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Reading & Leeds has submitted plans for new three-day festival in Luton this May.Festival Republic manager director Melvin Benn is applying for to stage a new event in Stockwood Park, according to Luton Today.The festival promoter, whose company is also behind festivals like Wireless, Latitude and Wilderness, has applied to the borough council for the grant of a premises licence for the event, which would take place over the spring bank holiday weekend from May 25-27.Permission is being sought for the license – which would allow live music, recorded performances – from 12pm to 11:30pm GMT on Friday, May 24 and from 9:30am to 10:30pm on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.Organisers are also seeking permission for the sale of alcohol from 12pm to 11pm on Friday, May 24 and from 9:30am to 10:30pm GMT on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.The local authority’s licensing panel is due to consider the application at a town hall meeting today (January 22).According to Benn’s application, the form also references a “funfair and sponsor activations” for the event, along with system sound checks ahead of each day and rehearsals on Thursday, May 23.One resident has raised concerns to the licensing service of noise disruption and anti-social behaviour around the festival site.

Richard Kuipers Taiwan’s transformation from an authoritarian state to a flourishing democracy determined to decide its own future is charted in the engrossing and highly informative documentary “Invisible Nation.” Centered on President Tsai Ing-wen as she promotes her country’s case for ongoing autonomy in the face of mounting political isolation, as well as China’s claim that Taiwan is part of its territory and must unite with the mainland, Vanessa Hope’s skilfully assembled film delivers a compelling picture of Taiwan’s increasingly precarious position in the region and on the world stage. Currently enjoying a substantial festival run, “Invisible Nation” has gained an extra note of urgency and its visibility should only increase in the wake of Taiwan’s elections on January 13, 2024.

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A new official portrait has been unveiled of King Charles III, ready to hang in public buildings across the UK as part of a controversial £8 million Government-funded scheme. Charles, 75, is pictured in full regalia inside Windsor Castle wearing his Royal Navy uniform as an Admiral of the Fleet and an abundance of official medals and decorations.The monarch was captured last year by photographer Hugo Burnand, who also took the King and Queen Camilla's coronation portraits and their 2005 wedding photos.

Grant Hanley has revealed his Scotland dream drove him through almost NINE MONTHS of injury agony.

Recent events in Gaza could lead some to view Joshua Harmon’s blistering, funny and heartbreaking Prayer for the French Republic as uncannily prophetic, but let’s not give the playwright overmuch credit for foresight: The play, opening tonight at Broadway‘s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre after a sold-out run Off Broadway in 2022, would have been as timely a decade ago – two decades, three decades, more – and will likely be as timely at any point in a future most of us will live to see.

Jaden Thompson “Ahsoka” Season 2 is in development with creator Dave Filoni, Lucasfilm has confirmed. The news came with the reveal of the new “Star Wars” film “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” directed by Jon Favreau, which was unveiled Tuesday morning.

Joe Biden‘s campaign unveiled a new 60-second ad on Thursday, their first of 2024, that signals a primary campaign theme: Donald Trump‘s threat to the republic.

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Liz Cheney, in a sometimes contentious interview with Fox News‘ Bret Baier, at one point addressed the network’s viewers with a message: Don’t vote for Donald Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: Republic Pictures has acquired the Charlie Weber-Madison Bailey-Jon Voight action thriller The Painter from SP Media Group for Paramount Global Content Distribution Worldwide.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The Dominican Republic (DR) has been making bold strides in its film industry, reporting dynamic growth and earning kudos both at home and internationally. Ironically, what spurred its growth was a global pandemic. As many countries remained in lockdown, DR opened its borders to more location shoots by June 2020.

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Mariana Downing began making headlines after winning Miss Dominican Republic in 2023. The beauty queen and model has been the talk of the town for months for multiple reasons, being her past relationship with Marc Anthony one of them.her past relationship with Marc Anthony one of them.When the salsa singer’s wife was confirmed as a part of the Miss Universe selection committee, many began speculating if having Nadia as a juror would affect Mariana’s score.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The Dominican Republic’s Bou Group is in production on its latest pic under its unprecedented multi-year distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company, “Cazatesoros.” According to the adventure caper’s director, Héctor Manuel Valdez, who co-founded Bou Group with José Ramón Alamá and Vicente Alamá, the pact with Disney came about following several years as regional box office leaders. “They contacted us in 2020 after our company had previously produced commercial successes such as ‘Todos los hombres son iguales,’ ‘Colao,’ ‘Trabajo sucio’ and ‘Que león,’ (the highest-grossing film in the history of the Dominican Republic), among others,” said Valdez.

Emiliano De Pablos One of the most robust of Latin America’s emerging film industries, Dominican Republic cinema boasts a standout presence at this year’s Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival. On Monday, Nov.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent U.K. based sales agency Film Republic has picked up Peru’s 2024 Oscar entry “The Erection of Toribio Bardelli,” the latest film from Adrián Saba, one of Peru’s most prominent auteurs on the festival scene. Film Republic has also shared a first international trailer with Variety.

EXCLUSIVE: Mediawan Africa, the Republic of Benin and French-language international channel TV5 Monde are partnering to co-develop original daily fiction series The Best Is Yet To Come.

Tekashi 6ix9ine is in more trouble with the law.

6ix9ine has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after allegedly assaulting two people, including his music producer.According to a report by Daily Mail, the arrest took place last week (October 13), and was related to the assault of two men allegedly carried out by the musician and others.Tekashi 6ix9ine – real name Daniel Hernandez – was arrested while trying to leave the country on a private plane after the alleged assault, according to Felix Portes – a criminal lawyer in the Dominican Republic (via Complex).On Friday, the lawyer took to Instagram to reveal that 6ix9ine was put on “migration alert”. “Trying to leave the country on a private plane, Tekashi 69 turned out to have MIGRATION ALERT,” he wrote.