Dumfries Market Festival set for first online event of 2021

Los Angeles-based LGBTQIA+ organization Outfest is set to empower even more queer storytellers wtih the 2021 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Film Festival. The hybrid fest will take place April 16-20.

National Geographic Documentary Films on Monday announced its acquisition of Oscar-nominated director Matthew Heineman’s documentary The First Wave, a ground-level view inside a New York hospital as the city battled the initial explosion of Covid-19.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Tribeca Festival will return as an in-person event, a hopeful sign that coronavirus may be loosening its grip on cultural life in America.

The Oven is the first in a group of underused buildings on Dumfries High Street which Midsteeple Quarter has identified as a site for its bold initiative to see local people developing their own High Street as a contemporary living, working, socialising, learning and enterprising hub.Midsteeple Quarter said it is working “continuously” with neighbours and surrounding properties to minimise disruption throughout the duration of the redevelopment and construction period.

After months of waiting, The Suicide Squad has finally dropped its first trailer! Directed by Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker James Gunn, promises to pack a ton of superstars and familiar faces from 2016′s Suicide Squad, including Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang.

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PlayStation family, only this time it’s not a game studio but the fighting game tournament, Evo.It is a joint acquisition made in partnership with new esports venture RTS, as announced on Sony Interactive Entertainment’s blog.The announcement also confirmed that Evo will return this summer as Evo Online, a fully online competition taking place during August 6–8 and 13–15.

Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Frances McDormand and Carey Mulligan, all of which have serious form when it comes to red carpet dressing, even in the age of virtual ceremonies (see this year's Golden Globes). Side note: McDormand's 2019 Oscars Birkenstock moment - she wore yellow slides with Valentino couture - is very on brand for 2021.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterA longtime crew member of ABC’s “The Conners” and “Roseanne” died on set Thursday after suffering a “fatal medical event,” according to a spokesperson for Werner Entertainment, the production company behind “The Conners.” His identity was not disclosed.“With heavy hearts we regret to confirm that a member of our technical crew suffered a fatal medical event today,” said a spokesperson.

Also expected to be very popular is the Stories for Lockdown: Stay at Home event on Thursday at 9.30am. For the full programme see https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/uploads/Big-Dog-programme-PUBLIC-2.pdf

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHong Kong’s FilMart wrapped up its 2021 edition – and second successive wholly online edition on Thursday.

Margot Robbie and John David Washington are getting ready for another day of filming!

Relative unknown Mexican actor Diego Calva has nabbed a career-changing role and will now join Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt in Babylon, the drama set in the Golden Age of Hollywood that Damien Chazelle is directing for Paramount. Rising actors Jovan Adepoand LiJun Li will also be on the call sheet as part of the ensemble when cameras roll this summer in Los Angeles.

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The nominations for the 2021 Producers Guild Awards were announced today and something we noticed was that Margot Robbie was left off the list, despite her movie Promising Young Woman receiving a nomination.