Apple Original Films Lands WW On Jessie Buckley-Riz Ahmed Drama ‘Fingernails,’ Director Christos Nikou’s English Language Debut: Cannes Market

It’s official — Netflix has renewed its biggest series, Squid Game, for a second season. The followup had been in development, and Netflix brass — as well as the series’ writer, director and executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk and main cast — had  teased a return of the show following the runaway success of the initial installment.

A month before Christmas on a bitterly-cold winter evening in the heart of Manchester city centre, two homeless men died in a fire which engulfed a derelict building. At first they were identified only by their nicknames - Popeye and Uncle Albert - but eventually their characters, personalities and lives were revealed.

Another cutie for Stephen Amell! The Arrow alum and his wife, Cassandra Jean Amell, have reportedly welcomed their second child together.

Producers Dan Lin and Chris Miller spoke about the return of the theatrical release market during a conversation at the Produced By conference. Lego Movie co-director Miller presented his producer Lin with the inaugural Vance Van Petten Award for entrepreneurial spirit. One of Miller’s questions for Lin was: are movies back, in the wake of the success of Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion?

Kate Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” has been experiencing a resurgence in recent weeks after its inclusion in the new season of “Stranger Things”, sending the song to hit No. 1 on iTunes and re-enter the Billboard charts nearly 40 years after its release.

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Harrison, who died at the age of 27. Along with the announcement of the Harrison Wagner Scholarship Fund the stars shared the cause of his death. “The Harrison Wagner Scholarship Fund was created by Jack Wagner and Kristina Wagner in honor of their son Harrison Wagner. Harrison was a bright, exuberant young man whose smile lit up any room he was in.

Britney Spears’ mum has broken her silence on her daughter’s wedding after not being invited to the big day.The star, 40, tied the knot with fitness trainer and model Sam Ashgari, 28, earlier this week, however her mum Lynne, 67, dad Jamie, 69, and two siblings Jamie Lynn, 31, and Bryan, 45, didn’t appear to be invited to the lavish ceremony in LA.The Spears family has faced some tension since Britney’s conservatorship agreement began, which saw her dad have control over many parts of her life. However, with the order now dissolved, Britney is moving on and celebrating her newly married life with husband Sam.The star threw a fairytale wedding at her home in Thousand Oaks in California, complete with a horse drawn carriage and beautiful flower arrangements all over the house and wedding marquee.

Amy Hart has revealed she ruined the sweet moment her boyfriend Sam Rason was about to tell her he loved her. Speaking exclusively to OK! the former Love Island star revealed she pipped him to the post and said it first while on holiday in Spain. “Basically, Sam was about to tell me he loved me, but me being me, ruined it,” she said.

A Harry Styles concert was left in chaos on Saturday night after a fan fell from the top tier balcony at the Ibrox stadium in Glasgow. The incident happened at around 10:15pm, just before the show finished, with many fans on social media saying it was around the time Harry was performing his song Kiwi. During the set, one male fan fell from the Club Deck, which is the third tier of seating within the stadium’s main stand, plummeting into the crowd below.

Love Island couple Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu look set to get closer than ever this Sunday as the pair discover a bizarre similarity while taking part in one of the dating show’s challenges. In scenes due to air on Sunday 12 June episode, Davide and Ekin-Su will get stuck into a game of Never Have I Ever along with their fellow islanders, as they seek to learn a little more about each other.

Kate Garraway has revealed she is “exhausted and very fretful” as husband Derek is “in and out of hospital”. The Good Morning Britain presenter, 55, has been sharing updates on Derek’s health for the last two years after he was hospitalised with Covid-19 in March 2020. In April 2021, Derek was finally released from hospital after 13 months, and now receives round the clock care at their family home.

Gemma Owen is about to get a shock as her ex Jacques O’Neill is set to enter the Love Island villa in on Sunday 12 June. As the show ended, a new hunk was seen entering the villa with the girls all reacting and Gemma, 19, shouting: "Oh my god, that's my ex boyfriend." And it looks like Jacques wastes no time in pulling his ex girlfriend for a chat upon arrival.

