Scaled-down Venice film festival hopes to shake off virus gloom

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Hardly Ever Worn It, a high-end resale site based in London, 15 per cent of their 200,000 registered users now make some, or part, of their living playing the bag market.The secondary (or as it used to be called, before it co-opted terminology from the auction houses, second-hand) bag market is now one of the most dynamic sections of the luxury market.At Christie’s, a diamond pavé, white crocodile Hermes Birkin (229 diamond sprinkles in all, totalling 9.3 carats) set a new record for the auction house last November when it sold for 4 million Hong Kong dollars (£379,000). It hadn’t been worn by anyone famous and it wasn’t even vintage, merely dating from 2021.

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Manchester United on their way to a crucial win. The superstar had endured a run of six games without a goal in all competitions heading into the Premier League clash, which the Red Devils needed to win to keep pace in the race for the top four.

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Shalini Dore Features News EditorBappi Lahiri, a celebrated Bollywood singer, composer and politician, died Wednesday in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. He was 69.Lahiri had been ailing from various health issues, including sleep apnea.Lahiri’s music popularized disco in the 1980s and ’90s, long after it had left the West, with his music used in films such as “Namak Halal,” “Disco Dancer” and “Commando.”Dressed in his trademark golden chains and glasses, Lahiri was an instantly recognizable figure around Mumbai.

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Andreas Wiseman International EditorThis has been a Venice like no other. The world’s first COVID-era festival is taking place amid a slew of health and safety protocols and has had to adjust expectations accordingly.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAfter a day of early press screenings and conferences, the Venice Film Festival officially was declared open this evening by the directors of several major European fests including Venice’s own Alberto Barbera and Cannes’ Thierry Frémaux.But before they got to the stage of the Sala Grande, there was plenty to remark upon during the first evening of the first major film industry gathering of the COVID pandemic era. With deference to Verdi’s opera, this could be coined as the Lido’s Un Ballo In Maschera.

If you’re a fan of films (and you’re reading this website, so that probably means you are), then you are likely someone that supports the theatrical experience and wants to see cinemas thrive. Unfortunately, no matter how many of us really support theaters and the big screen experience, there is no denying that streaming platforms have become more and more ubiquitous and powerful.

The 77th Venice International Film Festival opened Wednesday with few stars and fewer fans but with a determination that, coronavirus pandemic or not, the show must go on. By kicking off the first major festival to start since the pandemic, Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera has said he hopes to prove "a restart for cinema" and a sign that the global film industry could bounce back after months of enforced shutdown.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe 77th Venice Film Festival kicked off today amid a surreal sense of empty spaces, countered by the morale-boosting presence of Cate Blanchett, who during the opening press conference zeroed in on the milestone event’s crucial importance for the global film industry.Blanchett, in fine fettle, praised organizers for their “inventiveness and resilience” in assembling the first major coronavirus-era physical fest, which she said seems “a miracolo” (Italian for miracle).

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn a sign of unity, Artistic Directors of several major European Film Festivals gathered for a press conference here in Venice this afternoon. Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera and the others will appear on stage at this evening’s opening ceremony to reassert the importance of cinema and in solidarity towards the global film industry which has been hit hard by the COVID pandemic.

Call it Operation Reboot. When the 77th Venice Film Festival kicks off Sept.

Fall Film Festival Season is upon us! Though the size and scope of the events being presented this season are a bit smaller due to the pandemic. However, beginning with Venice, the film festival industry, which has largely been canceled due to COVID-19 is expected to restart with in-person screenings and fanfare that we normally expect this time of year.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorIn a show of support for festivals in the pandemic era, eight artistic directors of leading European film festivals will take part in the opening night of the Venice Film Festival on September 2.The eight directors – Alberto Barbera (Venice Film Festival), Carlo Chatrian (Berlinale), Thierry Fremaux (Festival de Cannes), Lili Hinstin (Festival di Locarno), Vanja Kaludjeric (Rotterdam Film Festival), Karel Och (Karlovy Vary), José Luis Rebordinos (San Sebastian) and Tricia Tuttle (London Film Festival) – will attend in order to “reassert the importance of the art of cinema as a sign of solidarity towards the global film industry which has been hit hard by the pandemic,” the Venice Film Festival said.