Former TF1 Group CEO Gilles Pélisson Named As New President Of Unifrance

Pete Doherty has teamed up with Pregoblin on their latest single ‘These Hands AKA Danny The Knife’. Check out the track below.The single is the latest track to be released from Pregoblins – the new band of former Fat White Family collaborator Alex Sebley – and sees the band team up with indie legend and Libertines frontman Pete Doherty.According to the press release, Doherty took time out of his busy schedule of touring and recording with the Libertines and touring with French songwriter/producer Frederic Lo, to contribute vocals to ‘These Hands AKA Danny The Knife’, and the lyrical content behind the single focuses on themes of loneliness and a lack of fulfilment.“‘These Hands’ is about a young person’s dream of being in a band and getting famous and the unhappiness, loneliness and unfulfillment that comes with fame when you get there,” said Selbey of the new release.It was recorded in Brixton and produced by Dante Traynor – check out the accompanying music video below, which centres around the cobbled streets of La Rochelle on the French coast.Discussing the collaboration between the band – comprising Sebley and Jessica Winter – and Doherty, Sebley explained why he felt the contribution worked.“I see Peter’s overall work in line with the romantic poets of the past.

Molly-Mae Hague has revealed she's jetted off on yet another holiday with her baby daughter and boyfriend Tommy Fury. The new mum has hardly been in the UK this summer as she is enjoying some precious time away as a family-of-three.

AMC is keeping the zombie apocalypse alive.

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.

The 2023 Women’s World Cup kicked off as planned in Auckland on Thursday, with the co-hosting nation New Zealand triumphing in the opening match against Norway just hours after a lone shooter killed two people and injured six others in the city.

Lily-Rose Depp, and it’s all eyes on the French-American actress and model. Star of The Weeknd’s controversial The Idol has captivated audiences with her talent.

Erik ten Hag says he had a catch-up chat with Lyon star Nicolas Tagliafico prior to Manchester United’s friendly against the Ligue 1 club to talk about his World Cup success with Argentina.

V from K-pop boyband BTS has been named Cartier’s newest brand ambassador.V’s appointment as the French luxury jeweller’s new ambassador first announced today (July 19) by ELLE Singapore. According to the publication, the singer will also be the face of the brand’s new latest Panthère de Cartier campaign, as part of their new partnership.“[BTS’ V’s] distinctive characteristic as a dancer, musician and art enthusiast makes choices driven by his own creativity and shows his unique style and elegance,” Cartier said of the ambassadorship in a press statement, per The K-pop Herald..@BTS_twt V is now the ambassador of @Cartier and the new face of “Panthere de Cartier” campaign.

Angelina Jolie has been spending time with her kids in the Big Apple! This week, the 48-year-old actress was spotted out and about with her 18-year-old daughter, Zahara, and 19-year-old son, Pax, in New York City.On Sunday, the trio stepped out to go apartment hunting. Everyone was dressed casually for the outing, with Zahara in a T-shirt and biker shorts, Pax wearing a white tee and black pants, and their mom opting for a white coat, gray pants and platform shoes.The next night, Angelina had some mother-son time with Pax, as the pair went to dinner together in the West Village.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Berlinale Series Head Julia Fidel has been snapped up by Frank Doelger’s The Swarm and Concordia producer Intaglio Films.

Altice USA and co-CEO of Altice Group, suspended himself from all executive and non-executive duties at the company after a corruption probe launched by authorities in Portugal. Fonseca’s stepping back from his duties comes after Armando Pereira — co-founder of Altice Group, Patrick Drahi’s leading cable and telecom company — spent the weekend in custody as part of an investigation into suspected corruption, fiscal fraud and money laundering, according to French reports. Fonseca is also targeted in the investigation, per Le Figaro newspaper. Altice Portugal confirmed on July 13 it was one of the companies searched by the Portuguese authorities in compliance with a warrant issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office as part of an ongoing investigation directed against individuals as well as entities outside Altice Group. “Altice Portugal is providing all the cooperation requested and will always be available for any clarification,” the company said.

Jane Birkin graced the front pages of most French newspapers on Monday as France mourned the death of the late British actress and singer who enjoyed icon status in the country that she had called home since the late 1960s.

Jurors have retired to deliberate their verdicts in Benjamin Mendy's rape trial. The French footballer, 28, is accused of raping one woman in October 2020, and of attempting to rape a second woman two years earlier.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Federico Fellini’s post-war immigration story “Napoli-New York,” which was penned for the big screen by the famed director but never produced, is set to become a graphic novel written by French comic book writer Jean-David Morvan. Meanwhile, as previously announced, cameras are rolling in Naples on the movie version by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores. Fellini co-wrote the tale with his frequent collaborator Tullio Pinelli, a writer on the Italian maestro’s “La Dolce Vita” and “8 1/2,” as well as other titles. Turin-based media company Arancia Studio has now attached the prolific Morvan – who has written more than 250 books that have sold millions of copies – for the graphic novel adaptation.

Angelina Jolie's former company has accused the actress' ex, Brad Pitt, of "looting" and stripping the couple's former French vineyard of assets in new court documents. Nouvel claimed Pitt has been the mastermind of a "vindictive campaign" to "loot" the profitable business since she first filed for divorce in 2016, according to documents filed Monday and obtained by Fox News Digital.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Gilles Pélisson, the former boss of TF1, has been elected president of French film and TV promotion org Unifrance. He will succeed to Serge Toubiana and Hervé Michel. Other candidates to take the helm of Unifrance included Frédérique Bredin, the former boss of the National Film Board (CNC), Anne Durupty, former Arte France boss, and film producer Marie Masmonteil. Pelisson was elected by a 60-member executive committee, which representatives of guilds and commissions. Pelisson is a veteran within France’s media industry landscape. He previously headed Bouygues Telecom and entered the Bouygues-owned commercial TV network TF1 in 2009 as administrator. He became president of TF1 in 2016 and recently stepped down from the network which is now headed by Rodolphe Belmer.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline spoke to leading international sales firm Playtime about why it made sense to join new European film and TV studio Vuelta Group, which we revealed earlier this morning.

EXCLUSIVE: A significant shakeup in the European indie film space is underway with the formation of new studio Vuelta Group, Deadline can reveal.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Alexia Laroche-Joubert, the well-known French producer behind some of the country’s longest-running unscripted hits, has been named CEO of Banijay France. Taking over from Francois de Brugada, Laroche-Joubert will be spearheading the French portfolio which comprises 15 labels spanning non-scripted and scripted, and will be tasked with evolving and diversifying the pipeline, attracting new talent, identifying new areas for growth, and driving collaboration with the wider group internationally to maximise on exploitation opportunities. The appointment takes effect from Sept. 1. Laroche-Joubert has been at Banijay since 2016 and she has served as CEO for Adventure Line Productions (ALP). She recently launched the scripted label Screen Line Productions.

Banijay France has found its new CEO.