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Whoa! This may be the biggest bombshell of Shanna Moakler‘s entire interview!

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is shining a spotlight on one of the most revered filmmakers in cinema history.

Ellise Shafer TikTok is returning as the official entertainment partner for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. This marks the social media platform’s third year teaming up with Eurovision, the world’s largest music event.

Murtada Elfadl In “The Black Garden,” Armenian French first time filmmaker Alexis Pazoumian manages to portray his ancestral homeland with such sensitivity you’d think incorrectly that he lived there most of his life. Using the framework of three years in the life of three generations of Armenian men, Pazoumian sensitively captures the political conflicts, the social milieu and the geographical terrain of a small village on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The village is Talish, located in the Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh and over the years its inhabitants have seen a lot of strife.

Atom Egoyan has revealed that he was so traumatized by the negative reception to his Ryan Reynolds-starring thriller The Captive at the Cannes Film Festival that he will never return again with a film.

Canadian-born ice skater Simon Proulx-Sénécal has been making turning heads on the Dancing on Ice rink with his impressive performances alongside partner Amber Davies. However, beyond the glitz and glamour of the Dancing On Ice stage, here’s what we know about Simon's life off-screen.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Toronto-based sales outfit Syndicado has boarded “The Black Garden,” which will have its world premiere in the main competition section at documentary festival CPH:DOX. The film is directed by Alexis Pazoumian, a French-Armenian photographer-director based in Paris. The film focuses on children Samvel and Avo, soldier Erik and lumberjack and veteran Karen, who live in the Armenian community of Talish, in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region plagued by a century-old conflict.

Anna Aya is ready to break out on a global level!

Joe Manganiello is close to getting two full sleeves. The 47-year-old Hollywood star is going the traditional route when it comes to his new tattoos, after unveiling his recent lettering design on his forearm, the actor decided to get an even larger dragon tattoo that goes from his arm, all the way to his shoulder and part of his chest, matching his right side.Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O’Connor stop by the gym with BubblesSee Sofía Vergara’s curated Beverly Park mansion and impressive walk-in closetWhat Sofia Vergara thinks about Joe Manganiello’s new romance with Caitlin O’Connor after divorceThis time the actor decided to add some color to his new design, and his tattoo artist produly showed the new ink on social media.

Sofia Vergara is enjoying the success of her latest Netflix series ‘Griselda’ and her popular beauty brand ‘Toty,’ and while she is focused on her professional career, the Colombian icon still has time to give love a second chance, as she has been romantically linked with doctor Justin Saliman following her divorce from Joe Manganiello.Sofia Vergara praised Karol G for her acting skills in ‘Griselda’ and talked about their friendshipSofia Vergara continues romance with Justin Saliman after split rumorsSee Sofía Vergara’s curated Beverly Park mansion and impressive walk-in closetMeanwhile, the actor has been dating actress Caitlin O’Connor, making his red carpet debut with his new girlfriend at the Children of Armenia Fund Gala back in December. The former couple filed for divorce last summer, but it seems like there is no bad blood between them, as a new source has revealed what Sofia thinks about Joe’s new romance.An insider revealed to ET that the ‘Modern Family’ star “wishes Joe the best.” The publication reported that “his relationship with Caitlin doesn’t faze [Sofia]” as she is focused on her personal life and professional success.The source went on to say that Joe and Caitlin “are doing really well and getting more and more serious and talking about their future.

Justin Timberlake’s comeback isn’t going as planned…

Britney Spears fans have hit back at Justin Timberlake by getting her song ‘Selfish’ into the charts following the release of his new single.Yesterday (January 25), Timberlake announced his new album ‘Everything I Thought It Was’ and its romantic lead single ‘Selfish’. The track marked his first solo release in over five years.Following the release of his new song, devoted fans of the ‘Slave 4 You’ singer began to download her song of the same name from her 2011 LP ‘Femme Fatale’, causing it to appear on the iTunes Chart and reach the Number One spot in territories such as Armenia, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.Selfish by Britney Spears has more #1’s than Justin Timberlake’s Selfish.

Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O’Connor are still going strong!

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Want to know which international features vying for Oscar gold are worth watching? Variety‘s team of critics has been on the ground at Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and other major film festivals, on the hunt for the best of the best. In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences unveiled its shortlist of 15 films eligible for the second round of voting in the Best International Feature Film category.

Eurovision Song Contest has teased that “The Caribbean is coming” to this year’s competition.Taking to their official Instagram page with 1.3 million followers to announce that the Caribbean – a subregion of North America with over 700 islands – will be taking part in the famous contest for the first time.The post showed a video clip of palm trees and clear beaches. The caption of the post read: “New Year! New News! We’re thrilled to confirm that the Caribbean is coming to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

The 2024 Rose Parade is about to kick off!

The Rose Parade will see floral-decorated floats decorated to the theme of “Celebrating a World of Music: The Universal Language.”

Siddhant Adlakha Three decades after the 1915 Armenian Genocide, an optimistic American Armenian returns to his Sovietized homeland, only be thrown in prison under flimsy circumstances. From his squalid jail cell, he peers daily into the home and inner life of one of his Armenian prison guards, and inadvertently finds the cultural connection he’d been searching for.

The shortlist of 15 films set to vie for a Best International Feature FiOscar nomination has now been revealed, with only a few surprises in the mix. 

