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Emiliano Granada Lightning strikes twice. Having won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in 2018 with “The Dead and the Others,” filmmaking duo Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza scooped a Un Certain Regard Ensemble Prize on Friday night, including the collective crew and creative team, for “The Buriti Flower.” The couple, whom across the years have developed what they describe as a profound relation with the Krahô Indigenous community, have delved once again into a unique production process resulting in a portrait of strong, sensorial visuals, while tabling an urgent dialogue on the means of resistance in a modern world.  Produced by Karõ Filmes, Entrefilmes and Material Bruto and sold by Films Boutique, the film tackles the impact of policies pursued by former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s on the life of Indigenous communities, eloquently shifting between fiction and documentary as it registers their own political discourse.

Manchester United fans have been reacting to the news that Fred is a summer transfer target for Fulham.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Family audiences turned out in force, propelling Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” to the top of the box office over the Memorial Day weekend. The film, a live-action remake of the 1988 animated favorite, earned a splashy $117.5 million over the four-day holiday. It ranks as the fifth largest Memorial Day debut — last year’s “Top Gun: Maverick” set a new record for the holiday with its $160.5 million launch. At one point over the weekend, it looked as if “The Little Mermaid” might even open north of $120 million, but ticket sales flagged slightly. For Disney, the film’s popularity is a testament to its strategy of digging deep into its vaults and rebooting animated titles as live action movies, something it has done successfully with the likes of “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King.” Waiting out on the horizon: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the Oscar-winning director of “Summer of Soul,” is helming a remake of “The Aristocats” for Disney.

Manchester United are reportedly showing interest in Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi ahead of the summer transfer window.

Refresh for latest…: Apart from big new opener The Little Mermaid, which we detailed here, this weekend was notable for propelling Universal’s Fast X past the $500M mark globally, and Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to over $730M worldwide.

Lana Del Rey played her first full gig in four years last night (May 27) – watch her debut six new songs live at a Brazil show below.On Saturday night, Lana headlined the MITA Festival in Rio de Janeiro, debuting songs from her most recent album and from earlier in her discography.During the show, she debuted four songs from her ninth LP ‘Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd’, released earlier this year, playing its title track, ‘A&W’, ‘The Grants’ and ‘Candy Necklace’.Also aired for the first time was ‘Arcadia’ from ‘Blue Banisters’, another of the three albums released since her last live gig.She then also played ‘Flipside’ from 2014’s ‘Ultraviolence’ live for the first time ever.See the full setlist from the show and clips of the performance below.‘A&W’‘Young And Beautiful’‘Bartender’‘The Grants’‘Flipside’‘Pretty When You Cry’‘Cherry’‘Ride’‘Born To Die’‘Blue Jeans’‘Norman Fucking Rockwell’‘Arcadia’‘Ultraviolence’‘White Mustang’‘Candy Necklace’‘Venice Bitch’‘Diet Mtn Dew’‘Summertime Sadness’‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’‘Video Games’Elsewhere this summer, Del Rey is due to deliver a headline performance on the Other Stage at Glastonbury 2023. During a recent interview, the artist said it was “unfathomable” to her that she has such a prominent slot at the legendary festival.Following that show, Del Rey will top the bill on the final day of this summer’s BST Hyde Park concert series in London.Earlier this month, the singer shared a previously-unreleased song called ‘Say Yes To Heaven’.

Refresh for latest…: Disney’s live-action take on The Little Mermaid is doing swimmingly at the domestic box office, with a three-day opening of $95.5M and a four-day projection of $117.5M. Factoring in the international box office bow of $68.3M, that makes for an estimated $163.8M global debut through Sunday. The offshore launch is lower than hoped for coming into the frame. But it bears noting there was something fishy going on in overseas markets with so-called review-bombing in such areas as France, Korea, Germany and beyond.

Lana Del Rey soaked up the sun during a day on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday (May 26).

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South American soap opera star Jefferson Machado has been found dead – months after he went missing.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor To bring Disney’s iconic mermaid princess Ariel to life in “The Little Mermaid,” costume designer Colleen Atwood constructed a life-sized tail that went from star Halle Bailey’s chest all the way down past her legs. “We made it to scale and 3D silk-screened the tail and painted onto that so you could get the nuance of the colors,” Atwood says. “We used different layers of sheer material, which gave the tail and scales an iridescent effect.” Her biggest challenge was blending the tail’s scales into Bailey’s skin. “I solved that by putting little fins made of fabric so there was a delineation between where the fish ended and the skin began,” she says.

Fulham manager Marco Silva doesn't believe Aleksandar Mitrovic will be any more motivated to face Manchester United on Sunday because of the red card he received when the sides last met.

R7 confirmed that the remains of the actor, who starred in the soap opera Reis, were recovered on Monday May 22 in the backyard of a home in Campo Grande, Brazil.  His body had been placed in a trunk, believed to be owned by the 44-year-old, and then buried six feet under ground. In a statement on Facebook, the Machado family attorney Jairo Magalhae Pereira confirmed the star’s death, and shared that the family is now seeking "truth and justice".

Via Facebook, the actor's family also confirmed the news. Jeff, who starred in the Brazilian religious telenovela "Reis," was first reported missing in late January after his eight dogs were found alone and abandoned, something friends said Jeff would have never intentionally done. Prior to the grisly discovery, Jeff had not been seen or heard from since Jan.

Anitta is working on a new project, and the wardrobe is every bit as colorful as it is sexy.

South American soap opera star, Jefferson Machado, has been found dead, four months after he went missing in January. He was 44.

UK director Molly Manning Walker’s first film How To Have Sex won the top prize in Cannes Un Certain Regard on Friday evening.

In less than 10 years, Alice Rohrwacher has carved out a formidable reputation for herself, notably by gatecrashing the boys’ club that is traditionally the Cannes competition, and the fact that she did so in 2014 with only her second film, The Wonders, is further proof of a distinctive talent. One competition slot doesn’t guarantee another, yet Rohrwacher was back in 2018 with the follow-up, Happy as Lazzaro. Both films won prizes — Grand Prix and Best Screenplay, respectively — which means that expectations are high for the Oscar-nominated 41-year-old Italian, whose new film, La chimera, makes it three in a row.

Manchester Pride will return to the city centre this August bank holiday with a variety of free events and a music festival featuring the likes of Pabblo Vittar, BIMINI, Lisa Scott-Lee and Cheddar Gorgeous.

A schoolboy footballer from Wishaw has been invited down to London to showcase his talent at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.

Former Manchester United assistant Rene Meulensteen believes the Reds should avoid bringing Neymar to Old Trafford due to his reputation.