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Shakira is hard at work on a new music video as Gerard Pique looks back on their time together.

Scott McTominay came off the bench to net two goals in six minutes on Saturday as Scotland beat Cyprus 3-0 in their opening Euro 2024 qualifier.

Mesut Ozil has named former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo the best player of all time after announcing his retirement from football.

Manchester United centre-back Raphael Varane has admitted that he expects to finish his playing career at one of three clubs.

Shakira’s dance coach was featured on a show called “First Dates,” where he made some comments about working with the Colombian superstar. He revealed that he’s worked with Shakira on various occasions, sharing that she’s very sweet and hard working. He also revealed some information about Gerard Piqué’s dancing skills.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Documentary specialist Autlook Filmsales closed a raft of sales at a vibrant market during the Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX. “Subject,” directed by Camilla Hall and Jennifer Tiexiera, got picked up by Sweden’s SVT, Denmark’s DR, Norway’s NRK, Norway’s VGTV, The Netherlands’ VPRO, Israel’s Yes Doc, and Madman for Australia and New Zealand. Dogwoof released the film early this month in the U.K. “Subject” is an examination of the relationship between nonfiction filmmakers and their subjects. It raises important ethical questions during a golden of age for documentaries, when docs are screened by millions of viewers. The film re-visits protagonists of some of the most viewed documentaries of today – “The Staircase,” “The Square,” “Hoop Dreams,” “The Wolfpack” and “Capturing the Friedmans.”

Marcus Rashford will hold out on signing a new contract at Manchester United until assessing what prospective new owners can offer him, according to reports.

Marta Balaga Netflix vowed to decarbonize its productions “across the globe” at Series Mania.   “That’s our main goal in the next couple of years,” said Claudia Augustinis, head of production at Netflix France. “We always say we want to entertain the world. But in order to do that, we need a world to entertain.”  While there is no standard formula that fits all productions, observed Netflix Spain’s Ester Velasco, hiring external vendors to help out producers is key. Be it on “Elite,” now in its sixth season, or rom-com “In Love All Over Again.” 

Thania Garcia Fans of Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro have a lot to celebrate as the couple appeared to have announced their engagement in the music video for “Beso,” the opening track from their newly released joint EP “R&R.” “R&R” dropped Friday alongside a sweet homemade music video that featured footage of the Latin music power couple enjoying their days spent in bed and adventuring throughout different cities in Japan, Puerto Rico, Spain, the Dominican Republic, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among many other places. And, as the name of the Spanish track implies, there are lots of shots of them kissing. But the revelatory moment comes at the end of the three-minute music video where Rosalía shows off a shiny diamond ring, and with tears in her eyes, she says, “Oh my god, and my mascara is all runny now. I love you,” before leaning in to kiss Alejandro.

Rosalía is getting married!

Love Island star Charlie Radnedge has reportedly been snapped up by hugely-popular long-running reality TV show Made in Chelsea following his stint in the villa last summer.The posh London boy, who is a self-proclaimed corporate worker and fitness coach, made waves as a Love Island bombshell during the last summer series of the show, filmed in Spain.The blonde hunk quickly coupled up with future winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, and sparks flew between the pair initially. But it wasn't to be, and as fans know Ekin-Su's heart always truly lay with Italian stallion Davide Sanclimenti.The duo went on to win the series. Now, 29 year old Charlie is ready for another spin in the reality world, but this time he'll be dipping his toe in the swanky world of Chelsea.The hit E4 series, which has been running for nearly 12 years, returns to screens Monday, March 27.The Sun claims that Charlie will be joining the crew for another series of love and drama.

Becky G’s fiancé is not exactly social media’s favorite person right now.

Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro have announced that they’re engaged in the music video for their new collaborative single ‘Beso’.The song appears on the couple’s joint three-track EP ‘RR’, which came out today (March 24).In the official accompanying DIY visuals, we follow Rosalía and Alejandro as they spend time together in various locations including the beach, the city, the recording studio and in bed.“Being away from you is hell/ Being close to you is my peace,” they sing together in Spanish in the chorus to ‘Beso’.The final moments of the video see Rosalía show off a diamond ring on her left hand. “Oh my God,” she tearfully says before leaning in to kiss her new fiancé.

Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro are engaged! The couple revealed that they're taking their collaborations to the next level in their music video for «BESO,» a track off their new joint EP, . This video includes a romantic three-minute montage of the pair, showing them together backstage, in bed and wandering around different cities. The private, never-before-seen footage was personally shot by Rosalía and Alejandro throughout their worldwide travels, with the bulk of footage captured during their vacation to Japan, Puerto Rico, Spain, the Dominican Republic, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.«Being away from you is hell / Being close to you is my peace,» they sing together in Spanish in the chorus. Towards the end of the video, the 30-year-old singer shows off a diamond ring on her left finger at the end of the video, tearfully whispering, «Oh my God,» as she leans in to kiss her partner. Rosalía shared a brief clip of the video on Instagram, highlighting the montage of sweet moments between her and her new fiancé. «Here are these 3 songs made with all the love in the world,» she captioned the post. «I hope you enjoy this little bit of us.» A post shared by LA ROSALÍA (@rosalia.vt)ET reached out to Rosalía's rep who had no further comment or details about the engagement.The power couple first went public with their relationship in September 2021.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, Features It’s 25 minutesbefore showtime at Krakow, Poland’s Tauron Arena, and Michael Bublé is cool as a cucumber. A February chill in Europe, where he is touring across more than a dozen countries including the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and Italy, is nothing new to the singer raised outside Vancouver. Likewise, the dress- ing room serves as a familiar home away from home for the five-time Grammy winner, who picked up his latest gramophone statuette for traditional pop vocal album in February. A dual citizen of both Canada and Italy, from where his maternal side hails, Bublé never gets stage fright. And 11 albums in — “Higher” was released last March — with sales topping 75 million and his songs streaming over 14 billion, sold-out crowds have also become de rigueur, worthy of recognition with Variety’s Intl. Achievement in Music Award, which he is receiving March 26 in London.

Ben Croll Mixing two parts maternal melodrama, one part fugitive thriller, and finishing with a precocious, child-actor twist, Nippon TV’s “Mother” format has proven an irresistible international cocktail, driving remake rights and series exports across the globe. Taking a victory lap of sorts at this week’s Series Mania Forum, Nippon TV’s director of international business development Yuki Akehi joined Spanish producer Eduardo Galdo to unpack this format-sales phenomenon. Created by Yuji Sakamoto and initially commissioned for broadcast in 2010, “Mother” follows a thirtysomething schoolteacher who feels her first ever pangs of maternal instinct when confronted with an 8-year-old pupil from an abusive home. Instinctively absconding with the girl and heading out on the lam, the new fugitive and her willing charge forge deep bonds beyond a legal framework.

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA-winning producer Patrick Spence is leaving ITV Studios after three years, Variety has confirmed. Spence, who serves as creative director, will leave at the end of March, ITV Studios managing director Julian Bellamy told staff via an internal memo on Thursday. Spence will continue to partner with ITV Studios on upcoming projects including “People vs. Post Office” (working title). Spence joined ITV Studios in 2020 and secured several acclaimed commissions, including the BBC’s drama-romance “Ralph & Katie,” a spin-off of “The A Word,” about the lives of a couple with Down syndrome; ITVX’s “Litvinenko,” about the investigation into the death of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko; the BAFTA-nominated Cold War spy drama “A Spy Among Friends,” also for ITVX; and post-pandemic frontline medical drama “Maternal” for ITV.  

Series Mania on March 21 just after a Spanish series, “Wrong Side of the Tracks” from Mediaset España and Alea Media, had scored 149.6 million watching hours in three weeks on Netflix for Seasons 1 and 2.  That platform connection and power of Spanish series threaded most of the series and much of the commentary at Tuesday’s Next from Spain, supported by Audiiovisual from Spain.  At least in terms of titles now ready to hit the market, there’s little sign as yet of platform pullback in Spain. Rather, it remains a ground zero in the streamer wars.

Manchester United are still interested in signing Joao Felix on a permanent deal from Atletico Madrid this summer, according to reports in Spain.

With overseas rollout having begun Wednesday, Lionsgate/Thunder Road Films/87 Eleven’s John Wick: Chapter 4 is off to a strong start at the international box office. Across just a handful of markets, figures we’re hearing put the early estimated cume at roughly $3.9M through Wednesday and including Australia and New Zealand’s Thursday launches. As Anthony reported, Thursday’s domestic previews of around $8M are looking at a franchise-best, per industry estimates.

EXCLUSIVE: The most critically acclaimed John Wick of all-time, Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, is seeing the franchise’s best Thursday previews of all-time at around $8M per industry estimates tonight.

Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo has been forced to withdraw from the Netherlands squad after a viral infection struck the Dutch squad, with the Merseyside club facing Manchester City in just over a week's time.

Gerard Piqué is doing well after his breakup with Shakira last year.

Eva Longoria has lined up her next job. The actress, producer, and director is now in charge of the Spanish-speaking adaptation of the succesful French series “Call My Agent!” The show is a satire about celebrity agents, and has been greatly succesful all over the world, having remakes set in Italy, Canada, and the U.K.Eva Longoria shows off incredible figure posing poolside in chic bikini: ‘Ready for summer?’Eva Longoria celebrates 48th birthday: See her best bikini momentsA post shared by Eva Longoria Baston (@evalongoria)Deadline was the first to break the news, revealing that Longoria would be producing the series through her company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment.

