Sascha Keilholz on Taking the Reins at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Fest During a Pandemic

This morning Hutchins estate attorney Brian Panish put blame on Rust producers and Baldwin for their negligence with safety during production of the western that led to Hutchins being shot and killed by a prop gun discharged by the Oscar nominated actor, an incident that also saw the pic’s director Joel Souza injured. Using an animated video to reconstruct the alleged incidents that occurred, Panish showed Baldwin cross-drawing and firing the gun straight at crew during a “line-up”.

ViacomCBS badly missed Wall Street forecasts for earnings per share in the fourth quarter, but added a record 9.4 million streaming subscribers and smashes revenue projections.

EXCLUSIVE: A Christmas Story Christmas, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s sequel to A Christmas Story for HBO Max, continues to ramp up its cast, adding four actors from the original 1983 film: Ian Petrella (Randy), Zack Ward (Scut Farkus), Scott Schwartz (Flick) and R.D. Robb (Schwartz).

Los Angeles’ top health official indicated today that the county expects to lift its indoor mask mandate much more quickly than previously projected.

President Joe Biden said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains “distinctly possible,” as he made further warnings to Moscow of its implications while holding out the possibility of a diplomatic solution.

A series of Lanarkshire legal firms have pledged their support to the eighth annual St Andrew’s Hospice Make a Will Month campaign.

Kat Dennings just couldn't wait to put on her wedding ring. The 35-year-old actress appeared on Monday's episode of , and explained why she and her fiancé, Andrew W.K., are already sporting their wedding bands even though they haven't tied the knot.«We're not married yet, but we went to buy our wedding bands and we were like, 'Why don't we just wear them? Who cares!' And that's the end of that story,» Dennings quipped. «Why not? There's no rules.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterParamount Plus and Showtime topped a combined 56 million subscribers by the end of last year, ViacomCBS revealed Tuesday ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings presentation and investor event. That’s up 9.4 million from where it was in the previous quarter.At the end of Q3 of 2021, Paramount Plus (formerly CBS All Access) and Showtime OTT added 4.3 million global subscribers, raising their combined total to nearly 47 million.For comparison, HBO and HBO Max ended 2021 with 73.8 million global subscribers, Disney Plus closed the year with nearly 130 million worldwide, and Netflix reached 221.8 million total in Q4.ViacomCBS said last February it expects to reach 65-75 million global subscribers between Paramount Plus and Showtime by 2024.

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Iggy Azalea, 31, appears to have a new man in her life. The Australian rapper and NBA star Malik Monk, 24, were pictured leaving dinner together on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) in Los Angeles. The pair dined at Giorgio Baldi with Malik’s teammate Anthony Davis, 28, and his wife Marlen P. Iggy and Malik now have fans thinking the they’re a romantic item, and quite frankly, the theories are probably accurate. We already know plenty about Iggy, so here’s five key facts about her potential new beau, Malik Monk.

Rust production team.On October 21 last year, Baldwin is alleged to have discharged a prop firearm during rehearsal on set at Bonanza Creed Ranch in New Mexico which injured director Joel Souza and killed Hutchins.At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 15), lawyers for the Hutchins family announced they had filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and “others who are responsible for the safety on set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins”.Names mentioned in the lawsuit (via Deadline) include actor and producer Baldwin, producers Ryan Smith, Allen Cheney, Nathan Klingher, Ryan Winterstern, Anjul Nigam, Matthew DelPiano, and Emily Salveson. Armourers Hannah Gutierrez Reed and Seth Kenney are also named, alongside crew members Sarah Zachry, Dave Halls, Gabrielle Pickle and others.The lawsuit claims the Rust production team “disregarded at least 15 Industry Standards” of on-set safety.

Waterparks have shared an update on their forthcoming new album, teasing that it’s “80 per cent done”.The follow-up to last year’s ‘Greatest Hits’ will be the band’s fifth album, and according to a social media post the Texas trio are wading through a lot of material.Yesterday (February 14), the band’s official Twitter account confirmed that their next album – tentatively titled ‘PARX5’ – is currently “80 per cent done”. They also revealed that they’ve penned 55 songs for the project that total two hours and 23 minutes.Over on frontman Awsten Knight’s Instagram Story, he said of the new material: “Can’t even describe how good this shit is,” and that song number 54 out of 55 was his “current fave”.He also tweeted that the band “need more friends on this album”, with Phem and Against The Current‘s Chrissy Costanza throwing their hats in the ring in the replies.TAG pic.twitter.com/FA0RM5DIEi— DANNY FANDOM (@awsten) February 14, 2022Speaking to NME at Reading Festival last year, Knight revealed that there are some collaborative tracks sitting in the Waterparks vault.Texas rapper De’Wayne previously featured on their 2021 single ‘You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You)’, and Aswten told NME that this wasn’t the only song they worked on.

