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Demi Moore Says We Can’t Censor Ourselves

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Cannes Film Festival jury member Demi Moore has spoken out about the importance of being able to express political opinions without pushback.

Asked if she has concerns about political statements being detrimental to the films she’s talking about at the festival Moore said, “I would hope not. I think part of art is about expression, so if we start censoring ourselves then I think we shut down the very core of our creativity which is I think where we can discover truth and answers.”

Moore was speaking at the jury press conference on Day 1 of the Cannes Film Festival, in the wake of 2017 jury president Pedro Almodóvar’s recent comments regarding the state of democracy and free speech in the U.S.

Almodóvar, who is at Cannes this year with his film Bitter Christmas, told the LA Times this week, “People are obviously very frightened. The U.S. is not a democracy right now. Some people say it’s maybe an imperfect democracy, but I really don’t think the U.S. is a democracy right now.”

During the jury press conference, Moore also addressed the issue of AI and its use in Hollywood.

“AI is here, and so to fight it is to, in a sense, to fight something that is a battle that we will lose. So to find ways in which we can work with it, I think, is a more valuable path,” she said. “Are we doing enough to protect ourselves? I don’t know. My inclination would be to say probably not.”

She also noted that there are positive aspects to AI and that it cannot replace human creativity. “There’s beautiful aspects of being able to utilize it,” she said, “but the truth is, there really isn’t anything to fear, because what it can never replace is what true art comes from, which is not the physical. It comes from the soul. It comes from the spirit of each and every one of us sitting here, to each and every one of us that creates every day, and that they can never recreate.”

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Cannes Jury Members, L to R: Demi Moore, Isaach de Bankolé, Laura Wandel, Stellan Skarsgård, Chloé Zhao, jury president Park Chan-wook, Tessa Thompson and Diego Céspedes.

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When asked how she felt when she got the invitation to be on the jury, Moore said, “My first thought is ‘Me?’ I had such a beautiful experience here a few years ago, and one, just to be surrounded by cinema and the love of cinema ,and the joy of diving in and being surrounded by those who share that, just felt like a joy, and who can complain about the beautiful view of this incredible place? I feel tremendously honored and super excited. I feel like a little kid playing a grown up.”

Regarding the issue of speaking out with political opinions, Cannes festival head Thierry Fremeux also spoke out at the opening press conference on Monday, following pushback on Berlin jury president Wim Winders at Berlin earlier this year. Frémeux said, “I would like to pay tribute to Wim Wenders because I think he was subjected to criticisms that weren’t really justified. I understood what he wanted to say, but I think people didn’t want to understand what he was saying,” he said. “He wanted to say that the politics should be on the screen. That’s what we say at Cannes…  the festival considers that political questions are primarily those of the artists’ voices and the voices of the artists whose work is being shown.”

Alongside Moore on the jury at Cannes this year are Isaach de Bankolé, Laura Wandel, Stellan Skarsgård, Chloé Zhao, Tessa Thompson and Diego Céspedes, with Park Chan-wook serving as jury president.

Moore was last in Cannes in 2024 with Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance and her first appearance at the fest was in 1997, when she attended in support of then-husband Bruce Willis’ film The Fifth Element.

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New ‘South Park’ Takes On Data Centers And The Billionaires Who Build Them

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While President Trump was holding a press conference at the White House this morning and extolling the AI-related work of Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, a promo for tomorrow night’s South Park episode dropped. It was less salutary.

Here’s the logline for Episode 6 of Season 29: “Butters is unhappy with the data centers that the billionaires are building in our backyards.”

The clip opens with an X-Pest exterminator guy ringing the doorbell at Butters’ home.

“I understand you’ve got some billionaires in your back yard,” he says.

“Yeah, there’s more of these stupid billionaires every day!” replies Butters.

The first image from the episode (see it above) shows Butters in what appears to be his back yard with the X-Pest exterminator guy, who has strapped on his tank of poison and has his sprayer wand at the ready.

The topic of data centers is a hot one across the country and especially in Hollywood, where unions and workers worry about job displacement and writers and directors express concern over what it might do to their art.

Among the biggest players in the data center land rush is, of course, Oracle CEO and Paramount-WBD deal financier Larry Ellison. South Park airs on Comedy Central, which is owned by Paramount. As in the past, the show’s creators are seemingly not afraid to bite the hand that feeds them.

Mark Ruffalo and others have decried the introduction of “really profoundly scary technology” into Hollywood and how AI might impact media outlets soon to be owned by Ellison and his son David.

“Larry is a classic Oligarch,” wrote Ruffalo. “They are crushing workers and consolidating the wealth of the world for their own power and concentrated dominance.”

Paramount, for its part, responded by accusing Ruffalo of using “antisemitic tropes” in his argument, especially when linking the Ellisons’ studio acquisition to Oracle’s work with the Israeli military.

