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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic The rescue, in summer 2018, of a youth soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave system in Thailand remains one of the most outright inspiring stories of recent years. Amidst intense interest and scrutiny, an international team came up with a plan to anesthetize the boys and maneuver them out of the flooded caves before monsoon rains intensified. It’s a tense story, and one with an outcome that isn’t just upbeat but is genuinely astounding. Little wonder that it’s lent itself to repeated retellings, including last year’s documentary “The Cave” and this year’s quietly released Ron Howard drama “Thirteen Lives,” starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell as the heroic British cave divers.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japan’s biggest film group Toho announced that it has taken a controlling stake in TIA (previously Toho Interactive Animation), a production company behind the “100 Nichikan Ikita Wani,” film and anime series “iii icecrin,” “iii icecrin2” “Ninja Collection” and “That Is the Bottleneck.” Originally known as I&A, the company was established in 2017 by ILCA and Anima. The name changed to TIA after Toho bought a nearly 35% from the two founders in 2020. Toho has now bought out Anima’s stake, giving it a 67.4% majority holding and cause to rename the company again, this time to Toho Animation Studio. Deal terms were not disclosed.

Love Island star Katie Salmon has split from her fiancé just six months after giving birth to their daughter Thaiga. The 26 year old media personality has deleted all traces of Harry from her social media, including one of the gender reveal for their daughter, and instead, she recently posted a very cryptic note as she said she's not going to 'settle for less than she deserves' anymore. Katie, who starred on the 2016 series of Love Island took to her Instagram stories to share the note which read: "Everything has changed for me since having my little girl.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief SK Global’s “Thai Cave Rescue” series faced almost as many obstacles as the specialist divers drafted to bring out 12 boys and their coach from a waterlogged grotto in summer 2018 in front of a blaze of media attention and an expectant Thai nation. The show debuts on Netflix on Thursday, a timing that means it follows three feature-length depictions and multiple news media specials retelling the watery events. It is also the retelling that is most closely associated with the Thai government, which auditioned prospective production companies and streamers and has carefully held the real-life rescued youngsters close to its chest.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Luang Prabang Film Festival held annually in Laos’ cultural hub will make an in-person return to action in December. The festival operated as a virtual event in 2020 under pandemic conditions. But was forced to cancel its 2021 edition. The town has no permanent movie theater and the festival uses temporary facilities, but previous editions have attracted big crowds. All events are open to the public and are free of charge. Over four days (Dec. 8-11, 2022) organizers will put on a mix of some twenty film screenings, public discussions and Q&A sessions with local audiences. This year, the LPFF will add a second night venue.

Shane Warne’s family have had ‘crisis talks’ with an Australian TV channel after they slammed a telemovie planned just six months after the cricketing legend’s death, it’s been reported. Channel Nine reportedly began working on a two-part film based on the popular sportsman just weeks after his sudden death at the age of 52 in Thailand. Titled Warnie, the drama has come under fire from Warne’s daughter Brooke, 25, who called it ‘disrespectful’ on Instagram earlier this week.

MotoGP introduces sprint races on Saturdays. Gardner announced earlier on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix that he will be joining GRT Yamaha in WSBK next year after he lost his Tech3 KTM ride over his alleged unprofessionalism. Though the Australian will face three-race weekends from 2023 in WSBK, the current run of 12 rounds means he will still have four fewer races than MotoGP will next year.

Manchester United are reportedly set 'to rival' Liverpool for Brazilian wonderkid Joao Gomes from Flamengo.

Four people are behind bars for trafficking women into Scotland for sex.

Manchester United, in recent weeks, have been seriously impressive. After losing their opening two matches of the season against Brighton and Brentford, the Reds have responded well - winning four successive Premier League matches. The recent results, which include victories over Liverpool and Arsenal, have all come with talisman Cristiano Ronaldo starting on the bench.

CLC singer Sorn has released her fourth solo single ‘Nirvana Girl’ alongside a music video featuring bandmates Yeeun and Seungyeon.The new dance-pop track was released on September 15 alongside a music video featuring all three former members of the seven-piece CUBE Entertainment girl group, who disbanded in May this year.Yeeun performs her rap verse in the video, while Seungyeon, who is not credited on the song itself, makes an appearance alongside Sorn on a dancefloor. “I’m on my way to be Nirvana girl, a newer better me / Out of this world, enlightened and free / Nirvana girl, that’s what I’m gonna be,” Sorn sings on the liberatory chorus.Speaking to NME on her creative process behind ‘Nirvana Girl’, Sorn shared that she drew inspiration from a visit to a temple.

