David Bowie Film ‘Stardust’ Among Winners at Raindance Film Festival – Global Bulletin

Naman Ramachandran In today’s bulletin, German cinemas remain closed; a Marcus Rashford documentary is set to air on the BBC; Channel 4 commissions comedy; Cineflix sells factual to the Nordics; ViacomCBS hires Lost Art TV; 101 teams with YADC; SPTN nabs “DinoCity”; and TVF sells a miscarriage doc.German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared late on Wednesday that Germany’s partial lockdown would be extended through at least Dec.

Also Read: See Johnny Flynn as David Bowie in First Look at Unauthorized Biopic 'Stardust'For better and for worse, “Stardust” grapples with those issues as it follows a 24-year-old Bowie on a promotional tour through the United States in 1971, accompanied by a long-suffering Mercury Records publicist named Ron Oberman.Johnny Flynn plays Bowie, Marc Maron plays Oberman, and the point of director and cowriter Gabriel Range’s film is to trace the seeds of Bowie’s breakthrough character, Ziggy

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Entertainment One picks up the rights to Australian drama “The Newsreader,” Banijay reorganizes in Iberia, “Downton Abbey” lands on BritBox, Sony Pictures Television hires Jo Porter and Warner Bros.

As we enter the long holiday weekend of Thanksgiving during an era where box offices are struggling and more weight is being on streamers, there are still titles making theatrical debuts while the digital film landscape has plenty to consume as people recover from their turkey-induced tryptophan haze. It all starts with three films spotlighting a trio of artists that made a significant impact on pop culture.

David Bowie’s son, esteemed movie director Duncan Jones, has shared his reaction to the infamous Aladdin Sane cake from Great British Bake Off.The current Great British Bake Off series kicked off in late September with a highly memorable showstopper challenge, which saw the contestants pay tribute to their idols by recreating their busts in cake form.Unfortunately for GBBO contestant Marc Elliott, his chocolate and vanilla recreation of the iconic David Bowie image that adorns his 1973 album

David Bowie‘s son Duncan Jones has shared his reaction over a tribute cake to his father on The Great British Bake Off.In the premiere episode of the current series of the Channel 4 show, the contestants were each tasked with making a bust cake in tribute to a famous celebrity.Contestant Marc Elliott decided to bake a cake of Bowie for his Showstopper challenge, though James poked fun at the effort with a comparison to the infamously botched restoration of the Jesus Ecce Homo fresco painting in

Boy George has said David Bowie once congratulated him for winning Stars in Their Eyes after posing as the late icon.George, who won the talent show twice in 2001 and 2002 posing as Bowie, recalled a time he had dinner with the late artist in New York in 2005.Speaking to NME for Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?, the Culture Club singer said: “I won Stars in Their Eyes twice as Bowie, which is another thing my manager was like: ‘Who the fuck told you to do that?!’.“When I had dinner with Bowie

Naman Ramachandran ITV orders detective series; WarnerMedia, Blue Ant Media and Rogo Productions strengthen teams; Comedy Central orders Rhod Gilbert show; “Frankenstein” adaptation in the works; and Netflix looks for African writers.U.K.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe 10th edition of U.S. In Progress Wroclaw, the industry wing of the American Film Festival in Poland which was held online this year, wrapped over the weekend and presented a variety of awards to the participating American film projects.The awards range from post-production services to travel bursaries and cash.

Morrissey and David Bowie‘s live cover of T-Rex‘s ‘Cosmic Dancer’ from 1991 has been released — check it out below.Filmed at the Inglewood Forum in Los Angeles on February 6, 1991, the two artists’ T-Rex cover was officially released on streaming services on Friday (November 13).An edited and upgraded performance video of Morrissey and Bowie performing ‘Cosmic Dancer’, which was overseen in LA by Tim Broad, has also been released — and you can watch it below.A 7″ double A-side single featuring

Run The Jewels have shared a new video for their single ‘No Save Point’ – you can watch it below.The track, which is the rap duo’s first new material together since the release earlier this year of ‘RTJ4’, arrived earlier this week (November 12).‘No Save Point’ was shared as part of a new partnership between Run The Jewels and the upcoming video game Cyberpunk 2077, which is set for release on December 10, and Killer Mike and El-P debuted its futuristic music video last night (November 14)

Christopher Vourlias The Thessaloniki Film Festival’s industry arm, Agora, announced the awards from this year’s online edition at a virtual ceremony held Friday.The Crossroads Co-Production Forum’s Two Thirty-Five Co-Production Award, which offers full post-production image and sound to the winning project, went to writer-director Estibaliz Urresola’s “20,000 Species of Bees,” produced by Lara Izagirre of Spain’s Gariza Films.The jury praised the project “for the exceptional directorial vision

David Bowie and Morrissey‘s live cover of T-Rex classic ‘Cosmic Dancer’ has been officially released – listen below.The pair linked up for the cover version during a show at The Forum in Los Angeles in 1991, and it has been widely circulated online in the two decades since.Today (November 13), a digital download of the single is available, with the song also arriving on streaming services.A 7″ vinyl version of the single will then be released on February 19, 2021.

David Bowie live album called ‘No Trendy Réchauffé’ has been announced.It will arrive via Parlophone on November 20 as part of the ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’ physical series, which comprises six previously unreleased live recordings by the late star from between 1995 and 1999.The forthcoming second release was recorded at the Birmingham NEC in December 1995, and follows on from ‘Ouvrez Le Chien’ (released on October 30).

If you read enough posts on this website, you will begin to understand that many of us are huge fans of David Fincher. Of course, that’s not unique to us, at all.

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has revealed that he and his wife and bandmate Régine Chassagne bought David Bowie a ‘black star’ painting before his death.Described by Butler as “a voodoo painting of a black star with rays coming out of it,” the painting was bought, Butler said, before Bowie announced details of his final album, 2016’s ‘Blackstar’.In a new career-spanning interview with Stereogum, Butler was asked about Arcade Fire’s long-running collaborative partnership with Bowie, who joined

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Telepool’s Global Screen consolidates sales and acquisitions and puts Julia Weber in charge, Izzy snags six series for streaming, ITV will adapt “Our House,” Abacus Media Rights will distribute Canadian Comedy “Sort Of,” and ZDFE and taglicht team on historical cold cases.Telepool’s international distribution division Global Screen is consolidating its sales and acquisition activities for both film and TV content and has appointed Julia Weber as the