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Bloomberg News has taken disciplinary action against staffers responsible for breaking an embargo on a complex prisoner swap plan that secured the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and others.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to My Mother’s Wedding, the directorial debut of Oscar nominee and BAFTA Award-winning actress Kristin Scott Thomas. The film, inspired by her own family history, which she wrote with husband John Micklethwait, will be released in theaters this summer.

Dame Kristin Scott Thomas has confirmed her wedding to John Micklethwait. It was recently reported that the Four Weddings and a Funeral star, 64, had tied the knot in secret with the Bloomberg editor-in-chief at an intimate ceremony in September, and now the fiercely private actress has shared some details about their special day.

New images from Kristin Scott Thomas’ North Star (formally My Mother’s Wedding), have dropped. The film will have its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is the directorial debut for British actress Kristen Scott Thomas. Thomas also co-wrote the screenplay with John Micklethwait.

"Black Widow" star Scarlett Johansson and "The Lost City of Z" actress Sienna Miller are playing sisters in the upcoming movie "My Mother's Wedding." The movie is directed by Kristin Scott Thomas, who is making her directorial debut with the film.  The drama is about three sisters who return to their childhood home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana.The sisters are very different from each other with Georgina as a nurse, Victoria as a Hollywood star and Katherine as a captain in the Royal Navy. The movie also stars Emily Beecham, who plays one of the sisters and Scott Thomas herself who plays their mother Diana.This is the third time that she has played Johansson's mother in a movie.The first time was in "The Horse Whisperer" and the second was in "The Other Boleyn Girl." "Directing and acting with such talented actresses and reuniting with Scarlett Johansson has been exhilarating," Scott Thomas said in a statement.  Kristin Scott Thomas makes her directorial debut with "My Mother's Wedding." (Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Although this is Scott Thomas' directorial debut, she is an Oscar nominated actress and has been in movies like "The English Patient," "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Gosford Park" and "Darkest Hour." Scott Thomas also was a co-writer of this film with John Micklethwait.  "I have wanted to direct for a long time and it was thrilling to create this fictional family using my own childhood memories as a springboard," Scott Thomas said.

EXCLUSIVE: Scarlett Johansson’s new movie, My Mother’s Wedding, that’s also Kristin Scott Thomas’ feature directorial debut has added BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Sienna Miller, SAG ensemble winner Freida Pinto and Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Emily Beecham. Cameras are currently rolling, Deadline hears.

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS, 10:15 a.m.: Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) has signed on to star in My Mother’s Wedding — the first feature directed by Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas (Slow Horses), which is currently in production.