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Outfest announced its grand jury prize winners today, after the LGBTQIA+ film festival in Los Angeles wrapped its 41st edition.
Anhell69, directed by Theo Montoya, won the Paul D. Lerner and Stephen Reis Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize. The film set in Medellín, Colombia takes a hybrid doc-fictional approach to explore the country’s history of violence and the bleak prospects for many young people in Colombia. POV magazine has called it “uncompromising and disturbing, the best kind of transgressive documentary filmmaking.”
Queendom, directed by Agniia Galdanova, earned a Special Mention in the documentary feature category. [Scroll for full list of Outfest awards winners].
The Grand Jury Prize for North American Feature went to Something You Said Last Night, directed by Luis De Filippis. It tells the story of a transgender woman in her mid-20s who takes a family trip that forces her to confront life decisions. Special Mentions in that category went to Fancy Dance, directed by Erica Tremblay, and The People’s Joker, directed by Vera Drew.
Jurors awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding International Narrative Feature to The Fabulous Ones, directed by Roberta Torre. Outfest programmers describe it as “a hilarious and poignant paean to trans friendship — it is something like magic.”
Isaac Krasner, the young star of Big Boys, won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance, North American Narrative Feature. In the coming-of-age comedy, “a teenage boy’s unexpected crush turns a camping trip into a weekend of self-discovery.” Choi Hae-jun, star of Peafowl, won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance, International Narrative Feature.
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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is heading into the quarterfinals in Australia and New Zealand. After the dramatic Round of 16, the World Cup is down to its final eight nations. Spain, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, England, France, Colombia and Australia — which is the host for this year’s tournament alongside New Zealand — are competing for the coveted FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 trophy.
We’re just one week into Big Brother‘s 25th season, and already, one contestant has been eliminated due to saying a racial slur. Luke Valentine will no longer be in the game.
A popular YouTube star has been arrested for murder!
Holly Jones Oh My Gómez! Films’ Ramiro Pavón, producer of Ana Katz’s Sundance title “El perro que no calla,” and Rocío Romero Quintana, behind 2016 Berlinale Generation 14+ winner “Las Plantas,” will both pitch their latest doc projects at this month’s Sanfic Industria, one of the biggest industry forums in South America. Another project at its Documentary Lab is sourced from Paula Zyngierman at Argentina’s MaravillaCine, which backed “That Weekend” and “Marilyn.” “This year we received a large number of applications from both directors and producers with large experience as well as projects by new talents,” Gabriela Sandoval, head of Sanfic Industria, told Variety, noting that some projects have been sourced from allied international industry platforms such as Industria Guadalajara, DocsMx, Fidba, Taller de productores de Panamá, Arca Residencia.
A family says a dream trip to America turned into 'something off Fawlty Towers' after they were told their flight booking didn't exist.
NME’s latest star of The Cover, Voice of Baceprot, have shared a playlist exclusively to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The Indonesian metal trio are on this week’s (August 7) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Voice of Baceprot’s profile here, written by Yudhistira Agato and featuring photography by Saska Paloma Gladina.Accompanying the story is an exclusive playlist curated by Firda ‘Marsya’ Kurnia, Widi Rahmawati and Euis Siti Aisyah.
Taylor Swift kicked off her six-show run of Eras Tour performances in Los Angeles and played for a star-studded audience. However, one of her closest friends was notably absent.
Christopher Nolan has explained why some audience members may have difficulty hearing the dialogue in Oppenheimer.The movie, which stars Cillian Murphy as Robert J. Oppenheimer — the real-life American physicist who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atomic bomb — has received rave reviews and become a box office hit, but some fans have raised complaints about the film’s sound quality.Nolan’s films have long been criticised for hard-to-hear dialogue, with The Dark Knight Rises and Tenet being two notable examples.
Big Brother season 25 airs tomorrow night (August 2) and the contestants were revealed this week.
Manchester City's stars have continued to make their mark on the Women’s World Cup, with Alex Greenwood and Alanna Kennedy among those to impress in recent days.
A new study has revealed America’s favorite fast food restaurants and you might be surprised by some of the placements on this ranking.
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Penn and Teller are leaving Sin City and heading Northeast for a pair of shows this summer and fall.The duo, who typically perform a long-standing residency at the Penn and Teller Theater in the Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino will play Brookville, NY’s Tilles Center Concert Hall on Friday, July 28 and New Brunswick, NJ’s State Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 23.According to The Guardian, the current iteration of their show is “enjoyable greatest-hits package that includes several new spins on old tricks.”And if you don’t want to see too much money disappear from your bank account, it may behoove you to attend the show in the Garden State.At the time of publication, tickets for the night in Brookville start at $150 before fees on Vivid Seats; $76 before fees is the starting price in New Brunswick.In addition to these shows, the inimitable pair have a number of additional performances lined up across the country these next few months.Want to see where and how much it will cost to see them live?Here’s everything you need to know and more about Penn and Teller’s 2023 tour.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all upcoming U.S.
Steven Spielberg and Paul McCartney recently attended a screening of Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer together.The pair were spotted outside a cinema in New York’s summer vacation hotspot the Hamptons on Monday (July 24). You can view the pair at the premiere below.McCartney and the famous director have known each other since 1986, when the former Beatle told Rolling Stone at the time that he sought out Spielberg’s advice on the possibility of making a movie about the Fab Four’s career.More recently, Spielberg noted that The Beatles song ‘Michelle’ from 1965’s ‘Rubber Soul’ brought back memories of his first kiss in college.Steven Spielberg and Paul McCartney were spotted at a theater to watch #Oppenheimer in the Hamptons on Monday July 24.
Ben Folds may have just completed his final rock album.In a recent interview with Forbes, the 55-year-old singer-songwriter shared that his 2023 record “What Matters Most” may be his last offering before he pivots to writing musicals and other types of songs.Thankfully, you can still catch the man who brought the world “Brick,” “Rockin’ The Suburbs,” “B—-es Ain’t S—,” “The Luckiest” and “You Don’t Know Me” live this year.Folds is taking his ‘What Matters Most Tour’ with special guest Tall Heights all over the U.S. up until Oct.
2023 World Cup campaign against the Netherlands today. This is a rematch of the 2019 final won by the USA and is going to be the USWNT's most challenging matchup in the group stage as they continue their pursuit of a fifth World Cup title.Both teams won their opening matches, with the U.S. beating Vietnam, 3-0, and the Netherlands defeating Portugal, 1-0.
Cillian Murphy has discussed his experience working with Robert Downey Jr. on Oppenheimer, describing him as the most “engaged” actor he’s ever worked with.Murphy, who plays physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s biopic, praised his co-star’s performance in an interview with GQ.“A lot of the scenes I have with Downey, it was quite loose and quite improvisational,” Murphy said.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is underway. The biggest international tournament in women's soccer is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand this year. For the first time, 32 teams — eight more than the previous edition held in France — will face off for the coveted FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 trophy.The USA women's team won their first match on Friday, July 21 against the Vietnam soccer team.
Robert Downey Jr. was one of many Cillian Murphy fans impressed by his “Oppenheimer” performance.