Cinemark Losses Narrow In Q2 As Post-Covid “Phenomenon” Takes Hold

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNENT Group, Scandinavia’s leading streaming company, has ordered “Ida Takes Charge,” a dark comedy series based on Kjersti Halvorsen’s acclaimed debut novel by the same name. The eight-part show, which shot this summer in Oslo, is directed by rising Norwegian filmmaker Rikke Gregersen, whose 2018 short film “Dog Eat Dog” won a Student Academy Award and a special jury prize at the BAFTA/LA Student Films Awards.

Apple TV+ series Truth Be Told, discussed her own past experiences and how they relate to her career as a performer in a new interview with Mirror Online.“I had personal struggles or familial situations that were challenging,” Hudson said. “[They] kind of prepared me for my future and my success.

Annika Pham Powered by its famed partners, Oslo-based Motion Blur, one of Norway’s top producers of commercials, features and TV shows, has never been that busy with projects both on home turf and in the U.S.That activity in part rolls off the pulling power of the company’s pedigreed partners: “Karate Kid” helmer Harald Zwart; “Kon-Tiki” and “Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Men Tell No Tales” co-helmer Espen Sandberg: and producer Espen Horn (“The 12th Man,”, “Amundsen”).Minority shareholder SF

Alexander Durie After a stellar year picking up awards at Berlin, South by Southwest, Edinburgh and Melbourne, “Ninjababy” continued its prize-winning streak at Norway’s top plaudits for national movies, the Amanda Awards.

Good in the ‘Wood?While Marvel’s latest movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is set to hit movie theaters on September 3, it held its world premiere in Hollywood on Monday, August 16.

If crises continue to mount and late summer box office fails to catch a second wind, Hollywood may have to revisit one of its few remaining sure things: a good dog movie.

Chris Willman Music WriterIn what many in the music industry fear is a harbinger of things to come, Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, a major country music festival set to go down Labor Day weekend in Florida, has been called off for this year due to record-breaking COVID spikes in the state.Chris Stapleton, Brooks & Dunn and Old Dominion were slated as headliners for the three-day fest that would have gone down in Panama City, Florida Sept. 3-5.

Pink is still the queen of the household.

Naman Ramachandran Vax.India.Now, a virtual fundraiser to support India in its fight against COVID-19, has raised more than $5 million.Liam Neeson, Annie Lennox, A.R. Rahman, Pia Toscano, Zubin Mehta, Gloria Estefan, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, David Foster, Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, Asif Mandvi, Nishat Khan, Ranjani Gayatri Sisters and Matteo Bocelli participated in the July 7 event, which was globally livestreamed by CNN and Dreamstage.live, and hosted by Hasan Minhaj.

AMC Entertainment saw revenue surge to $444 million last quarter from a pandemic-stalled $18.9 million a year ago. Net losses narrowed to $349 million from $561 million. Both beat Wall Street estimates, plumping the volatile stock by more than 7% in late trading.

Naman Ramachandran Musicians Ed Sheeran, Annie Lennox, A.R. Rahman and Mick Jagger are joining Steven Spielberg and a galaxy of Bollywood stars in supporting the We For India fundraiser for post-COVID relief relief work in India.Celebrities lending their name to the initiative include music group Sister Sledge ft.

Sigrid has spoken about the need to ensure that festival line-ups are as equal in terms of gender splits as possible, saying “everyone needs to be held accountable”.The Norwegian pop star is the latest artist to be featured in NME’s Big Read digital cover story, following the release of her latest single ‘Mirror’ earlier this year.Sigrid is set to perform at this year’s Reading & Leeds festivals this month, the line-ups for which have become an annual subject of criticism, thanks to a reliance

Will Thorne Staff WriterAt this year’s edition of Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, both the future of the selected nine projects, and the co-production market as a whole, will be on the table.The Locarno Film Festival program, which facilitates international co-production for projects from France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, skipped a year due to COVID-19, but is back stronger than ever.“We received more than 70 submissions from the four countries,” says program manager Francesca

Despite a slow recovery in some divisions due to pandemic concerns, Sony Group saw an increase in profits of 9% in the period between April and June of 2021, the company reported in a earnings call on Tuesday. During the period, which represents the first quarter of Sony’s 2021-2022 financial year, Sony Group was sales of 2.25 trillion yen or $20.5 billion, a gain of 15%.

The Masked Singer is the latest television series to find itself recording positive Covid tests.