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Bruce Springsteen has announced the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, a massive new collection containing seven previously unreleased albums recorded between 1983 and 2018.

Set for release on June 27th, Tracks II contains a total of 82 previously unreleased tracks, including 74 never-before-heard songs. Among the albums collected in the set are: LA Garage Sessions ’83, featuring songs recorded in the period he developed Born in the U.S.A.; Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, which includes material recorded alongside his Academy Award-winning title track to the 1993 film Philadelphia; Faithless, which was originally conceived for a film project; and a self-described “lost album” called Perfect World. As a preview, Springsteen has shared “Rain in the River” from Perfect World. Take a listen below.

Springsteen said he used the pandemic as an opportunity to finish “everything I had in my vault.” The end product, Tracks II, will be released in a nine-lp vinyl box set and seven-disc CD box set,...

Ahead of the release of his new album, Will Smith sat down with “Sway in the Morning’s” Sway Calloway and Heather B in front of a live audience at The Hard Rock Cafe in Philadelphia. Check out the full interview anytime on the SiriusXM app and throughout the week in cars on SiriusXM’s Shade 45 (Ch. 45).

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During the interview, the actor and rapper talked about his upcoming album, “Based on a True Story,” revealed the music advice hip-hop legends Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar shared with him, reflected on being more introspective the last three years, and much more.

“Jay said, ‘Don’t fake your story,’” Will said of the advice from Jay-Z. “He was like, ‘You gotta say what’s true for you and you’ll be looking at the younger...

Will Smith is bringing his new album Based on a True Story on the road. The actor and rapper will his the stage for more than two dozen performances at festivals and his first headlining shows across Morocco, England, France, Germany, and more.

The 26-date run will kick off on June 25 at the Moroccan music festival Mawazine. Smith’s headlining dates include three nights in Germany — with stops in Hamburg, Hannover, and Frankfurt — in July and four nights across the U.K. in August, including stops in Cardiff, Manchester, London,...

Will Smith has announced the date that his latest album will be released as his imminent return to the world of hip-hop continues after a 20-year hiatus.

The actor-rapper-producer shared the news on Instagram on Sunday, writing in a post that his new album is scheduled for release in two weeks.

“It’s Official!! My new album, Based on a True Story, drops on March 28. Two Weeks!! Hit that presave. Been working on this project for a minute and I’m itchin’ to get it out to y’all...

Secrets are revealed and confrontations lead to major emotional moments and painful realizations, according to the Days of our Lives spoilers preview. As Salemites try to come to terms with the truth, one man vows revenge against the woman who turned his life and his son’s upside-down. Here’s your Days video preview for the week of March 17-21, 2025.

Lost and Found

Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes) walks into The Bistro with JJ (Casey Moss) and Doug (Peyton Meyer) and notices something that shocks her. It’s Melinda (Tina Huang), who’s sipping a martini and wearing a spectacular necklace. The diamond necklace that disappeared from the Horton house and once belonged to the family matriarch Alice (the late Frances Reid).

“There’s my grandmother’s necklace,” says Julie as she marches over to the table where Melinda is sitting with Kristen (Stacy Haiduk). The two women lock eyes in a stare-down.

The last time Will Smith released a new album, he starred in Hitch, a romantic comedy with Eva Mendes and Kevin James. That was in 2005. In the past 20 years, Smith has gone on to win an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance in 2021’s King Richard. Now, for the first time in 20 years, Smith, who is also a four-time Grammy Award winner, is releasing a new album.

Per Deadline, Smith, who has released four solo albums and five with DJ Jazzy Jeff, will be releasing a new solo effort on March 28 titled Based on a True Story.The new album will feature five previously-released singles as well as nine other tracks. Based on a True Story is Smith’s first new album since 2005’s Lost and Found, which reached the Top 10 when it was released.

Smith: “It’s Official”

Smith took to Instagram to announce the new project.

The countdown to Will Smith’s first album since the Bush administration is on.

The once-and-current rapper has slapped together five previously released singles and added nine other tracks for Based on a True Story, which streets on March 28. It’s his first new disc since 2005’s Lost and Found, which, like three of his other four solo sets, reached the Top 10.

“It’s Official!!” the erstwhile Fresh Prince wrote on Instagram. “My new album Based On A True Story drops March 28. Two Weeks!! Hit that presave. Been working on this project for a minute and I’m itchin’ to get it out to y’all.”

