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“This is a petty and vindictive move. It is actually an insult to the industry,” said Critics Choice Awards President Joey Berlin of the Hollywood Foreign Press’s rescheduled January 9 date for its show. That happens to be the same night of the annual Critics Choice event which, unlike the Globes this year, will be telecast (on the CW).

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‘Beta Test’ Trailer: Jim Cummings Tackles Toxic Masculinity & Hollywood Douchebaggery

“A hilarious skewering of the shallowness of the movie industry and the paranoia and mistrust that afflicts the guilty. Cummings and McCabe’s film touches a raw nerve with sharp, funny, awkwardly prickly provocation.” That’s our review, talking about “The Beta Test,” a new satirical feature from writer/director/actor/producer Jim Cummings (“Thunder Road,” “The Wolf of Snow Hollow.” Written and directed by Cummings and filmmaking pal PJ McCabe (who also co-stars in the film), “The Beta Test” premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year and was eventually screened at the Tribeca Film Festival this past summer in North America.

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‘Beta Test’ Trailer: Jim Cummings Tackles Toxic Masculinity & Hollywood Douchebaggery

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Jim Cummings Spirals as Toxic Hollywood Agent in ‘The Beta Test’ First Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“The Beta Test,” the critically-acclaimed indie about intersection of toxicity in Hollywood and digital culture, has unveiled an anxiety-ridden first trailer.The IFC Films releasee, which played the Berlin International Film Festival this year and sits at 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, stars Jim Cummings (“The Wolf of Snow Hollow,” “Thunder Road”), who wrote and directed the film with PJ McCabe.The satire follows an engaged talent rep who accepts a mysterious offer to engage in a consensual and anonymous sexual encounter — only to face severe repercussions as his work and home life fall apart in the aftermath.

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‘Totems’ Writer, Co-Creator on Crafting Spy Tale Amid Pandemic

Liza Foreman Crossing borders under difficult circumstances has always been part of the deal for spies. But getting your cast and crew to do the same, during times of COVID, also became part of the suspense in completing the first two episodes of the Amazon Prime show “Totems,” which premiered at Canneseries TV festival this week.

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‘Drive My Car’ and ‘A Hero’ Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Drive My Car” and Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero,” two films that debuted in Cannes, emerge as the strong favorites for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, after nominations were announced on Wednesday.Both films are nominated for best film, best directing, best screenplay and best performance by an actor.The best film category is rounded out by nominations for India-France co-production “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” directed by India’s Payal Kapadia; “The Pencil” from Russia’s Natalya Nazarova; and “There is No Evil,” an Iran-Czech-Germany co-production directed by Mohammad Rasoulof that won the Golden Bear in Berlin.Organizers said that nominations had gone to 38 films from 25 Asia Pacific

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Heidi Klum Teases Her Halloween Plans After Having To Cancel Party

Heidi Klum is back to her Halloween mischief.

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France Picks ‘Titane’ As International Film Oscar Race Comes Into Focus

To suggest that France had an abundance of quality candidates for its International Film Oscar submission this year is beyond an understatement.

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Eddie Redmayne Prepares To Return To The Stage In New London Production Of ‘Cabaret’

It’s been 10 years since Eddie Redmayne last appeared on stage in an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard II. Since then, he’s made a name for himself on-screen with roles in “The Danish Girl” and the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise, winning an Oscar for “The Theory Of Everything” in 2014. Now, the 39-year-old actor is ready to take the stage on London’s West End once again in a new adaptation of Cabaret.

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ACFM Talk: Film Market Bosses Agree The Need For Change

Rebecca Souw International film market organizers may collaborate more in the future as they attempt to bring back in-person events by next year.Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market, which was operated online only for the second year, hosted a high-powered panel on Monday involving Oh Seok Geun, co-director of Busan’s ACFM, Jerome Paillard, executive director of Cannes’ Marché du Film, Dennis Ruh, director of Berlin’s European Film Market and Jacob Wong, director of Hong Kong’s HKIFF Industry section.Paillard explained his recent experience with operating an online market in 2020 and a hybrid one in 2021. “[It was] easier if we just did online instead of hybrid.

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Top female DJ left terrified walking home now fears for women's safety due to pandemic taxi shortage

A DJ fears for women's safety due to a shortage of taxi drivers caused by the pandemic - after she was harassed walking home from work in the early hours of the morning.

