Danni Menzies 'grateful' to be working after 'tough time' as A Place in the Sun spin-off hits screens

Men can be overbearing. Some of us know this firsthand because, with a bit of self-awareness, we can recognize we have, at least at some point, been the pompous bloviating jackass while more introverted people, sometimes women, silently sit and endure our blowhard monologues.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Devo is headed to Sundance, not just for the festival premiere of the Chris Smith-directed documentary film that share’s the band’s name, but a Jan. 21 performance by the group at the just-opened Marquis on Main Street.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Austin-based indie directors David and Nathan Zellner have spent more time thinking about Sasquatch than most filmmakers do musing about human beings. In 2011, they brought “Sasquatch Birth Journal 2” to the Sundance Film Festival, a four-minute faux nature documentary in which a hirsute creature can be seen giving birth to an equally furry infant.

Channel 5's star of Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun, Graham Boland, has sadly passed away, his family confirmed on Thursday, 18 January. He was a fan favourite of the reality show about Brits living in Benidorm taking advantage of the warmer weather and cheaper living costs. After moving his life to the holiday resort - which is also the location of the popular TV show of the same name starring Sherrie Hewson - he opened a popular bar called Happy Days.

HBO‘s The Last Of Us adaptation has ruled out the return of Bill and Frank in season two – see what he had to say below.Speaking to Deadline Hollywood at HBO’s post-Emmys party earlier this week, Mazin laid to rest actor Nick Offerman’s previous teasing that a spin-off series focusing on Bill and Frank’s relationship, which was condensed into a singular but critically acclaimed episode in season one.“It certainly has been pitched,” Offerman said after winning a Creative Arts Emmy last week. “I think we pitched a whole mini-series of a prequel of their lives before they met each other.

As we recently noted, it’s time to move over Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg (and maybe even Steven Soderbergh) because if not the hardest-working man in film showbiz, director Guy Ritchie might be the fastest-moving director in showbiz. Ritchie just announced a new movie, “The Fountain Of Youth,” with Natalie Portman and John Krasinski, but it’s possible he may release two other films in 2024.

In Netflix’s San Gabriel-based crime action–comedy The Brothers Sun, actor Sam Song Li plays Bruce Sun, a kind-hearted college student who dreams of being a master of improv despite his mother’s wishes for him to be a doctor. However, his life gets turned upside down upon the arrival of his long-estranged brother, Charles (Justin Chien), a cutthroat assassin who enlists the help of their mother, Mama Sun (Michelle Yeoh), to take down a dangerous crime syndicate. Throughout the eight-episode series, co-created by Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk, Bruce has to contend with learning that his family, unbeknownst to him, are major players in one of the most lucrative and dangerous gangster businesses in Taiwan.

Michaela Zee SPOILER ALERT:This story contains mild spoilers for “The Brothers Sun,” available to watch on Netflix now. On May 22, 1992, three men brutally stabbed Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami outside his Tokyo home, just days after the release of his satire “Minbo no Onna,” or “Mob Woman.” The director of “Tampopo” and “A Taxing Woman” suffered slash wounds across the face, neck and shoulder, but ultimately survived. Police suspected the attack may have been the yakuza’s retaliation for Itami’s “Mob Woman,” which portrays Japanese gangsters as crude bullies who are outsmarted by lawyer Mahiru Inoue (played by Itami’s wife Nobuko Miyamoto).

Picture the scene: you’re bathed in sunshine, lying on a sun lounger on the beach with the sound of waves lapping at the shore, as you relax with a cocktail in hand. It all sounds rather dreamy, especially compared to the chilly conditions we’re experiencing in Greater Manchester right now.

EXCLUSIVE: The MACRO Lodge at Sundance Film Festival (www.StayMACRO.com), hosted by MACRO Founder & CEO Charles D. King (Mudbound, Judas and the Black Messiah) and his wife Stacey Walker King, Chief Brand Officer of the company, returns to the Sundance Film Festival for its seventh annual showcase of panels and parties at the iconic film festival to champion inclusion and people of color at its prime location at 136 Heber Avenue in Park City, UT with three days of programming. 

