‘It’s a Sin’ Creator Russell T. Davies to Receive 2021 Canneseries Excellence Award

HBO Max Boards ‘Lucy The Human Chimp’ HBO Max has boarded Keo Films’ Channel 4 feature documentary Lucy The Human Chimp, which recounts the story of a chimpanzee raised as a human and Janis Carter, the woman who took on the task of helping to give her freedom by living with her in the wild. Directed by Alex Parkinson, the film premieres this spring and uses previously unseen archive film and photographs, as well as dramatic reconstruction.

Gallery: 10 things you should know about Kurt Russell (BANG Showbiz)He said: "My work ethic and my nature come from my mom and dad. "We’re working-class people and even at times when I got paid enormous amounts of money, that didn’t change the way I worked: I got up early, I made sure I had my tools, and I worked.

Jamie Lang France’s Annecy Festival, Europe and one of the world’s largest and most important annual events for all things animated, has announced the lineups for its first group of competition sections for this summer’s 60th anniversary hybrid edition.Instantly recognizable U.S.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has boarded new action-packed film projects in France, including the sequel of Guillaume Pierret’s thriller “Lost Bullet,” and Regis Blondeau’s “A tombeau ouvert,” a remake of the Korean film “A Hard Day.” The service’s slate of Originals for 2021, meanwhile, comprises the action movie “Le Dernier mercenaire” with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the series “Braqueurs,” a spinoff of Julien Leclercq’s movie.

Sam Tomkins has admitted he hopes to finish his rugby league career with Catalans Dragons, but insists he still has to prove he is worthy of a new contract with the French side beyond this season.

It's a Sin creator Russell T. Davies will receive this year's Excellence Award for lifetime achievement at the CanneSeries television festival.

Sam Heughan has proven he's a real Scotsman despite revealing he has French, German and Norwegian ancestry. And as Sam talked about growing up in Scotland and his roots he told of his plans to extend his tweed and tartan line to kilts and skirts as well as shawls.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSpike Lee is set to preside over the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is expected to take place July 6-17. The director and activist will be the first Black president of the festival’s jury.Lee was on track to preside over last year’s festival which was canceled due to the pandemic, and had vowed to return to the French Rivera-set festival if the health situation allowed for it.

On Monday morning, French playwright Florian Zeller’s first feature film, The Father, collected six Oscar nominations. And it seems there will be more where that came from. Speaking via Zoom after nominations were announced, Zeller revealed to Deadline that he’s currently finishing up an adaptation of the newest of his plays: The Son—and he knows exactly who he wants to cast, too.

Oscars history after she picked up a nod for Best Actress today (March 15).The actress received her fourth nomination for playing the lead role in Netflix‘s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at a ceremony earlier alongside Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Frances McDormand and Carey Mulligan.She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for Fences, after being nominated in that category in 2009 for her work in Doubt.

Best Actor predictions included Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father and Tahar Rahim The Mauritanian for Best Actor; and Judas and the Black Messiah's Daniel Kaluuya, and Sacha Baron Cohen for The Trial of the Chicago 7 for supporting actor. Meanwhile, Best Actress nominees include Mank's Amanda Seyfried, Pieces of a Woman's Vanessa Kirby, Nomadland's Frances McDormand, The Father's Olivia Colman, and Andra Day for The United States vs.

One Night in Miami, Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman. Best Actor nominations include Chadwick Boseman, Riz Ahmed, Steven Yeun, Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins, while Best Actress nominees include Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Kirby, Viola Davis, Frances McDormand and Andra Day.

France Channels, a Britbox-style streaming service dedicated to French content, will launch in the U.S. in Q2, 2021.

It is refreshing to see that the Hollywood movie scene isn’t just a young person’s game anymore — as Vogue’s 2021 Hollywood portfolio of the year’s 27 biggest stars contains some names and faces that have been dazzling on the silver screen for many decades now.

Little Mix, Christine And The Queens, Rita Ora, The Staves and others have used their platforms to celebrate women today (March 8) for the annual campaign.Christine And The Queens wrote on Twitter (as translated from French to English) to “listen to female performers every day of the year” to support female-identifying people making art.Meanwhile, Rita Ora wrote: “There is no force greater than a group of unified women.

Eddie Jones says there is “no wriggle room” to add Sam Underhill to his Six Nations squad after he came through his return from injury with Bath. Underhill withdrew from England’s squad before the Six Nations began with a hip injury, which he has now overcome.

As you probably assumed already, you won’t be getting a follow-up to HBO‘s excellent and underrated Baltimore-set crime series “The Wire,” though there had been some confusion last year. Last Spring, the French outlet Society interviewed “The Wire” creator David Simon, and he revealed he was working on another Baltimore series, leading people to assume, hope, and “deduce,” that there was a potential sequel series in the works (though the Baltimore Sun shot down those theories quickly).