Miami Film Festival to Celebrate Global Cinema Including ‘The Good Boss’ and ‘Drive My Car’

Karen Idelson Look through the list of this year’s Oscar nominees in the animated feature category and you’ll find each hero’s journey hinges on the same thing — family. They’re either struggling to break free, trying to find their place in the world or looking back on a mystery. In every case, it’s messy.Most of the filmmakers leaned into their own experiences with family and mined tidbits for their films.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorChloe x Halle are championing emerging filmmakers through Neutrogena Studios’ First Frame Program, which released two short films — “En Avant” and “If My Voice Rang Louder Than My Skin” — on Thursday.Both films, produced in partnership with the nonprofit Ghetto Film School, address the First Frame Program’s mission of spotlighting experiences surrounding skin health and what it means to embrace your skin. Chloe and Halle Bailey, who are also Neutrogena brand ambassadors, helped curate the program and mentored the filmmakers as they developed their shorts.The R&B duo underlined the importance of amplifying work from young, Black creatives — and shared their joys of working with “En Avant” writer/director Sarah Jean Williams and “If My Voice Rang Louder Than My Skin” writer/director Kyra Peters.

A leading artist is heading a new public art project in West Lothian.

An Ayrshire care home has launched a card appeal to help mark a special resident’s 100th birthday.

Coronation Street bosses have announced plans for a brand new set expansion, that will introduce countless possibilities for new storylines.The build is set to take just six months, and will bring viewers the Weatherfield Precinct, which has been mentioned on the ITV soap before.The two-storey build will include maisonettes, a staircase and balcony which leads up to the properties.There will also be a piazza and a number of accessible local shops and business units, which is set to enhance the ITV soap's 7.7 acre site near Manchester.The plans are the vision of production designer Rosie Mullins-Hoyle, and the construction begins this week with it expected to last six months.Then, the soap's cast and crew can begin filming exciting storylines with the extended set.Rosie said: "We are extremely excited to be starting to build Weatherfield Precinct this week after a year of technical drawings, model making, visualising and planning."An incredible amount of research has been carried out focussing on 1960s local architecture and we are striving to create an authentic area of Weatherfield with a grittier vibe to the existing street that we know and love."The build is being led by myself and Construction Manager Keith Eccleston and is a fantastic opportunity to use some of the amazing behind the scene talents we have on the show with bespoke joinery, scenic art work, graphic design and set dressing skills all being involved."Rosie went on: "I cannot wait to meet the characters that may call it home and see the businesses that will be created and the storytelling potential of an old but new part of Weatherfield.”In the past, viewers have seen characters talk about heading off to the shops at the precinct, but the new set will

Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has named ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, gaming and television industries that will participate in the 2022 edition of its BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative supported by Netflix.The 2022 contingent includes writer-director Ajitpal Singh (“Tabbar,” “Fire in the Mountain”); composer Alokananda Dasgupta (“Sacred Games”), writer-director Arati Kadav (“Cargo”), producer Mathivanan Rajendran (“Nirvana Inn”), writer-director Leena Manimekalai (“Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale”), game director Nakul Verma (“In My Shadow”), writer-director Prateek Vats (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), writer Shubham (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”) and performer Sumukhi Suresh (“Pushpavalli”). The talents were selected by a jury consisting of BAFTA-winning composer A.R.

Vogue editors and teamed up with Rag & Bone’s former head of business development, , to launch La Ligne in 2016 out of a shared passion for timeless essentials and celebrating women in (and out of) business. The brand’s endlessly wearable collection consists of sensible basics, striped prints, and cozy sweaters.

Willow Smith is rocking a new work of art on her arm!The 21-year-old surprised fans on social media after she debuted a big new tattoo on her arm, covering nearly the entire thing. “My manzz @rayjtattoo> did it again,” she wrote in her caption on March 2, posting a photo of the body art to Instagram while giving a shoutout to tattoo artist Raymond Jimenez at Body Electric Tattoo Shop in Los Angeles.“Reaching into the cosmos with @willowsmith,” he wrote in his caption, explaining a little bit about the tattoo.

Kris Jenner has an entire room in her house devoted to fine china, it has emerged. Like her daughters, the businesswoman and Kardashian family matriarch is known for having expensive taste which unsurprisingly extends to her kitchenware.

Karen Idelson The five Oscar-nominated animated pics use many styles and storytelling genres to explore deeper issues. Below is a look into each work of art.Affairs of the ArtPet taxidermy. Screw threads.

Kanye West has said that “men [and] celebrities are not allowed to cry” in a new online post he’s titled ‘DEAD’.West, who is now legally known as ‘ye’, posted the second in a new series of poetic posters on Instagram earlier today (March 8).

Not here for it. After Kanye West raised eyebrows with his “Eazy” music video, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly that Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson were less than thrilled by the art form.

Deadline he “feels very strongly” about the decision, explaining he believes filmmaking is a collaborative art and “we should all have a seat at the supper table”.“I disagree with the decision made by the executive committee,” the filmmaker said.  “I feel very strongly that this is perhaps the most collaborative medium in the world. All of us make movies together, we become a family where one craft is just as indispensable as the next.“I feel that at the Academy Awards there is no above the line, there is no below the line.

South Ayrshire Council is set to include dozens of common good properties in an en masse review of council owned estates.

Kanye West’s latest Instagram appears to be a follow-up to his since-deleted post that received a major amount of backlash. In case you missed it, the “Famous” rapper shared a disturbing video for his single “Easy,” in which he decapitated and buried his estranged wife Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend Pete Davidson. On Sunday (March 6), Kanye seemingly defended the clip by saying “art” is intended to “inspire,” rather than imply “harm.”

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorVariety’s eighth annual Artisans Awards returns to an in-person ceremony for 2022 to celebrate and honor those essential to the filmmaking process who have exhibited the most exciting, immersive and innovative work of the year in their respective fields.The tribute evening will take place March 7 at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. Jazz Tangcay, Variety senior artisans editor, will moderate conversations with the award recipients.Santa Barbara Intl.

The 26th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards were held at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday.The event, hosted byYvette Nicole Brown,honors the best production designers in film, television and media of 2021, and con sometimes be an indicator of who will take home theses honors at the upcoming Academy Awards.Actress Alexandra Daddario was among the stars on hand to serve as presenters throughout the ceremony. Glowing: Alexandra Daddario, 35, showed off her charisma during the red carpet walk at the 26th AnnualArt Directors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on SaturdayDaddario, 35, made her grand arrival and was quickly ushered over to do the red carpet.Oozing leading lady charisma and appeal, the New York City native stunned in a black, one-shoulder gown.

In the Oscar-nominated animated short film Boxballet, a gargantuan boxer and a willowy ballerina cross path unexpectedly. They develop feelings for each other, but given the enormous gulf between their backgrounds, the question becomes whether love can truly bring them together.

Paolo Sorrentino won the Foreign Language Oscar, as it was known then, in 2014 with his film The Great Beauty. He returns to the frame this year with The Hand of God, perhaps his most personal picture, which is nominated for Best International Feature. This lightly fictionalized tale of Sorrentino’s own youth in Naples, as he grappled with family tragedy, celebrated Diego Maradona’s arrival at his local football team, and took his first steps into his love of cinema, stars newcomer Filippo Scotti as Fabi Schisa, a teenager struggling to find his place in the world.

Julie Andrews cherishes her time with Tony Walton.

Christina Hendricks wears a pretty printed dress for the launch of Good Eggs held at the California Heritage Museum on Thursday (March 3) in Santa Monica, Calif.