This is the kind of story CNN was built to cover. NBC Newschief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said that everything over time diminishes because it is not as new. Watch on Deadline But theres also the possibility of the nature of the conflict changing dramatically. CNN’s Clarissa WardCNN We could have a Cuban missile-style nuclear crisis. China could intervene in a major way supplying weapons to Ukraine. The Ukrainians are talking about launching a new counter-offensive to break up the Russian front line, Engel said....

Suddenly, explosions shattered the quiet and missile fire turned the darkened sky to malevolent orange. Superpowerheld its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival last week. It seems obvious that the stakes are not between Russia and Ukraine, Kaufman observes. Sean Penn meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine on November 8, 2022.Photo by Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The very nature of modern democracy is being challenged....

EXCLUSIVE:The management/production companyCavalry Mediaappears to be circling the drain. Were hearing that the company co-founded by Keegan Rosenberger and therecently exitedDana Brunettiis in financial chaos. How desperate is it? Some employees are owed as much as $50K to a half-million in back pay and commissions. Legal suits to get backpay are mobilizing, Deadline hears. Before Cavalry, Rosenberger previously headed strategy and corporate development at Relativity Media. Morale has bottomed out within the ranks....

EXCLUSIVE:Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Argentinian director and producer Nicolas Onettis slasher pictureWhat The Waters Left Behind: Scars. The picture is the sequel to Onettis 2017 horror hitWhat The Waters Left Behindabout a group of youngsters whose plan to shoot a documentary about the real-life, abandoned, lakeside spa resort of Epecuen takes a terrifying turn. The new film revisits Epecuen and follows an Anglo-American indie rock band that ends up stranded in the desolate city....

EXCLUSIVE:Oscar season used to boil down to one main thing for Conde Nast:Vanity Fairs party. The following is a condensed and edited transcript of the conversation. How would you say the past two-plus years have gone? Agnes ChuNyra Lang It is a world in which we are not showing our org structure to our audience. DEADLINE: How bought in are the editors and the rank-and-file editorial employees to this strategy?...

UK TV history will be made tonight when an aid appeal seeking donations to help theTurkey-Syria earthquakedisaster airs across 29 channels, narrated byDaniel Craig. Channel 4has brought together media ownersITV, UKTV,Channel 5, Sky, STV,Warner Bros. Discoveryand Ocean Outdoor for the appeal, which will run for 90 seconds at 9.55 p.m. GMT (1.55 p.m. PST) and also air on big screens in London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester. Narrated by theJames Bondstar, the special appeal is a shortened, updated version of an original film produced by Channel 4 News outfit ITN and shown in Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV and Sky News programs on February 9 to launch the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal....

Successionis heading to an end. The hitHBOdrama series will come to a conclusion with its fourth season. The series will return for season four on Sunday March 26. ‘Succession’HBO He said, There are a few different aspects. We could have said it at the end of the season. But, also, the countervailing thought is that we dont hide the ball very much on the show. That was the end. I wouldnt like that in a show....

The cost-of-living crisis is wreaking havoc and the global TV industry is not immune. However, the task is not an easy one. These are frequently being shaped by the world around them, not just by recession, they say. L to R Bottom: ‘Lara vs. Escobar’, ‘Rising Star’, ‘Blackwater’. Top: LondonBanijay Rights / Keshet / ITV Studios / Thinking about these dynamics comprises a large part of our job. Being aware of whats coming is so important....

Good afternoon Insider team, Max Goldbart here. It has been a wild ride of a week with Berlin drawing to a close. Read below for a good ol recap. Deadline Mels deep dive with Ukrainian directorscan be found here. One panellist said later, I didnt want to be the boring one but I couldnt match him. Hasak is on to something, though. Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Our full analysis can beread here....

Seinfeld suggests joining a Jewish friend at synagogue for Shabbat so that fill our sanctuaries with courage and friendship. Some fringe white supremacist groups have planned a national day of hate against the Jewish people on Saturday. We are hoping our friends will help us counter this idea with their love and light. Jessica SeinfeldGetty Images Watch on Deadline Will you consider joining a Jewish friend at synagogue for Shabbat?...

TheJonas Brothershave announced a five-show, limited engagement run atBroadways Marquis Theatre next month. In separate tweets today, Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas wrote, Your boys are back in town. Were coming to Broadway and playing the Marquis Theatre March 140-18! Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Joe Jonas of The Jonas BrothersGetty Images Believe us when we say you wont want to miss theses shows. The Jonas Brothers recently announced a 60-70 date tour across the United States starting in August....

EXCLUSIVE:Nancy Dubucis leavingViceMedia Group where she was CEO for the past five years. She just announced her decision to her staff in a memo (you could read it below.) Vice increased revenue and profits in 2022 and is projected to reach full-year profitability this year. Nancy DubucPhillip Faraone/Getty Images She also built an experienced senior leadership that understands the companys strategic priorities and mission. I am proud to leave a Vice better than the one I joined....

The annual Oscar melee always reminds us of this mandate: Never believe the buzz. Every important movie arrives with an aura and its usually wrong or misleading. The advance buzz onThe Godfatherwas so disastrous even Francis Coppola sensed it was doomed. (L-R) ‘Footloose’, ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Flashdance’Everett Collection Throughout the 80s every popular movie seemed carry a buzz curse. Yet directors of that moment seemed more interested in making war than making movies....