone, Kirk Burrowes alleges Combs subjected him to unwanted sexual advances, nudity, acts of sexual exhibitionism and sexual assault during their time launching the powerhouse label that would become home to superstar artists Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.

Making the Band contestant Sara Rivers has filed a new $60 million lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging the mogul sexually harassed her and stroked her breasts during filming of the hit MTV reality show. Rivers claims that after she refused Combs’ alleged sexual advances, he retaliated against her and blackballed her from the music industry.

The R&b singer, who was part of the musical group Da Band, described her allegedly hellish filming experience in a massive 148-page complaint filed Friday as the lookback window was set to close on...

Bad Boy co-founding partner Kirk Burrowes is suing Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mom, Janice Combs, with claims she secretly and unlawfully assumed control of his 25 percent ownership stake in the record label after her son allegedly coerced Burrowes into signing over his share under threat of physical violence.

In a new lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, Burrowes claims he only recently learned about Janice’s alleged “fraudulent concealment” of her role in the purported 1996 effort to wrest away his ownership stake and that his allegation is not barred by...

Behind every great man, there’s a woman rolling her sleeves up. Well, we’d argue that behind every powerful story, there’s someone whose quiet strength fuels it all. Take Voletta Wallace, for instance. Most people know her as the mother of Biggie Smalls, but there’s so much more to her.

Alas, the world lost a pillar of strength on February 21, 2025, with the passing of Voletta Wallace. At 72, her passing signaled the close of an era for those who admired the quiet yet indomitable woman, who fought tirelessly to preserve her son’s memory long after his untimely death. Wallace was the bedrock of his legacy, a woman who carved a path through grief, turmoil, and heartache to honor her son’s brilliance.

Voletta Wallace, mother of The Notorious B.I.G | Credits: @volettawallace/Ig

A mother’s love is said to be like no other, but Wallace...

Peacock has released the official trailer for the limited drama series Long Bright River. All eight episodes of the series will debut on Thursday, March 13.

Starring and executive-produced by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Amanda Seyfried, the series is based on the #1 New York Times bestselling novel by author, executive producer and writer Liz Moore.

Long Bright River is a suspense thriller series about Mickey (Amanda Seyfried), a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.

From Sony Pictures Television and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Long Bright River also stars Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson and John Doman. The recurring guest stars include Dash Mihok, Britne Oldford, Matthew Del Negro, Harriet Sansom Harris, Patch Darragh and Perry Mattfeld.

Nikki Toscano is the showrunner,...

Pop superstars in Israel and Argentina are coming together for a global romcom series.

Noa Kirel and Agustín Bernasconi are starring in Noa, a fun, playful series in which, after months of a long-distance relationship, Noa travels to Argentina to meet her boyfriend. She then meets Tomy (Bernasconi), a young man trying to reconcile with his past and forge a new life away from music, all while Noa begins a journey of discovery in search of her musical identity, while dealing with the pressure of her parents and her new reality in Buenos Aires.

The 25-episode series is filming on location in Buenos Aires next month and brings together Dori Media Group founder Yair Dori, who originated the project, Werthein Group’s Dario Werthein, Argentinian indie Fam Contenidos and Israeli Bad Boy studio Sipur. Showrunners are Alejandro Cacetta and Mili Roque Pitt, and director is Mauro Scandolari.

Kirel and Bernasconi...

The sustained snowfall in Berlin reflected a cool but steady first half of EFM 2025, defined largely by a shortfall in must-have big packages.

Amid reduced buyer presence, particularly from Asia, and with many buyers leaving on Sunday, the EFM has mostly been used by sellers to round off sales on pre-existing slates.

One big talking point is whether the new Berlinale and EFM leadership can bring back bigger sales titles, and craft a heavyweight festival selection extending into the second week to lure back attendees who fly to London for the Baftas mid-festival.

Festival director Tricia Tuttle’s first programme...

The sustained snowfall in Berlin reflected a cool but steady first half of EFM 2025, defined largely by a shortfall in must-have big packages.

Amid reduced buyer presence, particularly from Asia, and with many buyers leaving on Sunday, the EFM has mostly been used by sellers to round off sales on pre-existing slates.

One big talking point is whether the new Berlinale and EFM leadership can bring back bigger sales titles and craft a heavyweight festival selection extending into the second week to lure back attendees who fly to London for the Baftas mid-festival.

Festival director Tricia Tuttle’s first programme...

The sustained snowfall in Berlin reflected a cool but steady first half of EFM 2025, defined largely by a shortfall in must-have big packages.

Amid reduced buyer presence, particularly from Asia, and with many buyers leaving on Sunday, the EFM has mostly been used by sellers to round off sales on pre-existing slates.

One big talking point is whether the new Berlinale and EFM leadership can bring back bigger sales titles and craft a heavyweight festival selection extending into the second week to lure back attendees who fly to London for the Baftas mid-festival.

Festival director Tricia Tuttle’s first programme...

What’s the latest comings and goings casting news from The Bold and the Beautiful? Find out if any popular stars from yesteryear are boarding the show this week or in the near future, if any newcomers are joining the soap in contract, recurring or day-player roles, or if any of your favorite actors or actresses are leaving the CBS drama.

The Week of February 17, 2025

A Missing Bad Boy is back on the Los Angeles-based soap. After several weeks off the canvas, Christian Weissman finally resurfaces as Remy Price, the old “friend” from Electra’s (Laneya Grace) past who was later exposed as her stalker. Look for the actor to air on Friday, February 21.

The post The Bold and the Beautiful Comings and Goings: Stalker Resurfaces appeared first on Soap Hub...

