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Steven Spielberg’s The Fablemans, the director’s semi-autobiographical movie based on his own family and upbringing, will world premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The 47th edition of TIFF runs September 8-18.

Easy Life have announced that their album release date has been delayed by months. The band shared a post on Instagram today (July 21) explaining the pushed-back release date to fans.The Leicester band had previously said that their upcoming second album ‘Maybe In Another Life’, would be due out next month.“The look on your face when our album moves back” they shared in the post.

New Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer will make his international debut at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival, running from August 31 to September 10.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety has promoted Elsa Keslassy to senior international film editor.In her new role, Keslassy will continue to be based out of Paris, where she will cover the entertainment industry spanning film, TV and streamers across France, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Israel.She previously served as Variety‘s international correspondent. Since joining Variety in 2007, Keslassy has distinguished herself with coverage of major festivals and film markets, including Cannes, Venice, Berlin, the AFM, Mipcom, Canneseries and Series Mania.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNewly named Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer is set to attend the upcoming Venice Film Festival along with other Academy senior leaders, in what is being touted as the first time an official AMPAS delegation makes the trek to the Lido.Kramer will attend the fest’s opening night on Aug. 30th and subsequently meet with international AMPAS members, industry professionals and press.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Belfast Film Festival has named Variety film critic Jessica Kiang and Rose Baker as its new programmers, and has also launched an inaugural feature competition.Kiang and Baker will serve as the creative leads for this year’s BFF, which runs from Nov. 3-12.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ is entering The Doll Factory.

New Love Island bombshell Jamie Allen walked out of his football job to join the ITV2 dating show. It was revealed earlier today, Wednesday 20 July, that Jamie was one of four newcomers heading into the villa following two current Islander's exits.

Christopher Vourlias Two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund will receive an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 28th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, which will open Aug. 12 with the Swedish director’s 2022 Cannes winner “Triangle of Sadness.”Östlund’s English-language debut, which earned a rowdy eight-minute standing ovation in Cannes, is a provocative social satire starring Harris Dickinson as a male model struggling with his shallow industry and the unchecked capitalism he benefits from, and Woody Harrelson as the rabid Marxist captain of a cruise for the super-rich.

The Sarajevo Film Festival has set Ruben Östlund’s Triangle Of Sadness as its opening night film for its 28th edition, which kicks off on August 12. The film was the winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Elton John will play five special ‘encore’ concerts in Australia and New Zealand next year, extending his ongoing multi-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which will mark his final run of shows.John will kick off the new round of dates in Newcastle, New South Wales on January 10, 2023 before heading to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. He will then head to New Zealand show in Christchurch on January 24.

Naman Ramachandran While HBO Max is yet to debut in the territory, 11 original series and 10 features from the streamer are bowing exclusively on Amazon Prime Video India across July and August. The slate includes comedic thriller “The Flight Attendant,” starring Kaley Cuoco; DC Comics adaptation “Peacemaker,” created for television by James Gunn and starring John Cena; “And Just Like That…,” the next chapter of the Sex and the City franchise; the new “Gossip Girl,” an extension of the original pop culture classic series; and “Doom Patrol” that reimagines a group of DC superheroes.The slate also includes comedy “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble; drama “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin”; true crime-drama “The Staircase”; dystopian drama “DMZ”; and science fiction drama “Raised by Wolves.” HBO Max original features include “An American Pickle,” “Aquaman: King of Atlantis,” “Let Them All Talk” and “Superintelligence.” Manish Menghani, director, content licensing, Amazon Prime Video India, said: “We are delighted to collaborate with Warner Bros.

The Locarno Film Festival has announced the full line-up and juries for its 75th edition, which is due to unfold August 3-13.

Easy Life have shared a new single called ‘OTT’ featuring New Zealand singer BENEE – watch its official video below.The track is the latest preview of the Leicester band’s upcoming second album ‘Maybe In Another Life’, which is due out next month.Of the new song, frontman Murray Matravers said: “Like most things easy life,” comments Murray, “there is still that element of optimism: that perhaps with enough care and attention, something can be done. BENEE crushed it – her voice is like water and she’s a real queen of melody.”BENEE added: “so stoked to have worked with the easy life boys on this, such a wicked bunch of humanssss!!! Hope u guys love the song, its all summery and I’m a sucker for melancholic lyrics sooooo!”Watch ‘OTT’ below.Last month, the band shared a new collaboration, ‘Dear Miss Holloway’, featuring former Brockhampton member Kevin Abstract.Discussing their collaboration with Abstract and him joining them on stage at Glastonbury 2022, Matravers said: “He’s just a very inspiring dude; I was lucky enough to meet him when we were last in LA.“We thought it would be amazing to bring him out, so we flew him in and bless him, he forgot every single word.

Netflix Greenlights Swedish Comedy ‘One More Time’ Starring Hedda Stiernstedt

Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced a six-date tour of Australasian stadiums, for which they’ll be joined by Post Malone.It’ll be the first tour for both acts in 2023, kicking off in the New Zealand city of Auckland on Saturday January 21. They’ll play in Dunedin next, before heading over to Australia for shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.Tickets for all shows can be found here.

READ MORE: Stephen Ferris feels Ulster star could move abroad after latest snub But that was only one of his Test starts for him in an injury-hit season and Ulster will be hopeful this latest setback does not hamper his prospects of being ready for the start of next term. Farrell was already dealing with the loss of hooker Rob Herring for the first Test of a series that begins in Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, with Niall Scannell already in New Zealand as back-up, while Mack Hansen is isolating after picking up Covid. In the All Blacks' camp, meanwhile, a third probable backs starter has picked up Covid with Will Jordan joining centres Jack Goodhue and David Havili on the sidelines, along with head coach Ian Foster and John Plumtree, hastening former Leinster and Ireland supremo Joe Schmidt into the set-up.

The 2022 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) today announced the Best of the ABFF Award winners.

Jack Johnson has announced he’ll be embarking on a run of Australian and New Zealand shows later this year.The tour comes in support of his latest album ‘Meet The Moonlight’, which arrived last Friday (June 24). It’ll see Johnson and his band arrive in Australia in late November, playing shows in Perth, the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, before heading to New Zealand’s Auckland and Napier.He’ll be supported by Emily Wurramara and Ziggy Alberts for the Australian dates, with The Black Seeds joining him in New Zealand.Tickets for the shows go on sale Friday July 1 at 10am local time, and will be available to purchase here.A post shared by Jack Johnson (@jackjohnson)It’ll be the first time the singer has visited Australia since 2019’s Byron Bay Bluesfest, and his first New Zealand shows since 2017.‘Meet The Moonlight’ marks Johnson’s eighth studio album and his first LP release in five years.