Luxembourg Prime Minister Denounces Hungary’s Discriminatory LGBTQ+ Laws

The Prime Minister has reacted to a bruising set of local election results for the Conservative Party by saying he has ‘heard a message’.

Naman Ramachandran Revenues at Bertelsmann’s Luxembourg-based RTL Group, a media giant which owns Fremantle, slid 9% to €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) for the first quarter of 2023, financial results released on Thursday have revealed. The group attributes this to “significantly lower TV advertising revenue,” particularly in Germany, and the disposals of RTL Belgium and RTL Croatia. Fremantle’s revenues were down 5.6% to €435 million (Q1/2022: €461 million), mainly due to timing effects of production deliveries, the group said. The group’s total advertising revenue fell to €700 million (Q1/2022: €829 million), of which €545 million represented TV advertising revenue (Q1/2022: €653 million), €76 million digital advertising revenue (Q1/2022: €83 million) and €39 million radio advertising revenue (Q1/2022: €46 million). Distribution revenue was down by 1.8% to €107 million (Q1/2022: €109 million).

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian director Nanni Moretti’s new film “Il sol dell’avvenire” (“A Brighter Tomorrow”), a multi-layered love letter to filmmaking in the age of streaming giants, is doing brisk biz at the home box office ahead of its Cannes Film Festival international premiere. The latest by Moretti — who customarily gets special permission from Cannes to release his works locally before launching them from the Croisette — has already scored close to €3 million ($3.3 million) from 500 screens in Italy via 01 Distribution since its April 20 release. “Brighter Tomorrow” came in second only to “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” last weekend, which was a long frame due to the International Workers’ Day holiday on May 1.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Twenty emerging producers from across Europe have been selected to take part in European Film Promotion’s promotion and networking platform Producers on the Move before and during the Cannes Film Festival. The producers who were selected for the program from nominations submitted by EFP’s member organizations are Gentian Koçi (Albania), David Bohun (Austria), Julie Esparbes (Belgium), Vanya Rainova (Bulgaria), Miljenka Čogelja (Croatia), Stelana Kliris (Cyprus), Alice Tabery (Czech Republic), Emile Hertling Péronard (Denmark), Emilia Haukka (Finland), Silvana Santamaria (Germany), Vicky Miha (Greece), Júlia Berkes (Hungary), Kathryn Kennedy (Ireland), Valon Bajgora (Kosovo), Dominiks Jarmakovičs (Latvia), Erik Glijnis (The Netherlands), Elisa Fernanda Pirir (Norway), Radu Stancu (Romania), Juraj Krasnohorský (Slovak Republic), and Julia Gebauer (Sweden).

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival unveiled the line-up for its 2023 edition, running from June 11 to 17.

Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s 1958 novel “The Pledge” has proven to be especially durable to adaptations over the years. More well-known of these is Sean Penn’s 2000 film “The Pledge,” a grisly Jack Nicholson starrer that, if anything, is perhaps remembered of the promise that Penn held as director in the early aughts before tumbling down the rabbit hole of political melodrama.

One of Europe’s most wanted drugs kingpins has been arrested in Scotland.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Magnolia Pictures International has acquired worldwide sales rights — including U.S. sales rights — to heist comedy-drama “The Delinquents” from Argentinian writer-director Rodrigo Moreno (“The Custodian”). The film will world premiere as part of the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. In “The Delinquents,” the routine lives of two bank employees, Morán and Román, break down when Morán steals a small fortune from the bank’s vault. On the run, he glimpses a possible alternative to the gray life he’s been living and, in addition, falls in love. But he is forced to choose between this radical alternative and following through on his heist plans, so he resigns himself to a short prison stint. His colleague Román, unwillingly in possession of the stolen money, feels trapped by the secret he’s keeping; his paranoia increases until he too finds a way out, and also discovers a new love. But, bound by their common destiny (highlighted by the similarity of their names), the two protagonists are inevitably drawn together again.

< 1 min read The European Parliament has hit out at the recent rhetoric from the Italian government, likening Italy and its anti-LGBTQ+ stance to other nations such as Poland and Hungary.

A new law which is set to come into force next month may lead to a shortage of toilet roll on shop shelves, experts have warned.

Taylor Swift is spending time with friends following her breakup from actor Joe Alwyn. Swift was spotted out to dinner with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in New York City this week. Swift was photographed getting into a car with Reynolds and Lively the same evening she dined with the couple at Casa Cipriani in downtown Manhattan. ET exclusively revealed Swift's breakup from Alwyn on April 8.

Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi has been announced as president of the Cannes Film Festival jury deciding the Short Film Palme d’Or and the 3 La Cinef prizes for student films in the Official Selection.

Two can play this game!

Joe Alwyn was pictured smiling solo following his high-profile split from Taylor Swift. The snap was shared by Alwyn's co-star, Emma Laird, inan Instagram carousel titled «Moments in March.» The image appears to have been taken late in the evening on a city street with Alwyn on a green scooter and was likely captured while the actors are on location filming in Hungary. Laird turned off the comments on her post. Alwyn, 32, recently journeyed to Hungary to begin principal photography on the film, appearing opposite Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. Brady Corbet is directing the project, which he co-wrote alongside partner Mona Fastvold.  is said to follow architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife, Erzsébet (Jones), as they flee post-war Europe to build a new life in America, where they cross paths with a wealthy client (Pearce) who changes their lives forever. While details about Alwyn's part have not yet been revealed, this marks his first role since starring in Lena Dunham's  on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu's .A post shared by Emma Laird (@emmalaird)Meanwhile, Swift's  is in full swing amid the split news. «Taylor and Joe are in totally different places in their lives right now,» a source recently told ET.

Joe Alwyn was pictured smiling solo following his high-profile split from Taylor Swift. The snap was shared by Alwyn's co-star, Emma Laird, inan Instagram carousel titled «Moments in March.» The image appears to have been taken late in the evening on a city street with Alwyn on a green scooter and was likely captured while the actors are on location filming in Hungary. Laird turned off the comments on her post. Alwyn, 32, recently journeyed to Hungary to begin principal photography on the film, appearing opposite Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. Brady Corbet is directing the project, which he co-wrote alongside partner Mona Fastvold.  is said to follow architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife, Erzsébet (Jones), as they flee post-war Europe to build a new life in America, where they cross paths with a wealthy client (Pearce) who changes their lives forever. While details about Alwyn's part have not yet been revealed, this marks his first role since starring in Lena Dunham's  on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu's .A post shared by Emma Laird (@emmalaird)Meanwhile, Swift's  is in full swing amid the split news. «Taylor and Joe are in totally different places in their lives right now,» a source recently told ET.

Emma Laird is sharing a glimpse of her life, including working with co-star Joe Alwyn, who’s been in the headlines recently for his recent split from Taylor Swift.

Shakin' Stevens has confirmed that the writer of the festive classic Merry Christmas Everyone, has died aged 76. 

Shakin' Stevens has confirmed that the writer of the festive classic Merry Christmas Everyone, has died aged 76. 

Regal parent Cineworld has decided to terminate the marketing process for its businesses outside of the U.S., UK and Ireland. Although it received offers from “a number of prospective counterparties,” the proposals “did not meet the value level required by the group’s lenders,” the exhibition giant said today. The so-called “rest of world” businesses include cinemas in Israel, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Crave has swooped for the U.S., UK and Australian versions of The Traitors while the smash Dutch format is set to made in six more territories, bringing the overall total to 20.