Ellise Shafer Warner Bros. Discovery Europe has announced that it will air every match from this year’s U.S. Open on Eurosport and Discovery+ across 45 markets.
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Open Doors is a case in point. Five takeaways on this year’s lineup: Recalibration of a Sense of Self “Three Bullets,” at Open Doors Projects Hub, is made by Dominican Génesis Valenzuela, an alum of San Sebastian’s prestigious Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, which plumbs the murder of Dominican immigrant Lucrecia Pérez, shot and killed by four neo-Nazis, the same year that Spain celebrated its conquest of Latin America. Valenzuela will come in at the film as she reconstructs her own identity as a “human being/woman/Afro-Caribbean/filmmaker.” “The driving force of this film is the desire for emancipation, both from the constraints of existence and from those of filmmaking,” she has said.
Questioning Cliches, Intertwining Narratives That could be said to varying degrees and multiple ways of the titles at Open Doors, all from smaller Latin American countries or the Caribbean. “LOA. Kill Your Masters” tells the history of Haiti’s 1791-1804 Revolution, but from the POV of Afro-Caribbean female Vodun empowerment.
In Jamaican Gibrey Allen’s “Raised by Goats,” as Jamaica battles for independence, a woman struggles towards freedom and self knowledge. Both “Libertines” and Costa Rica’s “Milky Way” question motherhood as woman’s natural destiny. “I’ve become really interested in stories about women who regret having children,” says “Milky Way” director Paz Fábrega.
Using a Broader Tool Box “Amidst global concerns such as climate change, sustainability, peace and equality, one topic stands out for discussion: Identity,” says Zsuzsi Bánkuti, head of Open Doors. Filmmakers, moreover, are bringing a much broader gamut of tools to explore that issue, led by genre and animation. To tell the story of Nicaragua’s Contras, for example, in
.Ellise Shafer Warner Bros. Discovery Europe has announced that it will air every match from this year’s U.S. Open on Eurosport and Discovery+ across 45 markets.
Bruce Springsteen is set to open next month at a museum in Boston.The exhibit is titled Bruce Springsteen: Portraits Of An American Music Icon and will open on September 13 as part of the The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame in the Boch Center Wang Theatre.The show will feature photographs of The Boss from a host of photographers including Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Barry Schneier, Pamela Springsteen and Frank Stefanko.A description for the event reads: “From the streets of New Jersey to the sunbaked landscapes of California, this career-spanning photo exhibit showcases intimate photographs of one of America’s most important musical voices.“Through photos and interviews, this exhibit gives a unique perspective of Bruce Springsteen away from the sold-out arenas and in front of the lens.”Mark your calendars! On September 13, FARHOF will be kicking off the opening of our Bruce Springsteen: Portraits of an American Music Icon, and Legends of Folk, Americana, Roots exhibits. Book a tour here —> https://t.co/kv7JvFcmOC pic.twitter.com/TyynSNhnBI— Folk Americana Roots Hall Of Fame (@FolkHallBoston) August 15, 2023Elsewhere, Springsteen is currently on a headline tour of the United States, and had to cancel two gigs in Philadelphia this month because of illness.The announcement arrived on his social media accounts on August 16, just hours before he was set to take to the stage for the first of the Pennsylvania headline gigs.
She has kept a relatively low profile this year while her husband has been involved with promotional activity for his memoir and upcoming Netflix documentaries. But now it looks as if the Duchess of Sussex could draw on her experiences of acting and the film industry to return to the bright lights of Hollywood in a move described as clever by a royal expert.
It’s no secret that Swifties would give a lot for — and have given a lot for — a seat at an Eras Tour concert.One Taylor Swift superfan especially took the fandom up a notch after he spent about $8,800 to attend 10 concerts across the United States.Anthony Ye of Astoria, New York, told Fox News Digital that his love for the pop star has been a near-decade-long affair.“I go to as many shows as I can make it out to,” he said. “I’ve seen her dozens of times.”Ye, 26, revealed that he had seen Taylor Swift in concert 43 times after most recently attending two of her Los Angeles shows, on Aug.
reported People.“Sometimes, we, as actors, don’t have control over which network buys the projects we are in, nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold,” said the actress in a scathing statement. “So I was very surprised to learn by reading about it in the press yesterday that the independent film I worked on over a year ago was sold to Great American Family.” The Hallmark Channel actress also slammed the network’s stance toward gay marriage.
Jodie Sweetin is not happy about where her latest made-for-TV movie will be airing.
Jodie Sweetin is not a happy camper. The former Full House star is expressing disappointment that her upcoming film Craft Me A Romance has been sold to Great American Family, the network where her former Full House co-star Candace Cameron Bure serves as chief creative officer
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Full House” alum Jodie Sweetin expressed disappointment to People magazine over her new film, “Craft Me a Romance,” being sold to the Great American Family (GAF) network, which counts her former co-star Candace Cameron Bure as its chief creative officer. Bure ignited controversy last fall after she told The Wall Street Journal that GAF would be keeping “traditional marriage at the core” of its output, meaning it would be highly unlikely for GAF shows and films to include LGBTQ+ couples. “Sometimes, we, as actors, don’t have control over which network buys the projects we are in, nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold,” Sweetin said in a statement.
