Vivendi to Acquire Amber Capital’s Stake in Lagardere, Sets Takeover Bid in February 2022

Apink will be making their long-awaited comeback with all six members next year.The girl group’s agency IST Entertainment (formerly known as Play M Entertainment) announced in a statement yesterday (December 22) via Xports News that Apink would be making a comeback in February 2022.However, IST clarified that “their precise comeback date and album details have not yet been decided, so we will announce these at a later date”, as translated by Soompi.

The Bronx have announced the postponement of their upcoming European headlining tour dates.The Los Angeles-based punk band confirmed via social media that all existing tickets for shows across Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and France will remain valid for the new dates – originally set to take place in January 2022 – when they are rescheduled.The band’s UK shows, kicking off at Motion in Bristol on January 26, are due to go ahead as planned.“So stay tuned for the announcement, and rest

FIFA 22 has been revealed, and it features Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne and Bayern Munich sensation Robert Lewandowski.The new items, which will be put into packs at 6PM UK on December 22, feature unique upgraded versions of the best performing players of the week.Following his performance for Bayern Munich during which he scored a goal, French defender Upamecano receives his second in-form item of the season.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentStarring “The Lovely Bones’” Stanley Tucci and “Da 5 Bloods’” Clarke Peters and produced by Movistar Plus in association with AMC Studios, “La Fortuna” is set to roll out in half the major distribution territories in the world.First up is Germany, where Sky will air the TV debut of “The Others” director Alejandro Amenábar from Dec. 24.A U.S.

If you want to get in the International Film Oscar race get your ass to the Cannes Film Festival. This year, eight titles that made the 15 films cut debuted on la Croisette including Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero,” Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s NYFCC and LAFCA Best Film winner, “Drive My Car.” This year’s Palme d’Or winner and the French submission, “Titane,” was snubbed.

Netflix will release its first ever original film in Arabic next month, a remake of the Italian hit movie “Perfect Strangers.” “Perfect Strangers,” the 2016 film from director Paolo Genevese, has been remade 18 times across countries such as France, Spain, South Korea, Germany, Greece and more, making it the most remade film ever. Now, the Arabic version will gather up a cast of Pan-Arab talent, as led by Lebanese director and actor Nadine Labaki (“Capernaum”) and Egyptian star Mona Zaki.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAs Europe copes with yet another wave of COVID-19 infections and skyrocketing cases of the Omicron variant, prospects for a full-blown comeback for the international film festival circuit are looking less likely every day.The Netherlands and Denmark have taken the strictest measures so far, while France and Germany have closed their borders to U.K. travellers.

Emilio Mayorga Rémi Chayé’s “Fleur,” Claude Barras’ “You’re Not the One I Expected” and Alberto Vázquez’s  “Unicorn Wars” are some of the multiple potential standouts at the 24th Cartoon Movie, Europe’s leading animated movie co-production event.Scheduled to take place in Bordeaux, France, over March 8-10, the 2022 Cartoon Movie lineup features 57 projects, 15 from France, seven less than last year as animation grows in the rest of Europe but still a mark of its predominance in Europe as a

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMidem, for decades the primary international conference for the music industry, will not be returning in 2022 and the brand will be taken over by the city of Cannes, France, owner RX France announced on Wednesday.“Due to the lasting pandemic and following a review of its activity, RX France [formerly Reed Midem] has decided to no longer organize the Midem events,” the announcement reads in part.

Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment has set writer/director duo Amr El Daly and Jad Aouad to develop an Arabic adaptation of global box office hit Intouchables. Front Row acquired the Arabic remake rights to the original French title which released in 2011 and made $427M worldwide. It was later notably adapted in a 2019 U.S. version, The Upside, starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProminent Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Front Row is going forward on its Arabic remake of French hit comedy “Intouchables,” with a writer and director team now attached and plans to start shooting in Egypt in May 2022.For the task of adapting the French original about a grumpy white paraplegic billionaire who strikes a friendship with his street-smart Black ex-con caretaker, Front Row has recruited Egyptian screenwriter Amr El Daly

Police Scotland officers are being investigated over their actions in the lead-up to the death of Hamilton teenager Amber Gibson.

The brother of tragic Scots teenager Amber Gibson has appeared in court charged with murder, sexual assault and perverting the course of justice.

The family of 'murdered' Scots teen Amber Gibson have paid tribute to their "little ball of ginger light."

Robin Roberts and partner Amber Laign recently returned from a beautiful vacation - and their guest shared a glimpse at what they got up to. The couple escaped the hustle and bustle of New York to go to their "happy place," and it turns out they brought someone else with them. MORE: Robin Roberts and Ginger Zee bring fans to tears with special Good Morning America moment Robin and Amber's beloved dog, Lukas, was in attendance too and one look at his very own Instagram feed and it looks like he