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K.J. Yossman “The Kingdom Exodus,” the third and final instalment in Lars von Trier’s “The Kingdom” trilogy, has gotten its first teaser and poster.The first glimpse at the final season comes as TrustNordisk, which is handling international sales, announces the trilogy has sold to September Films in Benelux and Aerofilms in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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Josip Juranovic and the Celtic transfer trump card as mentor offers insight into man behind signing chase

In-demand Josip Juranovic is in pole position to be Croatia’s first pick at right-back in the 2022 World Cup Finals.

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Queen Maxima dons tricolour cape dress by Jan Taminiau for tonight's concert in Vienna

Queen Maxima, 51, is on a state visit to Austria with her husband King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands. The Dutch Queen stepped out tonight wearing a beige and red kaftan dress by Dutch designer Jan Taminiau.

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KISS thank Austrian fans with Australian flag display during Vienna show

KISS were met with laughter and online mockery following a concert in Vienna, where the band’s logo was displayed with an Australian flag insignia.The mishap took place at the end of the band’s show at Wiener Stadthalle on Sunday night (June 26), with the phrase “KISS LOVES YOU VIENNA” being displayed on the screen as fans were leaving the arena. As pointed out by Twitter user Ben Nguyen, however, the KISS logo featured the Australian flag, rather than the flag of Austria – of which Vienna is the capital city.

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Lisa Hochstein accuses ex Lenny of 'volatile behavior' that made her 'flee' from their $52M mansion

Lisa Hochstein has accused her estranged husband Lenny ofvolatile behavior, alleging he 'berated and threatened' her in front of the couple's two children.TheReal Housewives of Miami star, 39, claims she and the kids had to leave the family's $52million Miami mansion due to 55-year-old Lenny's conduct, indivorce documents obtained by The Sun.The newly single beauty additionally asked thecourt to forbid Lenny's alleged girlfriend - presumed to be 26-year-old Austrian model Katharina Mazepa - from having contact with the kids after acting in a manner 'that would be seen as injurious to the minor children.' Ugly divorce: Lisa Hochstein has accused her estranged husband Lenny of volatile behavior, saying he 'berated and threatened' her in front of the couple's two children; Pictured 2019The reality star wants to be granted exclusive possession of the mansion, after Lenny previously asked the court to kick her out as he claimed that in their prenuptial agreement, Lisa had agreed to leave the home if they were to get a divorce. She is also asking that his 'alleged unannounced visits' to the home to stop right away.As for Lenny's girlfriend, Lisa is asking that the woman have no contact with their daughter Elle, two, and son Logan, six, as it is 'detrimental' to them.

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Three people killed after train full of passengers crashes with car on railway tracks

USA, near the intersection of Orwood Road and Bixler Road, at around 1pm local time (9pm UK time) on Sunday (June 26), with fire officials confirming the number of fatalities.There were 80 people on board the train during the time of the crash, but none of them were injured, with the car passengers being the ones hurt – including one child – and were transferred to a nearby hospital, ABC7News reports.READ MORE: Hero lorry driver 'risked his life' to save pensioner from burning car wreckThe vehicle, a four-door sedan, was on the tracks when it was hit and came to a rest approximately 60 feet away.The five-car Amtrak passenger train could be seen stopped about a quarter of a mile from the site of the crash.At least two bodies were seen lying on a gravel embankment roughly 25 feet from the vehicle, according to local reports.The cause of the crash is currently under investigation, but the location is known for its potential dangers, with first responders attending to calls at least once or twice a year, as the crossing does not have a traffic guard.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Last month a train derailed and flipped over into a river in the US state of Pennsylvania, with shocking pictures showing the accident.The train derailed after hitting a truck, but luckily no one was killed, with three people taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.READ MORE:Horror train crash in Austria leaves one dead and dozens injured after derailingPittsburgh train crash: Horror pics show chaos as train derails and flips into riverMunich train crash horror sees one killed and 40 injured as two engines collideDeadliest UK train crashes - victims 'shot' to stop them

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Meet the W Series female drivers getting ready to race at British Grand Prix

HELLO! magazine. Alice Powell, Abbi Pulling, Jamie Chadwick, Sarah Moore and Abbie Eaton posed on the track at Silverstone ahead of next weekend's British Grand Prix, where they will also be racing.READ: Meet the wives and girlfriends of the F1 starsThe up-and-coming W Series is a racing team which helps nurture a series of high-profile female role models who will hopefully one day be regarded as highly as their male contemporaries.And they tell HELLO! how the sky's the limit.WATCH: Behind the scenes with the W Series driversJamie, 24, says: "To be part of a movement like W Series, which is such a significant and a big stepping stone for women in sport, is amazing."Competing alongside Jamie next weekend will be 28-year-old Sarah, who recently made history as the first openly LGBTQ person to stand on the podium at a Formula 1 weekend, when she placed second at Styria, Austria, last year.

