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The Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth will bring films from Thailand, Brazil, India, Italy and across the Arab world to the UAE for its 13th edition, with a lineup featuring international festival titles, emerging filmmakers and Emirati talent. Running Oct. 26-Oct. 31, SIFF’s Green Carpet program includes Chayanop Bunprakob, Baz Poonpiriya and […]
Ghazi, founder of the indie label and distribution giant Empire, has announced the launch of his newest company, Supply Chain, an independent B2B cloud-based distribution company for the global music industry, which encapsulates technology, distribution, operations, and commercial connectivity. Alongside the launch, the company announced two senior leadership appointments, with Craig May joining as SVP […]
The comedian and actor is on trial for charges including rape and sexual assault, which he denies.
Noel Clarke has pleaded not guilty to six sexual offense charges. Appearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Wednesday morning, the actor, writer and director entered not guilty pleas in relation to all the charges, which include two charges of sexual assault, three charges of voyeurism and one charge of exposure. The charges relate […]
Investment in content production destined for Italy’s film TV and streaming industries dropped 7.4% to €2 billion ($2.24 billion) in 2025, compared with the previous year, with the scripted sphere suffering most amid uncertainty over government support of the country’s tax credits and the ongoing transition in viewership from linear to streaming. That is the […]
Berlin-based M-Appeal has boarded “When I Existed,” a buzzy, feel-good second-chance drama comedy and Kafkian social satire which proved a standout at the Cannes Market’s Ventana Sur Goes to Cannes showcase, marking an auspicious debut for Uruguay’s Alejandro Damiani and Martin Avdolov. A select but discerning sales agent of Latin American movies, M-Appeal has picked […]
To quote Finn Hudson, “The show must go all over the place, or something.” He was right: “Glee” is back. Disney+ and Hulu have greenlit a reboot of Ryan Murphy’s famous (and infamous) musical dramedy series. “Glee” premiered on Fox in 2009 concluded in 2015 after six seasons of following a group of show choir […]
The Grammy-nominated artist was due to start a run of shows for his latest album Bulldozer!! next month.
The Bridget Jones Prize will go to the author of the funniest 1,000-word diary-style piece of writing.
The former Doctor Who and Kidulthood star appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
“Industry” and “Doctor Who” producer Jane Tranter has made a career of going against the grain, and at Rome’s MIA Market on Tuesday, she told European producers that the only way to survive in uncertain times is to “go in the opposite direction of everyone else’s traffic.” “If everyone else is zigging, you zag. Because […]
Thailand’s and Nepal’s Oscar submissions, “9 Temples to Heaven” and “Elephants in the Fog,” are among 10 titles competing at the 27th edition of Tokyo Filmex, which will run Nov. 20–29 in the Japanese capital’s Yurakucho district. Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng, who has appeared in every feature by auteur Tsai Ming-liang since “Rebels of the […]
Ozzy Osbourne’s final “Back to the Beginning” concert kept him “flying high” until the day he died, his wife Sharon Osbourne said. Speaking at a London screening of the film “Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning” — which chronicles the July 5, 2025 Birmingham show that took place just weeks before the heavy […]
Thai singer-songwriter and actor Jeff Satur, whose music has passed 2 billion streams, has signed with Universal Music Southeast Asia (UM SEA), the regional division of Universal Music Group, as he pushes to take T-pop to a global audience. The first major release under the new deal will be Satur’s second studio album, slated for […]
Olivier winner George Maguire will play Captain Jack Sparrow in “Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Immersive Adventure,” the London stage production from Secret Cinema and TodayTix. Phil Daniels, known for “Quadrophenia,” “EastEnders” and Blur’s “Parklife,” will play Captain Barbossa. Lily Blunsom is Elizabeth Swann, Harrison Wilde is Will Turner and Gleanne Purcell-Brown is Anamaria. […]
Copenhagen-based DR Sales, the international distributor of Oscar-winning doc “Mr Nobody Against Putin” and Sundance winner “A New Kind of Wilderness,” has boarded Denmark’s “Father’s House,” starring David Dencik (“No Time to Die,” “The Chestnut Man”) and Trine Dyrholm (“The Danish Woman,” “Queen of Hearts”). Selected for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival international documentary […]
Borat and Bruno creator Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Ali G, more than two decades after the release of Ali G Indahouse.
“Young Sheldon” actor Iain Armitage might’ve become a star thanks to the hit CBS sitcom, but when it came time to call it quits on the seven-season series in 2024, he admits he was the cast member “the most happy about the show ending.” In an interview featured in Jessica Radloff’s oral history, “Young Sheldon: […]
Julia Stiles paid tribute to the late Heath Ledger on Tuesday night’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars.” During Dedication Night, she performed a contemporary routine with her partner Ezra Sosa to “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”; in the 1999 film “10 Things I Hate About You,” Ledger’s character, Patrick, sang the Frankie Valli […]
Park Min-young, the star of “Marry My Husband,” will lead “Nine to Six,” a Korean office romance. Yook Sung-jae of K-pop group BtoB and Go Soo co-star in the 12-episode series. Park plays Kang Yi-ji, a senior manager on the legal team at a company called Chronic Motors. Logical and driven, Yi-ji has carved out […]