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Neuesuper Preps ‘Breitscheidplatz’ with ARD Degeto, Advances on New Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMunich-based Neuesuper, one of the rising values on Germany’s ebullient new TV scene, is teaming with ARD Degeto to develop “Breitscheidplatz,” a drama-thriller that depicts the build-up to Berlin’s 2016 Christmas market truck attack which left 12 dead.The series, however, will buck trends, presenting not a matter-of-fact rehashing of the events leading up to the attack, but rather a fictional interpretation of what might have happened, turning on two German policemen working at a time when Europe had suffered a blitz of attacks, attempting to prevent a similar outrage in Germany.“One of the huge questions poised by the attack is how on earth it could have happened, how did the security forces

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Michelangelo Frammartino’s Venice Prizewinner ‘Il Buco’ Seals U.S. Deal With Grasshopper, Gratitude (EXCLUSIVE)

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNew York-based distribution company Grasshopper Film and Gratitude Films have jointly acquired U.S. distribution rights to Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino’s Venice Special Jury Prize winner “Il Buco,” about a group of speleologists who in 1961 discover Europe’s deepest cave.The deal was negotiated by Ryan Krivoshey of Grasshopper Film with Nadine Rothschild of Paris and Berlin-based Coproduction Office on the eve of the U.S.

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Amy Robach shares painful story with fans as she marks major family milestone

GMA star Amy Robach has revealed the "pain" and "determination" that went into her Berlin marathon run with a series of pictures.MORE: Amy Robach shares emotional cancer news with happy photoThe news anchor called on fans to zoom into the pictures to see their faces, which told the true story of how they felt in those moments.WATCH: Amy Robach shares sneak peek inside her incredible home as she gives it the ultimate makeover"A picture tells a thousand words! So cool that the @berlinmarathon took photos of us runners along the route and I encourage all of you to zoom into our expressions," she captioned the post."The pain, the determination and the push to finish written all over our faces."MORE: Amy Robach wows in tiny denim shorts for

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‘Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy’ Review: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Film Centers The Lives Of Women

Was Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (director of the , which won best screenplay at Cannes) referencing the tarot when he wrote his Berlinale Silver Berlin Bear winning, and 2021 New York Film Festival selection, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy?

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Tony Bennett, 95, enjoys relaxing park day with wife Susan Crow, 55

Tony Bennett, 95, was seen enjoying a relaxing day sitting on a bench soaking up the sun in Central Park this week.The legendary singing star, who has been suffering from Alzheimer's, was joined by his wife Susan Crow, 55, who kept an eye on him.His recent sighting comes after the release of his second and latest duets album with Lady Gaga entitled Love For Sale after a classic Cole Porter song.

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Nazi death camp guard, 100, refuses to make statement as he finally faces trial

Nazi guard has refused to speak at a trial for heinous crimes he is alleged to have committed during World War Two.Josef S, a former SS officer, walked slowly into a courtroom in Germany yesterday on charges of helping the killings of 3,000 people in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, just outside Berlin. His lawyer covered his face with a blue plastic folder.

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Irish singer Lydia Ford says being a woman in the music industry is ‘tiring’

Mayo may not have luck on her side when it comes to football, but when music is involved the county has 27-year-old Lydia Ford flying the red and green flag proudly.

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Amy Robach's Keto Cheesy Baked Angel Hair Casserole Is Perfect for the Fall Months

20/20. With the latter show gearing up for a return this fall, Robach's schedule is more jam-packed than ever. “I'm looking forward to continuing our incredible storytelling,” Robach tells me over the phone about 20/20 coming back.

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Måneskin release their blistering new single ‘MAMMAMIA’ and talk Eurovision, success and more new music

Måneskin have released their blistering new single ‘MAMMAMIA’ – you can hear the Italian band’s latest offering below, and read what they had to say about the pressures of success and inspiring the next generation during a press conference they held yesterday (October 7).Måneskin frontman Damiano David explained during their press conference – which was held at Berlin’s legendary SO36 Club (home of the city’s punk movement that was frequently visited by David Bowie and Iggy Pop) – that they wrote ‘MAMMAMIA’ after winning this year’s Eurovision.“We only had a few days to go to the studio and write new music, but fortunately this song came out in a few hours – that’s why we felt like it was going to be a banger for us,” he said.“We didn’t

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Berlin Film Festival Aiming To Return As Fully Physical Event In 2022

Organizers of the Berlin Film Festival have confirmed that they are planning a fully in-person event for 2022, following the pandemic-disrupted hybrid edition of 2021.

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Berlin Film Festival 2022 Edition Set as In-Person Event, Dates Revealed

Naman Ramachandran After a pandemic affected hybrid version this year, the Berlin Film Festival will return to being an in-person event in 2022, festival organizers revealed on Thursday.The 72nd edition of the festival will take place from Feb. 10-20, 2022 as an in-person event.

