Chile Showbiz Latest News and Updates

In a dramatic turn of events on Wednesday's visit (17 April) to Coronation Street, Bobby Crawford implicated a new suspect in the Lauren Bolton murder case, as he valiantly tried to protect Weatherfield favourite Roy Cropper. As regular viewers will know, Roy was recently wrongly accused of Lauren's murder after she mysteriously vanished.

Karol G’s live performance during the Latin American leg of her “Mañana Será Bonito” Tour in Chile has taken the internet by storm. The Colombian reggaeton sensation found herself in a light-hearted moment that sparked a chatter across social media platforms.In the online footage, Karol G is shown mid-performance, pausing to read aloud a boldly worded poster held up by one of her fans.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In a triumphant night for Spain, J.A. Bayona’s Oscar-nominated “Society of the Snow” swept the top prizes at Platino Xcaret, named after the venue of the annual Platino Awards this year, which took place at the Xcaret Resort, Riviera Maya, Mexico.

20,000 Species Of Bees, the debut film by Basque filmmaker Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, and Society Of The Snow, J. A. Bayona’s survival drama for Netflix, dominated the top honors at the eleventh Platino Awards Saturday evening.

Holly Jones Standout Paris-based sales outfit Luxbox (“1976”) has acquired international sales rights to the debut solo feature effort from Chilean multi-hyphenate Vinko Tomičić Salinas(“Durmiente”),“The Dog Thief” (“El Ladrón de Perros”), which bows in the international narrative competition at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, running June 5-16. The film follows an adolescent shoe shining orphan, Martín (Franklin Aro Huasco), in his quest to get closer to Mr.

Holly Jones German sales outfit Patra Spanou Film (“Blue Moon”) has acquired international rights to “The Pleasure Is Mine” (“El Placer Es Mío”), the debut feature from Brazilian-born screenwriter and director Sacha Amaral, whose prior efforts on short “Billy Boy” earned him a slot at the Cannes Cinéfondation program in 2021. The boutique sales agency has also shared an exclusive first-look teaser with Variety ahead of the drama’s premiere in international competition at this year’s Bafici in Buenos Aires, running April 17-28.

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Anna Marie de la Fuente Miami-based MGE Media has scooped up international distribution rights to Katherina Harder’s feature debut, “La Pérgola de las Flores,” produced by Parox, the Chilean producer of mini-series “Allende, The Thousand Days” (“Los mil días de Allende”), which is nominated for three Premios Platino. The prestigious Ibero-American awards event takes place April 20 in Cancun, Mexico where “Allende…” has been nominated for best series, best actor for Alfredo Castro, who plays the doomed socialist president Salvador Allende, and best actress for Aline Kuppenheim.

Fremantle and Fabula have renewed their first-look partnership with an agreement they say will result in them working even more closely to develop a fresh slate of original dramas and films.

Throughout her time on our screens, Christine Lampard has become a well loved and familiar face to viewers at home. Having appeared on shows including Loose Women, The One Show and Lorraine, the 45 year old is a firm fixture on the small screen.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has wrapped production on musical film The Wave (La Ola) inspired by the wave of feminist civil disobedience that swept Chile in the spring of 2018.

Anitta is going out on tour!

Thania Garcia Ahead of the release of her new “Funk Generation” album, slated for April 26, Anitta has announced she is going on tour. Starting May 18 in Mexico City, Mexico, the “Funk Generation Tour” will take the Brazillian singer to over 20 cities, including her first tour dates in North America. She’ll then hit South America and Europe in major cities like Paris, London, Bogota, Buenos Aires, biza and more.

Married comedians Jon and Lucy – aka the Richardsons – are back for another hilarious mockumentary series about their lives. From career highlights to failures and arguments, Jon and Lucy aren’t afraid to cover it all.The 10-parter sees Lucy very busy with Taskmaster, Bake Off and Celebrity Chinese Whispers, all of which have come off the back of her Bafta nomination for Meet The Richardsons. Meanwhile, Jon is plotting his escape from telly – a theme that’s appropriate as Lucy predicts the show is coming to an end.

