Venice Film Festival Chief Alberto Barbera On ‘Dune’ & Kristen Stewart Oscar Credentials, Rave Reviews, The Ticketing Snafu & Week 2 Surprise Movies

Motsi Mabuse has expressed her fear for her Ukrainian husband’s parents, saying they are not able to reach the Polish border following Russia’s invasion of the country.She’s married to fellow dancer, Evgenij Voznyuk, and said she had spoken to her mother-in-law on the phone.‘It’s heartbreaking hearing my mother in law crying this morning , afraid and there absolutely nothing we can do.

Peter Dinklage put in a joint appearance with his wife Erica Schmidt on the red carpet at a screening of their new movie musical Cyrano in New York City on Wednesday.The Game Of Thrones actor, 52, takes the lead role of Cyrano de Bergerac in this musical retelling of the famous tale, immortalised by Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play.Erica wrote the film’s screenplay from her own stage adaptation, in which Peter also played the central part Off-Broadway in 2019.Peter wore a smart three-piece suit for the occasion, with grey boots and a bright purple tie, with the top button on his white shirt rakishly undone.His 46-year-old wife looked chic in a flowing black velvet dress with puff sleeves from The Vampire’s Wife, which she accessorised with dangling silver earrings, wearing her auburn hair in a loose up-do.The pair married in 2005 and share two children – born in 2011 and 2017 – whose identities they keep private.They were joined at the event by Peter’s leading lady Haley Bennett, who plays Roxanne, the secret object of Cyrano’s affections.The Devil All the Time actress stunned in a black bustier dress with embellished side panel, which she paired with a dainty red handbag and baby blue and black heels.Kelvin Harrison Jr, who plays Christian, the new cadet who Cyrano helps to woo Roxanne through love letters that he writes – being too self-conscious to court her himself – opted or a pale yellow jumper and smart blue slacks, while director Joe Wright dressed all in black.Peter, who has been a vocal critic of Disney’s Snow White live-action remake, which he branded ‘backwards’, revealed that he had to beg his wife for the role of Cyrano as it wasn’t intended for him at the outset.Calling it ‘very personal’ for him, the actor

Ukraine to film a documentary on the Russian invasion. The director has been filming a documentary about Russian aggression in the country and was last seen there in November 2021.Amid the invasion, he has now returned and was pictured in the front row of the briefing among reporters, wearing sunglasses as he listened intently.The Ukrainian government has expressed its gratitude for the project.

to nab every vote but one when she faced off against her ally, Todrick Hall, in the finals.«I was very surprised. I thought it was gonna be four and four. I was just trying to predict how I thought everybody was gonna vote,» Tate told ET.

Kim Kardashian has requested to be made single and officially end her marriage to Kanye West in new documents, it has been claimed.The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star initially filed for divorce last February, and has since moved on from their romance with Pete Davidson.In new paperwork, obtained by TMZ, the mom-of-four has asked for a judge to grant their divorce, claiming that the rapper’s recent Instagram posts about their marriage, and her new relationship, have caused ‘emotional distress’.‘I very much desire to be divorced,’ she reportedly stated in the documents, telling the judge that she has asked her ex to keep matters regarding their split private, but he ‘has not done so’.‘Kanye has been putting a lot of misinformation regarding our private matters and co-parenting on social media which has created emotional distress.’She also described his previous filing – in which he is thought to have requested that she gives up any martial privileges with future spouses regarding custody of their four children – as ‘unprecedented’, accusing him of ‘preventing or making it difficult for her to remarry’.The outlet reports she continued: ‘While I wish our marriage would have succeeded, I have come to the realization that there is no way to repair our marriage.

ID magazine, the pink-haired teenager – who was 16 when the shoot took place – can be seen posing without a top, and his trousers by his ankles. To promote his burgeoning music career.While I’m hardly the harbinger of what is high style or fashionable these days (the fact I say ‘high style’ probably gives that away), I can understand the uproar to the photographs.

Prince Charles, 73, is first in the line of succession for the British throne when his mother Queen Elizabeth, 95, passes away. After Charles, he’ll eventually be succeeded by his son Prince William, 39. Someday, Charles’ eldest grandson Prince George, 8, will eventually take the throne. The Prince of Wales has been with his wife Camilla Parker Bowles, 74, for 17 years, and while they have no children together, Charles had two sons from his first marriage to Princess Diana. Both William and his younger son Prince Harry, 37, have given Charles five grandkids. Find out more about all of his grandkids here!

The One Show alongside Tyler Perry. BBC viewers were outraged at the content of Brendan’s jokes, which they branded “racist”.Brendan admitted it is “easy to understand” people can be offended over some of his jokes, but that people are welcome to change the channel.He told The Daily Star: "It’s easy to understand that some people do get offended by things but that is why there is a remote control for the TV and that is why the cinema door swings both ways."Personally, I feel if you are not offending somebody we are not doing our job."Tyler also weighed in on the controversy, explaining that his comedy also focused on discussing “serious subjects”.He said: “There is somebody saying 'You can’t say this or that'."I wanted to make something that will make us laugh but also address serious subjects."The row erupted on Tuesday as the comedy pair chatted to The One Show presenters Lauren Laverne and Harry Judd about their new Netflix comedy A Madea Homecoming.As the conversation came to an end, Brendan made a joke about his co-star’s “colour”, sparking backlash from viewers.Lauren asked Brendan if in the future he would invite Tyler as a guest star on his BBC comedy show Mrs Brown’s Boys.“I don’t know if we could afford him, he’s very expensive,” Brendan began.Tyler chimed in: “Please answer that.

