Film4’s Annual Budget Drops To £22.5 Million

Selena Gomez has that lit-from-within glow to her cheeks while attending Rare Beauty‘s 3rd Annual Mental Health Summit on Wednesday (May 1) in New York City.

The Native American Media Alliance announced they are accepting applications for the Seventh Annual Native American Feature Film Writers Lab. This is a 10-week program that will take place on-line from July through October 2024.

Jack Dunn BMI is set to honor composer Ramin Djawadi with the Icon Award for his work across film, television and video games. Djawadi, whose credits include “Westworld” and “Game of Thrones” will receive the honor at the 40th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on June 5 in Beverly Hills.

For most of his career, Dwayne Johnson / The Rock has forged a reputation as a hardworking, dependable, likable actor with a boatload of charisma, leading superhero movies, actioners, and 4-quadrant friendly comedies. During his “Fast And Furious” days, Johnson butted heads with the franchise star Vin Diesel, reportedly over the latter’s lackadaisical schedule and unprofessional reputation.

Zoya Akhtar (The Archies), Fawzia Mirza (Queen of My Dreams), and Roshan Sethi (A Nice Indian Boy) are set to join the 1497 Features Lab as Mentors.

EXCLUSIVE: LeBron James, Naomi Osaka, and Joel Embiid have signed on to lead the selection committee for this year’s Uninterrupted Film Festival, an LA-based film event focused on the intersection of sports culture and filmmaking backed by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Enterprises.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Anthony Wood, founder and CEO of Roku, had a pay package worth just over $20.2 million in 2023, while Roku’s media boss, Charlie Collier, received $6.8 million in salary. Wood’s compensation last year included salary of $1.2 million, stock awards worth $7.57 million and stock option awards ​valued at $11.43 million.

Social Security Scotland is encouraging eligible teenagers to apply for the annual Young Carer Grant, which is now worth £383.75 during the 2024/25 financial year. Since being introduced in 2019 by the Scottish Government, the Young Carer Grant has delivered over £3 million to over 6,600 teenage carers.

If there’s one item that can instantly level up your look, it's a stylish handbag. Loved for its affordable yet runway-worthy styles, H&M is selling a must-have accessory that will go with plenty of spring staples and looks super luxurious.The dark-brown Shoulder Bag, £27.99 here, has racked up heaps of five-star reviews at hm.com, thanks to its "beautiful colour" and "great quality". Even better? This budget-friendly buy looks so similar to the Gucci Jackie Small Shoulder Bag, which comes in both black and brown, with the black version costing £2,400.

William Earl administrator Indie horror hit “Late Night With the Devil” follows the real-time Halloween episode of a fictional ’70s talk show, which quickly descends into madness. The film’s writers and directors, Australian brothers Cameron and Colin Cairne, were inspired by the sense of excitement and danger from the after-hours talk shows of their youth. “Those late-night shows were very exciting for us as young boys,” Cameron Cairne says.

to sell liquor, including wine and beer to their customers, under the $237 billion state budget deal crafted by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature.But lawmakers don’t want filmgoers to get blotto on cocktails while watching “Ghostbusters” so customers will be limited to buying one drink per transaction.For years, legislators had resisted calls to sell alcohol in theaters but they’ve grown more receptive as the landscape changed for the film industry due to the emergence of streaming options.The COVID-19 pandemic made matters worse after theaters already struggled to fill seats in the age of high-definition televisions at home.Theaters got the green light to serve wine, beer and cider in 2022.Previously, theaters could only sell the drinks if they had a restaurant license with a full kitchen and waitstaff to bring the alcohol to customers in their seats — or a tavern license that limited drinking to a table, often in the lobby.The budget also extends cocktails to go from bars and restaurants for another five years.Lawmakers toasted the new measure.“I’m proud that my legislation to allow movie theaters to apply for on-premise licenses for alcoholic beverages made it into the final budget,” said state Sen.

Thania Garcia Music’s leading charity MusiCares has announced its second annual volunteer day, “The Day That Music Cares,” will take place on April 26. The initiative encourages music professionals and fans worldwide to a day of volunteering, “demonstrating the power and heart of the music community,” per a press release. Songwriters and sound engineers, touring crews and record label employees will join forces with music fans to support causes close to their hearts.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s documentary “Sugarcane” garnered the top nonfiction honor at the 26th annual Sarasota Film Festival. About the abuse and death of Indigenous children at a Canadian-based Indian Residential School, the docu premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival (SFF), where it picked up the U.S. documentary directing kudo.

Filming begins next week on a big-budget family drama, which producers hope will herald a new era in non-English language shows within the British Isles.

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British Savings Bonds which were unveiled in the Spring Budget, have now gone on sale. However, finance experts pointed out that the 4.15 per cent rate on offer with the three-year products sits below the top deals available in the wider savings market, meaning the products "risk disappearing without a trace".

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger touted as a “win-win” the recent settlement of litigation with the Ron DeSantis-appointed special district board that oversees the company’s Florida theme park properties.

Taylor Swift has officially appeared on Forbes‘ annual billionaires list for the first time ever.The publication has just released their billionaires list, where the musician’s name cropped up this year. Even more astoundingly, Forbes has revealed Swift landed on the list thanks to her music and performances alone.Swift joins the first-time billionaires list alongside NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, designer Christian Louboutin and over 260 more names.Bloomberg originally reported that Swift became a billionaire last October, thanks to her new albums, ‘Eras’ tour (the first tour to ever gross $1billion (£795million) and record-breaking concert film.In their summary of the superstar’s wealth, Forbes estimated she had made $500million (£398million) from her royalties and touring, and another $500million from her catalogue.

More than 12 million older people in receipt of the New or Basic State Pension are set for a significant income boost during the new financial year when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uprates payments by 8.5 per cent from Monday, April 8. Additional State Pension elements, including deferred amounts, will rise by 6.7 per cent.

Universal Credit claimants will begin seeing an increase to their payments in just a few days.