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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s wedding without a doubt was one of the most anticipated events of the year. A celebration that their fans waited for almost two decades since they broke up their engagement in 2004 and went on different paths to then rekindle their love and meet again in 2021, in the most romantic way.

Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has secured a surprise Premier League record for the Blues against Newcastle United this Sunday.

Two wide studio releases will hopefully prevent this summer from reaching another low at the box office after last weekend’s $67.3M. If there’s one movie that’s going to pull ahead, sources are betting on Crunchyroll’s Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. That distributor has proven in a short amount of time that they can draw a great deal of anime fans in a Friday through Sunday span. The Tetsuro Kodama directed animation movie is looking at anywhere from $12M-$15M, ahead of Universal’s genre lion-stalking film, Beast, starring Idris Elba; that pic hoping for at least double digits.

Marc Anthony and his fiancee, Nadia Ferreira, had a fun weekend. The couple was photographed at the friendly match between Inter Miami and Cincinnati on Saturday, July 30. The lovers enjoyed the sporting event alongside David Beckham, one of the founders of Inter Miami CF.

 In line with the massive new talent focus of many of Locarno’s industry programs –  this year’s Germany First Look with five feature debuts, the Match Me! emerging producer springboard – Open Doors will focus on Latin America’s most under-represented territories and the Caribbean, where production companies have sprung up after national cinema lift-off in more major countries in the region.  Bolivia’s Empatía Cinema, for example, was founded in 2007, but most key companies at Locarno launched significantly later: YPR Films in 2010, La Linterna Films in 2011, Paraguay’s Asociación Cultural Arraigo in 2014, Haiti’s Muska Films in 2015 and Boton Films in 2019.Six of the eight titles at Open Doors Projects Hub are debuts.Producing out of smaller territories in Latin America and the Caribbean is a tall order. Some countries – El Salvador, Haiti – have no production funds nor film schools to drive development.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Underscoring a push into more ambitious productions in Latin America, Star Plus, The Walt Disney Company’s year-old general entertainment and sports streaming service in the region, presented an early banner production, “Santa Evita,” at Conecta Fiction & Entertainment in a gala screening on June 22.Attendees of the Toledo, Spain-based forum got an exclusive preview of the pilot episode to the seven-part limited series, which is set to bow July 26 on Star Plus Latin America, Hulu in the U.S. and Disney’s Star label in the rest of the world.“Santa Evita” anticipates more “true life fiction” shows that Star Plus is developing, based on larger-than-life figures in Latin America’s culture and history.

DEALSWarner Chappell has signed Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano. “Queer people need to feel like they can be their true, authentic selves and I want to use my music as a channel to help inspire and uplift”, says Antillano.

Daizen Maeda has opened up on why he didn't do his trademark celebration despite scoring his first-ever senior goal for the Japanese national team on Friday.

Nadia Ferreira is accompanying Marc Anthony on his European “Pa’lla voy” tour. The former Miss Universe shared snippets of her fiance’s most recent concert in London, where the tour kicked off.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Jurassic World: Dominion” is off to a roaring start at the international box office.The blockbuster hopeful opened in 15 major markets this week, including the likes of Italy, Mexico and Brazil, and has already sunk its teeth into $16.7 million through Thursday. “Jurassic World: Dominion” is expected to bring in more than $45 million this weekend, giving it a healthy head start before it opens in U.S.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHaving focused since 2016 on emerging film talent in lesser-known parts of South and South East Asia, Open Doors, the Locarno Festival’s flagship co-production forum and talent incubator, is turning its focus to Latin America and the Caribbean. Of the 24 directors featured at this year’s edition, 15 identify as female or gender non conforming, led by Ecaudor’s Ana Cristina Barragán whose 2016 debut “Alba” won nods at Rotterdam and  San Sebastián and Yanillys Pérez whose documentary “Jeffrey” scooped a Discovery Awards at the Toronto Festival. Both have new projects at the Open Doors Co-Production Hub, as does Yashira Jordán with “Diamond,” a coming of age tale about a Quechua trap artist last glimpsed at Málaga this year.  Men directors take in Michael Labarca a winner at Cannes’ Cinéfondation film school shorts competition in 2016, and Guatemala’s Mauricio Escobar whose “Los Invisibles” is a social realist tale wrapped around the phenomenon of domestic migration in Guatemala. It is set up at La Danta, whose partners include Cannes 2019 Camera d’Or winner César Díaz (“Our Mothers”).Also selected for Open Doors’ Co-Production Hub, a platform for feature-length projects looking for international collaboration, is Guaraní language “Kokue,” the fiction feature debut of Paraguay’s Miguel Aguëro, based on his memories of growing up in the Paraguayan countryside.

Skrillex has reconfirmed that he has at least two new albums on the way, citing them as to why he’s pulling out of two upcoming festivals.The famed brostep producer, real name Sonny Moore, was due to play the Tampa Sunset and Detroit Movement festivals later this month – the former runs over the long weekend of May 27-29, while the latter spans May 28-30. They would have marked Moore’s second and third shows for the year, respectively, with his first gig since last October taking place at Paraguay’s Asuncionico festival in March.“Over the past few months I’ve been working very hard on finishing my albums and haven’t had enough time to prepare for the upcoming shows,” Moore wrote in a statement shared on Instagram.

