Arthur Essebag’s Satisfaction Gathers Yes Yes Media, Keshet, Fulwell 73 Producers at Inaugural Creative Alliance Days in Paris (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran The international documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc concluded its 35th edition in La Rochelle, France on June 27, drawing 2,100 participants from 68 countries. The four-day event, themed “Mapping the Future,” showcased 90 exhibitors and hosted 250 international decision-makers.

Travel blog by Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) – Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) - Travel & Lifestyle Hipster Blog Paris is one of those cities you’ll find on many a person’s bucket list. The weather in the city is hot, but not unbearably so. The geography places it on the doorstep of several European countries, whose citizens can, in just a couple of hours or more after taking off, be landing on Parisian soil.

In the hours after the UK’s first TV election debate this month, the two main political parties turned to the same device to hero their leaders. The Conservative Party filmed two cabinet members watching the debate, sipping wine, and lauding their boss Rishi Sunak. Labour put the focus on voters, all of whom sat on their sofas heralding Keir Starmer. 

Paul McCartney and Bill Gates are connected now!

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Louise Thompson has once again been flooded with praise and support from her fans as she shared with them words she 'never thought she'd say' as she stunned during an appearance in Paris.

After several sightings where he continued to rock his wedding ring despite marital problems, Ben Affleck has taken off the gold!

Cyclist Katie Archibald sadly won’t be heading to the Olympics in Paris this year — after suffering one of the worst injuries we’ve ever heard!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Hollywood Creative Alliance has ended its defamation lawsuit against the Critics Choice Association, as both sides announced Friday that they had reached an “amicable agreement.” In a joint announcement between CCA CEO Joey Berlin and HCA CEO Scott Menzel, the two sides said that the Critics Choice Association will once again allow its members to also be a part of the Hollywood Creative Alliance. Also, Berlin has joined HCA’s advisory committee to “provide guidance on the best practices in awards show production and not-for-profit organization management,” and HCA has agreed to advise CCA on “best accessibility practices at its events.” In January, the Hollywood Creative Alliance (which was formerly known as Hollywood Critics Association) sued the Critics Choice Association after that org told its members that they had to resign from the HCA in order to stay members of the CCA.

The Kelce brothers are taking over Cannes!

Merrily We Roll Along, the smash Broadway hit starring Tony-winners Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe and nominee Lindsay Mendez, is being professionally filmed by RadicalMedia, the same production company that proshot and produced Hamilton and Come From Away.

Nearly three years since James Arthur McDonald Jr. bailed on a meeting with SEC over allegations of defrauding investors for millions, the FBI picked up the former CNBC pundit in Washington state this weekend.

Salma Hayek celebrated Father’s Day with a great throwback that showcases the friendship that exists between herself and Penelope Cruz. In an Instagram post, Hayek shared a photo alongside Cruz and both of their fathers, reminiscing about the time they celebrated Father’s Day together.Salma Hayek shares a sizzling bikini throwback from 1999 comparing it to 2020Salma Hayek dazzles in Paris during state dinner hosted by the President of France, Emmanuel MacronA post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault (@salmahayek)The photo shows Hayek and Cruz in costume, with them wearing black and white period outfits from their film “Bandidas,” which came out in 2006. The two are holding on to their fathers, who smile at the camera.

EXCLUSIVE: Israeli romcom drama series The Baker and the Beauty is being remade for France’s TF1, with French singer-songwriter Amir Haddad playing the lead in his debut TV role.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The historic gains of the French far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) during the European elections on June 9 and French President Emmanuel Macron‘s shock decision to dissolve the National Assembly have not only propelled the country’s film and TV industry into a state of panic but are causing ripples across the economy. Boasting the second-biggest economy in Europe, France saw its stock exchange take a hit this week amid talks that Marine Le Pen‘s far-right party had a solid chance of performing strongly in the parliamentary elections set for June 30 and July 7.

Annika Pham Under the auspices of Comunidad de Madrid and the prestigious ECAM film school, the four day ECAM Forum co-production market got off to a flying start with its inaugural session, closing June 13 with an awards ceremony at Madrid’s historical Matadero cultural space. One of eight features in work in progress, the creative documentary “Gods of Stone” (“Deuses de Pedra”) by the Spanish Iván Castiñeiras Gallego scooped the new Comunidad de Madrid award and its €15,000 ($16,000) cash prize earmarked towards its post-production.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French shark movie “Under Paris” made a sneak attack on worldwide streaming last week, scoring the best launch for a non-English language film on Netflix with 41 million views in its five first days on the service. Dropping a month before the start of the summer Olympics in Paris, the movie about triathlon athletes who get devoured during a swimming race in the Seine river ranked first on Netflix’s top 10 for non-English language films across 93 countries.

Ben Croll In a sign of Folivari’s widening ambitions, the French animation powerhouse will handle world sales of the Sherlock Holmes spinoff “The Baker Street Four” through its newly launched distribution branch Folivari International. Adapted from a local comic book series that pairs Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective with four streetwise urchins, the title was developed in-house, with Folivari and Blue Spirit (“Blue Eye Samurai”) tackling creative duties and Canal+ set as commissioning broadcaster.

Ben Croll French animation outfit Blue Spirit (the studio behind Netflix sensation “Blue Eye Samurai”) will introduced an in-house digital creation and development label under the moniker Blue Spirit Creative. Offering full-service creative and graphic development for features, series, ads and games, the creative label will be run by the Paris-based team behind Digital Banana, which Blue Spirit acquired last year. “We can now offer a one-stop-shop,” says Blue Spirit CEO Olivier Lelardoux.

It has been a high-profile 12 months for Mediawan Kids & Family thanks to subsidiary Method Animation’s involvement in the Ladybug & Cat Noir franchise, which has been enjoying box office success worldwide with a first feature film adaptation.