Smith hinted that Based on a True Story is the first of an album trilogy, hence the subtitle Season 1: R.I.T.W.:

The set on indie Slang Records features several songs released in 2024 — “Tantrum,” “Work of Art,” “First Love” and “You...

Will Smith is making a comeback — not only to film, but to music. On Friday, March 14, the Oscar winner revealed the cover art and release date to his new album, Based on a True Story. Though Smith began his career as a rapper under the alias, “The Fresh Prince,” he hasn’t put out an album since 2005’s Lost and Found, which featured the hit single, “Switch.” With Based on a True story marking his first album in 20 years, Smith hasn’t lost a beat, and he’s been keeping his ear to the streets.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck blasted the Trump administration at the Joburg Film Festival on Wednesday, insisting that the world is at the mercy of “crazy people” who have put the lives of millions at stake.

“We are in the hands of a bunch of crazy people who have an agenda that was totally written out in Project 2025, the same way that Hitler wrote ‘Mein Kampf,’” Peck said. “All of it was there to read, and everybody thought he was making a joke. No. They are applying what they said they were going to do.

“The question is…what are we going to do [in response]?” he added. “We can’t tweet our way out of this one.”

The Haitian filmmaker also lashed out at the administration’s dismantling of Usaid and its disruption of the trans-Atlantic alliance, saying Trump is “breaking up what it took decades to build” after such institutions were...

Known Associates Entertainment has acquired all African rights to Raoul Peck’s “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” the Cannes prize-winning documentary about the fearless apartheid-era South African photographer that opens the Joburg Film Festival on March 11.

The acquisition by the fast-growing South African media company is part of a broader plan to ramp up its distribution efforts both on the African continent and in the U.S., beginning with the March 26 theatrical rollout of “Lost and Found” in South Africa.

“It’s probably one of the most important films to come out of South Africa in the last 30 years,” said Known Associates chairperson Joel Chikapa Phiri. “We’re very excited about it, and we’ve got lots of partners that are coming to join with us.”

Described by Variety’s Owen Gleiberman as a “penetrating portrait” of the iconic photographer, “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” traces the career and life of Cole,...

Brandy’s Full Moon deep cut “Love Wouldn’t Count Me Out” sets the stage for Aj Tracey and Jorja Smith’s uncertain contemplations on their latest collaboration “Crush.” The record arrives alongside a music video directed by LateMilk, which finds the London rapper and R&b star coming together for a moody meeting over coffee.

“Like my girls how I like my coffee, sweet/Or like my Hennessy, neat/I don’t wanna wear my heart on my top or sleeve unless it’s the CDG,” Tracey raps on the opening verse.

Dragon Ball DAIMAhas been an exciting love letter to everything fans adore about Akira Toriyama’s signature franchise. Any new adventure with Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of Dragon Ball’s beloved heroes would be a cause for celebration, but Dragon Ball Daima has become an enlightening experience. The anime has used the cryptic Demon Realm as a conduit to expand the franchise's lore, introduce new concepts, and push characters beyond their limits.

Dragon Ball Daima is sandwiched between Dragon Ball Z’s Buu Saga and the start of Dragon Ball Super, but the characters have experienced some revelatory changes – and transformations – that have silenced any concerns Dragon Ball Daima would be stuck in a state of stasis. As Dragon Ball Daima heads into its final episodes, it’s the perfect time to check in on the anime’s strongest characters – for now.

RelatedBy Making Super Saiyan 4 Canon, Dragon Ball Daima...

The Count of Monte Cristo has topped the nominations for France’s prestigious César awards, followed by Beating Hearts and Oscar frontrunner Emilia Pérez.

The film has made it into 14 categories in the nominations, which were announced in Paris on Wednesday morning. Beating Hearts clinched 13, followed by Emiia Pérez with 12.

Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere’s lavish and fast-paced adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel starring Pierre Niney was one of France’s top performing movies at the local box office in 2024, drawing close to 10M spectators and its top international export.

Gilles Lellouche’s modern Romeo and Juliet tale Beating Hearts – co-starring François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos – has also performed well at home, drawing more than five million spectators.

The 12 nominations for Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Jury prize-winning musical film Emilia Pérez continue its buzzy awards season run which has seen it clinch four Golden Globes and...

On Tuesday January 14 2025, Fox broadcasts Doc!