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Deepa Mehta, Busan Festival Jurors Upbeat on Cinema’s Potential for Creative Recovery

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefOne quoted William Shakespeare and Bertolt Brecht. Another spoke of paradigm shifts in cinema.

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Coldplay announce immersive London event ‘The Atmospheres’

Coldplay have announced details of a two-day immersive event in London, dubbed ‘The Atmospheres’.The event, which will take place next weekend (October 15-16) and comes in association with Amazon Music, will also be taking place in New York, Tokyo and Berlin.A press release about the event states: “Inside the custom-built installation, fans will be transported to The Spheres – the distant solar system that plays host to the band’s latest album, where each of the twelve tracks is twinned with a different planet.The event is said to “recreate the alien worlds at the heart of the album” and see fans able to “create their own alien language messages, snap selfies in the augmented reality photobooth, and even help to power the experience through

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Tina Turner’s Music Interests Acquired by BMG

Chris Willman Music WriterBMG, the world’s fourth biggest music company, announced Tuesday it has bought a portfolio of rights associated with Tina Turner and her music catalog, including her share of her solo recordings and publishing assets, and rights to her name and image.The Berlin-based company says it will work with the 81-year-old rock and soul legend, who is now retired from the stage, to “maintain and develop her musical treasure trove and safeguard her inspirational legacy.”“Like any artist, the protection of my life’s work, my musical inheritance, is something personal,” Turner said in a statement.

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Muse and The Strokes to headline Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds 2022

Muse and The Strokes will headline Berlin’s inaugural Tempelhof Sounds festival in 2022 – check out the line-up so far below.The event takes place at the German capital’s disused Tempelhof Airport – which ceased operating back in 2008 – between June 10 and June 12 next year. Tickets are available here from €79 (£67.25).Joining the aforementioned bill-toppers are the likes of Wolf Alice, Alt-J, Interpol, London Grammar, IDLES, Royal Blood, Mac DeMarco, Parcels and Fontaines DC.

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Manchester Orchestra announce UK and European live dates for 2022

Manchester Orchestra have announced details of a set of intimate acoustic live dates in the UK and Europe next year.The shows will take place in January 2022 in support of their sixth studio album ‘The Million Masks of God’, which came out back in April.Manchester Orchestra will perform four gigs on their upcoming UK and European run, marking their first live appearances here since 2017.The two UK dates will take place in London and Manchester on January 13 and 14 respectively, and come after gigs in Amsterdam and Berlin.Tickets for Manchester Orchestra’s upcoming UK shows are on sale now from here, while Berlin tickets can be found here and Amsterdam tickets here.

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German Film Awards; Zurich FF Winners; ‘Belfast’ UK Release Date; ‘Interstellar Ella’ Deals – Global Briefs

‘I’m Your Man’ Tops German Film Awards

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Creators of Netflix’s ‘The Billion Dollar Code’ on the Battle Over Google Earth

Marta Balaga Based on real events, Netflix miniseries “The Billion Dollar Code” – created by Oliver Ziegenbalg and Robert Thalheim, and set to be released exclusively on Netflix on Thursday – shows the German inventors of 1994 Terravision and their fight to be acknowledged as creators of the Google Earth algorithm. In 2014, Berlin-based ART+COM sued Google for patent infringement, claiming that the system bore remarkable similarities to Google Earth.“ ‘The Social Network’ was told from the perspective of the winner, or the antagonist: Mark Zuckerberg.

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Paula Markovitch’s ‘Angeles’ Links Cuevas De Altamira, Avanti, Gualicho & Isla Bonita (EXCLUSIVE)

Emilio Mayorga Mexico’s Cuevas de Altamira and Avanti Cinema and Argentina’s Gualicho Cine and Isla Bonita have joined forces to co-produce “Ángeles,” the latest feature from director-producer-writer Paula Markovitch, whose feature film debut, coming-of-age drama “The Prize,” won two Berlin Silver Bears in 2011.Cuevas de Altamira is Markovitch’s label.

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Wild boars attempt to steal Shakira’s phone

Shakira has revealed that she was attacked by two wild boars in a park in Barcelona, who – in the process – attempted to steal her bag and phone.Detailing the ordeal in an Instagram story post, the musician said in Spanish: “Look how they left my bag, the two wild boars that attacked me in the park. They were taking my bag to the woods with my phone in it.

