A starry group of global talent has been set to join Paolo Sorrentino on the main jury for the 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival which runs from November 11-19 in the Moroccan city.
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D-Block Europe are currently leading an incredibly close four-way battle midweek to top the Official Albums Chart.
Lap 5, the independent London hip-hop collective’s – made up of Young Adz and Dirtbike LB – second studio album, is pacing to debut at Number 1, which would secure D-Block Europe their first-ever chart-topping record.
To date the pair have secured five Top 10s on the Official Albums Chart including 2020 debut album The Blue Print: Us vs Them (2) and most recent mixtape, 2021’s Home Alone 2 (6). See D-Block Europe’s full Official Charts history here.
But the race is far from over, less than 1,600 units separate all of the top four new entries at the midweek stage. Take That member Mark Owen’s first solo record in nine years Land of Dreams (2) trails D-Block Europe by just 1,000 chart units, while Australian pop band 5 Seconds Of Summer’s fifth album 5SOS5 (3) and the second LP from indie-rock outfit Sports Team Gulp! (4) are all in the running to potentially triumph this week too.
Following the release of its very special 30th Anniversary Edition, ABBA’s record-breaking greatest hits collection ABBA Gold could ricochet back into the UK Top 10 (5), read more about ABBA Gold’s chart stats here.
Brummie rock band Editors’ EBM (6) and Dereham folktronica innovator Beth Orton’s Weather Alive (8) could also debut inside the upper echelons of the Official Albums Chart to become their seventh and second Top 10 albums respectively.
Marina’s chart-topping 2012 pop opus Electra Heart is on course to re-enter the Official Albums Chart Top 20 following the vinyl release of its recent Platinum Blonde re-issue (12), while the 30th anniversary re-release of Alice In Chains’ Dirt (14) could see the album charting inside
A starry group of global talent has been set to join Paolo Sorrentino on the main jury for the 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival which runs from November 11-19 in the Moroccan city.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The Marrakech International Film Festival will make a big comeback this year with a star-studded jury, including Oscar Isaac (“Scenes from a Marriage”), Vanessa Kirby (“The Son”), French actor Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”), Australian director Justin Kurzel (“Nitram”) and Danish director Susanne Bier (“The Undoing”). Lebanese director and actor Nadine Labaki (“Caparnum”), German actor Diane Kruger (“Inglorious Basterds”) and Moroccan director Laïla Marrakchi (“Marock”) complete the high-profile jury. As previously announced, Paolo Sorrentino, the Oscar-winning director of “The Great Beauty” and “The Hand of God,” will preside over the jury, which spans 10 countries from four continents.
Take That fans will be ecstatic to know that the popular UK band could be recording their ninth studio album as early as next year.The legendary band, comprised of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen, last released an album in 2017 named Wonderland. Robbie Williams and Jason Orange were also part of the original band but left the group in 1995 and 2014, respectively.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor After spending several years setting the pace of “The Flash” and other hard-racing TV superheroes on the CW network, Mark Pedowitz has reached the end of his current adventure. The longtime TV executive, who has run the one-time joint venture between CBS and Time Warner since 2011, is leaving the network as Nexstar Media Group prepares to acquire the outlet, which has its roots in two antecedent networks, UPN and The WB, that both catered to younger viewers. Nexstar is expected to close the deal at some point in the third quarter of 2022, but has already begun to run the network’s operations. Dennis Miller, a longtime TV executive who eventually moved into the world of venture capital, will take the reins as president of CW. Miller has served on Nexstar’s board of directors for the past few years.
Following an incredibly close race on this week’s Official Albums Chart, 5 Seconds of Summer score a last-minute photo finish victory to claim their third Number 1 album with 5SOS5.
Mark Owen has loved the "challenge" of relocating to the US. The Take That star, his wife Emma and their three kids - Elwood, 16, Willow, 13, and Fox, ten - moved to Los Angeles last year, and Mark doesn't have any regrets about making the switch. The singer - who sold his house in England before moving to the US - shared: "I love that challenge of trying to find your way in a new place.
You're probably thinking you've seen Mark Owen on your TV screens quite a lot of late. Well, that's because he has new music and a new tour to promote. His latest stop saw him take a seat on the famous This Morning sofa on Tuesday (September 27) as he chatted to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about his latest projects.
Mark Owen has got Take That fans very excited by revealing the 90s band are very much in talks about new music. The 50-year-old previously told Metro. co.
Sally Nugent appeared to ask the question viewers wanted to hear as she interview Mark Owen on BBC Breakfast. The presenter and co-host Jon Kay were joined by the Take That star as he discussed his latest solo work.
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