WGA Leaders Meet with Key CEOs; AMPTP Releases Details of Latest Contract Offer

The ex-wife of notorious prisoner Charles Bronson has met her former lover for the first time in nearly 50 years - and all the signs are there for a positive outcome.

EXCLUSIVE: Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World, which has just been submitted as Romania’s official entry into the International Oscar race, has been picked up by Mubi for multiple key territories. 

Joe Swash has said that fans 'missed out' after his wife Stacey Solomon didn't manage to scoop a National Television Award. The couple were out on Tuesday night (September 5) at the star-studded event as Stacey's show Sort Your Life Out was nominated in the 'factual' category.

Angel Studios, the platform empowering filmmakers with full creative control to crowdfund and create, is announcing today the release of CABRINI—the second Angel Studios release from SOUND of FREEDOM Director Alejandro Monteverde. CABRINI will launch in theaters nationwide on March 8, 2024.

As if to come to the aid of her national cinema after the debacle that was Roman Polanski’s The Palace, Poland’s Agnieska Holland, soon to turn 75, restores some of her homeland’s cultural dignity with a devastating exposé that angrily, and quite brilliantly, questions its humanity and political integrity. At 144 minutes, and in black and white, it is not exactly a Trojan horse, and its moral rigor does not come with a spoonful of sugar. But Green Border earns every second of that running time, and with a focus and energy that belies its directors age. Awards-wise, this may prove to be the international feature to beat.

British Airways has launched its September flash sale, with plenty of discounts on flights for 2024.

Michaela Zee Chris Keyser, co-chair of the Writers Guild of America negotiating committee, has shared a special message over the Labor Day holiday. After acknowledging the WGA staff, who have “dedicated their working lives to the cause of writers and writing,” Keyser shared key points of the ongoing writers strike. “We all know the list by heart by now,” he said in the video message.

Joe Swash has hit back over the backlash that his family got over their recent luxurious family holiday to Turkey. After Stacey kept her followers updated on their trip and shared some stunning snaps on Instagram, some fans criticised their family due to the cost involved. One person commented: "Sorry Stacy but an average family could not afford this hotel you are very lucky to be able to afford this”, while another said: “She doesn’t live in the real world anymore”.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Did the Algonquin round table somehow spiritually relocate itself in the early 1970s to Key West, Florida? The idea that the small, remote island city was a hotbed for one of the last great counterculture arts scenes — particularly for prose writers, but also with some music mixed in — is the focus of a new short film about the Key West scene of 50 years ago, “All That Is Sacred.” The 34-minute movie, which stars the famous novelist Tom McGuane and writer-musician Jimmy Buffett, has its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. Variety has an exclusive premiere for a trailer for the film, which does not yet have distribution; check it out below.

A gallery of tech industry CEOs, including Tesla/X’s Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai, are scheduled to attend a Senate forum on artificial intelligence next month.

An airline has split opinion by launching ‘adults-only’ sections on its flights – with children banned from entering cordoned off zones. Turkish airline Corendon is offering grown up passengers the chance to pay an extra £38 to £105 to enjoy a 'calm and relaxed flight' in kid-free areas.The carrier plans to offer seats in the ‘Only Adult’ zone on its A350 flights between Amsterdam and the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao from 3 November.

It seemed Prince Harry had burnt his bridges with the royal family after the revelations in his explosive memoir Spare, but a source has revealed that a reconciliation could be on the cards. In a dramatic U-turn, Harry is said to be thrashing out a plan with King Charles to arrange peace talks, but has allegedly made it clear he wants his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, there too.

The celebrity world is full of unexpected connections and surprise friendships - and the reasoning behind one of arguably the most peculiar kinships has today been revealed, leaving fans baffled. Despite being just 12 years old with The Only Way Is Essex premiered on ITV2 in 2010, Stranger Things actress and global talent Millie Bobby Brown has become extremely pally with much-loved reality star Mark Wright.

The Writers Guild said today that the AMPTP’s latest counteroffer for a new contract “is neither nothing, nor nearly enough.”

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After four straight days of bargaining, the Writers Guild said tonight that it will meet again next week with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer UPDATED: The Writers Guild of America met again with negotiators from the major studios on Friday afternoon, but the sides appeared to make little progress toward ending the 109-day strike. The guild issued a message to members Friday evening confirming that the sides plan to gather again next week. The guild has held talks each of the last four days with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but the two sides remain far apart on the major issues, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

An Iranian filmmaker and his producer reportedly face prison time and being barred from filmmaking after they showcased a movie at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval, drawing immediate criticism internationally from leading American director Martin Scorsese and others.

Alfredo Morelos is keeping himself fit in his bid to find a new club - and the former Rangers star joined in for a game of fives with some Colombian doctors this week.

Danniella Westbrook has suggested she could be rekindling her relationship with her jailbird ex-fiancé, following her own brush with the law in Spain last week. In an interview with the Mirror, the former EastEnders actress talked about how her on-off beau David would soon be released from prison and that she could be planning a move from her home in Portugal to Spain, to be with him.