J. Kim Murphy Filmmaker Michael Goorjian set out to create a different kind of film about Armenian nationality when developing “Amerikatsi,” the country’s submission in the international feature category for this year’s Academy Awards. Along with directing, Goorjian also stars as Charlie, an American who repatriates to Armenia after World War II — but ends up in a Soviet prison for simply wearing a tie.

There’s a lot to take in and even more to process in American-Armenian director Michael Goorjian’s ambitious period piece: What he’s tilting at here is not beyond the realms of comedy, as Armando Iannucci proved with his 2017 jet-black satire The Death of Stalin. But tone is crucial, and Amerikatsi has a waywardness that too often undermines its intent — there’s a lot that works here and so much that doesn’t. There are moments that are sensitive, thoughtful, and really quite moving — in an elegant, silent-movie way — but the framing is so dark in its humor that many viewers may never make it to them.

Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O’Connor are official!

.On December 9, the made his red carpet debut with rumored girlfriend Caitlin O'Connor. This comes five months after Manganiello from Vergara in July, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The former couple, who wed in 2015, on Instagram earlier that month.

System of a Down‘s Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi have teamed up to release their collaboration ‘Deconstruction’ – listen to it below.The single was co-written with the CEO of Gibson Guitars, Cesar Gueikian, and has been released on Gibson Records. The three have released the single under the name ‘The Gibson Band’, which will feature a rotating cast of musicians that will steadily release music to fund various philanthropic causes around the world.In the case of ‘Deconstruction’, all proceeds will be going to Armenia Fund’s Artsakh Refugee Initiative.

The third annual Red Sea Film Festival handed out its Yusr Awards on Thursday night, with Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames taking Best Feature and Farah Nabulsi’s The Teacher scoring a pair of wins including Best Actor for Saleh Bakri. See the full list below.

Things are starting to ease-up on the injury front for Manchester City ahead of the Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday (4.30pm).

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Shortly after actor-director Michael Goorjian wrote the script for “Amerikatsi,” which is Armenia’s candidate for the international Oscar, he turned to System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian – who is also of Armenian descent – for feedback on the tale of an Armenian-American who repatriates in 1948 to what has become Soviet Armenia. The Grammy-winning musician and political activist then became an executive producer on the film, which uses an ironic Chaplin-esque tone to depict the dream of the Armenian diaspora to reconnect with their roots. Goorjian, who wrote and directed the movie, also stars as Charlie, an Armenian immigrant to the U.S.

Documentaries about the impact of war claimed two of the top prizes as the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam handed out awards Thursday night.

Robert Kardashian nearly turned Priscilla Presley into Priscilla Kardashian — but there was one thing that he just didn’t want on his plate.

Jessica Kiang The 87 submissions for this year’s Academy Award for international feature mark a drop-off from the last few record-setting years when that number has been consistently in the 90s. Whether this is an immediate reaction to the Academy’s rule change mandating that at least 50% of every national selection committee needs to be made up of “artists and or craftspeople from the field of motion pictures” is an open question. But the big-hitters remain in the race and so, pending the official confirmation of the eligibility of the below from the Academy, here is the full international feature submissions list for the 96th Academy Awards.

Savina Petkova What if a new Messiah appeared today, but his supernatural power was to release people’s intimate videos unprompted? Such a beguiling premise shapes Armenian Vilnius-based director Marat Sargsyan’s sophomore feature, “The Grand Inquisitor.” In it, the omnipotent creature is an AI that looks like a human being and has a human name, Vermis. Soon, his crimes pile up, the authorities are helpless, and any investigation thwarted. The film will be presented next week at Thessaloniki Film Festival’s Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum.

Jirair Ratevosian, is Armenian and identifies as gay, is a candidate in the 2024 election for the House of Representatives in California’s 30th Congressional District, which has the largest population of Armenian Americans in the nation. Photo: Provided by Jirair Ratevosian campaign

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Vietnam-based sales agent Skyline Media has closed multi-territory deals for two of its current titles “The Soul Reaper” and “Vietnamese Horror Story.” The deals follow Skyline’s recent trip to Busan’s ACFM and come ahead of its participation as exhibitor at a string of further final quarter sales events – Tokyo’s TIFFCOM, Santa Monica’s American Film Market and Taipei’s Taiwan Creative Content Fest. Folk horror film “The Soul Reaper,” currently in the final stages of post-production, was licensed to GaragePlay for Taiwan and to Westec Media Limited (WML) for Laos, Cambodia and nine other Southeast Asian territories. The film, adapted from Thao Trang’s best-selling horror novel “Lunar New Year in Hell Village” (aka “Tet O Lang Dia Nguc”), is set to be released in Vietnam cinemas on 08 December. GaragePlay is one of Taiwan’s leading distributors, and recently handles releases of “Suzume,” “John Wick: Chapter 4” and “Someday or One Day.” WML is the biggest content distributor in Cambodia and has distributed more than 1,000 titles theatrically since its establishment.

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian will publish his debut memoir, Down With the System: A Memoir (Of Sorts) in 2024. The book will be published by Hachette Book Group on May 14 and is described as "a memoir that is far more than just a rock’n’roll fable.

Like many of us, Kim Kardashian is horrified and heartbroken by the Hamas terrorist attacks.

conflict in Israel, Palestine, and even Armenia.“A message to my Jewish friends and family. I love you.