Chile on Wednesday named the anti-colonialist Western The Settlers from first-time feature filmmaker Felipe Gálvez as its official entry for Best International Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards.
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ZZZap was a children’s TV show than ran for ten series between 1993 and 2001, entertaining a generation of kids. It was a sketch show that saw a giant, 18ft comic book be brought to life that created iconic characters including Daisy Dares You and the hands.The short but exciting episodes saw viewers wait with baited breath to find out what was behind each window of the magazine.
It was praised for being an ultra creative offering that had no dialogue, but relied only on music and sound effects to tell each story.The series was brought to life by a fantastic cast of actors, artists and comedians - including Art Attack star Neil Buchanan - who worked on the show for nearly a decade - but where are they now? Neil Buchanan as Smarty Arty Neil Buchanan is perhaps better known for his work as the host of Art Attack, but proved to be a huge asset to ZZZap too. He played comic French artist Smarty Arty who appeared regularly in the show from series one to series seven, Smarty Arty would make large pictures out of his magic pen, which would bring things to life.
Neil had a successful career in Children’s television and ended up winning two BAFTAs for his work on Art Attack, but quit showbiz for good after a short lived stint in heavy metal band Marseille. He’s still working as an artist and a photographer, although he has largely disappeared from the public eye.
However, he did make a brief appearance on Celebrity Juice in 2012, when he explained that his personal creative projects had had to take a backseat while he was a TV personality. Richard Waites as Cuthbert Lily Richard Waites was the only series star to appear in all 131 episodes of the series.
Chile on Wednesday named the anti-colonialist Western The Settlers from first-time feature filmmaker Felipe Gálvez as its official entry for Best International Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards.
Beyoncé sent out a special request for her fans who are attending upcoming shows of the «Virgo season is upon us. This tour has been such a joy and as we approach the last month, my birthday wish is to celebrate with you wearing your most fabulous silver fashions to the shows 8.23 — 9.22!» the «Break My Soul» singer wrote on her Instagram Story on Tuesday.«We'll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night,» Beyoncé continued.
The UK spends a lower percentage of its GDP on financial support for disabled people and sick workers than any other country in north-west Europe, the SNP has claimed.
After months of Barbie pink, lemon girl summer, and mermaid core blues and glitters, it seems everyone is on the lookout for a manicure that’s a little more understated. Although Hailey Bieber’s signature glazed donut nails have become many people’s go-tos for a natural looking design with a little bit of flair, it seems TikTok has found a brand new way of getting a subtle manicure; syrup nails.The trend may have originated in Japan back in 2015, but it was its popularity in Korea that brought it to global attention thanks to everyone’s current obsession with K-beauty trends.
Christopher Vourlias Receiving a lifetime achievement award this week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay teased a slew of projects currently in the pipeline, heralding her much-anticipated return to the director’s chair since wowing Cannes in 2017 with the Joaquin Phoenix-starring thriller “You Were Never Really Here.” Among them are a second collaboration with Phoenix, who earned best actor honors on the Croisette for that performance, as well as “Stone Mattress,” a revenge thriller set aboard a luxury Arctic cruise that stars Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh. There’s also “Die, My Love,” starring Jennifer Lawrence, which is based on the novel by Argentinian writer Ariana Harwicz about a woman living in isolation in rural France who loses her mind amid marriage and motherhood.
Rylan Clark has shared an admission about her recent nights out with his fellow TV star pal after he was heard complaining 'you ain't well' in a video posted to social media. The BBC Radio 2 host has been seen wining and dining himself alongside former The Apprentice star Thomas Skinner in recent weeks.
With Tuesday’s grosses, Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie has crossed the $100M (13.74B yen) mark in Japan. In doing so, it becomes Universal’s top title ever there. In local currency, Mario overtakes Top Gun: Maverick as the No. 6 Hollywood film of all time in Japan, and is the No. 1 studio picture since the beginning of the pandemic.
Coronation Street star Sam Aston has expectedly found himself being flooded with the same message as he shared a rare snap of his adorable children. Away from his work life on the ITV soap, the actor is married to yoga teacher, Briony.
American hardcore punk band Turnstile have been forced to postpone a huge sold-out gig at O2 Victoria Warehouse just hours before the show was due to take place.
Fans of the hit Channel 5 soap Home and Away will fondly remember the name Angel Parrish as one of the show's most loved characters. Angel was perhaps best known for her on-screen romance with co-star Dieter Brummer as the pair shot to fame as a favourite couple on the hit soap.The actor who played Angel - Melissa George - signed up for the role in 1993 and amassed a whopping seven Logie Award Nominations during her four year stint on the show. Following her stint, the actor moved from Australia to Los Angeles and has since appeared in other TV shows since her time on Home and Away.
Prime Day was just last month, Amazon just announced a second major savings event — Prime Big Deal Days — scheduled for October 2023. The mega sales event, which is exclusive to Prime members, will kick off the holiday shopping season.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is heading into the quarterfinals in Australia and New Zealand. After the dramatic Round of 16, the World Cup is down to its final eight nations. Spain, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, England, France, Colombia and Australia — which is the host for this year’s tournament alongside New Zealand — are competing for the coveted FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 trophy.
The French Connection and The Exorcist has died at the age of 87.Friedkin passed away today (August 7) at home in Los Angeles. His death was confirmed by Chapman University dean Stephen Galloway, who is a friend of Friedkin’s wife Sherry Lansing.The filmmaker rose to fame in the ’70s along with Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola and Hal Ashby, who were seen as a new generation of envelope-pushing directors.
Oscar-winning film director William Friedkin has died aged 87 his family have announced. Mr Friedkin, whose work includes the classic horror film The Exorcist and crime thriller The French Connection - died in Los Angeles today (Monday). No cause of death has yet been confirmed.
told the Los Angeles Times. “Winning the Academy Award [and the Directors Guild Award for 1971’s ‘The French Connection’] was an enormous honor.
This Morning will be off air on Tuesday, 8 August as ITV1 shakes up its schedule to make room for the Women’s FIFA Football World Cup.The flagship mid-morning programme, which has been a staple on screens since 1988, will be replaced by coverage of the tournament, which is taking place in Australia and New Zealand.The final two rounds of 16 matches will be played tomorrow ahead of the quarter finals, which begin on 11 August. Colombia and Jamaica are set to go head to head at 9am BST on 8 August, with the winning team set to face the Lionesses in the Quarter Finals.
Carmel Dagan Director William Friedkin, best known for his Oscar-winning “The French Connection” and blockbuster “The Exorcist,” died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 87.His death was confirmed by Chapman University dean Stephen Galloway, a friend of Friedkin’s wife Sherry Lansing.
“Fast X” and the upcoming “The Old Guard 2.” She met her new husband, Justin Howell, 34, filming the Paramount+ series “Halo.”Justin was the stunt double for Hemsworth in “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Extraction 2,” per IMDb. “It’s not easy to be with [a] stunt person, but as we are both in the same line of work, we both know the challenges,” Aurélia told SWNS.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “What’s the Deal With Independent Cinema?” was the theme of the Locarno Film Festival’s StepIn think tank where a select group of European and international industry players exchanged views and took part in working sessions to discuss the state of the indie film industry. The unique event, now at it 11th edition, kicked off Thursday with an “out-of-the-box” introduction by feisty U.S.
The life of late, great Dutch soccer star Johan Cruyff is the subject of a doc from Drive to Survive producer Box to Box Films and Dutch firm Lusus.