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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Discovery-owned Eurosport has acquired streaming rights in 54 countries to Olympic refugee documentary “We Dare to Dream” by Waad Al-Kateab, the Oscar-nominated Syrian director of “For Sama.” “We Dare to Dream” is the story of the refugee Olympic team that competed at the 2020 games in Tokyo, which featured stateless athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon who swim, run and fight their way to safety in host nations across the world. It’s told through the personal prism of Al-Kateab while she is coming to terms with the reality that she can never return to Aleppo, where she shot “For Sama.” The doc premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June and had an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run at New York City’s IFC Center in October.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent RTL Group has reached a deal to sell RTL Nederland, the leading Dutch commercial TV group and owner of the local streaming service Videoland, to DPG Media, a multimedia company active in Benelux and Denmark. The sale of RTL Nederland is subject to regulatory approvals and a consultation with labor unions.

Dominican Actress Yovanna Ventura Signs With Vision

RTL Group is selling its Dutch business RTL Nederland for €1.1B ($1.2B) in cash.

Fresh off its fall festival circuit run, including its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, “The Promised Land” will finally arrive in US theaters next February. That’s plenty of time for audiences to catch up with the historical drama before it might vie for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in March.

Manchester United are not only drinking in the last chance Champions League saloon but they are also approaching last orders.

Manchester United's season could be defined this evening as they welcome Bayern Munich to Old Trafford in their last Champions League group stage match of the season.

Bayern Munich head coach Thomas Tuchel believes Harry Kane is "looking forward" to returning to England ahead of Tuesday night's Champions League encounter with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Mathias Kvistgaarden is all set for his next big step as reports in Denmark talk him up for a moneyspinning move - and it might just be to Celtic as Brendan Rodgers zeroes in on a new striker.

It looks like Sophie Turner‘s new romance with Peregrine Pearson is heating up!

an acquisition by Caldecott Music Group’s (CMG) Vista Musical Instruments division earlier this summer, and the new physical store marks the first Dawsons shop to be opened in the UK capital in its century-long history.The Soho location is renowned as an epicentre of music and creativity in the city and has strong ties to NME – which is also owned by CMG – as it was founded on Denmark Street back in 1952.In both the online and physical stores, Dawsons will offer a carefully curated selection of musical instruments, gear, vinyl and lifestyle products which are tailored to musicians of all levels. These include the leading brands in the music industry such as Fender, Martin, PRS, Marshall, Orange, Korg, MONO, Gadhouse and more.“We are extremely proud to share another exciting chapter of the revitalised Dawsons brand with the world,” said Meng Kuok, Group CEO and Founder of Caldecott Music Group.

A+E‘s survivalist format Alone is headed into Germany.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Something Special, the Seoul-based international format agency founded by format specialists Jin Woo Hwang (president and executive producer) and Kim In Soon (EVP & head of content) announce that ITV Studios has optioned the hit Korean celebrity format “Battle in the Box” for France, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. The deal was unveiled on Wednewday, the first full day of the Asia Television Forum and Market (ATF) in Singapore. “Battle in the Box,” created by Korea’s NMedia and represented globally by Something Special, has previously seen deals announced with Fremantle for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal.

Ethan Shanfeld Adrianne Lenker is kicking off a brand new solo album in 2024 with the new single, “Ruined,” a haunting ballad that her band Big Thief live debuted earlier this year. Lenker’s new rendition of the song is patient and piano-based, a rare thing for the guitarist. “Can’t get enough of you / You come around I’m ruined,” she laments on the chorus.

EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to A Storm Foretold, a documentary about Trump adviser Roger Stone that becomes more urgent as the 2024 presidential election inches closer with every passing day.

Tubi Hires Endeavor Exec For International Expansion

Winger Alejandro Garnacho has issued an apology to Manchester United's supporters following Wednesday night's pulsating 3-3 draw with Galatasaray in the Champions League at Rams Park.

Tricky has announced a run of 2024 European tour dates. Find ticket details below.The announcement of the new shows comes following the release of ‘Maxinquaye Reincarnated’ back in October – a re-recorded version of his iconic debut album ‘Maxinquaye’.Originally released in 1995, the track was named as NME’s album of the year and it also was nominated for a Mercury Prize, although lost out to Portishead’s ‘Dummy’.

Netflix owns less than 25% of its IP of its content in Europe after expanding its business models over recent years, a senior acquisitions head has revealed.

