Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon may be considering parenting more kids, following the birth of their daughter Belle in January.
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Addie Morfoot Contributor Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is the latest high-net-worth individual to get involved in the documentary business. As a producer on Waad Al-Kateab’s “We Dare to Dream,” about the refugee Olympic team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Gebbia not only helped fund the project, he also played an active role in the film’s pre-production, production, and edit. “We Dare to Dream” is Al-Kateab’s second feature docu. In her first film, “For Sama,” which was nominated for an Academy Award, the Syrian director used her camera to capture her daily life during the siege of Aleppo.Gebbia produced “We Dare to Dream” alongside Violet Films’ Joanna Natasegara (“Virunga”) and Abigail Anketell-Jones (“The Edge of Democracy”) and XTR’s Bryn Mooser and Kathryn Everett. Angelina Jolie recently signed on as an executive producer on the project. Gebbia joins fellow philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs (Concordia Studio), Jeff Skoll (Participant Media) and Jim Swartz (Impact Partners) in the docu investment business.
Variety spoke with Gebbia and Al-Kateab about “We Dare to Dream,” which is debuted at Tribeca Festival on June 11, with more screenings June 16 and 17. Joe, was your role as a producer on “We Dare to Dream” different from your role as an executive producer on Sam Osborn and Nick Capezzera’s 2020 docu “Universe”?Gebbia: The answer is yes. With “We Dare to Dream,” I played a much more active role working closely with Waad, Joanna and XTR to help shape the film. It was a much closer collaboration on “We Dare to Dream.”Joe, the doc was your idea. What made you think the refugee Olympic team would make a good film?Gebbia: I remember watching the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. It was the introduction of the
Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon may be considering parenting more kids, following the birth of their daughter Belle in January.
Patrick Mahomes and wife Brittany Mahomes (née Matthews) mixed business and pleasure on their latest family trip.
New York Mets pay-TV network SNY has been dropped by YouTube TV in the latest sign of decline for the traditional regional sports network model.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Count NBA MVP Joel Embiid among the athletes looking to make their way into the media industry. The six-time NBA All-Star is launching Miniature Géant, a new production studio, in partnership with The SpringHill Company, the media company backed by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. “We want to do as much as we can to inspire,” says Embiid, who has galvanized sports fans by overcoming injuries early in his career for the Philadelphia 76ers, which he joined in 2014. He adds: “I want it to be successful, but I want it done the right way. The whole goal is just to try to tell people stories, and use my platform to inspire the next generation.”
Louis Theroux revealed the moment when he received a surprise call from TikTok bosses, after his 'Jiggle Jiggle' rap track "blew up" their computers during a recent episode of his Spotify podcast with journalist, YouTuber, and comedian Amelia Dimoldenberg. This was not the first time the pair have discussed the novelty rap. In February last year, Amelia welcomed 53-year-old documentarian and journalist Louis Theroux onto an episode of her popular 'Chicken Shop Date' series, where, as the title would suggest, she goes on a 'date' with various celebrities in a chicken shop.
It took months of investigation after their arrests, but controversial social media star Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate have finally been charged. As we’ve been reporting, the divisive
Glastonbury Festival has removed documentary Oh, Jeremy Corbyn, The Big Lie from its film program after Jewish groups accused it of putting forward an antisemitic conspiracy theory around why the politician never rose to the position of UK prime minister.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Mother of all Lies, a docu-drama film that probes the secrets of Morocco’s 1981 Bread Riots, was Sunday named the best picture at the Sydney Film Festival. The jury, headed by Anurag Kashyap, called the Asmae El Moudir-directed film “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous.” It presented the A$60,000 ($41,100) cash prize film ahead at the State Theatre ahead of the Australian premiere screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” The film, which uses doll-like figurines, recently premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where it earned the section’s best director prize. “Juxtaposing evidence from barely existent public materials with private family memory, this film reconstructs the history of the state, the family and the individual, in three distinct levels,” said the jury of Kashyap, actor Mia Wasikowska (Australia), film curator and journalist Dorothee Wenner (Germany), writer and director Larissa Behrendt (Australia) and filmmaker Visakesa Chandrasekaram (Australia – Sri Lanka).
