Bouchra Réjani’s WeMake Bows ‘Morphing Singers,’ Leaps Into Scripted With ‘Image’ (EXCLUSIVE)

One memorable moment that happened at the 2021 Oscars is when Best Actress winner Frances McDormand let out a big howl during the acceptance speech for the Nomadland‘s Best Picture win.

The 93rd annual Oscars are being handed out Sunday night. In case you missed the action, here are some of the biggest moments.

France’s Eric Vuillard, Jewish-Russian family history “In Memory of Memory” by Russian writer Maria Stepanova and imaginative short-story collection “The Dangers of Smoking in Bed” by Argentina’s Mariana Enriquez.The other finalists are war story “At Night All Blood is Black,” by France’s David Diop, science-themed story collection “When We Cease to Understand the World” by Chile’s Benjamín Labatut and futuristic workplace novel “The Employees” by Danish writer Olga Ravn.The award, run alongside

Vanessa Hudgens can't wait to meet Ashley Tisdale's daughter! The 32-year-old actress told ET's Katie Krause that, while she hasn't met her co-star's newest addition yet, she's excited to do so.The women largely spent quarantine apart, but were able to squeeze in a visit just before Tisdale gave birth to her and husband Christopher French's first child, a daughter named Jupiter, in March.«I'm so excited to meet her and sing to her because apparently she's really into that,» Hudgens said of the

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor  Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety“…Chanel may not be throwing its annual pre-Oscar dinner with Charles Finch this week, but that doesn’t mean the legendary French fashion house won’t be celebrating the Academy Awards.

Naman Ramachandran Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will executive produce a feature documentary on all-time greats from another era — Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills.“The Goddess and The American Girl” tells the story of French tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen and American sensation Helen Wills against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties.

Alexander Nanau, the Romanian director of Collective which is heading into the Oscars with both best documentary and best international feature nominations, is set to executive produce the newly-announced feature doc Klarsfeld, about French Nazi hunters Beate and Serge Klarsfeld.

Manori Ravindran International EditorPBS is teaming with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 and Arte France for feature-length documentary “Generation 9/11,” which marks the 20th anniversary of the twin tower attacks by following the children born to fathers who perished in the disaster.Produced by London-based outfit Arrow Pictures, the 120-minute doc introduces the youth born in the wake of the tragedy.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“The Sinner” is adding Frances Fisher to the cast of the fourth season.Producer Michelle Purple told me the news Thursday night at the premiere of her and producing partner Jessica Biel’s latest project “Cruel Summer.” She’s “super excited” about the “Watchmen” actor joining the USA Network anthology series along with new addition Alice Kremelberg (“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Orange Is the New Black”) and returning star Bill

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Justice‘s Gaspard Augé has released his new solo single ‘Force Majeure’ – you can hear the track below.Augé, who is one half of the French electronic duo along with Xavier de Rosnay, is preparing the release of his debut solo album ‘Escapades’, though a release date has yet to be confirmed.Augé has released ‘Force Majeure’ today (April 15) via Ed Banger Records / Because Music, and you can hear the track below.To tie in with the release of ‘Force Majeure’, Augé will release a new video for the

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMediawan Rights, the commercial division of  French independent media powerhouse Mediawan founded by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse in 2015, is poised to step up its premium documentary clout with the launch of a dedicated sales unit.Presided by veteran sales executive Valerie Vleeschhouwer, Mediawan Rights has signed an exclusive partnership deal with Forbidden Stories, the production banner behind many critically-acclaimed

Emiliano Granada Swiss doc company Lightdox has just acquired world sales rights to documentary “Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege” Abdallah Al-Khatib’s debut, co-produced by Films de Force Majeure and Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts, premieres in Vision du Réel’s platform on April 21 in  its main International Feature CompetitionA Lebanon, France and Qatar co-production, the film follows the lives of Palestinian refugees living in the district of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNewen Connect, the distribution branch of Newen, the Paris-based international production and distribution company owned by French’s biggest TV network, the TF1 Group, has boarded a bevy of upscale international drama series, including “Lost Luggage,” “Memento Mori,” Christian” and “Agent K.” The Paris-based company will help finance and sell internationally these shows.“Since creating Newen Connect in October, we have ramped up our teams, hired Leona

Frances McDormand is playing «Frances McDormand.»It's the result of working with writer-director Chloé Zhao, who up until had largely cast nonprofessional actors and built characters for them inspired by their own lives. is adapted from a nonfiction book of the same name and does, in fact, feature a number of real-life nomads playing versions of themselves onscreen.Which is how McDormand ended up playing a version of herself, too, though the character goes by the nickname Fern.

NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and theatrical distributor MUBI has acquired all rights to Sundance documentary Faya Dayi in the UK and Ireland, Latin America, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey and India.

Dominic Cooper as English spy Fielding Scott. And ET has the exclusive first look at the trailer for the six-episode series premiering on the service in April.Set in 1960s Berlin, Germany, the Cold War series follows Scott after he’s sent on a mission to find out who is behind a leak of vital security intel belonging to the Americans, British and French.