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Adja Mariam Mahre Soro from the Ivory Coast, Tapiwa Chipfupa from Zimbabwe and Natasha Craveiro from Cabo Verde discuss projects, challenges and hopes.
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She’s acting royalty – literally, having played Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown – but what questions would you ask her?It is perhaps fitting that Imelda Staunton ended up playing Queen Elizabeth II in the last two series of The Crown, considering she has been acting royalty for years. Her film career has seen her voice champion egg-layer Bunty in 2000’s Chicken Run, followed by roles in Mike Leigh’s 2004 drama Vera Drake and the 2005 comedy Nanny McPhee. In 2014, she played the formidable Welsh
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Nikias Chryssos’ English-language horror film “Bloody Tennis” has secured several international deals, including to Shudder in the U.S., ahead of its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. The other deals are for Australia (Umbrella Entertainment), Baltics (BestFilm.eu), Italy (Plaion Pictures), Japan (Extreme Film), Poland (9th Plan), and Scandinavia (Njutafilms). U.S. rights were handled by […]
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Bitters End has set North American distribution for “All the Lovers in the Night,” Yukiko Sode’s Yukino Kishii and Tadanobu Asano starrer that premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes earlier this year. Several Futures has acquired the film for the U.S. and Ritual Films for Canada. The company has also closed a deal with […]
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“Made in Korea” will return for a second season on Sept. 9, streaming exclusively on Disney+ and Hulu, with stars Hyun Bin, Jung Woosung and Woo Dohwan reprising their roles for the six-episode continuation of the crime noir series. Season 2 picks up with Baek Kitae, played by Hyun Bin, still climbing toward power in […]
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This sensitive adaptation of Jansson’s 1972 novel, set in the beatific Gulf of Finland, is a quiet treatise on life and deathGlenn Close brings her totemic presence to this gentle movie – as well as a makeup-enhanced grandmotherly face. This is a sweet-natured adaptation of Tove Jansson’s 1972 novel; it has charm, though it’s sometimes becalmed in its own sensitivity.Close plays a tough, wise, humorous-yet-cantankerous eightysomething woman who likes cigarettes and walking around outside stark n
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India’s Yash Raj Films (YRF) has launched Raah Records, a new record label and artist incubator built to discover and develop original Indian music talent outside of film soundtracks. The label’s first release, “Jaadugari” by singer-songwriter Aman, drops across major streaming platforms on Aug. 5. YRF, one of India’s leading privately held entertainment studios, said […]
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Gripping first-hand testimonies walk through the events of the 2018 poisoning. Plus: a campfire showdown in Survivor Australia. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky Documentaries“I said to myself: ‘Don’t worry, nothing happens in Salisbury,’” remembers journalist Emma Volney of her first week in local radio in 2018. “You don’t expect to see two people on a bench foaming at the mouth.” This documentary uses first-hand testimony to walk through the events of the poisoning of former Russian sp
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How did the pioneering director get involved – then fall out – with the 80s’ poppiest band? How are Sam Peckinpah and Michael Jackson’s Thriller involved? Prepare for a tale of ambition, deception and shuttlecock-stuffed shortsWhen Wham! squashed Lindsay Anderson’s China filmAndrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to ChinaIt was the evening of 3 April 1985 in a hotel in Hong Kong. Lindsay Anderson, who I’d engaged to direct the theatrical documentary I’d instigated of Wham!’s historic trip to Chi
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Geno Segers took to Instagram on Monday to apologize after facing backlash over resurfaced social media comments about the transgender community. “I wish to extend my most sincere apologies to everyone impacted by my words,” Segers wrote in a statement. “While I never intended to inflict harm, I recognize that the impact of my statements […]
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Forget cheesy acts, these days cruise ships boast the cutting edge tech to stage hip West End productions and Olivier award-winning musicals – and young people are loving itThe phrase “cruise ship entertainment” conjures vivid images, even to those who have never set foot on an oceangoing vessel. Starry backcloths, sequined frocks, tunes and croons from yesteryear, the lite-ent values of the 1970s preserved in aspic. Perhaps those stereotypes held water way back when the singer Jane McDonald rul
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A rep for the singer-actress told The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday that Grande "will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour."
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Mary Rivera, who played the grandmother of Jacob Batalon’s Ned in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” has died. She was 82. According to her obituary, Rivera was born on June 2, 1943, in Iloilo, Philippines, and died on April 15 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A family member told TMZ that Rivera suffered a stroke and had to […]
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It’s a "Village of the Damned" meets "Weapons" meets the opening scene of "Halloween" situation. But those movies all tower over "Ice Cream Man," a hyped-up one-joke kiddie zombie splatter film.
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Children turn into homicidal zombies after eating the wares of a demonic vendor in the 'Hostel' director's latest film.
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Set nine years after the events of the first season, the show returns in September for a final showdown between stars Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung.
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Ariana Grande has spoken out about her upcoming break from her professional career after a representative said that she will step out of the public eye following the conclusion of her “Eternal Sunshine” tour in early September. During her first of three performances at Chicago’s United Center on Monday night, Grande paused at the front […]
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The Japanese quartet also dig into how they’ve grown over the last 11 years: “We're always there to help each other out.”
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News broke on Friday that Dermot Mulroney will leave NBC’s “Chicago Fire” in its upcoming 15th season. During a recent appearance at Flash Weekend Chicago Horror Convention (via People), Mulroney opened up about his exit. “Loved every minute of it. Became friends with this incredible crew of people,” Mulroney said. He later noted that the […]
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Greenfield, who played Schmidt on the hit sitcom, initially said he's "seen scripts" for a reunion and that they're "amazing."