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NME about their hopes and expectations for returning this summer after taking a year off due to coronavirus.Following the cancellation of Glastonbury 2021, Boris Johnson last month unveiled the government’s “roadmap” out of lockdown and easing of COVID restrictions.Depending on the success and effectiveness of the vaccine rollout, how the NHS is coping with the current infection rate and any potential threats from new variants, the government’s four-step plan should end on June 21 with the “aim to remove all legal limits on social contact” – allowing full-capacity gigs and festivals with no social distancing to return.While a great deal of uncertainty remains – and the festival circuit still reeling from the government’s decision this week

Refresh for latest…: The Berlin Film Festival is unveiling its Competition winners this afternoon following five days of virtual screenings. Given the ongoing pandemic, this year was a hybrid event that included the European Film Market and the competition films being made available only to industry delegates and the international jury from March 1-5. Berlin intends to run an audience-focused festival in June, when films will be shown on the big screen. Also at that time, a physical prize ceremony is expected to take place so that today’s winners can be honored in person.

manchesterfoodanddrinkfestival.nutickets.com for a reservation fee of £5. Alexa Stratton-Powell, festival director commented: “This year’s festival is about celebration, reflection and recovery.

Midsumma Festival has announced that it is cancelling one of its most popular events this year, the Midsumma Carnival, in light of Coronavirus restrictions in Victoria. Instead, the festival organisers said they are lining up two nights of free queer live entertainment with its inaugural Live At The Bowl concert, at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on April 30 and May 1, 2021. The cancellation of the Carnival will surely be disappointing for the community, and remains to be seen how it impacts the Midsumma Festival financially.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic took to the stage alongside Bologna boss Sinisa Mihajlovic as the pair belted out an Italian pop-rock classic.The Swedish striker has been a special guest all week at the Sanremo music festival, which doubles as both an awards ceremony and a song contest.It’s being held for the first time without an audience this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with audiences watching on television and live stream.The 39-year-old striker turned up late to proceedings, explaining from the stage that he’d been forced to hitchhike.He said: “There was an accident on the motorway.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said the internet video platform will lift its suspension of Donald Trump only after it determines that “the risk of violence has decreased.”On Jan. 12, YouTube determined that Trump’s channel violated the site’s policy against inciting violence, resulting in a suspension of least seven days.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Giants Being Lonely, the coming-of-age drama that had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. The pic, which marked the feature debut for mixed media artist Grear Patterson, will now bow April 6 day-and-day in theaters and on demand.

six Dr. Seuss books that will no longer be printed due to their “racist” imagery — a move that comes after the books started going for hundreds of dollars on the auction site.

Henry de Bromhead is counting down the days until the 2021 Cheltenham Festival.

La Mif (The Fam), a coming-of-age drama from Swiss director Fred Bailif, has won the top prize for best film in the Generation 14Plus sidebar of the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. Bailif'sfictional look inside a residential care facility housing teenage girls "pulls you in, never lets you go, and hits straight to the heart," according to the Generation jury.

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The ATX Television Festival will mark its tenth year with an expanded edition. For the second consecutive year, the Austin, TX-based fest will be virtual. It will run for an expanded ten days from Friday, June 11 through Sunday, June 20, 2021 and include interactive events to encourage a shared community experience.

Ian Brown has pulled out of a festival, sharing his anger at a Covid vaccination rule put in place as a condition for entry.

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has admitted that he lied to investors who pumped millions of dollars into the infamous Bahamas event.McFarland made the bold admission in an unauthorised interview from behind bars with radio host Jordan Harbinger for the Dumpster Fyre podcast – which has landed him in solitary confinement.McFarland is currently serving a six-year sentence at the Federal Correction Institution in Elkton, Ohio after pleading guilty to multiple counts of fraud, including for the disastrous festival in April 2017.“I knowingly lied to them to raise money for the festival. Yes.

The first thing to understand about the social dynamics in Mexico around police is that they differ greatly from how the public in the United States relates to law enforcement officers. Stateside, both the uncritical reverence some feel toward them—namely the Blue Lives Matter crowd—and the terror they incite among BIPOC communities emanate from their violent efficaciousness and status as inflexible figures reveling in a lack of accountability.

direct to your inboxIan Brown has pulled out of a festival appearance after refusing to play event that accepts "vaccination proof as condition of entry".The Stone Roses frontman was lined-up to play Neighbourhood Weekender on its new date in September.But Ian, 58, has now told fans his headline show "will not happen" after festival organisers said they would "comply with conditions" set out by the government through the local authority that will safely allow large-scale events to go ahead.He tweeted: "My Saturday night headline show at NHBD Weekender Festival will now not happen!"I refuse to accept vaccination proof as condition of entry.Refunds are available!"The organisers of the Warrington festival have now replaced him with indie icons

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival said Thursday that its 2021 edition is being postponed until late August amid the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers said the new dates are Aug.

As industry guests enjoy the Berlinale from home this year, eagle-eyed viewers will take pleasure in spotting a familiar location in the latest film from South Korean auteur and festival-regular Hong Sang-soo. If we can’t stroll around Potsdamer Platz this year, at least the characters in “Introduction“ can share a moment there.

Jailed Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland is speaking about the ill-fated 2017 bash that led him to six years in federal prison for defrauding investors of $27.4 million.

Georgia Brown, the director of European originals at Amazon Studios, is to become the advisory chair of the 2021 Edinburgh TV Festival.