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Carole Horst The 14th annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York kicks off April 7 and runs  through April 13 as a hybrid with both in-person and virtual events. ReelAbilities is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expression of people with disabilities.The 2022 edition boasts a dozen features and more than 25 shorts, plus post-screening discussion, presented by Pfizer, and other events aimed at opening dialogue and discussion.“The Specials” (pictured above), starring Vincent Cassel, Reda Kateb, Helene Vincent and Brian Mialoudama opens the festival.

Tool have released a reimagined version of their 1992 single ‘Opiate’.The reworked track, which is officially titled ‘Opiate²’, comes ahead of an accompanying short film that’s released on Blu-ray on March 18.‘Opiate²’ will soundtrack a 10-plus minute short film created by visual artist Dominic Hailstone and guitarist Adam Jones. The disc also features “interviews and insights from special guests” and will come with a 46-page art book with behind-the-scenes photos.The biggest difference between the original song and the reimagined version is structural, with an extended section allowing drummer Danny Carey to hit his skins for longer.

Geri Horner celebrated some exciting news on Sunday and took to social media to reveal the update to friends and fans.MORE: Geri Horner shares intimate glimpse inside skiing vacation with husband Christian and their kidsThe former Spice Girl shared on Instagram that her racehorse, Hector, took part in his first race ever and came in at a very respectable second place.WATCH: Geri Horner reveals unexpected mode of transport at the Dutch Grand PrixGeri shared a selection of beautiful pictures and videos capturing the day. One stunning snap was of her with Hannah Henn, the female jockey who rode Hector into the top slot.READ: Geri Horner stuns in rare photo with son Monty – but fans are distractedMORE: Geri Horner cosies up to husband Christian Horner in rare family selfieCaptioning the post, the star wrote: "Horse power! #girlpower Hector our lovely race horse (race name Lift Me Up) had his first ever race with female jockey @hannah_henn congrats they came second!! It was amazing to watch." Geri Horner cosying up to Hector the racehorse Geri dazzled in the photos, head to toe in white, other than some stylish grey wellies and completed with white knitted over-socks.In one of the videos Geri shared, she introduces Hector the horse saying: "Our first ever racehorse Hector there he is.

Japanese Breakfast has rescheduled her upcoming UK tour due to “lingering uncertainty” over COVID-related “travel protocols”.The Michelle Zauner-led project had been due to tour in the UK and Europe next month in support of her June 2021 album ‘Jubilee’.Zauner has now confirmed that she has had to move her upcoming UK live dates to later this year, while also cancelling a number of her scheduled European shows.“Due to lingering uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 travel protocols, we have decided to reschedule our UK and European dates from March to October 2022,” she said in a statement this afternoon (February 28).Zauner added that her planned gigs in Cologne, Hamburg, Antwerp, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona and Copenhagen had been cancelled: “I am truly devastated we can not make it work at this time but I promise we will be back as soon as possible.”A post shared by Japanese Breakfast (@jbrekkie)All tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled shows, though refunds are also available from the point of purchase.You can see Japanese Breakfast’s rescheduled UK and European tour dates below, and find more ticket information here.October20 – Marble Factory, Bristol21 – Brudenell, Leeds22 – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow24 – Albert Hall, Manchester25 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London26 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands27 – Gretchen, Berlin, Germany Japanese Breakfast recently performed the track ‘Be Sweet’ live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the US, which followed on from a performance of ‘Slide Tackle’ on The Late Late Show last month.Japanese Breakfast’s cover of Yoko Ono’s ‘Nobody Sees Me Like You Do’, meanwhile, recently featured on the tribute album ‘Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono’.