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Patient left blind after doctor accidentally removes wrong eye during operation

A doctor accidentally removed the wrong eye during an operation, leaving the patient blind. The incident occurred after a major mix-up at a hospital.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ex-Wife Maria Shriver’s Relationship Timeline Through the Years: The Way They Were

For nearly 25 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver were a Hollywood and political power couple.

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Motherwell are 'there to be shot at' as they target top-six Premiership spot again

Motherwell boss Graham Alexander has warned his side will be there to be 'shot at' in the Premiership next season, and will have to work hard just to stay in the top six.

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Cyrielle Raingou Wins Kirch Foundation Award at Munich Film Up!

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCameroon’s Cyrielle Raingou has won the Kirch Foundation Award, which comes with a €5,000 cash prize, for her film project “I’m Coming for You.”The award comes at the conclusion of the first edition of Munich Film Up!, an eight-month mentoring and residency program for film school graduates that started in November.The program was created by the Pop Up Film Residency, in partnership with the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München) and the Munich Film Festival.The six filmmakers who took part in the program were:Lana Bregar, Slovenia (Film school: AGFRT Ljubljana) with “Dark Head” Erec Brehmer, Germany (Film school: HFF München) with “Lightness and Weight” Anastasiya Gruba, Ukraine (Film school: Kyiv University) with “Women Suicide Season” Loïc Hobi, Switzerland/France (Film school: Ecole de la Cité) with “Crypto Lover” Cyrielle Raingou, Cameroon (Film school: Doc Nomads Master) with “I’m Coming for You” Pratik Thakare, India (Film school: Satyajit Ray Institute Kolkata) with “A Midnight Meal” “I’m Coming for You,” which is still at an early stage of development, centers on Karthoumi, a young mother. Always wearing a hijab, she rides a Bobber motorcycle across Africa’s Sahel region to trade with Boko Haram terrorists.

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Dean Henderson set for Nottingham Forest transfer as Manchester United target Daniel Bachmann

Nottingham Forest have provisionally agreed a deal to sign Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson on a season-long loan.

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Doctor accidentally removes wrong eye during surgery – leaving patient blind

hospital in Slovakia was due to have surgery on a damaged eye, but his doctor's mix-up left him and his family devastated. The hospital has offered the victim and his family psychological care to deal with the horrifying mishap.

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Meet Southampton's new £10m defender known for "mental flights of fancy"

Southampton have moved quickly this summer to sign Armel Bella-Kotchap from Bochum on a £10million deal, though it has not been an easy road. The 20-year-old had been courted by the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea in the past, which might come as good news for Saints fans.

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‘Sound of Music’ star Julie Andrews reflects on recent reunion with von Trapp children: ‘We’re family’

Julie Andrews has never said "so long, farewell" to her "Sound of Music" family. On Wednesday, the actress appeared on the "Today Show," where she discussed her close bond with the remaining cast of the 1965 film. Several of the cast members who played the von Trapp children, including Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) reunited earlier this month for the 86-year-old’s AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony. "We do keep in touch, but not on a really regular basis," Andrews explained.

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Dangers of super gonorrhoea from infertility to blindness as global warning issued

A new strain of super gonorrhoea has been reported after an Austrian man had unprotected sex with a Cambodian sex worker. What makes this strain so worrying is that it is resistant to most antibiotics commonly used to treat the infection, scientists have warned.

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Twitter awkwardly translates Bayern Munich's welcome message to Sadio Mane

Twitter might have some explaining to do after mistranslating Bayern Munich's welcome message to Sadio Mane after his transfer.The Senegal international made the move to the Bundesliga on Wednesday after leaving Liverpool in a deal worth around £35million. The Reds had their hands tied after the forward entered the final year of his contract.Instead of looking to prolong his six years on Merseyside, Mane told the club that he wanted a new challenge amid interest from Munich.

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Paramount Plus UK - what to know as new streaming service launches

Paramount+ has just launched in the UK and the streaming service is a host to movies, TV shows, and documentaries produced under parent companies Paramount Pictures and Viacom CBS.

