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Sports presenter Laura Woods is familiar face in many homes and her bank balance has enjoyed a significant boost in recent years thanks to some lucrative TV gigs. She is the main football and boxing host for TNT Sports, as well as leading ITV's football coverage, with a busy summer taking her from the Euros in Germany to the Paris Olympics.

Rome’s MIA Market has seen a 20% increase in submissions for its Co-Production Market and Pitching Forum, with 60 of the 600 received selected to be presented.

Rolling Quartz have announced new dates for their upcoming 2025 Europe tour, featuring concerts in the UK, Germany and more.Rolling Quartz’s 2025 Europe tour will kick off in January 2025 with a concert in London. In the same month, the band will also play shows in Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and more.The South Korean band tour will then stretch into February, where they will play six more concerts.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Bulgarian drama “Tarika” has its world premiere at the London Film Festival. Variety spoke to its director, Milko Lazarov, whose previous film, “Ága,” premiered in the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival, and debuts its trailer (below). The film centers on Ali and his daughter Tarika, who live peacefully, but isolated, from their community in rural Bulgaria.

Experts have warned that a new Covid strain named XEC could spark a new wave of infections over the coming months.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Former Locarno and Berlin Film Festival chief Carlo Chatrian has been appointed director of Italy’s National Film Museum in Turin. The cinematic shrine housed in the iconic Mole Antonelliana domed tower, which is the Northern city’s main landmark, has long been known as a treasure trove of movie memorabilia, including pre-cinema magic lanterns and Federico Fellini’s red scarf and letters, as well as for its sleek glass elevator leading to a view of Turin and the Alps in the surrounding Piedmont region.

The Dare has announced details of a UK and European tour, set to take place later this year.Revealed today (September 18), the new tour dates come in celebration of the musician’s debut album ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’Arriving via Polydor/Republic Records on September 6, the artist – real name Harrison Patrick Smith – then kicked off his first-ever North American headline tour. These dates included a sold-out show at New York’s Webster Hall last week.Now, he has announced details of a UK and European leg of the tour, which is set to kick off later this year.Seven new shows have been shared, all of which take place in November.

EXCLUSIVE: It was the faded monochrome photograph of a small Black boy, both hands gripping a valise, as he leaves London with a party of other school-age evacuees, that caught Steve McQueen’s eye while he was researching his Small Axe film anthology. 

The first Seriesly Berlin wrapped last night, and the general feeling from those in attendance is it could be a worthwhile addition to a television conference space in Germany that already houses the likes of Berlinale Series Market and the well-regarded Seriencamp in Cologne.

Italy’s National Cinema Museum in the northern city of Turin has named former Berlin Film Festival head Carlo Chatrian as its new director. Chatrian will be in post for five years. 

Footasylum, the sportswear and footwear retailer headquartered in Rochdale with a creative hub in Manchester city centre, has declared a pre-tax profit of £6m for the financial year ending 27 January, 2024. This represents a increase from the £2.8m reported the previous year, BusinessLive reports.

EXCLUSIVE: Perfect Days, the comeback feature from legendary German filmmaker Wim Wenders, has become boutique operator Curzon Cinemas‘s longest-running film after passing 30 continuous weeks this past Friday.

Father John Misty has announced a UK and European tour for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The singer-songwriter will hit the road next spring to showcase his sixth album ‘Mahashmashana’, which is due for release on November 22 via Sub Pop/Bella Union (pre-order/pre-save here).FJM – real name Josh Tillman – is set to play headline gigs in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Utrecht in early April before heading to the United Kingdom.He’ll take to the stage at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall (April 12), Manchester’s O2 Apollo (13) and Brighton Dome (14) ahead of a final concert at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London on April 15.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST next Friday (September 27) – you’ll be able to buy yours here (UK). Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time on Tuesday (24) by pre-ordering ‘Mahashmashana’ from FJM’s official store (no purchase necessary).APRIL 03 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway04 – Fållan, Stockholm, Sweden05 – Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark06 – Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany 08 – La Cigale, Paris, France09 – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium10 – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands12 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK13 – O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK14 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK15 – Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Tillman is currently out on the road in North America.

Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas To Receive Int’l Emmy Directorate Award

Ben Croll Public broadcasters have taken center stage at this year’s Cartoon Forum, which runs Sept. 16–19 in Toulouse.

A woman has died after being attacked by a shark on a catamaran that had sailed out into the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands.

Oasis isn’t the only hot ticket in the U.K. in 2025.Coldplay just announced they’re striking out on a quick eight-concert run next summer as part of their ongoing ‘Music Of The Spheres World Tour’ aka “the biggest rock tour of all time” according to Billboard Boxscore.The run will start with a pair of back-to-back gigs at Hull’s Craven Park on Aug. 18-19.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today revealed 15 winners of its 2024 Student Academy Awards competition, culled from nearly 2,700 entries spanning 738 colleges and universities around the world. See the list below.

Lambrini Girls have shared their raging new single ‘Company Culture’ and have announced a 2025 UK and European tour.The Brighton-punk duo’s – comprised of Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira – new track sees Lunny sing: “Blondes have more fun / In company culture / Pretend that I know how to use a computer / Harassed in the workplace / My cold resting bitch face / When will I learn / That men just do it bettеr,” describing a harsh culture within the workplace that still exist today.Directed by Al Brown, ‘Company Culture’s accompanying music video sees Lunny and Macieira working in an office setting where they proceed to destroy it and perform the song.Speaking about the track in a press release, the band explained: “Tired of working twice as hard while white, middle-aged men get credit for your ideas? Afraid to report harassment? Constantly second-guessing to avoid conflict? If you’ve answered yes: you’re probably a woman or a queer person.”They continued: “If these challenges hold you back, it’s entirely your fault. And if you succeed, you’ll feel like a fraud.

The UK Health Security (UKHSA) has issued a statement in response to reports that a new Covid strain, named XEC, is now circulating in the UK.

It’s a good day to be a Maxton Hall fan – Season 2 has finished shooting and buzz is building about a possible Season 3.