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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent While at the Venice Film Festival to pay tribute to Ruggero Deodato, “Drive” and “The Neon Demon” filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn participated in a masterclass and bashed streamers for being “overfunded and rotten with money and cocaine.” The director, who previously infuriated some in the film biz by claiming that “cinema is dead,” said he has somewhat changed his mind and will now fight for cinema to continue on because streamers have “kind of saturated everything” and “devalued content to just a swipe.” Refn, who last directed the series “Copenhagen Cowboy” for Netflix, said “it’s incredibly sad and terrifying because art is essentially the only thing – besides, you know, sex, water and happiness — that makes us exist.” “Even though I projected it was dead a few years ago, it has changed into something we have to fight for,” he added. “Theatrical movies are part of what makes us human and experience creativity.” The director, who lives in Copenhagen with his wife and children, went on to tie streamers to the dangers of artificial intelligence saying that it’s “certainly something affecting our industry.” “AI is not an artist,” Refn proclaimed.

Jordan Moreau Denzel Washington is back as professional killer Robert McCall in “The Equalizer 3,” which has made $3.8 million in previews at the box office. The R-rated, action thriller is expected to make between $28 million and $30 million in its opening weekend. With the Labor Day holiday on Monday, it could grow from $33 million to $40 million in the four-day frame.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent The Venice Gap-Financing Market is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year with record-breaking attendance and impressive new figures on the projects that the core component of Venice’s industry side has helped bring to the big screen. All told, over the span of a decade, “We have had 370 films (including immersive) from 70 countries and 80% of them have been completed within six months after the festival,” says Pascal Diot who heads the Venice Production Bridge, as the Lido’s market is known.

where she stood out thanks to her killer vocals and heart-on-sleeve performances.Since then, Spencer Smith's journey to stardom has been the modern Gen Z dream—riding the wave of TikTok influence, she's used the power of social media to connect, resonate, and uplift with her music. In late 2021, Spencer Smith found her first on TikTok with her heartbreaking ballad, “Fingers Crossed.” She released it as her first-ever single in January 2022 and followed it up with another viral hit——by that April.“I owe my life to social media,” she tells Glamour. “It's been with me from the start and the best way to connect with my fans and share my music.”Spencer Smith's debut album, , out now, reflects the singer-songwriter’s hopes, heartbreaks, and everything in between.

may be one of the biggest and most glamorous actors of our time. But these days, most of the mom of two's time is spent on a .At her core, however, Seyfried is still a —she just has her own definition of farm-friendly glam.

just proved that the of today look totally different than how so many celebrities wore them not even 20 years ago. After all, you never really fully grasp the breadth of what "bangs" can mean until you take a over the years.

into a frenzy with her . Now, while enjoying her seemingly endless European summer holiday, the star has thrown another curveball into the mix—and this time it’s fashion-related.“Yesterday I found out I’m actually a Gemini rising... someone unpack that for me,” she captioned her latest carousel of holiday snaps.

George R.R. Martin has named which television episode he considers as the best finale “in the history of television”.The renowned author – most famed as the creator of the Game Of Thrones universe – took to his website to share a blog update with his fans, explaining which are his favourite television episodes over the past quarter of a century.This was prompted after Vanity Fair published an article, naming a Game Of Thrones episode as one of the 25 episodes it considers to be “perfect” from the last 25 years.The episode in question was the penultimate episode to the show’s second season, Blackwater, which aired in May 2012 and centred around the character Stannis Baratheon, as he leads his army into a battle to claim King’s Landing.“I have never claimed to be perfect… but if the good folks at VANITY FAIR want to say so, who I am to argue,” the author wrote on his page, sharing a link to the complete list.“Of course, they are not actually saying I am perfect.

Tom Grennan has announced his biggest headlining show to date at London’s Gunnersbury Park.Taking place on August 10, 2024, the BRIT and Ivor Novello- nominated artist will take over the famous open-air venue with indie favourites Blossoms joining in as opening support. Grennan has been riding high with the success of his second Number One album, ‘What Ifs & Maybes’, and a sold-out UK arena tour.Grennan said of the big moment via a press release: “Gunnersbury!!!! I can’t believe it, this is my biggest headline show to date! And it’s going to be MASSIVE! Grab your mates, grab your family, your mum, your dog… this one’s going to be special.

The Rolling Stones have added fuel to the fire of new album rumours around the title of ‘Hackney Diamonds’, and have teased a worldwide announcement.The rock legends appear to be on the cusp of officially announcing their 24th album – likely to be their first record featuring original music since 2005’s ‘A Bigger Bang’ – which many believe is titled ‘Hackney Diamonds’.Today (September 1) the Stones posted an augmented reality video clip of their tongue and lips logo above an entrance to New York City’s 59th Street Columbus Circle subway station.

Mercury Prize performers have been announced and will feature 10 live and two pre-recorded performances at the awards.The awards show, which is set to take place on September 7 at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, will feature live performances from Ezra Collective, J Hus, Jessie Ware, Jockstrap, Lankum, Loyle Carner, Olivia Dean, RAYE, Shygirl and Young Fathers who will each perform one track from their shortlisted album.Both Fred Again.. and the Arctic Monkeys will be on tour in September meaning that they will not be in attendance for the show.

Far Cry has been transformed into a virtual reality version of the classic first-person shooter, thanks to the efforts of three developers.Holger “cabalistic” Frydrych, devsnd and praydog have been working on the mod for a little over a month, improving on aspects like visible hands, quick saves, cutscenes, weapon handling and more. Check it out in action below.As well as being free to download and install, the instructions are very simple to understand for Steam VR and Oculus Touch, and it only requires a copy of the original Far Cry to play.

If you want to transform your dry, dehydrated tresses without a trip to the salon, then you're in luck as Garnier's bestselling hair mask is now over half-price cheaper on Amazon.

He was whisked into Turkey for talks - but Alfredo Morelos has been left counting the cost of Rangers cautions in Fenerbache transfer talks.

Livingston Women’s keeper Molly Reeve hopes she can build on her first clean sheet for the club after the Lionesses drew 0-0 with Boroughmuir Thistle at the weekend.

A number of unconfirmed reports have circulated about Lucy Letby's first few days at HMP Low Newton. Some of these have claimed that she was subject to a brutal attack at the hands of another prisoner.

Medical experts have highlighted the most 'key' symptoms of the new Covid 'Pirola' variant as it spreads worldwide.

Sydney Sweeney was in her element while cruising around Venice, Italy on Friday (September 1).

Emma Stone‘s Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos opened up about working with her on intimate scenes in the movie while attending a press conference at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.

Could the long-rumoured “Schitt’s Creek” movie finally be happening?

Hollyoaks legend Nicole Barber-Lane has revealed that she's set to join Coronation Street - and viewers will see her on-screen in just a matter of weeks. Soap fans will best know the actress for playing Myra McQueen on the Channel 4 soap.