2022 All-Star Game and its surrounding festivities bringing figures from sports and entertainment alike to Cleveland, events, and premieres for A Madea Homecoming bringing actors and socialites to LA, and a red carpet world premiere for The Batman and London Fashion Week (and of course, it’s afterparties) drawing others across the pond. Take a look at how some of your faves closed out February.

Kanye West is bringing his new album to life, with the help of a few superstar friends.

More details are coming to light about Bob Saget's death as investigators in Florida have theorized what might have happened in his final hours. The "Full House" alum died from head trauma, a statement from Saget's family and the Orange Country Medical Examiner's office previously revealed.The comedian was found dead in his Orlando hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton on Jan. 9, 2022, just hours after posting on Twitter about a show he had performed in Jacksonville.

Dish Network, which is in the midst of a years-long shift from satellite pay-TV operator to wireless provider, met Wall Street expectations in the fourth quarter.

Refresh for latest…: The Venice Film Festival concludes this evening with prizes including the Golden Lion about to be handed out inside the Lido’s Sala Grande. For the second year in a row, the world’s oldest film festival proved it would not let the pandemic cancel a physical event, and organizers put on a selection that was roundly praised by critics and audiences alike. (Scroll below for the winners list which is being updated live.)

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe country’s box office is still sputtering but Italian cinema is instead “in a state of grace,” as Venice chief Alberto Barbera put it recently as he announced the five features from Italy that are competing for the fest’s Golden Lion. It’s the most he’s ever selected from Italy.And Barbera is adamant that he didn’t allocate almost one-fourth of Venice’s 21 competition slots to Cinema Italiano “to support our colors at a difficult time.”“Some years he selects very little from Italy,” notes Barbara Salabè, who is the top Warner Bros.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAs the Venice Film Festival claws back 70% of its pre-pandemic registration numbers and lures a parade of Hollywood stars to the Lido, it seems festival director Alberto Barbera is right: Venice is well and truly back. And just in time, too.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentOn Tuesday night, the eve of the 78th annual Venice Film Festival, Variety hosted a rooftop party at the Hotel Danieli honoring fest topper Alberto Barbera and the Biennale, its parent organization, with its International Achievement in Film Award.Variety international editor Manori Ravindran presented the prize to Barbera and Roberto Cicutto, the president of the Biennale.The event’s theme was “Stairway to Parasite,” a tribute to director Bong Joon Ho, this year’s Venice Jury President, who posed for paparazzi and mingled with fellow jurors Virginie Efire, Cynthia Erivo and with guests including Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher and supermodel Madisin Rian.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe 78th Venice Film Festival gets underway Wednesday with a slew of Hollywood stars expected on the red carpet for the Sept. 1-11 event, beginning with Penelope Cruz for Pedro Almodovar’s opening film “Parallel Mothers,” in competition, and Isabelle Huppert for French drama “Promises,” which opens the fest’s more cutting-edge Horizons section.They will soon be followed by the creative teams and key cast “of all the films,” said artistic director Alberto Barbera speaking to Variety.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLast year, the small Southern African nation of Lesotho entered the Academy Awards race for the first time with Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection,” one of 28 features spawned over the past decade by Biennale College — Cinema, the workshop created by Alberto Barbera for emerging filmmakers to develop and produce micro-budget feature-length films.The College was conceived by Barbera in tandem with Torino Film Lab topper Savina Neirotti, who also heads the unique Venice initiative.Instead of backing just one aspect of the filmmaking process, this lab shepherds movies through their entire production cycle, working closely with director-producer teams on their

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThere is no doubt that Venice these days is the world’s top event to premiere a future Oscar winner, but it wasn’t always like that.When artistic director Alberto Barbera returned to the Lido in 2012 “a lot of things had changed at an international level, driven by transformations due to the digital revolution and the re-organization of production and distribution,” he says.At the time, “Venice was suffering very much from the competition from other festivals, specifically Toronto and subsequently also Telluride.”For various reasons, one being cost, it had become more difficult for Venice to have access to big productions; not just from Hollywood, but also to European films that often preferred to

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThere is no doubt that Venice these days is the world’s top event to premiere a future Oscar winner, but it wasn’t always like that.When artistic director Alberto Barbera returned to the Lido in 2012 “a lot of things had changed at an international level, driven by transformations due to the digital revolution and the re-organization of production and distribution,” he says.At the time, “Venice was suffering very much from the competition from other festivals, specifically Toronto and subsequently also Telluride.”For various reasons, one being cost, it had become more difficult for Venice to have access to big productions; not just from Hollywood, but also to European films that often preferred to

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival, after some ups and downs over the years, has been hitting its stride for the past decade thanks to Alberto Barbera, who has steadily steered the event forward by finding ways to make the grand dame’s historic grandeur flourish into a crucially important space for the future of filmmaking.Variety will give its Intl. Achievement in Film Award to Barbera and La Biennale di Venezia at a ceremony at the Venice Film Festival.