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taking to Instagram to celebrate the achievements of their children, and on Thursday it was Harper's turn to be praised.VB shared a photo of her 11-year-old daughter in the back of their car, with two awards pinned to her school uniform. Harper is pulling a silly face and making the 'rock on' sign with her hand, while her mother has captioned the photo: "First and second place in the swimming gala!" Victoria Beckham celebrated Harper's achievements Harper, who recently enjoyed a ski trip with her parents, likely inherited her competitive streak when it comes to sport from her professional footballer dad, David.Her older brother Romeo followed in his dad's footsteps too, playing football at a professional level, while Cruz is a keen surfer.WATCH: Harper Beckham's cutest family moments you've forgotten aboutIt's only Brooklyn who appears not to have inherited the sporting gene.

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has urged Loris Karius to 'rewrite the story of his career' as he prepares to start against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.

EXCLUSIVE: In a seven-figure deal finalised over the last week, Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films has beaten out competitors for UK rights to Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid, which A24 is releasing in the U.S. on April 21.

Victoria and David Beckham are back from their recent family ski trip, and ave made it home in time to celebrate Pancake Day in style. The doting dad of four was on flipping duties, but his skills left his wife less than impressed.Watch to see Victoria pull a rarely seen smile and walk off out of shot over her husband David's Pancake Day antics.WATCH: Victoria Beckham resists breaking into a laugh as husband David flips a pancake As well as showcasing David's 'skills' when it comes to pancake flipping, the video also inadvertently revealed the family's epic cooking space in all its glory.Their centre island with copper pans hanging above is giving us major royal vibes – as it's a very similar feature to the pot hanging station they have in the jaw-dropping kitchens of Buckingham Palace.Behind Victoria, there are lengthy shelves containing glassware and plates on show.

CPH: DOX Sets 2023 Main CompetitionThe Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, affectionately known as CPH: DOX, has set the full lineup for its 2023 edition. This year, the festival will screen more than 200 new documentaries, with over 100 world premieres – the largest number at CPH: DOX. Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s long-awaited film A Storm Foretold about Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone will debut at the fest alongside a new doc by One Child Nation director Lynn Zhang. This year CPH: DOX also celebrates 20 years. Guests set to visit include Wim Wenders, Joan Baez, Nathan Fielder, and Jeremy Deller. You can check out the full lineup here.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Despite representing Germany at this year’s Academy Awards for best international feature, “All Quiet on the Western Front” writer-director Edward Berger doesn’t feel national pride for the country. “I don’t feel that because of the history,” Berger tells Variety. “I could never say I’m proud to be German. Those words don’t fit into our mouths, and rightly so. I would have a hard time thinking I would represent the country because I can’t speak for the entire country.” On this episode of Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast, Berger discusses “All Quiet on the Western Front’s” nine Oscar noms — the second most of the year — and employing the most artisans of any non-English movie in history. Finally, he shares why he feels a responsibility to accurately portray Germany’s role in some of humanity’s most devastating wars. Listen to the full podcast below.

Angelique Jackson The cast of Ava DuVernay’s latest film, inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” is now complete with the addition of Blair Underwood, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Isha Blaaker, Leonardo Nam, Donna Mills and Emily Yancy. The seven actors join Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis, who was previously announced as the lead in the film, as well as Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman, Jon Bernthal, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Myles Frost. Announced in October 2020, DuVernay serves as the writer and director of “Caste,” which adapts Wilkerson’s acclaimed book. Described in The New York Times as “an instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far,” the book — and subsequently DuVernay’s film — examines the system of hierarchy that has shaped America.

From “Rosa Luxemburg” in 1986 to 2012’s “Hannah Arendt,” the films of Margarethe Von Trotta, an icon of the New German cinema, have put strong female protagonists center-stage in renditions of German history. For her latest, Von Trotta paints a portrait of German poet Ingeborg Bachmann, author of essays, radio dramas, and opera libretti.

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham's 23 year old son Brooklyn Beckham exchanged his vows with Nicola Peltz, 28, in front of their loved ones in April 2022 at the £79m Palm Beach estate. But 10 months on from their wedding day, Nicola’s wedding planners Nicole Braghin and Arianna Grijalba are suing her, her mum Claudia and wedding designer Rishi Patel for damages of at least £41,000. Nicola's dad Nelson is also suing Nicole Braghin and her business partner, Arianna Grijalba, as he claims they are refusing to refund him the $159,000 deposit he paid.

Victoria and David Beckham are currently enjoying a ski holiday in the Alps with their two youngest children, Cruz, 18, and Harper, 11.As you'd expect from a fashion designer, Victoria looks effortlessly chic in the snow dressed head to toe in black Prada, complete with a Victoria Beckham branded beanie hat, but her ski slope choices did raise questions among fans.WATCH: Victoria Beckham's style evolution, from pop star to designer iconOne queried: "Who goes skiing with a full face of makeup???" while another asked: "Don't you get cold around your middle in your crop jacket?" referring to the fact VB was wearing an incredibly stylish chic cropped ski ensemble.Others were wowed by Victoria's stylish ensemble, writing: "Only VB could rock ski clothes," and: "Only Vic can look hot in skiing clothes. She is a damn style legend." Victoria Beckham looked incredibly chic on the slopesThe family seems to be having a fabulous time on their holiday, with Victoria choosing to skip the end of London Fashion Week in favour of family time, but the former Spice Girl has suffered from scrapes on the slopes in the past.

