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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Diane Kruger, Bollywood star Ranveer Singh and Saudi actor-writer Abdullah Al-Sadhan are set to receive career honors at Saudi Arabia’s upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival, which has also announced its full jury roster. Joining Baz Luhrmann, who is presiding over the main Red Sea jury, are Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman (“Suicide Squad”); Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”); Egyptian actor Amina Khalil; (“Grand Hotel”) and Spain’s Paz Vega (“Sex and Lucía,” “The OA”).

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has unveiled the juries and honorees of its third edition which kicks off on Thursday in the port city of Jeddah.

Kate Valerio, a 31 year old bank worker, was shocked to discover her true heritage after taking a DNA test. Growing up in Pombal, Portugal, she always felt different from her blue-eyed, blonde-haired siblings due to her dark hair and green eyes.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff continued their visit in Los Angeles Thanksgiving week, making an unscheduled pit stop at the Venice Bakery for Small Business Saturday where the former addressed the current hostage exchange between Hamas and Israel.

Wowcher, a popular deals website, has dropped the price of its biggest-ever Mystery Holiday deal for Black Friday. For only £89, you could find yourself jetting off to top destinations like Dubai, New York, Cancun, Egypt, Las Vegas or even the Maldives. If you're not one of the lucky ones to get a long-haul trip, don't worry! You could still bag a short break to a European city like Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, Madrid, Porto, Lisbon, Krakow, Budapest, Prague, Lake Como or Disneyland Paris.This deal also includes beach holidays to places like Crete, Ibiza, Portugal, Cyprus, Malaga, Malta and more.

The first group of hostages are being released from Gaza, more than six weeks after the October 7 attack.

Napoleon, has arrived in cinemas in the UK and the US – but is drawing criticism for its historical inaccuracies.Historian Dan Snow recently pointed out the film’s errors in a TikTok video, correcting scenes shown in the trailer.The video didn’t go down too well with Scott, who responded in an interview with the New Yorker. “Get a life,” the director told Snow via the publication.

Rotterdam Film Festival Sets ‘Head South’ As Opening Film

Israel’s Cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas that would bring a temporary halt to the devastating war that has stretched on for over six weeks.

Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson are expecting! The “Daisy Jones & The Six” actress announced she’s pregnant while performing onstage at Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on Sunday.In a fan video posted on X (formerly Twitter), Waterhouse — dressed in a glittery pink minidress — teased the baby news to the audience.“I’m extra sparkly today because I thought it might distract you from something else that’s going on,” she said. “I’m not sure if it’s working.”The crowd then erupted in applause as she began her next song.Waterhouse, 31, and Pattinson, 37, have been romantically linked since 2018.

A mum whose parents died after being poisoned by bed bug spray on a family holiday says she takes a scoop of their ashes with her on her own trips round the world.

A mum-of-three has spoke of her traumatic five-year battle to prove her parents were killed by bed bug spray in a hotel while on holiday in Egypt.

Humza Yousaf has described how his brother-in-law, a hospital doctor in the Gaza strip, has witnessed "death and destruction" in the ongoing war.

“The Crown’s” highly-anticipated final season dropped on Netflix this week, with viewers tuning in to see how the series would portray the days before Princess Diana’s tragic death.The beloved royal died alongside her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in a car crash on Aug. 31 1997, just weeks after they began a whirlwind love affair.“The Crown” shows Dodi’s father, Mohamed Al-Fayed (played by Palestinian actor Salim Daw) as having a hand in manufacturing their relationship in an effort to secure himself British citizenship.However, experts are unimpressed by the show’s producers painting the former Harrod’s owner as a villain.Royal expert Robert Jobson told Newsweek recently that “it’s disrespectful and it’s easy to attack the dead.” Mohamed died on Aug.

In six short months, Louise Sullivan's life has been turned upside down.

A 2019 film chronicling the incredible life of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been added to Netflix.

K.J. Yossman SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Part 1 of Season 6 of “The Crown,” now streaming on Netflix. Fact check: Will Princess Diana‘s “ghost” make an appearance in Season 6 of “The Crown”as the U.K. tabloid have hysterically insisted? The answer is… kind of.

part one of the Netflix series’ sixth and final season. Viewers are particularly curious to see how the royal drama handles Princess Diana’s tragic death, which occurred in 1997 when she was 36.The end of the third episode portrays the Paris car crash in which the Princess of Wales lost her life alongside her Egyptian billionaire boyfriend, Dodi Fayed.Paul Burrell, who once served as the princess’ butler, slammed the portrayal, saying the show “has gone too far” in recreating the tragic accident.“It still feels macabre to show the vehicle in which she died,” the 65-year-old told the Mirror on Thursday.“I find the whole scene of Diana’s death portrayed in a fictional TV show to be grotesque,” he added.“William and Harry do not want to witness that again. It’s a nightmare which keeps revolving and coming back to haunt them.

