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Doting dad in the making! Nick Jonas has received plenty of parenting advice following the birth of his and Priyanka Chopra Jonas‘ daughter, Malti.

Nick Jonas is happy to have his baby girl home safe and sound.

Tensions between Scott Disick and the Kardashian-Jenner family took an explosive turn during the latest episode of The Kardashians — with an unexpected sister leading the charge!

Sean "Diddy" Combs pushed for Travis Scott to perform at the Billboard Music Awards following the Astroworld Festival tragedy. Diddy made sure nobody would be "canceling" Scott following the 12 deaths at the Houston, Texas music festival. "This just in," Diddy revealed in an Instagram post shared Monday.

Ben Croll For some time, the French VFX sector suffered an acute case of brain drain, as young professionals would graduate from internationally admired institutions and nearly immediately take their talents abroad.“Years ago, when I spoke with students from [the renowned school] ArtFX, something like 95% of them planned to leave after graduation,” says VFX supervisor Emmanuel Pichereau. “Only when I consulted with this year’s graduating class, I saw many of them change their mind about staying in France.”What changed, of course, has much to do with France’s newly revamped tax plan, which now offers a 40% rebate to productions that spend at least $2.27 million with local VFX studios.

Michelle Pfeiffer has been cast as the lead in Peter Craig’s directorial debut Wild Four O’Clocks. Craig most recently wrote The Batman for Warner Bros. and worked on Paramount’s upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, which is screening at the 75thCannes Film Festival this month.

Ales Hudsky Czech crime series “Nineties” by Slovak director Peter Bebjak drew 2.23 million viewers over six nights on Czech Television – the best result for a Czech series in the past 18 years, according to Film New Europe.The fifth episode, “Barrels,” broke the rating record with 2.41 million viewers (one in four Czechs watched it), becoming the most watched TV show in primetime since the start of the electronic measurement of broadcasting rating in 1997.“Nineties” is based on real criminal cases that occurred in the 90s, after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. The series has six episodes and the main characters are played by Martin Finger, Kryštof Bartoš, Ondřej Sokol, Vasil Fridrich and Robert Mikluš.

Scott Disick's immediate reaction to Kourtney Kardashian's engagement has finally been revealed. On the latest episode of , fans got to see the lead up and the aftermath of Travis Barker's October proposal to Kourtney, who had a years-long, on-and-off relationship with Scott, with whom she shares Mason, 12, Penelope, 9, and Reign, 7.Ahead of the proposal, Kourtney's family and friends gathered in the location of the upcoming surprise party, and Kim Kardashian stated that Scott was «going to lose his f**king mind» when he found out about his ex's engagement.Later, the group questioned why Travis' kids — Alabama, 16, and Landon, 18 — were present at the bash, when Kourtney's were not.«For us to have to lie to Scott and get them here under false pretenses would’ve been really hard for all of us, so this is the right thing to do,» Kris Jenner explained. When the engagement became official, Scott reached out to Khloe Kardashian to share his feeling on the subject, a conversation she recounted to her sisters."'You guys are gonna kick me out now.

Katrina Scott is breaking barriers for expectant mothers.

Katarzyna Grynienko Louise Archambault’s World War II drama “Irena’s Vow,” starring Canada’s Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets,” “The Book Thief”), the U.K.’s Dougray Scott (“My Week with Marilyn,” “Mission: Impossible II”), and Poland’s Maciej Nawrocki and Andrzej Seweryn, is in production in Poland, and is set to premiere next year, according to Film New Europe. The film tells the story of Polish nurse Irene Gut Opdyke (born Irena Gut), who in 1982 was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal for showing remarkable courage in her attempt to save Polish Jews during World War II.

Travis Scott will return to festival stages this winter with three performances at Primavera Sound in South America, Pitchfork reports. The first show will take place in São Paulo, Brazil on November 6, with shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 12) and Santiago, Chile (November 13) to follow.

Joaquin Phoenix is looking to bring his advocacy for animals to the big screen.

Kristine Simsone “Samuel’s Travels,” directed by Latvian/Armenian filmmaker Aik Karapetian, has been acquired by HBO Central Europe. The deal was signed by the Copenhagen-based LevelK, who picked up international sales rights on the film in September, according to Film New Europe.

Travis Scott is slated to make his first public performance since the Astroworld Festival tragedy next weekend in Miami. The upcoming appearance will be followed by the rapper headlining a music festival in South America.The «Goosebumps» rapper will perform May 7 at the famed nightclub E11even as the city welcomes Formula One for the 2022 Miami Grand Prix.

Tristan Priimägi Elmo Nüganen’s historical crime thriller “Melchior the Apothecary” has become the first Estonian film to cross the 50,000 admission mark at the local box office in the two years of the pandemic. The film, which was released by Hea Film on April 11, tops the box office with 57,456 admissions, according to Film New Europe. The pic is the initial instalment in a trilogy – the first time a movie trilogy has been produced in Estonia.