Signature Entertainment Acquires UK & Ireland Rights To Donnie Yen Action Pic ‘Sakra’

A bride who was left at the alter by her fiance has told of her amazement at the reaction to her experience. Kayley Stead, 27, had planned to wed Kallum Norton, 24, on September 15, 2022, at Oxwich Bay Hotel in Gower, Swansea, when he disappeared on the morning of their big day.

Royal Blood have announced details of a UK and Ireland headline tour for later this year – see dates below and get ticket details here.The duo are set to release new album ‘Back To The Water Below’ on September 8, and they announced the album this week with the release of new single ‘Mountains At Midnight’.The October shows come after a series of summer gigs including stadium shows in support of Muse and a host of festival shows.The headline tour begins on October 20 at Manchester’s O2 Apollo, running for 10 days and finishing in Dublin at the Olympia Theatre.General sale tickets for the gigs go on sale on Friday, June 2 at 9am BST – you can buy yours here.MAY 202327 – Plymouth, Home Park (with Muse)28 – Dundee, BBC Radio 1’s Big WeekendJUNE 202320 – Huddersfield, John Smith’s Stadium (with Muse)21-25 – Glastonbury Festival25 – Milton Keynes Bowl (with Muse)JULY 20239 – Glasgow, TRNSMT Festival23 – Oxford, Truck Festival27-30 – Kendal, Kendal Calling28-30 – Derbyshire, Y NOT? Festival29 – Brighton, BeachOCTOBER 202320 – Manchester, O2 Apollo22 – Stockton, Globe24 – London, Eventim Apollo25 – Liverpool, Uni The Mountford Hall26 – Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls27 – Portsmouth, Guildhall29 – Belfast, The Telegraph Building30 – Dublin, 3Olympia TheatreDiscussing the follow-up to 2021 album ‘Typhoons’ in a new interview with NME, frontman Mike Kerr revealed how playing live again after the pandemic informed the sound of the album.“We got to go on tour and that process of going back out on the road was what really brought us back to life,” he said. “The mantra for the band has always been that playing live is the reason we exist.

Reservoir Media has announced a new deal to acquire the full songwriting catalogue of Miami Sound Machine’s Enrique ‘Kiki’ Garcia.Garcia wrote hits for the band, including ‘Conga’ and ‘Dr Beat’, as well as co-writing several more hits with vocalist Gloria Estefan, such as ‘1-2-3’, ‘Give It Up’ and ‘Rhythm Is Gonna Get You’.“You never write a song thinking you’re creating an anthem that will be loved around the world”, says Garcia. “‘Conga’ is just that.

King Charles III thanked Armagh for the warm welcome he and Queen Camilla received during the second day of their visit to Northern Ireland.The son of the late Queen Elizabeth II attended a service at St Patrick’s Cathedral attended by various religious leaders while wife Camilla visited the Armagh Robinson Library and Museum, which is home to a number of local archaeological items. At the library Camilla met children from Drelincourt Primary School and volunteers from Dementia NI, before signing a commemorative photograph for the museum.

Mubi has snapped up rights to the acclaimed feature Fallen Leaves, written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, in a competitive situation, following its world premiere in Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Indie distributor Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired Holistay, a horror genre feature from first-time director Mary Gallagher.

EXCLUSIVE: Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story), Angel Parker (The Recruit), Shiv Pai (Uncut Gems) and Navia Robinson (Gotham Knights) have closed deals to join Ctrl Alt Del, the indie drama that will also star Jason Priestley, Laurel Marsden, Elsie Fisher and Mena Suvari, as previously announced.

K.J. Yossman Kristin Scott Thomas starrer “Two Tickets to Greece” has been picked up by Parkland Entertainment for U.K. and Ireland distribution, Variety can confirm. Directed by Marc Fitoussi (“Call My Agent”) the French comedy stars Scott Thomas alongside Olivia Côte (“My Donkey”) and “Call My Agent’s” Laure Calamy. Set in present-day Paris and Greece, “Two Tickets to Greece” tells the story of recently-divorced Blandine (Côte), who is struggling to put her life back together. She is persuaded by her loud and fearless friend Magalie (Calamy) to head to the Greek island of Amorgos, which they’ve dreamed of visiting since they were teenagers. It’s only once the two women arrive they realize that their different approaches to life mean their dreamy holiday won’t go as planned, especially once Magalie’s pal Bijou (Scott Thomas) arrives on the scene.

Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria Baldwin!As Alec's eldest daughter, Ireland Baldwin, 27, welcomed her first child on Thursday — a daughter named Holland — Hilaria took to Instagram to offer a heartfelt congratulations from their growing brood. «All of these aunties and uncles and us grandparents are so excited that Holland is here!!!» she captioned a happily chaotic snapshot of herself and Alec with their seven younger children. «Congratulations to the mama and papa, Ireland and Andre.

Ireland Baldwin has welcomed her first child!

Ireland Baldwin has given birth to a gorgeous baby girl and fans have labelled the newborn's name as “perfect”.The 27 year old welcomed her first child with her boyfriend RAC, real name André Allen Anjos, and shared the exciting news with her followers on Instagram. On Thursday 18 May the daughter of actor Alec Baldwin shared a sweet snap where she is holding her newborn gently in her arms as she smiled for what might have been her daughter's first picture.The star simply captioned the snap with: "holland", revealing her newborn daughter's name.

Ireland Baldwin is a mom!

Ireland Baldwin is officially a mom — and you can call Alec Baldwin grandpa. The only child of Alec and ex-wife Kim Basinger  announced that she welcomed her own daughter on Thursday, by sharing a selfie from her hospital bed.In the pic, Ireland smiles as she poses alongside her musician boyfriend, RAC, whose birth name is André Anjos, and their daughter. Ireland captioned the pic «Holland,» seemingly sharing her daughter's name.A post shared by Ireland (@irelandirelandireland)On New Year's Eve 2022, the 27-year-old model announced that she and RAC were expecting. The two appear to have made their romance Instagram official in 2021. Anjos was reportedly previously married to RAC bandmate Liz Derstine, who uses the stage name Pink Feathers.In January, Ireland took to social media to express how challenging pregnancy had been for her as she struggled with health anxiety and living away from family. «Pregnancy is hard. It takes so much out of you.

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle has acquired global distribution rights to a Brigitte Bardot documentary that will feature the likes of Pamela Anderson.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Oscar-winning Irish director Terry George (“In the Name of The Father,” “Hotel Rwanda”) is set for Afghanistan-set actioner “Riverman” which will be shot in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM regional production hub. Inspired by true events that unfolded between 2001-2008 during the war in Afghanistan, “Riverman” revolves around a highly decorated Royal Marine named Max who after a series of devastating events goes to the dark side. He is recruited by a private arms dealer to supply weapons to private armies around the world. “Despite being trained to cope with the deadliest situations on Earth, nothing can prepare Max for the high-stakes world of arms dealing,” says the provided synopsis.

Naman Ramachandran Signature Entertainment has snapped up U.K. and Ireland rights to Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy “You Hurt My Feelings” from FilmNation Entertainment. Directed by Nicole Holofcener, the film stars Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies (“The Crown”) as a couple whose marriage is thrown into turmoil when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book. The cast also includes Owen Teague, David Cross, Arian Moayed and Michaela Watkins. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and will close Sundance London. Reviewing the film for Variety, critic Owen Gleiberman said: “The key to ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ is that the entire movie turns into a satire of what has become our fetishistically supportive and oversensitive therapeutic culture of positivity. All these things, in a way, are necessary. But maybe, the film suggests, we have tried to heal ourselves a little too much. Maybe we need a little more naked honesty mixed in with the wellness.”

EXCLUSIVE: Actors Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror, best known for their martial arts work in John Wick: Chapter 4, have signed on to star in the action pic Diablo from director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza (The Fist of the Condor, Redeemer).

EXCLUSIVE: Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired North America rights to the indie drama Mending the Line, starring Golden Globe winner Brian Cox (Succession) and Sinqua Walls (White Men Can’t Jump), slating it for release in theaters nationwide on June 9th. 

Naman Ramachandran Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to sci-fi thriller “The Astronaut,” starring Emma Roberts (“We’re the Millers”) and Laurence Fishburne (“The Matrix”), from Highland Film Group. Written and directed by Jess Varley (“Phobias”) in her solo directorial and writing debut, the film follows astronaut Sam Walker (Roberts) who, upon returning from her first space mission, is found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. General William Harris (Fishburne) arranges for her to be placed under intense NASA surveillance in a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, Walker fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.

EXCLUSIVE: We can confirm that Neither Confirm Nor Deny has been acquired for North American distribution by Greenwich Entertainment. The company plans a theatrical release later this year for the documentary about a dramatic incident from the Cold War, which involved an attempt to capture an alluring prize on the ocean floor.