K.J. Yossman Trinity Creative Partnership have snapped up U.K. sales rights for historical war film “Love, Courage and the Battle for Bushy Run,” which is launching at AFM.
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Ivy Queen was a part of your life. Martha Ivelisse Pesante Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico and built a career that boomed at a time when reggaeton was making its international crossover. Unlike Daddy Yankee, Nicky Jam, and other reggeatoneros of the era, Ivy Queen was a woman.
Her ascent was unique and marked a before-and-after moment for an industry that now has plenty of women ranking in the charts, all solely because of her influence. Ivy Queen to receive Icon Award at 2023 Billboard Latin Music AwardsNPR continues its Hispanic Heritage Month celebration with Becky, Ivy Queen, and more artistsPeso Pluma, Bad Bunny, and Karol G are the top winners of the 2023 Billboard Latin Music AwardsHOLA USA! attended Ivy Queen’s Tiny Desk concert. The stage, which is located in NPR’s headquarters in Washington D.C., has hosted all manner of musicians, from pop stars to indie artists.
Ivy Queen comes as a crowning jewel of sorts in NPR’s Hispanic Heritage coverage, which is a month-long segment nicknamed ‘El Tiny’, lead by NPR Music’s’ Alt.Latino. “We’ve been making ‘El Tiny Desk’ for the past three years,” explains Felix Contreras, one of the co-hosts of Alt.Latino, which he runs alongside Anamaria Sayre. “The idea was that we had so many Latin artists that we couldn’t stretch them out to just a few weeks.
We ended up doing the whole month.” This year’s ‘El Tiny Desk’ has welcomed Latin artists of all backgrounds and genres, from the Venezuelan beach band Rawayana to the queer trap of Villano Antillano. “We try to do a combination of the pop world and some folklore. It’s very important for us to recognize the folkloric roots of whatever culture we’re spotlighting.
K.J. Yossman Trinity Creative Partnership have snapped up U.K. sales rights for historical war film “Love, Courage and the Battle for Bushy Run,” which is launching at AFM.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Funny Birds,” an heartwarming comedy-drama starring Andrea Riseborough, Catherine Deneuve and Morgan Saylor, has sold in key territories in the run up to the AFM. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the movie is directed by Marco La Via and Hanna Ladoul.
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Jack Black took it upon himself to raise the spirits of his fellow striking actors by stripping to his underwear and singing a Taylor Swift song at a fundraiser.Black was performing at the Give Back-ular Spectacular! Show on Wednesday (October 25) at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, an event held to support members of the acting union SAG-AFTRA who are struggling due to the strikes.Black, who had been expected to perform a stand-up set, ripped his shirt off and walked through the crowd, asking for any song requests.Responding to one suggestion for Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’, Black said, “I know that one. Everyone knows that fucking song!”Audience member Amrita Khalid shared the clip of the performance on X, formerly known as Twitter, adding, “Watching Jack Black strip and then serenade us with Taylor Swift wasn’t on my bingo card for 2023”.Watching Jack Black strip and then serenade us with Taylor Swift wasn’t on my bingo card for 2023.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Just over a month after The New Yorker published a story in which it was revealed that Hasan Minhaj embellished some of his stand-up routines, the comedian has responded in a 20-minute video in which he calls the The New Yorker’s exposé “needlessly misleading.” “With everything that’s happening in the world, I’m aware even talking about this now feels so trivial,” Minhaj says in the video. “But being accused of ‘faking racism’ is not trivial. It’s very serious, and it demands an explanation…To everyone who read that article, I want to answer the biggest question that’s probably on your mind: Is Hasan Minhaj secretly a psycho? Underneath all that pomp, is Hasan Minhaj just a con artist who uses fake racism and Islamophobia to advance his career? Because after reading that article, I would also think that.” “I just want to say to anyone who felt betrayed or hurt by my stand-up, I am sorry,” he continues.
Valerie Wu Intern The 2023 annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF), hosted from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19, has announced its slate of awards winners.
Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice has been photographed for the first time looking glum, after his celebrity partner Amanda Abbington quit the show.The 33-year-old Italian dancer appeared downcast as he was photographed in a black puffer jacket, amid claims that his partner became "fragile and frazzled" because she couldn't cope with his tough training sessions. Amanda quit the show just days after she pulled out of a live performance due to ill health. Presenter Fleur East announced that Amanda had called it quits on the Spin-off show It Takes Two on Monday night.