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The upcoming episode of “Doc,” airing on Fox, promises to be a gripping exploration of memory and healing. Titled “Lost and Found,” this episode focuses on Dr. Amy Larsen, who faces a life-altering challenge after suffering a brain injury. With the last eight years of her life erased from her memory, she finds herself in a world that feels both familiar and strange.

As Dr. Larsen tries to piece together her past, she encounters patients she once knew but cannot remember. This creates a unique tension as she navigates her role as a doctor without the knowledge and experiences that shaped her. The emotional weight of her situation becomes clear as she struggles with feelings of loss and confusion. The episode delves into the impact of her injury not just on her, but also on the lives of those around her.

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In this heartwarming episode of Lost and Found in the Lakes, airing at 3:00 Pm on Wednesday, 15 January 2025, the metal detecting team is on a mission to reunite a family with a cherished heirloom. The item has been lost for years at the ancient stone circle of Long Meg, just north of the Lake District, and the team is determined to find it for the heartbroken family. Their search through the historic site is bound to be full of suspense and emotional moments as they work to unearth the lost treasure.

Meanwhile, crafter Lucy takes on a different challenge, tackling some of the smelliest rubbish to uncover hidden items that might just hold personal value for their owners. Social media detective Mui also joins the team, hoping to track down a lost possession and return it to its rightful owner—this time, it’s a valuable item that needs to...

It's been nearly a year since we first learned of plans for Drew Goddard to write and direct a new Matrix movie. Rumours of a reboot or spin-off have persisted for years (the prequel starring Michael B. Jordan as a young Morpheus never came to fruition) but we've heard very little about this effort since it was announced by Warner Bros. Discovery.

Goddard, best known for writing The Martian and directing The Cabin in the Woods (he also worked on Netflix's Daredevil and the unmade Sinister Six movie for Sony Pictures), will have a helping hand from franchise co-creator Lana Wachowski who has boarded the project as an executive producer.

Yesterday, Will Smith shared a cryptic Instagram post addressing his now-infamous decision to pass on the role of Neo in 1999's The Matrix to instead star in Wild Wild West.

The Oscar-winner shared a brief video with a Matrix-style message reading,...

A new report has poured cold water on the speculation that King Richard and Bad Boys: Ride or Die star Will Smith is involved with the next Matrix movie. The actor famously turned down the chance to play the lead character Neo in the original 1999 The Matrix film, with the role eventually going to Keanu Reeves.

Drew Goddard (The Martian) is attached to write and direct the Matrix franchise's fifth movie installment, and sources confirmed to Variety that Smith is not involved with the project. The rumor of the Academy Award-winning actor's involvement began on Monday after he posted a cryptic message on his Instagram recalling his rejection of the Neo role. Smith's post, which he writes in third person, reads, "In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in 'The Matrix.' Smith turned it down. He chose Wild Wild West, believing it was a better...

It is a widespread belief among fans and critics that actors do not choose roles rather the role chooses the actor. In the history of the film industry, there have been several iconic roles, but Keanu Reeves’ portrayal of Neo in The Matrix will always occupy a special place in popular culture.

Keanu Reeves as Neo in The Matrix | Credit: Warner Bros.

A role that not only propelled him to the forefront of Hollywood but also made him famous across the world, today, it is hard to imagine anyone else as the titular character. This idea seems even more perplexing when one realizes that the Wachowskis had initially offered Will Smith the lead role but he turned it down fearing it won’t be a good film. However, he recently teased starring in such a film, sending shockwaves across The Matrix fandom.

Before Keanu Reeves, Will Smith was the first...

Will Smith took to social today and made everyone think he’s starring in the next Matrix movie in development at Warner Bros.

“In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down. He chose Wild Wild West, believing it was a better fit for him at the time. But the question remains: What would The Matrix have been like with Will Smith as Neo?”

“Wake up Will…”

“The Matrix has you…”

But sources say Smith is not attached to the new Matrix movie. The whole tease is connected to a new music project that Smith has underway. The last album he released was back in 2005, “Lost and Found” which featured the hit single, “Switch” which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Smith’s third and last Hot 100 top 10. Last June, Smith dropped his first single in close to two decades,...

Will Smith may be choosing between the red and blue pill, but the Oscar-winning actor isn’t entering the Matrix for a movie.

Warner Bros. previously announced a fifth “Matrix” installment with “The Martian” screenwriter Drew Goddard attached to write and direct, but knowledgable sources confirmed to Variety that Smith (at least at this point) isn’t involved in the film franchise.

