A popular family attraction is making a return to Blackpool after a three year break. Claremont Gala was last held in 2019 before being suspended due to the Covid pandemic.
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A sci-fi comedy by Mel Eslyn and a literary noir by Alice Traughton – who are, respectively, the longtime producer for the Duplass brothers, and an award-winning U.K. television director (Dr. Who, Cucumber, The Living And The Dead) — debut in limited release this weekend, alongside Adele Lim’s Joy Ride, a Lionsgate wide-release – marking first-time feature film debuts by three women.
(Noting that Chelsea Peretti’s recent Tribeca-premiering film First Time Female Director sort of re-coined that phrase.)
Traughton called it “really reassuring” to see female helmers opening films. In the UK “we are below 20% of the directing force and… directorial women’s roles are dropping, as are roles for people of color. So the diversity is sort of slacking off a bit after a really good push. So it felt really important as somebody who had the privilege to be in the position to go and make a film, to go and do it. And also to just have joyous fun with it,” through years of indie-hard development leading to a 22-day shoot last June. The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival. Deadline’s review says it may give star star Richard E. Grant the kind of late-career bump that last year’s Living afforded Bill Nighy.
Bleecker Street is opening the film, written by Alex MacKeith, in about 225 theaters.
Grant plays a narcissistic writer. Julie Delpy is his enigmatic curator wife, and Daryl McCormack, an ambitious young author brought to their isolated country estate to tutor the couple’s son (Stephen McMillan) who becomes ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution.
“I just like doing genre…I’ve done sci-fi, I’ve done Westerns. And now this is kind of noirish.” Traughton said her second film project is lined up and will be
A popular family attraction is making a return to Blackpool after a three year break. Claremont Gala was last held in 2019 before being suspended due to the Covid pandemic.
Ricky Martin’s twins are having their Blue Ivy moment! Matteo and Valentino,14, jumped on stage with their dad Monday, July 17, at his show in Locarno, Switzerland. They helped hype up the crowd at Piazza Grande, which has a capacity of around 8,000 to 10,000 people.Martin shared a video on Instagram, calling it a “surprise.” “What a beautiful surprise! When my twins jumped on stage with me for the first time,” he wrote in the caption.
McKinley Franklin editor Judith James, producer of “Quiz Show” and “Mad Dog Time” and Richard Dreyfuss’ longtime collaborator, died in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer. She was 86. James’ friend, Alex. B Block, confirmed the news to Variety. James’ was an accomplished producer who worked alongside Dreyfuss on projects including “Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville,” “Prisoner of Honor” and “The Lightkeepers.” “From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found a way to agree and wouldn’t have done anything without each other’s approval. She was a wonderful woman and a great friend.”
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The Mary Wallopers have announced their new single ‘Wexford’, and told NME how they are looking to challenge perceptions of Irish folk music by making their music as accessible and thought-provoking as possible.Having gained notoriety from their lockdown livestreams, Dundalk band The Mary Wallopers have gone on to galvanise an unlikely fanbase from across the UK – and been hailed as making the traditional folk genre more accessible to a new generation.Following on from lead single ‘The Holy Ground’, the band have today (July 17) released the second track new album ‘Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll’ — a cover of Pecker Dunne’s ‘Wexford’.One of the album’s more emotive and introspective tracks, the cover sees The Mary Wallopers pay tribute to the late Irish folk icon and shed a light on the backlash faced by travellers, which often goes overlooked.“It is to show respect to the people that influence us,” guitarist Charles Hendy told NME. “The song itself is so raw and honest, it’s about him growing up in Wexford and he doesn’t sugarcoat anything in it.“It’s just an amazingly written song.
You gotta love when a studio decides to take a bit of a risk when it comes to marketing a film. It’s always fun when you watch a trailer and realize that a marketing team has really felt inspired when they worked on something.
Summer Sale. Just in time to add some new shoes to your summer footwear rotation, the Zappos sale is offering major savings on thousands of trending styles. If you've been mulling over the prospect of giving your wardrobe a long-overdue refresh in honor of the season, this Zappos sale is officially your sign to clear out your current shoe stock in favor of some newer, trendier styles.
Ice Spice brought her fellow collaborator PinkPantheress out during her Wireless set last Friday (July 7) to perform the track together for the first time.In her UK concert debut, Ice Spice performed a medley of her viral hits such as ‘Princess Diana’, ‘Munch’ and ‘Bikini Bottom’.During her 10-minute set, she also played ‘Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2’.
A deals expert has revealed how to save £62 on your next supermarket shop by using a voucher 'trick' for every major UK store.
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Rikkie Valerie Kollé has been crowned as Miss Netherlands 2023, becoming the first trans woman to win the title. The event was hosted this past Saturday, with Kollé set to represent the Netherlands in this year’s Miss Universe pageant.EXCLUSIVE: Miss Universe judge Emily Austin reveals what the 2023 committee is considering to crown the queenMiss Universe celebrates Dayana Mendoza’s birthday with emotional videoA post shared by Rikkie Valerie Kollé (@rikkievaleriekolle)Kollé, 22, shared her ecstatic reaction on Instagram alongside a photograph of herself being crowned. “I DID IT !!!!!” she wrote in the caption.
England's Under-21 European Championship final against Spain will be broadcast live on UK television.
TheWrap: You play a famous writer who’s quite mercurial and manipulative. How would you describe him?Richard E. Grant: Self-entitled old literary lion who is facing writer’s block.What did you think of the character when you first got the script?Anybody who is on a sort of self-appointed high pedestal and then comes crashing down, that is interesting to play, and even more delicious to witness.
A sci-fi comedy by Mel Eslyn and a literary noir by Alice Troughton – who are, respectively, the longtime producer for the Duplass brothers, and an award-winning UK television director (Dr. Who, Cucumber, The Living And The Dead) — debut in limited release this weekend, alongside Adele Lim’s Joy Ride, a Lionsgate wide-release – marking first-time feature film debuts by three women.
Tom Sandoval has officially begun filming season 11 of Vanderpump Rules.
Shoppers looking for some new outdoor essentials may be interested to know that The Range has launched a massive summer sale, with some products reduced by hundreds of pounds.
Filming for Vanderpump Rules Season 11 has started in West Hollywood and Bravo shared a first look of the cast coming together with cameras rolling.
A trio of docs and a wider-than-usual run for a Vertical Entertainment thriller populate a specialty weekend with fewer new openings as theaters stick with Asteroid City and devote screens to Indiana Jones and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. Call it jittery Friday as the indie community like the rest of Hollywood awaits news from SAG-AFTRA as the guild’s contract is set to expire tonight.
manicure at all times is not quite realistic. That could be why our favorite celebs have opted for something a little more low-key this season: blueberry milk nails.With the rise of the «clean girl aesthetic» combined with coastal granddaughter prep, it's no wonder why nail trends have become more minimalist in recent months.
Zendaya and Tom Holland are the latest stars to attend Beyonce‘s Renaissance Tour!