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Taylor Swift is releasing her second album of 2020! Following the surprise July release of her eighth studio album, , the 30-year-old singer announced on Thursday that her ninth album, , will drop at midnight Eastern time on Friday, Dec. 11.«I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight Eastern.

Has there ever been a time when Michelle Pfeiffer was anything less than amazing? Over her decades-long career, she’s done everything from legendary crime dramas (“Scarface“) to superhero films (“Batman Returns” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp“) without ever missing a beat.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Casting Society of America has announced its inaugural top 20 list of actors from historically underrepresented communities for 2020.The diverse and inclusive list includes Brian Michael Smith, Colin Buckingham, David Harrell, Elizabeth Frances, Elizabeth Hinkler, E.R.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has nabbed the North American rights to Savage State, David Perrault's period western drama. An early 2021 release is planned for the film about a family of French settlers who flee Missouri to return to Paris as the American Civil War breaks out.

Jamie Lang Following Chile’s most successful theatrical release of 2020 and high-profile streaming premieres in Latin America and the U.S.

Ed Meza @edmezavarParis-based Axxon Films has picked up international rights to Imanol Rayo’s thriller “Death Knell” and Mireia Gabilondo’s comedy “The Hive,” two very different titles set in and produced by Spain’s Basque region.The production, distribution and sales-company is presenting the Spanish pics, both distributed in Spain by Bilbao’s Barton Films, as part of its Ventana Sur lineup.Based on Miren Gorrotxategi’s novel “33 campanadas,” and produced by Abra Producciones in association

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Penguin Bloom,” the Toronto International Film Festival player led by Naomi Watts, has been acquired by Netflix in key territories.The streamer will roll out the film in North America, the U.K., France and select countries in Asia on Jan. 27.Oscar nominee Watts stars in the real-life survival story of Samantha Bloom, an active and vibrant Australian mom who is paralyzed from the chest down on holiday with her family.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParis-based company Alba Films has acquired French distribution rights to Sabrina Van Tassel’s timely social justice documentary “The State of Texas vs. Melissa.”The documentary premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and recently made its U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAppropriately blessed by sunshine in Spain, though the whole event went online, the Malaga Film Festival’s Spanish Screenings wrapped Friday, though films will continue to screen another week given the demand for screenings. The equivalent of France’s UniFrance Rendez-vous with French cinema in Paris, the Screenings were a bellwether for far larger trends coursing the American Film Market and the international market at large.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrooklyn-based distributor KimStim has acquired North American rights to Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin’s feature debut “The Fever” (“A Febre”), which world premiered in competition at Locarno and played at Toronto in 2019.The film is represented in international markets by Pierre Menahem’s French sales banner Still Moving, who negotiated the deal on behalf of the producers with KimStim’s Mika Kimoto.

Kaleem Aftab Playing in the IDFA 2020 – International Competition, “The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World” is a feature-length version of Claire Simon’s documentary series “The Village,” which broadcast in 20 parts on Ciné Plus and 10 parts on TV5 Monde last year.

Vanessa Hudgens is ready for the start of something new! ET's Katie Krause spoke to the 31-year-old actress, who gushed over co-star Ashley Tisdale's baby news.Tisdale revealed back in September that she and her husband, Christopher French, are expecting their first child. A month later, the actress shared that she has a daughter on the way.«Oh my gosh, it's so exciting,» Hudgens said.

Emilio Mayorga Spanish producer-distributor Wanda Films is set to co-produce Antonio Méndez Esparza‘s “Madrid Is It,” a thriller with comedic touches produced by Pedro Hernández’s Aquí y Allí Films, the Madrid-based outfit that has backed all of the features directed by Esparza, one of Spain’s most laureled and lauded directors.“Madrid Is It” focuses on Lucía, who leads a discrete life, has a peculiar sense of humor and sense of duty, and a dreamy personality.

Kelsey Stratford has shared a sweet update on her little sister Kennedy, who is in intensive care battling coronavirus. On receiving a cute message from eight-year-old Kennedy on her family group chat, the TOWIE star updated her 123,000 friends and followers on Instagram.The 20-year-old shared a sweet picture that had been taken of Kennedy's newly French plaited hair that had been done by a nurse, the little girl told her family, "nurse done my hair".

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBanijay France has entered a joint venture with seasoned French industry player Malika Abdellaoui to launch Marathon Studio, as part of its strategy to ramp up its output in the scripted landscape.Abdellaoui was previously managing director of Newen Distribution, the production and distribution company owned by French’s biggest TV network TF1 Group.

Naman Ramachandran Six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan (“My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father”) is to make his documentary series debut with “Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie.”The five-part series examines the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork, Ireland in 1996.In 1996, two days before Christmas, Sophie, the wife of French filmmaker Daniel Toscan du Plantier, was murdered at her holiday cottage in Schull, West Cork.