House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attacked the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling overturning Roe V Wade.
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Christopher Vourlias Ariztical has taken North American rights to “All Our Fears,” a gay drama based on the life of Polish artist Daniel Rycharski that won the top prize at last year’s Gdynia Film Festival. Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s international trailer.“All Our Fears” tells the story of Daniel (Dawid Ogrodnik), a young artist torn between his small village community, urban art galleries, the Catholic Church and his gay identity.
When his lesbian friend (Agata Labno) commits suicide after suffering from homophobic heckling, Daniel’s life mission becomes the redemption of his community through a towering work of art. Meanwhile, he struggles not to lose Olek (Oskar Rybaczek), a local man he loves who isn’t able to embrace his sexuality.
The film is written and directed by Łukasz Ronduda and co-directed by Łukasz Gutt. It’s produced by Kuba Kosma, who collaborated with Ronduda on his two previous feature films.Speaking to Variety, Kosma stressed the timeliness of the movie’s message.
“Though ‘All Our Fears’ is based on a true story, it couldn’t be more of a contemporary story in Poland, where there are huge debates over the acceptance of queer people,” he said. “We were extremely grateful that the Polish Film Institute allowed us to tell this important story.”“All Our Fears,” which was released domestically by Kino Swiat earlier in the year, arrives amid ongoing hostility toward the LGBTQ community in Poland.
President Andrzej Duda has decried homosexuality as an “ideology” and made anti-LGBTQ rhetoric a central tenet of his ruling Law and Justice Party. In recent years, the country has cracked down on gay rights protests, while nearly 100 local provinces and municipalities declared themselves
.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attacked the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling overturning Roe V Wade.
Anna Marie de la Fuente The Walt Disney Company and Starz have teamed up to offer a streaming subscription bundle, including Star Plus, Disney Plus and Starzplay, in Latin America.The latest development comes as competition continues to heat up in the region and more deep-pocketed players, led by streaming giants Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Apple Plus, seek to further boost their subscriptions.The bundle, offered in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru on Disney Plus and Star Plus websites, will offer subscriptions to all three streaming services with one price in the local currency. Subscribers will need to download each platform’s app onto their compatible devices to access their programming.
Around 24 cases and six deaths have been reported in Florida, in what the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described as the “worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history”. The CDC and the Florida Department of Health are investigating the outbreak – half of the cases are among hispanic men.
Santigold has announced a series of North American tour dates for October and November 2022, dubbed the ‘Holified’ tour.The tour, announced last night (June 22), marks the singer-songwriter’s first tour of the continent in over three years. It will be in support of her fourth studio album (and first in six years), ‘Spirituals’, which is slated for release this coming September.
William Earl Jennifer Dorn has been promoted to visual content director at Variety.The four-year Variety veteran oversees all photography and photo imagery for the brand. She reports to incoming co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh and Variety co-editor-in-chief Cynthia LittletonBased in Los Angeles, Dorn has significantly expanded Variety‘s investment in original photography.
“This is and was about gun responsibility,” reads the text at the opening of a video Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey posted this afternoon on social media. The black and white video goes on to show he and wife Camila Alves — presumably last week after he made an emotional statement about gun violence during a White House briefing — meeting with over 30 members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.
Same-sex marriage has never been more popular in the United States than it is today, according to a recent poll. According to Gallup’s annual Value and Beliefs poll – taken every year during the month of May – 71 percent of Americans claim they support marriage, besting the previous high of 70 percent recorded in 2021.When Gallup first began the poll back in 1996, only 27 percent of Amercians supported gay marriage. Despite this dismal first poll, support for same-sex nuptials would steadily rise in the subsequent years.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLos Angeles-based Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Colombia-based Spanish director Ruth Caudeli’s Tribeca title “Petit Mal” from Italian sales company The Open Reel. “Petit Mal,” in which Caudeli also stars, is centered around three young women, Martina, Laia, and Anto, who are in a passionate, playful three-way relationship — the dynamic of which is reshaped when one is called away for a long-term project.The pic, which premieres in Tribeca’s Viewpoints section, is loosely based on the director’s personal life experiences.“Petit Mal” is Caudeli’s third feature segueing from her exploration of somewhat similar themes in “Eva + Candela” (2017), in which a female filmmaker falls in love with her leading lady, and “Second Star on the Right” (2019), about a 30-something bisexual woman who refuses to grow up. During Cannes, the Rome-based Open Reel, which is headed by Cosimo Santoro, also sold rights to “Petit Mal” for Germany and all German-speaking territories to Cinemien.de/Pro-Fun Media; and for Benelux to Cinemien.nl.
EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to screen adaptation The Magic Flute, which is executive-produced by Roland Emmerich.
The Wire premiered and it is still hailed as one of the most brilliant shows to exist. David Simon’s genius exploration into the crime world changed the game with its complex storylines citing its depiction of power, race, class and American society. The programme’s legacy continues with the unmatched success of its sprawling cast, which at the time consisted of people we weren’t familiar with.
Manori Ravindran International EditorCannes sensation “EO,” which tells the story of a donkey’s life, has been acquired for North America by Sideshow and Janus Films. The film is the latest collaboration for the U.S.
Reteaming after last year’s collaboration on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Oscar-winning Drive My Car, Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired North American rights to veteran auteur Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, which won the Jury Prize in Cannes this past weekend. A fall theatrical release is planned.
Love Island came to an end we've been eagerly awaiting any news on the eighth series of the show. After months of rumoured contestants we've finally been treated with details of multiple of this years CONFIRMED contestants, one being hotel waitress Indyah Polack.The soon-to-be-reality-TV-star already has a career as a model and influencer outside of her day job and looking at her Instagram page it's apparent she will be the perfect fit for the show.Her page already boasts some impressive looks and has all the polish of biggest influencers suggesting she is already geared up for life outside the villa.She will be joining Welsh paramedic Paige Thorne, microbiologist Dami Hope, model and dancer Tasha Ghouriand and student Liam Llewellyn.Here's everything you NEED to know about Indyah...Indyah is 23 years old.Indyah is from London.Indyah is a hotel waitress.
Nancy Pelosi‘s husband is under arrest.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefArtist and Hong Kong-based experimental filmmaker Scud is to retire from filmmaking leave the city after completing his two final features. These have been licensed for North American distribution by Breaking Glass Pictures.A license deal for rights to “Apostles” and “Bodyshop” was struck by Breaking Glass Pictures and Artwalker, the production company through which the auteur’s entire movie career has been channeled.
Naman Ramachandran Deaf Crocodile Films and Gratitude Films have acquired Indian films “Lalanna’s Song” and “Dhuin” for North American distribution. The deals were completed during the Cannes Market.“Dhuin” is one of six Indian titles selected by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for a market screening.
Khloe Kardashian has spoken candidly about plastic surgery rumours she’s faced, revealing that they used to “bother” her. On Tuesday, the Good American founder appeared on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, where she addressed speculation that she’s had “12 face transplants” over the years. “It did used to bother me when people were [saying] I’ve had 12 face transplants,” she told podcast host Amanda Hirsch.