Sudan Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Janelle and Monzir were pretty confident going into the competition. 

Tame Impala will return to London on Thursday (August 25) to headline All Points East 2022 – check out the full stage and performance times below.Kevin Parker and co.

Three communications execs — Marlea Willis of Marlea Willis Communications, Michael Krause of Foundry Communications and Jolyn Matsumuro of The Brookes Company — are starting a new entertainment PR agency, Luminary Communications.

Sudan Archives hasn't been killing 2022 for no reason. The string of singles released by the Los Angeles-based musician – "Homemaker," "Selfish Soul," and "NBPQ (Topless)" – have all caught our ears in different ways and built our anticipation for her upcoming sophomore project.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorYemeni film “The Burdened,” directed by Amr Gamal, won the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in Eastern Promises, the industry section of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on Tuesday.The story, written by Gamal and Mazen Refaat, centers on Ahmed, Isra’a and their three children in Aden, Yemen in 2019.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorKarlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival’s industry section, Eastern Promises, has unveiled its lineup of 35 film projects, which will be showcased during the Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Odesa International Film Festival Works in Progress presentations.

Brittney Parks (Sudan Archives) has announced the Homecoming Tour, a run of 16 North American shows early this fall. The tour is scheduled to start September 24 at Solana Beach, CA’s Belly Up Tavern and work its way up the coast to Vancouver, through the midwest, and down the east coast before making its final stop at Lodge Room in the Cincinnati-born singer-songwriter-violinist’s adopted hometown of Los Angeles.

Charli XCX has been announced for the inaugural Bristol festival FORWARDS this autumn, marking her first live appearance in the city – you can buy tickets from here.She joins the already announced Jamie xx, Little Simz, Khruangbin and Fred Again.. on the Saturday (September 3) line-up at Bristol’s Clifton Downs.

Neneh Cherry has announced new collaborative album ‘The Versions’ which will see the likes of Robyn and Greetea Peng rework tracks from across Cherry’s back catalogue.Following on from Robyn’s cover of ‘Buffalo Stance’, Sia has reworked Cherry’s 1989 track ‘Manchild’.Check it out below:“Neneh was my favourite artist when she hit the scene” explained Sia. “I saved my pocket money for red filas and dreamt one day we would meet.“When I was struggling with my mental health in my early twenties, I somehow ended up in their house being taken care of as if I was one of their own children. I called her husband during a suicide attempt, who had been mentoring me as an incredible music producer, and they gave me all the love I could have dreamt of.

APPOINTMENTSMusic credits database Jaxsta has promoted Beth Appleton to CEO, as founder Jacqui Louez-Schoorl focuses on other activities at the company. “Jacqui and I are magnificent business partners and friends”, says Appleton.

Film Independent today announced the names of the 30 filmmakers, from 11 nations, selected to participate in its 2022 Global Media Makers LA Residency, taking place in person this month.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTikTok, which as become the official partner of the Cannes Film Festival, has assembled the prestigious jury of its inaugural #TikTokShortFilm, a global in-app competition of vertical shorts.Rithy Panh, the BAFTA-nominated Cambodian filmmaker of “The Missing Picture,” will preside over the international jury, which comprises Basma Khalifa, the Sudanese multi-disciplinary creative, Camille Ducellier, the artist and filmmaker of “Bachi-Bouzouk,” Angele Diabang, the screenwriter and producer of “Un air de kora,” as well as Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-born TikToker and content creator. Eligible short films will be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes in length.

As schools, shops and businesses across the UK raise funds for Red Nose Day 2022, here’s what you need to know about Comic Relief – and when Red Nose Day beganEvery mid-March, people all over the UK don iconic red noses and take part in fundraising activities to raise money to help to end child poverty and hunger. The UK’s funny fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Comic Relief, sees Red Nose Day held every two years – with schools, businesses and celebrities raising money to help aid Comic Relief’s mission of tackling poverty in the UK and across the world.