Speculation started on Monday after Smith posted a cryptic message on Instagram, recalling his decision to pass on the starring role of Neo (which eventually went to Keanu Reeves) in Lana or Lilly Wachowski’s seminal 1999 sci-fi epic “The Matrix.”

“In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in ‘The Matrix.’ Smith turned it down,” his Instagram video, written in third-person, reads. “He chose ‘Wild Wild West,’ believing it was a better fit for him at the time. But the question remains: What would ‘The Matrix...

Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball has resonated with several generations of audiences for over four decades. There’s still endless enthusiasm for Goku’s heroic adventures, inspirational training, and the breakthroughs that are experienced in battle that help characters achieve unprecedented power. All these factors resonate with Dragon Ball fans, but a series is often only as strong as its villains. Dragon Ball is fortunate enough to have some of the most memorable antagonists to ever appear in the shonen genre.

These villains are powerful and truly evil, but there are often personal stakes in play that make Goku particularly invested in their destruction. In fact, Dragon Ball creates some significant showdowns between Goku and his enemies because so many of them echo aspects of himself and operate as dark reflections. Dragon Ball’s antagonists all become much more intriguing when they’re considered through this lens and viewed as...

As a character, Buffy the Vampire Slayer had few adversaries more complicated than fellow vampire slayer, Faith. When she joined the show's third season, Faith changed Buffy's story forever. Positioned as Buffy's evil-natured antithesis, Faith opposed Buffy during Seasons 3 and 4 and then, after a guest spot on Angel, was ready to turn over a new leaf, atoning for her sins.

In the comic book series Buffy and Faith Season 10, Faith attempts to atone for sins she committed in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's fourth season episode, "Who Are You?" In this episode, Buffy and Faith swap bodies, and in an oft-forgotten moment, Faith sleeps with Buffy's boyfriend, Riley Finn, with the special ops specialist completely unaware of Faith's deception.

The television show never quite delves into that moment, but in the Angel and Faith Season 10 comics, the Vampire Slayer is finally redeemed in ways that the show couldn't do for her.

Dragon Ball Z has a more heightened style of storytelling and combat that introduces some of the franchise’s most loved staples, like Super Saiyan transformations, fusions, and multiple sets of Dragon Balls. Dragon Ball Daima, which is set between the events of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super, tells an exciting new story that transforms the heroes into children and sends them to the mysterious Demon Realm in order to solve this mess. Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and their new Majin friends — Glorio and Panzy — fearlessly forge ahead on their mission to collect the Demon Realm Dragon Balls.

Unfortunately, there’s some intimidating opposition who also have their eyes on the Dragon Balls. Dr. Arinsu, a powerful Majin scientist, creates Majin Duu to help secure these treasures and become the Supreme Demon King. Majin Duu is significantly stronger than Majin Kuu, which has led to a phenomenal fight between Dr.

There’s a lot of shared DNA between Dragon Ball Daima and the more contentious Dragon Ball Gt, whether it’s their lighter, sillier tones or how they both transform Goku back into a child. Daima has introduced several new threats, one of the most compelling being newcomer is Majin Duu – Dr. Arinsu’s second sinister creation following Majin Kuu’s lackluster performance against Tamagami Number One. Daima has been a little cagey when it comes to the exact power level of its cast.

Tamagami Number Three, the weakest of the trio, is said to be at least as strong as Dabura and Perfect Cell. This would indicate that Tamagami Number One’s strength is somewhere around the power of Super Buu or Kid Buu. Majin Kuu failed against Tamagami Number One, while Majin Duu continues to challenge the Dragon Ball guardian. This presumably places Majin Duu’s power somewhere...

It’s Christmas Eve in Port Charles, and the December 23, 2024 episode of General Hospital was full of shocking returns.

Just The Girl He’s Looking For

While enjoying the festivities in Rice Plaza, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) was approached by an unfamiliar girl who called him Doug and asked him to hold a wallet before hurrying off. He was left baffled until he overheard a man reporting that he was pick-pocketed. When Gio spotted the girl again, he confronted her about the stolen wallet and she revealed she only did it because she saw him rip off a vendor.

She stolen some cash from the wallet before turning it over to a cop while Gio ran into Kristina (Kate Mansi) and Sonny (Maurice Benard). He admitted he’d gotten distracted by her, but when he turned back her way she was gone… and on her way to Maxie’s (Kirsten Storms...

