‘Swarm’ Trailer Shows The Dangerous Side Of Celebrity Fandoms

Jimmy Kimmel will take centre stage as host of the 2023 Oscars. It will mark the comedian’s third time hosting the awards ceremony.

When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candle lights flicker where the air is deathly still — that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!So begins the narration for The Haunted Mansion, an attraction that originally opened in Disneyland, just outside of Anaheim, California, in 1969.

The next great country star could come from anywhere.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Kuwaiti-born writer-director Zeyad (also known as “Z”) Alhusaini, whose action movie with comedic undertones “How I Got There” recently won the audience award at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, has joined United Talent Agency for representation in all areas. The groundbreaking film about two best buddies from childhood, named Salem and Asad, who stumble upon a gun shipment and try to seize this opportunity to get rich quick is set entirely in the Persian Gulf. “How I Got There” provides a relatively realistic glimpse of Kuwait’s present-day melting-pot of cultures, and its underworld of gun-running mercenaries, gangs, and terrorists, plus the local rap scene.

EXCLUSIVE: Upon Entry, from directors Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez, will make its North American debut at SXSW later this week, and we’ve got the trailer to go with it (check it out above). 

season 4 of the new crop of contestants are struggling to figure out their true feelings outside of the pods.One man is heard declaring, «I made the wrong choice and now I'm going to propose to another woman.»If this happens, this will be the first time a contestant has been filmed changing their mind and switching out fiancées on the reality series.On Wednesday, Netflix released the new trailer that showed the 30 singles from Seattle, Washington, trying to find love in the pods.

When it rains, it pours. Christian Siriano is in crisis mode after a pipe busted in his design studio, damaging gowns ahead of the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12. 

Sharon Horgan has said her daughter wants Paul Mescal to beat Colin Farrell for the best actor Oscar at the 95th annual awards next week.The Irish actress and director said she could not pick between the two men, who she knows well, but that her daughter “loves Paul very much”. Mescal and Farrell will face off for the coveted award on March 12 after receiving wide acclaim for their performances. Farrell, 46, is nominated for his role in Martin McDonagh’s dark Irish comedy The Banshees Of Inisherin, in which he stars alongside Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon.

After over a decade of delighting audiences with his music, it’s safe to say at this point Ed Sheeran is a bit of a British icon. From gifting us with catchy tunes such as Thinking Out Loud and Bad Habits, right through to providing the soundtrack to Marks and Spencer adverts, Ed’s music has become a familiar and comforting ear-worm to many of us.

Her own path. Serena Williams revealed that her 5-year-old daughter, Olympia, doesn’t “actually like to play tennis” as much as expected.

For those who love South Korean cinema, Na Hong-jin‘s “The Wailing” was a special treat when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016: a rural police procedural with a touch of the macabre and supernatural. But that was almost seven years ago, so what has Na been up to lately? Well, the director has a new short called “Faith” he shot on the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, ready for its release after a press screening late last month.

Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer is leading a thriller for South African network M-Net.

EXCLUSIVE: 2x Emmy nominee Matt Walsh (Veep) has signed on to star alongside Alejandro De Hoyos (The Man from Toronto), Chelsea Rendon (Vida), Francisco Ramos (Gentefied), John Kaler (The Wrong Guy) and Jason Konopisos-Alvarez (Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay) in the action-comedy The Unexpecteds from writer-director Alejandro Montoya Marín.

Ellie Goulding is ready to put the rumors to rest. The 36-year-old singer is opening up about the trauma she experienced from rumors that she cheated on Ed Sheeran with Niall Horan.Goulding speaks with  about the hurt she felt from cheating allegations, and insists she never even dated Sheeran. «It's fascinating how many people are interested in that.

EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Heaton (Carol’s Second Act) has signed on to star in The Beldham, a new psychological horror-thriller about mother-daughter relationships, marking the feature directorial debut of actress Angela Gulner (GLOW). 

King Charles III won’t be getting everything he wished for at his coronation!

Prince William and Kate Middleton showed their “cheeky” side while attending the EE Bafta film awards on Sunday night, a body language expert has said. During the occasion, which was held at London’s stunning Royal Festival Hall, the Prince and Princess of Wales joined celebrities including Jamie Lee Curtis and Vera Wang to walk the red carpet.

Mike McCahill Guest Contributor Why complicate matters? “The Swarm” – which premiered its first three episodes at the Berlinale Series – is one of those expensive pan-global coproductions necessitating copious logistics, not least a carefully observed quota of performers from each territory pumping money into the production pot. Its opener generates a not inconsiderable carbon footprint, whisking us from Peru to Canada and thence the Scottish Highlands. The series title, meanwhile, invites confusion with not just 1978’s infamous Michael Caine venture – a disaster movie in all senses – but Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’ Prime Video-bound “Swarm”, itself launching next month.

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear International has closed a raft of international deals on EFM titles Longlegs and Fred & Ginger, we can reveal. The two projects were among the most in-demand with foreign buyers and the deals account for the lion’s share of each film’s budget.