Oscars Shortlists Out: ‘No Time To Die’ And ‘Dune’ Lead Mentions; France’s Palme D’Or Winner Snubbed

Top prospect Xavi Simons has been bombed out of the Paris Saint-Germain starting line-up by boss Mauricio Pochettino.

Magnolia Network, Discovery’s joint venture with Chip and Joanna Gaines, makes its cable debut tonight, marking the official rebranding of the DIY Network. And to celebrate the network’s debut and their return to cable, the Gaineses have released the original Fixer Upper casting tape from 2012, never before seen by the public. You can watch it below.

Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff, the eccentric French TV presenter twins, have died within six days of each other of Covid-19, aged 72. Igor died yesterday and Grichka died on December 28. Both were non-vaccinated.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Clayton Davis Kodi Smit-McPhee has maintained a stronghold this awards season for his work as Peter Gordon in Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog.” Pundits and awards enthusiasts have to wonder: has a frontrunner emerged?Twenty-nine precursor awards have been announced thus far, with 14 naming Smit-McPhee’s darkly psychological turn the best of the year.

Mark Keizer A suicidal IT specialist and a blind archivist help a dying woman find the child she gave up for adoption in French director Albert Dupontel’s “Adieu les cons,” rechristened “Bye Bye Morons” in the U.S. (though “So Long, Suckers!” would’ve probably be a better translation).

If you want to get in the International Film Oscar race get your ass to the Cannes Film Festival. This year, eight titles that made the 15 films cut debuted on la Croisette including Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero,” Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s NYFCC and LAFCA Best Film winner, “Drive My Car.” This year’s Palme d’Or winner and the French submission, “Titane,” was snubbed.

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 94th Oscars ceremony.The shortlist voting concluded on Dec. 15, and the remaining ones will move on to the official phase one voting.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today unveiled its shortlist of 15 films that will advance to the next stage of voting in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars. Notable among omissions is Julia Ducournau’s Titane, the entry from France which won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or — becoming only the second movie directed by a woman to scoop that prize.

Jean-Jacques Annaud is one of the most celebrated French filmmakers of the last several decades. He’s won numerous Cesar Awards as well as an Academy Award for his 1976 film, “Black and White in Color.” But over his illustrious career, he’s only released a total of 13 films, so a new Annaud picture is something to get excited about.

Dawn French has made a welcome return to our screens as part of the judging panel on new ITV show Walk The Line. The new singing competition, created by Simon Cowell, kicked off on Sunday 12 December and is airing every evening until Friday 17 December.

Dawn French has paid tribute to fellow comedian Jethro, who has died at the age of 73 after contracting COVID-19. The comedian shot to fame after appearing on 'The Des O'Connor Show' in 1990 and spent the years that followed touring theatres with his stand up and 'Vicar of Dibley' star Dawn took to Twitter to pay her respects.

Jungle have rescheduled a number of live dates on their 2022 European tour due to coronavirus restrictions.The band are now due to tour from March through to August next year in support of their recent album ‘Loving In Stereo’, which was released back in August.Jungle had been set to begin touring next month, with dates in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands all scheduled for January and February.However, in a statement issued today (December 15), Jungle cited the “new restrictions

Heartwarming pictures show the moment a Scots student surprised his parents after not seeing them for two years due to strict lockdown measures in Australia.