Agnieszka Holland Warns That Streaming Could Become “Big Black Hole” Where Indie Films “Vanish” – Cannes

Death, grief and recovery are hard roads to get past, but in “The Night House,” perhaps something more sinister than just shuffling off this mortal coil is on the menu.

A key moment in CNN’s town hall with President Joe Biden came when moderator Don Lemon asked him about one of the big news items of the day: Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy pulling his members from a committee set up to investigate the January 6 insurrection.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe iHeartCountry Festival is among those rejoining the un-virtual ranks this year, as the annual broadcast will return to its previous home of the Frank Erwin Center in Austin on Oct.

Manori Ravindran International EditorITV Studios is the latest super-indie to bow out from October’s Mipcom market in Cannes — traditionally the largest annual confab for the global TV industry.The production-distribution giant joins the likes of “Peaky Blinders” distributor Banijay, whom Variety revealed was skipping the market back in June, and content powerhouse BBC Studios, which also pulled the plug on its February Showcase event.

“Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” is a tricky sequel, starting with gauging just how successful it truly is. Like with the 2019 original, “Escape Room,” its hand-holding horror can be nifty and surprising, but it’s even less of a challenge to forget about as soon as it’s over.

Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, who also appeared with her in “Fantasy Island.” Vertical is planning to give it a theatrical release later this year.“The Hating Game,” which is based on the hit novel by Sally Thorne, tells the story of kind-hearted Lucy Hutton (Hale) and her cold, efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Stowell).

Christopher Vourlias The return to business at the Cannes Film Market hasn’t necessarily marked the return to business as usual, as sluggish foot traffic and empty stalls in the Palais des Festival can attest. But AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford says the past year has hardly dimmed his confidence in the indie film business.“The independent financing and sales marketplace is still an incredibly fertile ground to finance content at a significant level,” he said.

For just a moment, as a particularly sepulchral stretch of Anne Dudley‘s liturgical score plays over a solemn black screen emblazoned with the words “inspired by real events,” you might think Paul Verhoeven‘s gone and gotten serious on us, and that “Benedetta,” his hotly lusted-after Cannes title is going to be, whisper it, tasteful.

Antonio Ferme editorZaila Avant-garde won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, becoming the first Black American winner in the competition’s 96-year history.The 14-year-old from Harvey, La., correctly spelled “murraya” — defined as “a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees having pinnate leaves and flowers with imbricated petals” — to clinch victory.“Does this word contain the English word murray, which could be the name of a comedian or just an English name in general?”

annual event on the Riviera will file past a pair of sniffer dogs posted at the entrance to the Palais where screenings are held, Cannes town hall has said. The hounds handled by the local Municipal Police have been trained to detect Covid-19 through human sweat as part of a prevention program trialled in France.

Matt Damon has his audience in stitches during his Cannes Film Festival masterclass today.

Instagram, where she showcases her dazzling skills on both the court and stage.  She hopes to attend Harvard, play in the WNBA and possibly coach one day in the NBA.

Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from Louisiana, has become the first black American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Christina Haack is addressing her new relationship with Josh Hall.  The "Christina on the Coast" star, 38, was first spotted with Hall Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).The new couple was headed to Mexico for a long weekend getaway to celebrate the star's upcoming 38th birthday, Fox News confirmed at the time.  According to Page Six, Hall works at a realty firm in Austin, Texas, and previously worked as a police officer.

There is so much noise in Nadav Lapid’s “Ahed’s Knee” (“Ha’berech”): from the whitewash of the opening frames, which roar into a revving motorcycle engine, to an unexpected Vanessa Paradis needle drop, to the strange host of anatomical noises as Y (the choreographer Avshalom Pollack, very much in control of his physicality) breathes heavily and pads across the floors of his rented apartment in Arava, the desert where he’s screening his new film.

With Black Widow hitting Disney+ this weekend, we’re taking a look back at how much money the Marvel stars have made over the years for each of their films.

Zendaya and Tom Holland. In photos published by Page Six, the “Spider-Man” costars were passionately kissing in Holland’s $125,000 Audi car during a sunset drive in Los Angeles on Thursday. They made use of their time during a red light to lock lips and when they weren’t kissing they were smiling and laughing at each other.They were photographed while cruising through Silver Lake where it‘s believed Zendaya’s mother lives.

On July 2 of 2020, when the initial spring surge of Covid-19 was fading, health officers and local elected officials across Southern California ordered virtually every beach shut down from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. Cities around California cancelled fireworks displays. Governor Gavin Newsom closed bars and mandated masks in public spaces. What officials couldn’t stop, however, were household gatherings and travel over the Fourth of July weekend.