Nelly Furtado is working on a comeback, with the help of a fellow Canadian.
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Francisca Alegria is an award-winning filmmaker who’s short film “And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye” received the award for Best International Fiction Short at Sundance Film Festival. Her debut feature “The Cow Who Sang A Song Into the Future” premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and was supported by the 2017 Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Lab along with the Catalyst Forum.Rita Baghdadi is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker known for the intimacy of her bold, character-driven films.
Her latest feature, “Sirens,” premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest. Rita’s work has been supported by Sundance, Tribeca, Netflix, HBO, IDA and Film Independent.Michelle Garza is a director and screenwriter who graduated from CCC in Mexico City and Goldsmiths in London.
Her debut feature “Huesera” premiered at Tribeca 2022 where it won the Best New Narrative Director and the Nora Ephron awards. Michelle also won the Citizen Kane award for the best new director at Sitges 2022.Nikyatu Jusu is a writer and director and her first feature film, “Nanny,” was developed at the Sundance Institute’s 2020 Directors and Screenwriters Labs and debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S.
Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. Her follow up original feature film screenplay was acquired by Universal Studios and Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
She works as an Assistant Professor of Directing and Screenwriting, Film and Video Studies, at the College of Visual & Performing Arts at George Mason University.Bing Liu is a China-born, Midwest-raised filmmaker. His directorial credits include “Minding the Gap,” “America To Me” and “All these Sons.” Bing was
.Nelly Furtado is working on a comeback, with the help of a fellow Canadian.
New photos of Princes George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have been released as the royal family mark Mother's Day.
Calling in the grandkids. Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will all reportedly be part of King Charles III‘s coronation.
In her new book, “Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South,” LaShonda Mims explores the history of queer women in Atlanta and Charlotte following World War II. Uniting Southern women’s history with urban history, the book serves as an imaginatively constructed archive of feminist newsletters, queer bar guides, oral histories, and political rhetoric to explore the complex history of lesbian life in the South.
You.In the final episode, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) comes clean about his true identity and his serial killer ways to Kate. She, however, decides to accept him and even help cover his tracks by wiping evidence that connected him to Rhys’s (Ed Speleers) death.After she inherits her father Tom Lockwood’s (Greg Kinnear) wealth, Kate and Joe move to New York to start a new life together as a couple.Speaking to NME, Ritchie said she was “deeply disappointed in Kate” when she first read the season finale’s script.
Actress Charlotte Jordan, known for her role as barmaid Daisy Midgeley in Coronation Street , has become a firm favourite for viewers since joining the show in 2020. Off-screen the 27 year old soap star lives in a stunning high-rise flat in Manchester with spectacular city views. Sharing a glimpse on her Instagram, the views from her floor-to-ceiling windows are breathtaking during both day and night, creating a perfect backdrop for curling up on the sofa and unwinding after a long day filming.
Best known to us for playing plucky barmaid Daisy Midgeley on Coronation Street, actress Charlotte Jordan has certainly showcased the breadth of her acting skill in the soap as of late. Transforming from a happy and carefree singleton into a scared and defeated young woman trying to piece her life together after finding herself targeted by stalker Justin, fans have seen Charlotte take Daisy on a rollercoaster of emotions since the storyline kicked off last month.
The children of Prince William and Kate Middleton have spent a lot of time in Kensington Palace, after their parents relocated there from Anglesey in 2014. But aside from the gorgeous surroundings of the home in general, there’s one room that’s recently come to light that must have been a haven for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - their adorable nursery.
The royal family were all in attendance at the annual Commonwealth Day service - apart from the Cambridge children.This year's ceremony marks the first time King Charles took the reins since becoming monarch, accompanied by Queen Consort, Camilla, Prince William and the Princess of Wales.They were also joined by Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, and the new Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Edward and Sophie, who were awarded their new titles by the King on Friday. However, avid fans of the royals were disappointed not to see the family in full, with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis not in attendance.
