Brazil’s Bernard Lessa Talks Agency, Kindness and a Character Unable to Escape Politics in ‘The Cuban Doctor’

Legendary footballer Rio Ferdinand has shown off his impressive hair and beard transplant. The former Manchester United star, who married his girlfriend Kate Wright back in September 2019 in Turkey, travelled back to the country for the treatment at Dr Emrah Cinik's clinic, reports Daily Star. A viral TikTok video shows the ace sporting legend getting the treatment done.

Manchester City will compete in their first-ever Club World Cup this week and kick-off with a semi-final clash against Urawa Red Diamonds this evening.

Bundesliga side RB Leipzig are reportedly ready to enter the race for Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho.

A Brazilian wife living with her Scots husband is set to be chucked out of the country over “utterly disgusting” new immigration rules.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Introducing the Manhattan Transfer’s final show at Walt Disney Concert Hall, writer Bruce Vilanch emphasized the multi-genre status the vocal ensemble built up and maintained over a 50-year-plus career that, from all indications, really was coming to a close Friday night. “I’m thrilled to be here for the final concert of the greatest pop-rock-jazz-soul-R&B-scat-vocalese-Brazilian group in the history of America,” Vilanch said. In keeping with that multi-hyphenate spirit, the group’s apparent swan song in downtown Los Angeles’ toniest venue was a happy-sad-ebullient-misty-eyed affair.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour will be available to watch at home from December.Directed by Sam Wrench, the concert film documents Swift’s latest tour which runs through her biggest hits and rarities across all ten of her studio albums.After it was released in cinemas in October, the film has become the highest-grossing concert movie ever, earning $249million at the worldwide box office. It also landed a nomination at the 2024 Golden Globes for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.In the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, the film will be available to rent digitally from December 13 (to coincide with Swift’s birthday).Other confirmed territories include Australia and New Zealand from December 14, and Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Mexico and Brazil from December 21.As listed on Swift’s website, the film will be available from Apple TV+, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Xfinity, YouTube and Sky.The extended version on streaming services will include songs which were cut from the cinematic release, including ‘Wildest Dreams’, ‘The Archer’ and ‘Long Live’.In a four-star review of the film, NME wrote: “It’s a staggering feat.

Anitta wowed the audience at TikTok In the Mix on Sunday (December 10) at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz.

Lele Pons and her Dancing With the Stars castmate and winner Xochitl Gomez get into the Christmas spirit with Harry Jowsey. Anitta shares a behind the scenes look of the filming of her new music video, “BELLAKEO” with Peso Pluma. JLo shares the struggle of presaving her own song.

Thania Garcia Ahead of his first concert in Brazil, Peso Pluma recruited Brazillian singer Anitta for a sultry new reggaeton single called “Bellakeo.” On Thursday, Peso released the song’s dark and sensual official music video featuring Anitta and a crew of dancers dressed in all black performing a ritual on a man. In “Bellakeo,” which loosely translates to being sexually aroused or flirtatious, Peso and Anitta sing about their yearning for seduction.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “The Summer With Carmen,” Zacharias Mavroeidis’ queer comedy, has been acquired in major territories since world premiering at the Venice Film Festival. The movie, which is represented by Be For Films and had its North American premiere at AFI, recently won three prizes at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. It will be released next year by Cinobo in Greece, Epicentre in France and Xenix Filmdistribution in Switzerland.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor A full house greeted Chris Hemsworth as he dropped into the Red Sea Film Festival for an In Conversation event with jury head, Baz Luhrmann. It was something of an Oz fest as the beginning of the conversation was dominated by George Miller and littered with references to fellow antipodean superstars like Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson. It was natural Miller was predominant as Hemsworth had flown directly from Comic Con in Brazil, where the first trailer of Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” was premiered.

The Aussies took over Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival this evening as Elvis filmmaker Baz Luhrmann sat down for a career Q&A with actor Chris Hemsworth. 