Head teacher James Eldon has a message to deliver. He is immensely proud that his school has earned recognition with an educational accolade.

Mads Mikkelsen has distinguished himself across his career with his ability to move between arthouse hits in his native Denmark and big Hollywood franchises such as James Bond, Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Fantastic Beasts and Indiana Jones.

Jessica Chastain, resplendent in a shimmering silver tasseled jump suit, championed the power of art to bring about positive change at the opening night of the Marrakech Film Festival on Friday evening.

Manchester United could be without up to nine players when they resume their Premier League campaign against Everton on Sunday.

As a recent new grandfather, Mads Mikkelsen couldn’t be happier, but he doesn’t smile much in his new movie. An earthy 18th-century period piece, The Promised Land sees the Dane play a hard-up veteran, Ludvig Kahlen, who is determined to turn the blasted heaths of Jutland into a thriving farmland. It’s a Western of sorts, which becomes noticeably clearer when Kahlen starts to cross swords with a competing local landowner, but, for Mikkelsen, it’s a subversive  alpha male story of the kind he does so well, from the brutal Viking fantasy Valhalla Rising to the white-cold survival drama Arctic.

Manchester United return to Premier League action this weekend as the final international break of 2023 draws to a close. The Reds will be in good spirits heading back into the domestic campaign after they tasted victory last time out at home to Luton Town. When Victor Lindelof's goal secured the narrow result after a disappointing loss in Copenhagen.

EXCLUSIVE: Female and non-binary filmmaker-focused international training initiative Circle has kicked off its inaugural Circle Fiction Orbit initiative at a meeting in Montenegro and unveiled the participants.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Oscar winner Jeremy Irons has joined the cast of Palme d’Or-winning director Bille August‘s prestige limited series “The Count of Monte Cristo,” which also stars Sam Claflin. A sprawling adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel, the English-language series is produced by Mediawan’s banner Palomar, the leading Italian company behind “Inspector Montalbano” and “The Name of the Rose,” in collaboration with another Mediawan label, France’s DEMD Productions.

announcing their split in September, Turner has seemingly moved on, and Jonas allegedly had a big reaction to the news.As previously reported by Hollywood News Daily, just weeks after her divorce was announced, Sophie Turner was photographed kissing British aristocrat Peregrine Pearson. Reportedly, Joe Jonas saw the photo and wasn’t thrilled with his ex.“Frustration is the emotion running through him right now, and it doesn’t seem like that will be changing anytime soon. Joe is livid with the latest coming from Sophie, making him look like a horrible father,” a source told The Daily Mail.“’It is disgusting in his eyes what she has chosen to do.”The source went on to reveal that Jonas had believed he and Turner were turning the page when it came to their divorce and co-parenting.

John Cleese, the comedy veteran star of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, has made a surprising admission – that he once killed a man.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has acquired cutesy animated series Mittens & Pants and is planning a Q1 2024 launch.

Manchester United have been hit harder than most when it comes to injuries this season and things are not about to get any easier for them after the latest international break.

K.J. Yossman “Mamma Mia!” star Dominic Cooper has joined the second season of U.K. police drama “Suspect.” Fronted by Anne-Marie Duff (“Bad Sisters”), “Suspect” tells the story of bereaved psychotherapist Dr Susannah Newman (Duff) as she tries to track down a serial killer before he strikes again.

Erik ten Hag will be sweating on the fitness of Rasmus Hojlund over the international break after the striker came off with a hamstring injury during Manchester United's 1-0 win over Luton Town.

The Smile have revealed details of their brand-new album, Wall Of Eyes. The album is the second from the trio (Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood plus drummer Tom Skinner) and follows their 2022 debut A Light For Attracting Attention.

Annika Pham Due to world premiere in IDFA’s international competition program on Monday, the Danish doc “As the Tide Comes In” is a collaborative work between Basque-born director Juan Palacios (“Meseta,” “Pedaló”), and the team behind the multi-awarded film “The Lost Leonardo”: Sofie Husum Johannesen, making her debut here as co-director, Andreas Dalsgaard, acting as executive producer and idea initiator, editor Nicolas Nørgaard Staffolani and producer Kasper Lykke Schultz. With their shared anthropological perspective, the filmmaking team have captured the extraordinary life of the 27 residents of the tiny Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø, which can only be reached at low tide.

Manchester United picked up three points against Luton on Saturday but potentially at the cost of two more injuries.