Drunk battered "friend" and robbed him while he was lying injured

Fernando Sulichin is used to doing things differently. The veteran producer and CEO of New Element Media has established a reputation for working with maverick auteurs — Oliver Stone, Sean Pean, Abel Ferrara, Michael Winterbottom, Larry Clark, Harmony Korine — and finding creative ways to get films made that don't fit the industry's cookie-cutter models.

hospital after being beaten with a metal weight by two thugs who broke into his house in a Scots town. The attack happened around midnight on Wednesday in the South Vennel area of Lanark.

Cohen Media Group and Curzon have acquired Fernando Trueba's Forgotten We'll Be for North America and the U.K., marking the firstacquisition made jointly across both major English-speaking territories since the CMG purchase of Curzon in December. The deal, according to CMG, is also the first deal to be announced for a film in the 2020 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection.

Dave McNary Film ReporterCohen Media Group and Curzon have acquired North American and U.K. distribution rights to the Colombian drama “Forgotten We’ll Be,” directed by Fernando Trueba.The acquisition was unveiled Monday, and appears to be the first deal announced for a film from the 2020 Cannes Official Selection.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFilm Factory has dropped the first trailer for anticipated Cannes title “Forgotten We’ll Be” (“El Olvido que Seremos”), from director Fernando Trueba, an Academy Award winner (“Belle Epoque”) and nominee (“Chico and Rita”).One of only three Cannes Official Selection label titles in its Faithfuls section – featuring the Selection’s biggest names – which will now screen at Cannes’ online Marché du Film, “Forgotten We’ll Be” is likely to draw heat

90 Day Fiancé star Jonathan Rivera is engaged to girlfriend Janelle Miller one year after his split from Fernanda Flores, Us Weekly can confirm.Rivera, 33, announced the news via Instagram on Thursday, June 18. “Easiest decision I’ve ever made,” he captioned a photo of him holding Miller’s hand as she showed off her engagement ring.The realtor confirmed his split from Flores, 21, in January 2019 amid fan speculation.

Vivienne Chow Battered in its home market in Hong Kong, the once dominant free-to-air TV broadcaster Television Broadcasts (TVB) is eyeing further expansion of its international OTT platform through the co-production of drama series. It also wants a piece of the Asian e-commerce market.The company was once one of the leading broadcasters in Asia and owns perhaps the largest library of Chinese-language content.

Another storm warning has been issued for Greater Manchester after thunder and lightning battered the region.On Tuesday, heavy downpours and spectacular displays of lightning went on into the evening.Flash flooding also caused traffic chaos on the M60, M62 and M602.But there will be no respite from the dramatic weather, with a new yellow weather warning in place on Wednesday.The weather alert warns of thunderstorms between 12pm and 9pm today in Greater Manchester.Forecasters have said to expect

Eddie Cotogno was battered to death with a hammer, we can reveal.Weeks before his death, he had fallen out with a friend – notorious World’s End murderer Angus Sinclair, a known childkiller but also a violent armed robber.Cotogno, who ran a bric-a-brac stall at the Barras in Glasgow, was found dead in his Dumbarton flat by a beat bobby doing his rounds on July 30, 1979.His head had been caved in by blunt force trauma and the flat set on fire in an effort to destroy any evidence.Detectives homed

Covid19 stress drove her to drink had a drunken smash when she visited a McDonalds drive-thru for her final pre-lockdown meal.Gail Connelly, 61, accidentally put her car into reverse as she waited to collect her burger and ploughed into the car in the queue behind her.It was during the angry confrontation with the other driver that it became clear Connelly had been drinking and she was reported to police.Connelly told Dundee Sheriff Court that she had been watching a series of programmes about

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a crash which left a cyclist with serious injuries.Police were called to reports of a collision involving a car and a bicycle on Moorside Road, in Worsley, Salford, at around 5.50pm on Sunday (June 7).When officers attended they found that a Range Rover Evoque and a bicycle had collided near the junction with Arthur Street.The Range Rover then collided with a parked Suzuki Alfo and Ford Transit Connect.The cyclist – a 30-year-old

Mark David A gated property along an unassuming street on the desirable border between the trendy San Fernando Valley communities of Studio City and Valley Village, Calif., was quietly sold earlier this year for just about $1.2 million to an inscrutable trust that an always impeccably informed informant swears (and we have separately confirmed) is controlled by ginger-haired actor/comedian Henry Zebrowski and his wife Natalie Jean, a self-described “moviemaker, stuntdoer and groundpoundin’

By Mark David

A thug battered his pal, robbed him of his wallet and phone then left him lying injured in a Motherwell street.