Form is strong at Manchester City right now. In fact, the Etihad side have won 17 of their last 19 matches in all competitions.
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Manori Ravindran International EditorPBS’s long-running documentary showcase “POV” has picked up Sundance documentary contender “Midwives.”Directed by Snow Hnin El Hlaing and filmed over five years, the film — which premiered on Monday as part of the World Documentary Competition at the virtual Sundance Film Festival — is set in western Myanmar and tells the story of a makeshift medical clinic run by two women, Hla and Nyo Nyo, in a region torn apart by violent ethnic divisions.Hla, the owner of the clinic, is a Buddhist in the western region of the country, where Muslim minority community the Rohingya are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Muslim and an apprentice ze who acts as an assistant and translator at the clinic.
Her family has lived in the area for generations, yet they’re still considered intruders. Encouraged and challenged by Hla, who risks her own safety daily by helping Muslim patients, Nyo Nyo is determined to become a steady health care provider for her community.
Hnin Ei Hlaing’s camera follows the pair over five years and witnesses their struggle amid an increasingly dangerous environment.Myanmar has been in the clutches of a military junta for close to a year. Following a military coup in February 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, political opposition and local activism has been stifled and close to 1,500 civilians have been killed for dissent.The film is produced by Hnin El Hlaing, Bob Moore, Ulla Lehmann and Mila Aung-Thwin.
Form is strong at Manchester City right now. In fact, the Etihad side have won 17 of their last 19 matches in all competitions.
BRIT Awards, Måneskin gave us the lowdown on competing against ABBA, collaborating with Iggy Pop, partying with Ed Sheeran and what to expect from their next record. Watch our full video interview with the band above.The Italian Eurovision winners were in town for the London ceremony were they were nominated for Best International Group and International Song Of The Year.“It’s very exciting to be nominated,” frontman Damiano David told NME. “We didn’t expect it actually.
Pep Guardiola says Gabriel Jesus is “the best in the world” at defending from the front.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorJerusalem-based sales agent Go2Films has taken both worldwide rights (excluding North America) and Israeli distribution rights to “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” by Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim and narrated by Jeff Goldblum. Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films will handle North American distribution on the film, which follows the making of Norman Jewison’s “Fiddler on the Roof.”The film was meant to have its international premiere in the Official Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival, which was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Iggy Pop has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Polar Music Prize.The former Stooges frontman and solo icon will pick up the award at a ceremony in Stockholm in Sweden on May 24.In an official video announcing the winner, the Polar Music Prize hailed Pop as a “one-of-a-kind” artist. “And with his poetic lyrics and provocative stage presence, he is considered the godfather of punk music,” a voiceover added.Pop said: “I was aware of the very fine range of people that have gotten the Polar Music Prize.
Pep Guardiola said he was upset by a video showing three of his stars on a Manchester night out - because he was not invited!
K.J. Yossman Iggy Pop and Paris-based contemporary music troupe Ensemble intercontemporain have been named the 2022 recipients of the Polar Music Prize.The Polar Music Prize, which was founded in 1989 by Swedish musician Stig ”Stikkan” Anderson, is one of the world’s most prestigious music awards.
Iggy Pop and Ensemble Intercontemporain have been announced as the winners of this year’s Polar Music Prize. Each will receive one million Swedish kroner (about £83,000) and a nice trophy at a ceremony later this year.“We are delighted to return in 2022, after a two year absence due to the pandemic, with two incredibly worthy laureates”, says award MD Marie Ledin.
STOCKHOLM -- American rocker Iggy Pop, known as “the godfather of punk”, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a contemporary music orchestra based in Paris, have won the 2022 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award.The award panel said Tuesday that rock icon Iggy Pop, a singer and songwriter whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, has “created furious rock music by blending together blues and free jazz influences with the roar of the Michigan automotive industry.”Iggy Pop, 74, is often considered as one of the founding fathers of punk rock with his band The Stooges, established in the late 1960s. The award panel said he paved the way for the emergence of punk and post-punk, and was a role model to bands like the Sex Pistols and the RamonesEnsemble Intercontemporain was founded in 1976 by the composer Pierre Boulez.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRoadside Attractions has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Call Jane,” a historical drama about a group of women working to provide access to safe abortions.The film debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, premiering at a time when the Supreme Court is debating Roe v.
Pep Guardiola says January signing Julian Alvarez is good enough to join the Manchester City squad this month, but the club decided he would be better remaining at River Plate on loan.
Manchester City have a full squad from which to choose for tomorrow's FA Cup tie against Fulham - apart from Gabriel Jesus and Cole Palmer.
A city centre bar which dates back to the 19th century is set to reopen its doors this month.
Arsenal have reportedly expressed interest in Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has already highlighted the Brazilian's qualities.
said upon introducing the awards ceremony. “This year’s festival expressed a powerful convergence; we were present, together, as a community connected through the work. And it is work that has already changed those who experienced it,” festival director Tabitha Jackson added.
Tony Mowbray has admitted that he wants to face Manchester City's Pep Guardiola to show that you do not need a 'sexy foreign manager' to be successful.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has reflected on his Manchester City side's performances so far this season.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix shares — after dropping 30% over the past week — rose more than 4% in after-hours trading Wednesday after Bill Ackman, head of the Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund, disclosed that his firm had bought more than $1 billion worth of the streamer’s stock.Starting last Friday (Jan. 21) and over the next several days, Pershing acquired more than 3.1 million shares of Netflix, “making us a top-20 shareholder in the company,” Ackman wrote in a letter to the hedge fund’s investors.Click here to sign up for Variety’s free Strictly Business newsletter covering earnings, financial news, and more.The hedge fund scooped up the stake in Netflix after the stock took a nosedive following its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings report, in which it forecast a much smaller-than-expected subscriber gain in the first quarter of 2022 — fueling investor fears that the category leader was losing steam.
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival obviously has so much to offer. Big premieres from indie auteurs, world cinema, documentaries, films for kids, and movies that are receiving so much acclaim right now, you’ll be hearing more from them later in the year upon regular theatrical release.
In May 1948, after the controversial approval of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, war broke out between Arab and Jewish factions in the region. The conflict began due to claims over the same land.