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villain. After the taping of Charity Lawson's «Men Tell All» special last month, the season's most controversial contestant told ET's Denny Directo why he wasn't looking for redemption during the reunion.«I don't know if it was redeemed,» he said. «I think it was just being able to let them know where I was coming from and see where they're coming from to just having a better understanding.»Despite being at the center of most of the season's drama, Brayden said he doesn't believe that he «needed the redemption at all.»«I don't like [that] I had the villain portrayal, but in my heart, I don't feel like I'm a villain,» he said.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The trailer has debuted for “Mademoiselle Kenopsia,” the latest film from Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté, who won awards at Berlin Film Festival with “Vic + Flo Saw a Bear” and Locarno with “Curling.” “Mademoiselle Kenopsia” had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival this month, and will premiere in North America at next month’s Toronto Film Festival in the Wavelengths section, which was unveiled Friday. H264 is handling international sales.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Rome-based sales agency True Colours has added Edoardo de Angelis’ “Comandante,” which opens the Venice Film Festival, to its slate. The film, which plays in the main competition section, stars Pierfrancesco Favino (“World War Z,” “Angels & Demons”).

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival has revealed to Variety the projects that the participants of its 2023 Emerging Producers program are working on. The producers were asked to deliver an elevator pitch for their projects. Every year since 2010, the festival has selected 18 up-and-coming producers of documentary films (17 European and one representing a non-European guest country), which are then provided with educational, networking and promotional support.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Production has kicked off on “A Better Place,” which is produced by Komplizen Serien and Studiocanal Series in Germany. Komplizen Serien, headed by David Keitsch, is the TV arm of leading movie production company Komplizen Film, whose credits include “Spencer,” for which Kristen Stewart was Oscar-nominated, and “Toni Erdmann,” which was Oscar-nominated in the foreign language film category. “A Better Place” is the first German TV show to be produced by Studiocanal Series, the German TV arm of the French production powerhouse.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The lineup for Docu Talents From the East – a showcase of standout documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe that are in post-production – has been unveiled. Eight documentary projects will be presented on Aug. 13 at Sarajevo Film Festival.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor French-based sales agency Lightdox has acquired the international rights to feature documentary “Body” by Slovenian director and screenwriter Petra Seliškar ahead of its world premiere at the 29th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival. The trailer for the film has just been released (below). The film screens on Aug.

fans are going to want to fist pump over this revelation!During an exclusive sit-down with ET's Rachel Smith, Sammi «Sweetheart» Giancola, who rose to fame as one of the eight roommates on the hit MTV reality series, shed some light on what she's been up to since she last appeared on the show more than a decade ago. As the 36-year-old New Jersey native put it, «I actually enjoy normal life.»Included in that normal life has been her boyfriend of two years now, Justin May.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Beta Cinema has boarded international sales on “Not a Word,” which will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in the competitive Platform section. The cast is led by Maren Eggert, who won the best acting award at the Berlin Film Festival for “I’m Your Man.” The film is written and directed by Hanna Slak, whose credits include the Slovenian Oscar entry “The Miner,” and was lensed by Claire Mathon, the cinematographer of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” “Saint-Omer,” “Stranger by the Lake” and “Spencer.” Eggert plays ambitious musician and conductor Nina.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Zurich Film Festival will honor the chief executive of German film and TV company Leonine Studios, Fred Kogel, with its Game Changer Award, which is presented to a leading personality from the film industry whose “extraordinary efforts serve to advance the sector.” Kogel set up Leonine four years ago, and it has grown rapidly to become Germany’s leading independent film company, as well as a major TV producer. Its successes as a film distributor have included the release of “The School of Magical Animals,” “Knives Out” and the “John Wick” franchise.

Vanessa Williams is getting real about if she’s ever gotten plastic surgery – and revealing what she has done.

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild Foundation has announced the participants for the 2023 session of the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin-based sales agent Pluto Film has boarded “Forever-Forever” (“Nazavzhdy-Nazavzhdy”), Ukrainian filmmaker Anna Buryachkova’s feature directing debut, ahead of its world premiere in Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Extra competition. After transferring from a downtown high school, Tonia (Alina Cheban) befriends a group of badass youngsters, trying to find protection from the people from her past and a place she truly belongs. They spend time together, roaming around Kyiv’s post-socialist suburbs, having fun and getting in trouble.

Bode and Morgan Miller's kids are on the mend. Morgan, a former pro volleyball player, took to Instagram on Friday to reveal that three of her kids — twin 3-year-old boys Asher and Aksel, and 1-year-old daughter Scarlet — were hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this month.«Two weeks ago, we had a crane at our house to remove our broken hot tub.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Beta Film has sold more than 100 hours of drama series to PBS Distribution-backed Walter Presents for the U.S., and Channel 4-backed Walter Presents for the U.K. Five seasons of Italy’s gritty crime series “Rocco Schiavone” as well as Canadian mystery dramas “The Wall – The Chateau Murder” and “The Wall – The Orchard” will be available in both territories.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Gianluca Matarrese’s “The Zola Experience,” which will have its world premiere at Venice Days, has been picked up for international sales by Syndicado. Cinecittà will distribute the film in Italy. According to Matarrese, the film “explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary.” It centers on Anne, a theater director, who has separated from her husband and is moving house.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “Family Portrait,” written and directed by Lucy Kerr, has debuted its trailer ahead of its world premiere in Locarno Film Festival’s Cineasti Del Presente section. World sales are being handled by Flavio Armone at Lights On. “Family Portrait” follows a sprawling family on a morning when they have planned a group picture. After the mother disappears and one of the daughters becomes increasingly anxious to find her and take the picture, the rest of the family appears to resist any attempt to gather. “Initially presenting itself as a realistic portrayal of a family on an idle but hectic summer day, the film progressively descends into a realm where time and space lose their grip, transforming the family portrait into a solemn and enigmatic ritual of transition,” according to a press statement.

Having already been diagnosed with a heart condition, Kay Warren knew she had to make major lifestyle changes when she was threatened with diabetes.

Alana «Honey Boo Boo» Thompson is ready to take the next step with boyfriend Dralin Carswell. The 17-year-old reality TV star revealed to ET's Deidre Behar that she's moving in with her longtime love once she heads off to college in the fall during a sit-down about her family's WEtv series, «I’ll be moving off campus for security reasons and because Dralin is coming with me,» Alana, who graduated from high school in May 2023, shared. As for what it took for Dralin, 21, to leave Georgia and move to Denver, Colorado, with Alana, where she'll be attending Regis University for nursing, Alana said it was an easy ask.«I think he's more excited to move there than me.

Allison Holker took to social media to share a glamorous selfie alongside her artistic daughter, Weslie, 15, who skillfully applied her makeup. The proud mom, 35, struck a pose captioning the shot, “My babygirl, my makeup artist❤️”The pair are very close, and in June, the So You Think You Can Dance alum shared a heartwarming snapshot of Weslie radiating confidence as she sat on a rustic wooden stool, donning a navy T-shirt and blue jeans, capturing the essence of youthful charm.