Guns N’ Roses for one night only.The legendary rockers are set to perform at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium with special guest The Pretenders on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 6 p.m.And if you haven’t secured your tickets yet, now is a better time than ever.Since our team last wrote about the GNR tour, prices have dropped.At the time of publication, the lowest price on tickets is now $32 before fees on Vivid Seats.Lower-level ticket prices aren’t that bad either coming in at $51 before fees.By our estimation, that’s a steal to catch Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band live.Want to hear “Paradise City,” “Welcome To The Jungle,” “November Rain,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and so many more hits live?Keep reading.We’ve got everything you need to know about Guns N’ Roses’ MetLife gig below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best ticket prices by section for Guns N’ Roses Aug.
Netflix's latest limited series is a fictionalised re-telling of a drugs crisis which has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans since the late 90s.
EXCLUSIVE: Indie distributor Variance Films has snapped up North American rights to the period drama Amerikatsi, written and directed by and starring Michael A. Goorjian, slating it for an exclusive theatrical release in New York and L.A. on Friday, September 8, with a national rollout to follow.
Carlos Alcaraz, the youngest number 1 tennis player in the world, figured that a good way to kick things off would be to invite his friend Sebastian Yatra, welcoming fans to the tournament that’s hosted in New York on a yearly basis. Rafa Nadal shares photos of Greek summer and takes selfies with fansCarlos Alcaraz shares the text he received from Rafael Nadal before Wimbledon triumphAlcaraz’s invitation was cleverly staged between himself and Yatra, with their exchange being recorded on a FaceTime call.“Carlos Alcaraz is calling me,” said Yatra in Spanish to the camera. “What does he want?”“I’m calling to say that you should come to the Fan Week at the US Open and sing something,” said Alcaraz.
Dominican project Tres balas (Three Bullets) has dominated the awards handed out by Open Doors, Locarno Pro’s talent development program for artists from underrepresented communities.
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LOCARNO — Two movie projects which capture best the brewing revolution in Latin American filmmaking walked off with the biggest plaudits at this year’s Locarno Open Doors prize ceremony on Tuesday. Both underscore the mindset reset among cineasts – their questioning of received wisdom accompanied by the explosion in invention being brought to low-budget filmmaking in the region.
Match Me! Shepherding them are 30 producers hailing from the length and breadth of Europe, plus Taiwan and the Dominican Republic, in town for the three-day event, kicking off Friday. Set up at mainly young-ish production houses, they underscore major trends now coursing through European cinema: the rise of genre and animation – such as Christophe Reveille’s “To Live and Die with Che Guevara” an animated doc feature about three guerrillas who pledged allegiance to Che Guevara – as well as films of large artistic ambition made on contained budgets, such as Taiwan’s “Goodbye North, Goodbye.” Above all, there’s a gathering shift from straight-arrow arthouse drama to genre-bending thrillers that nevertheless maintain art pics’ traditional social issue focus.
Russell Crowe has recalled a chance encounter with the late Sinead O’Connor following her death last week aged 56.The actor took to Twitter to recount the story of meeting her while he was working in Ireland last year.Crowe said he was sitting outside a pub with a group of friends when “a woman with purpose strode past us”.“Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf. One of my new friends muttered an exclamation, jumped up and pursued the woman,” he continued. “Thirty metres down the road the friend and the woman embraced and he (waved) me over.
Popeyes is set to open it's first Manchester store in the city centre later this year. The American fried chicken restaurant will open the doors of its Piccadilly Gardens site in November.
Sinead O’Connor had said she was working on a new album before her death aged 56.Earlier this month, she had offered fans an update on new music, writing on Twitter that she was finishing the follow-up to 2014’s ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss’. O’Connor also said she hoped to release it early next year.She also said a world tour for 2024-2025 was in the works and confirmed that she had moved back to London. These would have been her first live shows in almost half a decade, after she cancelled all her live shows for 2022 “for her health and wellbeing” following the suicide of her son Shane.“Hi All, recently moved back to London after 23 years absence.
news of her death at age 56 on Wednesday.The “Gladiator” actor, 59, recalled a chance encounter he had with the singer outside a pub in Ireland last year in a moving essay posted on his social media.While working in Ireland — O’Connor’s homeland — last year, the actor said he was having drinks with pals outside a pub in Dalkey, located around 30 minutes from the capital city of Dublin, when a captivating woman walked by him.“Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf,” he wrote of the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer.“There under streetlights with mist on my breath, I met Sinéad. She looked in my eyes, and uttered with disarming softness, ‘oh, it’s you Russell,'” the actor recalled.and pursued the woman.
wake of Sinéad O'Conner's death on Wednesday, Russell Crowe is paying tribute by sharing a personal story about his chance encounter with the celebrated singer.Crowe, 59, took to Twitter Wednesday evening to reflect on how he met O'Connor recently, and the impact of their unexpected meeting.«Last year, working in Ireland, having a pint in the cold outside a Dalkey pub with some new friends, a woman with purpose strode past us. Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf,» Crowe recalled. «One of my new friends muttered an exclamation, jumped up and pursued the woman.