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Motherwell sign Hibernian defender just days after new deal was agreed

Motherwell have made their second signing of the summer after the capture of defender Paul McGinn from Premiership rivals Hibernian.

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International Broadcasters Unite for Global Doc Initiative at Sunny Side of the Doc

Naman Ramachandran Seven international broadcast majors have teamed to launch a call for documentary proposals at the ongoing Sunny Side of the Doc market.The international documentary coproduction unit of France Televisions is uniting with partners ZDF (Germany), Channel 4 (U.K.), CBC (Canada), SVT (Sweden), ORF (Austria) and ABC Australia, seeking proposals for high-end documentaries dealing with subjects in two categories. The first category focuses on ancient civilisations, archaeology, paleontology, geology and space exploration and the second on the subject ‘How cutting-edge science can provide solutions to save the planet.’Proposals should ideally be “an epic scientific adventure with international scope, following groups of international scientists in their fieldwork,” with “wide and international audience appeal” and “factual clarity combined with an engaging and emotional approach, creating a sense of awe” and are “visually spectacular, using the best of modern image-making techniques,” according to the broadcasters.

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‘Wolf Pack’: Armani Jackson, Bella Shepard, Chloe Rose Robertson & Tyler Lawrence Gray To Star In Paramount+ Series

EXCLUSIVE: Armani Jackson (Honor Society, Chad), Bella Shepard (iCarly, The Wilds), Chloe Rose Robertson (Wildflower) and Tyler Lawrence Gray (Our Town, Macbeth) are set as the young leads in Paramount+ series Wolf Pack. The series hails from Jeff Davis, developer and executive producer of the 2011 MTV series Teen Wolf, and MTV Entertainment Studios where Davis is under a deal.

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Louis Saha gives credit to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick work at Manchester United

Manchester United have been told that they must build on the tenures of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick next season.

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Paramount Streaming Chief Tom Ryan Talks Global Expansion, New Originals (EXCLUSIVE)

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAs Paramount+ prepares for its splashy, star-studded U.K. and Ireland launch in London on Monday, Paramount’s president and CEO of streaming Tom Ryan spoke to Variety about the rebranded company’s global streaming biz expansion that, besides being powered by original content, stands out in the field for its diversified model.This model involves a mix of platforms and partnerships, combining direct-to-consumer and a la carte offerings with a market-by-market approach.

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Aleksandar Kolarov announces retirement as Man City duo called up for England Under-19s

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday, June 19.

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Mercedes boss slams "pitiful" behaviour of rivals as F1 bouncing row heats up

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff accused rivals of "pitiful" behaviour amid the cars bouncing row in Formula 1.The Austrian had a bust up with Red Bull's Christian Horner and Ferrari's Mattia Binotto during a meeting at the Canadian Grand Prix. Upon the conclusion of the meeting, he said each one was guilty of "manipulations in the background".This season, Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have spoken out about the severe bouncing of cars following the introduction of F1's all-new design regulations, as it has affected their team greatly.

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Police spoke to tennis ace Dominic Thiem when neighbours thought he was 'shooting porn'

tennis star Dominic Thiem after neighbours thought they were hearing ‘porn noises’.Thiem, 28, has been training in the Austrian village of Traiskirchen in a return to action after a long-term wrist injury. But a bizarre episode saw neighbours call police to the property where the former world No.3 had been staying and training.Austrian media report the neighbours in question had grown weary of hearing raucous moaning from his training complex, which went on for more than an hour.

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James Wade given 'The Mop' nickname as England progress at World Cup of Darts

darts career, but that could be about to change if England teammate Michael Smith gets his way. The duo are playing together at the World Cup of Darts in Germany and made an impressive start to the tournament with a 5-1 win over the Czech Republic on Friday night. It was clear the pair enjoyed playing together and, with Smith’s heavy scoring combined with Wade’s finishing ability, they look to be the perfect match.

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Gerwyn Price revels in rare fans favourite status as Wales eye World Cup of Darts glory

Gerwyn Price received a big boost on and off the oche as Wales made a winning start to their World Cup of Darts campaign.Price, in tandem with Jonny Clayton, claimed Wales’ maiden World Cup crown in 2020, and they reaffirmed their title credentials with a dominant display against Philippines duo Lourence Ilagan and RJ Escaros. The second seeds produced the performance of the night at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, averaging just over 99 in a 5-2 victory to set up an intriguing last 16 showdown against 2021 finalists Austria.While Clayton has impressed so far this year, topping the Premier League table, it has been a tough season for Price, who has struggled for form and fitness.

