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Jota has moved a step closer to realising his World Cup dream after the Celtic star was included on a list of 55 of Portugal’s Qatar hopefuls. Fernando Santos will cut those names by more than half when he names his final 26-man squad for next month’s tournament.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Talpa Studios, the independent global content house founded by John de Mol, has revealed that the internationally successful quiz format “The Floor” has reached a new milestone: in just one and a half years, the format has been sold to 20 countries. Five new territories have joined the list of adaptations, solidifying its position as one of the fastest-growing formats worldwide, with recordings for multiple countries taking place at Talpa’s production hub in the Netherlands. The latest additions to the list of broadcasters are Finland’s MTV3, Denmark’s TV2, Uruguay’s Teledoce/Canal 12, Chile’s TVN and an Australian buyer as yet unannounced, bringing the total number of markets to 20.

Noussair Mazraoui, Amad and Alejandro Garnacho all took part in Manchester United training ahead of the visit of Brentford, but it's been confirmed that Kobbie Mainoo will be out for 'a few weeks'.

The Beatles have announced a brand new reissue of their album ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ in celebration of its 60th anniversary.The reissue is also in celebration of National Album Day and will come in the form of a limited edition 180g white pressing of the 1964 LP. The ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ 60th anniversary reissue is set for release on October 19 and can be pre-ordered here.Released as their third studio album, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ was penned solely by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, highlighting the development of their songwriting partnership. The LP also served as a partial soundtrack to the band’s first film of the same name and includes its titular track and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ which both became transatlantic Number One singles for the group.Side one: 1.’A Hard Day’s Night’2. ‘I Should Have Known Better’3. ‘If I Fell’4. ‘I’m Happy Just To Dance With You’5. ‘And I Love Her’6. ‘Tell Me Why’7. ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’Side two:8. ‘Any Time At All’9. ‘I’ll Cry Instead’10. ‘Things We Said Today’11. ‘When I Get Home’12. ‘You Can’t Do That’13. ‘I’ll Be Back’Elsewhere, Macca recently performed The Beatles track ‘Now And Then’ live for the first time.The music legend introduced the song to his set as he played live at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay on Tuesday (October 1).

Marcelo Cajueiro Sao Paulo, Brazil – Expocine 2024, the largest and most important business gathering of the motion picture theater industry in Latin America, takes place in Sao Paulo from Oct. 8-11, as Brazil’s theatrical market slowly recovers from COVID-era slowdown and Hollywood double strikes. After a decline during the pandemic, the total number of screens in Brazil is currently 3,530, slightly up from 3.507 at the end of 2019.

Paul McCartney has performed The Beatles track ‘Now And Then’ live for the first time. Check out footage of the rendition below.The music legend introduced the song to his set as he played live at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay last night (October 1).

Paul McCartney looks set to perform The Beatles’ ‘Now And Then’ live for the first time on his upcoming tour.The music legend is bringing his ‘Got Back’ tour to South America, the UK and Europe over the coming weeks and has been sharing snippets of his preparations in the run up to the live stint.As fans wait patiently for the tour to resume, some have noticed that Macca may well be playing The Beatles’ “final” song – released last year with the help of AI technology – live in concert for the first time.‘Now And Then’ was released in November 2023 and is the last Beatles song to feature all members of the Fab Four, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the late George Harrison and John Lennon.Fan-shared footage seemingly reveals that McCartney performed ‘Now And Then’ during soundcheck at the Centenario Stadium, Montevideo in Uruguay on September 30, ahead of his performance there tonight (October 1).Suspicions that it will feature on the official setlist also appeared to be confirmed in the behind-the-scenes footage of ‘Got Back’ tour rehearsals shared to the musician’s YouTube channel.

Say what you like about Casemiro's form for Manchester United over the past year, one thing that cannot be denied is his impact in his maiden Premier League season.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In what has become a regular event at major film festivals since January, members of the Argentine film community and its supporters from across the world, came together for a protest led by the San Sebastian Film Festival in support of the South American country’s flailing audiovisual industry. The protests have been in response to the draconian measures taken by its right-wing government, led by Javier Milei, who took over as president in December last year amid a galloping 200% inflation rate.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Argentina’s Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (“120 BPM”) and Spain’s Mona Martínez (“Adios”) play pivotal roles in the international co-production, “Narciso” by Paraguay’s Marcelo Martinessi, whose feature debut “The Heiresses,” (“Las Herederas”) took home two Silver Bears and a Fipresci award at the 2018 Berlinale. Originally titled “Who Killed Narciso?,” Martinessi’s second feature was presented at the San Sebastian Film Festival’s Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum in 2020.

In keeping with its historical support of Latin American cinema throughout the years, the San Sebastian International Film Festival will this year make an extra push for Argentina’s cinema industry, which has been in a state of crisis since March after its newly-elected far-right leader Javier Milei moved ahead with plans to withdraw all state funding from its film body, the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA). 

Jeff Brazier has paid tribute to his son Freddy as they watched their Race Across the World journey come to an end on-screen on a special day. The father and son duo were among the pairs racing almost 7,800 miles from the Amazon Rainforest to Chile in the BBC show.

Manuel Ugarte could make his Manchester United debut at Southampton on Saturday despite only returning to Carrington from international duty on Thursday.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Argentina’s 1976 military coup d’état, along with the sustained period of violence and forced disappearances that it ushered in, isn’t an obvious historical backdrop for a heartwarming tale of human-animal bonding. But that’s how the timing worked out for Tom Michell, an English teacher stationed at an elite Buenos Aires private school, at the time of the turmoil: With the country in chaos and many of his colleagues in crisis, he was figuring out what to do with the Magellan penguin he had accidentally adopted on a weekend jaunt to Uruguay.

Manuel Ugarte is showing Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag he is fit enough to make his Premier League debut away at Southampton after the international break.

Despite some late drama at Old Trafford and beyond, Manchester United generally acted quickly and decisively in the transfer market this summer. It had all the hallmarks of an Ineos-led plan and such decision making means they have already completed their first order of business for next summer.

Manuel Ugarte couldn't hide his excitement and happiness at being presented as a Manchester United player ahead of Sunday's Premier League showdown with Liverpool. The 23-year-old, who completed a deadline day transfer to United, was in attendance at Old Trafford for the first time.

Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire have shown their true colours ahead of Manchester United's clash against Liverpool. The Red Devils will welcome Arne Slot's side to Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon before the international break drops the curtain on an exciting start to the new Premier League season.

Manchester United feel they have significantly strengthened their squad after completing the signing of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain on deadline day.

Anna Marie de la Fuente France’s Caractères Productions and Chile’s Planta Prods. have boarded Argentine Hernán Rosselli’s “Hard Boiled School,” a multi-country production that includes lead producer Un Puma (Argentina) alongside co-producers from Austria (Nabis Filmgroup), Uruguay (Tarkiofilm), Brazil (Multiverso Produções) and Portugal (Oublaum Filmes).

Manchester United have just a couple more days to complete their transfer business for the summer.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent SANTIAGO, Chile — This is the age of turbulence and film festivals are not immune. Decimated in many cases by public-sector cuts or COVID-19, they haven’t stopped evolving after the pandemic as they hone new priorities, react to both a sometimes volatile political context and the state of cinemagoing worldwide if a round table at Chile’s Sanfic Industria last week, titled Film Festivals’ Present and Future, was anything to go by. Panel speakers took in honchos at three top Latin American events – Sanfic artistic director Carlos Nuñez, Rio de Janeiro Film Festival director Ilda Santiago and Estrella Araiza, managing director of Mexico’s Guadalajara Festival.