🎭 Culture & Entertainment
March 13th, 2026
Today's top 5 stories, curated by Daily Direct.
Variety
Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘GOAT’ Makes History as First Major Studio Film Voiced by an All-Disability Loop Group
Sony Pictures Animation's *GOAT* has broken new ground by employing an all-disability loop group — nearly two dozen actors with disabilities — to provide crowd noise, chants, and ambient arena sound for the film. It marks the first time a major studio production has used such a group for this work, a behind-the-scenes role that has historically overlooked disabled talent. The milestone represents a quiet but meaningful expansion of disability representation beyond on-screen roles and into the full fabric of filmmaking.
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David Gilmour’s ‘Black Strat’ Sells for $14.55 Million, Becoming the Most Expensive Guitar Ever Sold
David Gilmour's iconic Black Stratocaster fetched $14.55 million at auction, setting a new record as the most expensive guitar ever sold. The instrument, central to some of Pink Floyd's most celebrated moments including the legendary "Comfortably Numb" solo, dethroned Kurt Cobain's previously record-holding guitar. The sale underscores the staggering premium collectors place on instruments tied to defining moments in rock history.
Read article →Hollywood Reporter
‘Burning Voice’ Goes Inside Tamara Amer’s Fight for Iraqi Women’s Rights: “I Won’t Shut Up”
Tamara Amer has made her position clear: she will not be silenced. Anna Bruun Nørager's documentary "Burning Voice" follows the Iraqi activist's relentless campaign for women's rights in a country where such advocacy carries serious personal risk. The film arrives at CPH:DOX as a pointed response to what Nørager describes as a coordinated global effort by conservative forces to roll back hard-won gender equality gains.
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‘Amazomania’ Reexamines a Decades-Old Film About the First Contact Made With the Korubo Tribe in Brazil and the “White Man’s Gaze”
Swedish director Nathan Grossman's "Amazomania" revisits archival footage of first contact with Brazil's Korubo tribe, interrogating the colonial assumptions baked into how that encounter was originally filmed and presented. The documentary, premiering at CPH:DOX, flips the lens to examine what it means to observe — and exploit — Indigenous communities through a Western framework. Grossman developed the project in collaboration with the Korubo themselves, making the process of representation as central as the story being told.
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Variety
‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Takes Charge in Boots Riley’s Playfully Out-There Riff on Shoplifting, Sisterhood and Fashion Madness
Boots Riley's latest film leans into gleeful chaos, blending high-fashion satire with heist-movie energy in a way that defies easy categorization. Keke Palmer anchors the film with magnetic authority, elevating material that could have coasted on its quirky premise alone. The result is a boldly uncommercial swing — part workplace comedy, part crime caper — that rewards audiences willing to match its frequency.
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