Jonathan Majors.Bernice King, the youngest child of the civil rights activist, shared a post on X/Twitter honouring her late mother, Coretta Scott King. The post included a portrait of her mother, as well as a link to her 2017 HuffPost article about her mother.The 60-year-old wrote: “My mother wasn’t a prop.

Even though it would appear that Lucasfilm has its ducks in a row regarding the future of “Star Wars” films (even if the studio throws the odd curveball), it wasn’t that long ago when things really felt like absolute chaos. People were hired to develop films, conflicting reports would follow.

Selena Gomez is stepping back from social media again — for now.The “Only Murders in the Building” actress, 32, revealed the news in an Instagram Story on Tuesday, following days of speculation that she gossiped about Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet to Taylor Swift at the 2024 Golden Globes on Sunday.“Focusing on what really matters,” she wrote, alongside a video of record producer boyfriend Benny Blanco spending adorable quality time with two kids. “I’m off social media for a while.”The singer, who recently said she may only have one more album in her, briefly left social media in October too.“My heart breaks to see all the horror, hate, violence and terror that’s going on in the world,” she explained at the time.“People being tortured and killed or any act of hate towards any one group is horrific,” she wrote, noting that “violence needs to be stopped for good.”“I’m sorry if my words will never be enough for everyone or a hashtag.

died Thursday when the small plane they were in crashed into the ocean off a Caribbean island.Oliver, whose real name is Christian Klepser, was with daughters Madita, 12, and Annik, 10, when they died alongside their pilot, Robert Sachs.Taking to Instagram Monday, Klepser said her ex-husband and daughters are “all watching” her as she navigates the tragic loss.“From those closest to my heart, from my community, from people far away, from complete strangers… I see the messages, I hear the words and it gives me so much strength,” her statement read. “I also deeply feel Madita’s, Annik’s, and Christian’s love! They are here with me for every step and they are watching us.” Klepser, who divorced Oliver in 2022, went on to urge her followers to “keep spreading love.”“Hug your loved ones, tell them you love them, be kind to each other,” she continued.

James Morrison opened up on his inspiration for the track My Love Goes On that he sings with Joss Stone, during an exclusive interview with OK! in 2019. He revealed how he wrote it with his partner Gill in mind, who sadly passed away last week aged just 45. ‌The 39 year old star said: "I was going though a bit of a rough time with my other half, she was having a rough time and I wanted help her, but she just wasn’t seeing me as someone who could.

A Place In the Sun star Danni Menzies has candidly opened up about her love life as she recalled an awkward evening with a former flame that left her “scarred for life”.The former presenter, who left the programme back in 2022 after six years on our screens, spilled the beans on her disastrous encounter, which is said to have taken place while she was dating a mystery actor at the time.The 35 year old opened up about the disaster during her appearance on MTV's Celeb Ex in the City, when she revealed that in the middle of a passionate tryst things took an awkward turn for the worst, when her date declared their love for her in the middle of the act itself. "I’ve only got one thing going through my head.This is awful,” explained a mortified Danni on the show.

Michelle Yeoh is stepping out for the premiere of her new Netflix series!

Variety, Benny – who helmed several films with his brother Josh, the duo being dubbed the Safdie Brothers – confirmed that the brothers aren’t working together, and that their split has been “amicable”.“It’s a natural progression of what we each want to explore. I will direct on my own, and I will explore things that I want to explore.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer expressed an optimistic view of the movie business – at least the way it is approached by his cost-conscious executive team.

William Earl administrator Michelle Yeoh cracked history open when she won an Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” last March, but she’s not sitting back to bask in the glow. “I exercise every day,” she says. “I do my whole routine of being in shape and knowing my moves.