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They are just weeks away from Hollywood’s biggest night, and this year’s Academy Award nominees got their red carpet practice in as they arrived in style for the 94th Oscars Luncheon in Los Angeles on Monday.Leading the high-profile nominees were some of the film industry's biggest stars, including Spencer star Kristen Stewart, former Oscar winner Penelope Cruz, Jessica Chastain and newcomer and West Side Story star Ariana DeBose.The actresses stunned in elegant black ensembles and playful pink items as they caught up with their fellow nominees. Star power: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz and Ariana DeBose were dressed in their best as they led the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards on Monday at the ceremony's annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Los Angeles Kristen Stewart highlighted her inimitable style at the social event with a stylish cropped black jacket with all but the top button left undone.She made the look edgy by going topless underneath it, and she paired the jacket with black pleated satin slacks that reached down to the floor.

Joy Corrigan flaunted her beach-ready body in a series of Instagram photos Tuesday.The Victoria's Secret model posed in a barely-there flesh toned swimsuit in pictures taken during her recent vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.The string bikini bottom and daring top, which covered the Reprisal star's essential bits, but little else, had fans all a twitter. Many posted lots of hearts and flames for their comments.

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Winners of two Palme d’Or awards at Cannes – Rosetta (1999) and The Child (2005) – Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are known for their incisive, socially minded output. In Young Ahmed (Le Jeune Ahmed), the brothers return once again to their favourite subject, underprivileged adolescent protagonists on the margins of society or in trouble with the law.The film won the Dardennes Cannes’ ‘Best Director’ gong last year and, despite its familiar tone, feels like something of a departure for the duo who have bravely chosen to broach a rather thorny subject.

Former Electronic Arts, Disney and Midway executive Michael Rubinelli has been appointed CEO of online esports platform Mogul, the Australian company revealed Wednesday. Mogul operates the tournament and matchmaking platform Mogul.gg, which allows players of any skill level, along with teams and game publishers, to connect with one another and compete for prizes in all the major esports titles.

In The Bubble Of Our Making: Reopening The Arts In Northern Ireland.“We know that public confidence at returning to indoor events and performances is low – we have all seen the statistics on the low appetite for booking for future arts events, and the alarming time-lag there may be before even bookings are considered,” the document said.“The Arts Council is keen to see public performance spaces open in towns and cities across Northern Ireland, including sites for outdoor installations and exhibitions.”Venues will need to consider whether audiences will have to wear masks or face coverings when they reopen – as they are “enclosed public spaces.”“Based on your risk assessment and taking into account audience expectation, you may decide that

Dumped butane cylinder could have killed refuse staff Horsecross had previously said it was having to cut 120 roles out of a workforce of 168 due to the global pandemic.The body, which runs Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall, has since faced criticism from some workers for its handling of the situation.But the latest news will bring some respite to the crisis-hit organisation, which also saw a mass resignation from its board at the end of last year after an external audit on the raised “serious concerns” its governance and management. Pill the size of a Jelly Baby a new weapon in the fight against bowel cancer Horsecross Arts chief executive Nick Williams said: “Since the COVID-19 crisis hit, we’ve been following up every potential

John-Paul ClarkWest Lothian chart toppers The Snuts have sent an open letter to Nicola Sturgeon asking for industry support.The lads have been hit hard financially in recent times because they had to postpone planned gigs during the global health crisis.The West Lothian Courier reported last week how fans of the group had started a crowdfunder to help them pay their road crew.The letter to the First Minster, dated August 4, asks that she support the music industry whilst also listing the many virtues they believe artists bring to society.It says: “Art is the joy that helps you suppress the gloom. Art is your favourite Netflix show that allows you to spend that one precious hour that you seem to have these days with the person you love.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Shawn Mendes is teaming up with Fender Guitars for the creation of his own branded model — the Shawn Mendes Foundation Musicmaster.The stylish electric six-string offers a fresh take on a classic Fender design from 1965, a variant of the guitar’s duosonic model. The front and back of the guitar is stylishly designed with a floral finish and a few updates.

