‘This World Is Not My Own’: Juno Films Acquires SXSW Doc On Folk Artist Nellie Mae Rowe

Kathy A. McDonald Finally, Hollywood’s red-carpet drought is over and the business of awards season socializing is back. In anticipation, venues in Los Angeles and New York City are primed for entertainment industry celebrations from post-premiere blow-outs to intimate tastemaker dinners.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Big-budget disaster series “Estonia,” Canneseries winner “Power Play” and “Painkiller,” the TV drama debut of Göteborg victor Gabriela Pilcher (“Amateur”) feature in the five contenders for next year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize which serves to underscore the robust breadth of current Nordic scripted series. Also in the running is “Prisoner,” a second admired Cannes series main competition contender featuring “The Killing” star Sofie Gråbøl, and “Descendants,” the showrunning debut of famed Icelandic thesp Tinna Hrafnsdóttir.

Molly-Mae Hague and her fiancé Tommy Fury have silenced rumours about the future of their relationship after they were spotted holding hands during a day out in Manchester.

Molly-Mae Hague admitted she's "been going through it" as she was seen without her engagement ring again.The 24-year-old returned to YouTube on Friday (December 9) after she disappeared from her channel sparking concern amongst her fans. The mum-of-one has been pictured on several occasions without her £600,000 ring after it was claimed she was 'mortified' by fiancé Tommy Fury's partying in UAE with Chris Brown a few weeks ago.

EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has promoted EVP of Production and Development, James Allen, to Head of Scripted Films & Television Programming. The company also upped James Gold to SVP European Operations.  From 101’s Beverly Hills headquarters, Allen will oversee and manage deals for scripted television shows, films, and development. He will continue to report to CEO David Glasser, COO David Hutkin and CFO Michele Newman.

A popular cake shop in the city centre is handing out Willy Wonka-style golden tickets to customers this week giving them a chance to win big just in time for Christmas.

Rideback Rise, the 501c3 non-profit BIPOC content accelerator launched by producer Dan Lin (LEGO movies, It, Aladdin) to advance racial equity, has selected its inaugural cohort of 16 writers and filmmakers who will be financially and creatively supported as they seek to develop their own market-ready mainstream TV and film projects.

A Dragon Market will take over Chinatown on Sunday for the first time ever - featuring a range of stalls from independent makers and local businesses.

Filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green seemingly rose quickly in Hollywood. Still, the reality is he toiled away in shorts and TV for years before his big breakout feature-length directorial debut, “Monsters and Men,” made a huge splash at Sundance in 2018.

Meghan Markle has been spotted out and about in California for the first time since the Royal race row was stirred up again by Omid Scobie's explosive book Endgame. The book has drawn global attention since King Charles and Princess Kate were named as the senior royals who allegedly discussed Prince Archie's skin colour before he was born. The former Suits star, 42, was seen strolling in Santa Barbara on Monday, dressed in her gym clothes.This city is just a short distance from Montecito, where Meghan lives with her husband Prince Harry, 39, and their two children.

Poor Things” costume exhibition had its opening reception Nov. 30 at the ASU FIDM Museum in Downtown Los Angeles. Hosted by costume designer Arianne Phillips, the event drew notable artisans such as “Poor Things” costume designer Holly Waddington; fashion designer and former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott; “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” costume designer Trish Summerville; “Project Runway” star Gunnar Deatherage and “Maestro” costume designer Mark Bridges.

Dolly Parton has spoken out about the political background of her new song, ‘World on Fire’.In a new interview with Vulture, the country legend was responding to superlatives, and named ‘World On Fire’ as the song that “best embodies your own mythology”. ‘World On Fire’ appears on her new album ‘Rockstar’, which became her highest-charting album at number 3 and gaining four stars from NME.“I write a lot of uplifting songs, but I think ‘World on Fire’ makes a statement because people often say, ‘Oh, I didn’t know you’re political’,” she said.

More of Salford’s social housing is being moved into public ownership with 56 properties transferred to the city council’s property company. The authority’s property and regeneration committee approved the move for the properties at the former St Luke’s school site in the Weaste and Seedley ward on a 1,000-year lease for social and affordable rent.

EXCLUSIVE: Juno Films has claimed U.S. rights to Four Souls of Coyote, the animated feature that marks Hungary’s official entry for the Best International Feature Oscar in 2024. Premiering at the Annecy Animated Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award for Best Feature, the film is now poised for an extended festival run into the spring of 2024, when it will be released in theaters.

Refresh for updates: The oldest critics group in the U.S. is voting on the year’s best film as well as several other categories Thursday in what is a very lengthy process that soaks up most of the morning. Check back here every now and then to see who has won.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor AGC Intl., the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio AGC Studios, has picked up world rights from Image Nation Abu Dhabi, MBC Studios and VOX Studios on Yasir Al Yasiri‘s “HWJN,” and from O3 Medya and Dhafer L’Abidine’s Double A Productions on L’Abidine’s “To My Son.” Saudi fantasy romance ‘HWJN’ will open the Red Sea Film Festival on Nov. 30, while the emotional family drama “To My Son” will premiere in Red Sea’s Arab Spectacular section.

Tyson and Pairs Fury's daughter, Venezuela, has reportedly addressed the rumours about a split between her uncle Tommy and his fiancee Molly-Mae Hague - after Molly was seen without her engagement ring and Tommy partied with rapper Chris Brown in the UAE. Venezuela reportedly took to TikTok to reassure fans, posting a picture of the couple and writing: "Some people been asking me if Tommy and Molly-Mae are still together," and adding: "Yes they are happier than ever, Tommy was just visiting family so they will be alright no need to worry now." Despite Tommy's return to the UK, he seemed to ignore Molly-Mae, only posting a picture of their baby girl Bambi on Instagram with the caption: "Oh how I've missed that cheeky face," but not mentioning his fiancee.

Luxury travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller has revealed the '16 best hotels in Scotland'.

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David Blaine, naturally, does not have vacation photos like the rest of us.Sitting at a table in his lower Manhattan magic lab — a secret lair on the edge of Chinatown where the 50-year-old develops his tricks and stunts — Blaine showed The Post footage from a trip to Southeast AsiaVideo reveals him breaking bottles over his head, getting buried in scorpions and eating red hot coals. Then it cuts to Blaine making a move to kiss a king cobra: a snake with venom so deadly that a single bite could kill him in just 15 minutes. “The venom is potent enough to kill an elephant,” Blaine told The Post.