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‘Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn’ Trailer: Berlin’s Wild Golden Bear-Winning Film Arrives In November

A trailer is expected to lay out the basics of a film and tease the audience in a way that makes them dying to see the full thing. Typically, that involves showing a brief overview of the plot and some dialogue/action that might show the stakes.

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‘Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn’ Trailer: Berlin’s Wild Golden Bear-Winning Film Arrives In November

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Callum McGregor dubbed new Celtic Maestro as Hertha Berlin transfer advances revealed

Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday night in the Europa League. But Callum McGregor could easily have been playing against the German giants in the BUNDESLIGA.

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Exiled Iranian Filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi Urges Movie Academy To Include “One Representative From Exiled Artists” For Oscar Consideration

Bahman Ghobadi, the exiled Iranian filmmaker who has won prizes at Cannes, Berlin, San Sebastian and many other international festivals, has penned a letter to the Film Academy saying, “It would be great if we could have one representative from exiled artists.”

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Heidi Klum And Her Kids Have Fun Night Out At Van Gogh Exhibit

Heidi Klum is teaching her kids about one of history’s greatest painters.

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‘I’m Your Man’ Bets On Platform Release, Strong Word Of Mouth For German Int. Oscar Entry; ‘Man In The Field’ Highlights Artist Jim Denevan – Specialty Preview

Bleecker Street’s I’m Your Man opens on 12 screens in seven markets, expanding to another 15 next week in a rare platform release banking on strong word of mouth for the well-reviewed, 94% Certified Fresh film that’s Germany’s entry for the 2022 International Feature Oscar race.

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‘What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?’ Trailer: Alexandre Koberidze’s Romantic MUBI Drama Premieres Nov 12 [Exclusive]

Berlinale FIPRESCI winner “What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?” received rave reviews at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. Now, the enchanting sophomore feature from Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze is about to make its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival next week, followed by a MUBI premiere in November.

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Latin America LGBTQI+ Panel at San Sebastian: Trends, Hurdles

Liza Foreman Taking place inside a cool, concrete extension of the San Telmo Museum, a dedicated Basque cultural hub, the challenges facing LGBTQI+ cinema in Latin America was the subject an industry panel at San Sebastian International Film Festival.Participants included Patra Spanou of the eponymous German sales outfit, which handled sales for the homoerotic feature “El Príncipe;” festival programmer and producer Hebe Tabachnik, producer of “Valentina;” Clarisa Navas, director and scriptwriter of Berlin hit “One in a Thousand,” a lesbian love story set on the working class outskirts of Argentina’s Corrientes; and Gabriela Sandoval, a multi-hyphenate producer and distributor at Chile’s Storyboard Media, head of Sanfic Industria and

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Parcels announce four-date global tour set for later this year

Parcels have announced a four-date global tour set to take place later this year – see the full list of dates below.The Australian-born, Berlin-based band took to social media today (September 22) to let fans know that they’ll be hitting the road in November for a run of intimate gigs, taking in shows in London, Paris, Berlin and New York.“London! Paris! Berlin! New York! We’re coming to you this November for our first shows in the last 18 months,” Parcels wrote on Instagram.

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Turnstile announce ‘GLOW ON’ 2022 UK and European tour dates

Turnstile have announced new 2022 UK and European tour dates for their new album ‘GLOW ON’ – see the dates below.The Baltimore-based hardcore band released their new album last month via Roadrunner, and are currently on tour in the US.The European dates begin in early February with a show in London at the Kentish Town Forum.They’ll then head to the continent for gigs in Berlin, Hamburg and more, with the tour wrapping up in Hasselt, Belgium in mid-February.See Turnstile’s 2022 UK and European tour dates below.

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A New ‘Pitch Perfect’ Spin-Off Series Is In The Works

A brand new “Pitch Perfect” spin-off is on its way to the small-screen.

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'Pitch Perfect' Series Coming to Peacock, Adam Devine to Reprise His Role & Elizabeth Banks to Produce!

A Pitch Perfect series is coming to Peacock, and there are some big names attached already.

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‘Pitch Perfect’ Series Ordered at Peacock, Adam Devine to Star With Elizabeth Banks Producing (EXCLUSIVE)

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA “Pitch Perfect” series has been ordered at Peacock with Adam Devine onboard to reprise his role from the film franchise, Variety has learned exclusively.The series is set several years after the events of the films. Devine returns as Bumper Allen, who moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin.Bumper was the main antagonist of the first film and the leader of the all-male a cappella group The Treblemakers.

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Adam Devine To Star In TV Reboot Of ‘Pitch Perfect’ For Peacock

Peacock has handed a straight-to-series order to a TV reboot of Pitch Perfect.

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