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straight to your inbox every day, freeErling Braut Haaland would rather join Real Madrid than Manchester United when he leaves Borussia Dortmund, according to reports.Haaland has firmly established himself as one of the world's best young strikers over the last year after initially bursting onto the scene at Red Bull Salzburg before joining Dortmund last January.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer coached his countryman at Molde and United were interested in signing the 20-year-old before he moved to Germany,

NASA has awarded a $2.8 million grant to the Indiana Space Consortium, which is headquartered at Purdue University. The consortium’s goal is to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

Mipcom is the biggest international TV get-together of the year, but the 2020 event was a different beast due to COVID-19. While there were hopes the Cannes affair could take place in person this October, organizer Reed Midem revealed in September that the market would go virtual — and judging by the fast-rising COVID-19 count in France and toughening restrictions, that was probably a wise idea.

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Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott will team with Joaquin Phoenix for Kitbag, with the Oscar-winning Joker star to play French military leader and emperor Napoleon. Pic is set at 20th Century Studios, where Scott Free has its deal.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSND, the commercial arm of French TV network M6, is set to kick off international sales this fall on “Kandisha” and newly-acquired family movie “Pil’s Adventures,” beginning at the Sitges Film Festival and the virtual AFM market.“Pil’s Adventures” is a CGI animated feature produced by TAT Productions, the well-established French banner behind “The Jungle Bunch” and “Terra Willy” (pictured).

Ed Meza @edmezavarWith depictions of pandemic catastrophes, war, failing empires, the divide between rich and poor, shooting rampages and massive power outages, Germany’s newest TV shows appear to reflect the current apocalyptic zeitgeist.German broadcasters and streaming services alike are going heavy on suspense, crime, psychological thrillers, action and adventure, often colored by themes of societal disruption and armed conflict.Showrunner Christian Alvart (“Dogs of Berlin”) was in

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTed Sarandos, co-CEO of chief content officer at Netflix, weighed in Monday on the streaming giant’s growth in global markets during the past five years and the controversy stirred in the U.S.

Given the near-apocalyptic state of the world right now, the international television executives preparing for the global TV market MIPCOM Online+ are remarkably bullish. Ahead of MIPCOM 2020 —an all-virtual event this year, due to COVID-19, which runs Oct.

Lise Pedersen No need to introduce Viggo Mortensen, the multi-award winning actor, whose most recent accolade was a career achievement Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival last month.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: As dawn breaks on October 12, TV executives from around the world should be rising to the lapping shore of the French Riviera. Instead, for most, they will be greeted by the four walls of their bedrooms.

A fast-moving freight train plowed into a semi-truck that ended up stuck on railroad tracks in Indiana on Friday, according to officials.  The Pendleton/Fall Creek Township Fire Department said on Facebook it was dispatched to a crash around 5:39 p.m.

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (AP) – An inmate who escaped from a Kentucky jail last month by climbing through a hole in a jail window has eluded authorities who tracked him to a heavily wooded area of southern Indiana, a federal marshal said.

Ed Meza @edmezavarThe life of Germany’s first gentleman will be the focus of a new comedy series currently in development at Berlin-based Readymade Films, maker of local hit “MaPa.”Joachim Sauer, a quantum chemist and professor of physical and theoretical chemistry, is also the husband of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Manori Ravindran International EditorArthouse streaming service Mubi has snapped up rights to Toronto International Film Festival title “Shiva Baby” for the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, India, Turkey and Latin America.Written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Emma Seligman, “Shiva Baby” follows a young bisexual Jewish woman at a shiva — a mourning tradition in the Jewish community — at which she must confront her over-achieving ex-girlfriend as well as her sugar daddy, his girlfriend and