Gina Rodriguez, used the moment to shoutout her husband, Joe LoCicero, while also sharing the first full photos of her son, Charlie, who she welcomed in March.«I knew it when I met you that I found a man like no other. When I walked down the aisle and you cried tears of joy, I knew I found someone extra special.
Loose Women star Stacey Solomon has opened up about how "complicated" a blended family can be in a touching Instagram post to mark Father's Day.The 33 year old shares three children with her husband Joe Swash. The star also has two children from previous relationships and Joe has another son from a previous relationship.Taking to Instagram on 18 June, Stacey shared a mirror selfie with Joe, her dad and children Rex, Rose and Belle. In the caption accompanying the series of cute photos, she opened up about their family.
's return in August, Netflix shared the opening scene from the first episode of season 2. The clip sees Joe Locke back as a blissful Charlie Spring, who can't stop texting boyfriend Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) on his way to school before the two meet up in class at Truham Grammar. The clip was first revealed during the streaming platform's 2023 convention, Tudum: A Global Fan Event, which was broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil. Stars Corinna Brown and Kizzy Edgell, who play Tara Jones and Darcy Olsson, respectively, introduced the season 2 opener before adding that the series was revealing the titles for all eight episodes of the upcoming installment. «We can't wait for you to see season 2,» Edgell says in the video before showing the preview of the premiere, with Locke and Connor. As for the episode titles, they are: 1.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor Josh Duhamel will join the ensemble of the survival thriller “Not Without Hope,” an adaptation of Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman’s best-selling book that will be written and directed by Joe Carnahan. Also joining the cast are JoBeth Williams, Quentin Plair, Terrence Terrell and Marshall Cook. As previously announced, Zachary Levi (“Shazam!”) is starring in the film, which tells the real-life story of a tragic 2009 boating accident involving Schuyler, his friends Will Bleakley (Cook) and NFL players Marquis Cooper (Plair) and Corey Smith (Terrell). Levi will play Schuyler. The search-and rescue-operation captivated national attention. Duhamel will portray U.S. Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close, who oversaw a crew that cut through the ocean to try to find the friends who went missing. Carnahan has some experience orchestrating survival tales, having previously directed “The Grey,” which found Liam Neeson battling very hungry wolves after a plane crash stranded his character in a snowy mountain range. This time the foes are a raging sea, dehydration, severe hypothermia and various marine predators. At one point, “Not Without Hope” was slated to be made as a film starring Miles Teller, but production delays due to COVID scrambled those plans.
The prospect of retirement is something anyone may find themselves facing down at some point, regardless of your chosen career or pastime. Within the world of professional sports, it’s an inevitable end that reaches every athlete oftentimes sooner than one might desire, with factors chief among them being age and the subsequent deterioration of skills that may result. As a player reaches a time anywhere from their late-20s to early-40s, the moment of realization where that door starts to close can be met with either gradual acceptance or stubborn defiance, but make no mistake, it comes for everyone, and it’s up to the person at the center to decide what happens next.
Banijay has moved into the live events space by acquiring a majority stake in the company that claims to have “organized the highest number of Olympic Games ceremonies.”
Eva Longoria is thrilled to present her new film ‘Flamin’ Hot’ at the White House on Thursday. After making her directorial debut, the 48-year-old star will be honored with a special screening for Latino leaders and community members, hosted by Joe and Jill Biden.The actress is sharing her excitement to attend, as she will also be joined by cast members.
It took three years and cost the public purse £32m. The Manchester Arena Inquiry finally came to a close on Wednesday, but instead of back-slapping and congratulations for a job well done, there was palpable frustration and fear that this vast and expensive effort may, in some respects, have been in vain.
For many, who perhaps came to know him later, Rock Hudson was known as one of the first Hollywood stars to die of AIDS in the mid-1980s. The shocker of it all was that, throughout his legendary career, mainly in the 1950s and ‘60s was that he was one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men— the embodiment of romantic masculinity and heterosexuality.
For many, who perhaps came to know him later, Rock Hudson was known as one of the first Hollywood stars to die of AIDS in the mid-1980s. The shocker of it all was that, throughout his legendary career, mainly in the 1950s and ‘60s was that he was one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men— the embodiment of romantic masculinity and heterosexuality.
The HBO Original documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore reveals the life of the titular actress, producer and philanthropist who dazzled family, friends and fans both on and off screen until her death in 2017.