Ukraine Films Play Fund-Raising Screenings in Japan

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's move to the states.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the businesswoman and model, 67, addressed the couple's move to America in 2020, as well as her passion for UFOs.In January 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they were stepping away from their royal duties and planned to split their time between the UK and North America, where they now live with their family in Montecito, California.When asked about her thoughts on the couple's departure to California, Jo told how the couple can do "whatever they want."She said: "They can do what they want, they're young, they're free."Whatever they want to do, it's not it's not up to me to have an opinion about what they do, it's not my business."The star also reflected on her time meeting other members of the royal family as part of charity events.Jo said: "I went with Ronnie, me and Ronnie met Prince Charles."We went to his house near the palace, I can't remember what it's called now, [it was] where used to live or where he lives."We went there with Patrick Holden, who was head of the Soil Association and we went there to discuss organics and organic lifestyles."However, the former model revealed the Prince of Wales wasn't the only royal she'd met."And then I met princess Anne," Jo added.She went on: "She was lovely.

Louise Thompson has opened up on her baby son Leo's continuing battle with acid reflux as she reached out to her followers on Instagram.The former Made in Chelsea star, who gave birth to her first child with fiancé Ryan Libbey, 31, in November, has been gradually settling into life as a parent after a traumatic labour that saw both her and Leo put into separate intensive care. Louise, 32, posted a series of snaps of her carrying her little boy as she embarked on an outing around London.

A+E Networks Global Content Sales has hired Sony Pictures Television exec Kerstin Gühne as its Vice President for EMEA.

EXCLUSIVE: French major Superprod Group’s distribution arm Superights is to shop Emmy Award-winning pre-school series Go! Go! Cory Carson worldwide.

EXCLUSIVE: Ringside Studios, the outfit owned by European media company and distributor Newen, has closed its latest acquisition by taking a majority stake in UK company Joi Productions via its investment arm Ringside Media.

Oti Mabuse has decided to make a change to her appearance and revealed all to her fans on Thursday on Instagram.MORE: Strictly Come Dancing: the professional dancers who quit the show and whySharing a gorgeous selfie, Oti revealed she was getting her teeth straightened thanks to Invisalign but confessed she still has "a long way to go".WATCH: Oti Mabuse dances with husband following Strictly exit"Top of the morning to you all. Hope you enjoy your Thursday...

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRoland Emmerich’s space action film “Moonfall” landed in South Korea at the top of the box office chart. But the country’s continuing COVID problems mean that “Moonfall” and all other titles operated at a desperately low orbit.As the biggest new release of the week Moonfall pushed aside Korean-made “In Our Prime,” the previous weekend’s winner.

George Stephanopoulos is an incredibly popular anchor on Good Morning America and has a legion of fans around the United States who enjoy waking up to his news reporting.MORE: George Stephanopoulos supported by wife Ali Wentworth following big newsSo many were quick to observe that the TV star was noticeably absent in a hilarious new video featuring many of his co-stars.The footage in question saw a number of GMA anchors, including Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan, super-imposed into a cartoon dance video to mark St Patrick's Day.VIDEO:  George Stephanopoulos surprises co-star Michael Strahan live on air Robin was the one to share the video online, and wrote alongside it: "Repost We wish we had these moves! Happy St Patrick's Day."MORE: George Stephanopoulos' candid selfie on GMA sparks reactionMORE: George Stephanopoulos' wife Ali Wentworth reveals challenge she faced ahead of their anniversaryHowever, fans were quick to ask where George – who is notoriously serious – was, with one writing: "This is everything but where is George?" while another wrote: "Where's George?" A third added: "That's hysterical.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKitano Takeshi, a contemporary icon of Japanese cinema, is to receive a lifetime achievement award next month at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.“A legendary artist on Friday the 29th of April will receive the Golden Mulberry Award for lifetime achievement on the stage of FEFF 24,” the festival announced Friday with barely concealed delight.Kitano who has film credits as writer, director, producer and performer, as well as a whole TV comedy career, is known for the brutal sergeant he played alongside David Bowie and Sakamoto Ryuichi in Oshima Nagisa’s “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,” and for incursions into Hollywood in “Johnny Mnemonic” and “Ghost in the Shell.” His Japanese oeuvre ranges from fine art to gangster genre thriller. He has credits in film noir (“Violent Cop”), romance (“A Scene at the Sea”), drama masterpieces (“Sonatine,” “Kids Return,” Venice Golden Lion-winner “Hana-bi,” “Kikujiro,” “Dolls” swordplay (“Zatoichi”) and hard-boiled cult saga “Outrage.”“For Far East Film Festival 24, a truly incredible dream comes true: the dream of bringing one of the giants of world cinema to Udine.

This Morning stars Phillip Schofield and Alison Hammond decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with cheeky pints on their ITV set.The bubbly TV co-stars were seen smiling with two pints of Guinness in their hands on Thursday (March 17) to honour the annual Irish event of St Patrick's Day.Taking to Instagram, Alison shared a sweet snap of her standing next to Phil, who looked smart for the screen with a white collar shirt.Alison, 47, glammed up the room in a plunging leopard print top which she revealed was from ASOS, topping off the look with a pair of shoes from Yours Clothing.The presenting pair were standing just in front of an Irish flag and some white, green and orange bunting to match the national flag colours.Enjoying the festivities, Alison said: "Happy St Patrick’s Day" as she thanked her stylists for the look.Crediting the brands and beauty gurus, she added: "@thismorning dress from @asos_loves_curve shoes @yoursclothing@davidobrien75@makeupbymikey @hairbymichellesultan"Alison's adoring fans loved the stout-related snap, and many flattered the star in the comments as they wished her a happy St.