Dragon Ball is an anime thats largely situated on Earth, but this hasnt stopped the franchise from featuring a wide range of alien outsiders both friends and foes alike. There are dozens of unique extraterrestrials that Dragon Ball expands upon, but few are as prominent as the warrior race of Saiyans. Saiyans dont get formally introduced until Dragon Ball Z, but they quickly take over the narrative and become the animes most popular and important characters.

In fact, its become increasingly difficult for non-Saiyan characters to keep up with the Saiyans growing milestones and totemic transformations. Saiyans are special in the sense that their species thrives on combat, and they even receive massive power boosts when theyre pushed to the brink of death. Dragon Ball often makes it feel as if nobody has more potential than its many Saiyan characters, but this is hardly the case and there are several...

The International Documentary Association today released its shortlist of contenders for Best Feature Documentary and Best Short Documentary, a possible harbinger of Oscar success.

Among the features making the list is No Other Land, a documentary by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers that has yet to secure U.S. distribution. It has won awards at festivals from Berlin and Busan to Belfast and beyond.

Queendom, a film about the extraordinary Russian drag performance artist Jenna Marvin continues its surge, making the IDA shortlist after securing a place on the Doc NYC shortlist of the year’s best documentaries.

National Geographic’s Sugarcane, about atrocities at a so-called Indian residential school in Canada, continued its strong pre-Oscar awards run by making the IDA list of contenders. Netflix made the list with The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, a strong Oscar contender. And MTV Documentary Films earned a spot with Black Box Diaries,...

Though it’s something of a backhanded paean to its eponymous city in question, the most enjoyable element to “Lost & Found in Cleveland” is its locations, locations, locations — cinematographer Davon Slininger’s widescreen images provide an appealing selective tour of a burg the film presents as quaintly lagging well behind the times. Otherwise, this slick if uninspired first feature for actors turned writer-directors Marisa Guterman and Keith Gerchak offers a pleasant-enough ensemble seriocomedy that straddles the terrains of Richard Curtis and Christopher Guest, without approaching either’s high points. The Newport Beach Fest world premiere’s familiar faces and story beats seem best suited to home viewing.

An opening montage to the retro pop of Bobby Darin singing “Artificial Flowers” — an incongruously brassy, “Mack the Knife”-like arrangement of a depressing slum-tragedy lyric from 1960 Broadway musical “Tenderloin” — introduces the characters, as well as a sense that this midwestern metropolis’ growth stalled some decades ago.

Exclusive: Sffilm’s prestigious Doc Stories is set to welcome a slew of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmakers to its 10th anniversary event next month, along with industry heavyweights Keri Putnam, Laura Kim, Carrie Lozano, and Justine Nagan.

The documentary festival, which runs from October 17-20 in San Francisco, unveiled its full lineup this morning, highlighted by new work from Kevin Macdonald, Ben Proudfoot, Raoul Peck, Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, and Pedro Kos, as well as a classic from Amy Berg about a singer who stunned San Francisco with her talent more than 50 years ago. [Scroll for the full program]

Macdonald opens the festival with One to One: John and Yoko, co-directed by Sam Rice-Edwards, “which chronicles John and Yoko’s musical, personal, artistic, social, and political world set against the backdrop of a turbulent era in American history.”

The closing night film belongs to Suburban Fury,...

Screen Rant is proud to present exclusive first-look images of the new ensemble dramedy, Lost & Found in Cleveland, which premieres at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Saturday, October 19. It follows a group of characters whose lives become intertwined when an antiques appraisal television show makes the surprising decision to film in their city. The movie takes place over a 24-hour period, with the official synopsis stating that the American fable is "about the post-Industrial American Dream in the Industrial Midwest." Check out new stills from the movie below, which provide a glance at what to expect when the series comes to Cleveland:

Lost & Found in Cleveland is the directorial debut of filmmakers Marisa Guterman and Keith Gerchak, who also serve as writers and producers. However, the duo is well-versed in the entertainment industry and both have several acting credits to their names. Guterman was nominated for Leading Actress in a Special,...

Exclusive: After a successful summer with Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Alexander Ludwig has been tapped to star alongside Dafne Keen and Samantha Lorraine in Night Comes, the forthcoming horror thriller marking the feature directorial debut of veteran actor Jay Hernandez (Suicide Squad).

