Nick Cordero's widow Amanda Kloots pays tribute to late actor on what would've been his 42nd birthday

Manori Ravindran International EditorIn a year when a festival darling like Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” was able to garner four Oscar nominations, including best picture, questions for the Berlin Film Festival jury — which includes Hamaguchi — centered on the role of film festivals in connecting both arthouse and mainstream audiences.Declaring that he “felt like a kid” at the Berlinale, where his jury will be watching 18 films in all, M. Night Shyamalan sat beaming next to Hamaguchi, who is fresh off his Oscar nomination for best director earlier this week.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe impact of COVID-19 was ingrained throughout the annual financial results of CJ ENM, the most diversified entertainment company in South Korea. Music gained ground, while film was lossmaking. Similarly, the group’s streaming business rapidly grew its top line, but its heavy investment costs kept the unit in the red.For the year to end of December 2021, CJ ENM recorded a 5% increase in sales, to KRW3.55 trillion ($2.97 billion), and a 9% increase in operating profit, at KRW297 billion ($248 million), it sais in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

Emiliano De Pablos Media giant Mediaset has acquired Italian distribution rights to Spanish writer-director Benito Zambrano’s drama “Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake,” produced and sold by Barcelona-based studio Filmax.News of the deal comes just before Filmax screens “Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake” to buyers at this year’s online European Film Market.Described as high-quality cinema for adults and predominantly female audiences, “Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake” adapts the novel of the same title by screenwriter and casting specialist Cristina Campos. It has sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide.A member of  Spain’s generation of directors that broke out in the 1990s,  helping Spanish movies find far larger favor with audiences at home, Zambrano’s breakout debut, 1999’s “Alone,” won the Panorama Audience Award at Berlin.

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The 72nd Berlin Film Festival kicks off in physical form today with M. Night Shyamalan leading the main competition jury. Also notable among panelists is Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi whose Drive My Car this week became the first Japanese movie ever nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Hamaguchi was actually on a plane heading to Berlin when the nominations were announced, and only learned of the results upon landing.

It has been six years since Britain’s first female-only prison stopped housing inmates.Holloway Prison opened in 1852 but later became an all-female institution at the start of the 20th century.And the eerie jail gained notoriety after hosting five female executions - including the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955.Many suffragettes - including Emmeline Pankhurst - were also hauled to Holloway after defying the law in pursuit of their right to vote.Some went on hunger strike and were even force-fed - making the prison symbolic for women’s struggle for liberation.And it was Europe's largest female prison and could house 500 inmates before closing in 2016.

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urban explorer which has been abandoned since the millionaire owner died over a decade ago.The grand home was once owned by an eccentric millionaire called Jean-Charles, who earned his fortune by creating a famous dancing restaurant.But sadly since his death, all of his worldly possessions have been left to collect dust in his home in Isere, France which has been dubbed the 'Baron Castle of the Night'.He had multiple statues and throne-style chairs alongside bulky wooden furniture which took up the majority of space in the rooms.One room even features a pool table covered in clutter with the balls still laid out from the last game.There are black and white pictures of his loved ones still out, shelves stacked with books and a hoard of teddy bears taking up space on green armchairs. The French photographer behind the Urbex Peripitie Facebook page, Jérémy Marionwrote: "I present to you the old castle of Jean-Charles, a millionaire who made a fortune by creating a very famous dancing restaurant in a great city."He died a long time ago and now he leaves a legacy that is hidden, hidden from all at the bottom of the Isere." Fans of the YouTuber's page flooded the comments with admiration for the home which they found 'quirky.'One commenter said: "Such wonderful chateaux but such a shame to be left empty, to rot!"Another wrote: "Where is the family of the owner? People of this kind of wealth should have wills.

Amanda Kloots opened up about the last moments ofBroadway star Nick Cordero's life, and how she plans to use the funds from her late husband's GoFundMe to honor his memory in a new interview with The New York Times. Kloots recounted some of the final ups and downs of Cordero's months-long hospitalization, including the unexpected turn his health took after his condition seemed to be improving.

