Oscars: Only 276 Feature Films Eligible in Shortened 10-Month Period

Perth and Kinross youngsters have this week been enjoying free bus travel.

EXCLUSIVE: Lydia Leonard (the English Call My Agent remake), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner) and Sverrir Gudnason (Borg Vs. McEnroe) are leading the cast of Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson’s first English language feature Northern Comfort.

EXCLUSIVE: Roselyn Sanchez and Eric Winter’s Two for the Road Entertainment has signed a deal with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. The pact is strictly for producing as the husband-and-wife duo both are series regulars on ongoing shows, ABC’s The Rookie and Fox’s Fantasy Island, respectively.

them. (We didn’t get to chat with the filmmakers behind “Flee,” which was also nominated in the Foreign Language and Documentary categories.) As “Luca” director Enrico Casarosa said, “It’s so hard to make these movies, especially through the pandemic, so I think everyone in the 2021 batch of movies should be so proud.” Yes they should.While “Encanto” is set in sunny Colombia, director Byron Howard found himself in a far chillier predicament this morning. “They announce these things so early and I am not good at getting up in the morning.

Holly Willoughby made a major blunder as she introduced This Morning on Monday, leaving viewers confused as to whether or not it was in fact the beginning of the week.The 40 year old welcomed in “Tuesday’s” episode of the daytime show incorrectly and appeared completely oblivious to the mistake she had made as she continued on with her live introduction. “Good morning! Hello and welcome to Tuesday’s This Morning,” Holly said as Cyndi Lauper’s hit song Girls Just Wanna Have Fun played in the background.

EXCLUSIVE: Good Deed Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to basketball documentary Alaskan Nets, which is exec-produced by Chris Pratt and his production company Indivisible Productions.

Tito Matos was an acclaimed percussionist known for his skill playing the traditional Puerto Rican music called plena.Tito Matos was a highly acclaimed percussionist known for playing the Puerto Rican music genres Plena and Bomba. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, his grandfather gave him his first hand-held drum called a pandereta when he was a child. Pandereta is one of the primary instruments used in plena, an Afro-Puerto Rican style of rhythmic folk music.

Martin Dale ContributorHiventy-Monal, one of France’s leading post-production companies, is seeing rising demand across its range of services, including film processing, dubbing and subtitling, post-production, film restoration and BluRay mastering. It has operations in France, Poland, Singapore, Vietnam, Kenya and Nigeria.Hiventy has one of the few film lab services in Europe.

Katherine Schwarzenegger is sharing some of her most wholesome family moments with her followers on Instagram. The author and her husband, Chris Pratt, are enjoying some much-needed quality time with their daughter, Lyla, before she becomes a big sister.

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired North American and other overseas territory rights to The Old Way, the Western from director Brett Donowho that stars Nicolas Cage. The distributor is targeting a theatrical and VOD release for the pic sometime during the fourth quarter of 2022.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentPantaya, the fast-growing premiere U.S. Hispanic/Latino SVOD service, has signed a multiyear production partnership with Mexico’s Corazón Films, producer and co-creator of smash hit “El Juego de las Llaves” and the anticipated “Mi Tío,” starring José Eduardo Dérbez and Ariadne Díaz.Both these series were produced with Amazon and Pantaya.

EXCLUSIVE: Killing Eve and A Discovery Of Witches star Edward Bluemel, Dune actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster and newcomer Eddie Karanja (After Ever After) have joined Sterling K. Brown, Iola Evans and Ernest Kingsley Jr as series regulars in Hulu drama series Washington Black, we can reveal.

Say hello (again) to the Proud family!

Peter Andre has opened up on how proud he is of his 14 year old daughter Princess, who has asked if she can start doing jobs around the house – including babysitting – so that she can earn her own money. The 48 year old also discusses how he manages to still make time for date nights with wife Emily Andrea and why he thinks it's the right time for Covid restrictions to go in his exclusive new magazine column.

EXCLUSIVE: Carlota Pereda, the writer-director whose debut feature Piggy (Cerdita) makes its world premiere tonight in the Midnight Section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, has signed with CAA.

Kate Ferdinand shared her baby son Cree’s impressive dance moves in a sweet clip posted on Instagram Stories on Monday.The 30 year old filmed her adorable young boy bouncing on his feet in a white Babygro as he watched a children’s TV show in the early hours of the morning. Singing along with the theme tune from the animation playing, Kate cheers on baby Cree whilst capturing the cute moment, which she shared with her 1.4 million followers.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Unknown people toppled a statue of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in the pre-dawn hours of Monday ahead of a visit of King Felipe VI to the U.S. Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico.Col.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNewen Studios, the Paris-headquartered production and distribution group, has strengthened its strategic partnership with European producer and financier Anton as it looks to become a major player in the feature film landscape. As part of the new agreement, Anton is giving Newen Studios a global budget of €50 million ($56.6 million) to co-invest in the distribution rights of audiovisual and film projects.