The Joker And The Queen by Ed Sheeran flies straight to Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart following the release of a brand-new version of the track with Taylor Swift.
“Staggering”: Oscar-Shortlisted Doc ‘A Broken House’ Enters A Syrian Artist’s Work, With A Snorkel Lens
28.01.2022 - 03:29 / deadline.com
In one of Syrian-born artist Mohamad Hafez’s stunning 3D pieces, a figurine of the Virgin Mary stands before an ornate portal, her hands joined in prayer. The building around her, rendered in plaster, paint, rusted metal and found objects, is blasted to ruins.
The artwork is titled “Why Have You Forsaken Us?”
Hafez created the piece in 2017, in the midst of the civil war that has devastated the country of his birth, and reduced architectural treasures to smoking rubble. He constructed the work in Connecticut, where he lives, far from his native Damascus – a place that, for him and for so many others forced from their homeland, exists only in memory.
The Oscar-shortlisted short documentary A Broken House, directed by Jimmy Goldblum, reveals the artist at work, carefully building and decorating his miniatures. And then damaging them.
“Mohamad’s art is staggering when you see it in person,” Goldblum tells Deadline. “He creates a perfect sculptural rendition of a Damascus cityscape. And then he destroys it. To him, the only way he could capture the sort of brutality of the war was by almost embodying the very process of war himself.”
Hafez came to the United States in 2003 to study architecture. As an Arab and Syrian national, it was difficult to get a visa in post-9/11 America, and the single-entry permit he obtained meant that if he left the U.S. to visit home, he would not be allowed back. Effectively marooned in the U.S. and missing his birthplace, he began to rebuild it in his studio.
“If you can’t get home,” he says in the film, “why don’t you make home?”
After the Syrian civil war began in 2011, the places he had cherished as a child were being blown to bits. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed and millions
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15.02.2022 / 01:53
Walt Disney Television Casting Chief Sharon Klein Bolsters VP Level Execs
EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Klein, EVP, Casting at Walt Disney Television has made a number of hires, promotions and new assignments across her department’s VP level.
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13.02.2022 / 22:13
Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift set for highest new entry on Official Singles Chart
Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift look set to claim this week’s highest new entry at Number 2 with The Joker and the Queen; following Ed’s show-stopping BRIT Awards performance of the track. The single could out-peak the pair’s last collaboration Everything Has Changed, which managed Number 7 in 2012.
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11.02.2022 / 15:51
One Liners: Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj & Lil Baby, Fred Again & India Jordan, more
DEALSUniversal’s Republic Records has expanded its partnership with K-pop company JYP Entertainment, they having worked together to launch girl group Twice in the US. “We are beyond delighted to move forward with Republic Records”, says JYP CEO Jimmy Jeong, so to develop a “major artist roster” together after “the successful kick-off Twice has brought”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSUlf Zick has joined Utopia Music as Chief Marketing Officer.
deadline.com
10.02.2022 / 15:19
CNN+ To Air Tell-All Dionne Warwick Documentary When Streamer Launches In Spring
Tell-all documentary feature Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over is to be one of the first major films to launch on CNN+.
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10.02.2022 / 15:01
‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Music Doc Acquired by CNN Films
here. “There have been many words to describe Dionne Warwick, however, for me, it comes down to one word: ‘genius,’” Wooley said.
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09.02.2022 / 18:16
Serena Williams & Will Smith reveal delight at King Richard’s Oscar nominations
#KingRichard family has been nominated by the @TheAcademy for 6 awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Song. pic. twitter.
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09.02.2022 / 01:11
Jessica Chastain On Her Surprising Oscar Nomination For Best Actress: “It Feels Like Things Have Come Full Circle”
Jessica Chastain has built a résumé of portraying strong-willed women, but playing Tammy Faye Bakker was the first time she felt “exposed.” Believe it or not, she’s been working on bringing The Eyes of Tammy Faye to life since her most recent Best Actress nomination in 2012’s Zero Dark Thirty.
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08.02.2022 / 19:05
Chadwick Boseman Remembered During 2022 Oscar Nominations
Chadwick Boseman once again.During Tuesday's live-streamed announcement of the 2022 Oscar nominees, Phylicia Rashad and students at Howard University's newly-renamed Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts helped announced the Best Actor category, in which Boseman was nominated just last year, for his performance in «All of our students here are so inspired by Chadwick Boseman, a Howard grad who was so committed to this university,» Rashad said.
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08.02.2022 / 18:48
The full list of the Oscar 2022 nominees and their categories
The full list of Oscar nominations has been revealed for 2022.
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08.02.2022 / 18:12
Lady Gaga’s ‘House of Gucci’ Best Actress Oscar Snub Enrages Fans: ‘Gaga Was Robbed!’
Zack Sharf The 2022 Oscar nominees have been revealed, but it’s one name missing from the best actress race that’s generating the most conversation online. Fans were shocked when Lady Gaga failed to earn a nomination for her performance in “House of Gucci.” The nom would’ve been Gaga’s second best actress bid, following her nominated turn in “A Star Is Born,” for which she won an Oscar for original song.
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03.02.2022 / 21:26
A+E Networks Promotes Sharon Scott to President of Unscripted Division
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterA+E Networks has promoted Sharon Scott to president of the company’s unscripted division, including Category 6 Media and Six West Media.In this newly created role, Scott, who most recently served as executive vice president of Category 6 Media, will have oversight of A+E Network’s expanding full-service nonfiction content creation unit. She will continue to report directly to Paul Buccieri, president and chairman of A+E Networks Group.Additionally, A+E Networks has upped Steve Ascher, who was previously executive vice president of Six West Media, to oversee development for the company’s entire unscripted division, including Category 6 Media.
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02.02.2022 / 23:37
Serena Williams stopped Ashleigh Barty from retiring with one simple text message
Serena Williams may be one of the fiercest competitors in the history of sports, but that doesn’t mean she won’t help out a fellow player. After losing in the opening round of the 2014 US Open, 18-year-old Ashleigh Barty announced that she was taking “a break from professional tennis” before pursuing a career in cricket.“It was too much too quickly for me as I’ve been travelling from quite a young age,” she said of her decision at the time. “I wanted to experience life as a normal teenaged girl and have some normal experiences.”But, after just one successful season, Barty made her return to tennis in early 2016.