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“We finished it one week before the election and we had decided to position it as a video that we’d run after we won,” said Andrew Gauthier, the video director for the Biden campaign, “understanding that there was a chance we wouldn’t be able to run it.” It was worth the risk. The video, which has garnered over 68 million views across platforms, marked the culmination of a breathless digital strategy that evolved under an intense and bruising campaign season....

The $165 million film, set for June 2022 release, is the sixth installment in the “Jurassic Park” franchise. “Dominion” marks the return of “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow to the series, along with stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum will appear together for the first time since the original 1993 movie (all three have separately reprised their roles for various sequels since then)....

The Academy Award and Emmy winner revealed that she was asked about her weight ahead of auditions when starting out in Hollywood. “When I was younger my agent would get calls saying, ‘How’s her weight?’” Winslet told The Sunday Times, adding that she cared more “about being that actor who moves their face and has a body that jiggles.” The “Avatar: The Way of Water” star noted that the media cycle has changed so much in recent years that tabloids are more unrelenting than ever....

“It’s going to take some time to acquire an audience, to reacquaint them with moviegoing. And you have to be careful — I mean, how much effort do we put into outreach during this environment versus do we need to save our ammo until the coast is clear?” Laemmle Theaters President Greg Laemmle said in an interview last week with The Boxoffice Podcast. Laemmle offered some insight into the state of his eight Southern California locations....

The “Glee” and “Spring Awakening” alum stepped into the lead role made famous by Barbra Streisand as “Booksmart” actress Beanie Feldstein exited the Broadway production. Michele joins the production September 6, and Feldstein issued a statement addressing the show moving in a “different direction.” “I feel more ready than I ever have before, both personally and professionally,” Michele told The New York Times about taking over the part. “Funny Girl” reunites Michele with “Spring Awakening” helmer Michael Mayer, who produces and directs “Funny Girl....

The multi-year deal between Apple and Appian Way covers television projects and unscripted features. It follows previous partnerships between Apple and DiCaprio, including the upcoming Martin Scorsese-directed “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which is slated to star DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. The film is expected to be a major factor in Apple TV+’s push into the film industry and was a high-profile (and big-budget) acquisition for the streaming service earlier in the year....

For all its measured composure (by cinematographer Tobie Marier-Robitaille), the film’s most sublime shot is its opening one, framing the naked back of the blonde-headed teen Magalie (Émilie Bierre), splayed across a rumpled bedspread. Something horrible is being telegraphed. In present day, but likely not long beyond this flash to the past, she’s widely regarded as one of the popular girls in her high school. But that all comes to a smashing halt when her unexpected pregnancy turns her into the victim of caustic whispers and slut shaming among her classmates....