Florence Pugh was left shocked as she was hit in the face by an object thrown from the crowd during a “Dune: Part Two” panel at Comic-Con in São Paolo, Brazil, on Sunday.The incident took place when Pugh, 27, stood alongside her co-stars Timothée Chalamat, Austin Butler, Zendaya and more as they posed for photographs close to the edge of the stage.The unidentified object appeared to come from the audience above and landed directly on Pugh’s eye, according to a social media video. As she exclaimed “Ow,” Chalamat, Butler, 32, and Zendaya, 27, all looked to the floor to see what it was.The “Wonka” actor, 27, for his part, appeared to lean over and ask “Are you okay?” to Pugh.Prior to the moment, the “Oppenheimer” actress appeared to be in good spirits with the rest of the cast.“I had an amazing time coming in and just hanging around with these people, let alone actually getting to work with them,” she said.

Ventana Sur’s coveted Paradiso WIP Award, made up of a $10,000 cash prize, went to Brazil’s “The Cuban Doctor.” Its director, Bernard Lessa, reflected on the significance of the award: “It’s a very important initiative and a partner in the cause of Brazilian cinema,” he said, as he expressed his joy at receiving the accolade. Lessa’s story turns on Akin, a Cuban doctor working in Brazil during former President Jair Bolsonaro’s controversial tenure, who faces political headwinds while he’s simply trying to do his job with the respect and kindness his patients deserve.

The first teaser trailer for HBO‘s Game of Thrones Season 2 has arrived ahead of the show’s release in summer 2024 (above). The teaser and a collection of first-look photos (below) debuted today during the show’s CCXP23 panel in São Paulo, Brazil.

If there was any doubt about the “Game of Thrones” brand and what else it could sustain—dozens of spin-offs were put into development, but almost all were scrapped— well, the prequel “House Of The Dragon” put any concerns to rest. Earlier this week, new posters for Emma D’Arcy’s Rhaenyra Targaryen and Olivia Cooke’s Alicent Hightower were unveiled, signaling the way for a new trailer, and it’s finally arrived from CCXP in Brazil.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly living together. The hot celebrity couple are said to be spending as much time together as possible before Swift has to head back out on tour. This means that Swift will be staying in Kansas City, where Kelce plays for the Chiefs.

Furiosa, the latest addition to the Mad Max franchise.Set as the prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, which arrived back in 2015, the first glimpse at the upcoming film sees Anya Taylor-Joy shaving her head and taking on the role of Imperator Furiosa – the war captain originally played by Charlize Theron.Venturing back to before the events in Fury Road, the new movie follows the story of a young Furiosa as she is taken away from the Green Place of Many Mothers and forced to find a way to survive.It marks the fifth instalment to the Mad Max franchise, and also features Tom Burke and Chris Hemsworth – the latter of which looks unrecognisable with his prosthetics for the character Dementos.Other actors to star in the forthcoming prequel include Quaden Bayles, Daniel Webber and Lachy Hulme, as well as Fury Road actors Nathan Jones and Angus Sampson who will be reprising their roles of Rictus Erectus and The Organic Mechanic. Check out the official trailer below.The new trailer was first showcased at Brazil’s Comic-Con event, CCXP, last night (November 30), and this is also where the updated title was confirmed as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.George Miller directed the prequel and also co-wrote the screenplay for Furiosa alongside Nico Lathouris.

George Miller returns to the wasteland with “Furiosa,” the prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Warner Bros. released the first trailer for the action entry, which sees Anya Taylor-Joy shaving her head to take on the role of Imperator Furiosa, the fierce war captain that Charlize Theron played in the 2015 action film. The prequel, which is the fifth entry in Miller’s “Mad Max” franchise, follows a young Furiosa as she comes into her own after being taken away from the Green Place of Many Mothers and is immersed into a sinister world.

Warner Bros & Heyday Films’ Wonka rolled out the red carpet in London this evening for the world premiere of the feature musical.