Maynard James Keenan has shared a humorous new clip of himself trying to play Jenga behind Tool drummer Danny Carey during one of the band’s recent shows.The band are currently on the North American leg of their world tour, which kicked off last month and is set to visit the UK and Ireland in May.In a clip that was shared over the weekend on Keenan’s personal Instagram page, the frontman is seen crouching down behind Carey’s drum kit during one show in an effort to play a game of Jenga.However, Keenan’s Jenga game is ruined after Carey smashes his giant gong at the back of his drum set, causing the frontman to jokingly yell: “What the fuck! What’s wrong with you?!”A post shared by MJ Keenan (@iamthebriefcase)You can watch a clip of the moment, which Keenan captioned “Danny, you son of a bitch! Tryn ta [sic] Jenga back here, ffs”, in the above post.Tool’s tour continues in Pittsburgh tomorrow (March 1). You can see the dates of their UK and European tour below, and find any remaining tickets here.April23 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark25 – Spektrum, Oslo, Norway26 – Avicii Arena, Stockholm, Sweden28 – Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany29 – Festhalle, Frankfurt, GermanyMay2 – AO Arena, Manchester4 – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham6 – 3Arena, Dublin9 – The O2, London10 – The O2, London12 – AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France13 – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium15 – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany17 – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany19 – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands21 – Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland23 – O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic24 – SportAréna, Budapest, Hungary Tool announced yesterday (February 27) that the vinyl version of their 2019 album ‘Fear Inoculum’ will be released in April.

Despite a new rule about theatrical releases in France and filmmaker Andrew Dominik really hoping “Blonde” would debut at the event, it appears 2022 will be another year where Netflix skips the Cannes Film Festival. According to Variety, Netflix isn’t expected to debut any new films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

DEALSGirl In Red has signed to Sony’s Columbia label. Her 2021 debut album, ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’, was released under licence to AWAL.Kobalt has signed Moli, Vito Kovach, and Johannes Roemer. Moli is “so excited”, Kovach is “looking forward to the future” and Roemer is “really excited”.

Gojira have rescheduled their upcoming UK and European tour due to COVID-19 restrictions.The French metal titans were supposed to hit the road last month, beginning in Helsinki, with stop-offs in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Prague, Budapest and other cities throughout January into February and March.However, they’ve announced that they will now kick off their European tour on July 5 in Brussels and conclude it in Milan on July 31 at Carroponte.The UK and Ireland leg of the tour, meanwhile, has moved to 2023 and will begin on February 11 in Dublin and conclude at London’s Alexandra Palace on February 22.Gojira will then play rescheduled shows in Bordeaux, Paris, Luxembourg and Lyon between February 24 and 28, 2023.“We cannot express how much we appreciate your continued patience and support while we worked through last month’s postponement,” the band said in a social media post.“Despite our best efforts to resume touring this month, the continued uncertainty in various territories has left us with no other choice but to reschedule the remaining dates of the tour as well.“In light of this unfortunate news we are pleased to share the rescheduled dates for the entire European Tour below.”A post shared by Gojira Official (@gojiraofficial)Original tickets for the tour – which sees support from special guests Alien Weaponry and Employed To Serve – remain valid.

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek has admitted that he prefers to play as a box-to-box-type midfielder after making his first start for Everton on Saturday.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorDutch-Caribbean teen documentary “Shabu” has debuted an exclusive clip, ahead of its screening at Berlin Film Festival on Monday. Reservoir Docs is handling world sales, except for Netherlands, Belgium and France.The film, directed by Aruban-Dutch filmmaker Shamira Raphaëla, world premiered at IDFA, winning the best youth documentary award, and also played at Rotterdam Film Festival.

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros. International Television Production has revealed the lineup for its annual WBITVP Formats Showcase, taking place March 3 at the BAFTA headquarters in London, featuring in-person and live streamed interviews with creatives, broadcasters and talent.

The Santa Barbara Film Festival on Thursday revealed the lineup for its 37th edition, which is set to run March 2-12 in-person in its customary spot in the heat of Oscar season.

