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Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Jude Law doesn’t want to take all the credit. He delivers one of the many go-for-broke performances in Ron Howard‘s star-studded “Eden,” a stranger-than-fiction survival thriller about European settlers who seek new life on a previously uninhabited island in the Galápagos. As the official logline explains, “They believe they’ve found paradise — only to discover that hell is other people.” And yes, it’s actually based on true events.

Euphoria‘s Cassie and Nate made a date at TIFF tonight, but like their HBO series characters left off at the end of season, they weren’t in the same building at the same time. That said, actress Sydney Sweeney and actor Jacob Elordi respectively had world premieres going on at the same time with Eden and On Swift Horses.

Callum McLennan It’s been a good week for Basque directors Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi, who, along with Jose Mari Goenaga, world premiered “Marco” at Venice and landed a spot on the shortlist for Spain’s Oscar entry. Sold by Film Factory Entertainment, with market screenings in Toronto and upcoming stops at San Sebastian, London and Vancouver, “Marco” is generating significant buzz. Based on real events, it centers on Enric Marco, an imposter who gained sympathy, fame, and respect by falsely claiming to be a concentration camp survivor while serving as chairman of the leading Spanish association for deportees.

Two young boys have died in a horror beach accident after a hole they were digging in sand collapsed.

Taylor Swift’s team has a bone to pick with whoever revealed that the pop star would be at the first game for the Kansas City Chiefs!

David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ were inspired by a day he spent in Berlin with his then-girlfriend Clare Shenstone.The song, which became one of the pop icon’s signature songs after being released on the 1977 album of the same name, was for a long time thought to have been inspired by an embrace under the Berlin Wall that Bowie witnessed between producer Tony Visconti and the German singer Antonia Maass.Bowie himself had given that as the key inspiration for the song’s lyrics, but now a new BBC documentary has cast doubt on the song’s backstory.Bowie In Berlin is set to air on BBC Radio 4 on September 14, and in it, Shenstone, a model, actor and artist who had a relationship with Bowie in the mid-1970s, claims that in fact the song contains a lot of specific details about “an extraordinary day” the two spent together in the German capital.She says she told Bowie that morning about a dream she had in which she was swimming with dolphins, which she claims Bowie then referenced with the line, “I wish you could swim/Like dolphins can swim”.Shenstone says they later crossed into East Berlin via Checkpoint Charlie. “We spent a couple of hours at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the guards were goose-stepping,” she said (via The Guardian).

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent São Paulo production shingle Gullane, which is behind upcoming Netflix series “Senna,” has moved into development on a sequel to the animated feature “Noah’s Ark.” Produced by Gullane and Walter Salles’ Videofilmes, “Noah’s Ark” has been sold to 45 countries by Edward Noeltner’s CMG Management. It has grossed $4.25 million in territories in which it’s been released. Imagem Filmes will bow “Noah’s Ark” in Brazil on more than 1,000 screens, a huge spreading a country of 3,300 screens.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent TrustNordisk has added more key territory sales for “The Quiet Ones,” a heist action drama from Denmark’s Zentropa and director Frederik Louis Hviid premiering in TIFF. Starring Gustav Giese, Amanda Collin and Reda Kateb, “The Quiet Ones” has closed Spain (Flins & Piniculas), Poland (MediaSquad), former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group) and the Baltic states (Europos Kinas). Further deals are under negotiation.

England return to the pitch this weekend for the first time since their European Championship final defeat against Spain in Germany.

Ed Meza @edmezavar UTA Independent Film Group has acquired Uwe Boll’s upcoming migrant crisis thriller “Run,” starring Emmy and Tony award winner Amanda Plummer (“Star Trek: Picard”) and James Russo (“Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1”). UTA will handle global sales for the pic, produced by Boll’s U.S.-Canadian shingle Event Film and his German outfit Boll Films. UTA takes over from the film’s initial sales company, Stuttgart-based Kinostar, headed by “Run” executive producer Michael Roesch.

