BMG acquires Jean-Michel Jarre’s publishing catalogue

Joan Collins, 89, wowed her fans while dressed in just a bikini while on holiday with her toyboy husband, 56, last week - so we thought we'd take a look at some other hot celebrities aged 70 and over.

Carson Burton Alexander Skarsgård, Nicholas Braun, French actor Liliane Rovère and others have joined the cast for Season 53 of “Documentary Now!,” IFC announced Friday. The channel also released a first look teaser as well as final details for two new episodes to round out the season.Known for paying homage to the world of documentaries, “Documentary Now!” Season 53 will debut with on Wednesday, Oct.

“Jurassic World Dominion” and “The Intouchables” star Omar Sy has been tapped to lead John Woo’s reimagining of his 1989 film “The Killers” for Universal Pictures.The crime action thriller followed a top-tier mob assassin named Jeffrey, who decides to retire after he accidentally blinds a nightclub singer who gets caught in the crossfire of one of his hit jobs. Before quitting his beloved profession, he takes one last job to pay for her sight-restoring operation, only to be double-crossed.

Universal has announced that Lupin‘s Omar Sy will lead John Woo’s reimagining of his 1989 crime drama The Killer for Peacock.

Dame Joan Collins says that she is "feeling good" while on holiday with her husband Percy Gibson. The pair are sunning it up in Saint Tropez, with the 89-year-old sharing a snap from her trip to her Instagram.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCannes Cinéfondation winner Michael Labarca will hit Locarno’s Open Doors next week with his feature debut project, “Kids Swimming in the Lake,” produced by Venezuela’s Todos Los Ríos, France’s Ticket Shoot Films and Chile’s Oro Films.For Venezuelan movie projects, such international co-productions are not only a virtue but a necessity, “due to the crisis of our public funding for production, our limitation of access to the Ibermedia fund and the complex situation of our country,” said “Kids” producer Patricia Ramírez Arévalo at Todos los Rios.Set in contemporary Venezuela, “Kids Swimming in the Lake” deals with emigration, but from the point of view of those left behind. During constant blackouts, 11-year-old Dayana and her little siblings dream of leaving Venezuela and reuniting with their father, who migrated fleeing the crisis.

Naman Ramachandran Philippe Rousselet, Oscar-winning producer of “Coda,” “Paris, 13th District” director Jacques Audiard, sales agent Hengameh Panahi and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” filmmaker Michel Gondry are part of France’s newly revamped Oscar submission committee.The committee also includes sales agent Grégoire Melin, “11 Flowers” producer Didar Domehri and Gaumont executive Ariane Toscan du Plantier.The new group will decide which French film to submit for an international feature film Oscar. They will meet Sept. 15 to pre-select three to five films.

EXCLUSIVE: Acquisitive French media giant Newen Studios has expanded its UK footprint with the purchase of a majority stake in Rise Films, the Oscar-winning producer of Netflix’s Icarus and All That Breathes, Deadline can reveal.

George Clooney was joined by an NBA legend on a recent day on the water. Pics show that the 61-year-old actor spent July 22 on a boat in Lake Como, Italy, with Michael Jordan and his wife, Yvette Prieto.The trio, who had others with them for their day at sea, was all smiles as they lounged on the water.

“John Wick: Chapter 4” won’t be in theaters until next spring, but the first footage was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday.While the movie didn’t have an official presence at Comic-Con, there was a surprise appearance by Keanu Reeves on Collider’s Directors on Directing panel, where he and director Chad Stahelski debuted a new trailer.The trailer opens with John Wick (Reeves) in the snow. He’s talking to Hiroyuki Sanada (who fans of the franchise will know was originally pegged as the villain for the third film; here he seems much more serene), who says, “Have you given any thought to where this ends?” (His dialogue serves as the teaser trailer’s narration.) He goes on: “The Table will never stop.” Wick, at the end of the third film, was on the outs of the sinister High Table, even after paying a debt of part of a finger.

In what didn’t come as a shocker today at San Diego Comic-Con: Keanu Reeves crashed Collider’s Directors on Directing panel where his John Wick: Chapter 4 Chad Stahelski director was a panelist.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBMG announced early Thursday that it has acquired the entire music publishing back catalog of French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.The deal brings the rights in such groundbreaking albums as “Oxygene” and “Equinoxe” together with Jarre’s writer’s income stream. The company previously acquired the sound recordings of Jarre’s first three albums when it bought noted independent record label Francis Dreyfus Music in 2012.Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although for context, according to the announcement, Jarre has racked up 85 million-plus album sales over his career.Jarre said of his deal with the German-based company, “This partnership with BMG means a lot to me.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCanal Plus Group is in advanced discussions to acquire the film, television, and pay-TV divisions of Orange, the leading French telco group.Canal Plus Group, whose parent company is Vivendi, already owns 33.3% of OCS, the pay-TV arm of Orange, and has been distributing the service on its platform as part of its cable bundle since 2011. Canal Plus and Orange could enter into exclusive negotiations as early as September and would then be subjected to anti-trust approval, according to a pair of senior industry sources.

John Travolta is enjoying some quality time with his daughter Ella, and it looks like they are having a lovely time!MORE: John Travolta's son Ben shares glimpse inside incredible home gym at family's Florida mansionThe Grease star was pictured in snaps published by the Daily Mail walking around Paris with the 22-year-old on Sunday, during a vacation in the French capital.Ella looked incredibly stylish dressed in a Celine T-shirt teamed with elongated white linen trousers and black sandals.VIDEO: John Travolta celebrates happy news involving daughter EllaJohn, meanwhile, looked dapper in a navy blazer, co-ordinating T-shirt and jeans.MORE: John Travolta and his family face heartbreaking weekMORE: John Travolta shares rare photo of son Benjamin during family trip to the beachThe iconic actor is a doting father to Ella and 11-year-old son Ben, as well as late son Jett, who tragically passed away in 2009.John is incredibly close to his children, and Ella made sure to pay a public tribute to her dad last month as they marked Father's Day. John Travolta and daughter Ella are incredibly close The 22-year-old shared a sweet snapshot of herself with her father and brother, and wrote: "Happy Father's Day, to the smartest, kindest, most generous man I know.MORE: John Travolta receives sweet Father's Day tribute from daughter EllaMORE: John Travolta shares 'very proud moment' in rare personal video"Just by being yourself, you have taught me the most important lessons in life.