Canal+ Takes Minority Stake In Viaplay

Belarusian-set pic Mother Vera has picked up Locarno’s Creativity Media First Look Award, the biggest prize handed out by the festival’s industry section. 

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has reached the $500M global milestone, on its way to an estimated $551M through Sunday. This would make it the filmmaker’s fifth-highest-grossing film of all time, ahead of Dunkirk. The worldwide total through Friday is $499.3M, meaning that it has already topped the five-century mark today.

It's often easy to forget that Royal Family member and widely-adored equestrian star Zara Tindall once bagged a Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics for her talents. But this morning saw the 42 year old mother-of-three - who is niece of King Charles III - remind us once again of her passion for horses after she was photographed unable to stop herself from smiling at the Festival of British Evening in Gatcombe Park.

Marvin Humes has made a cheeky swipe at his wife Rochelle after she ditched the UK without him. Earlier this week, the This Morning star told fans she was 'signing off' as she prepared to spend some quality time after leaving the country on her own.

NFL great Tom Brady has become a minority owner of English second-tier soccer team Birmingham City and wants to bring a winning mentality to an underperforming club.

Marta Balaga Rhona Rees is ready to shock with “Freya,” set in the near future where abortion is completely illegal and contraception is only available to men. “That’s what I like about sci-fi. If we show an extreme future that’s still preventable, it will allow us to start a conversation,” she says.

Pop sensation Taylor Swift is bringing her highly-anticipated Eras Tour to the UK next summer and fans have already been scrambling around to get tickets, with some disappointed they couldn't bag some the first time round.

Molly-Mae Hague has shared how she's been left feeling 'sad' over the reaction to her online content changing since becoming a mum. The influencer welcomed her first child, daughter Bambi, with partner Tommy Fury back in January.

A select group of films has qualified for Academy Award consideration after winning prizes at the 27th LA Shorts Film Festival, the longest-running shorts festival in the movie capital.

Daran O'Briain has rejected the opportunity to take part in the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing, which would have seen him return to the BBC one year after Mock The Week was brutally axed from BBC Two.The comedian and TV presenter, 51, joked about the show during a gig at the Paddy Power Comedy Festival, where he revealed that although he has no plans to ever take part, he does use the possibility as a way to threaten his teenage daughter. He joked: "I have a 15-year-old daughter, which is a glorious thing. I'm so proud of this young lady and what she's becoming; strong and powerful and fierce.

Shay Mitchell enjoyed a workout class at Hot Pilates in West Hollywood, California. Dwayne Johnson enjoyed a filet and sushi rolls at Mastro’s Steakhouse Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California.

Indie horror pic Talk To Me opened to £643,354 in UK and Irish cinemas, setting a new office box office record for Altitude Film Distribution.

Red Rooms won a leading three awards including Best Feature at the 27th annual Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, with the thriller Femme taking Best Director for Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping and Outstanding Performance for Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. See the full list of winners below.

Charna Flam Netflix has released the first trailer for “Heartstopper” Season 2, which gives a look at the students setting off for France. The queer romantic comedy series is set to return on Aug. 3.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Former Love Island star Shaughna Phillips has shared with fans on social media that she is taking her baby daughter away on holiday - just three months after giving birth.The 28 year old mum of one posted on social media to reveal the news to fans as the duo headed off for their sun soaked holiday out of the UK. Despite being only three months old, Lucia is already travelling in style as the former reality TV star showed off a Louis Vuitton passport holder with her initials on it. She captioned the post saying: "Lucia's first holiday." This comes after Shaughna, like so many other celebrity new mums, was forced to hit back at mum-shamers who criticised her for taking her newly born daughter to get vaccinated.

Leonardo DiCaprio is used to partying on boats and going to beach clubs with beautiful women, but he recently invited his mom instead. On Wednesday, the actor was photographed in St. Tropez with his mother Irmelin Indenbirken, and bestie, Tobey Maguire. The Oscar winner, who is reportedly still dating Gigi Hadid, walked his mom over the boat while wearing a face mask.

Takeshi’s Castle is set to come to Amazon Prime Video next month, featuring new commentators Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis.The beloved series first aired in the UK in 2002. It ran until the beginning of 2004 and was rebooted for one series in 2013, before another reboot helmed by Jonathan Ross arrived in 2018.The latest reboot of the game show will launch on August 30.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent France’s Canal+ Group has acquired a 12% stake in Viaplay, the leading Scandinavian streamer which announced earlier today that it would cut 25% of its workforce. More to come.

“We have too much scripted content,” new Viaplay CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann said today as he was pressed by investors on the state of the embattled Nordic outfit’s finances and future sustainability.

Viaplay is letting go of more than 25% of its staff as it pulls streaming out of the U.S. and UK and mulls a sale.