Matrix Stars Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving Join Julia Garner In Kitty Green’s Thriller ‘The Royal Hotel’

NEW ORLEANS -- The memorial garden at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is about to get a lot more crowded as fellow musicians honor the many musical icons — known as “Ancestors” — who have passed since the festival was last held three years ago.Jazz Fest, which began Friday and will conclude on May 8, will feature on-stage tributes, as well as jazz funeral processions that will cross the Fair Grounds and conclude with the unveiling of the honoree’s likenesses alongside the other Ancestors at the rear of the Congo Square field.“That’s Jazz Fest,” Quint Davis, the festival’s longtime producer/director, told The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Like many African cultures, “we stay connected to our ancestors.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Beta Cinema has picked up international thriller “Operation Napoleon,” and will kick off presales at the Cannes Film Market. Shooting wrapped recently at the Langjökull glacier in Iceland, and the production has now moved to MMC Studios in Cologne, Germany.

Neon said Wednesday that it has acquired North American rights to The Royal Hotel, the social thriller that marks the next film from The Assistant writer-director Kitty Green. Her Assistant star Julia Garner will topline the pic alongside Jessica Henwick. Hugo Weaving also stars.

Manori Ravindran International EditorNeon has snapped up the North American rights to “The Royal Hotel,” directed by “The Assistant” helmer Kitty Green and “Power of the Dog” producer See-Saw Films.Billed as social thriller, the film stars two-time Emmy Award winner Julia Garner (“Inventing Anna,” “Ozark”), AFI winner Hugo Weaving (“Patrick Melrose,” “The Matrix”) and Jessica Henwick (“The Matrix Resurrections,” “Knives Out 2”).“The Royal Hotel” reunites Green with her “The Assistant” star Garner. “The Assistant” dealt with the broken culture at a film production company, where women are regularly sexually harassed by higher-ups.

Leaving the drama onscreen! While the intensity never lets up for the Byrde family (and everyone in their orbit) on Ozark, the actors’ real lives are a little more relaxed — which makes the transformation into their characters awe-inspiring, even for costar Jessica Frances Dukes.

Rio Ferdinand and Joleon Lescott have shared their concerns regarding John Stones and Gabriel Jesus starting for Manchester City against Real Madrid.

After being delayed for nearly two years, FX‘s drama series “The Old Man” is finally set to return on June 17, with streaming availability the next day on Hulu. Production had been shut down due to the usual Covid complications, but also had been delayed because of lead actor Jeff Bridges‘ cancer scare.

Sex/Life star Adam Demos is growing his presence on Netflix!

Netflix has confirmed the full cast for its upcoming animation pic My Father’s Dragon.

Jessica Henwick (The Matrix Resurrections) and Hugo Weaving (Patrick Melrose) have joined the cast of The Royal Hotel, Kitty Green’s social thriller following two friends backpacking in Australia.

The White Stripes’ Jack White surprised fans by marrying musician Olivia Jean on stage during his homecoming show in Detroit, in the US, on Friday. The singer, songwriter and producer invited Jean on stage to join his performance and introduced her as his girlfriend.

DETROIT -- Jack White surprised fans by marrying musician Olivia Jean on stage during his Detroit homecoming show Friday.The Detroit-born singer, songwriter and producer invited Jean onstage to join his performance and introduced her as his girlfriend.White asked her to marry him during a rendition of song ‘Hotel Yorba' and right before the lyric “let's get married."Jean, a fellow Detroit native, teared up and said yes, the Detroit Free Press reported. White then carried her offstage.The two later re-emerged for an encore and married in an onstage ceremony officiated by Ben Swank, a co-founder of White's record label.Jean is part of the label's garage goth rock band Black Belles, which is on hiatus, and is also signed by his label as a solo artist.White, who founded the White Stripes, was previously married twice.

Jack White is married!

Jack White, is consistently surprising his fans with new music, new collaborators and new looks. On Friday (April 8), the iconic singer/songwriter had a whopper of a surprise for everyone attending his concert in Detroit: a new wife! During his show at the Masonic Temple, Jack got engaged to his girlfriend, singer Olivia Jean, and then immediately married her in front of the sold-out crowd, according to WXYZ.

When it comes to matrimony, Jack White does not waste any time.

Mrs Hinch stunned fans earlier this year after announcing she would be moving from her iconic home which helped her reach fame, alongside her handy cleaning hacks.

Squid Game, has revealed that he is working on a “violent” new project.During his appearance at the MIPTV festival in Cannes on Monday (April 4), Hwang shared that he is working on a new movie with the working title Killing Old People Club or K.O. Club.According to Variety, the director and screenwriter said that the upcoming project would be “another controversial film” from him.