Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jkanter@deadline.com. When British comedy titans like Ricky Gervais want to […]
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This Cult Danish Design Brand Has Opened Its First US Guesthouse in Upstate NY
The historic Danish brand Vipp might be best known for its sleek kitchens, but it also now operates 15 stylish guesthouses in rural locations—including a new outpost in the Catskills.
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Teachers union president calls for limits on AI and screen time in schools
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is backing a parent-led movement to restrict how much time elementary school students spend on laptops in class.
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The week’s bestselling books, May 31
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 31, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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Trump’s ‘slush fund’ has even loyalists turning against him
As usual, Trump wants what he wants and expects his Capitol Hill colleagues to deal with the inevitable fallout. But Republicans are getting sick of being radioactive, and they certainly aren’t interested in losing their jobs in order to cape for a noxious MAGA flunky like Blanche.
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Global Constellation Boards Tribeca-Bound Road Movie ‘The Long Haul’ With Margo Martindale
EXCLUSIVE: Global Constellation has acquired international sales rights to The Long Haul, starring three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale as a seasoned trucker haunted by a dark secret from her past, ahead of its world premiere at Tribeca. The drama is the first feature of American UK-based filmmaker and photographer David Drake, whose past credits includes […]
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Courtney Clarke & Rafael De La Fuente Join ‘Cuba, Paraíso’ As Filming Begins In Puerto Rico
EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Clarke (Spa Weekend), Rafael De La Fuente (Dynasty), Alex FitzAlan (The Society) and Fabiola Brown (Esta Isla) have joined the cast of Michal Hali Zebede’s Cuba, Paraíso with principal photography underway in Puerto Rico. Inspired by real people and events, the drama unfolds against the backdrop of 2021 demonstrations in Cuba when thousands […]
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Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Fernando Eimbcke’s ‘Olmo’
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has picked up North American distribution rights to Fernando Eimbcke’s Olmo. Greenwich will release the film in theaters across the U.S. on August 7. Eimbcke co-wrote the film with Vanessa Garnica. The project was produced by Plan B and Teorema. It premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival in […]
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Fox Entertainment Studios & Access Entertainment Board October 7 Feature ‘Our Loves’ From Israeli Director Avi Nesher
Fox Entertainment Studios and Access Entertainment have boarded Israeli director Avi Nesher’s latest movie, about the October 7 tragedy. Our Loves is inspired by true events and follows an ensemble of interconnected characters whose lives are forever changed. Our Loves stars Shalom Michaelshvili, Magi Azarzar, Yaniv Biton, Noa Cohen, Lena Fraifeld, Hadas Yaron, Kim or Azulay, Nunu, Lior Miller, Leib […]
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‘Primetime’ Teaser: First Look At Robert Pattinson As ‘To Catch A Predator’s Chris Hansen In A24 Drama From ‘Ren Faire’s Lance Oppenheim
A24 has unveiled the first trailer for Primetime, its forthcoming drama starring Robert Pattinson, which chronicles the origins of Chris Hansen’s To Catch a Predator. In 2024, we were first to report on Primetime, a film from Ren Faire‘s Lance Oppenheim, which at the time hadn’t confirmed Hansen as the subject of the story, issuing a logline about “a […]
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UTA Signs ‘Blue’s Clues’ Host Steve Burns
UTA has signed actor, television host, and podcaster Steve Burns (Blue’s Clues) for representation in all areas. Burns is best known for his role as the original host of Nickelodeon’s popular children’s program Blue’s Clues, which he held from 1996 through 2002. One of the most beloved and culturally enduring children’s franchises of the past half-century, which […]
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Henry Zankov Has a Brand New Gig: Artistic Director of Diane Von Furstenberg
It’s a homecoming for Zankov, who worked at Diane Von Furstenberg in the 2010s, and returned to make a capsule collection to sell at Bergdorf’s last year.