It was five years ago when Pan-n-Ice landed in Manchester, taking a spot within Selfridges’ food Hall at The Trafford Centre. And today, they launched a second parlour at Manchester Arndale, keeping queues of hungry shoppers happy with their unique ice cream and frozen yoghurt rolls.

Australia’s Nine Network has ordered a local version of Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars and a two-part drama event series based on the late cricket maverick Shane Warne. Both shows were presented at Nine’s Upfront today.

Liz Hurley, 57, took to Instagram earlier today to pay homage to Shane Warne on what would have been his birthday.The actress and the former Australian cricketer first met in in July 2010 and were together for three years.Shane tragically died earlier this year at the age of 52 from a suspected heart attack.Today, marking his birthday, Liz shared two throwback pictures of the pair during their relationship.One of the pictures showed the former couple laughing as Liz sit on Shane’s lap during a fancy dinner.In the second picture, Shane could be seen cradling a lamb as Liz blew kisses at it.Liz wrote in the caption: “Happy Birthday Lionheart.“You’re missed every day @shanewarne23."Fans of the model flocked to the post’s comments section to send her their support on such a poignant day.Emmafarah1 said: “Gorgeous photos - lovely, happy memories - huge hugs angel @elizabethhurley1 xxx.”Fleet1617 added: “Missed by all cricket fans, even us English fans know a good one.”Enriquea.vaca remarked: “I wish him a happy birthday in heaven.”News of Shane’s passing emerged on March 4, with Liz sharing a picture of them together on Instagram.She captioned the photo: “I feel like the sun has gone behind a cloud forever.“RIP my beloved lionheart @shanewarne23."Liz was engaged to the Austin Powers star from September 2011 until they split in December 2013.Shane’s management released a brief statement at the time explaining the circumstances of his death."It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand today, Friday 4th March," it read."Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived."The family requests

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Naman Ramachandran Sri Lanka’s Vimukthi Jayasundara and Guatemala’s César Díaz, winners of the Cannes Golden Camera for “The Forsaken Land” (2005) and “Nuestras madres” (2019) respectively, are among the recipients of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s (IFFR) HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme for 2022. Out of 25 applications, six projects by filmmakers from Argentina, Egypt, Guatemala, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Yemen have been awarded a contribution of €60,000 ($60,854) each through their European co-producers in Austria, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Jayasundara is supported for “Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars” (France/Sri Lanka, House on Fire), set on a mysterious resort where the protagonist must quarantine and reckon with his past on his return to Sri Lanka, while Díaz gets it for “Fidelidad” (Guatemala/Belgium, Lemming Film Belgium), a love triangle set on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala.

EXCLUSIVE: Marcus Dunstan, the writer of Saw 3D and Saw VI, is set to direct the horror flick All My Friends Are Dead. Film Mode Entertainment and Roundtable Entertainment will launch sales on the project at the Toronto Film Festival.

It was obvious from the opening embers of the 4-0 pre-season win over Liverpool in Thailand that Diogo Dalot was going to play a big role for Erik ten Hag this season.

Netflix hit thriller drama “Echoes,” but it’s a tad darker than the Hayley Mills classic. Michelle Monaghan plays identical twins who have switched places every birthday since they were kids into adulthood, tricking husbands and children. But, the twisted ritual goes wrong one year when they find themselves as prime suspects in a murder, puzzling a local cop who can’t figure out who did it.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Wang Xiaoshuai, director of “So Long, My Son” and “Red Amnesia,” will be the most senior mainland Chinese director to present a new film at a major Western festival this year. That may be a reflection of the growing political and economic separation between China and the West over the past couple of years — with COVID an additional irritant. But tough times can also breed innovation. Wang’s latest, “The Hotel,” a chamber piece about a small group of Chinese tourists trapped in a hotel in Thailand during the early days of the pandemic, was inspired by events that Wang personally endured in 2020. It was made in almost improvised fashion, with a hastily written screenplay and shot with available crew.

Queen Elizabeth's death has brought an end to a record-breaking reign. The 96-year-old monarch passed away at her Balmoral estate on Thursday (08. 09.