At the End of Evin Review: Reel Affirmations 2023

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Just about everybody in Hollywood is celebrating the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike after 119 days, but not everyone can do it with the same suave style as Kevin Bacon. The “Footloose” star posted a video on Thursday afternoon celebrating the end of the strike and performing his signature smooth dance moves in his unfinished barn. “Is this how I find out the strike is over?,” wrote one TikTok user on his video.

Jessica Kiang The 87 submissions for this year’s Academy Award for international feature mark a drop-off from the last few record-setting years when that number has been consistently in the 90s. Whether this is an immediate reaction to the Academy’s rule change mandating that at least 50% of every national selection committee needs to be made up of “artists and or craftspeople from the field of motion pictures” is an open question. But the big-hitters remain in the race and so, pending the official confirmation of the eligibility of the below from the Academy, here is the full international feature submissions list for the 96th Academy Awards.

A year before his death, Matthew Perry revealed that he asked “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman to give him the final line of the series. “No one else will care about this except me,” Perry wrote in his memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.”“So may I please have the last line?” he asked the producer. Perry’s wish, of course, was granted, as the Season 10 finale ended with Chandler and Monica (played by Perry and Courteney Cox) saying goodbye to their empty apartment alongside Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Ross (David Schwimmer).At one point, Rachel suggests they all go grab a final cup of coffee before Chandler and Monica leave New York City and go to live in the suburbs with their children.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has unveiled it 2023 line-up and theme as it maintains its third edition against the backdrop of the escalating Israel-Gaza Conflict. (scroll down for full list)

Emmerdale's real-life couple Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden have sparked rumours of a split.The pair, who have been together for over two decades, have reportedly been 'living separate' lives recently.The couple, parents to Buster, 12, Bowie, six, and Ace, three, had previously separated in 2013 for two years before reuniting and marrying in 2018.They first met in 2007 and got engaged in 2009. Despite their past reconciliation, sources now suggest that the actors are 'living separate lives' and are in 'very different places' in their personal lives.

Grimes has teamed up with Iranian Dutch artist and producer Sevdaliza, and shared the new track ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’. Check it out below.The single marks the first time that the two artists have come together for a collaboration, and the final result is an introspective rave-inspired hit.“Love me then let me go/ Acid rays through my bones/ Angels in a ravers heart/ Love me then let me go/ Tomorrow I’ll open my eyes/ I don’t wanna waste my youth,” Grimes sings in the opening chorus of the track before Sevdaliza joins for the verse.‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ also marks Sevdaliza’s second single of 2023, following her track, ‘Ride or Die’, which arrived back in June and featured an appearance from Villano Antillano.“Admiration and adoration turn into weapons when women challenge expectations,” the artist and producer said of the track (via Our Culture).

Emmerdale's real-life couple Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden have sparked rumours of a split.The pair, who have been together for over two decades, have reportedly been 'living separate' lives recently.The couple, parents to Buster, 12, Bowie, six, and Ace, three, had previously separated in 2013 for two years before reuniting and marrying in 2018.They first met in 2007 and got engaged in 2009. Despite their past reconciliation, sources now suggest that the actors are 'living separate lives' and are in 'very different places' in their personal lives.

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Tony and Emmy Award-nominated actor Arian Moayed (Succession) and Oscar-winning filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi (Period. End of Sentence.) have boarded Liam LoPinto‘s Oscar-qualifying live-action short The Old Young Crow as executive producers.

Swedish director Ruben Östlund has been announced as a guest of honor at the 15th edition of France’s Les Arcs Film Festival, in the role of its Talent Village Ambassador.

The 20th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival has announced its selection, opening with Richard Linklater’s comedy Hit Man. (scroll down for full list of films)

EXCLUSIVE: Succession star Arian Moayed is getting behind the award-winning documentary Joonam as it makes a push for Oscar consideration.

, Friends. Over the years, , , , , , and have shown that their bond as the fictional one between Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Chandler Bing, Joey Tribbiani, and Ross Geller.On October 28, Perry at 54 years old, according to . “We are devastated to learn of Matthew Perry's passing,” a statement posted to the official Friends reads.

Bing be any more important to “Friends”? “Friends” was the biggest show in the world when it aired from 1994-2004 (and, to this day, it’s still a hit on streaming services). It wouldn’t have been the same without Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), who managed to be the heart, soul and sarcastic funny bone of the show. On Saturday, Perry tragically died at age 54, reportedly by drowning in a hot tub at his California home.

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested while attending the funeral of teenager Armita Geravand, who died after allegedly being assaulted by morality police on the Tehran metro system for not wearing Iran‘s obligatory headscarf.

EXCLUSIVE: Picture Tree International (PTI) has boarded sales on German Iranian director Alireza Golafshan’s comedy Everything’s Fifty Fifty about a divorced couple who embark on a family vacation, ahead of the AFM.

The Friends cast are mourning their “brother” Matthew Perry’s tragic death.

Overall Rating for this Program: ★★★★☆, CRITIC’S PICKThis year’s “Transitions” program kicks off with a sweet, honest portrayal of young love in Daisy Friedman’s As You Are (★★★☆☆).Millie and Piper, an inter-abled lesbian couple played by Bri Scalesse and Estefanía Giraldo, navigate their expectations around spending the night together for the first time and must reckon with their own sexuality and vulnerability as so many couples do.Although the two have an early moment of tension around Millie’s use of a wheelchair, that tension reveals itself to be about a deeper insecurity on Piper’s part. In this way, Friedman takes a refreshing approach to depicting disability on film, making sure it is present and acknowledged, but taking care to tell a three-dimensional love story around it, too.Honey & Milk (★★★☆☆) drops us into the end of a mature relationship, following the story of a couple who has decided to end their partnership and must dismantle their lives.We are dropped into the final weekend of the relationship between Grayson, who has begun to transition, and Alice, who loves and supports her partner but struggles to grieve the impending loss.While there is little in the way of narrative payoff and the short seems uncertain of exactly what it wants to build towards, the chemistry between the two is believable, it nevertheless stands as a beautifully shot portrait of a love that outlasts a relationship that must end so one half can be free to thrive.The program takes a heartrending turn with Our Males & Females (★★★★☆), a brief, deeply affecting short from Jordan.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage and The Offspring have been announced as performers for this year’s Almost Acoustic Christmas festival.The annual Los Angeles’ KROQ radio station fest will take place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on December 9. Other acts that are set to perform include Bleachers, Portugal. The Man, Cannons, Lovejoy, Bakar and The Beaches.Tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 3 at 12:00pm PT.

Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden, who plays the role of shopkeeper David Metcalfe, met his wife when he joined the soap in 2006, they had a brief split before their surprise wedding. Earlier this year, Matthew, 43, announced that he would be leaving the hit ITV soap after almost 20 years as he's "ready for a change".The soap star went on to appear on This Morning in September where he shared the news that he's landed the role of Buddy in the on-stage production of Elf the Musical for its festive run in London. He went on to say that he was due to start rehearsals for the musical a matter of days after filming his final scenes in Emmerdale.

For nearly a decade, Aram Sheibani lived a life of luxury. He jetted around the world, stayed in luxury hotels and drove top-of-the-range cars - including a £250,000 white Bentley. He's said to have bought the flash motor with cash.