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Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic A 14-year-old is obliged to stay at her grandparents’ lake home after her impulsive mom elopes and decides to prioritize her new husband. At the competitive music camp across the water, a determined young violinist pushes himself to be named first chair, sacrificing the personal connections he covets more. Meanwhile, at the local bar, a fisherman finds an unlikely ally in helping him to catch the whopper that’ll change his life.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Primavera,” a film about Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian Baroque composer and violinist who penned “The Four Seasons,” has been bought by a flurry of major distributors. Represented by Memento International, the movie shot in Rome and Venice, and marks the feature debut of Damiano Michieletto, a leading opera director. Warner Bros.

The Corrs fans have been left puzzled after one member of the Irish family band pulled out of their Glasgow gig due to "unforeseen circumstances" just hours before they took to the stage at The OVO Hydro last night.

More than 25 years after Kate Winslet‘s breakout role in Titanic, the band plays on.

NFL star Jalen Hurts is engaged to his longtime love Bry Burrows!

Joe Leydon Film Critic After a lengthy and well-received run on the festival circuit, “Going Varsity in Mariachi” has arrived this week on Netflix, where it should find the wide mainstream audience it deserves. And “mainstream” really is the operative word here. Although it may sound in synopsis like a niche-audience attraction, this engaging and entertaining documentary about Texas high-schoolers playing for keeps in statewide mariachi band competitions has the right stuff to delight even viewers who normally wouldn’t know the difference between a grito and a guitarrón.

World-renowned violinist and conductor André Rieu has announced a major UK and Ireland tour - featuring a big show at Manchester’s Co-op Live.

Izzy Judd has always been open about her conception struggles and IVF journey.The influencer and violinist, 39, who is married to McFly drummer Harry Judd, was told she would be unlikely to conceive naturally after being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome in her twenties. Now, following a tough road to parenthood, the couple share daughter Lola, eight, and sons Kit, six, and Lockie, two.

Married At First Sight is the hit show that sees love experts match two people who will meet for the very first time at the altar on their wedding day. And it seems that the experts knew what they were doing when it came to Adam Aveling and Tayah Victoria, who appeared in the 2021 UK series.The pair's relationship went from strength to strength on the show, with Adam proposing to Tayah in the final episode - to which she excitedly said 'yes'.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events After diving in to play Diana Nyad’s best friend and swim coach in the real-life Netflix sports drama, “Nyad,” Jodie Foster is ready for her next cinematic adventure. “I really like doing things where I learn stuff,” Foster tells me. “I don’t know how to play any musical instruments.

Naman Ramachandran Singapore‘s Robot Playground Media (RPM) and Valencia-based co-producer TV ON Producciones (TOP) have commenced production on animated feature film “The Violinist,” it was revealed at the Asia TV Forum and Market. The film was unveiled at a presentation attended by the representatives of Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Spanish Embassy in Singapore.

Jennifer Garner is helping her beau’s daughter to chase her dreams!

Bad Bunny pulled off the impressive feat of hosting and being the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, and he handled it with ease!

King Charles made a touching reference to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, whilst speaking French at a luxurious banquet at the Palace of Versailles in Paris.

Captain Sandy Yawn is engaged!

Ben Croll “Maudie” director Aisling Walsh describes her upcoming feature, “Ethel,” in recognizable terms. “We all understand what it is to struggle to be the best at what we can,” Walsh tells Variety. “We’re all looking for that chance to make something happen.” Written by Celeste Parr, produced by Marie-Claude Poulin (“Brooklyn”) of Sphere Media, and presented at this year’s Venice Production Bridge gap-financing market, “Ethel” tells the true story of Ethel Stark – a trailblazing Canadian musician who broke barriers when she founded a mixed-race, all-female orchestra in the 1940s.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Newer fans may not be aware that in the early years of his career, James Blake’s music was really, really weird. The largely instrumental tracks featured lots of blipping, angular grooves and warped sounds and voices that were initially totally disorienting but would always coalesce into something melodic or rhythmic (if sometimes testing the boundaries of coherence).

Musician Giles Broadbent has died following a “short illness” at the age of 51, his family and music group have announced.

America’s Got Talent received a standing ovation after a stunning performance of System Of A Down‘s ‘Chop Suey’.Phillip Bowen, a contestant on the 18th season of the long-running TV show, took on a rendition of the classic rock hit.During the performance, the cameras cut to Bowen’s mother crying in the audience, before he got unanimous appreciation for the performance and voted into the next round.See the performance below.Elsewhere, System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has said the band should have replaced vocalist Serj Tankian back in 2006.The heavy metal group last released an album with 2005’s ‘Hypnotize’ and the group went on a four-year hiatus the following year.System Of A Down reunited in 2010 and have toured sporadically ever since. They even released two new charity singles ‘Protect The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’ in 2020 but a full-length album has always seemed off the table.In a new interview, the band’s drummer (and Tankian’s brother-in-law) Dolmayan claimed that “Serj hasn’t really wanted to be in the band for a long time.”Speaking on the Battleline podcast, Dolymayan said: “Quite frankly, we probably should have parted ways [with him] around 2006.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor It took the combined talent of composers Kris Bowers and Michael Abels to help filmmaker Stephen Williams ensure Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ music lives on after his life story was erased from the history books. Williams’ new film, “Chevalier” tells the story of the illegitimate son of a plantation owner and slave. Played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chevalier is a promising young Black musician who excels at fencing, playing the violin and wooing the court of Marie Antoinette. In dividing their tasks, Abels wrote the music for the on-camera performances while Bowers composed the film’s score.

shared a not-so-fairytale moment with Hasan Minhaj on a March 2 visit to The Daily Show. “I took a photo in a secret bathroom inside Disneyland, which is illegal,” Wilson said. Disneyland’s commitment to keeping the magic alive makes it the happiest place on earth, and the bathrooms are no exception.