EXCLUSIVE: Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, the Argentinian filmmakers behind Official Competition, My Masterpiece and other acclaimed festival titles, have signed with CAA. Cohn and Duprat wrote and directed their third feature, Official Competition, which premiered in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The comedy starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas watches as a wealthy
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All 11 countries on the travel red list will be removed as the system is “less effective in slowing the incursion” of the Omicron variant, Sajid Javid has announced. The health secretary told the Commons the countries will be removed from 4am on Wednesday, so passengers from those nations will no longer have to isolate
The Coachella Music Festival — including event producer Goldenvoice — filed a trademark- infringement lawsuit today against Live Nation Entertainment over a competitive event produced by the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians called “Coachella Day One 22,” which is now advertised on Live Nation’s Ticketmaster marketplace. Like the 20-year-old Coachella Valley Music & Arts
Ministers are facing a backlash from business over fears of the UK sliding into “lockdown by stealth”. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and pub chain Wetherspoons both used the term as they warned over the indirect impact of Plan B restrictions and rhetoric being used by officials about the pandemic. Tony Danker, the CBI’s
As The Simonetta Lein Show continues its 4th season, the show debuts its newest segment called the SLTV Spotlight, where Simonetta shares some of her favorite brands, products, and deals of the season. For this year’s upcoming holidays she was joined by the lovely Chic Exec’s lifestyle expert, Kristen Wessel, to walk us through some holiday brand essentials. Check
EXCLUSIVE: Terence Winter, a writer and producer known for his work on The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire, has teamed with media and tech veteran Joe Poletto to form Infamous Media. Plans call for the independent company in early 2022 to launch multiple channels in the burgeoning streaming realm of free, ad-supported TV, or FAST. One
Ministers have signed off on a compensation scheme for postmasters who were wrongfully convicted of theft and fraud in one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Sky News has learnt that the government will confirm as soon as Tuesday that it has agreed the terms of a programme to award financial payouts to hundreds of
Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway Sunday Performances Cancelled Due To Covid-19 – Deadline You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content December 12, 2021 3:00pm Services to share this page. Looks like Mrs. Doubtfire is battling the Coronavirus as the 2:30pm and 7:30pm performances of Mrs Doubtfire on Broadway were
A robotics and automation company backed by Walmart, America’s biggest grocery retailer, is finalising plans for a $4.5bn (£3.3bn) merger with a ‘blank cheque’ company created by the Japanese technology giant SoftBank. Sky News has learnt that Symbotic is within days of concluding a combination with SVF Investment Corp 3, a New York-listed special purpose
Call it entertainment’s new Space Odyssey. An explosion of streaming platforms, a surge in content and a shortage of space to produce it all has ushered in a frenetic era of building, buying and expanding soundstages. It’s a competitive market, one led by Michael Hackman, founder and CEO of Hackman Capital Partners, credited with turning
The company behind the controversial Cambo oil field has said work on the project is being paused – after oil giant Shell pulled out last week. Siccar Point, which owns 70% of the North Sea project off Shetland, said it would now “evaluate next steps”. The project has become a focal point for campaigners seeking
Cara Williams, the actress known for her Oscar-nominated turn in The Defiant Ones, her Emmy-nominated performance in CBS’ sitcom Pete and Gladys and more, died on December 9. She was 96. Williams’ passing was confirmed in a Twitter post published on Saturday by her great-nephew, Richard Potter. “My Great Aunt, who might have been the last
US inflation has hit a 39-year high in the latest sign of a cost of living squeeze for consumers in the world’s biggest economy. Figures from America’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed consumer price index (CPI) inflation hit 6.8% last month, the biggest year-on-year surge in prices since June 1982. The reading, which was
EXCLUSIVE: Headspace, a global leader in mindfulness and meditation, announced today the promotion of Morgan Selzer to Chief Content and Studios Officer. Selzer will be responsible for overseeing all content strategy and production and that live both inside and outside of the mindfulness app, along with overseeing all brand, talent and content partnerships. Since joining
Jupiter, one of Britain’s best-known fund managers, is on alert for a takeover approach amid a frenzy of dealmaking activity across the global asset management industry. Sky News has learnt that Jupiter’s board, which is chaired by Nichola Pease, has hired the advisory firm Robey Warshaw to fortify its defences against a potential bid. City
SAG-AFTRA says it’s “disappointed” by Friday’s Supreme Court decision that allows Texas’ anti-abortion law to stand, saying that it exposes SAG-AFTRA members to “real risk” through the lack of basic reproductive healthcare. That law, Senate Bill 8, prohibits abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, generally after about six weeks of pregnancy, and allows
The future of LV= was thrown into confusion this evening when members of the UK’s second largest mutual life insurer narrowly rejected a takeover by private equity group Bain Capital. The board of LV=, which was formerly known as Liverpool Victoria, had urged its 1.16 million members to support the £530million takeover. However, with 75% of
SPOILER ALERT: This post describes a key plot detail in Sex and the City revival And Just Like That, which premiered last night on HBO Max. Shares in Peloton fell 5% in morning trading to about $38.50 — but that’s not a new phenomenon in 2021. The fitness company’s stock has declined 73% this year,
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned of “bumps on our road to recovery” as new figures showed growth stalled even before the arrival of the Omicron variant. GDP grew by just 0.1% in October, well short of the 0.4% expected by economists and a big slowdown on September’s 0.6% expansion, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Exactly two weeks after the Thanksgiving holiday gatherings of family and friends, Los Angeles County is seeing a resulting increase in Covid-19 cases, according to Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. She also called the trend a possible start of yet another winter surge of infections. Ferrer said the increase was visible by December 1, when