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Meryl Streep is set to present the prestigious award that honors journalists and the freedom of the press, giving the important accolade to Amal Clooney at the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards.The acclaimed actress will make an appearance during the virtual ceremony in November, presenting the 42-year-old human rights lawyer and philanthropist with the 2020 Press Freedom Award.Streep admitted she is “proud to take part in this year’s International Press Freedom Awards,” highlighting the

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Singapore International Film Festival will open with the screening of local film “Tiong Bahru Social Club” at the Shaw Lido theater. But, for social distancing reasons, the occasion will not be marked with a red carpet pageant.Throughout its 11-day stretch (Nov.

You’ve got to hand it to Ryan Murphy and his deal with Netflix. Some creators sign deals and nothing happens (the “Game Of Thrones” showrunners who turned up with nothing when they were supposed to start a “Star Wars” trilogy).

James Corden, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and more stars are singing and dancing into small-town Indiana to create a "kick-ass prom…for everybody" in the teaser trailer for Netflix's upcoming Ryan Murphy movie The Prom. The film based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical of the same name is set to hit select theaters in December and start streaming on Dec.

lot happening at lately. There’s been some bad news, like the announcement the company would stop streaming in 2021.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe wide-ranging cluster of events operating under the Singapore Media Festival banner will this year shift largely online. The move is a response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the limited opportunities for travel in the Asia region.The Singapore International Film Festival, running the full length of the SMF (Nov.

When you think of filmmakers that use every technology and filmmaking shortcut at their disposal to get a feature made, Steven Soderbergh must top that list. This is a filmmaker that is constantly working on a new script, editing a film he just shot four days ago, and prepping the work he’s going to do on his next project with an all-star cast.

Manori Ravindran International EditorDeepa Mehta’s latest film, an adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s Sri Lanka-set coming-of-age novel “Funny Boy,” has been picked up by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing, and will land worldwide on Netflix this December, Variety can reveal.The Oscar-nominated “Earth” and “Midnight’s Children” director wrote the screenplay for the film alongside Selvadurai, whose debut 1994 novel is set in Sri Lanka during the 1970s and 1980s and was ground-breaking in its

Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, and Timothee Chalamet are set to star in Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up.The impressive cast list also includes Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Himesh Patel, Kid Cudi, Matthew Perry, and Tomer Sisley.Written and directed by Oscar-winner McKay, the production follows two low-level astronomers who embark on a media tour to warn the world of an asteroid that will destroy the earth.The film will be distributed by bosses at Netflix.The news

Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep will lead what appears to be the most star-studded cast since Ocean’s Eleven.Adam McKay has assembled an ensemble of A-list talent for his Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up – a film that already had Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett and Rob Morgan attached.Jonah Hill, Timothee Chalamet and Himesh Patel are also on the call sheet for the forthcoming film.Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Matthew Perry and Tomer Sisley have also signed on to make appearances.McKay has been

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten Donald Trump will do a town hall for NBC News on Thursday, after an agreement was reached between the network and his presidential campaign on the details for the event.That means that Trump and Joe Biden will each participate in separate town hall events on the same evening, after plans for a presidential debate with a similar format were scrapped.Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie will moderate the event from Miami.The network and the campaign had been negotiating for

coronavirus, the Labour Party has called for 'circuit breaker' lockdown. Sir Keir Starmer called for a two to three-week national lockdown on Tuesday that, accusing the Prime Minister of "no longer following the scientific advice".

Naman Ramachandran Popular Tamil cinema actor Vijay Sethupathi (“96”) is set to star as iconic Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan in upcoming biopic “800.”With 800 wickets in test match cricket and 534 in one day internationals, Muralitharan is the bowler with world records for the highest number of wickets in both versions of the sport.

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Group on Tuesday appointed Simon Jerome Nasser as managing director for Universal Music Singapore and its Southeast Asia head of live, a newly created role.

Singapore has picked Anthony Chen's slowburn romantic drama Wet Season as its entry for the best international feature film category at the 2021 Oscars. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 and later screened at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival, where its star, Yeo Yann Yann, won the best actress award.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSingapore has selected cross-generational relationship drama “Wet Season” as its national representative in the Academy Awards best international feature film category.