Georgina Rodriguez is gearing up for the release of the second season of her show, “I Am Georgina.” The Netflix series follows her life and her relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo, showing an intimate look at her work, her children, and her friends. In an interview with the Spanish program “El Hormiguero,” Rodriguez talked about her show and her relationship, sparking some online debate. Cristiano Ronaldo lists his stunning Manchester mansion on saleGeorgina Rodriguez breaks down over the loss of her babyLos regalos de @GeorginaGuez y @Cristiano#GeorginaEHpic.twitter.com/UONck60ksGThe show’s hosts asked about Rodriguez and Ronaldo’s relationship, specifically, about what they give to each other as presents.

Gerard Piqué has unapologetically moved on following his breakup from Shakira after a decade together.

Colombian star Maluma catches the New York Knicks face off against the Miami Heat during a basketball game on Wednesday (March 22) at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Fla. The Heat beat out the Knicks in an exciting game, 127-120.

Manchester United will allow Alex Telles to play against them for Sevilla in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Gerard Piqué is finally talking about the end of his 11-year relationship with Shakira. In a new interview with the Spanish publication , the 36-year-old former soccer star gives insight on his life since he and the pop star split.When asked by the journalist how he's been affected by the breakup, Piqué shifted the focus to their children, Milan, 10, and Sasha, 8.«I won’t say, I don’t want to,» the tells the reporter via translation from Spanish to English. «Everyone has their responsibility to do what’s best for their kids.»«It’s about protecting them,» Piqué adds. «That’s the job of all parents with their kids.

Picturestart and Picture Perfect Federation have set JC Lee to direct the English-language remake of Thai hit Bad Genius and also announced key cast members as well as a raft of international presales.

A photographer has shared stunning photos of a Scottish castle that has featured in the likes of James Bond and Highlander.

EXCLUSIVE: The ViX original series Montecristo starring William Levy is set to premiere on April 14, with the release of all 6 episodes to hit the streamer. Watch the first official trailer above.

Eurovision 2023 Semi-Final running orders have been revealed – check it out below.The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from May 9-13, with Mae Muller set to represent the UK with ‘I Wrote A Song’.The UK city was announced to stage the contest on behalf of Ukraine, after organisers deemed the country unable to host the event due to the ongoing war with Russia.You can find all the songs that are entered for this year’s competition here.This week, Eurovision shared the running order for the Semi-Final shows, which take place on Tuesday, May 9 and Thursday, May 11.Norway will kick off proceedings for the first Semi-Final, closed out 15 acts later with a performance by Finland. The second event is set to be opened by Denmark, with Australia hitting the stage last.We got #Eurovision2023 Semi-Final running orders ✨➡️ https://t.co/V1tz85qvRD pic.twitter.com/hSjYqudp6j— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) March 22, 2023The Big Five participants – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom, which make the biggest financial contributions to the contest – along with Ukraine, automatically qualify for the Grand Final.Check out the full schedule below.First Semi-Final Eurovision 20231. Norway2. Malta3. Serbia4. Latvia5. Portugal6. Ireland7. Croatia8. Switzerland9. Israel10. Moldova11. Sweden12. Azerbaijan13. Czechia14. Netherlands15. FinlandSecond Semi-Final Eurovision 20231. Denmark2. Armenia3. Romania4. Estonia5. Belgium6. Cyprus7. Iceland8. Greece9. Poland10. Slovenia11. Georgia12. San Marino13. Austria14. Albania15. Lithuania16. AustraliaMeanwhile, Eurovision final 2023 tickets sold out in just 36 minutes.Tickets for all nine shows including the live Grand Final went on sale

EXCLUSIVE: Non-English language drama streamer Walter Presents has acquired a package of five drama titles from Beta for release on its services in Australia and New Zealand.

Naman Ramachandran New history documentary series “Queens That Changed the World,” that shines a light on some of the world’s most powerful female rulers, has scored a raft of worldwide sales. Channel 4 has acquired the series for the U.K. The series is produced by Woodcut Media who brokered the deal with Channel 4, and is distributed worldwide by Abacus Media Rights who have already pre-sold it to streaming service BBC Select (U.S. and Canada) and broadcasters SBS (Australia), AMC Networks International (Spain and Portugal), Viasat World (CEE, Scandinavia, Baltics, CIS), NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark), SVT (Sweden), Czech TV (Czech Republic) and HOT8 (Israel).

One of the world’s most popular international comedies is being remade in Spanish, courtesy of Eva Longoria.