‘The Little Mermaid’ Among Most-Viewed Film Premieres Ever On Disney+

Todd Haynes, who has appeared on behalf of his latest directing outing, May December, since its splashy debut in Cannes, turned to a new collaborator when promoting it at the New York Film Festival.

Asghar Farhadi has arguably been a household name in world cinema since his 2011 breakout “A Separation.” But despite winning a Best International Feature Film Oscar for that movie, and doing so again for 2016’s “A Salesman,” Farhadi’s earlier films have never received a North American release. Until now, that is.

Campaigners want to raise awareness of a little-known heart condition that kills around 2,000 people each year.

The movie world lost one of its greatest living directors when William Friedkin passed away in early August. And Friedkin’s death happened just weeks before his last film, “The Caine Mutiny Court-Marshal,” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Bonnie Raitt, Billy Strings, Tyler Childers, the duo the War and Treaty and S.S. Goodman were among the winners as trophies were handed out at the 22nd annual Americana Honors & Awards show Wednesday night at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Raitt won the award for song of the year for her (literally) heart-rending number “Just Like That” — just like she did at the most recent Grammys, in a very rare example of overlap between the two shows.

One Piece held onto the treasured top spot among Netflix’s English-language TV series for the week of September 11 to 17.

Halle Bailey is giving The Little Mermaid fans a behind-the-scenes tour of Prince Eric’s castle – Just Jared Jr Pamela Anderson explains her decision to stop wearing makeup – Celebitchy Olivia Culpo reveals the wedding tradition she & fiancé Christian McCafferty are skipping – Popsugar Joshua Bassett has announced his next single – Just Jared Jr

The Streets Mike Skinner has opened up about his new film, describing it as a both a “nightmare” to get made and his “obsession.”Skinner has spent ten years working on getting his film, The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light, to screens. A murder-mystery, it’s described as “tripped out neo-noir” and follows the life of a struggling DJ. The film has been created, written, directed, filmed and edited by Skinner, who also stars in the project.Speaking to Sky News at the premiere of the film in London, he opened up about the difficulties of getting the film made, alongside his determination to make sure it reached the big screen.Speaking about what to expect, Skinner told Sky News: “it’s a musical but the songs are the voiceover.” He joked with fans not to expect “jazz hands or dancing around on lampposts,” adding that “it’s a very simple story that started out almost like a film noir type thing, but then got carried away.”Opening up about the project, he added: “Knowing that I’m working on this film and then working on this film has been a nightmare.

Over the years, some of our favorite stars have boldly bared all on-screen in TV and movies.

There is so much K-pop excellence in 2023!

It is an overused cliche to describe visually stunning films as “every frame of this movie could be a painting hanging on the wall.” It is now an actual fact for at least two films. “Loving Vincent” was the first animated feature-length film composed exclusively of hand-painted oil paintings as its individual frames.

The Little Mermaid is breaking some serious records on Disney+!

In case you haven’t heard, bobs are big beauty news at the moment. We’ve seen no end of celebrities swap their long lengths for shorter styles recently, from Emma Stone and Vogue Williams to Louise Redknapp and Michelle Keegan. And one style in particular is trending at the moment – the ‘butterfly bob’.

The Eagles have officially arrived at the end of the road.

When British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi was watching the UK media coverage of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange in 2011, it had a profound impact on her. At the time, Shalit was an Israeli occupation soldier who had been abducted in 2006 by Palestinian freedom fighters and the first Israeli soldier to be captured by Palestinians since 1994. Shalit was eventually released five years later in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian political prisoners, including hundreds of which were women and children. 

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter A raucous, deliriously madcap midnight premiere of “Dicks: The Musical” closed out the first day of the Toronto Film Festival. A24’s first-ever musical, which leans hard into its R-rating and puts an irreverent, queer spin on “The Parent Trap,” played to laughs, cheers, audible gasps and shrieks and, yes, a few groans from the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Halle Bailey looks amazing in The Little Mermaid, but her hair carried a hefty price tag.

Jonah Hauer-King is the latest actor to become a Disney Prince, but he faced stiff competition for the part!

If you are struggling to find new TV shows or films to watch a new Disney+ deal could be a lifesaver for streaming fans.To celebrate the launch of The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey on the streaming platform Disney has cut the price of the monthly subscription to under £2. Disney+ might have exactly what you are looking for with the streaming platform launching an incredible limited-time deal that offers endless hours of shows, movies and documentaries for under £2.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Ukrainian director Anna Buryachkova, awaiting the Venice premiere of her new film “Forever-Forever,” will soon turn to documentary “Will We Feel Again,” she revealed to Variety in Italy. The film will see her reunite with Natalia Libet, producing for 2Brave Productions. “In Ukraine, this is the time when you make documentaries, obviously.