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2023 has, overall, felt like an up year at the box office. We've had massive hits like "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" that helped deliver a monster summer movie season, we've had original films like Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" find their audience, and horror has reigned supreme with the likes of "M3GAN" and "Five Nights at Freddy's" putting a lot of butts in seats. Disney, however, has had a down year and, as evidence of that, not a single one of the studio's mega-budget blockbusters released this year will cross the $1 billion mark.

Disney's highest-grossing movie of the year is director James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," which topped out at $845 million worldwide, per Box Office Mojo. That makes it the fourth highest-grossing movie of the year behind "Oppenheimer" ($950 million), "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" ($1.36 billion), and "Barbie" ($1.44 billion). From there, it's a steep drop-off, with Disney's next biggest...

“The Idol” has been the TV season’s spite-watch de rigueur – a mess of untenably dated misogyny, homophobia, angry interpersonal sexual violence and traumatic hair styles, all of it justified in the service of reminding the world: Never trust a dude with a rat tail.

Despite that, the show’s icily epic music — made by its creators and actors, in and out of character — has been mesmerizing… thrillingly so, even. The music was initially broken down as a series of EPs released between June 9-30, and now those weekly teasers are captured in full on “The Idol (Music from the HBO Original Series),” a soundtrack that stands as a far more rewarding and cohesive document than its televised counterpart.

The collection kicks off with “The Lure (Main Theme)” from the Weeknd and Mike Dean — aka “muthafucking” Mike Dean, the self-proclaimed stoner, vintage-synth-heavy producer-composer who played a heightened version of himself...

For his latest song drop from The Idol, The Weeknd has collaborated with Lil Baby and Suzanna Son on “False Idols.” The musician, who created and stars in the HBO series, also released “Like a God,” a new solo track. Both songs will appear in the season finale, set to air Sunday.

Originally, the Weeknd announced that he would release the songs from The Idol via a soundtrack album out on June 30. He has instead been dropping the tracks in weekly installments to coincide with each episodes as it airs on Sunday nights.

Exclusive: Ido Samuel (Fill The Void) and Lihi Kornowski (Crimes Of The Future) are the latest to join Hulu Originals limited series We Were The Lucky Ones in recurring roles.

Already announced for the drama, which is now filming, are Joey King, Logan Lerman, Robin Weigert, Michael Aloni, Henry Lloyd Hughes, Hadas Yaron and Lior Ashkenazi.

Based on Georgia Hunter’s well-received novel, the series is inspired by the true story of a Jewish family which was separated at the start of World War II but is determined to survive and reunite.

Samuel will plays Isaac. A loyal friend, he tries to help Mila (Yaron) and her young daughter Felicia escape the ghetto, but his effectiveness—and his relationship with the Kurc family—is painfully tested by his role in the Jewish Police. Kornowski will play Eliska. Young, wealthy and beautiful, she meets Addy (Lerman) on a ship carrying refugees attempting to escape the Nazis.

Israeli director Rama Burshtein-Shai focuses on an unlikely attraction in her eight-episode series “Fire Dance,” now debuting at TV festival Series Mania in Lille, France. Faigie (Mia Ivryn) is just 18 when she starts paying closer attention to Nathan, thirtysomething married son of their ultra-Orthodox community’s leader. Produced by Yes TV, Firma Productions and Kuma Studios, it has Yes Studios handling international sales.

“I don’t think it’s a story about impossible love. It’s a story about how you deal with passion,” Burshtein-Shai tells Variety. “You can get burnt or you can shut it all down, so what will you do?”

Arguing she is “all about hope” in her work, Burshtein-Shai doesn’t shy away from despair in “Fire Dance,” opening with Faigie’s suicide attempt. When Nathan helps her, it marks the beginning of their bond.

“Everything changes in that moment. She allows herself to count on him,...

Israel’s leading multi-channel platform Yes TV and its production-distribution arm Yes Studios will be launching a record 43 series and documentaries in 2022. The lineup includes several new shows in post production, notably “Fire Dance” and “Bloody Murray,” and some series in development such as “Alef.”

Yes Studios — which is behind two of Israel’s biggest scripted hits in recent history, “Fauda” and “Shtisel” — is co-developing “Aleph,” a six-part series that’s being co-created by Odelia Karmon based on her book “Confidante” about the behind-the-scenes happenings of Israel’s political leadership. Karmon worked for more than 25 years as press adviser for Israel’s top political figures, from Benjamin Netanyahu to Ariel Sharon and former president Moshe Katsav. Karmon accused Katsav of rape during his term as tourism minister, and her key testimony led to his resignation in 2007. He was convicted on two counts of rape, among other charges, and sentenced to seven years in prison.

