Sundance Gets Approval to Shorten 2021 Festival Due to Coronavirus

Sheridan Smith has recounted how she almost died after Graham Norton humiliated her by mocking her at an awards ceremony.The 39 year old was rushed to hospital when she stopped breathing after suffering five seizures following the Bafta TV Awards in 2016. Graham, 57, made a joke about Sheridan's West End show Funny Girl, which had been postponed due to "technical difficulties".

Sheridan Smith has made it abundantly clear that she's the proud mum of a special little boy.The 39 year old, who welcomed her baby son Billy with her fiancé Jamie Horn in early May, was pictured out and about with her soon-to-be-husband in Manchester wearing a khaki jacket with "mama" emblazoned on the back.The Cilla star, who recently enjoyed a date night with her other half, donned a plain black top underneath with denim jeans alongside a pair of white trainers.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorQuibi has slotted September 14 for the premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s survival thriller series Wireless, starring Tye Sheridan. We’re also getting a first look at a just-released image above.In Wireless, on a sparsely traveled road deep in the Colorado mountains, college student Andy Braddock (Sheridan) drives to a New Years Eve party to try to rekindle a relationship with his ex-girlfriend.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has nabbed North American rights to “Farewell Amor,” the story of Angolan immigrants making a life for themselves in New York City, Variety has learned.The film received critical acclaim when it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It is written and directed by Sundance Institute fellow Ekwa Msangi and marks her feature directorial debut.

Parklife Festival have confirmed the first details of their planned 2021 festival.The 2020 edition of Parklife, which had been set to welcome performances by the likes of Skepta, Lewis Capaldi, Robyn and Tyler, The Creator, was cancelled in late March due to the coronavirus pandemic.After organisers promised that Parklife would return in 2021 “stronger than ever”, the first details about next year’s Manchester festival have been released today (August 19).Parklife will return to the city’s

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Theatres has just endured one of the most traumatic periods in its hundred-year history. As the theater chain looks to reopen 100 of its locations on Aug.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAnthony Hopkins, Chloé Zhao, and Mira Nair will be honored at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.Hopkins, an Oscar winner for “The Silence of the Lambs,” will receive a TIFF Tribute Actor Award. Zhao, the director of “The Rider,” will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAzazel Jacobs’s “French Exit,” the story of a New York socialite who jettisons her old life for a new one in Paris, has been selected as the closing night feature of the 58th New York Film Festival.The film, which stars Oscar-nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, will make its world premiere at the festival, which is expected to be a mixture of physical and virtual events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJohn Gore Organization, the Tony-award winning production company being “Dear Evan Hansen” and “The Band’s Visit,” has laid off roughly a hundred employees.

Conor McGregor and his partner, Dee Devlin, are engaged. The 32-year-old world champ took to social media to share the happy news on Saturday.Making the occasion even more special, the engagement occurred over Devlin’s 33rd birthday weekend.“What a birthday, my future wife !” McGregor captioned a photo of the couple of Instagram.The selfie shows Devlin displaying her giant, sparkling engagement ring while cuddled up next to McGregor.

was forced to scrub this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tribeca Film Festival has announced it will return in 2021.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAntitrust rules barring studios from owning movie theaters were swept aside Friday after a federal judge approved an effort by the Justice Department to do away with the Paramount Consent Decrees.These laws have been in effect since the golden age of movies.

In a piece of news that got lost earlier this week by most of the entertainment media, the Sundance Institute won approval from the City Council of Park City, Utah on a number of items regarding the 2021 edition of the festival. Most notably, the festival will now run from Jan.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Entertainment lost $561.2 million during a quarter where the world’s largest exhibitor’s cinemas were closed to moviegoers and virtually its entire staff was laid off or furloughed. Revenues at the company topped out at $18.9 million, a 98% plunge from the year-ago period.

Ulrika Jonsson got inked on Wednesday, not once, not twice – but four times!The star shared the news on Instagram, and we can't get over the design she opted for.MORE: Ulrika Jonsson reveals fears for daughter's life in wake of COVID-19 "Was booked in for more ink the week of Lockdown," wrote Ulrika. "Finally, got there today.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Walt Disney Company was brutalized by the coronavirus pandemic, which shuttered its parks and delayed the release of its films, setbacks that nearly sliced its revenues in half during its most recent fiscal quarter. Revenues fell 40% to $11.7 billion, while diluted earnings per share for the quarter decreased 94% to 8 cents, falling from $1.34 in the prior-year period.