‘The Duke,’ ‘Petite Maman,’ ‘Charlotte’ Open; NATO Chief Upbeat On Return Of Older Demos – Specialty Preview

Princess Charlotte is "sporty like her mother" Kate Middleton and will be giving big brother Prince George "a run for his money on the football pitch," a royal expert has claimed. Jennie Bond spoke to OK! about the young royal as she turned seven years old earlier this week, posing for a gorgeous portrait captured by her mum Kate. In the image, Charlotte wears her hair loose, with a Next blouse and a casual blue Ralph Lauren jumper.

There was something for everyone on Friday’s night’s television menu. That meant a three-way tie for the top honors in the demo wars.

Audrey Diwan’s Happening launched New Directors/New Films in April, mesmerizing viewers with the story of a brilliant literature student from a working-class background seeking an abortion to keep her life from derailing. In 1963 France the procedure was illegal. The suspense builds with each week a new chapter title as she seeks help from doctors, friends, the boy she slept with, and her body continue to change. Everyone backs away, judgmental, terrified of being thrown in prison for helping, or both.

The latest travel industry insights shows that some 53 per cent of the UK population is planning to holiday at home this year as opposed to taking a trip abroad, despite the removal of most foreign travel rules.

Studio brass wowed theater owners this week with Maverick: Top Gun, Avatar: The Way of Water and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse among other tentpoles. But they were also clear at the just-wrapped CinemaCon that a reviving box office requires a wide breadth of content.

Theatrical windows are back as the pandemic wanes, and National Association of Theatre Owners President and CEO John Fithian was unabashed to underscore that.

CinemaCon launches Monday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the second in-person gathering of theater owners and Hollywood studios since August, and Covid. That edition was shadowed by the Delta Variant, ongoing theater closures and shifting release dates. Now the picture is significantly brighter. Domestic attendance at the confab, including a full complement of studio heads, is at a pre-pandemic level (international still a bit softer given challenges in some markets). Moviegoing is on the rise and the release sked looks full and fixed. NATO President & CEO John Fithian and MPA Chairman-CEO Charles Rivkin fielded questions from Deadline on the evolving post-Covid landscape and relationship between the two camps. (Some responses are condensed and edited for clarity.)

Spoilers for “The Duke” ahead.It’s the greatest heist you’ve never heard of.The year was 1961. The United Kingdom was filled with pride that one of its national treasures — a priceless portrait of the Duke of Wellington by famed Spanish artist Francisco de Goya — was to securely remain in England after government funds were raised to stave off an interested American buyer.

Céline Sciamma makes small films that contain multitudes, tender and vivid portraits of sisterhood and self-becoming. Imagining spaces out of places where women can discover themselves and each other freely, the French filmmaker first earned acclaim for a trio of social-realist coming-of-age dramas: 2007’s “Water Lilies,” 2011’s “Tomboy,” and 2014’s “Girlhood.” Though connected in their study of adolescence, gender, and sexuality, as well as their close and empathetic attention to outsiders navigating rites of passage, these films — especially “Girlhood” — also revealed Sciamma’s burgeoning interest in modes of female-gaze storytelling beyond the naturalistic.

Céline Sciamma makes small films that contain multitudes, tender and vivid portraits of sisterhood and self-becoming. Imagining spaces out of places where women can discover themselves and each other freely, the French filmmaker first earned acclaim for a trio of social-realist coming-of-age dramas: 2007’s “Water Lilies,” 2011’s “Tomboy,” and 2014’s “Girlhood.” Though connected in their study of adolescence, gender, and sexuality, as well as their close and empathetic attention to outsiders navigating rites of passage, these films — especially “Girlhood” — also revealed Sciamma’s burgeoning interest in modes of female-gaze storytelling beyond the naturalistic.

Céline Sciamma’s “ Petite Maman ” couldn’t be more different in scope and scale from “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” There are no castles, or corsets or waves crashing up against craggy cliffs. There is no sex or lust or desire. Yet emotionally, the quiet, restrained and exceptionally tender “Petite Maman” is on equal footing.

While being a senior member of the royal family is a job in itself, many members of the famous family boast impressive careers of their own. Prince William, 39, served in the Royal Air Force before going on to work as a pilot for East Anglian Air Ambulance, while his wife Kate, 40, worked part-time at high-street retailer Jigsaw after graduating from university.

Kid approved! Prince William and Duchess Kate’s three children enjoyed a sugar-filled Easter weekend before and after attending church with the royal family, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.

Charlotte Dawson's celebrity friends have voiced their sympathy following the tragic news that she had miscarried. After Charlotte's fiancé Matt Sarsfield revealed they had received "awful news" last week, the 29 year old took to her Instagram page on Monday to share that she had suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage. With the reality star's devastation and emotion clear in her caption, her pals quickly commented and showed their support.

Hopping into the holidays! Members of the royal family gathered for their annual Easter service without their matriarch, Queen Elizabeth ll, on Sunday, April 17.

“I see nothing happening on a major scale to try to get the older audiences back to theaters,” griped Sony Pictures Classics’ co-president Tom Bernard.

Not ruling anything out. After Chris Noth’s departure from The Equalizer, executive producer Debra Martin Chase broke down what went into writing his character’s exit — and hinted that the door might be open for a possible return.