‘A Man Called Otto’ Stars Mariana Treviño and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Share How Their Characters Help Otto ‘Bend Along’ with Life

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. The Berlinale is nearly upon us and plenty has been going down in the film and TV world this week. Read on.

Vogue Williams has opened up about her split with ex-husband Brian McFadden in a public podcast, in which she launches a brutal attack on him saying he's "c***".

People in West Lothian who want to donate essential items to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria can drop them off at a local charity base.

Three British Nationals have been confirmed missing following the catastrophic earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria yesterday morning.

At least 1,300 people have died and 6,000 are injured after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. Several buildings were destroyed during the 40-second tremor, with thousands of rescue teams working to free people still trapped under rubble.

program this Thursday, at a White House event to mark the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Joined on stage by Vice President , and former President Bill Clinton, President Biden said: “94 percent of our lowest wage workers, mostly women and workers of color, have no paid family leave at all. I remain committed to changing that by passing a national program of paid leave for all.”“It's about being a country where women and all people can both work and raise a family,” he said.

The 15-year-old girl who was trafficked after being kidnapped from a Dallas Mavericks game last year is well on her way to getting justice.

EGOT winner Rita Moreno will receive the Casting Society’s career honor, the Lynn Stalmaster Award, at the 36th annual Artios Awards next month. The org also has set Yvette Nicole Brown to host the ceremony on March 9 at the Beverly Hilton.

Cold case investigators have issued facial reconstruction pictures of a man found dead in a Scots woods 11 years ago in a desperate bid to Identify him.

Marc Forster, who directed “A Man Called Otto,” built his American version of the Swedish story with different creative elements from three Hanks family members, including Tom Hanks starring as the central character and his son Truman portraying the younger version of Otto.“Ultimately when you’re dealing with flashbacks, the ins and outs [need to] feel very seamless and feel like you’re still in present-day with Otto, with Tom Hanks. When you go into the flashback with Truman and Sonya (Rachel Keller), it [needs to feel] like you’re not being taken out of the movie,” he said.

The legacy of Buffy The Vampire Slayer has taken a serious hit in the past couple years. The smart, original, genre-bending girl power hour is a classic for a reason — but as its creator faces accusations of bullying and the creation of a toxic environment on set, it’s getting harder to look back with rose-colored glasses.

New year, new star splits. While many celeb couples have gone the distance in Hollywood, other romances haven’t stood the test of time.

Michael Porseryd is stepping down as the CEO of SF Studios, the Nordic production and distribution powerhouse behind the recent Tom Hanks-starring drama A Man Called Otto.

A food blogger has become the first person ever to complete a gargantuan eating challenge made up of over 32 ounces of meat.

In an age of streaming and Covid concerns when many older skewing dramatic films find their way safely into homes, Sony rolled the dice on the Tom Hanks drama A Man Called Otto with the title out-performing its MLK 4-day $8M third weekend wide expansion projections with $15.3M.

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A woman who claims she was called 'Hagrid' at school has shared her amazing transformation. Liv Ralph, 25, says she was bullied as a child but now people can't get enough of her "glow up", reports the Daily Star.

On a winter Thursday still ruled by James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, Sony’s Tom Hanks drama A Man Called Otto and Lionsgate’s Gerard Butler action pic, Plane, sought to get an early start with respectively $635K and $625K each.

Editor’s note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.

EXCLUSIVE: Alona Tal (SEAL Team), Jake Busey (Predators), and Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through It) have joined Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney, and Christopher Lloyd in Man in the Long Black Coat, from director Salvador Litvak.