Jamie Lang TrustNordisk has closed several distribution deals for a 4K remastered version of Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Pusher” trilogy, including “Pusher,” “Pusher II – With Blood on My Hands” and “Pusher III – I Am the Angel of Death.” Distribution deals have been closed in Benelux with September Film Rights, Switzerland with Praesens Film, Germany with Plaion and Japan with Synca Creations. Movies Inspired in Italy and Blue Finch Film in the U.K.

Alex Ritman “The Ritual,” the upcoming exorcism horror in which Al Pacino and Dan Stevens play troubled priests, has sold out for most international territories by XYZ Films. From director David Midell, the film was written by Midell and Enrico Natale, and produced by Andrew Stevens, Mitchell Welch and Natale.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Hamm’s action-packed adaptation William Tell, starring Claes Bang and Golshifteh Farahani, has sold to the UK & Ireland and Germany-speaking territories ahead of its world premiere in Toronto next week.

EXCLUSIVE: The live-action adaptation of hit the video game franchise Home Sweet Home Rebirth is debuting for world sales at the TIFF market with Diamond Media.

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Naman Ramachandran A trailer has been unveiled for “Crocodile Tears” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The film, Indonesian filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon’s feature debut, follows Johan, who lives alone with his mother on a crocodile farm. Mother and son live in voluntary exile with only a white crocodile as their confidant.

We have a shocking update on the attack that almost happened at one of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Vienna last month.

Diego Ramos Bechara editor Whoopi Goldberg and her “View” co-hosts criticized the “Dancing With the Stars” casting of convicted criminal Anna Delvey in Season 33 on Thursday’s talk show. Delvey is a con artist and fraudster who posed as a wealthy heiress to access upper-class New York social and art scenes from 2013 to 2017.

UPDATE, with video: Seems safe to say that Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow panelists on ABC’s The View won’t be rooting for Dancing With The Stars‘ contestant and fake heiress Anna Delvey this season.

AURORA has announced her second book, What Happened To The Heart?, named after her recent album of the same name.Due for release on October 17, the book is a full-colour reproduction of AURORA’s personal notebook that pulls back the curtain on how she created her latest album. It also features all the lyrics from the album, original artwork and photography.

Germany’s newest scripted confab, Seriesly Berlin, takes place later this month and the schedule is coming together.

went to jail for being a con artist — revealed that she needed permission from the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to compete on Season 33 of “Dancing With the Stars.”“[DWTS] approached my team and I had to request ICE for permission to travel out of state because its being filmed in Los Angeles and I’m based in New York,” the 33-year-old said in an interview with PEOPLE after the new season’s cast was announced Wednesday. “It took them about 10 days to get it through the system and to get everything approved,” she added.“By the time I got the approval, it was very close to the starting day so I kind of flew to LA pretty much the next day and I just decided why not?”Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, was arrested in 2017 for defrauding major financial institutions, banks, hotels and friends out of more than $250,000 to fund her luxurious lifestyle by pretending she was the daughter of a German oil tycoon.

EXCLUSIVE: In what we understand to be a high seven-figure deal, Prime Video has scooped up all international rights (excluding Germany) to Toronto Film Festival sci-fi movie The Assessment, starring Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision), and Himesh Patel (Station Eleven).

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent British director Joe Wright, who helmed Winston Churchill drama “Darkest Hour,” is at the Venice Film Festival with another historical piece, high-end TV drama “M. Son of the Century.” The series chronicles Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and is particularly timely as populist leaders are sprouting up all over the world.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Zurich Film Festival has revealed a second wave of Gala titles, which includes films starring Tilda Swinton, Sebastian Stan, Nicole Kidman, Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson.

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle‘s German sales chief, Maximilian Bolenius, is leaving the Got Talent maker after 11 years.

Jamie Lang French free-to-air kids’ broadcaster Gulli has given Watch Next the greenlight to begin production on “Wild Kat,” a new tween action series co-developed by M6 Group and Germany’s Super RTL. Created and developed in-house at Watch Next, “Wild Kat” will blend fantasy and adventure themes with humor and high-stakes action to appeal to a tweener audience and touch on themes important to them, such as identity and self-acceptance. Season 1 will include 26 22-minute episodes.