Love Island star Jack Keating has said he's "looking forward to co-parenting" with the woman who is the mother of his newborn daughter. In a new interview, the 23 year old reality TV star, who is the son of Boyzone icon Ronan Keating, opened up on his surprise news and his plans going forward. Jack also confirmed that he and the baby's mum, thought to be artist Keely Iqbal, are not together now, but he's excited for the future.The new dad gushed over his little girl and said he is already "besotted" with the tot.
By In You season four, part one, we were introduced to a new love interest for 's Joe Goldberg: Kate Galvin, a no-nonsense, self-proclaimed “icy bitch” who is fiercely loyal to her friends and surprisingly suspicious of Joe's motives. Played by Call the Midwife and Ghosts actor Charlotte Ritchie, the character creates a natural tension because she is so capable of uncovering Joe's secrets. She's a woman who, as , is more like , “someone who would've been dead at midseason.”For Ritchie, it was liberating to channel someone who doesn't care about being likable.
If you’re a fan of Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Face Cream, you’ll be excited to learn that a new product is launching under the Magic Cream brand – and it’s set to work wonders on the skin on your body. Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Body Cream, £49 here, has just dropped, and we’re already predicting it’ll be a sell-out success if beauty editor reviews of the product are anything to go by.
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed fast-rising British actor Spike Fearn for representation in all areas.
On January 15 2023, the Sunday Mail and Daily Record carried a story about the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP being a major shareholder of Rebel One Ltd, a company that received £2m from the UK’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
A version of this story about Oscar nominee Paul Mescal and “Aftersun” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Irish actor Paul Mescal turned 27 the week after his first Oscar nomination for playing a wounded, doing-his-best young father on holiday in Turkey with his wise-beyond-her-years daughter (Frankie Corio) in writer-director Charlotte Wells’ semi-autobiographical “Aftersun.” That makes him the youngest acting nominee this year. The film also catapulted his already-soaring reputation as a talent to watch, following his Emmy-nominated breakout role in Hulu’s “Normal People” in 2020.
An impressive array of more than 50 Canadian recording artists have pooled their talents for a new single to promote an excellent cause.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sculptor turned director Wu Lang made a splash at the Berlin Film Festival with his debut feature “Absence” playing in the festival’s showcase Encounters section. With a high-profile cast headed by Lee Kang-sheng (“What Time Is It There?” “The Wayward Cloud”) and Li Meng (“The Bad Kids,” “The Guillotines”) “Absence” is an art-house romance that uses skyscapes and urban landscapes as metaphors for inner feelings. The seduction starts with a man’s return to Hainan Island after ten years in jail and ends with a flock of sheep in an abandoned construction site. Wu: Shooting the first short film for me had two purposes. First, making a film is not easy in terms of financing and finding coproducers. So, first I wanted to make a short in order to get myself started.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Less Is More (LIM), a European development scheme for limited-budget feature films has unveiled its selection of 16 projects, four of which are from Ukrainian writers and filmmakers. The initiative is backed by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union. The French national board (CNC) has come on board to support this year’s special spotlight on Ukrainian projects, alongside the banner Terrarium. The programs, which develops first, second and third feature projects, is organized by the Groupe Ouest, a film org created in 2006 in Brittany, in Northwest France, and headed by Antoine Le Bos and Charlotte Le Vallégant.
She’s been on our screens for the last two years as Weatherfield’s Daisy Midgeley but away from the soap, Charlotte Jordan lives a drama-free life. The actress's life is world’s away from her character’s who arrived on Coronation Street in 2020. Daisy is the step-daughter of Jenny Connor, the landlady at the Rovers.
Aftersun mastermind Charlotte Wells picked up the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer at the 2023 ceremony – find out how to watch the acclaimed film on streaming below.A synopsis for the film reads: “Twenty years after their last holiday at a fading vacation resort, Sophie (Celia Rowlson-Hall and Frankie Corio) reflects on the rare time spent with her loving and idealistic father Calum (Paul Mescal).”“At 11-years-old, as the world of adolescence creeps into Sophie’s view, Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Sophie’s recollections become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.”Aftersun is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.In a four-star review, NME wrote: “Liable to increase the cult around Mescal, following his BAFTA-winning turn in Normal People, Aftersun may be small in scale, but it leaves a distinct and lasting impression.