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Carey Mulligan highlighted the need to support children in war zones across the world at Variety’s Power of Women Presented by Lifteime event on Thursday. Mulligan was honored for her work as a global ambassador for War Child UK, an organization focused on protecting children in conflict zones.

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‘Suspicion’ Axed By Apple TV+ After One Season

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has axed its Uma Thurman-starring thriller series Suspicion after one season.

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Magnolia Takes North American Rights From Participant on Steve James‘ ’A Compassionate Spy’ – Global Bulletin

Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from Participant to “A Compassionate Spy,” the new documentary from Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “Life Itself”). The film, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival ahead of its North American launch at Telluride, is a real-life spy story about Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall, who provided nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, told through the perspective of his wife Joan, who protected his secret for decades. Magnolia will release the film in theaters later this year. “A Compassionate Spy” is presented by Participant and is a Mitten Media and Kartemquin Films production produced by Mark Mitten p.g.a., Dave Lindorff, and Steve James. Executive producers are Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Tim Horsburgh and Gordon Quinn.

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Independent Film & Television Alliance Appoints Seven To Board Of Directors

Brian Beckmann (Arclight Films), Caroline Couret-Delegue (Film Seekers Limited), Diane Ferrandez (AGC Studios), Jeffrey Greenstein (Millennium Media), George Hamilton (Protagonist Pictures), Jasmin McSweeney (NZ Film Commission) and Lise Romanoff (Vision Films) have been elected to serve on the Independent Film & Television Alliance’s 15-person Board of Directors.

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Maya Penn Makes Directorial Debut With Environmental Animated Short ‘Asali’; Viola Davis & Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions Executive Producing

EXCLUSIVE: Maya Penn, the 22-year old award-winning animator, environmental activist and multi-hyphenate, has set her first directing project: the animated short film Asali: Power of The Pollinators. The short is an original project from Penn’s purpose-driven animation studio Upenndo! Productions and is set to be executive produced by Viola Davis, Julius Tennon and their JuVee Productions.

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Participant Media Promotes Three Executives to Senior VP (EXCLUSIVE)

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Participant Media has promoted three executives to senior vice president. Elizabeth Haggard has been elevated to senior VP of narrative film; Nicole Starr has been appointed to the newly created position of senior VP of content representation and impact; and Rob Williams has been named senior VP of global sales. Haggard will continue to report to executive VPs of narrative film Anikah McLaren and Robert Kessel. As senior VP of narrative film, she will have greater oversight of the day-to-day development and production of the company’s film slate. Starr will report to CEO David Linde. In her newly formed role, Starr will engage throughout the content development process for Participant’s narrative, documentary and episodic content.

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CAA Media Finance, Spain’s San Sebastian Festival Launch Creative Investors’ Conference

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Co-organized with CAA Media Finance, a new San Sebastian Festival Creative Investors’ Conference will see many of the good and great of the international film business descend on September’s fest edition to be pitched 10 higher-budget Spanish movies by their producers. The Conference will run Sept.19-20. In a cosmopolitan lineup, titles pitched include international co-productions such as “Whalemen (At the Ends of the Earth)” from “Everest” director Baltasar Kormákur as well as the latest from “Amama” helmer Asier Altuna and “Raqa,” from Gerardo Herrero, an Academy Award wining producer for “The Secret in Their Eyes.”

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‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Scores North American Sale to Kino Lorber

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentKino Lorber has acquired North American rights to first-time Lebanese director Mounia Akl’s timely drama “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” which launched positively last year from Venice.“Costa Brava” provides an acerbic take on Lebanon’s waste management crisis and its turbulent political landscape and combines the country’s strife with the global climate crisis. The darkly comic drama pairs Oscar-nominated Lebanese star and filmmaker Nadine Labaki (“Capernaum”) and Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit”) as a couple who has moved from Beirut to live idyllically in the mountains, until one day the government decides to build a garbage landfill right beside their house.

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ITV Takes On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ With Celebrity Drag Format; ‘Screw’ Season Two; Banijay Kids Option – Global Briefs

ITV Takes On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ With Celebrity Drag Format

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Uma Thurman on 'Batman & Robin' 25 Years Later and 'Suspicion' Series (Exclusive)

Uma Thurman made a splash with her recurring role on the short-lived musical series , she’s been a welcome presence on TV, with notable parts on, , and. Now, several years later, she’s back on the small screen with the Apple TV+ thriller , which will be followed closely by her turn as Arianna Huffington on . On, led by showrunner and executive producer Rob Williams, Thurman plays American businesswoman Katherine Newman, whose son has been kidnapped from a New York City hotel. “The conflict that the character has is the unthinkable, right? It’s the unimaginable,” Thurman, who is a mother of three, including Maya Hawke, tells ET’s Matt Cohen of putting herself in the same situation as her character.

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EastEnders' Kyle Slater actor Riley Carter looks worlds away from first appearance on soap

Riley Carter has undergone an impressive weight loss transformation and looks worlds away from his time on EastEnders. Riley made his acting debut in 2015 and starred in the hit BBC show for a year as Kyle Slater – making history as the first trans actor to play a trans character in a British soap. Since leaving the show, Riley has shed several pounds and looks fitter and healthier than ever.

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Channel 4 Prison Drama ‘Screw’ Sells To Australia & New Zealand

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has struck its first deals for Channel 4 prison drama Screw, with networks in Australia and New Zealand picking up the series.

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‘Suspicion’ Trailer: Uma Thurman Stars In A Mysterious Abduction Drama For AppleTV+

Is everything as it seems? Four people are about to test the boundaries of what’s true and who is trustworthy in the new series “Suspicion.” The Apple TV+ series explores what happens when a powerful businesswoman’s son is kidnapped. A small group of suspects find themselves on the run as they search for the actual perpetrators; what comes after is a thrilling race built on action and intrigue.