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Anna Marie de la Fuente Leading Spanish arthouse sales outfit Bendita Film Sales has swooped on the international sales rights of Ernesto Martínez Bucio’s “The Devil Smokes” ahead of its world premiere at the Berlinale’s new Perspectives sidebar. Co-written with Karen Plata, Martínez Bucio’s debut feature delves into sibling relationships and how fears are passed down from one generation to the next. Set in mid-90s Mexico City, “The Devil Smokes” revolves around five young siblings whose grandmother is their sole guardian after the sudden disappearance of their parents.

Anne Nolan opened up about the touching yet quirky farewell her sister Linda Nolan planned for herself before she passed away at age 65 last month after a brave battle with secondary breast cancer. Linda's final goodbye was marked by an emotional ceremony at St Paul's Church in Blackpool, the place she exchanged vows with her beloved Brian Hudson.

Mark Wright has been flooded with message from fans as he shared a sweet family update without Michelle Keegan as the countdown to the arrival of their first child.

A 26 year old embarked on an incredible hitchhiking journey across the length of Africa, completing a staggering 8,000-mile journey that spanned 16 countries over nearly a year. Courtney Allan surprisingly says she spent less than £16 on transport costs throughout the entire trip.

Michelle Keegan has seemingly celebrated the upcoming arrival of her first child as she reunited with her 'northern lot' for what appeared to be a surprise baby shower.

Local governments in the Balearic and Canary Islands are planning to “coordinate action” against mass tourism, according to local news reports.

Carlos Aguilar Cumbia music is the one grounding constant in Argentine-born Spanish filmmaker Amalia Ulman’s sophomore effort “Magic Farm,” a formally radical, biting satire about odious, privileged Americans adrift in a remote Argentine rural town. The group of foreigners works for a Vice-type media company dedicated to exploiting offbeat stories from around the world for sensationalist video content.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Paddington in Peru,” the third tale about the marmalade-loving bear, is nearing the $100 million milestone at the international box office. The film, which doesn’t open in the U.S. and Canada until Feb.

A crowd-funded short film spoofing the year’s most Oscar-nominated movie is set to screen in Mexican cinemas, as local backlash against French crime musical “Emilia Perez” pits an amateur comedy against the cinema establishment.“Emilia Perez,” the story of a Mexican cartel boss who enlists a lawyer to help her disappear and transition into a woman, garnered 13 Oscar nominations and swept up awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globes, including best non-English language film.However, the film has met with strong backlash in Mexico over criticisms of its poor Spanish, use of stereotypes, filming in Paris with few Mexican cast members and light treatment of the issue of forced disappearances — more than 100,000 people are missing in Mexico.Auteur director Jacques Audiard also was criticized for saying he did not feel he needed to do much research to make the movie, which debuted on Netflix late last year.In Mexico, a consumer watchdog had to order top cinema chain Cinepolis to clarify its guarantee policy after many spectators complained that they had not received refunds after walking out of the movie.While Mexican screenings of “Emilia Perez” remained largely empty, trans filmmaker Camila Aurora created a GoFundMe to answer with “Johanne Sacreblu,” the story of “a trans heiress to France’s biggest baguette business who seeks to destroy her country’s systemic racism with her strongest weapon… love.”The 28-minute musical, which features croissants, mimes, rats and painted mustaches, premiered on YouTube on Jan. 25 and quickly went viral, gaining some 2 million views in less than a week.On Thursday, Aurora announced that cinema chain Cinedot would screen the movie.

A grandad has died after a luxury holiday in the Canary Islands. Leslie Green had been staying in Fuerteventura on a family break to celebrate his 70th birthday.

Cleaning your home can often feel like a workout, especially when you're wrestling with a bulky hoover, dragging it up the stairs, and battling with cables that either trip you up or don't stretch far enough. It's a chore that adds unnecessary stress to your day.

Karla Sofía Gascón has released another apology addressing her tweets.

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón has said her controversial series of tweets were taken out of context, stressing that she is “not racist”.Earlier this week, the actor apologised after it emerged that she had posted a series of tweets showing controversial opinions on Muslims, the 2020 murder of George Floyd and the Oscars. In one 2020 post, she posted a picture of a Muslim family with a woman in a burka, describing the clothing tradition as “deeply disgusting”.In another, shared a few days after George Floyd was killed by a police officer, she wrote “I really think that very few people ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict swindler”.

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In a lengthy Instagram post shared earlier today, Karla Sofía Gascón has reiterated an apology for her past bigoted tweets — which included remarks containing Islamophobia, anti-Black rhetoric and derogatory references to George Floyd’s murder, as well as disparaging comments about co-star Selena Gomez — while simultaneously defending her posts as taken out of context. Gascón also declares that she is “not racist” and has a Muslim loved one and seems to imply that the controversy is a smear campaign for her to not “win anything and sink.”

One person on the ground was killed and 19 were injured when an air ambulance crashed in Philadelphia on Friday night, the city's mayor has said.

Ian Cathro has reflected on his brief tenure as Hearts boss and insists Scotland's attitude towards rookie managers meant that he was always up against it in the capital.

was called out for offensive tweets from as recently as four years ago.What were they about? What weren’t they about?In Spanish, she suggested Islam should be banned. Apparently an equal-opportunity offender, she also hammered Catholics and called George Floyd a “drug addict swindler.” Tell us how you really feel, Karla.Gascón, 52, even took aim at the Oscars. After Yuh-Jung Youn (“Minari”) and Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) won in 2021, the X addict couldn’t help herself.

A man claims he flew 1,409 miles to Spain and bought olive oil - for less than the average cost in the UK. Callum Ryan, 24, and girlfriend, Beca Morgan, 25, were talking about how expensive olive oil is in the UK.

Taking ScotRail back under public control was supposed to usher in a new era for Scotland’s railways.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor An unexpected controversy has upended the Oscar race in an awards season defined by historical milestones. Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly trans woman nominated for best actress, is now facing intense scrutiny after resurfaced tweets exposed years-long patterns of Islamophobic and racist rhetoric. Freelance culture writer Sarah Hagi, a Canada-based journalist and co-host of the podcast “Scamfluencers,” uncovered the tweets and found herself at the center of the conversation.