Marta Balaga Total spend on content will “flatten and slightly decline” this year. This tendency might continue for “at least” the next couple of years, according to Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson, a speaker at Monday’s opening panel of the Berlinale Series Market, which runs through Feb. 22. “We are entering a phase of market maturity in streaming: Growth is difficult to come by. We see it across the globe, most drastically in the U.S.,” he observed.  That said, there is one “lockdown trend” that happened to stick around: Unscripted commissioning rose to match scripted, with streaming commissioning currently focusing ever more at documentary, entertainment and reality. 

Victoria and David Beckham are enjoying a luxury trip to the slopes with their two youngest kids.The couple, who recently paid tribute to their decades long relationship for Valentines’ day, were joined by 18 year old son Cruz and 11 year old daughter Harper Seven for the trip.The family headed to Courchevel, one of the world’s largest ski resorts in the world, in the picturesque French alps - but eldest sons Romeo and Brooklyn were missing in action. Taking to her Instagram, Victoria, 48, posted a series of snaps from the holiday for her 30 million followers to enjoy.

“They treat you like a movie star,” says an admirer to Ingeborg Bachmann at one of her celebrated readings. She smiles graciously and agrees, thus establishing the baseline for her story.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Luc Besson’s ”Dogman,” starring Caleb Landry Jones, wowed buyers at the Berlin’s European Film Market, where it was screened for select buyers. “We hosted only one private screening of the completed film and buyers were stunned, they all came out saying that it was Luc Besson’s best film to date, his most mature movie and some even called it a masterpiece,” said Gregoire Melin, founder of Kinology, which is handling sales on the film. On the heels of the screening, Kinology closed deals with some of the biggest distributors in key international territories, including Italy (Lucky Red), Germany and Austria (Capelight Pictures), Spain and Latin America (Sun Distribution Group), Scandinavia (Svensk Filmindustri), Benelux (Belga Films), Switzerland (Elite Film), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Monolith), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais), Czech Republic and Slovakia (AQS) and former Yugoslavia (Blitz).

Ed Meza @edmezavar German cinema looks set for a major boom this year with a strong lineup of diverse works that span historical dramas, coming-of-age tales, high-octane nostalgia, animation and sci-fi fun. The Berlin Film Festival is bowing a muscular selection of local titles, among them “Afire,” by Berlinale mainstay Christian Petzold (“Undine”), screening in competition. The films centers on a group of young people staying at a holiday house near the Baltic Sea during a hot, dry summer, exploring volatile emotions that start to sizzle when a wildfire spreads through the surrounding forest. Likewise vying for the Golden Bear is Margarethe von Trotta’s biopic “Ingeborg Bachmann: Journey Into the Desert,” starring Vicky Krieps (“Corsage”) as the radical Austrian author. The film examines her relationship with Swiss writer Max Frisch and her 1964 journey of self-discovery through the Egyptian desert.

Naman Ramachandran Acclaimed “Phantom Thread” actor Vicky Krieps’ latest film, “Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert,” directed by German cinema legend Margarethe von Trotta, has its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. Krieps plays the titular Austrian Bachmann, one of the most renowned German-language poetry and prose writers of the 20th century. The film follows her life and career and her relationships with Swiss playwright (Ronald Zehrfeld), Austrian author Adolf Opel (Tobias Samuel Resch) and German composer Hans Werner Henze (Basil Eidenbenz) during a six-year period in her life from 1958. The actor was familiar with the writer from her formative years. “I knew about Bachmann because in Germany she’s very famous. I grew up with her in school,” Krieps told Variety. “I was very into poetry when I was younger, so I knew her poetry.” Krieps familiarized herself further with Bachmann’s work once she was cast.

Sydney Sweeney showed off some skin while attending a photocall for her new movie Reality during the Berlinale International Film Festival.

Ben Croll Zurich-based Tellfilm, the Swiss outfit behind this year’s Golden Bear contender “Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert,” has lined up a robust co-production slate, teaming with European partners on the psychological thriller “Motherhood” and the period drama “Gloria!,” while developing their first scripted series “How to Be Sad – The Right Way” with an eye towards global streamers. Co-produced by Austria’s Freibeuter Film (“The Great Freedom”) and with Germany’s The Match Factory handling international sales, the Johanna Moder directed “Motherhood” will tackle maternal anxieties and regrets through the lens of a tense psychological thriller. Production is slated for later this year, with actors Marie Leuenberger and Hans Löw signed as leads. “The Square” star Claes Bang is attached as well.

Nicola Peltz Beckham just took a leaf out of her mother-in-law Victoria Beckham's book – and in the best way possible. The actress was pictured pitchside as she supported her husband Brooklyn Beckham during a game of football, where she debuted her flawless WAG style for all to see.The actress cheered on her beau while rocking a pair of super-skinny jeans and a patent black puffer jacket with a high neckline and a quilted exterior.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Russian documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky and the production team behind his Oscar-shortlisted feature “Gunda” will follow up with the second instalment in his “Empathy Trilogy.” AC Independent will handle the North America sale and Cinephil will be selling international rights. They will be kicking off sales this week at the European Film Market in Berlin. The new film focuses on the health of the oceans and the effects of industrial fisheries. The “Empathy Trilogy,” of which “Gunda” formed the first part, looks at the sentience of non-human animals.