Both Little Simz and Knucks take Best Album prize at this year’s MOBO Awards

Has Chanel finally outgrown the sink?? Sure looks like it! LOLz!

French author and now filmmaker Annie Ernaux is having a year. She was just awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for literature. Her autobiographical L’Événement was adapted by director Audrey Diwan into the critically acclaimed Happening, released last spring. And this weekend, Kino Lorber presents her directorial debut, The Super 8 Years, at Film at Lincoln Center and DCTV Firehouse in NYC, expanding to LA and select markets through January.

Love and compassion don’t require grand gestures. Often, the subtlest actions forge the deepest, most meaningful connections — a patient ear, a shared space, a gentle hand.

Broadway’s oft-stated efforts to reach beyond traditional audiences and its own mid-town environs seems evident in the choice of location for the 2023 Tony Awards: Rather than the usual theater-district and Times Square haunts like Radio City Music Hall or one of the major Broadway venues, the Tonys will be broadcast live on CBS from the United Palace in upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood.

DEALSSony Music Publishing has signed singer, songwriter and producer Naomi Kimpenu to a worldwide publishing agreement. “Naomi is an exceptional talent with a very bright future ahead of her”, says co-MD Tim Major. “She is a real force and we feel so lucky to be given the opportunity to support and cherish such an amazing person in the next phase of her career”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSBMG has appointed Pierrot Raschdorff as Senior Director of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

The Golden Globe nominations for 2022 are out! And they’re missing some pretty big names!

The mountain lion who has attracted media attention for his forays from his habitat in urban Griffith Park in Los Angeles is soon to be captured.

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR“Avatar: The Way of Water”“Elvis”“Everything Everywhere All at Once”“The Fabelmans”“Nope”“She Said”“Tár”“Top Gun: Maverick”“The Woman King”“Women Talking”AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR“Abbott Elementary”“The Bear”“Better Call Saul”“Hacks”“Mo”“Pachinko”“Reservation Dogs”“Severance”“Somebody Somewhere”“The White Lotus”AFI SPECIAL AWARD“The Banshees of Inisherin”“AFI shines a light upon excellence in storytelling and the collaborators who bring these stories to the screen,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI President and CEO. “This year, more than ever, celebrating the community of artists that realize these dreams is particularly meaningful – as they have lifted our spirits through the most challenging of times and proven the power of this great art form.”Honorees will gather on Friday, Jan.

else on your list, the best place to start is with the 3-year-old's current interests and stage in life. Is the kiddo into arts and crafts, or would they rather learn more about animals? Do they need something that'll keep them actively engaged or are Mom and Dad in need of a little help for wind-down time? Despite their kid being one in eight million, the answer may be yes to all of the above.

Massive names in dance music have been confirmed for a festival at Ayr Beach.

And, they’re back. After a series of Covid-related stops and starts, Shanghai Disneyland has again reopened today, marking the Shanghai Disney Resort’s latest return to full operations. 

DEALSBMG has acquired various music rights from Chris Rea, just as his song ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ starts its annual rise up the charts. “Chris Rea’s integrity as a musician and his commitment to his art is legendary”, says BMG’s UK President Repertoire & Marketing, Alistair Norbury. “BMG is proud to become custodian of his music interests”.————————————————–RELEASESLittle Simz has announced that she will release a new album called ‘No Thank You’ at some point in the future.

It may have seemed like a heavyweight match this year between House of the Dragon and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but as far as the Critics Choice Awards are concerned, the HBO drama had the better performances.

Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells’s acclaimed debut feature Aftersun swept the board, snagging seven wins at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) in London this evening.

In the semi-documentary film Eami, a word that tellingly means both “forest” and “world” to the indigenous Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay, the native’s increasingly shrinking landscape, due to deforestation, serves as a grounded but dreamlike backdrop for a story that blends elements of fiction and nonfiction storytelling.

Roll up, roll up, Insiders. The Deadline International team have once again been travelling the world to bring you the latest news and analysis from the global film and TV biz, with Mel and Zac both in the Middle East. Max and I actually found the TV world descending on London for once, so we didn’t have to go so far for access. Read on.