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International buyers have jumped on Maria Schrader's I'm Your Man, and the Daniel Brühl-directed Next Door, both of which premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival last week. Beta Cinema, which is handling world sales for both films, closed multiple territories on the German comedic dramas, with deals across Europe, Asia and Latin America.I'm Your Man, a screwball romantic comedy with a sci-fi twist, stars Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Legion) as a love robot programmed to satisfy the relationship-wary Alma, a scientist at Berlin's famous Pergamon Museum.

Oscar-nominated actress Toni Collette is set to mark her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of New York Times bestselling novel, Writers And Lovers by Lily King. The project is set up at Topic Studios with Collette producing under her Vocab Films label. She’s also adapting the screenplay with Nick Payne (The Crown).

Cardi B is a Selena Gomez fan through and through.

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Lisa Kennedy At the start of “The Inheritance” — an experimental film about the formation of a Black collective, set in the early ’90s — Julian (Eric Lockley) rummages through a wooden crate of books he found in the West Philadelphia row house his grandmother left him. In it is a trove of poetic and political thought circa the late ’60s and beyond: There’s Malcolm X and Alice Walker, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, as well as Charles Mingus and a stack of Ebony magazines.In the next scene, Julian’s friend, maybe girlfriend, Gwen (Nozipho Mclean) helps him tug and shove the crate across the floor of the near empty abode.

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-winner Marc Anthony and his Magnus Studios team are joining Sofia Vergara’s animated feature comedy, Koati.

Piers Morgan could have been given extra gumption to walk away from Good Morning Britain after a meeting with Simon Cowell had taken place one week prior.Recent reports have suggested that the X Factor creator and the former TV presenter, 55, had engaged in a lengthy walk to discuss the "possibility of working together" again.It isn't the first time that Simon and Piers have worked side-by-side, with the pair previously rubbing shoulders on the panel of Britain's Got Talent when the show first took off in 2007.In 2010 the talent scouting programme had a mass shake-up meaning that Piers was no longer part of the line up.An informer revealed to The Sun: "During their three-hour walk, Piers and Simon discussed the possibility of working

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserEilidh Mackenzie of Feisgoil, the Gaelic organisation’s arts in education service, said: “Katie and Pablo have done a wonderful job of pulling the songs and filmed scenes together, and we were especially delighted to feature Mara as Hub Hab’s friend.“The songs were specially written for the film and beautifully performed by Katie and Pablo – the words are on our website for sharing with young children and their teachers, classmates and families as the film can be enjoyed by everyone, in school or at home.”Katie was named young ambassador of the year at the eighth annual Scottish Gaelic awards in December, winning the category for “the outstanding young Gael who has made a

KANYE West has reportedly cut off Kim Kardashian by changing all of his phone numbers amid their nasty divorce. The rapper, 43, is allegedly making the KUWTK star, 40, go through his security if she wants to contact him.

Michael B. Jordan has officially closed a deal to make his directorial debut with Creed III, MGM announced Wednesday.

Celtic this season, change is on the horizon at Parkhead.Peter Lawwell will be replaced by Dominic McKay at the head of the table, while a new permanent manager is yet to be announced, as interim boss John Kennedy fights it out with the likes of Enzo Maresca.There will be change in the playing squad too, and a deal has already been wrapped up for Sheffield Wednesday striker Liam Shaw.According to GiveMeSport, he could be joined by Rochdale's Baah, who Manchester City are considering signing on a free. The 18-year-old is said to have been on the brink of a move to Manchester City earlier this month, but that broke down, leaving the door open to various other suitors.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.When Livingston take on Hamilton Accies at the Tony Macaroni Arena on Saturday, it will be just over a year since the Lions played in front of supporters.The Covid pandemic forced the league to shut down on March 13 last year, with Livi’s fixture away to St Johnstone six days prior being the last time fans were allowed to watch their team.The last time fans were in the Tony Macaroni was a few days before that as a full house saw Livi draw 2-2 with Celtic.Lions boss David Martindale admits it’s been a struggle over the past 12 months and says matchday just doesn’t feel the same.

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direct to your inboxUFC 259 is expected to be headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Jan Blachowitz and Israel Adesanya.Adesanya, the current Middleweight Champion, is aiming to write himself into the history books with a victory.Should he win, he would become the fifth fighter to become champions across two divisions, following in the footsteps of Henry Cejudo, Daniel Cormier, Conor McGregor and Amanda Nunez.On the subject of Amanda Nunes, she too will be in action on the night against former Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Megan Anderson. A full list of the UFC 259 fight card can be found below.Where to watch UFC 259 on UK TVThe preview of UFC 259 starts on BT Sport 2 at 10.30pm.

James Argent's latest supporter Wayne Lineker gushed over the star's journey on Instagram.

Rebel Wilson looked sensational as she slipped into a pair of slinky black leggings as she headed to her latest gym session.The 41-year-old Pitch Perfect actor, who dubbed 2020 as her "year of health", has continued to show off the results of her hard work in a series of sizzling photos.Thanks to some gruelling workout sessions as well as a new healthy lifestyle, Rebel has been able to shed almost five stone since she embarked on her transformation.The blonde bombshell has since been sharing lots of stunning snaps as she keeps up with her exercise routine.In the blonde bombshell's latest posts, Rebel once again headed to the gym for another workout session.Sharing the pictures with her 9.7 million Instagram followers, Rebel fashioned the

Rina Sawayama, Pa Salieu and Griff have all been nominated for the prestigious 2021 BRITs Rising Star award.Previous winners of the new music-focused award, which was previously known as the BRITs Critics’ Choice, include Adele, Jorja Smith and Sam Fender. Celeste picked up the prize last year.Sawayama, Salieu and Griff are the three nominees for this year’s BRITs Rising Star award.

direct to your inboxA man has been charged after a robbery at the Nat West Bank in Knutsford.Jason Jenyons, 51, of Overfields, Knutsford, was due to appear at North Cheshire magistrates court today. He is charged with one count of robbery.

Rina Sawayama has been announced as one of the nominees for this year’s BRITs Rising Star award – significant because, until two weeks ago, she was not eligible. The other artists up for the prize are Griff and Pa Salieu.“I literally fell to the floor when I found out that I’d been nominated for Rising Star”, says Sawayama.

David Gilmour has thrown cold water over a Pink Floyd reunion, admitting he “absolutely” doesn’t want to perform stadium gigs again and is enjoying his freedom.He told Guitar Player magazine: “It has run its course, we are done. I’m all for Roger [Waters] doing whatever he wants to do and enjoying himself.“But I absolutely don’t want to go back.

She returned to EastEnders in 2018 after twelve years off-screen, but fans will be interested to know that Louisa Lytton starred in the American Pie movie series.The actress, who got engaged to her boyfriend in 2019, appeared in the role of Imogen in the seventh film in the franchise, American Pie Presents: The Book Of Love, back in 2009. Although her appearance was just a cameo, Louisa's character interacted with the lead stars of the movie.