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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentUrban Sales has nabbed world rights to “Hug Me – The Movie,” an English-language animated feature directed by Anna Błaszczyk. The pre-school movie is produced by Animoon, the Polish company behind “Even Mice belong in Heaven.”Urban Sales, the Paris-based banner previously known as Urban Distribution International, will host the market premiere of the movie at Cannes’ Marché du Film.An eco-friendly tale, “Hug Me” follows the adventures of a bear cub and his papa bear as they search for honey to prepare a birthday cake for the little one.

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of Content The Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7 inflamed the Middle East region, igniting yet another war with thousands of victims, both Jewish and Palestinian. The repercussions of the conflict are now felt all over the world, signified by massive demonstrations from Paris to Caracas, for and against both sides of the conflagration.

viral Instagram clip.“The bird is a paid actor,” the 27-year-old Venezuelan-American star quipped in the caption to the clip posted for her 53.8 million followers on the platform. The former “Dancing With The Stars” contestant is known for her saucy content, most notably her NSFW music video for her 2018 song “Celoso,” which has been viewed a whopping 400 million times on YouTube.However, her latest steamy showcase happened by complete accident.The aforementioned clip, which racked up 18 million views in two days, per Jam Press, begins typically enough with Pons posing at an unspecified beach in a sparkly bikini top and denim shorts.All the while, seagulls can be seen fluttering and wheeling about in the background.The bombshell’s seaside photo-op goes South, however, after a gull dives down and grabs her swimsuit strap.

Mark Sutherland The Hives have been around for 30 years now, but they could end 2023 as Venezuela’s new favorite band. According to their British management company, ATC Management, the Swedish group will become the first major international rock band to appear in the South American territory for a decade, when they headline Caracas’ Concha Acústica de Bello Monte venue on December 7. U.S.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer The South by Southwest Music Festival has announced its initial lineup for its 38th annual event, descending on Austin, Texas from March 11-16. Organizers have revealed the first slate of 149 musicians set to perform during the festival, including Lo Moon (from Los Angeles), Cumgirl8 (New York), Omar S (Detroit), Rawayana (Caracas), Dry Cleaning (London), Hinds (Madrid) and Red Axes (Tel Aviv).

Thania Garcia Latin singer-songwriters Mau y Ricky have launched a new independent label venture called Why Club Records in partnership with Warner Music Latina. The duo are listed on the roster and will continue to be managed by Armando Lozano, who has supported the Venezuela-born and Miami-based Latin Grammy-nominated artists since their first placement and as fresh Warner Latina signees in the early 2010s. They’ve co-written plenty of radio hits for artists like Karol G, Ricky Martin, Maluma and Anitta, with one of their biggest being the Hot 100-charting “Sin Pijama” for Becky G and Natti Natasha.

Dubai. For now, Carlos Rengifo will settle for wowing his social media followers and anyone who is lucky enough can catch a glimpse of him in person in his native country of Venezuela. The 27-year-old has been practicing the death-defying stunts for 11 years now without an ounce of worry.

WEi have cancelled the majority of their Latin America ‘Passion’ tour.Over the weekend, WEi and their label OUI Entertainment announced that they have cancelled all dates on their upcoming Latin America ‘Passion’ tour, with the exception of the Mexico City stop on June 4.“We requested visa issuance and other matters that had to be checked in advance to ensure smooth performance. Nevertheless, we were told to proceed with the concert without issuing a proper visa and to perform in an open-air venue,” OUI Entertainment said.“Furthermore, some of the notices were not negotiated with OUI Entertainment before uploading,” the agency added.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Actor-director Marco D’Amore, who played the ruthless central character Ciro Di Marzio on the Italian mob show “Gomorrah,” is directing “Caracas” a Naples-set drama in which he stars opposite Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty,” “Strangeness”). “Caracas” is a co-production between Picomedia, Mad Entertainment and Vision Distribution, which will release the film in Italy. Vision Distribution’s international unit, headed by veteran sales agent Catia Rossi, is launching sales on the film at Berlin’s upcoming European Film Market. In “Caracas,” which is based on writer Ermanno Rea’s novel “Napoli Ferroviaria,” Servillo plays Giordano Fonte, a Neapolitan author of international fame who returns to his hometown after many years. There he intersects with a former acquaintance nicknamed Caracas, a man originally from Venezuela who, having been a Neo-fascist skinhead, is now in the process of converting to Islam.

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Kaley Cuoco and Zosia Mamet get the sweetest matching tattoosIggy Azalea unveils new ink in honor of her 1-year old son: ‘My most special tattoo’Did Pete Davidson get a tattoo of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s kids’ initials?Studying alongside the greats, he felt motivated to continue expanding until he reached internationalization. The tattoo artist had several opportunities along the way.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesThe theme of fathers and sons runs through the films of Venezuela-born writer-director Lorenzo Vigas, whose 2015 debut drama “From Afar,” which focuses on a troubled middle-aged man and young hustler in Caracas, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In Vigas’ latest film “El Caja” (“The Box”), which screened Thursday at the 39th annual Miami Film Festival, this motif continues to resonate — and on a global scale.“El Caja,” which revolves around a young boy in Mexico City longing for a father figure — a desperate search with deadly consequences — could be the prototype of how a dictator such as Vladimir Putin rises to power, Vigas pointed out.“We are always trapped in our obsessions,” Vigas told fest attendees during a Q&A that followed the screening.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMichael Gentile’s Paris-based The Film, the banner behind Julie Delpy’s upcoming show “On the Verge,” is developing a string of projects with emerging filmmakers, notably Yaël Cojot-Goldberg’s “Farewell Caracas” and Mehdi Fikri’s drama “Et maintenant, le feu.”The company is also producing Danielle Arbid’s “Des châteaux qui brûlent,” based on Arno Bertina’ book, and Delpy’s next French-language movie, “Les Barbares,” a culture clash film set in

coronavirus pandemic and other hardships.One hot afternoon this week, the musicians climbed on the truck’s platform, and wearing facemasks, began to play as they traveled around Barquisimeto, a city west of the capital, Caracas.

Venezuela’s greatest athletes seems to invigorate a corner of the country’s decaying capital, a splash of color and inspiration for increasingly grim times.Elsewhere, swirls of patterns surround a realistic portrait of beloved singer and actor Simon Diaz, an immense image on a wall towering over a Caracas street.Wolfgang Salazar has gained increasing fame for his spray-painted murals of Venezuelans — heroes and everyday folk alike — at a time when the pandemic and economic hardship weigh upon

Arca discussed her next album in a recent interview with Alex Frank for Garage Magazine. According to the article, the artist’s fourth studio LP KiCk i will feature vocals from Spanish pop star Rosalía as well as frequent Arca collaborator Björk. The new record will open with a track called “Nonbinary.”

How do you separate color from form and meaning? This was the quest of Carlos Cruz-Diez, well into his 90s, and the subject of Alberto Alvero's serious and delightful documentary, which had its world premiere at Palm Springs and is certain to attract other arts-friendly festivals.Like Cruz-Diez's work, which in addition to being exhibited around the world has graced and transformed everything from airports (in his native Caracas) to baseball stadiums (Miami) to boats (Liverpool), the film has a