Nadia Ferreira is hoping for a greener future. Following her exciting engagement to Marc Anthony, the 23-year-old announced that she is an ambassador for the United Nations Development Program and PNUD Paraguay, aiming to bring awareness about sustainable development in her home country.On Thursday, she shared a gallery of photos from her visit to her home country, Paraguay, where she met with locals and other United Nations and PNUD Paraguay officials, at the Ecological Reserve Banco San Miguel and Bahía de Asunción.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Argentina’s most bankable star, Adrian Suar, has wrapped his directorial debut “30 Noches Con Mi Ex” (“30 Nights With My Ex”) to which FilmSharks has snagged worldwide rights. The Buenos Aires-based sales and production outfit has already sold remake rights to Conchita Taboada of Spectrum Films for Mexico and to Italian producer Alessandro Usai of Colorado Films.Disney’s Star Distribution holds the theatrical distribution rights for Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, while Cinecolor snapped up rights to Peru, Chile and Colombia.

Miley Cyrus is sharing scary details about the moment her plane was struck by lightning back in March while she and her band traveled to a music festival in Paraguay.

Marc Anthony proposed to his now fiance Nadia Ferreira, and while the news is exciting- it always comes back to JLo. Ferreira celebrated her 23rd birthday this week, and she shared a photo of the stunning engagement ring on Instagram, where her fiance’s hand is gently placed over hers.

Marc Anthony, 53, and his 23-year-old model girlfriend, Nadia Ferreira, are engaged.The couple announced their engagement at a party in Miami Thursday night. The former Miss Universe Paraguay showed off her diamond ring on her Instagram story. "Engagement party," she captioned the image of her hand on top of Anthony’s.

Marc Anthony’s now-fiancée Nadia Ferreira has revealed that she and the artist are engaged, months after they made their relationship Instagram official. The 23-year-old model shared the news on her Instagram Story on Thursday. The post included a picture of her hand, on which she wore a diamond engagement ring on her finger.

Marc Anthony and Nadia Ferreira will become husband and wife! The Miss Universe Paraguay took to social media to share snaps of her engagement party and the impressive diamond ring the salsa singer gave her.Ferreira has celebrated her 23rd birthday surrounded by family, friends, and her soon-to-be husband. The model, whose official birth date is May 10, partied having champagne in a private jet and then kept it festive with dinner and enjoying seafood and fresh fruit on Marc’s yacht the following day.Marc Anthony’s big surprise for his girlfriend Nadia Ferreira’s 23rd birthdayMarc Anthony cancels concert in Panama due to an injuryTake a look inside the spectacular residence of Marc Anthony in the Dominican RepublicThe engagement comes a week after the musician had an accident right after a concert in Panama.

Marc Anthony is getting married!

Marc Anthony, 53, only confirmed he was dating Nadia Ferreira, 23, in March, but they are already engaged!SEE: Jennifer Lopez's five eye-watering engagement rings revealed – photosJennifer Lopez's ex-husband took Miss Paraguay to Disney World to celebrate her 23rd birthday, and it appears as though he popped the question around the same time. Photos show the model rocking a ring on her left hand on the plane ride there and as she posed in front of the iconic castle, but she hadn't shared a closer look at the diamond until now.

Arctic Monkeys have announced plans for a series of tour dates in South America later this year.The band are set to hit the road with Interpol for a mixture of arena and festival dates across Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay in November.The jaunt will kick off at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro on November 1 before calling at a number of Primavera Sound shows and wrapping up for an arena show in Peru on November 15.You can view the dates below and purchase tickets here.We are pleased to announce our headline shows and festival appearances in South America this November with a further date in Colombia to be announced soon. Visit our website for tickets.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAfter going virtual for two consecutive years due to the pandemic, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) festival is planning to reduce its core team by 15%. The new team, which will be announced in May during the Cannes Film Festival, will work across five divisions, content, communication and audience reach, funding and business growth, business affairs and operations.Once again be spearheaded by festival director Vanja Kaludjercic and managing director Marjan van der Haar, Rotterdam is also aiming to return as a physical event for its 52nd edition which will take place Jan.

FIFA+’s debut feature doc Ronaldinho: The Happiest Man In The World sets the gold standard for quality, scale and ambition for original content on the new soccer streamer, says its head of content.

Gallery: 'Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas. . . ' 10 times Kanye West blew up social media (BANG Showbiz)She wrote in another tweet: "Unfortunately because of this I'm missing out on Janie's Fund, which sucks because it's a charity that's super important to me my friend Steven Tyler… Sorry Steven! We'll have to ‘Walk This Way' another time.

Miley Cyrus’ South American tour has resulted in the singer testing positive for COVID-19.