The Crown has returned to Netflix for its sixth and final series, which is set to explore Princess Diana's final days.

SPOILER ALERT: This news story features details from Season 6 of The Crown

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic A chyron that appears at the end of “Napoleon,” after two and a half hours of turgid spectacle and grime-encrusted showmanship, informs that France’s self-anointed emperor oversaw 61 battles, listing the six that director Ridley Scott opted to stage for our benefit … or for his own glory. The director’s motives are unclear, much like those of Napoleon Bonaparte as played by Joaquin Phoenix, who gives a mumbly and oddly anti-charismatic performance as the figure — short, slender and something of an outsider, owing to his Corsican birth — who came to rule France after the revolution.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic Feel-good stories out of Gaza are not exactly plentiful at present, making “Life Is Beautiful” something of an anomaly. Though the predicament depicted — Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly’s unplanned long exile due to closed borders and political shifts — is hardly upbeat in outline, his ebullient personality insists on emphasizing humor and warmth. Thus this chronicle of a one-month visit to Norway that drags on for seven years ends up an incongruously charming footnote to a much larger conflict that just keeps escalating.

Jaden Thompson Netflix has debuted an explosive new trailer for Zack Snyder‘s “Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire,” set for a limited one-week theatrical release on Dec. 15 and a wide streaming release on Netflix on Dec. 22.

The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for passengers heading to France. Brits are being warned about demonstrations taking place in the country and the government has urged anyone travelling there to 'stay aware'.

Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman Of The Hour and family drama Mother Couch, starring Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn, are headed to the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, running from November 30 to December 9 in the port city of Jeddah.

Lupita Nyong’o has joined Goodbye Julia, Sudan’s entry for this year’s Best International feature race at the Oscars, as an executive producer.

Helen Mirren‘s American Cinematheque tribute has a new date.

broken up into two parts — with the first turn dropping Nov. 16 and the second premiering a month later.The last segment will take viewers into the modern era of the British royal family, beginning with Princess Diana’s untimely death in 1997 and ending in the mid-2000s.While there has been controversy over how Netflix would portray the late Princess of Wales’ passing from a Parisian car crash alongside her lover, Egyptian billionaire Dodi Fayed, the event will still be played out in some form on screen.It was reported last month that the series wouldn’t show the actual tragic event and wouldn’t even present a dead body to those who tune in.“We did film Diana, but very respectfully — not in a big close-up,” director Christian Schwochow told Deadline, adding that the historical moment was shot with enormous sensitivity.

American Cinematheque and Netflix have joined the initial slate of programming at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. From Dec. 8 to 14, classic film buffs can catch the Los Angeles premiere of brand new restorations of “Days of Heaven” and “L’amour Fou.” Also featured is a 50th anniversary screening of “Don’t Look Now” with a 35mm IB Tech print.

Zack Snyder‘s space adventure film “Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire” has set a one-week theatrical run ahead of its debut on Netflix. The film will be playing exclusively on 70mm from Dec. 15-21 at the following locations: Los Angeles (Egyptian Theatre), New York City (Paris Theater), Toronto (TIFF Bell Lightbox) and London (Prince Charles Cinema).

The mother of a Salford woman has said she is “beyond relieved” after her daughter was finally able to flee war-torn Gaza.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, which was bought by Quentin Tarantino in 2021, is finally ready to unveil its renovation with a special anniversary screening Saturday of “True Romance” with Tarantino hosting. The theater’s regular programming kicks off Nov. 17 with Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving” in 35mm, followed by Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” in 70mm starting on Nov.

Mohamed Kordofani’s Khartoum-set drama made history at Cannes earlier this year as the first Sudanese feature to play in the festival across its 76 editions.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival has announced the bulk of its lineup from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), signaling that the event is forging ahead with its third edition despite the Israel-Hamas war that has caused cancellations of several movie celebrations across the Arab world. The fest’s third edition, set to run Nov.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced that his parents-in-law have arrived in Scotland safely after fleeing the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Mr Yousaf shared a family photo on X, formerly Twitter, which included his wife Nadia, and her parents, Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla.

The Green Brigade have been offered support by four ultras groups around the world after their banning by the Celtic hiearchy.