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Sylvester Stallone, Jessica Chastain, Gillian Anderson to Feature at Paramount+ U.K. Launch – Global Bulletin

Naman Ramachandran Streamer Paramount+ is set to make a splash at its U.K. launch in London on June 20, with a galaxy of stars from its original shows set to feature at the hot ticket event. Graham Norton (Paramount+’s “Queen of the Universe”) will host the event which will feature stars from Paramount’s series and films including Gillian Anderson, Viola Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer (“The First Lady”); Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon (“George & Tammy”); Miranda Cosgrove (“iCarly”); Kevin Costner and Kelly Reilly (“Yellowstone”); Tawny Cypress and Melanie Lynskey (“Yellowjackets”); Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris and Bill Nighy (“The Man Who Fell To Earth”); Joey Essex, Chloe Ferry, Bethan Kershaw and James Tindale (“All Star Shore”); Matthew Goode and Juno Temple (“The Offer”); Shelley Hennig, Tyler Hoechlin, Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed and Holland Roden (“Teen Wolf”); Faith Hill and Tim McGraw (“1883”); Sonequa Martin-Green (“Star Trek Discovery”); Natascha McElhone and Pablo Schreiber (“Halo”); Kate Mulgrew (“Star Trek Prodigy); David Oyelowo (“Bass Reeves”); and Sylvester Stallone (“Tulsa King”).

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German TV Series ‘Sisi’ Returns to Lithuania

Neringa Kažukauskaite The second season of the German TV series “Sisi,” which follows the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (also known as Sisi), is currently shooting in Lithuania, Film New Europe reports.The series is produced by Story House Pictures GmbH for RTL+ and serviced by the Lithuanian company UAB Nordic Productions. The shoot is benefiting from Lithuanian Film Center’s tax incentives.The six-part second season is directed by Sven Bohse (“Dark Woods”) and Miguel Alexandre (“Spy City”), and it is written by Elena Hell, Svenja Rasocha, Robert Krause and Andreas Gutzeit.More than 100 Lithuanians are part of the international team, including production designer Algirdas Garbačiauskas and costume designer Daiva Petrulytė.

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Beta Cinema Picks Up ‘The Fox’ by Adrian Goiginger, Director of Break-Out Hit ‘The Best of All Worlds’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBeta Cinema will handle international sales on “The Fox,” a drama about an Austrian soldier and his friendship with a wounded fox cub, set during World War II. Alamode Filmverleih will release the film in German-speaking territories in early 2023.The film is directed by Adrian Goiginger, whose directorial debut “The Best of All Worlds” became a break-out hit after premiering at the Berlinale in 2017, winning more than 100 awards around the world.Beta Cinema will introduce “The Fox” to select international buyers at the German Previews, the annual industry event organized by German Films in Munich from June 20-23.“The Fox” is the true story of Franz Streitberger, Goiginger’s great-grandfather, a motorcycle courier for the Austrian army, which was incorporated into the German Wehrmacht.

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Emmy Contender ‘Wolfgang’ Reveals How Wolfgang Puck Survived Nightmarish Childhood To Become Superstar Chef

On a recent Sunday morning, lines to get into Spago Beverly Hills ran around the block, from Canon Drive onto Clifton Way. Crowds at a Wolfgang Puck restaurant aren’t unusual – in fact, they’re commonplace – but this was an unusual occasion: an opportunity to hear from the chef about the Emmy-contending documentary Wolfgang, directed by David Gelb, and the tantalizing prospect of sampling Spago cuisine.

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‘The Nanny,’ ‘Married…With Children’ Among FAST Channels in Sony-Pluto Europe, U.K. Deal – Global Bulletin

Naman Ramachandran Paramount‘s free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) provider Pluto TV has launched four new channels in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television (SPT). The new channels will bring SPT content to Pluto TV across Europe and the U.K.

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Ernst Walder dead – Coronation Street original and boyfriend of its creator dies

One of Coronation Street's original cast members, Ernst Walder, has died at the age of 94.The actor played the role of Ivan Cheveski, who was the son-in-law of Elsie Tanner in the hit soap opera. He was also the boyfriend of the show's co-creator Tony Warren in the 1960s. According to metro.co.uk, he passed away on Monday 6 September last year, but it was not known until now.

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Kate Bush thanks her new fans as “Running Up That Hill” continues to climb those charts

It seems nobody is more shocked by the surprise second life of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" than the reclusive star herself. The song has been climbing the charts in the U.S, U.K., and beyond since it was included in the latest season of Stranger Things, something Bush reflected on in a rare public statement last week. Now, as the song continues to be streamed millions of times a day Bush has shared a second statement about her position as an unlikely viral star.

