Newen Expands International Footprint With Acquisition of Scandinavian Outfit Anagram

Clayton Davis Thirty years ago, former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom created the independent arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment with full autonomy to produce, acquire and distribute films from cinema’s notable auteurs. In the decades since, Sony Pictures Classics has picked up 158 Oscar nominations and 37 statuettes (41 in total for films helmed by Barker and Bernard). It has also made history: Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000) earned 10 Oscar nominations, the most ever for a non-English-language movie, and went on to win four trophies, including foreign language film.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Former RAI CEO Fabrizio Salini – who prior to running the Italian pubcaster held top posts at Sky, Fox International Channels, and Discovery Italy – has joined Italy’s Minerva Pictures, which is stepping up its expansion from film into the realms of TV and streaming content. The veteran TV exec will become a board member at Rome-based Minerva, the production, digital publishing and distribution company headed by Gianluca Curti. Minerva has been branching out into TV since 2019 when Santo Versace, who is the older brother of Gianni and Donatella Versace, decided to invest in the company, becoming chairman of its board. Salini, besides joining the Minerva board, will be in charge of the company’s “business activities with broadcasters and streamers,” said Curti, who added that the exec has a mandate to explore opportunities that go beyond film, TV series and docs.

Married At First Sight UK stars Tayah Victoria and Adam Aveling have welcomed their first child together. Tayah, 26, and Adam, 27, announced they were expecting back in April in an exclusive OK! shoot, and now they've announced the arrival of their adorable baby daughter and her sweet name. The new parents both shared the happy news on Instagram and revealed that they'd named their baby girl, who arrived on 7 October, Beau Emily Aveling.

EXCLUSIVE: French family cooking studio Chefclub will create several cooking series for social media platform Pinterest.

Newen Studios has pushed into the Scandinavian scripted market with the acquisition of a majority stake in Nordic film and TV company Anagram.

A portrait of Angelina Jolie covered in bees has been named one of the winners of the Siena International Photo Awards 2022. The 'Maleficent' actress posed with the creatures for a National Geographic piece to highlight her involvment in the Women for Bees programme for World Bee Day last year, and Dan Winters' image won the Fascinating Faces and Characters category at the annual competition. Images from all 12 categories will be on display at the Siena Awards Festival in Italy until 20 November, along with the winning photos of the Creative Photo Awards, Drone Photo Awards and the solo exhibitions of the late Danish Siddiqui.

The stars are stepping out for the Off-White Fashion Show!

Joe Alwyn stars opposite Margaret Qualley in the forthcoming film, , from director Claire Denis and A24. On Thursday, the steamy first trailer was released and promises an «erotic tale of sex, lies and intrigue.» Based in Nicaragua,  is the film adaptation of Denis Johnson's 1986 novel of the same name.

Narcos: Mexico has picked up two nominations at the International Emmy Awards 2022 and will battle with Lupin, Vigil and South Africa’s Reyka for the coveted Drama Series prize.

What a year 2022 has been for French director Claire Denis. Back in February, her film “Both Sides of the Blade” (formerly known as “Fire”) premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

Christina Aguilera is opening up about how she was almost known by another name in her music career.

Christina Aguilera is sharing the special meaning behind her Spanish album ‘AGUILERA’ and revealing how proud she is of her Latina heritage. During a recent interview at Billboard Latin Music Week, the iconic singer was asked why she had chosen to use her last name for her latest project.