Another weekend, another round of the UK media chewing over the entrails of the fragmented relationship between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the rest of the British Royal Family.
20.06.2023 - 16:51 / etcanada.com
Facing adulthood is never easy.
On Tuesday, the first trailer dropped for Canadian director V.T. Nayani’s new film, “This Place”, starring Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns.
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The official synopsis describes the film as “a coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways, while navigating multiple legacies of grief and love.”
In the film, Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) plays Kawenniióhstha, a young woman from the community of Kahnawà:ke near Montreal, who leaves to attend university in Toronto and seek out her estranged Iranian father.
Guns (“Tide of Lies”) plays Malai, who has been trying to figure out her post-university future while having a strained relationship with her brother, and dealing with her father, an addict attempting to mend his relationships, coming back into her life.
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Both being the daughters of refugees, the young women meet in a Toronto laundromat, and soon being to fall for each other.
Co-written by Jacobs, Nayani and Golshan Abdmoulaie, the film features dialogue in English, Mohawk, Persian, Tamil and French.
“This Place” had its premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Another weekend, another round of the UK media chewing over the entrails of the fragmented relationship between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the rest of the British Royal Family.
McKinley Franklin editor Rob Young, the Oscar-nominated sound mixer of “Unforgiven,” died June 11 in Albi, France from complications of a fall he sustained during a trip to Morocco. He was 76. Young was a sound mixer in the feature film industry for nearly 40 years, earning an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Sound for Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Western “Unforgiven.” He mixed sound for other popular projects including “William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet” and “Jumanji” in the mid-1990s. Among his other notable credits were “Catwoman,” “She’s the Man,” “Final Destination 3” “Night at the Museum,” “Jennifer’s Body” and “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”
N-Dubz have announced details of free pop-up gig in London this Friday (June 30) ahead of their upcoming album.Last year, the trio reunited after an 11-year hiatus, before sharing comeback single ‘Charmer’ and embarking on a 27-stop reunion tour which was mostly sold out.This Friday (June 30), the iconic British pop–grime band will perform a free surprise show for 2,000 fans at BOXPARK Wembley. The concert is set to start at 6pm and end at 8pm, with tickets available here.The pop-up gig, in partnership with Festival Republic, will warm the duo up for their headline show at Gunnersbury Park on August 11, with Tion Wayne and Venbee set to support. N-Dubz will finally release their fourth record ‘Timeless’ next month.
Ed Meza @edmezavar Behrooz Karamizade’s Iranian drama “Empty Nets,” which has its international premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, offers a sobering look at the increasingly difficult, sometimes hopeless lives of young working-class people in Iran as they strive for better lives. Set on Iran’s northern Caspian Sea coast, the film follows Amir (Hamid Reza Abbasi), a young man who, desperate to marry his girlfriend Narges (Sadif Asgari), seeks work at a local fishery with the hope of earning enough money for an appropriate dowry and winning over her upper-class parents. Once there, illicit opportunities present themselves and he is soon drawn into the dangerous but lucrative business of sturgeon poaching and the black market caviar trade.
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Gino D'Acampo stepped in to replace Dermot O'Leary as This Morning's host in a hilarious moment that saw him clash with Janet Street Porter.The Italian chef is a regular fixture in the ITV daytime show's kitchen and was back today (Tuesday, 20 June) to demonstrate a range of summery desserts and cocktails. When the show returned from an ad break, Gino had was in a different spot and had taken host Dermot's place behind the presenters' desk alongside long-time presenter Holly Willoughby.
solve the UK homelessness crisis — but he thinks the important issues that the Firm supports just get lost in the shuffle of people’s daily lives.“We’re all very busy, and I think it’s hard sometimes to see what the family bring and what we do,” William, who will turn 41 on Wednesday, told the Times over the weekend.“But the amount of causes, the interests, the dinners, the meetings, the visits, whatever it is, that we do day in, day out, throughout the year, we’ve always been involved in that. It’s part of what we do,” he added.
The Royal Family’s official Twitter account posted three photos of three generations — one showing King Charles chuckling alongside his late father, Prince Phillip, and another picturing Queen Camilla smiling with her late father, Bruce Shand.And, in a touching tribute, the account also included a photo of King Charles with his two sons, Prince Harry, 38, and Prince William when they were younger — amidst their ongoing family drama. “To Dads everywhere, we wish you a very special Father’s Day today,” the caption read.Prince William seemed to take a different approach on his own official social media account, posting two sweet snaps of himself smiling with this three kids; Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte 8, and Prince Louis, 5.To Dads everywhere, we wish you a very special Father’s Day today.
The royal family stepped out in style at the first Trooping the Colour celebration in honor of King Charles III.
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Former Love Island star Olivia Attwood was faced with a harsh reality check on Friday morning as she returned from her lavish honeymoon in sunny Dubai with her footballer husband Bradley Dack and found herself in a “pi** soaked lift”. After returning to the UK, Olivia took to Instagram to share a mirror selfie which looked far different from the beautiful scenes she was sharing from Dubai not even 24 hours previously.The star, 32, who donned a grey hoodie and black leggings penned: “Well a ride in a pi**-soaked lift at Stockport station was really a swift slap back to reality this morn.
Dianne Buswell, Dani Dyer and The Wanted singer Max George are among a new batch of celebrities in the latest series of Celebrity MasterChef, it has been announced. Joining them on the BBC One show is The Inbetweeners actor James Buckley, Black Eyed Peas rapper apl. de.
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Loose Women's Denise Welch is set to play Queen Elizabeth II in an upcoming Princess Diana musical, named Diana the Musical. The 65 year old is no stranger to acting, having starred in Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Waterloo road during her lengthy career. The concert version of Diana the Musical will see an older Diana both narrating and reflecting back on her life and that of her 19-year old self, played in two parts, by Kerry Ellis (Wicked, Anything Goes) and Maiya Quansah-Breed (original cast member of Six).
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Former Loose Women star Saira Khan, 53, is embracing the heatwave sweeping the UK as she stripped down to a bikini. Posting a snap of her confidently posing in the blue two-piece to her Instagram, Saira made sure to share a body positive message alongside it.The TV star went makeup free in the mirror selfie, with her hand on her hip as she beamed in the blue swimwear, with her adorable dog sleeping soundly in the background. She captioned the post: "I can’t believe it - At last Bikini weather! Come on you ladies 50+ share your bikini pics with me! I don’t giving a flying monkeys a**e about stretch marks, wobbly bits or my weird skin - This Is Me and I’m enjoying the sunshine (safely).
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