Details as to Ludwig’s role are being kept under wraps. Drawing inspiration from films like Birdbox and The Descent, Night Comes unfolds against the backdrop of a cataclysmic event that threatens to engulf humanity. Two sisters manage to escape the horror only to find themselves thrust into a perilous struggle for survival, tasked with a mission that holds the fate of mankind in the balance.

Written by Hernandez, Jason Bourque and Nancy Isaak, the indie hails from Impossible Dream Entertainment and Big Picture Cinema Group, the latter of which is co-financing with Versatile Media. Impossible Dream’s Shaun Redick and Yvette Yates Redick will produce alongside Big Picture Cinema Group’s Jayce Barriero and Jacky Lai, with Hernandez, Keen, Jared Zhang, Graem Luis, Jason Bourque, Joseph Tuck, Steve Read and Matthew Chow exec producing.

Production kicks off in Vancouver in September. The Exchange is handling worldwide sales and will be introducing the project to buyers at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.

Stated Big Picture’s Co-Founder and President, Barreiro, “Alexander has so much range and gravitas – it’s going to be fun for audiences to see the depths he goes to opposite Dafne and Samantha on this intense ride.”

As previously mentioned, Ludwig is coming off of Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment of the buddy cop action franchise from Sony, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. In it, he reprised his role as Dorn, tech expert for Advanced Miami Metro Operations, which he originated in 2020’s Bad Boys for Life. One of the summer’s big hits, the film grossed over $401 million worldwide.

In film, Ludwig’s other credits include Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, The Hunger Games and Lone Survivor, to name just a few. Also known for roles in Starz’s wrestling drama Heels and History Channel’s Vikings, the actor is represented by Gersh and Untitled Entertainment.

Taiwan has delivered outstanding and unprecedented performances in the 2024 edition of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market. Two titles are selected in Short Films in Competition, including Hey Dad (Perspectives section) and Is This Now the Time I Should Let You Go? (Graduation Films section). Besides, two projects, Lost and Found and Long Distance Call, are included in Mifa Pitches, seeking international development resources.

As the annual highlight in the animation industry, this year's Annecy starts from June 9th to June 15th. Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) continues to set up an on-site pavilion and holds Partners Pitches: Taiwan Spotlight with the Mifa for five projects from Taiwan. Additionally, this year Taicca also arranges Taiwan Talents Showcase screening session, showcasing two short films eligible for Oscar nominations next year aiming to connect with international networks, including Ghost of the Dark Path by Fish Wang, the winner of Cristal...

Chicago – Haroula Rose has made a mark on creative culture as a filmmaker, musician and performer, and the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival will acknowledge her on the April 25th Opening Night with a Special Tribute to Haroula, beginning at 7pm at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. For more information, click Rose.

Presented by Cinema Femme Magazine, the film festival emphasizes the importance of supporting emerging female and non-binary filmmakers, and connects those filmmakers to their Breaking Down Walls mentorship and retreat. This year’s festival features short film programs with a letter writing theme, a spotlight feature film “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” a screenwriting workshop and a panel on post-production. The panelists will be all female and non-binary people from notable post production Chicago companies …Optimus, Periscope Post & Audio, Noisefloor, and Anachrony Post. Virtual online events will also take place on April April 29th, 30th and May 2nd.

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Dream is a South Korean sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Lee Byeong-heon, starring Park Seo-jun and Lee Ji-eun (Iu).

‘Deurim’ (드림) means ‘dream’ in Korean and it was inspired by the real-life Homeless World Cup, which is an annual international football tournament for homeless people.

Dream

Would you like a fun movie, just like that? “Dream” has the perfect formula for the occasion, with a humor that is as special as it is absurd and charming.

And also a love story to sweeten the most sensitive spirits.

Synopsis

It revolves around Yoon Hong-dae, a football player, who receives disciplinary provision and is given the challenging job of coaching the national football team of homeless people for the Homeless World Cup.

About the movie

Two Korean film stars for this movie that, with the flag of insignificance and fleetingness, will give us an afternoon to enjoy this charming and different story,...

Over the past 20 years or so, a surfeit of arthouse titles and an older demographic turning away from theaters have worn away at the sales of non-English language films.

Currently, cinema across the world, and especially arthouse, is stuck between a rock — global streamers often paying less, striking fewer worldwide deals and buying fewer finished movies — and a hard place: a pandemic-drained theatrical business for all but a few tentpoles.

