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An expert has warned that infighting between the military and Vladimir Putin could be the beginning of the end of the Russian warmonger.

It is starting to become much more clear as to what investigators are looking at in the tragic case of the University of Idaho student murders from last November.

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre specialist Reel Suspects has acquired world sales for Victor Ginzburg’s Russia-set, sci-fi horror film Empire V ahead of its world premiere in Montreal’s Fantasia Fest in July.

There will be no late night laughs in Moscow, comrade. Or anywhere else in Russia, for that matter.

Sophia Scorziello editor James Patterson and investigative journalist Vicky Ward are working to turn the tragic deaths of students Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves into a non-fiction title. In November 2022, the four students at the University of Idaho were violently killed in their homes. Dubbed the “Moscow Murders,” the infamous attack gained a rapid following online as internet sleuths on Reddit, Twitter and other platforms gathered to try and find the killer and his motive. The book will recount the violence that rattled the college town and the subsequent investigation and arrest of suspect Bryan Kohberger. Skydance Television is seeking to option the rights of the book as part of their first-look deal with Patterson. Story Syndicate (“Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence,” “Harry and Meghan”) is in final negotiations to be the production partner with Skydance on the docuseries

The story of the horrific Idaho student murders is in the works for the page and the small screen. Bestselling author James Patterson and award-winning journalist Vicky Ward are teaming on a nonfiction book about the 2022 murders of the four University of Idaho students. Additionally, Skydance Television intends to option the rights to the book for development as a docuseries, based on Patterson and Ward’s investigation, as part of their first-look deal with Patterson.

Twitter.Rourke befriended Marr when he was 11 years old, with the two regularly jamming together in their teenage years before forming The Smiths with frontman Morrisey and drummer Mike Joyce in 1982.The Manchester native was a key band member until their 1987 breakup, before the release of their fourth studio album “Strangeways, Here We Come.”Rourke continued to work with Morrissey on his solo project and performed alongside artists Sinéad O’Connor, The Pretenders, Badly Drawn Boy, and guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, according to CNN.Bassist Mat Osman of Suede praised Rourke’s unique talent as he mourned the rocker.“A total one-off – a rare bassist whose sound you could recognise straight away. I remember so clearly playing that Barbarism break over and over, trying to learn the riff, and marvelling at this steely funk driving the track along,” the rocker tweeted.“I am so saddened to hear this news! Andy was a superb musician and a lovely guy,” longtime Smiths producer Stephen Street tweeted.“I first met Andy aged 17 @simonWolstencr1 party.

Christopher Vourlias A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of Oscar-nominated film producer Alexander Rodnyansky and theater director Ivan Vyrypaev, accusing the two of “spreading false information” about Russia’s war in Ukraine. According to the Associated Press, both men — who each reside outside Russia — will be placed in custody once they are either detained by Russian authorities or extradited from abroad. A source close to Rodnyansky said the producer is currently in Cannes, but he could not immediately be reached for comment. Rodnyansky currently splits his time between Ukraine, Europe and L.A., where his production shingle AR Content is based. The Kyiv-born producer, who spent nearly three decades living and working in Russia, fled the country just days after its invasion of Ukraine, after receiving a tip that his outspoken criticism of the war had landed him in the Kremlin’s crosshairs.

A Russian court has issued a warrant for the arrest of prominent international film producer Alexander Rodnyansky as well as theater director Ivan Vyrypaev for “spreading false information about the war” in Ukraine.

Iranian director Ali Abbasi has responded to Russia’s unexplained ban of his serial killer thriller Holy Spider just days after its theatrical release.

Remember the author of that children’s book about grief — the one who was just arrested for the murder of the husband she wrote about grieving? Well, his family is speaking out, and they have a lot of disturbing details to share.

Rio Ferdinand has revealed that Manchester United's Champions League-winning squad stay in contact through WhatsApp, with one member of that side a constant target of their jibes.

A global drinks giant has been called on to stop selling Scotch whisky in Russia.

— which sought to help kids cope with losing a loved one.Nearly a month after that, while promoting her book, Kouri gave an interview to the ABC affiliate KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah and opened up about how she and her sons are grieving the loss of her husband and the father of her children, Eric Richins, who died on March 4, 2022. She recalled the sudden death as «unexpected» and that it «completely took us all by shock.»Fast-forward to May 8 — a mere 62 days after she published her children's book — Kouri was arrested on charges of aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.More specifically, prosecutors allege Kouri murdered Eric after poisoning his Moscow Mule cocktail with a deadly dose of fentanyl.

— which sought to help kids cope with losing a loved one.Nearly a month after that, while promoting her book, Kouri gave an interview to the ABC affiliate KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah and opened up about how she and her sons are grieving the loss of her husband and the father of her children, Eric Richins, who died on March 4, 2022. She recalled the sudden death as «unexpected» and that it «completely took us all by shock.»Fast-forward to May 8 — a mere 62 days after she published her children's book — Kouri was arrested on charges of aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.More specifically, prosecutors allege Kouri murdered Eric after poisoning his Moscow Mule cocktail with a deadly dose of fentanyl.

This is harrowing…

Ed Meza @edmezavar Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has nabbed worldwide rights to Spanish filmmaker Chiqui Carabante’s black-comedy whodunnit “The Fortress” (“La Fortaleza”) and is debuting its trailer ahead of the Cannes Film Market. The film centers on the death of Arturo Viaplana and its aftermath as his offspring, hoping to inherit a great fortune, discover that instead of leaving them the estate, their father has devised a macabre, posthumous game in which his children must first locate his body and bury it themselves in a specified location. Working together to carry out their father’s instructions and pass a series of tests, the siblings are forced to come to terms with a deeply hidden family secret.

EXCLUSIVE: LA’s KT Studios is shopping podcast Death Island with Conor Powell as a TV series, as it launches a slate of true-crime shows alongside iHeartPodcasts.

Some of Ayrshire’s most infamous crimes have been chronicled in a new book by a retired English teacher from Prestwick.

British filmmaker Sally Potter (Orlando, The Party) is set to release her debut music album, Pink Bikini.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic Offering a singular perspective on Russia’s current pariah status in much of the world is Gaukur Ulfarsson’s “Soviet Barbara,” probably the most enjoyable — as opposed to depressing — documentary involving the invasion of Ukraine you’re likely to see. It focuses on Icelandic multimedia artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s preparation for exhibits that would open a major new museum in Moscow.  That launch proves fatefully ill-timed in terms of larger events, however, even as his splashiest custom creation provides ironic commentary on recent Russian history by reprising an American TV soap opera that had been an unlikely imported smash in the nation’s immediate post-USSR years. The colorful intersection between art, ideology, patronage and politics should appeal to a wide range of nonfiction outlets and programmers.