A24 has set March 1 for the limited release of the Julio Torres-directed feature Problemista, with the title going wide on March 22. A special video release announcement featuring Torres and his co-star Tilda Swinton can be found above.
03.01.2024 - 12:34 / ok.co.uk
Inspiration for baby names can come from all over the globe, with many parents choosing some of their favourite destinations as a name for their little ones.
The trend is set to soar in 2024, with celebrities like Paris Fury, who named her daughters Valencia and Venezuela, paving the way. Independent travel agency Iglu Cruise has compared over 60 destination-inspired baby names to reveal which ones had the biggest percentage increase from 1996 to 2021, as well as predicting upcoming baby name trends for 2024. With a percentage increase of 3950%, Phoenix tops the list as the fastest-growing boys’ name based on a destination.
Eight babies named Phoenix were born in 1996 in England and Wales, rising to 324 in 2021, which is also the year the name peaked in popularity. Phoenix is the capital and largest city in Arizona in the US. Rio has increased by 3156% in England and Wales from 1996 to 2021.
Nine babies called Rio were born in 1996, increasing to 293 in 2021.
The name peaked in popularity in 2008, when it was the 155th most popular name. Increasing by 2845% from 1996 to 2021 is the name Lincoln , which is a city in Lincolnshire, England as well as the capital city of Nebraska, USA. Eleven babies were born in England and Wales called Lincoln in 1996.
This increased to 324 in 2021.
The name peaked in 2017, when 593 babies were born with the name, making it the 106th most popular name that year.
A24 has set March 1 for the limited release of the Julio Torres-directed feature Problemista, with the title going wide on March 22. A special video release announcement featuring Torres and his co-star Tilda Swinton can be found above.
The Family Stallone is accepting guests again into their home. All 10 episodes of the second season of the docuseries featuring Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Flavin Stallone and their daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet will premiere February 21 on the streamer.
a TikTok revealing some of the extremely unique baby names on her list. Smith, 22, shared that she’s interested in Odie, Pepper, Dawn, or Pear as first names for girls. “They’re all really cute to me,” she explained.
is back to her spit-swapping antics with . At the , Kardashian and Barker—dressed in matching black suits—set out to prove to the world that they are as horny for each other as ever.The couple's first child together, a son named Rocky Thirteen, was born in early November of 2023.
Buckingham Palace Insiders have praised a new royal book that has revealed “the truth” about a bitter row at the heart of the Royal Family.
And Monday night’s third Emmy win for Succession goes to Sarah Snook.
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As the start of 2024 has already shown, this year will be a difficult one for hospitality as it continues to grapple with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and rising gas and electric prices. However, while we’ve sadly said goodbye to a number of high profile restaurants over the last two weeks, we’re also gearing up for an exciting 12 months of activity.
With just a few weeks to go until Valentine’s Day, now is the perfect time to start shopping for the perfect present that will show your partner just how much you love them. Although jewellery is always a great option, if you’re looking for something you and your beau can twin with then a watch set is a great alternative – and we think we’ve found just the thing.
Jeffrey Wright, star of Cord Jefferson’s provocative debut feature American Fiction, says he felt a personal affinity with his character Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in the film, in part because of the challenges Monk experiences with regard to family issues. Monk is an author and a professor of English literature who discovers he may have to lower his standards to attain some kind of glory in the phony world of publishing. We follow him as he takes an enforced leave of absence to care for his ailing mother, a situation that the actor himself is painfully familiar with — Wright’s mother died a year before he received Jefferson’s script.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Disney Brand Television has acquired two more seasons of “Miraculous — Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” as well as three original animated specials from ZAG studio and Method Animation, a label owned by Mediawan Kids & Family. Currently in production, the sixth and seventh seasons, as well as the specials will roll out on Disney Channel worldwide in the fall, and will go on to stream on Disney+ globally thereafter. “Miraculous — Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir” follows the adventures of two teens with secret identities, Marinette and Adrien, who transform into superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir to save Paris from villains.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief KCON, the Korean pop music and culture convention operated by CJ ENM, will hold five editions in 2024, organizers said on Thursday. The first of the year will be Hong Kong, a new destination for the convention series, before moving on to KCON Japan in May 10-12 and KCON LA July 26-28. Other editions will be held in Saudi Arabia and Europe at unspecified dates in the second half of the year. The Hong Kong edition will be held at March 30-31 at the AsiaWorld Expo, a 10,000 seater venue adjacent to the airport.
A brand new concept from the team behind the award-winning Edinburgh Castle pub in Ancoats has been announced to take over the site of a former restaurant.
Well, it’s that time of year again, isn’t it? The Sundance Film Festival hasn’t even happened, the Berlin Film Festival line-up is not even out or complete, and we’re already looking ahead to March and the SXSW Film & Television Festival. There’s no rest for the wicked.
Although he was planning on continuing work on the Evangelion series, supervising animator Takeshi Honda decided to join The Boy and the Heron after speaking with director Hayao Miyazaki. In working closely with the “renowned maestro”, Honda found ways to ground the characters in reality to match a more somber style.
Holly Jones Inspired by the tragic case of Spanish toddler Jonathan Vega, abducted in broad daylight from a Madrid shopping center, writer-director Marc Romero (“75 Days”) is set to begin production on “Hour and Twenty” (“Hora y Veinte”), alongside producers El Orgullo Producciones, La Cochera, Sorenfilms, La Raíz, Shift Dif and Corax Films. The directors’ second high-octane feature shoots later this month, filming in Torrevieja (Alicante), Martos (Jaén), and Madrid over a five week stretch, further sponsored by Ayuntamiento de Torrevieja (Alicante) in collaboration with Ayuntamiento de Martos (Jaén).
Anyone who's had a baby, or is having a baby, knows only too well how hard it is to find a name you like.
If you're expecting a baby girl this year, you may already be thinking about choosing the perfect name for her.
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a January 29 streaming premiere date for The Greatest Night in Pop, a feature doc just announced as world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on the 19th of this month.
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival has set 16 alums from past editions to serve on its Competition Jury, also announcing the set of five set as jurors for the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.