Hear Ibeyi and BERWYN put their own spin on Black Flag song ‘Rise Above’

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, Competition title Close has sold to Lucky Red for Italy, Vertigo Films for Spain and Lev Cinemas for Israel.

After being born in Southern California, Frank Adrian Barron moved to Paris back in 2012 where he fell head over heels for the city of love. Surrounded by buttery croissants, éclairs and macarons, the Instagram chef has written a delicious love letter to the city in his cookbook Sweet Paris: Seasonal Recipes from an American Baker in France. Bringing together influences from American and French baking, Frank’s literary debut features 59 incredible dessert recipes that use seasonal fruits and flavours.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAs Cannes celebrates it first big get-together since 2019 with much of the traditional movie industry business model now being questioned, one thing, at least, has never been stronger: The drive by governments worldwide to lure big movie shoots.Powered by an exponential rise in demand, film and TV shoots are already big business. Total expenditure on shoots in France last year was valued at €2.8 billion ($3 billion), 30% up on 2019, CNC president Dominique Boutonnat announced at the recent Series Mania.Overseas shoot numbers are already rebounding from pandemic, with France’s Tax Rebate for Intl.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentStarzplay has acquired Stephen Dunn’s reimagining of groundbreaking British series “Queer as Folk” for a slew of territories including the U.K., several continental European countries, and Latin America. The Peacock-produced reboot of the Russell T. Davies series from the ’90s about three clubgoing men in Manchester’s gay village, has been acquired by the streaming service for Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Spain, Netherlands, the Nordics and the U.K.The eight-episode show will premiere in the U.K.

The Eurovision Song Contest will hit our screens from May 10 to May 14 and as we prepare for the world's biggest celebration of music, here's a look at the Scots who have helped to put their name on the Eurovision map over the years as well as this year's hottest entries.

Peter Caranicas Deputy EditorCinematographer Stephen H. Burum will be honored at EnergaCamerimage with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.Set to run in Torun, Poland, on Nov. 12-19, Camerimage, which focuses on films and cinematography, will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year.Burum is best known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, which yielded such classics as “The Untouchables” (1987), a tale of the battle between good and evil; Vietnam War drama “Casualties of War” (1989); ”Carlito’s Way” (1993), which portrayed deep social divides; the iconic “Mission: Impossible” (1996); “Snake Eyes (1998); and “Mission to Mars” (2000).

Naman Ramachandran “Rocketry: The Nambi Effect,” the directorial debut of acclaimed Indian actor R. Madhavan (“Alai Payuthey,” “Tanu Weds Manu”), will have its industry premiere in Cannes as a market screening.India is the country of honor at this year’s Cannes Film Market.Madhavan plays the role of Indian scientist, Nambi Narayanan, a former Indian Space Research Organization scientist and aerospace engineer known for developing efficient liquid fuel engines and who became embroiled in a spy scandal.

Summer holidays are finally back on the cards, after two years of uncertainty.

Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA have got a collaborative project on the way, and the two rappers performed a track from it live at the Smoker’s Club festival in Southern California over the weekend.The title of the track is not yet known, but as Stereogum point out, the duo premiered the unreleased cut during an NTS Radio show back in March.After performing the track live together, Brown addressed the crowd: “So yeah, Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA album. Y’all just heard the first song, coming soon.

Some friendly advice. Katy Perry had a hilarious reaction when an American Idol contestant sang a track by her ex-boyfriend John Mayer — and she offered him a tip he could use in the future.

Seven weeks ago, Kyle Johnson gave up his ordinary life in the North West to travel to the war-torn country of Ukraine. With five years military training and an overriding sense of duty - he felt he had to help.

Manchester United could be dealt a blow in their pursuit of Benfica talisman Darwin Nunez.

MADRID -- A leading Spanish museum said Friday it's confident that U.S. courts will again rule that a valuable French impressionist painting once taken from a Jewish family by the Nazis belongs to the museum, and not to descendants of the family.In a statement Friday, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum said that despite a new U.S.

Blac Chyna continued her testimony on the stand Wednesday, going into detail about her relationships with her ex-fiancé, rapper Tyga, as well as her foray into meeting Rob Kardashian and the culmination of their tumultuous relationship. In the more than $100 million complaint filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, the former reality star, 33, whose real name is Angela Renée White, alleges the Kardashian family conspired against her to get the TV show "Rob & Chyna" canceled, and that move greatly hindered her ability to earn income in other ways that naturally would have come as an extension of her fame from the series and social media influence.