EXCLUSIVE: Alejandra Reyes, most recently a TV lit agent at UTA, is switching to management and joining 3 Arts Entertainment. She is bringing an expertise in the international space — focusing on Latin America and Spain — which she developed as an agent, introducing international writers and directors to the US market, attaching them to major series and closing first-look/overall deals for them. That includes a first-look deal with Onyx for The House of Flowers creator Manolo Caro and his production company Woo Films and an overall deal with Netflix for Chilean writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela, creator, executive producer and showrunner of Who Killed Sara?

Scotland have the worst form of any country that has qualified for Euro 2024.

El Viaje Films, has moved into production on “La Lucha,” a feature film set against the background of lucha canaria wrestling, a contact sport dating back to ancient times. “La Lucha” marks the latest title from Tenerife-based El Viaje Films, behind 2015 international breakout “Dead Slow Ahead,” “Undergrowth” which took two prizes at this month’s Malaga Festival, the standout 2021 “They Carry Death,” selected for Venice’s Critics Week, as well as serving as the Spanish producer on Chile’s Oscar entry “White on White,” a 2019 Venice Horizons best film and director entry. Just a decade back, “La Lucha’s” shoot would have been notable for its very existence.

Adrian Chiles has shared his heartbreak after his father passed away.The TV presenter revealed his dad Peter Chiles died age 86 in early March in a tear-jerking column for The Guardian. Adrian, 56, who formerly hosted BBC's The One Show, explained that his father has suffered a fall and fractured his shoulder on 20 January. Having been discharged from A&E, a few days later he was taken to a "rural community hospital" and passed away six weeks later on 9 March.

Paramount+‘s international ad-tier plans are coming together.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “Los caminantes de la calle,” directed by Argentina’s Juan Martín Hsu, Chilean Ignacio Pávez’s docu-fiction drama “An Amputee” and Uruguayan Lorenzo Tocco’s “For God’s Sake” proved the biggest winners at the Malaga Festival’s MAFIZ industry area awards, announced at a ceremony on Friday night. Covering Malaga’s Work in Progress showcase, its Málaga Festival Fund Co-Production forum (MAFF) and the Spanish Screenings Content – Málaga Short Corner, prizes were divvied up among a slew of titles, with ‘Sometimes,’ by Sara Fantova and Enrique Buleo’s ‘Still Life With Ghosts,’ both scoring multiple awards. From his first feature, 2015’s “La Salada,” a patchwork narrative tale of immigrants’ lives, dreams and suffering in Argentina, to 2021’s “La Luna Reprenta Mi Corazon,” a docu feature record of the rencounter with his mother in Taiwan, Hsu has carved out a niche depicting the immigrant experience in Argentina.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Organizers of the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards on Friday presented 25 finalists as part of the Malaga Film Festival’s Mafiz-Spanish Screenings Content Animation Hub section. The 25 works from seven countries will compete in 10 categories at the seventh edition of the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, taking place on May 11 in Tenerife.

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Wiggins has joined Elevate Entertainment as the Co-Head of Development and Production. He will be working on Elevate’s current slate of scripted and unscripted projects alongside Co-Head of Development and Production Samantha Levenshus.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor A new Los Angeles film festival featuring independent films, documentaries and artist talks is set for April 4-7 at venues in Chinatown, Eagle Rock and Filipinotown. The Los Angeles Festival of Movies was launched by Micah Gottlieb and Sarah Winshall, and will open April 4 with Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow.” Closing night film is Conner O’Malley and Danny Scharar’s “Rap World” on April 7. Both films screen at Vidiots.