Will Gluck, the director of the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell comedy Anyone But You, is spicing up cinemas with his next project, One Night Only. Universal Pictures snagged the rights to Gluck’s latest comedy, which boasts a Black List script from Travis Braun. In addition to directing One Night Only, Gluck will produce through his Olive Bridge Entertainment studio alongside Olive Bridge vice president Jacqueline Monetta.

After reading the synopsis, One Night Only reminds me of The Purge, but for sexy times. Let me explain. In One Night Only, “two strangers, a man, and a woman, scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal in their society.” Don’t make a “We live in a society joke,” Steve. You’ll never forgive yourself.

Phew. Okay, One Night Only is a curious screenplay from Travis Braun, whose credits...

The number one script on the Black List has found a home.

In a brisk auction, Universal Pictures has landed Travis Braun’s Black List script One Night Only, with Anyone But You filmmaker Will Gluck set to direct.

Gluck will also produce through his Olive Bridge Entertainment banner. Olive Bridge vp Jacqueline Monetta will over oversee the project and produce with Gluck.

One Night tells of two strangers, a man and a woman, who scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal in their society.

The script topped the 2024 Black List, the annual ranking of most liked unproduced screenplays that was unveiled in December. Braun made history with the list, as he became the first writer to reach number one status two years in a row. He topped the list in 2023 with Bad Boy, the story of a...

Screen International is keeping track of the key packages launched before and during the 2025 European Film Market, which runs February 13-19.

Refresh the page for latest updates. Listed in alphabetical order.

Arctic Skies

Morfydd Clark and Ariyon Bakare star in this UFO thriller, to be shot at Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham. Writer-directors Elliot and Zander Weaver. Their Elliander Pictures are producing with Lowkey Films.

Int’l sales: Independent Entertainment

Bad Boy

From the producers of Longlegs and M3gan comes a serial killer project financed by C2 in which a dog is the hero. Ke Huy Quan...

Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh is now directing a new, untitled Jason Statham action thriller, with filming underway in the UK and Ireland.

Last May, we heard about one of a several forthcoming projects from action specialist, Jason Statham. It didn’t have a title, but it did have a premise: Statham, roaming about on a Scottish island under the assumed name of Mason, and rescuing a little girl in the middle of a raging storm.

Filming was set to begin in November 2024, with the attached director being Baltasar Kormakur, perhaps best known for his somewhat tame survival movie, Everest.

As of February 2025, things appear to have changed somewhat. Filming did not get underway in 2024. Kormakur is out and a new director is in: step forward Ric Roman Waugh, who directed Gerard Butler in the beefy end-of-the-world thriller, Greenland. Under his stewardship, the production is now due to get underway in the UK and Ireland,...

As the European Film Market kicks off Feb. 13 in Berlin with a new market head, Tanja Meissner, at the helm, this year’s buzziest titles suggest the industry will be looking toward tried-and-true genre fare and splashy, star-driven packages to thaw the winter chill.

Bankable stars are expected to heat things up in Berlin, with Ari Aster and A24’s “Eddington”, Guy Ritchie’s “Wife & Dog”, Ernest Dickerson’s untitled hitman thriller and Kantemir Balagov’s “Butterfly Jam” showcasing how marquee names remain a safe bet as uncertainty continues to reign in the theatrical market.

On the genre side of things, horror is still expected to scare up sales, with buyers looking to sink their fangs into Isabelle Huppert’s 16th-century vampire mystery “The Blood Countess” and Jacob Chase’s killer canine genre-bender “Bad Boy,” starring Ke Huy Quan and Lili Reinhart. Meanwhile, comedy could be making a comeback,...

Sean “Diddy” Combs is still facing life behind bars if found guilty in his sex trafficking trial later this year, but on Monday the Bad Boy Records founder and Jay-Z saw one less defendant in the accusations that the duo and an unnamed female celebrity raped a 13-year-old girl in 2000.

Looking over a February 7 filing by the now middle-aged Jane Doe’s lawyers and Tony Buzbee’s firm asking to voluntary dismiss Bad Boy Records as a defendant in the matter, Judge Analisa Torres could have pulled the plug on the whole case today. Instead the Barack Obama-appointed NYC-based U.S. District Judge signed the filing from last week, with an item in the docket that said: “Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the plaintiff(s) and or their counsel(s), hereby give notice that the above-captioned action is voluntarily dismissed with...

Big names, high concepts, and crowd-pleasing thrills are the order of the day at this year’s European Film Market, where commercial fare is dominating over the usual arthouse prestige plays, reflecting an industry uncertain of the future of the theatrical business in the post-covid world. Action, horror, and comedy are leading the charge, with star-driven projects like Guy Ritchie’s Wife & Dog (Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike), Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, A$AP Rocky), and Ernest Dickerson’s untitled hitman thriller (Samuel L. Jackson, Daveed Diggs) among the titles generating early buzz.

Genre filmmakers are also stepping up in a big way, with The Raid’s Iko Uwais launching a new production/sales outfit in Berlin for his brand of martial-arts madness, and horror entries like Bad Boy — starring Ke Huy Quan and Lili Reinhart — and the body-horror thriller...

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‘Emilia’s Awards Chances…

A week is a long time: Last time I penned this very newsletter we led with the headline ‘Emilia’s Oscar March’. Not the same story this week. An unprecedented situation has played out over the past seven days during which the initial frontrunner for multiple (and possibly record-breaking) Oscar wins has been seeing its chances go up in smoke. This is due to Emilia Pérez lead Karla Sofía Gascón’s highly offensive and frankly vile tweets unearthed from several years back, which first emerged late last week. You’ve likely all seen the tweets, but what has happened since is the film’s maker, co-stars and crew trying to tout the film in spite of, not because of, its lead. At the same time, Gascón’s...