DEALSPeaceville Records has signed Sigh to release their twelfth studio album later this year. “I’ve been following Peaceville’s history from the very beginning”, says Sigh’s Mirai Kawashima.

Brittney Parks, the violinist, singer, and producer, who records under the stage name Sudan Archives, has shared her new original song in three years. It's called "Home Maker," and it comes with a video directed by Jocelyn Anquetil (Bree Runway, Tkay Maidza).

Right Said Fred, who took issue with the TV personality’s upcoming trip to the Ukrainian border.Rinder is heading to the area to help the grandparents of his former Strictly Come Dancing partner Oksana Platero find safety.According to the UN, more than one million civilians have fled Ukraine because of the Russian invasion.Earlier this week Rinder, a criminal barrister, shared his plans to fly to Poland, which borders Ukraine. “Right now (Platero’s) grandparents are a week into their struggle to find sanctuary in a safe country,” said Rinder on Twitter.

Ann Curry will receive the Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award from Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication on April 5.

Zack Sharf With its Super Bowl teaser earning over 3 million views and counting in less than a day, all signs point to “Moon Knight” being one of the biggest television series of the spring. The show marks Oscar Isaac’s introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Marc Spector, a former CIA operative turned mercenary who dies during a job in Sudan but is revived and turned into the conduit of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Isaac recently told Empire magazine that “Moon Knight” is a character study the likes of which the MCU has rarely seen.“Often on these big movies it can feel like you’re building the plane on the runway,” Isaac said.

Wilson Chapman editorGet ready to meet the many, many sides of Marc Spector.During the Super Bowl, Marvel Studios unveiled the second trailer for “Moon Knight,” the Oscar Isaac-starring limited series premiering March 30 on Disney Plus.The Marvel Cinematic Universe series stars Isaac as Moon Knight, a character first created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin in 1975 for the comic series “Werewolf by Knight.” In most depictions of the character, Moon Knight is the secret identity of Marc Spector, a former CIA operative turned mercenary who dies during a job in Sudan but is revived and turned into the conduit of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, becoming a Batman-esque vigilante. One of the character’s most notable traits is his dissociative identity disorder, which manifests in several distinct personas with defined personalities.

Saba and G. Herbo trade honest and open verses about their tough upbringings on new song "Survivor's Guilt." The Daoud and daedaePIVOT co-produced song is the latest to be lifted from Saba's upcoming Few Good Things, due February 4.

Hannibal started in Tunisia's opening game of the Arab Cup against Mauritania on Tuesday afternoon.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticEighteen years ago Megan Mylan co-directed “Lost Boys of Sudan,” a memorable documentary chronicling hope and upheaval among seven young men who landed in the U.S. after surviving village massacres during that nation’s second civil war.

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EXCLUSIVE: HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide and streaming rights to Simple as Water, a new documentary from Oscar winner Megan Mylan (Lost Boys of Sudan, Smile Pinki), which will hit theaters in limited release later this year before debuting on HBO, subsequently becoming available for streaming on HBO Max.

Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech, accusing him of faking an injury to avoid playing in a friendly, as he explained why the star player was left out of the squad for World Cup qualifiers this week. Ziyech was a surprise omission from the squad for matches against Sudan and Guinea, given that he has recovered from a shoulder injury and came off the bench for Chelsea against Arsenal in the Premier League on 22 August.

The treacly sentiments on the brotherhood of man from the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony didn’t take long to vanish. On Friday, a judoka competitor from Algeria was suspended and sent home after withdrawing from the games by refusing to face an Israeli.

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asylum support and accommodation system". On Saturday, several dozen demonstrators gathered in Glasgow's George Square, exactly one year on from the attack, carried out by Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan.

Glaswegians have raised more than £6,000 for a refugee food delivery courier after his bike was nicked. Abdulwahab Ibrahim Bahar had travelled to Scotland from his native Sudan around 18 months ago to start a new life away from war and poverty.