Sudanese Actress Asia Abdelmajid Killed In Crossfire In Khartoum

Haley Pullos has been arrested.

actress was allegedly involved in a wrong-way crash on the freeway, multiple outlets report.Per the outlets, the incident occurred on April 29 in Pasadena, California. At the time, Pullos was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and for driving the wrong way on a freeway, causing injury, the outlets report.When the CHP arrived at the scene of the highway collision, Pullos had to be extracted from her car by the jaws of life, according to the outlets. The other driver was hospitalized with major injuries, the outlets report.The outlets additionally report that Pullos was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident before the crash on the freeway.Shortly after the incident, the Pasadena Fire Department took to Twitter to share photos of the crash and note, «Cause is unknown but always a reminder to stay within the speed limit, avoid drinking and stay off your phone.»ET has reached out to Pullos for comment.Freeway Rescue — 134/Orange Grove.

While Southeast Asian films have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival many times before, and even won the Palme d’Or, there’s an energy around the region this year that we haven’t felt on the Croisette at previous editions. 

the face of the Google Doodle on Wednesday on what would have been her 78th birthday. The search engine often honours departed greats and recently marked the lives of Zofia Nasierowska and Kitty O’Neil. Frau Krößner’s Doodle will be shown in Britain as well as her native Germany on May 17.

Reba McEntire is asked who would she pick to play her in a biopic quite a lot.

Hirokazu Kore-Eda is back in Cannes Competition after winning the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters in 2018 and last year presenting Korean-language Broker, which won best actor for Song Kang-ho. His new title, Monster, reteams him with Shoplifters actress Sakura Ando and is the last film to be scored by Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who Ryuichi Sakamoto Dies: Oscar-Winning Composer Was 71 at 71 following a battle with cancer. 

ITV bosses have reportedly signed up panto actress Molly Marsh for the latest series of Love Island, which is set to air this summer.The 24 year old has appeared onstage in pantomime on the likes of Snow White, and already boasts a considerable Instagram following of 25.6k, whilst her mum, Janet Marsh, is a recognised TV actress, having worked on shows such as Coronation Street. Molly is no stranger to the world of Love Island, having flown out to South Africa to show off the winter Love Island villa, including the Beach Hut and fire pit, clad in her bikini. She shared videos to her Instagram stories, as she invited her followers to look at her "mini-tour" of the villa, whilst she listed all of the Love Island-related posts as 'Ad'.

Celebrity moms Paris Hilton and Kris Jenner were just two of a multitude of stars that got a jumpstart on their Mother’s Day celebrations at a party hosted by beauty brand Anastasia Beverly Hills.

A Scots mum and her kids can start rebuild their lives after being evacuated from war-torn Sudan after a fundraising appeal raised thousands.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Bruce Berman, a senior executive who was previously chairman and CEO of Los Angeles-based Village Roadshow Pictures, has come out of retirement to board the recently-founded film studio Through the Lens Entertainment. The company, founded by producer Aditya Chand, is headquartered in Singapore with operations in the U.S. and Japan. It aims to combine the opportunities of the East and the power and experience of the studio systems in the West, “to offer a new studio ecosystem out of Asia, that is built for the digital age.” Two film projects are already underway and a third with “Slumdog Millionaire” star Frieda Pinto is in development.

Khartoum-set drama Goodbye Julia will make history in Cannes this year as the first Sudanese film to play in the festival across its 76 editions.

May is Asian Heritage Month, and to commemorate the occasion we’ve gathered five quotes from Priyanka Chopra, in which the “Citadel” star shares her insights on making her mark on Hollywood as a South Asian woman.

Family members of a Chorlton man will have to do a 22-hour journey from Sudan to Ethiopia to escape the recent coup. Yousif Gamal, 22, has family members visiting Sudan who are currently caught up in the conflict.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani will soon be in Cannes with “Goodbye Julia,” a drama that he says reflects the “systematic racism” that led to the secession of South Sudan in 2011 and is, albeit indirectly, closely connected with the conflict that erupted in the country in April.  The powerful film, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard, marks the first Sudanese feature to bow from the Croisette. But there is an even greater historic significance to “Goodbye Julia,” in which two women – one from the North, the other from the South – are brought together by fate in a complex relationship that attempts to reconcile differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities. It’s the hope that “it can be the start of a movement for reconciliation between all the Sudanese people,” Kordofani says.

Christopher Vourlias On April 14, just hours after the Cannes Film Festival unveiled the full line-up of its 76th edition, Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani took to Facebook to express his gratitude for the well wishes pouring in. His debut feature, “Goodbye Julia,” had been selected to world premiere in the festival’s Un Certain Regard section, marking the first time a Sudanese film will bow on the Croisette. “I do not know if faith and hard work alone make dreams come true,” he wrote, describing the challenge of making movies in Sudan as an “almost impossible” task. “One needs a little luck and a lot of people’s support and faith.”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief After reaching a fresh peak of 4.6 million net new customer additions in the final quarter of 2022, boosted by the FIFA World Cup soccer competition, premium subscription video growth in Southeast Asia slowed sharply in the first three months of 2023. Research from consultancy and advisory firm Media Partners Asia and its consumer use unit AMPD, showed only 300,000 net new subscriptions between January and March in the five principal markets of Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The study focused on premium VOD streaming and SVoD, while excluding YouTube, TikTok and other social video platforms.

The UK will run an additional evacuation flight from Port Sudan on Monday (May 1) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has said.

A Manchester Royal Infirmary doctor trapped in war-torn Sudan says he feels 'betrayed' after he was turned away from an evacuation flight.

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Emmerdale actress Karene Peters is leaving the ITV soap after one year.