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Norway has selected Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Armand, starring Renata Reinsve, to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent MK2 Films, the European sales, production and finance powerhouse behind movies by Justine Triet and Joachim Trier, is getting ready to ramp up its global scope and move further in the English-language space. Following its appointment of Protagonist’s former managing director Vanessa Saal as executive consultant and U.K.

the VMAs’ top honor — essentially MTV’s take on a lifetime achievement award.Bloom gushed over his longtime love, with whom he shares 3-year-old daughter Daisy. The “Troy” star called Perry by her real name — Katy Hudson — before telling her, “Baby, so proud of you.”He then introduced her, and she sang a medley of her greatest hits, including “Dark Horse,” “E.T.,” “California Gurls,” and more.Perry follows in the footsteps of other legendary artists who have taken home the prize, including Shakira, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott, David Bowie and even The Beatles.Perry and Bloom are no strangers to PDA.The singer recently made headlines for saying she performs an X-rated sex act on the movie star if he goes the dishes.

EXCLUSIVE: Amid some of the best reviews of his career for his work in Sony’s Saturday Night, Cory Michael Smith has landed a supporting role in Sentimental Value, renowned Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier‘s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated romance The Worst Person in the World, sources tell Deadline.

Alissa Simon Film Critic Both a bold historical drama and a penetrating psychological study of a delusional authoritarian, “Quisling -The Final Days” is perhaps the strongest work yet from veteran Norwegian helmer Erik Poppe (“1,000 Times Good Night”). It serves as a bookend of sorts to “The King’s Choice,” his 2016 hit, which dealt with the first three days of Germany’s invasion of Norway in 1940.

Ellise Shafer Nicole Kidman won the best actress prize at Venice Film Festival for her performance in “Babygirl” on Saturday night, but was not on hand to accept the prize because of some devastating news. After Kidman’s name was announced, “Babygirl” director Halina Reijn took the stage and delivered written remarks in place of Kidman, revealing that the actor had traveled to Venice to attend the ceremony but had to leave due to news of her mother’s death.

Annika Pham Norway’s heavyweight producer Thomas Robsahm, credited for more than 50 films, including Joachim Trier’s double Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World,” is gearing up for his busiest film slate ever. After the delivery of Lilja Ingolfsdotttir’s Karlovy Vary’s multiple-winner “Loveable” and Yenni Lee’s “Explosions in My Heart,” which both screened at the New Nordic Films market in Haugesund, Robsahm is gearing up for four film shoots. First up is “Dancing Queen in Hollywood,” Aurora Gossé’s sequel to her 2023 family hit “Dancing Queen,” which snagged multiple awards in 2023, including best children’s film in Zurich, Seattle, and distribution deals in more than 30 territories.

With an Emmy nomination for her guest spot as a marriage counselor on Mr. & Mrs. Smith in hand, Sarah Paulson has hit a milestone all of her own. The nomination is Paulson’s ninth, all for playing different characters. She’s the first actor to accomplish that feat and it says reams about the versatility with which she practices her craft. “It means audiences have accepted me playing different people and haven’t just gotten attached to me as a character that they love,” she says. “It means they’re responding to my work and not just to me as a person or a character I’ve played that they love.”

Marta Balaga Renate Reinsve and Nils Ole Oftebro have joined Haugesund’s Walk of Fame. “It’s a celebration of hard work and [a sign of] someone rooting for you and appreciating what you’re doing, giving you this loving push in the direction you’re going,” Reinsve told Variety. “I never thought it would be possible.

EXCLUSIVE: A strong cast of actors, financiers and producers has come together for Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, the follow-up to his critical and commercial hit The Worst Person in the World, which was Oscar nominated and took more than $12 million at the global box office.

Annika Pham One of Norway’s biggest export names, whose credits include Juliette Binoche starrer “1,000 Times Good Night” and Golden Bear nominee “Utøya- July 22,” director Erik Poppe will kick off the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund on Aug. 18, with his much-anticipated drama “Quisling – The Final Days,” ahead of the film’s international premiere at Toronto’s Special Presentations. Although set in Norway during WWII, the film explores today’s pressing issue of the rise of right wing extremism and its threat to democracy.

Bankrupt Katie Price told a judge she could not afford legal representation as she appeared in court wearing a post-facelift head covering. The 46-year-old was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Thursday (August 8) having previously failed to attend a bankruptcy hearing.

Ethan Shanfeld David Lynch revealed in a new interview that he was diagnosed with emphysema and can no longer “leave the house” due to fears of getting COVID. “I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold,” he told Sight and Sound in the magazine’s September cover story (via the Independent).

Annika Pham From Aug. 17-23, the charming coastal town of Haugesund, Norway, will showcase 76 films and 21 shorts in the newly renovated Edda film hub, offering two extra screening rooms, bringing the total halls to seven.

Jeremy Allen White is opening up about his relationship with Bruce Springsteen.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ryan Reynolds and his “Deadpool & Wolverine” director Shawn Levy revealed during an interview on Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM radio show (via People) that they met with Madonna in person in order to secure the rights to use “Like a Prayer” in the upcoming Marvel tentpole. The music icon agreed, and the song ended up playing a prominent role in both the film and various trailers for it. “It did involve a personal visit to Madonna, where we showed Madonna the sequence where ‘Like a Prayer’ would be used,” Levy said.

Blur’s Damon Albarn has shared that he does not agree with Bob Dylan’s mobile phone ban from his upcoming tour.The discussion arose following the folk-rock icon announcing details of an upcoming UK tour, which will see him play a total of 10 shows across the country this winter.It was also confirmed that a phone ban would be implemented on all dates, and attendees would be made to switch off their phones and place them into a Yondr pouch that would be locked by staff at the venue.Visitors then keep the pouch throughout the gig, however, it can only be re-opened either at the end of the show or if they try to leave the building beforehand.Now, in a new interview with BBC, Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn has shared his opposition to the approach, and said that he thinks fans having phones adds to the atmosphere of live performances.“If you start banning things where does it end? I think you’ve just got to turn up and do your thing,” he told the outlet. “People won’t want to be on their phone if you’re engaging with them correctly.”He also went on to reflect on his huge summer shows at Wembley Stadium with Blur last year, and said that the Sunday gig was their favourite-ever performance.

Selena Kuznikov A24 has released the trailer for Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man,” starring Sebastian Stan as a person with a facial difference who undergoes reconstructive surgery to change his appearance. Stan won the best actor prize at the Berlin Film Festival for his work in the film. The film follows Edward, an aspiring actor with neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on the skin and bone.

Ben Croll Thea Hvistendahl’s atmospheric slow-burn “Handling the Undead” took top honors at this year’s Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF), claiming the festival’s H.R. Giger “Narcisse” prize alongside the Silver Méliès for best fantastic European feature.

has made just since she revealed her cancer diagnosis in March, attending in June along with other members of the royal family. In the weeks since, she has released a number of on social media, and is thought to have been quietly picking up some work meetings while recovering out of the public eye.Now, she will return to public engagements once again as she hands over the prize to either Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz in SW19, Kensington Palace said.

Serena Williams had an important message for Harrison Butker!