Singer Miguel and his partner Nazanin Mandi revealed that they’re back together after their brief separation!

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nominated by President Biden last July.Wong holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a master’s in environmental engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She also helped establish the Conference on APA Leadership, which helps guide young Asian American and Pacific Islander Americans seeking careers in public service.LGBTQ advocacy groups praised Wong’s confirmation. “Ambassador Wong is now one of the highest-ranking leaders of U.S. economic and international policy in Asia and is well-positioned to leverage her exceptional qualifications and experience,” Annise Parker, the president and CEO of LGBTQ Victory Institute, an organization that advocates for greater LGBTQ representation in elected and appointed positions, said in a statement.“As the first out LGBTQ person of color confirmed to an ambassador-level position, Ambassador Wong is also a symbol of hope and strength for LGBTQ leaders and community members fighting for LGBTQ rights across the globe.

Ed Meza @edmezavarIn “La Botera” (“Boat Rower Girl”), which plays at the Malaga Spanish Screenings, Argentine filmmaker Sabrina Blanco tells the story of Tati, a teenage girl growing up in Isla Maciel, a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires situated along the banks of a polluted river, where she lives with a neglectful and troubled single father.Angered when her father, a local boatsman who ferries passengers across the river, decides to sell his boat, Tati sets out to learn how to row, and comes of age in the process.“The idea arose in 2014 as a result of personal concerns, and my own experiences from social activism, which led me to reflect on the difficulties of growing up for women in low-income class contexts — a topic

Ed Meza @edmezavarBoston-based international sales company 34T has picked up Enrique García’s Spanish thriller “Black Stain.”Set in an isolated Andalusian village in the early 1970s, the story revolves around a family mourning the death of the elderly matriarch and the deep tensions that are reignited with the return of her estranged son Eugenio, who left years earlier. As his three sisters grieve, the dark stain that has long haunted the family resurfaces.Eugenio’s return reawakens ill feelings among the neighbors, whose livelihood has been devastated by a plague that has destroyed the village’s once fertile olive grove.

Ed Meza @edmezavarGerman and European animation features remain plentiful on the slates of German sales agents at this year’s AFM, with adaptations, original works and new installments of popular franchises set to attract buyers.Arri Media Intl. is presenting a 10-minute preview of “The Ogglies,” an adaptation of the hit German children’s book series about a group of creatures with unusual eating habits looking for a new home.

Ed Meza @edmezavarExploring wide-ranging global themes, from poverty, migration, political strife and fascism to art and romance, German sales companies are presenting an eclectic offering of local and international cinematic works at this year’s AFM.Social dramas and political thrillers reflect both the current zeitgeist and historical parallels of similarly troubled times. In Marcus Lenz’s “Rival,” a 9-yearold Ukrainian boy travels to Germany to be with his mother, who has been forced to leave her country to work as an undocumented caretaker for an old man.

Ed Meza @edmezavarForced to revamp in the wake of Germany’s second coronavirus lockdown in November, the International Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg is taking place online this year as IFFMH Expanded with two-thirds of its original lineup accessible to virtual festgoers.The 69th edition of the festival, which marks the debut of a new team headed by director Sascha Keilholz, includes new and revised sections, among them On the Rise, the international competition that showcases first to third works by outstanding directors.Curated by head of program Frédéric Jaeger, this year’s On the Rise competition includes such pics as “Una Promessa,” Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio’s tale of nightmarish exploitation in southern Italy (pictured);

Ed Meza @edmezavarAs part of its major reboot this year, the International Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg (IFFMH) is launching the new Cutting Edge Talent Camp to support young filmmakers from Germany and help give them a boost onto the international stage.The Talent Camp, which is taking place entirely online this year, offers workshops and roundtables in which participants will discuss the international market potential of their projects with film industry experts.“The International Filmfestival Mannheim Heidelberg is a festival with a long tradition of supporting newcomers with their first works, like Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Frederick Wiseman or Angela Schanelec, and the festival aims to do the same today for the young and future