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‘Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas’ Trailer & Episode Release Guide Schedule Set At Bravo

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Lisa Vanderpump is taking Bravo viewers behind the scenes of the opening of her hotel in Sin City with Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas, set to premiere Tuesday, October 20, at 9 p.m. ET.

The three-part event, set to air over two nights, will feature fan favorites joining the celebration, with cameos from Lala Kent, Tom Schwartz, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Garcelle Beauvais.

Vanderpump teamed up with Caesars Entertainment and is betting big on her most ambitious Vegas venture yet: a namesake hotel. This isn’t just another grand opening; it’s Lisa’s biggest gamble to date and a chance to cement her legacy. With a to-do list longer than the Strip itself, LVP and her A-Team pull back the curtain on what it really takes to get a boutique resort ready for its lavish opening – and VIP check in – Vanderpump style.

Lisa is joined by her husband Ken Todd, daughter Pandora Vanderpump Sabo, longtime business partner Nick Alain and a trusted team of collaborators. Longtime friend Kevin Lee is also back in Lisa’s orbit after a stint working with one of her rivals.

The down-to-the-wire drama wouldn’t be complete without some SURvers lending a helping hand. Natalie Maguire, Venus Binkley, Chris Hahn, Angelica Jensen, Marcus Johnson, and Audrey Lingle take a road trip in support of Lisa.

Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas is produced by 32 Flavors, a part of Sony Pictures Television and Evolution Media, an MGM Company. Alex Baskin, Michael Beck, Natalie Neurauter, Brian McCarthy, Brittany Nabors, Barry Poznick, Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd executive produce.

Episode Release Guide Schedule

“Part 1: Vegas? That’s Epic, Baby!”
Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Lisa Vanderpump gets the chance to open up her very own hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, but she and her team feel the pressure as they attempt to check everything off their never-ending to-do list. Walking into the space, everything feels like a construction site and Lisa fears those around her have a lack of urgency. Also on the agenda? Making up with a former friend and reminding her SURvers that photoshoots are work, not play.

“Part 2: If It Was Easy, Everyone Would Do It”
Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
With time running out, Lisa and her team rush to put the finishing touches on the hotel. Guests begin to check in before all the rooms are ready and late deliveries, holes in the ceiling, and complaining guests threaten to derail the opening. At home, Lisa opens up about how her childhood affected her drive to succeed.

“Part 3: Misbehave Accordingly”
Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Lisa Vanderpump has opened 39 restaurants and now finally, her very own hotel. With celebrity guests arriving in droves to celebrate the grand opening party, excitement is at an all-time high, but so are the expectations. Lisa only gets one chance to make a lasting first impression and the pressure is on for The Vanderpump Hotel to keep the momentum going long after the party ends.

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TIFF & Camden Reports With ‘Union Town’ And More — Doc Talk Podcast

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September brought a rash of film festivals (well, maybe “rash” is the wrong word; that sounds like a skin condition. How about a “slew” instead?). In any case, it was one film festival after another this month, beginning with Venice, continuing with Telluride, then Toronto, and for documentary lovers, the Camden International Film Festival in Maine.

Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast team packed up the recording equipment and headed into the field to report from the North American fests. On the latest edition of the show, we bring you a selection of our interviews, including with two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple, director of Union Town. She premiered that film in Venice, then hopped the pond for Toronto before heading to Camden for her U.S. premiere. Kopple tells us why stories about working-class Americans have fascinated her going back to the landmark Harlan County U.S.A. 50 years ago.

Director James Marcus Haney tells us about his film Black Sunflowers, executive produced by Sean Penn, which premiered at TIFF. We also speak with two of his protagonists, young Ukrainian women whose lives have been dramatically impacted by Russia’s war of aggression on their country. The documentary explores how many young Ukrainians feel compelled, in the absence of a secure future, to seek out adrenaline-fueled experiences like street racing and wild ragers.

Another documentary hosting its world premiere in Toronto is Edward Said: Between Worlds, an examination of the titular Palestinian scholar and activist who became a leading advocate for the Palestinian cause from his base in academia in the U.S. Director Maiken Baird, producer Sarah Mowaswes and consulting producer Najla Said (Said’s daughter) join us to reflect on a man who advocated late in his life for a one-state solution, that is, a model for Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace in a secular democracy.

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In Camden, we also got to speak with the leaders of that festival: Points North Institute executive director Elise McCave and PNI’s artistic director Sean Flynn (PNI is the nonprofit that puts on CIFF). They address the challenges facing the documentary field, which have intensified with the loss of funding for public media under the second Trump administration. They also share their reaction to the success of To Hold a Mountain, the Sundance-winning documentary that gained critical support through the Points North Institute’s Dianne Weyermann Fellowship, named for the late Participant Media executive and champion of independent documentaries.

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That’s on the new episode of Doc Talk hosted by Oscar winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley) and Matt Carey, Deadline’s senior documentary editor. The pod is a production of Deadline and Ridley’s Nō Studios.

Listen to the episode above or on major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeart and Apple.

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