Women in the War Zone: Clarissa Ward, Martha Raddatz, Lyse Doucet and More Correspondents on Covering Ukraine From the Ground

Julian Lennon has revealed the beloved Beatles track “Hey Jude” was written about him.

A cookery school in Didsbury is hosting an event for Ukrainian people living in Manchester to meet each other and 'build communities'. Food Sorcery Cookery & Barista School is hosting a chocolate fondant and sushi making class today, May 19. The event will run between 11am and 2pm and despite having limited capacity, still has some spaces available.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy outshone all of the stars at the Cannes Film Festival after he addressed the opening night crowd of actors and filmmakers, delivering an emotional plea on behalf of his war-torn country. Appearing via video, Zelenskyy had festival-goers dabbing their eyes.“We continue fighting,” Zelenskyy said.

Lise Pedersen The fourth edition of Animation Day, which is part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Market, will take place on May 22.A one-day event aimed at the global animation filmmaking community, it is a joint initiative launched in 2019 by the Cannes Film Market and the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, in partnership with Animation! Ventana Sur, the animation branch of Latin America’s leading film market.This edition will kick off with the Annecy Goes to Cannes pitching sessions, featuring five works-in-progress projects at various stages of development.

EXCLUSIVE: Vision Films’ CEO and Managing Director Lise Romanoff has closed a deal with Andrei Bocharnikov of Ukraine’s Festivals Cinema to theatrically release six films in the region—the goal being to provide a little respite, distraction and hope for those in the country who are struggling.

Little Mix performed their final show together last night (April 14) before taking a hiatus to pursue solo careers, and things got very emotional. Bandmates Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock struggled to keep it together in front of their fans during the last performance of their Confetti tour at London's O2 Arena.

Bill Maher can’t understand what has happened to the world he once knew, as he lamented during Friday’s Real Time on HBO.

Marta Balaga Paris-based Celluloid Dreams has boarded Antonio Lukich’s upcoming feature “From Ukraine to Luxembourg,” currently in post-production and aiming to premiere in the fall.The Ukrainian director debuted in 2019 with “My Thoughts Are Silent,” a dramedy about a sound recordist asked to record animal sounds from Western Ukraine. But here is the catch: his mother decides to join him. The film was awarded a Special Jury Prize at Karlovy Vary’s East of the West section.In “From Ukraine to Luxembourg,” starring Ramil Nasirov, Amil Nasirov, Natalia Gnitii and Liumyla Sachenko, two twin brothers have to deal with the disappearance of their father.

Journalists from Ukraine were recognized with a 2022 Pulitzer Prize special citation, while judges for journalism’s top honors also recognized coverage of the January 6th attacks on the Capitol, the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Surfside condominium collapse in Florida.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of preparing to invade Russia and told soldiers they are fighting for the future of their 'motherland' in a Victory Day speech in the country's capital on Monday (9 May).

As the world has been hit by a heavy crisis in which a part of Europe finds itself in a state of war, the Festival de Cannes wishes to extend all its support to the people of Ukraine and all those who are in its territory.However modest as it is, we join our voices with those who oppose this unacceptable situation and denounce the attitude of Russia and its leaders.Our thoughts go out in particular to the Ukrainian artists and film industry professionals, as well as their families whose lives are now in danger. There are those whom we’ve never met, and those whom we’ve come to know and welcomed to Cannes, who came with works that say much about Ukraine’s history and the present.During this winter of 2022, the Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film have entered their preparation phase.

Roger Waters joined forces with Lucius on-stage this week to perform Pink Floyd’s ‘Mother’ – check out the moment below.The duo, made up of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, have previously toured with Waters, who was formerly the bassist/vocalist in Pink Floyd.During Lucius’ gig at New York’s Beacon Theatre on Wednesday (May 4), Waters joined them on-stage for the encore to perform the Pink Floyd classic ‘Mother’ from ‘The Wall’.Check out their acoustic rendition of the track here:Pink Floyd recently released their first new music in decades to aid the relief effort in Ukraine.The track, titled ‘Hey, Hey, Rise Up’, features a sample of Andriy Khlyvnyuk, the singer of Ukrainian band Boombox, and is the band’s first original music to be released since their 1994 album ‘The Division Bell’. All proceeds from the song go to Ukraine Humanitarian Relief.Discussing the new song in a statement, Gilmour said: “I hope it will receive wide support and publicity.

MUST READ Tennis star Ksenia Palkina hit with 16-YEAR ban after match-fixing scandalLinkThe No. 9 seed was clearly motivated to beat her fellow 19-year-old and unleashed fist pumps and cries of "C'mon" repeatedly during the anti-climactic match which lasted only 64 minutes. She dropped her racket to the court in celebration at the end.

Elon Musk has an agreement to buy Twitter. But no one can agree on what that means, and Bill Maher’s HBO show Real Time spent a good portion of Friday’s run trying to make sense of it.