Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWith its grand opening less than two weeks away, the Bob Dylan Center has announced Steven Jenkins as its director. He’s moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma to oversee the museum’s exhibitions, public programs and daily operations, following more than three decades of work with nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay areaThe hiring announcement comes as the BDC prepares for an opening weekend May 5-8 that will include a gala invitational dinner and celebratory concerts by Elvis Costello, Mavis Staples and Patti Smith.Said Jenkins in a statement, “As an avid listener and fascinated follower of Dylan’s every surprising and illuminating turn, his work has brought me a lifetime of aesthetic pleasures, confounding challenges and profound joy.
‘The Lesson’: Deakla Keydar and Eitan Zur Talk Canneseries Buzz Title
06.04.2022 - 13:01 / variety.com
Holly Jones Progressive and passionate civics teacher Amir (Doron Ben-David) seeks to dispel the broad stereotypes his class paints of their Arab neighbors after brazen and troubled teen Leanne (Maya Landsmann) incites her peers in class to her rallying call of “Kill the Arabs” while presenting an unsettling scenario for a class project: Bar Arabs from a local swimming pool. Extolling the virtues of empathy is no small feat, however. Amir soon finds himself caught up in a viral conflict with Leanne that calls his character into question and speaks to the often-hasty and out-of-context judgment the populace is eager to make when hard-pressed to do the right thing.“The Lesson,” an all-encompassing six-episode socio-political drama produced by Yochanan Kredo at Jasmine TV for Israeli broadcaster Kan 11, takes a gripping plunge – confirmed by huge figures on Kan 11 – into various forms of prejudice and the way they spread and seed within a community.
Written by Deakla Keydar and directed by Eitan Zur (“Asylum City”) the cast is rounded out by Leib Lev Levin, Alma Zak, and Dvir Benedek with Federation Entertainment heading up international sales.Alongside its competition at Canneseries, Keydar and Zur spoke with Variety about the episodic and working together to get from script to screen.The adolescent characters are tightly written. The sentiments of wanting to belong, doing things you might not do to impress those around you, that awkward sense of longing for attention. How did you manage the actors to engage with the script so fully?Keydar: I had a connection with Maya, at this exact level.
She really understood this awkwardness. I knew that feeling well when I was a teenager.
Maya experienced the same thing. She wasn’t
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Mum and stepfather guilty of murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi
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Keenspot Graphic Novel ‘Dreamless’ by ‘Marry Me’ Creator Gets Film Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Two months after the debut of musical rom-com “Marry Me,” starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson and Maluma, Bobby Crosby is getting another one of his Keenspot graphic novels adapted for the big screen. Israeli producer Uri Singer has secured the film and television rights to “Dreamless,” a Keenspot graphic novel by Crosby illustrated by Sarah Ellerton.“Dreamless,” which was first a Keenspot webcomic in 2009 before being collected into a graphic novel, has been read by more than four million people worldwide.
Netflix’s ‘Rebel Ridge’ Due To Get Back Underway This Month After Long Hiatus; ‘Mare Of Easttown’ Actor Joins
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is finally due to get back up and running on action-thriller Rebel Ridge after an 11 month hiatus.
Inside Nicola Peltz's 'dream honeymoon' - South of France, beach and lychee martinis
Loved-up Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz tied the knot yesterday in a stunning ceremony which cost an estimated £3million.The pair wed at Nicola's family estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in a traditional Jewish ceremony with 300 star-studded guests.Today the couple will likely be celebrating their first full day as man and wife, but details of their upcoming honeymoon are still under wraps. During a game of 'Mr & Mrs' with British Vogue, the couple revealed some intimate and fun details about themselves and their relationship. Brooklyn revealed his favourite meal would be a pint of prawns, followed by pie and mash and spotted dick.
Brooklyn Beckham Nicola Peltz Are Married: Couple Weds In Lavish Palm Beach Ceremony
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Brooklyn Beckham & Nicola Peltz Are Married - Get Details on Their Lavish Palm Beach Wedding!
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are officially a married couple!
Canneseries Prizes 2022: ‘The Lesson,’ ‘Souls’ Win Big at TV Festival
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIsraeli series “The Lesson,” a taut half-hour series parable on the vicious spiral of social media confrontation, took top honors on Wednesday night at a spirited 2022 Canneseries festival whose main competition was buoyed by titles from some of the boldest players in the business.With “The Lesson” co-lead, the extraordinary Maya Landsmann, walking off with best performance for her nuanced turn as a super-sized troubled teen who goads her liberal teacher into a personal attack on her physical appearance – a put-down which goes viral – the series can rate as the big winner at this year’s event.Produced by Yochanan Kredo at Jasmine TV for Israeli broadcaster Kan 11 – and scoring huge numbers when aired on the network – the show, written by Deakla Keydar and directed by Eitan Zur (“Asylum City”), also exemplifies the virtues of much best Israeli TV drama: Taut, pointed writing, great acting, direction which serves the drama, production values while wringing the most out of low budgets. “Thus is a hugely crafted series, everybody loved it at Canneseries,” Albin Lewi, Canneseries artistic director, told Variety.
Canneseries Long Form Competition: Israel’s ‘The Lesson’ Scoops Two Prizes
Israeli drama The Lesson has won two prizes in this year’s prestigious Canneseries Longform Competition.
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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHamburg 1982. Andreas, in the family bathroom, spies his mother’s stockings, pulls one over his head breathing in deeply.
‘Harry Wild’ & ‘To Olivia’ Writer Dave Logan Developing Crime Drama In Malta With Jo Spain
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German Buzz Title ‘House of Promises’ Wins MipDrama
Marta Balaga The 7th MipDrama – an industry centrepiece at Cannes MipTV trade fair – wrapped with Germany’s “House of Promises” scooping the prestigious Buyers’ Coup de Cœur award.The romantic drama proved the clear favorite among the MipDrama audience gathered in the Debussy Theatre at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals, receiving the most rapturous applause of the day following its presentation. The 12-episode series stars Naemi Feitisch, Ludwig Simon – also seen in Amazon’s Prime Video series “Beat” – Alexander Scheer and Nina Kunzendorf, fresh off hit Viaplay Original “Furia.”Set in Berlin, “House of Promises” explores the eventful story behind the legendary credit department store Jonass, founded in the 1920s in a building which has now become Berlin’s Soho House. While the times are hard, marked by poverty and hardship, the protagonists of “House of Promises” still dream of a better future.