Slam Dunk 2025 have been announced, with A Day To Remember, Neck Deep and Alkaline Trio leading the way.Next year’s instalment will be held at Hatfield Park for the south and Leeds Temple Newsam in the north, taking place on May 24 and 25 respectively.Today (September 4), the organisers have shared the first wave of 20 artists joining the line-up, and the first run of names includes one of the most requested bands by Slam Dunk fans: A Day To Remember.The announcement comes as the band are currently gearing up to kick off their US tour next month, and it will not only mark their first time taking to the festival’s stage, but their first live performance planned for the UK in 2025. “We’re really excited to get back to the UK, and to play Slam Dunk for the first time,” the band shared in a new statement.Alkaline Trio are also on the bill for next year, and the announcement comes following their recent 2024 album ‘Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs’, as well as the two new singles they shared last month.

Ice Spice has announced details of a ‘Y2K’ UK and European tour, set to kick off later this year. Find ticket details below.Announced today (September 4), the new run of live shows come on the heels of the multi-platinum-selling and Grammy-nominated rapper sharing her debut album of the same name back in July.Now, following a run of festival performances over the summer, the rapper has just finished embarking on her headline US tour, and is gearing up to head across the pond for a run of headline shows.The dates kick off at the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin at the end of next month (October 29), and will see the singer then head over to the UK for more shows.

Anna Delvey has just scored another accessory: a pair of dancing shoes.The socialite con artist — whose real name is Anna Sorokin — has joined Season 33 of “Dancing With the Stars” alongside new pro Ezra Sosa.As “DWTS” tapes in LA, it appears Delvey — who still wears an ankle monitor — has been given special permission to take part in the competition series. Sorokin’s spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, confirmed Tuesday that she could travel within 70 miles of her home base and anywhere in the five boroughs of New York City under previous house arrest conditions, per the Associated Press.

MIP London‘s organizers say the debuting event has attracted buyers from the likes of Netflix, ITV and Disney.

Megan McKenna has revealed that she is packing up and moving to Germany from her Essex home, as she is set to give birth abroad in a 'crazy' move.The reality star is currently expecting her first child with her footballer fiancé Oli Burke, and is making the move for his career - with the sportsman playing for German team Werder Bremen. Announcing the news in a TikTok video, Megan, 31, showed off her bump while plating up her lunch and excitedly said: "Guess what? I'm moving to Germany." She continued: "I know I did some Stories yesterday about packing and a few of you thought I was going into labour, but no, let's hope I don't go into labour because I am now giving birth in Germany." Clearing up that her fiancé is already out there, she added: "A few of you have been asking, 'Where's Oli?' and Oli is already out there. All of our stuff has been in storage for a couple of months." Going on to say that her growing bump means 'nothing' fits her anymore, Megan cradled her bump throughout the video.

Former Manchester United transfer target Martin Zubimendi has admitted that he wasn't under any pressure from his inner circle to leave Real Sociedad during the summer transfer window.

Adele has reflected on her recent Munich residency, thanking fans for the “phenomenal experience” in an emotional post.Last month saw the ’30’ singer play a 10-date stint at the purpose-built 80,000-capacity Messe München arena in Germany, marking her first performances in mainland Europe since 2016.She has since announced that she will be taking an extended break from performing after her rescheduled Las Vegas residency concerts in October and November. “After that, I will not see you for an incredibly long time,” she said at her final Munich gig.Earlier this summer, Adele confirmed that she doesn’t have “any plans for new music, at all”, and said she wanted to pursue “other creative things” during her upcoming hiatus.Yesterday (September 3), the star opened up about her huge Munich residency in a post on social media.

Ed Meza @edmezavar “The Legends of Paris: A Tale of the 19th century Artistic Scene” appears have taken buyers by storm even before its official launch at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous market in Le Havre, where it premiered on Tuesday. Produced by Silex Films and Arte, the four-part series offers an intimate portrait of some of France’s most beloved artistic and literary figures. Taking viewers into the bustling heart of 19th-century Paris, it follows the colorful lives of such legendary artists as Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Louis-Hector Berlioz, Honoré de Balzac and Charles Baudelaire.

Andres Veiel’s documentary Riefenstahl – unpicking the deceits of German filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl – has scored a slew of deals following its world premiere at Venice and North American launch at Telluride.