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Here’s what Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ will sound like remixed at every dance festival this summer

Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’.The 1985 single has been witnessing a resurgence after it featured as a prominent part of the storyline in Stranger Things 4, and it reached a new peak on the UK singles charts last week, landing at Number Two.Now, the DJ duo – comprising former teenage actors Kyle Kaplan and Vinnie Pergola – have filmed themselves performing different mixes for different scenarios at dance festivals this summer.“Every electronic festival for the next month,” they wrote in a caption above footage of them pretending to perform at different festivals. You can view footage below.Every electronic festival for the next month.

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Dad's doomsday cult trapped 9 kids in house of horrors with one caged in dog kennel

prosecutors claim.The youngsters were subjected to beatings and denied food by the warped dad-of-nine as he attempted to "stop evil spirits", as he believed they were "unclean".It was only when his eldest son walked into a local bar in a confused state that the alarm was raised on the house of horrors and police were able to swoop in and rescue the kids.After years of sick abuse, Gerrit Jan van Dorsten was arrested in October 2019 at the age of 67, accused of having subjected the kids to “very serious physical punishment” on a remote site in the Netherlands, the court heard.His eldest child, Jan Zon van Dorsten, had walked into a local bar and said that he and his family had not left home for nine years, and had been waiting for the end of the world. It then emerged van Dorsten held his captives, aged 18 and 25 at the time of his arrest, in makeshift cells in a hidden dungeon.

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Motherwell boss says Austria trip will prepare his side well for European adventure

Motherwell boss Graham Alexander hopes their summer training camp in Austria will set the building blocks for a successful European and domestic campaign.

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Boy to lose leg in heartbreaking fight to save his life as he moved hundreds of miles to Manchester

A family from Devon have had to relocate to Manchester in order to treat their nine-year-old boy's bone cancer. Jack Middleton, a young motocross star, is being cared for in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

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Kate Bush shares further ‘Running Up That Hill’ statement: “It’s all so exciting!”

Kate Bush has shared a further statement on the resurgence of ‘Running Up That Hill’, saying: “It’s all so exciting!”The 1985 single has been witnessing a resurgence after it featured as a prominent part of the storyline in Stranger Things 4, and it reached a new peak on the UK singles charts last week, landing at Number Two.“Running Up That Hill has just gone to No 2 in the UK charts and No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden….,” Bush wrote in a post on her official website last week to celebrate the news. “How utterly brilliant!”In another new post, she has now added: “It’s all so exciting! Since the last post, ‘Running Up That Hill’ has gone to No.

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Music Box Films Buys Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Prizewinning ‘Rodeo’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMusic Box Films has acquired North American rights to “Rodeo,” the bold feature debut of Lola Quivoron which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes where it won the Coup de Cœur du Jury special prize. Produced by Charles Gillibert (“Annette”) at CG Cinema and represented by Les Films du Losange, “Rodeo” stars newcomer Julie Ledrue a Julia, a hot tempered and fiercely independent young woman who infiltrates an underground dirt bike community in France.After a chance meeting at an urban ‘Rodeo,’ Julia finds herself drawn into a clandestine and volatile clique and striving to prove herself to the ultra-masculine group, but is she is faced with a series of escalating demands that will make or break her place in the community.

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Disney+ Confirms 60-Country June Launch Across Europe, Africa and West Asia

Naman Ramachandran The Walt Disney Company’s streamer Disney+ will be available in 42 new countries and 11 new territories this week following the launch on Tuesday in Greece, Turkey and countries in Central Eastern Europe, including Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Croatia. Tuesday’s series of launches follow the arrival of the service in South Africa on May 18 and across West Asia and North Africa on June 8.

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SkyShowtime Appoints BBC Select’s Jon Farrar as Head of Programming (EXCLUSIVE)

Manori Ravindran International EditorSkyShowtime — the joint venture between Comcast and Paramount Global — has unveiled key hires for the European streaming service, including its head of programming.BBC Select executive Jon Farrar has been named head of programming, Variety can reveal. The executive joins from BBC Studios, where he led the direct-to-consumer programming strategy in his dual role as global VOD director and editor-in-chief of North American SVOD service BBC Select.Farrar was also part of the team that developed BritBox, the streaming joint venture between BBC Studios and ITV.Reporting into SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan, Farrar will be responsible for programming strategy, overseeing the platform’s pipeline of studio content, and building a programming team across SkyShowtime’s 20 markets to develop original and local content.