Nat Geo Documentary Films Set To Dominate Telluride Film Festival; ‘Fauci’, ‘The Rescue’, ‘Becoming Cousteau’ And More To Premiere

Christopher Vourlias From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker David France (“How to Survive a Plague”) could sense the scale of the threat looming on the horizon. A long-time health reporter who has spent decades documenting the battle against HIV and AIDS, he also knew that it would be up to science to lead the world from the brink of an unprecedented human catastrophe.The race to develop and rollout a COVID-19 vaccine has been the defining story of recent memory, and it was the director’s need to document “the great unseen work” performed in laboratories across the world that led to his latest feature, “How to Survive a Pandemic.” “This is the largest scientific undertaking of our lifetimes,” France tells Variety, “and it deserved to be chronicled.” “How to Survive a Pandemic,” which world premieres this week at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, is a kaleidoscopic portrait of the world’s response to COVID-19 told through the eyes of leading scientists, lawmakers, activists, healthcare workers, and everyday figures on the pandemic’s frontlines.

The new song “I Am Woman” by Emmy Meli is getting more and more traction on the music charts and she recently opened up about how TikTok forced her to finish the single.

Janet Jackson is enjoying a very rare day out!

The government will ask the British public to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russian in their country.

Yungblud has shared his new video for ‘Funeral’ and it features a cameo from Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne – check it out below.The track – which is the Doncaster rock star’s first since last year’s ‘Fleabag’ – was released today (March 11).In the tongue-in-cheek video, Sharon runs Yungblud over whilst driving in a car with Ozzy. “What the fuck was that?” Ozzy asks before Sharon replies: “Just some fucking poser”.

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations.The video opens with a shot of the Chinese city of Shenyang, illuminated by lights as a voiceover introduces us to the film’s setting. “I heard this city has the highest density of spies,” the voice points out.

Police have launched an urgent search for a missing Elgin man.

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Celebrity Big Brother winner shot to fame in 2006 when she was the only non-celeb on the series and has now shared a hilarious tale with the Daily Star. The reality star told Daily Star all about how she tried to enter the glamour modelling world when she was young during an exclusive Facebook Live tell-all.Chantelle, 38, explained: "Me and my mum were only talking about this a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to do a competition, it was a Page 3 girl competition."And I look back now and the only reason I wanted to do that was because I had a really controlling ex and he was really nasty to me and he made me feel inferior to all of these girls and it was like kind of an 'I'll show you' thing."She continued: "You had to send these pictures into the paper, and I asked my mum to drive me to the woods not far from my house.

Meghan Markle was reportedly “in tears” after she was allegedly reprimanded by a senior Buckingham Palace official over her jewellery during her time in the Royal Family.The claim was made in the book, Finding Freedom by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, and details the time Meghan was called by a senior aide regarding a personalised necklace at an engagement. Her necklace was a simple gold chain featuring two small letters, the initials of her and Prince Harry.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe country’s box office is still sputtering but Italian cinema is instead “in a state of grace,” as Venice chief Alberto Barbera put it recently as he announced the five features from Italy that are competing for the fest’s Golden Lion. It’s the most he’s ever selected from Italy.And Barbera is adamant that he didn’t allocate almost one-fourth of Venice’s 21 competition slots to Cinema Italiano “to support our colors at a difficult time.”“Some years he selects very little from Italy,” notes Barbara Salabè, who is the top Warner Bros.

A glum arthouse market may be entering a gateway weekend into happier days after months of distributors — with rare exceptions — pulling out their hair at dismal per-screens averages. That’s because festival buzz is mounting for film after film – from Card Counter, Dune and Spencer (debuted in Venice, opening respectively Sept 10, Oct. 22 and Nov. 5), to King Richard and Cyrano (premiered at Telluride, in theaters Nov. 19 and Dec. 31, respectively).

Denis Villeneuve joked that wrangling Timothée Chalamet’s infamous hairdo, which he claimed was “alive”, was the biggest challenge he faced delivering Frank Herbert’s Dune to the screen. The movie premieres Friday night at the Venice Film Festival, and Villeneuve and his cast assembled earlier in the day for the film’s official press conference. “I had to direct Timothée and I had to direct his haircut,” the director laughed.

Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorDirector Denis Villeneuve hopes that audiences will watch “Dune” in movie theaters.“At the end of the day these are difficult times for everybody safety first, if the audience feels comfortable I encourage them to watch it on the big screen,” Villeneuve said at a press conference on Friday at the Venice Film Festival.In December, Warner Bros. — the studio that is releasing “Dune” — announced that its entire movie slate for 2021 would premiere both in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day, as a result of COVID-19 shuttering movie theaters.But Villeneuve wants audiences around the world to make their way to a movie theater, even if “Dune” is available to screen in their homes.

Clayton Davis The Venice Film Festival is the starting pistol of the awards season, but that’s only been the case for the past five years or so. The Lido will unveil the first looks at technical juggernauts like “Dune,” from Warner Bros., and emotional period dramas like “The Power of the Dog,” from Netflix.

Multi-platform media company Macro, which focuses on representing the voice and perspectives of Black people and people of color, has promoted two key executives.

Tribeca Enterprises said Thursday it is launching Tribeca Fall Preview, a seasonlong series of film premieres and musical performances. The series will debut September 22 with a big one: the world premiere of David Chase’s The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark at the Beacon Theatre.

Every once in a long while, I manage to have an encounter with the film producer Albert S. Ruddy. It’s always—what?

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarnerMedia has spelled out a 45-day window policy for Warner Bros. film releases in parts of Asia.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterBreak out the Batman and Wonder Woman cosplay because DC FanDome, a virtual event catered to comic book enthusiasts, is returning this fall.DC FanDome will take place virtually on Oct. 16 at 10 a.m.

Warner Bros has announced what’s in store for their second annual virtual streaming event DC FanDome on Saturday, Oct. 16.