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The world is in a state of shock ever since it was announced that Ozzy Osbourne, aka the ‘Prince of Darkness’, met his end on July 22, 2025. He was 76. The singer redefined the heavy metal genre and wasted no time in becoming a cultural icon who would go on to rule the industry for generations.

Since the news of his passing, previous comments made by none other than his wife, Sharon, are resurfacing on social media. These comments in question are about the couple’s plans to go through assisted s*icide if things get unbearable due to an illness.

As per MedicalNewsToday, euthanasia is when a doctor is allowed by law to end a person’s life painlessly, with the consent of the patient and their family. On the other hand, assisted s*icide refers to a situation in which a doctor assists the patient in ending their own life,...

Arranca el rodaje de la tercera temporada del revival de la querida familia superpoderosa. © Atresplayer

Atresplayer ha anunciado el inicio de rodaje de Los Protegidos: Un nuevo poder, tercera temporada del revival de una de las ficciones más queridas de la televisión española, tras Los Protegidos: El regreso y Los Protegidos: A.D.N.

En Los Protegidos: Un nuevo poder, Max, un joven con un poder inédito, utiliza un muñeco encantado para sembrar el caos por toda la ciudad y poner en peligro la estabilidad de la familia Castillo.

El reparto principal vuelve a estar encabezado por Ana Fernández, Luis Fernández, Antonio Garrido, Mario Marzo, Daniel Avilés y Maggie García, quienes retoman sus papeles como la familia Castillo. Junto a ellos, regresan Gracia Olayo, Marta Torné, Emilio Buale, Raúl Mérida, José Sospedra, Carlotta Cosials, Cosette Silguero y Javier Mendo. Además, se une al elenco Elena Furiase para ponerse en la piel de...

A new season of Sweet Magnolias has finally hit Netflix, and if you’re tuning into the opening hour of season 4, you might find yourself with a case of whiplash. That’s because the season does not pick up where we last left off but rather jumps ahead a full year from Ronnie and Dana Sue’s vowel renewal… and quite a lot has happened since we last left in Serenity.

Before we dive into the specifics of things, this seems like a perfect place for a spoiler alert as there are some major plot reveals coming ahead from the Sweet Magnolias season 4 premiere!

As the season opens, we get hit with a bit of an information overload as the writers look to bring us up to speed on what has taken place in the last year.

The biggest reveal of the premiere comes at the top of the season...

Atresplayer Premium, the burgeoning Ott service behind HBO Max hit “Veneno,” has renewed “The Gypsy Bride” (“La novia gitana”), whose Season 1, from “Penny Dreadful” director Paco Cabezas, world premieres at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

Atresmedia Television will produce with Banijay Iberia’s Diagonal TV, producer of Netflix hit “Heirs to the Land.”Produced by Vis with the participation of Atresmedia Television and the collaboration of the Diagonal TV, the first season of “The Gypsy Bride” will bow on Atresplayer Premium on Sept. 25.

Directed in its totality by Cabezas, whose credits also include “American Gods,” Season 1 is set in a gypsy community on Madrid’s humble outskirts as homicide inspector Elena Blanco, is called in to investigate the torture and assassination of a young woman just before her wedding.

Channelling echoes of a Lorca tragedy, the series, shot with large visual ambition by Cabezas – mixing bold panoramics and hand-held camerawork...

The Deauville American Film Festival is set to reteam with Cannes to showcase five movies that have played on the Croisette during its next edition and will launch a mini-strand dedicated to anticipated French movies.

Cannes joined forces with Deauville last year following the cancellation of its physical edition due to the pandemic. The partnership allowed Deauville to host world premieres for nine movies that were part of the Cannes 2020 official selection, including Maiwenn’s “DNA” and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s “A Good Man.”

The initiative was a big success for Deauville, and it also worked well for local distributors who were able to build up some buzz and garner reviews at the festival. Rolling off this positive experience, Deauville is creating a new strand called “Fenêtre Sur” (“Rear Window”) to screen five new French films which will world premiere at the festival and will “reflect the richness of French cinema,...

After being shut down for over six months, French cinemas bounced back in a spectacular way, drawing 2.1 million admissions in six days after reopening on May 19. The results are particularly strong considering the current restrictions on cultural venues in France, notably an audience capacity of 35% and a 9pm curfew.

While there are no U.S. blockbusters currently playing in theaters, French audiences flocked to critically-acclaimed films, leading with Albert Dupontel’s “Bye Bye Morons,” which swept seven Cesar nods.

Distributed by Gaumont, “Bye Bye Morons” is one of the several movies re-released last week, along with Maiwenn’s Cannes 2020 movie “DNA,” Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-winning “Another Round,” Charlene Favier’s “Slalom” and Nicolas Maury’s “Garçon Chiffon.”

“Demon Slayer: Mugen Train,” the Japanese anime movie which took many markets by storm, ranked second at the French B.O., behind Dupontel’s offbeat comedy. Other to-performing films include the animation/live...