Ethan Shanfeld Simultaneously celebrating St. Patricks Day and addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Nancy Pelosi read a new poem written by Bono on Thursday at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon.“Bono has been a very Irish part of our lives,” the Speaker of the House said before launching into the poem, which contains the line, “Ireland’s sorrow and pain / Is now the Ukraine / And Saint Patrick’s name now Zelenskyy.”The U2 frontman’s poem compared the legend of St.

President Joe Biden trekked to Capitol Hill for the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon, where guests in the Rayburn Room were treated to jumbo crab salad, noisettes of lamb with lemony grilled vegetables and shamrock-shaped cookies, along with a performance from Riverdance.

is easy being green.Here she is greeting an adorable small child, who isn't wearing any green! Who let you leave the house like that, small child? Thankfully, one of the guards let the small child wear his big fuzzy hat. Unfortunately, said hat is not green.She also met a dog. The dog wore green.

Piers Morgan has shared a heartfelt throwback with scientist Stephen Hawking in celebration of St Patrick’s Day.In commemoration of the event, he posted a short clip on Instagram in which the journalist stood next to Stephen Hawking in a blue suit, clutching a pint of Guinness.On his right, Stephen Hawking was in front of a chalkboard and wore a grey suit.Hawking can be heard saying “Cheers, Piers,” as the journalist stood beside him, raised his glass and said cheers in return.Morgan wrote: “Happy St Patrick’s Day! Throwback to the time I celebrated it with the late, great Professor Stephen Hawking, who loved a pint of the black stuff as much as he loved unravelling the mystery of black holes,” and signed off with an Irish flag emoji.One fan commented that it was the “most awkward thing they had ever watched” while another was shocked at how many “celebrity friends” he has met.Piers Morgan has recently shifted his focus to The Sun, who he now writes a regular column for.He has commented on Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson and Kanye West’s ongoing feud that “made him puke”.Rapper Kanye West was previously married to reality television star Kim Kardashian and has been engaged in an ongoing online war with his ex-wife and her new boyfriend. He noted that while the conflict in Ukraine is raging on, the celebrity stories are abundant and updates on the continuing disagreement are frequent.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefScripted formats are enjoying increasing success in Asia. But what makes them successful varies from case to case.French producer, Harold Valentin of Mother Production (“Call My Agent”), Akehi Yuki (“Mother”), business director at Japan’s Nippon Television, and Hong Kong’s Tommy Lo, executive producer and script supervisor of the Hong Kong version of “Ossan’s Love” joined Content Asia’s Janine Stein on Tuesday at FilMart to discuss.Valentin: “We were very surprised that [‘Call My Agent’] began travelling really after season two, because initially Netflix didn’t know what to do with the strategy. The mixture of drama and comedy had disappeared a bit in U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFree Stone Productions has added a quartet of new Japanese film titles to its sales slate for this week’s virtual edition of Hong Kong FilMart. The female-led company is selling romance “Leave in Summer” and drama film “Yes, I Can’t Swim” both of which will release later this year.Directed by Igashi Aya, “Leave in Summer” is a tale of a lost soul and his spiritual guide. It depicts a man washing up in a seaside town at the end of the season and seeking to stay so that he can reconnect with his recently deceased wife.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAsian sports streaming platform SPOTV has launched in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and The Philippines. The move was announced on the first day of the virtual FilMart rights market.The service is available as a subscription-based app that includes linear channels and on demand event coverage. The sports it covers include MotoGP World Championships and World Superbike Championships; World Badminton Federation Tour; the Korean Baseball League; V.League Japan and Formula E motor racing.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Inu-Oh,” the acclaimed Japanese animation that debuted in Venice and Toronto last year, has been sold widely by Fortissimo Films and Asmik Ace.Amsterdam and Beijing based Fortissimo is collaborating with Tokyo-based Asmik Ace on two titles, “Inu-oh” by Yuasa Masaaki and “Missing” by Katayama Shinzo, a former assistant director to “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho on “Mother.”Rock musical animation “Inu-Oh” was licensed to Sun Distribution for Latin America, to Rapid Eye for Germany, Front Row in the Middle East and Cinemaran in Spain. Asmik Ace handles Asian territories, North America, France, U.K. and Benelux.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBrent Renaud, a U.S. filmmaker and journalist, was killed in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday, while reporting on the Russian invasion of the country.

Chelsea and the whole of football is a positive one.The Crystal Palace boss, who signed Chelsea defender Marc Guehi last summer and also has Blues forward Conor Gallagher on loan, made his comments after Thursday’s sanctioning of Abramovich. In response to the war in Ukraine and his links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the UK government has frozen Abramovich’s assets in this country, including the South West London club.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNippon TV and Disney have revealed a strategic collaboration agreement that covers content sharing and local language co-production. “The collaboration will include co-production of local language content ranging from drama series, animation to variety shows on Disney Plus for both Japanese and global audiences and the availability of both companies’ content on their respective platforms,” the pair said in a joint statement.The latest edition of Nippon TV’s popular drama series “The Files of Young Kindaichi,” starring Shunsuke Michieda from “Naniwa Danshi,” will begin broadcasting on Nippon TV from next month.