Amanda Kloots revealed in a new interview that that she is writing a book about her late husband Nick Cordero's final health struggle.Nick was hospitalized with COVID-19 in March and eventually tested negative for the virus but still underwent a series of health complications and died July 5 at age 41.'Yes, I’m writing a memoir about this time, and I’m writing it with Anna Kloots, my sister. It’s about everything I went through, and about positivity and faith and resilience,' Amanda explained to the New York Times.

Nick Cordero, by finding new ways to use his ashes. The fitness instructor took to social media on Tuesday to share the creative new way she used some of the late Broadway star's remains. «Elvis and I had a special afternoon today,» she captioned a photo of herself and her 1-year-old son making pottery.

She lost her husband Nick Cordero to COVID-19 in July.And on Tuesday, Amanda Kloots shared via social media how she had created a very special memento of the Broadway actor.'My girlfriend from years on Broadway has an incredible pottery business in LA and she invited us to make pottery using some of Nicks ashes,' Kloots, 38, shared. Creating memories: Nick Cordero's widow Amanda Kloots shared on Instagram Tuesday that she and son Elvis, one, have made pottery from clay mixed with the late actor's ashes'I have recently learned how many ways you can repurpose ashes and make new things with them.

Zach Braff revealed that  Nick Cordero  was not included in the Memoriam tribute at the 2020 Emmy Awards, after they campaigned to shine a spotlight in his honor at the virtual ceremony.

Amanda Kloots took to Instagram on Monday to ask her followers to keep things positive and upbeat on her page.'Hey everybody, just a quick little statement, I had to turn off commenting from my post today because it became such a negative atmosphere,' the fitness pro, 38, told her 585,000-plus followers in an Instagram Stories clip.Kloots - whose late husband, Broadway actor Nick Cordero, died in July at 41 of COVID-19 - said she took measures to filter out the bad vibes on her page.

Two months after his death, the late Nick Cordero is bringing joy to his son, Elvis Eduardo, through music. Cordero died in July following health complications related to the coronavirus.Music played a strong role in his lengthy hospital stay, with his wife Amanda Kloots starting an online musical tribute and challenge in April.

Florence Pugh is expressing her love for Nick Cordero. The 24-year-old actress honored the late Broadway star on Thursday, which would've been his 42nd birthday.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticNick Cordero’s album Live Your Life: Live at Feinstein’s/54 Below, released posthumously yesterday on what would have been the Broadway star’s 42nd birthday, hit #1 on iTunes album chart last night.Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots wrote on Instagram last night, “#1 on ITunes might be the BEST birthday gift Nick could have ever got! He’s up in heaven going “Guys! Oh my God! Really?! This is incredible! THANK YOU!” If you know my husbands voice you can imagine it.

died in July after a four-month long battle with coronavirus. Florence – who grew close to Nick through her boyfriend Zach Braff – shared a heartfelt post in ode to the actor’s big day.She posted snaps of herself pulling funny faces with Nick in a kitchen, snuggled up to him and Zach on a sofa, him singing live and her mum sitting between Nick and his wife Amanda Kloots.

Florence Pugh is celebrating the life of the late Nick Cordero on what would have been his 42nd birthday.The Little Women actress took to her Instagram on Thursday and shared a heartfelt message to the acclaimed Broadway star for his birthday along with a series of photos of herself and boyfriend Zach Braff spending time Cordero and his wife Amanda Kloots.The Tony Award nominee, and father of one-year-old son Elvis, passed away on July 5 from COVID-19 complications after fighting for his life at a Los Angeles hospital for 94 days. Emotional: Florence Pugh took to Instagram on Thursday to pay tribute to the late Broadway star Nick Cordero on what would have been his 42nd birthday'So.

Amanda Kloots, the widow of Tony nominee Nick Cordero, tearfully celebrated what would have been his 42nd birthday on Thursday.'My angel in heaven is celebrating his birthday today,' the grieving 38-year-old wrote to her 583K Instagram followers.'Happy 42nd Birthday baby. I bet you're having quite the celebration up there, probably singing to everyone.

Amanda Kloots has been keeping her late husband Nick Cordero's legacy alive, since his death in July from coronavirus-related complications.And the fitness personality was recently graced with a beautiful reminder of her husband's enduring talent.She gushed over his album Live Your Life, as she posted a video Friday to her Instagram Story, after receiving her copy of the CD in the mail.