AFI Docs Announces Slate For 2021 Festival: World Premieres Include ‘Obama: In Pursuit Of A More Perfect Union,’ ‘White Coat Rebels’ And ‘The Slow Hustle’

Who are Sparks? What are they about? That’s exactly what Edgar Wright’s outstanding new documentary “The Sparks Brothers” tries to unpack and demystify. Because Sparks is not only a versatile art-pop band (chiefly brothers, Ron and Russel Mael), but they’re a highly eclectic, trailblazing rock group that’s fairly elusive and mysterious to a lot of people, even music connoisseurs.

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MGM has taken North American distribution rights to Sean Penn’s upcoming Flag Day which is making its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this July. Penn directs, and also stars with his daughter Dylan Penn in what we’re already hearing is a sublime star-making role for the actress. The studio will release Flag Day via its marketing-distribution joint venture United Artists Releasing later this year.

Jane Campion, a Cannes legend who remains the only female director to have won the Palme d’Or with “The Piano,” will have her latest drama “The Power of the Dog” world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.A Netflix Original, “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons.

2021 CMT Music Awards. The fan-voted awards ceremony is hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, and our favorite country musicians have dressed to the nines for the big night.The event will also feature performances from H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, Lady A, Mickey Guyton, Miranda Lambert, Ingrid Andress, Thomas Rhett and so many more.Ballerini looked like a real-life Barbie in a shiny hot pink LaQuan Smith bustier top and matching moto-style pants. Guyton was a vision in yellow.

Slipknot, Rob Zombie and Limp Bizkit have all been announced to play Rocklahoma 2021.The festival takes place from September 3-5, and will see all three acts topping the bill on a line-up that also includes the likes of Halestorm, Anthrax, Falling In Reverse, Motionless In White, Andrew W.K., Knocked Loose and many more.“Cannot wait until we play Labor Day Weekend in Pryor, Oklahoma,” said Slipknot’s Clown. ​“Our first time at a festival is always very special.

Ben Croll Running June 9-13, this year’s NewImages Festival will mark its fourth edition with a robust slate of world premieres and an ever-expanding industry program.Whereas last year’s lockdowns forced the festival to push its third edition to September, this year finds the NewImages festival returning to its traditional June berth.

It’s been essentially over a year without in-person film festivals. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the SXSW, Cannes Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festivals were all canceled last year.

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After a year without the laughs and drama, Love Island 2021 is set to return later this month. A fresh batch of singles will enter the villa in the hope of finding true love under the watchful eye of the entire nation.

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Slipknot have announced their return to the road for the 2021 Knotfest Roadshow, which will see them taking in shows across North America later this year.The 28-date run follows the band’s previously announced Knotfest Iowa hometown show in Des Moines on September 25, with the nu-metal icons set to be supported by Killswitch Engage, Fever 333 and Code Orange on the new run of dates.After kicking off at the end of September, the tour will eventually wrap up in Phoenix, Arizona on November

It looks like Reign Disick, 6, got a very special visit from the tooth fairy on the night of May 28 and his mom Kourtney Kardashian, 41, shared what was left behind! The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star took to Instagram to post video clips of her youngest son sleeping and sparkly “fairy dust” could be seen on his blanket. “the tooth fairy came and left some fairy dust” the caption for the clip read.

Juice WRLD’s debut album, ‘Goodbye & Good Riddance’, has been reissued with two additional tracks in celebration of the record’s third anniversary.First released in May 2018, the newly minted Anniversary Edition of ‘Goodbye & Good Riddance’ includes a remix of the breakthrough hit ‘Lucid Dreams’ featuring Lil Uzi Vert, as well as the previously unheard cut ‘734’.Listen to ‘734’ and the Lil Uzi Vert remix of ‘Lucid Dreams’ below:Juice and Lil Uzi Vert were longtime collaborators during the

Perhaps one of the worst-kept secrets in Hollywood is official, as Wes Anderson’s long-awaited feature, “The French Dispatch,” has been confirmed as having its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. READ MORE: Cannes Director Teases A “Planetary Blockbuster” To Play At The Event & Details Changes For 2021 Festival Almost from the first moment that production began on “The French Dispatch,” fans speculated that Anderson was priming the feature for a Cannes debut.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” is finally set to world premiere in competition at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, Variety has learned. The Searchlight title doesn’t have a release date as yet, and Disney is expected to unveil one soon for later this year.