Machine Gun Kelly is opening up about his final memories of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, and paying tribute to the light he brought to so many.Kelly appeared on The Howard Stern Show on SirusXM on Wednesday, while promoting his new album,, and recalled how he and his entire band spent time hanging out with the Foo Fighters just days before Hawkins' untimely death.On March 22, Kelly was set to perform at Asunciónico 2022 in Paraguay, where the Foo Fighters were also set to perform, and the rocker recalled, «That day was the day the Foo Fighters were going to play with us,» and was going to be the first time Dave Grohl and Hawkins had seen Kelly and his band perform live.However, due to a storm that caused minor flooding, the concert was cancelled. Kelly made headlines when he decided to put on an impromptu performance for fans outside his hotel room, and thousands turned out for the show.Despite that, the band was still disappointed they couldn't perform with the Foo Fighters.

Miley Cyrus is back in the US. After a South American tour where she delivered some great performances, Cyrus is in LA, spending time with her mom Tish Cyrus and her friend, Bradley Kenneth McPeek.Miley Cyrus poses and takes selfies with fans as hundreds filled the streets in Argentina for her arrivalAnitta joins Miley Cyrus on stage in Brazil during concert dedicated to Taylor HawkinsCyrus was photographed this past Tuesday in an all-black outfit. She wore leggings and threw on a blazer, making the outfit look simultaneously relaxed and stylish.

Remy Ma has shared that she doesn’t consider Doja Cat to be a rapper.She also said that she doesn’t agree with the genre-bending artist – who has been nominated for eight Grammys at this year’s ceremony – receiving nods in the rap category.“I don’t think she’s a rapper. Let’s be clear with that,” Remy Ma told N.O.R.E.

Machine Gun Kelly has shared his memories of the late Taylor Hawkins and said that he wants to tell the drummer’s children that “your father is a great, great man”.The Foo Fighters drummer passed away last Friday (March 25) at the age of 50 in Bogotá, Colombia while the band were on their South American tour.Speaking on The Howard Stern Show this week, Kelly recalled meeting Hawkins in Paraguay, where they due to play at the same festival together before bad weather conditions forced the cancellation of the event, two days before the drummer’s death.“It sucked because that day was the day the Foo Fighters were playing with us on the same stage,” Kelly said. “I had texted Dave [Grohl] and he was like, ’Yes, I’m gonna come watch the show’.

Machine Gun Kelly says it was "a dream" hanging out with Taylor Hawkins two days before his death. The Foo Fighters drummer tragically died on Friday (25. 03.

Machine Gun Kelly is remembering Taylor Hawkins.

Doja Cat has reiterated her plans to quit music once more.It comes after the musician revealed that she was planning to quit music in a series of tweets following a festival appearance, before later retracting those comments to say she would continue.The rapper and pop star is currently on tour in South America, and was scheduled to play at the Asunciónico festival in Paraguay last Tuesday (March 22).After the festival’s opening day, set to feature Doja Cat, was cancelled due to high winds and weather warnings, fans online expressed their disappointment at the star not meeting them outside her hotel.In response to that, the musician tweeted: “it’s gone and i don’t give a fuck anymore,” she replied. “i fuckin quit i can’t wait to fucking disappear and i don’t need you to believe in me anymore.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Season 2 of “Encuentros,” the weekly podcast co-produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna’s La Corriente del Golfo and streamer, MUBI, bows Wednesday, March 30 with the first episode featuring Chilean actress Antonia Zegers and Oscar-winning Mexican production designer Eugenio Caballero in conversation.In this episode titled “A Collective Memory,” Caballero and Zegers will discuss their experiences and takeaways from more than two decades of work in their respective fields.Zegers’ credits include Pablo Larrain’s “The Club,” Sebastian Lelio’s Oscar-winning “A Fantastic Woman” and Lucia Puenzo’s gender abuse thriller series, “La Jauria,” produced by Larrain’s Fabula. Caballero became the first Mexican production designer to receive an Oscar for art direction, thanks to Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” in 2007.  He has also worked on Alfonso Cuaron’s triple Oscar-winning “Roma,” J.A.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who sadly passed away on Friday, helped fulfill a little girl’s dream just days before his death.

Doja Cat has apologised after saying in a series of tweets over the weekend that she was going to quit music.The rapper and pop star is currently on tour in South America, and was scheduled to play at the Asunciónico festival in Paraguay last Tuesday (March 22).After the festival’s opening day, set to feature Doja Cat, was cancelled due to high winds and weather warnings, fans online expressed their disappointment at the star not meeting them outside her hotel.After fans expressed their displeasure at her lack of social media posts and not visiting fans outside her hotel room, Doja Cat simply said: “I’m not sorry.”In another tweet, she said she “[doesn’t] give a fuck anymore,” adding: “i fuckin quit i can’t wait to fucking disappear and i don’t need you to believe in me anymore. Everything is dead to me, music is dead, and i’m a fucking fool for ever thinking i was made for this this is a fucking nightmare unfollow me.”In new tweets posted on Sunday (March 27), the singer and rapper dialled back her promise to quit, and apologised to fans fo her behaviour.“I can travel, I can eat good food, I can see new people, I can smile, I can make memories that I dreamed of having, I can laugh, I can support my family and my friends, I can learn about the world, and I can give back to everyone because of you,” she told them in a tweet.