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Twice as nice! Couples George and Amal Clooney and Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are among the stars who celebrated their love in more than one wedding ceremony.

Palestinian director Firas Khoury’s debut feature Alam has triumphed at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival, winning its Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film, best actor for Mahmoud Bakri and the Audience Award.

Timothée Chalamet's new movie Bones and All drew many young and female attendees during its first weekend of limited release. After opening in five theaters on November 18, Bones and All drew in $120,000 or almost $24,000 per theater, according to Deadline. Of the people who went to see the film, 79% were between the ages of 18 and 34 with women making up 54% of the moviegoers.  The heartthrob cannibal: Timothée Chalamet's new movie Bones and All drew many young and female attendees during its first weekend of limited releaseBones and All will receive a wide release in the United States on Wednesday, November 23.  'I’m hoping over the Thanksgiving period, the audience has an appetite for it,' said United Artists Releasing president Erik Lomis. The film first premiered in Venice at the film festival back in September. The movie's director Luca Guadagnino won the event's Silver Lion for best director.  Demographic breakdown: Of the people who went to see the film, 79% were between the ages of 18 and 34 with women making up 54% of the moviegoers Wide release: Bones and All will receive a wide release in the United States on Wednesday, November 23 Bones and All tells the story of 'Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society,' according to the film's IMDb page.

EXCLUSIVE: Leading Arab world distributor MAD Solutions has acquired pan-Arab rights to Ameer Fakher Eldin’s upcoming picture Yunan about a disillusioned, exiled writer who travels to a remote island in the North Sea.

Indie distributor Utopia, currently in theaters with Holy Spider, anticipates music documentary Meet Me In The Bathroom will be its biggest weekend opening to date.

Psychological thriller The Beasts, directed by Spain’s Rodrigo Sorogoyen, won three awards at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, including the Tokyo Grand Prix, best director and best actor for Denis Menochet. 

EXCLUSIVE: Grantham Coleman is joining the Starz family.

The Banshees of Inisherin, which won writer-director Martin McDonagh Best Screenplay and Colin Farrell the Volpi Cup for Best Actor in Venice last month, hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, expanding to 10 more markets/50 locations next weekend, and to 600-800 screens November 4.

SF Studios Acquires Johan Rundberg’s ‘Moonwind & Hoff’ Book SeriesSF Studios has acquired the film rights to Johan Rundberg’s book series Moonwind & Hoff. The series includes the novels The Night Raven, The Queen of Thieves, The Angel of Death, and The Blood Pact. The Night Raven is the first novel that will be adapted, produced, and distributed by SF Studios. The film is expected to start shooting at the beginning of 2024 with a theatrical release in 2025. Stefan H. Lindén and Alexandra Thönnersten, producers at SF Studios, said: “The Night Raven and the entire series about Moonwind & Hoff are exactly in the realm of magical realism that we both dreamed of producing. In many ways, both the world and the characters feel inspiring and exciting. We want to create a grand series of films that can enthrall cinema audiences.”

Laura Poitras’s documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed appears to be on more solid ground as a possible Oscar frontrunner, after the release of DOC NYC’s influential shortlist of the year’s top nonfiction films.

Last month, Darren Aronofsky‘s first film in five years, “The Whale,” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, with critics praising Brendan Fraser‘s performance as a 600-pound gay man. But EW reports (via an interview with Variety), that Aronofsky initially attempted to cast an obese actor in the part before going with Fraser.

Arnold Schwarzenegger went for a smoke and a drive around town. Of course, since he’s Schwarzenegger, his smoke-and-drive sessions are a bit more impressive than expected, with him smoking a cigar and driving a vegetable-oil-powered army Hummer.Arnold Schwarzenegger says his accent removal coach should ‘give him his money back’Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger & more celebrate Arnold Schwarzenegger’s birthdayThe photos show Schwarzenegger driving his truck, which has huge wheels, four seats and no doors.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent French production powerhouse Studiocanal is moving into the Italian production market by joining forces with Rome-based shingle Elsinore Film with plans to co-develop and coproduce a slate of scripted and unscripted content for the Italian and international market. Elsinore Film is a boutique outfit headed by Annamaria Morelli (pictured, left), a former head of production at Italian streamer TimVision, who is known for her scouting activity. Morelli has had a hand in shepherding “Skam Italia,” the Italian adaptation of the Nordic drama series that’s a hit in Italy. She was more recently among producers of “Amanda,” a quirky teen dramedy about female friendship by newcomer Carolina Cavalli, that launched positively in September from the Venice fest’s Horizons section. 

Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son Joseph Baena lifted weights together at the world famous Gold's Gym in Venice Beach, California. The 75-year-old actor wore a dark blue t-shirt and athletic shorts as he pumped some iron. Baena, 25, worked out in a short-sleeve gray shirt and navy blue shorts which ended high on his muscular thighs.  Getting a workout in: Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son Joseph Baena lifted weights together at the world famous Gold's Gym in Venice Beach, CaliforniaHe bared his teeth in one snap as he worked out his chest on one of the many exercise machines. Father and son stood around to chat with several other gym-goers who showed off their big arms, covered in tattoos.  The pair's appearance out came just a day after Baena appeared on Dancing With The Stars in a very familiar ensemble. Taking to Instagram ahead of his performance, Joseph, posed in his dressing room to a song from Arnold's 1982 hit film, Conan The Barbarian.  Relaxed look: The 75-year-old actor wore a dark blue t-shirt and athletic shorts as he pumped some iron Teeth bared: He bared his teeth in one snap as he worked out his chest on one of the many exercise machines Chatting: Father and son stood around to chat with several other gym-goers who showed off their big arms, covered in tattoos Lookalike: Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Joseph Baena, 25, (left) mirrored his famous dad, 75, (right) as he flexed his muscles in a leather kilt on MondayJoseph completed his costume with a pair tan trousers some leather wrist cuffs and styled his hair into a mullet.  While he dressed as Hercules to dance the Charleston with his partner Daniella Karagach, Joseph was the spitting image of his dad in the fantasy series. The pre-historic world of Conan

Brendan Fraser was the recipient of a very rare event at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival.

Disney unveiled or changed the release dates for a slew of movie titles Tuesday, including Marvel’s Blade, which was announced this morning to be delaying production.

Ok, folks, are you ready for Hercule Poirot to get a little spooky? Well, if you are hoping to see Kenneth Branagh return with another Agatha Christie tale, this time with a potentially supernatural twist, you’re in luck.  According to THR, Kenneth Branagh and 20th Century Studios are once again teaming up for an Agatha Christie-inspired film, the third since 2017. And just like the last two features, “A Haunting in Venice” is getting an all-star cast.

EJ Panaligan editor 20th Century Studios has announced the ensemble cast of “A Haunting in Venice,” director Kenneth Branagh’s third effort in the Hercule Poirot films based on Agatha Christie novels. The new ensemble behind the supernatural thriller film is headlined by Branagh reprising his role as Poirot, with Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly and Riccardo Scamarico rounding out the cast. Set in post-WWII Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, the film follows another mystery featuring the celebrated sleuth Poirot. Inspired by Christie’s “Hallowe’en Party,” the now retired and living in self-imposed exile Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a haunted palazzo when one of the guests is murdered, and the former detective must once again find out who did it.