Naman Ramachandran Specialty channel Sky Arts, part of pay TV operator Sky, has ordered a new photography project by acclaimed photographer Rankin.From Monday through Aug. 23, amateur and professional photographers are invited to send in new photographs or something from their back catalogs that represents their 2020, in the categories Family, Fun, Self, Beauty, Empathy and Nature.

Veteran actress and former MP Glenda Jackson has said how there is a long way to go before there is gender equality in the TV industry.

Leading figures from the UK’s dance music scene – including Fatboy Slim, Thom Yorke, Four Tet and Massive Attack – had joined the campaign last week, urging the government to support the industry through the coronavirus pandemic. London’s “night czar” Amy Lamé and Sacha Lord, the nightlife advisor for Greater Manchester, had also voiced their support for the move.Now, Arts Council England has announced details of the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants Programme, providing up to £500 million of relief support for cultural organisations based in England.

Following the 2020 Emmy nominations, Billy Porter appeared virtually on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday night (July 28) to discuss the nomination for his performance in Pose and his grassroots campaign Be an Arts Hero. At the top of the show, the late-night host congratulated the actor on his second nomination for playing Pray Tell in the FX drama, which was revealed during an announcement hosted

Naman Ramachandran The U.K. government has revealed how its planned £1.57 billion ($1.9 billion) Cultural Recovery Fund will be disbursed across arts sectors.Of the total amount, the government has currently released £880 million ($1.14 billion), which has been split into two funding rounds.

U.K. arts and culture network Sky Arts will become a free-to-air TV channel in September, "supercharging its mission to increase access to and drive participation in the arts," Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky said.

Treasures Of The British Library, Tate Britain’s Great Art Walks and The South Bank Show, which it took over after it was cancelled by ITV after 33 years.Upcoming programme highlights to note include a Style Council biography, a look at the life and works of Harold Pinter by Danny Dyer and a broadcast of one of English National Opera’s September drive-in performances of La Bohème.Portrait Artist Of The Year, one of the channel’s most popular shows, will also make a return with sitters including Sir Trevor McDonald, Ray BLK and Normal People star Paul Mescal.The channel’s on-demand library of content will remain exclusively available to Sky and Now TV entertainment pass customers only.Sky Arts also announced a series of £30,000 bursaries

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Naman Ramachandran Comcast-backed specialty channel Sky Arts is set to go free-to-air from September, after years of speculation around the delivery of the U.K. arts offering.“It is really timely in a way, particularly because the arts and culture sector is in crisis in many ways,” Philip Edgar-Jones, director of Sky Arts, told Variety.

hereBack in 2018, 12 of the photographs went onto be exhibited at Manchester Central Library as part of an event sponsored by the National Transgender Charity, Sparkle.It is thought to be the first gallery of its kind in the city.One of the photographs, Grace, went onto win the BJP Portrait of Britain award and was displayed at train stations across the UK last year.Now all of the images have been put together in a book for the first time, following support from Arts Council England.Allie said: "Stories of transformation fascinate me, especially when they are women's stories. I love to photograph teenagers, trans women, women surviving illness or escaping violent marriages.

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Read More About: Organisers said many of the works on display have been inspired by the ongoing global pandemic.Paisley artist Alexander Ramsay’s piece Lockdown Fever will be exhibited alongside Masked Angel by Lynn Howarth and Covid Old Glory by Boo Paterson.Themes of self-care, wellbeing, isolation and connection and the familiar symbols of face coverings and rainbows all appear in the exhibition.Eòghann added: “We hope the 132nd Paisley Art Institute annual online will also offer an opportunity to reflect on our collective experience of this pandemic through several pieces which deal very directly with the lockdown theme.“It has been humbling to see how a number of artists exhibiting in the 132nd PAI Annual Online have directly taken