Rama Burshtein, the critically acclaimed New York-born Israeli filmmaker of “Fill The Void,” has teamed with Yes Studios on her TV drama debut, “Fire Dance.” Now in post, the show will be a Yes Studios original series and will be launching at the end of 2021 or early 2022.

“Fire Dance,” written and directed by Burshtein, is a vivid tale of impossible love set in a tight-knit ultra-Orthodox religious sect. Laced with fantasy, the seven-part series tells the coming-of-age story of a troubled young woman, Faigie, who’s grown up in a broken home and falls passionately in love with Nathan, the 35-year-old married son of the leader of the ultra-orthodox community in which they both live. Nathan is also the owner of a workshop which employs seamstresses who live with mental illness, run by Faigie’s mother, Rayzee.

Following a failed suicide attempt, Faigie becomes part of Nathan’s household, helping...

Michal Aviad on Glenn Close and Michael Douglas in Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction and Demi Moore and Douglas in Barry Levinson's Disclosure: "Before writing and while writing and researching I looked for films that deal with sexual harassment." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Michal Aviad's Working Woman, co-written with Sharon Azulay Eyal and Michal Vinik, shot by Daniel Miller, stars Liron Ben-Shlush (Asaf Korman's Next to Her), Menashe Noy (Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz' Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem), and Oshri Cohen with Irit Sheleg (Rama Burshtein's Fill The Void), and is produced by Amir Harel (Eytan Fox's Walk On Water which starred Lior Ashkenazi) and Ayelet Kait.

Michal Aviad on Liron Ben-Shlush as Orna in Working Woman: "I want to know how does it feel to be inside the female protagonist and try to look at it from her point of view.

Israeli actress Hadas Yaron has joined The Weinstein Co.'s Mary Magdalene.

Garth Davis' biblical retelling will star Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus and Rooney Mara as Magdalene.

Yaron will play Magdalene's sister-in-law, Sarah.

Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett wrote the script for Magdalene. See-Saw Films (The King's Speech) is producing the project, which they co-developed with Film4. Universal Pictures International Productions is backing the film and domestic distribution is being handled by Weinstein.

The 25-year-old actress' breakout performance came in 2012's Fill the Void, a starring role that earned her best actress honors at the Venice Film Festival. She ...

Israeli actress Hadas Yaron has joined The Weinstein Co.'s Mary Magdalene.

Garth Davis' biblical retelling will star Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus and Rooney Mara as Magdalene.

Yaron will play Magdalene's sister-in-law, Sarah.

Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett wrote the script for Magdalene. See-Saw Films (The King's Speech) is producing the project, which they co-developed with Film4. Universal Pictures International Productions is backing the film and domestic distribution is being handled by Weinstein.

The 25-year-old actress' breakout performance came in 2012's Fill the Void, a starring role that earned her best actress honors at the Venice Film Festival. She ...

Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" dominated the 26th European Film Awards taking home the best film, director, actor, and editing trophies. The counterpart of the Academy Awards completely ignored the big Cannes winner (and possibly Oscar contender) "Blue is The Warmest Color."

Here's the complete list of winners of the 26th European Film Awards:

European Film

La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)

European Director

Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)

European Actress

Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown

European Actor

Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)

European Screenwriter

François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In the House)

European Comedy

Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier, Denmark

European Discovery - Prix Fipresci

Oh Boy!, Jan Ole Gerster, Germany

European Animated Feature Film

The Congress, Ari Folman, Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium

European Documentary

The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark,...

See new clips from Sony Pictures Classics' Fill the Void (Lemale et ha'halal), starring Hadas Yaron, Irit Sheleg and Yiftach Klein. Directed by Rama Burshtein, the drama, and Israel's official submission for Best Foreign Language film of 2012, opens May 24th, 2013. Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira’s promised match.

Fill the Void movie clip. Watch a new clip from Sony Pictures Classics' Fill the Void, starring Hadas Yaron and Yiftach Klein. The drama directed and written by Rama Burshtein is Israel’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Language Film 2012. Also known as Lemale et ha'halal, Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira’s promised match.

Fill the Void movie clip. Watch a new clip from Sony Pictures Classics' Fill the Void, starring Hadas Yaron and Yiftach Klein. The drama directed and written by Rama Burshtein is Israel’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Language Film 2012. Also known as Lemale et ha'halal, Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira’s promised match.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Rama Burshtein’s directorial debut, Fill the Void. The film, which was also written by Burshtein, played at the recent Venice and Toronto film festivals and will make its U.S. debut at the New York Film Festival this month. The story centers on a young Orthodox Hasidic girl named Shira, whose family is struck by tragedy when her older sister dies in childbirth just when Shira is about to be married. When her sister's husband is pressured to remarry and her mother makes a shocking proposal, Shira is forced to

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