‘Amerikatsi’ Director and Star Michael Goorjian on Finding Optimism in a Prison Film for Armenia’s Oscar Entry

Zoe Hewitt When you’re not a minority, role models are everywhere, particularly in mainstream movies. Heterosexual cis-gender people and their relationships are the basis for romcoms and featured in actioners. If you fall outside of that mainstream definition, it becomes harder to see yourself represented by the media in the embodiment of a fully-realized person who exists beyond tokenism and stereotype.

Love Island star Ellie Brown has gone Instagram official with her new boyfriend in a sweet snap, following her heartbreaking island dumping. Ellie, who featured on series four of the ITV dating show alongside Laura Anderson and Wes Nelson, shared an adorable snap where she planted a big kiss on her new man while standing on a beach.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who went to jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, has been released on parole.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Want to know which international features vying for Oscar gold are worth watching? Variety‘s team of critics has been on the ground at Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and other major film festivals, on the hunt for the best of the best. In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences unveiled its shortlist of 15 films eligible for the second round of voting in the Best International Feature Film category.

It’s not controversial to say the “Star Wars” fandom has its fair share of toxicity, especially when it comes to misogyny and racism. Watching certain segments of the fandom lose their minds over the fact that a woman (Daisy Ridley) was the lead in the most recent films made was shocking and disturbing to watch.

Former Love Island star Rachel Finni, who appeared on the show in 2021, took to Instagram to share the exciting news that she is expecting her first baby in a sweet video. Rachel became famous on Love Island as the third bombshell, where she had to choose between Brad McClelland or Oliver 'Chuggs' Wallis. After choosing Brad, their romance didn't take off and she ended up going on a date with Teddy Soares.

Michael Trevino and his girlfriend Bregje Heinen are getting married!!

Love Island finalist Paul Knops looks unrecognisable and completely different five years on from starring on the hit ITV2 dating show. Former reality star Paul found fame on the programme in 2018 when he finished in second place alongside Scottish beauty Laura Anderson. But things quickly turned sour when they decided to split and Paul accused the ex air hostess of moving on with Islander Max Morley "weeks" before he ended their romance.

Scottish Love Island star Camilla Thurlow has shared a sweet snap of her pregnancy to social media.

Actress Claire Foy is ready and braced for a lot of personal reactions to her latest film All of Us Strangers. Adapted from Taichi Yamada’s novel Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh’s emotional reimagining finds gay screenwriter Adam (Andrew Scott) working on a script inspired by a devastating personal tragedy: in the early ’80s, both his parents died in a car crash when he was just 12. Seeking inspiration, Adam travels back to his childhood neighborhood where he encounters his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) — not only still living in his former home but looking exactly the same as the last time he saw them.

Michael Beale's theory that Scottish Premiership strikers weren't good enough to be on his summer wishlist has been brutally shot down by Andy Walker - who claims that there were FOUR last season good enough to don the Blues shirt.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large And then there were four. Season 10 of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” airs this Wednesday with finalists Donut (Group C champion), Sea Queen (Group B winner), Cow (Group A victor) and Group A “Ding Dong Keep It On” recipient Gazelle.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor When writer-director Mohamed Kordofani first conceived of the film “Goodbye Julia,” he realized that he didn’t have a single friend from South Sudan — “and there are millions who live in Khartoum.” Now he has hundreds, he tells Variety. The first Sudanese film to premiere in the Un Certain Regard sidebar in Cannes, his debut feature won the Prix de la Liberté and is now the official Sudanese entry for the Academy Awards, with Lupita Nyong’o on board as an executive producer. The film had its Middle East and North Africa premiere this week at El Gouna Film Festival, where Kordofani was awarded the Variety MENA Region Talent Award.

Caroline Brew editor Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired the U.S. rights to the historical thriller “Firebrand,” which will open in theaters on June 21. Based on the historical novel “Queen’s Gambit” by Elizabeth Fremantle, the film stars Alicia Vikander and Jude Law and is directed by Karim Aïnouz.

After months of work to transform the massive former Debenhams unit in the Trafford Centre, Marks and Spencer has finally unveiled its new megastore to the public. Having moved from Peel Avenue to Regent Crescent in the shopping mall, the new site sprawls over two floors covering a massive 135,000 sq ft of commercial space.

Roman Kemp is a successful TV and radio presenter and the son of Spandau Ballet singer Martin Kemp and Wham! backing singer Shirlie Kemp. He's a familiar face on our TVs and airwaves, presenting on the likes of Capital Radio and the BBC's The One Show. However, off-screen, he prefers to keep his love life private, with the star understood to be single.

obtained by TMZ, the “Creed” star, 36, is seen speeding down the street in his blue Ferrari. After a quick move left, the vehicle takes a sharp right before hitting a parked Kia.

The official German Oscar entry for Best International Feature is an insular, pulse-pounding thriller set within the confines of a school that, for cinematic purposes, doubles as a microcosm of society in general circa 2023 where facts don’t matter, misinformation is rampant, suspicions run hot, divisions run deep, racism still rears its ugly head, and no one can be quite sure where, and even if they want to, fit in.

People in Scotland may wake up to snow on Christmas morning and the run-up to the big day, according to data from weather forecasters.

EXCLUSIVE: Outlander star Lauren Lyle has boarded Netflix‘s Corby Poisonings drama Toxic Town.