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Naman Ramachandran Sony Pictures Classics co-founders Michael Barker and Tom Bernard will receive the Game Changer Award at the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), in recognition of their services to film culture.Along with Marcie Bloom, Barker and Bernard, who serve as co-presidents, founded Sony Pictures Classics as an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. To date, films produced by the studio have received 183 Academy Award nominations — 70 of which were films by women — and won 41 Oscars.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe CNN image for the past few years has been embodied by passionate on-air personalities like Don Lemon or Brianna Keilar. These days, it might best be symbolized by beat reporters like Jamie Gangel or Kaitlan Collins.Gone in recent weeks (for the most part) are what had become the network’s signature red-versus-blue showdowns between hot-talking contributors or segments that hinge on an anchor scolding an interviewee.

Freezing council tax in Rochdale next year would open up a £2m per year hole in the local authority’s finances, councillors have been warned. Finance bosses have drawn up preliminary budget proposals for the 2023/24 municipal year based on certain ‘assumptions’- including a 1.99pc rise in the general council rate and a further 1pc increase in the ringfenced adult social care precept.

France has overhauled the composition of its Oscar selection committee for the second time in three years.

Covid-19 is once more piling pressure on an already strained NHS, according to Greater Manchester health chiefs. Staff absences as a result of coronavirus are seeing shortages in hospitals, GP surgeries, and community care.

Health chiefs in Greater Manchester are carrying out emergency planning and response meetings - which featured heavily during the Covid-19 response - as they anticipate heatwave pressure breaking over the NHS, the Manchester Evening News understands.

Cristiano Ronaldo's decision to force through an exit from Manchester United may leave fans surprised, it is something that the club's hierarchy have reportedly been discussing for some time. The Portuguese superstar has submitted a transfer request and failed to report for pre-season training.

More than 1,200 cases of monkeypox have been reported across the UK as the outbreak continues to grow. While the majority of suspected cases so far have been identified in London, there is a contingent of cases being reported by GPs and patients in the North West - and a handful of suspected cases in Greater Manchester.

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva has offered himself to Barcelona, according to reports.The Portuguese midfielder had an outstanding season despite constant rumours about his future hanging over his head last summer, and it looks as though the rumour mill is set to continue this year. Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo has reported that the regular starter for the Premier League champions sent a come and get me plea to Barcelona chiefs.

Visually-impaired residents are demanding action over “unsafe” pedestrian crossings in Dumbarton – including one on the busy A82.

READ MORE: Astronomer Royal says humanity will be replaced by AI robots - and aliens already areYet five intelligence and space agency chiefs - from the US, the UK, Israel and Russia - have said they’ve already seen enough to believe that aliens exist, possibly giving us a spoiler of more information to come. Here’s what they’ve said.1) Former CIA director James Woolsey - The former American spy chief, who served as the head of the CIA between 1993 and 1995, told Black Vault in 2021 that at first he found tales involving “some kind of aircraft-like airframe” a bit “far out” until one case in which his friend was able to have his aircraft “stop at 40,000 feet or so and not continue operating as a normal aircraft.”He explained: “There had just been enough things like that that have occurred that I think there will be a lot of examination of what’s going on over the course of several months or years.

Erik ten Hag made it clear he didn’t want him in the dug-out. Phelan was a part of Ralf Rangnick ’s staff on match days last season, but has been sidelined following Ten Hag’s appointment as manager.

Liverpool star Sadio Mane nearly joined their fierce rivals Manchester United.Mane made the £34million switch from Southampton to the Anfield club in 2016 and has been influential in their resurgence under Jurgen Klopp. But he could have been sporting the red strip of United for the last six years instead.The 30-year-old winger explained in an interview with Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher how a phone call from Klopp changed the course of history. "I have to say, I was really close to going to Manchester United.

Ukraine to fight on the front line when war broke out earlier this year.The Manchester City star was devastated when his homeland was invaded by Russia back in February. It prompted the 25-year-old to consider flying back to help his nation, while his grandad and aunt refused to flee the country like thousands of others had done.Despite fears over his family’s well-being, The Sun report Zinchenko was eventually convinced by friends and family to stay in the north-west and carry on his footballing duties for City.Zinchenko has since played an active role in raising awareness towards the devastating situation in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin is dangerously ill have been boosted by a secret US intelligence report that claims the Russian leader was treated for an advanced case of cancer last month.Three highly-placed sources within the US intelligence community say they’ve read the report and that there’s evidence that potential rivals within the Kremlin are preparing for a leadership contest because “the end is near”.A Kremlin insider revealed last week that Putin had “no more than two to three years” to live, and that one of the most obvious signs of his declining health is that he’s starting to lose his eyesight.The three sources that have seen the latest report prepared for US president Joe Biden – one from the office of the Director of National Intelligence, one a retired Air Force senior officer, and one from the Defence Intelligence Agency – stress that it’s increasingly difficult to obtain any reliable first-hand evidence about Putin’s condition because he is becoming increasingly isolated and has very few face-to-face meetings."Putin has had few meetings with foreign leaders," one source told Newsweek, "Putin's isolation has thus increased levels of speculation." But speculation about the leader’s health is growing inside Russia as well as in the Pentagon. "Putin's grip is strong but no longer absolute," says one senior intelligence source.

Construction work has started on a new ward at Forth Valley Royal Hospital that will reduce waiting times for patients who need hip or knee surgery.

Romelu Lukaku could be edging close to an Inter Milan return after just a season at Stamford Bridge, according to reports. Lukaku, who has fallen out of favour under Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, previously expressed his desire to return to his former club in a controversial interview with Sky Sports in Italy last December.

Health chiefs have announced a change to Covid restrictions across their sites.

Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso has slammed the FIA and accused this season's race directors as 'incompetent' following a penalty issued in Miami. The Alpine driver was given a five-second time penalty at the end of the race for gaining an advantage off the track, which dropped him out of the top-ten and cost him a points finish.Alonso has been left furious with the incident and has not held back with his comments, which are only a small part of F1's ongoing frustration with the FIA. Alonso told the BBC: "We believe it was very unfair and incompetence from the stewards.

gay and bisexual bars and spas as they try to contain the monkeypox outbreak. Nine cases of the extremely rare disease have been confirmed in the UK so far, with six of those cases relating to men who have sex with men, according to the Daily Mail.Officials say this is "highly suggestive of spread in sexual networks".There is reportedly a similar pattern developing across Europe.

Vladimir Putin after it was revealed some chiefs reckon the war in Ukraine is lost. A possible coup against the Russian despot is a possibility, a Russian analyst has claimed, while the chances of a nuclear strike are receding after Putin loses trust of top security officials.Leading security officials believe Putin will not be in power in three months time, Moscow expert and investigative journalist Christo Grozev has claimed.Speaking to Radio Liberty, Grozev said: "I think that it is the informed elite within the security forces who understand that the war is lost." Russian security officials understand Putin would need mass mobilisation to win the war, but that it would cause a "social explosion" in Russia, with others saying that "enough is enough" and it is "better not to waste" the lives of soldiers and officers.