Gloria Estefan, Sting and More Join Vax India Now Virtual Fundraiser

EXCLUSIVE: Streamer and theatrical distributor Mubi has closed its first on-the-ground Cannes business, signing a multi-territory deal for Sebastian Meise’s second feature Great Freedom, which premiered here in Un Certain Regard.

Naman Ramachandran Indian filmmaker Rahul Jain, whose new film “Invisible Demons” has its world premiere at Cannes in the cinema for the climate special section, is prepping “Falling Star,” a limited fiction series.Jain is developing the series, which is likely to consist of six or seven one-hour episodes, via his Jann Pictures. It will see him reunite with Heino Deckert’s Ma.Ja.De.

Tori Amos has announced a UK and European tour, taking place across February and March next year.The tour will kick off in Berlin, before heading through Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the UK and Ireland.

shared the news: “Today, the President announced that I am his nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to India.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPresident Biden has nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to become the next U.S. ambassador to India, which would leave a vacancy in the top job in the nation’s second-largest city.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be nominated as U.S. Ambassador to India, as President Joe Biden made official the long-expected choice.

Naman Ramachandran While India does not have its usual physical pavilion at the Cannes market this year, due to pandemic travel restrictions, and Bollywood stars aren’t setting the red carpet on fire, the business of cinema continues to be discussed at the virtual India pavilion.At a lively session on Thursday, moderated by Vikramjit Roy, head of India’s Film Facilitation Office (FFO), Dhanpreet Kaur, MD of the country’s National Film development Corporation (NFDC), said that the long-awaited

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a major loophole for India to move on from an extremely tragic 2020 as the lockdown era refuses to extinguish. While we venture outside the confines of our homes with grave hesitancy, most of us miss going out without being obliged to wear a mask.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgyptian director and producer Ali El Arabi, who made a splash at virtual Sundance with doc “Captains of Zaatari,” about the soccer dreams of young Syrian refugees, is shooting another soccer-related project, this one centered on fan fever in the leadup to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.“Ashish’s Journey” (working title), El Arabi’s new high-profile doc will chronicle the true tale of a young Indian (pictured in this exclusive first look image) who is

AURORA returns with new single ‘Cure For Me’, the Norwegian phenomenon has spoken to NME about the song’s empowering origins – as well as the viral success of her song ‘Runaway’ and her “playful and sensual” new material.

Hindi superstar Dilip Kumar has died in Mumbai at the age of 98. He had been ill this year and was admitted to hospital on June 30 suffering from breathlessness, according to widespread reports.

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Norway has implemented a new set of rules for social media influencers.

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AURORA has announced that she’s set to return next week with a new single called ‘Cure For Me’.The new track, set to drop on July 7, will follow the Norwegian singer’s recent singles ‘The Secret Garden’ and ‘Exist For Love’, as well as curated EP ‘For The Humans Who Take Long Walks In The Forest’, which was released back in February to celebrate six years of her early single and new TikTok hit ‘Runaway’.“May there never be a cure for human nature,” AURORA wrote on social media when announcing

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorZakir Hussain, the Grammy award-winning Indian tabla virtuoso, composer and percussionist, features in Disney Junior’s “Mira, Royal Detective” as Zakir Ji, a visiting tabla player.

Sigrid has shared a new ‘by the piano’ version of her comeback single ‘Mirror’ – watch its video below.The Norwegian pop star made her comeback earlier this month with the track, her first since 2019 debut album ‘Sucker Punch’.The new version of ‘Mirror’ sees Sigrid sat at a piano before giving a sombre, melancholy twist on the chart-leaning pop of the single itself.“The piano has always been my favourite place to be.It’s where I forget everything that I need to do, or should do..

Gloria Estefan, Sting, and Andrea Bocelli are among the stars joining forces for global virtual fundraiser Vax India Now. Josh Groban and Yo-Yo Ma will also take part in the 7 July event, which aims to bring attention and medical resources to the Covid-ravaged country, where officials are battling a deadly second wave of the virus.

coronavirus variant dubbed 'Delta Plus' has been detected in the UK - and could have been circulating for weeks. The new variant is a further mutation of the original Delta first discovered in India - and now it has emerged there have been 41 cases picked up in the UK.