Marta Balaga Following musical sequences in her latest doc “Vika!,” Polish director Agnieszka Zwiefka will turn to animation for an upcoming project under the working title “Runa.” “What can I say? I really like fusion cuisine,” she laughs. “I like hybrid films, because this division between documentary and fiction is completely pointless. I see documentary as a very capacious bag.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In too many thrillers to count, the key scene, and the most suspenseful one, arrives when the hero or heroine, investigating a chemical spill or a murder or what have you, sits down at the computer and deep dives into a web search, the information-age detective work culminating in that inevitable “Aha!” moment of discovery. So here’s where the darkness leads. There’s a sequence like that in “Another Body,” a groundbreaking, creepy, fascinating, and important documentary about a phenomenon that’s only going to grow in significance: the deepfaking of pornography.
Marta Balaga Pole-vaulting champion Armand “Mondo” Duplantis might be on his way to another record, as Red Bull Studios continues selling “Born to Fly,” a documentary feature about his life. So far, the film has been picked up by Germany (Sky), France (Canal+), Switzerland (3+ and RTS), Norway (NRK), Finland (MTV3), Spain (Movistar Plus+), Belgium (VRT) and Estonia (ERR). “We are delighted to partner with broadcast partners throughout the world to showcase this incredible athlete and his sport to global audiences,” said Sebastian Burkhardt, head of partnerships and commercial strategy at Red Bull Studios.
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Stan’s upcoming mega-church drama Prosper.
Princess Diana in an upcoming play about her notorious 1995 “Panorama” interview is here. The 35-year-old actress looks just like the late Princess of Wales in photos released Wednesday from “The Interview,” which will debut at London’s Park Theatre at the end of the month.Kettle donned a nearly identical blazer and skirt that Diana wore to speak with disgraced journalist Martin Bashir.
Kate Middleton looked flawless as she donned an elegant cream knitted two-piece outfit for a Royal trip to the Midlands. The Princess of Wales, 41, ditched the business chic power suits she has opted for on recent engagements in favour of the stunning £110 top from one of her favourite brands, Sezane, along with a matching skirt.The popular princess teamed the outfit with camel pumps, a pair of teardrop pearl earrings and a £365 1950s-inspired Tusting bag in taupe for Wednesday’s visit to Nottingham Trent University in the East Midlands.
Brent Lang Executive Editor “Shucked” will embark on a North American tour in the fall of 2024, one that will see the charmingly corny Broadway musical make stops in the likes of Austin, Chicago and Los Angeles. The tour will begin performances at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island before playing in over 30 cities in its first season. Currently, the show is scheduled to also hit Atlanta, Buffalo, Charlotte, Dallas, Durham, East Lansing, Fort Lauderdale, Greenville, Houston, Los Angeles, Madison, Nashville, Orlando, San Antonio, Schenectady, St.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Bertrand Bonello‘s “The Beast,” a dystopian romance drama starring Lea Seydoux (“No Time to Die”) and George MacKay (“1917”), has been bought by distributors in all major markets following its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Represented in international markets by Kinology, “The Beast” has sold to the U.K. (Vertigo Releasing), Italy (iWonder), Spain (Caramel), Australia and New Zealand (Rialto), Benelux (Imagine), Scandinavia (NonStop), Latin America (Impacto), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (New Horizons), Greece (Weirdwave), Portugal (Alambique), CIS (Capella), Romania (Transilvania), Bulgaria (Cinelibri), Ex-Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom), India (Superfine) and Indonesia (P.T.
Laura Anderson looked sensational as she walked the red carpet at the Pride of Britain Awards just weeks after welcoming her first child.
Incubus staged a special concert at the Hollywood Bowl during which they performed their seminal 2001 album ‘Morning View’ in its entirety.During the show, Incubus brought out pop star Lizzo to perform ‘Aqueous Transmission’ off the record, for which she provided support on the flute. Watch the moment below.Elsewhere during their performance of ‘Morning View’, Incubus played old songs like ‘Blood on the Ground’, ‘Have You Ever’, and ‘Under My Umbrella’ for the first time in a decade.
the 1954 big-screen classic starring Humphrey Bogart as Lieutenant Commander Philip Queeg, he of the nervously-twirled metal balls and questionable sanity.The movie premieres Oct. 6 on Paramount+ with Showtime (paramountplus.qflm.net/9WG5D0) — and Oct. 8 on Showtime (9 p.m.) — and features an all-star cast, including Kiefer Sutherland as Queeg and the late Lance Reddick, all of whom deliver bravura performances.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Alexander Kiesl and Steffen Hacker have been tapped to direct a film adaptation of Home Sweet Home, a popular action-horror video game. Casting is currently underway for the movie, titled “Home Sweet Home Rebirth.” Principle photography is set to begin in Bangkok, Thailand, this fall.
Ivy Queen has shared a sweet and inspiring video on her social media. The clip shows her encounter with Feid, with the latter artist thanking her for her work and her contributions to the genre.