Cinemas in France will not be able to reopen on December 15 which was the date initially set by the government late last month. They will instead remain closed for at least three weeks from that date, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said in an address to the nation this evening.

France has been in a second lockdown phase since the end of October, and while daily Covid-19 cases have considerably decreased over the past several weeks, they have recently hit a plateau that is about double the hoped for 5K ceiling.

This means there is more shuffling ahead for Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, which had been scheduled for a December 16 release in France. It is as-yet unclear when it will be re-dated. More locally, and reacting with haste to FranceInfo, Le Pacte chief Jean Labadie noted he had been preparing the release of Maiwenn’s Adn (which had been...

Netflix has acquired the French drama “DNA,” the latest film from actress and filmmaker Maïwenn in which she also stars and explores her Algerian family heritage.

Netflix picked up the English-language rights for the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Middle East. Le Pacte has acquired the film for French audiences and will release the movie theatrically on October 28. Wild Bunch International is also handling sales rights has already secured several international territories.

“DNA” (or its French title “Adn”) was an official selection of the canceled 2020 Cannes Film Festival, and it finally made its world premiere at the Deauville American Film Festival. Here’s the synopsis:

“DNA” follows Neige, a divorced mother of three, who regularly visits her Algerian grandfather in the nursing home where he lives. She loves and respects this pillar of the family who raised her and, above all, protected her from toxic parents.

One of several high-profile guests scheduled to attend the Lumière Festival in October, Oliver Stone will be screening a newly restored copy of 1989’s “Born on the Fourth of July” at its world premiere in the French city of Lyon.

Other guests of honor include actor Viggo Mortensen, Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (1998’s “Festen”), Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher and Oscar winning composer Gabriel Yared. Sofia Coppola, whose father Francis Ford picked up the Lumière Prize last year, is bringing her latest film, “On the Rocks”, starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones, to Lyon.

Run by film director Bertrand Tavernier and Cannes Festival head Thierry Frémaux, Lumière is one of the world’s leading film heritage events. This 12th edition will also feature contemporary works including 20 films originally scheduled to run in Cannes before the festival had to be cancelled due to Covid-19. Titles include Vinterberg’s “Drunk”, “Last Words” by Jonathan Nossiter,...

Spi International has taken rights for U.S., UK, Cee, Turkey, Benelux, Portugal and China on crime-thriller Watch The Sunset, billed as Australia’s first one-take feature film. The deal was brokered by Australian distribution and international sales company Fighting Chance Films. The film follows Danny Biaro (Tristan Barr), a man desperately trying to escape his outlaw bike gang, The Bloodless Brothers.

French director, producer and actress Maïwen will receive an A Tribute To… award at this year’s Zurich Film Festival. The filmmaker will be in town on October 1 to present her most recent film Adn (DNA). Her credits as an actress include Leon and The Fifth Element, and she has been directing since 2004, wining the Jury Prize at Cannes for Polisse in 2011. “Maïwenn is one of French cinema’s most multifaceted filmmakers. She writes her own screenplays and often plays a role in and directs her own movies.

One of the rare festivals to be hosting physical edition in the coronavirus era, the Deauville American Film Festival is set to world premiere 10 anticipated movies that are part of Cannes’s 2020 Official Selection.

The Deauville roster of Cannes pics was curated by the Normandy-set festival’s artistic director Bruno Barde out of the 56 films selected by Cannes’ director Thierry Fremaux.

These include many prestige French films, notably Maïwenn’s “Adn,” Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s “A Good Man,” Lucas Belvaux’s “Home Front,” Bruno Podalydès’ “French Tech,” Charlène Favier’s “Slalom,” alongside Farid Bentoumi’s “Rouge,” Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma’s “Teddy” and Farid Bentoumi’s “Red Soil.”

Other non-u.S. pics from Cannes set for Deauville include Francis Lee’s British film “Ammonite” and Yeon Sang-ho’s South Korean movie “Peninsula.” The only American movie of the pack, Jonathan Nossiter’s “Last Words,” will play in competition.

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Wild Bunch Ag, the pan-European film and TV group co-founded by Vincent Grimond, Brahim Chioua and Vincent Maraval, has secured a €35 million ($40 million) credit line from Germany’s Commerzbank.

The company told Variety that the new credit line will be used by the banner to continue ramping up its production activities, increase its investment in TV series and support its digital distribution business. The credit will mature in October 2022.

While the outfit is no longer directly involved in international sales of movies, Wild Bunch is still handling distribution in France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Austria. Its next few releases planned in France include “Beasts Clawing At Straws,” a feature debut by South Korean helmer Kim Young-hoon on July 8, and Keith Thomas’s “The Vigil,” a horror film produced by Blumhouse on Aug.5.

“This loan is the result of the excellent cooperation with the film specialists of the Commerzbank media team.