Jarvis Cocker has shared how Pulp paid tribute to late bassist Steve Mackey while the band were on tour in South America last year.The frontman uploaded a post on Instagram today (March 2) to mark the first anniversary of Mackey’s death, writing: “It is one year since Steve Mackey departed this earth.”Cocker continued: “You may remember that on the day of Steve’s death I posted about an amazing hike in the Andes that he organised the day after our show in Santiago, Chile back in November 2012. It was a magical memory.”The singer went on to recall Pulp’s return to Santiago last November as part of their 2023 reunion tour, adding that the band “knew [they] had to mark the occasion somehow”.“We took an old tie of Steve’s that I found in our wardrobe case & a badge that @pulpchile had made to mark our concert & set out on the same hike – 11 years & 1 day after the first time we made it,” Cocker remembered.He then explained the meaning behind the four images he posted: “Slide 1 shows where we tied the tie & badge to a boulder in the mountains.

Karol G is on tour. The Colombian singer and international sensation is currently on the Manana Sera Bonito Tour, which is taking her all over Latin America. At her last concert in Mexico, fans captured a sweet exchange between Karol G and one of the concert’s security guards, who knew her songs by heart.

Sofia Vergara has been in the spotlight for most of her life. Before she made the crossover as a Hollywood star, Vergara was a Latin icon, being involved with the media and having access to all manner of events. 30 years ago, she was the host of the Viña del Mar festival, in Chile, where she met Luis Miguel.

Chayanne is still going strong.The former boy band member turned full-fledged pop superstar just announced his ‘Bailemos Otro Vez Tour’ in support of his 2023 album of the same name.He’ll bring the danceable new record, his first since 2015, to venues all over North America from August through December.That includes huge headlining gigs at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20 and Newark’s Prudential Center on Friday, Nov.

The Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival on Monday revealed 11 new recipients for its annual RE:Focus Fund, celebrating its fifth year of supporting filmmakers identifying as women, non-binary and/or trans. 

Pablo Neruda died in 1973, a Chilean appeals court has ordered the reopening of an investigation. Neruda, a member of the Chilean Communist Party’s Central Committee was regarded as the country’s national poet and a testimony to the power of art. Neruda was a supporter of socialism and an adviser to President Salvador Allende’s leftist government in Chile.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Billy Strings, the group Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, and Iris DeMent won top competitive honors at the International Folk Music Awards, handed out in a ceremony Wednesday night in Kansas City, Missouri as part of the annual Folk Alliance International Conference. String was named artist of the year, while “City of Gold,” from Tuttle and Golden Highway, was awarded album of the year honors.

The 36th race around the world is nearly here as we approach the next season of The Amazing Race!

When the Oscar nominations were announced last month, it marked a watershed moment for the Documentary Feature category. All the nominated films focused on international subjects – stories from Uganda, Tunisia, Ukraine, India and Chile — and not a single American director was recognized.

J.A. Bayona and his producing partners spent years attempting to finance “Society of the Snow.” Despite his track record, no one, no studio, no production company from his native Spain wanted to back it.

Holly Jones Yasuo Nakajima and Mariona Carrera’s Barcelona and Tokyo-based b-mount have boarded “Maybe It’s True What They Say About Us,’ (“Quizás Es Cierto Lo Que Dicen De Nosotras”) from Chilean filmmaking duo Camilo Becerra (“El último sacramento”) and Sofía Paloma Gómez (“Quiero morirme dentro de un tiburón”), seen at San Sebastian’s San Sebastián WIP Latam competition. b-mount join a co-production between Carlos Núñez and Gabriela Sandoval at Chile’s Storyboard Media (“The Sky Is Red”), Cecilia Salim at Argentina’s Murillo Cine (“Chaco”) and Lucía van Gelderen at Argentina’s Morocha Films (“El Cinco”) alongside Becerra’s production venture La Jauría Comunicaciones.

Callum McLennan Chile’s Storyboard Media brings its latest documentary venture to Berlin, a project centered on Jorge González, a Latin American music legend frontman of Los Prisioneros. Set to be shown at the EFM, the doc feature charts the life and legacy of a musician whose songs became anthems of resistance during Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, and are still played loud when protests flare.

CinemaChile announced in January. One month later, CinemaChile, the national promotion board, is turning 15 at Berlin. The consequence of longterm uninterrupted promotion of an industry must not be underestimated.