Wilson Chapman editorThe Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has announced the full programming slate for its upcoming 2022 edition, consisting of 48 world premieres and 98 U.S. premieres.“It brings us an unbridled joy to share our slate for this edition of SBIFF,” the festival’s executive director Roger Durling said in a statement. “After two years of incertitude, it feels good to know we can continue to count on film and the festival to give us a sense of comfort and continuity.

K.J. Yossman Komplizen Film, the German studio behind Princess Diana biopic “Spencer,” have joined The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies.The alliance was formed to increase the companies’ “collective power in the face of the changing landscape.”Film and TV production outfit Komplizen, which was founded in 1999 by Janine Jackowski and Maren Ade, joins eleven other companies from across the world including Razor and Haut Et Court, the latter of which initiated the collective.The companies work closely together in a number of ways, from sharing information, combining talent and networks and negotiating with common rules to co-production and partnerships.

Komplizen Film, the German indie run by Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade and Jonas Dornbach, has joined The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies that has a three-year partnership for developing and funding series with Fremantle.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Double Play, the latest feature from award-winning filmmaker Ernest Dickerson (DMZ, Juice). The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios will release the film, based on Curaçaoan author Frank Martinus Arion’s internationally acclaimed Dutch-language novel Dubbelspel, on digital and VOD platforms on February 22.

Bas van der Ree has been elected chairman of the Association of Film Commissioners International, becoming the first European to chair the organization in more than a decade. Van der Ree, who has been the Netherlands Film Commissioner since 2014 when the nation’s film production incentive was launched, previously served as AFCI’s 1st vice chair.

Chris Willman Music WriterSheryl Crow, Nick Cave, King Crimson, Dio, XXXTentacion, Tanya Tucker, Chumbawamba, Courtney Barnett, Cesária Évora and Mojo Nixon — together again for the first time: These are some of the highly diverse subjects of a slate of music documentaries (or, in the case of Tierra Whack, a fictional film) set to unspool at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin March 11-20.The 16 movies represented in the “24 Beats Per Second” lineup are nearly all world premieres, in a film festival that skews toward SXSW’s original roots as a pure music festival by always carving out a special category for features that chronicle musicians or music scenes.The music doc coming into the festival with probably the highest level of fan anticipation is , which promises to have director Sabaah Folayan offering “a sensitive portrayal” of a precocious, highly controversial, Soundcloud-based rapper “whose acts of violence, raw musical talent and open struggles with mental health left an indelible mark on his generation before his death at the age of 20.” While many of the festival entries are looking for a sale from their exposure at SXSW, “Look at Me!” is already set to stream on Hulu this summer. Joining the artist profiles in the film lineup are documentaries about the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story,” by co-directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, and rubber bridge guitars, in “Really Good Rejects,” a film that will have producer Aaron Dessner talking about using them on Taylor Swift’s recent folkier albums.Some of the films promise to be complete life and career chronicles, like those devoted to Crow, Barnett and Dio.

Gigi Hadid got candid about what she has learned following the drama between her momma Yolanda Hadid and her ex-boyfriend Zayn Malik in 2021.

Arctic Monkeys have been announced as one of the headliners of Lowlands Festival 2022.The Netherlands festival, which takes place at Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, is set to return this year from August 19-21.Arctic Monkeys lead the 68 new additions to the Lowlands 2022 line-up which have been announced today (February 2).The bill, which you can view in the below Instagram post, also includes the likes of Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi, Arlo Parks, Bring Me The Horizon, Aurora, Slowthai, Wet Leg and Yard Act.A post shared by Lowlands (@lowlands_fest)Pre-sale tickets for Lowlands 2022 will be available from 11am on Saturday (February 5), and will be open to those who bought tickets for Lowlands in either 2020 or 2021.Any remaining tickets will then go on sale on February 12 at 11am. You can find out more information about this year’s festival by heading here.Arctic Monkeys’ latest festival booking has further expanded their summer tour schedule, with a number of gigs in Europe planned as well as a headline slot at Reading & Leeds Festival.