How ‘Close,’ ‘Holy Spider’ and ‘Sr.’ Highlight the Need for More International and Documentaries in Best Picture

Denmark has selected Ali Abbasi’s Cannes-winning title Holy Spider as its official submission to this year’s International Feature Oscar race.

APPOINTMENTSSentric Music has hired four new A&R types in the US: Academy Fight Songs co-founder Matt DuFour, HITMUSIC 21 Productions co-founder Carlos Escalona Cruz, former Tommy Boy A&R Kebu Commissiong and ReverbNation co-founder Lou Plaia. “This exceptional first cohort of A&R entrepreneurs supports our wider mission of enabling innovation around our clients’ artistry, and goes to our on-going commitment to deliver best in class publishing services in North America”, says Sentric North America President Simon Perry.Mother Artists has hired Lucy Graubart as Finance Director and Maria Torres as Artist Manager and assistant to Director Mark Bent.

Bulgaria has re-entered the International Film race for the 2023 Academy Awards with In the Heart of the Machine, directed by Martin Makariev.

Married At First Sight is set to get even more explosive as a teaser at the end of Thursday night’s show left one contestant feeling uneasy and questioning a lot. Gemma Rose, who is currently married to Matt Murray, was left unimpressed by some behaviour as she told pals Adrian and Thomas about her “gut instinct”. She said: “I’m questioning whether there’s more to this story.” Gemma added: “My gut instinct is going crazy”.

EXCLUSIVE: Keshet International has secured rights to Cuba Libre, a buzzy drama about a follower of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara that’s being billed as one of Portugal’s most ambitious television series ever. The six-part biopic, based on the life of Ana Maria Silva Pais, will form part of KI’s slate at Mipcom Cannes next month.

season 1, audiences were treated to another violent wedding on the franchise. And the bloodshed once again led to a character’s death, a person close to Laenor (Theo Nate), the eldest son of Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) and Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), who unexpectedly found himself positioned for the Iron Throne. “It was really, really tense, really, really deep,” Nate says about reading the script for the latest episode, which marks his last as Laenor on the prequel series. While speaking to ET, the British actor opens up about what was going through his character’s mind as he navigated an unexpected marriage proposition and dealt with the tragic loss of his lover.

Mariah Carey enlisted the talents of Millie Bobby Brown for a unique social media extravaganza.

David Muir has been busy covering the proceedings surrounding the death of Queen Elizabeth II this past Thursday.MORE: Who is David Muir's 'cool' older sister Rebecca? - All we knowHe and the ABC News team decided to go the full mile, of course, as a few of them jetted off to London to cover the news from the ground.VIDEO: David Muir's glimpse into his lavish homeDavid was joined by his frequent ABC News co-star and friend Deborah Roberts and they met up with their British correspondent James Longman.Along with photographs featuring the other members of their team, the World News Tonight anchor took to social media to thank them for their work in getting the story together as efficiently as possible.MORE: David Muir gets everybody talking with photo of his lookalike nephew"What a week. Kyiv—> Lviv—> Warsaw—> New York—> London.

Yung Gravy has spoken to NME about the advice he received while on tour with Limp Bizkit and what it was like to hang out in the studio with Bad Boy Chiller Crew. Watch our interview with Yung Gravy below.Earlier this year, the rapper supported Limp Bizkit on multiple dates of their ‘Still Sucks’ tour, and told NME that being on the road with the nu-metal rockers was “sick.” “The band is really cool and Fred Durst is such a nice guy,” he said. “The whole band is down to earth.”Gravy also shared the advice Limp Bizkit’s frontman gave him while on tour.

Everlasting love. King Charles III, Prince Harry and more members of the royal family paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after her death.

Dame Joan Collins is once again calling out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Not a fan — to say the least. Joan Collins slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle amid their trip abroad.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Reservoir Docs has acquired documentary “The Other Fellow,” which is about several men named James Bond, like the movie’s hero. It has debuted the trailer (below). The comedy-thriller premiered and won an award at Doc Edge New Zealand, and gets its European premiere in Dinard at the British Film Festival in France. In Jamaica in 1952, author Ian Fleming needs a name for his suave, sophisticated secret agent, so he steals one from an unaware birdwatcher and creates a pop-culture phenomenon about the ultimate fictional alpha-male. In 2022, the year of 007’s 60th anniversary onscreen, Australian filmmaker Matthew Bauer is on a global mission to discover the lasting, contrasting and very personal impacts of sharing such an identity with James Bond.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Venice Film Festival title “Music for Black Pigeons,” directed by Danish filmmakers Jørgen Leth, best known for “The Five Obstructions,” and “The Lost Leonardo” helmer Andreas Koefoed, has debuted its trailer with Variety. The documentary, which premieres on Tuesday in Venice’s Out of Competition section, explores the lives and processes of some of the world’s most renowned and prolific jazz musicians, including Jakob Bro, Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian and Midori Takada. Leth, who has directed more than 40 films including landmark works such as “A Sunday in Hell” (1977) and the surrealist short “The Perfect Human” (1968), returns to Venice after his feature documentary “The Five Obstructions,” which he co-directed with Lars von Trier, screened on the Lido in 2003.