Paris Jackson showed off her trademark cool and rockstar style while out shopping for groceries. On Friday, the singer was photographed leaving a grocery store in Los Angeles.Vanessa Hudgens & Paris Jackson celebrate the opening of the Hard Rock Hotel in NYCParis Jackson jets off to The Hamptons with her bandmates ahead of performanceJackson wore a dark oversized shirt and faded mustard colored pants.

Jess Wright has revealed in HELLO! that her baby boy Presley was delivered by emergency C-section.In her first exclusive interview and photoshoot with husband William Lee-Kemp and their newborn son, she tells how she had planned for a natural birth with Will and her mum Carol by her side, however he was delivered by emergency C-section at London's Portland Hospital on 17 May, five days before the due date, weighing 7lb 4oz.READ: Jess Wright reveals sweet nickname for her son"I had been so intent on having a natural birth, and to go through that experience as I'd done all the hypnobirthing, but I had a sense of this is our destiny, this is how it is supposed to happen, and we accepted it, and then got excited that it was happening so quickly."WATCH: Jessica Wright celebrates fun baby showerShe adds: "I felt like I had to be strong and positive and embrace it, rather than going in there panicking. It was the most incredible, surreal, overwhelming experience ever."READ: Take a peek inside Jess Wright's stunning designer nurseryREAD: Inside Jess Wright's glam baby shower with family and friendsJess had been admitted to hospital as she noticed the baby's movements had lessened: "In those last few weeks, he had been so active and then, all of sudden, it completely dropped, which was very scary, so our doctor told us to come straight to hospital."After trying for 48 hours to induce the birth, "they monitored him again and found his heart rate was dropping slightly.

A woman who was found dead at a house has sparked a police investigation.

Cannes Film Festival that the pace of deals was almost as glacial as the amount of time it takes to get your check at a restaurant in the south of France.But then, sacré bleu, Netflix struck, shelling out more than $50 million for the rights to “Pain Hustlers,” a conspiracy thriller that unites Emily Blunt with Harry Potter director David Yates, and the move has started to accelerate deal-making up and down the Croisette.This year’s market has been a litmus test for film sales as the U.S. and key international markets emerge from the worst of the pandemic.

If one actor plays multiple roles in a film, that film is usually a comedy, as the technique is often viewed as an excuse for someone to show off their “wacky” versatility. That technique, however, and the presumption of how it’s applied is radically turned on its head in writer/director Alex Garland’s new surreal and discomfiting horror film, “Men,” from A24.

How would you pick up the pieces if you lost all concept of who you are? In “Apples,” the directorial debut of the Greek filmmaker, Christos Nikou, an amnesiac pandemic sweeps the globe and forces those afflicted with the disease to a recovery program involving cassette tapes and cameras. But is that enough to recover one’s identity? READ MORE: Jessie Buckley & Riz Ahmed To Lead Christos Nikou’s Sci-Fi Romance ‘Fingernails’ Here’s the film’s official synopsis: As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life.

IDLES, Holly Humberstone, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler, will be joining the festival’s 2022 line-up.The National and The Chemical Brothers were previously announced as headliners of the Scottish festival, which takes place at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre from August 26 – 28. View the line-up poster below.Other names on the bill for the rebooted event, include Mogwai, Little Simz, Self Esteem, Black Country, New Road, Jon Hopkins, Black Coffee, Bonobo, Bombay Bicycle Club, John Grant, LOW, Idlewild and more.

As this year’s Cannes Film Festival gets underway, the marketplace for upcoming films that happens each year at the festival heats up too. And the crop at Cannes 2022 looks very appealing so far, with Cronenberg‘s “The Shrouds,” a couple of films starring Jessie Buckley, and Michel Gondry‘s first movie in seven years all up for sale.