“A few years ago, even if a film wasn’t perfect and had limited festival play, it sold at least a little,” says Film Factory founder Vicente Canales. “Now, either a film works, and sells pretty much the world, or it doesn’t work at all.”

Yet Spain’s top sales agents remain broadly optimistic about the future.

For one thing, some films do still do business, led by new titles from star auteurs that have A-festival play, such as...

Exclusive: Impossible Dream Entertainment and Double G Films have set a stacked cast for their dramatic comedy Lost & Found in Cleveland, marking the feature debut of writer-directors Marisa Guterman and Keith Gerchak. Leads for the film, currently in production in Cleveland, include Emmy and Golden Globe winner Martin Sheen (Grace and Frankie), Golden Globe nominee Dennis Haysbert (Far from Heaven), Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska), Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska), Independent Spirit Award winner Yvette Yates Redick (Inherent Vice) and Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (Broadway’s Tootsie).

An adult drama targeted toward the audience that recently made Paramount & Fifth Season’s 80 for Brady a hit, Lost & Found in Cleveland is billed as a new American fable about the post-Industrial American Dream in the Industrial Midwest — a slice-of-life depiction over a 24-hour period that follows the personal odysseys of five very different people, whose lives intertwine when...

Lost And Found

“The House of the Lost on the Cape,” a Japanese animated movie which was an official selection at the recent Annecy festival will have a theatrical release in North America from Sept. 7. The film is to be distributed by Los Angeles-based Eleven Arts in association with Anime Expo and Iconic Events Releasing. It tells the story of two children who lose their home to a natural disaster and are taken in by a strange old woman. The roll-out begins in Los Angeles and New York and will expand to other cities.

The film is the directorial debut of Kawatsura Shinya and was written by Yoshida Reiko as an adaptation of the award-winning novel of the same title by Kashiwaba Sachiko. Animation work was headed by David Production. Earlier this year “Cape” also won the ‘best animation film’ prize at the 76th Annual Mainichi Film Awards.

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“El agua,” (Elena López Riera)

A Directors’ Fortnight title, the feature debut of Locarno winning López Riera (“Los Que Desean”), a fantasy-laced village-set critique of gender violence. S.A. Elle Driver

“Alcarràs,” (Carla Simón)

The 2022 Berlin Golden Bear winner, Simón’s follow-up to “Summer 1993” and the flagship title for Catalonia and Spain’s newest filmmaking generation. S.A. MK2 Films

“Amazing Elisa,” (Sádrac González-Perellón)

The next from 2017 BiFan Grand Jury Prize winner González-Perellón (“Black Hollow Cage”), once more mixing fantasy and family dynamics as Elisa, 12, plans revenge after her mother’s tragic death. S.A. Filmax

“The Beasts,” (Rodrigo Sorogoyen)

One of 2022’s most awaited Spanish titles, playing Cannes Premiere, a Galicia-set thriller from Oscar-nominee Sorogoyen (“Mother”), produced by Arcadia, Caballo Films and Le Pacte. S.A. Latido Films

“The Communion Girl,” (Víctor García)

A revenge thriller involving an urban legend about a girl in a communion dress. S.

“Lost And Found” has closed first sales to Italy (Eagle Pictures), France (Kmbo) and Taiwan (Creative Century Entertainment) on thriller “Lost and Found,” starring Álvaro Morte, “Money Heist’s” Professor, and directed by “The Head” helmer Jorge Dorado.

The caliber of the distributors – Eagle Pictures is one of Italy’s most muscular mainstream buyers, for instance – and the movie’s high-profile talent package confirm “Lost and Found” as a preeminent title in Spain’s currently most exportable product line: Upscale ambitious thrillers with a social-issue underbelly.

Filmax, “Lost and Found’s” sales company, screened a promo at Berlin’s European Film Market. The first sales news comes just before the film’s first market screening at a private event at Cannes.

In “Lost and Found,” Morte plays Mario, who leads a solitary existence working at a Lost and Found office. One day, a suitcase arrives, found at the bottom of a river.

Estelle Harris, who played George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) mother Estelle on the iconic NBC sitcom Seinfeld, died Saturday evening of natural causes in Palm Desert, California, just weeks before her 94th birthday.

“It is with the greatest remorse and sadness to announce that Estelle Harris has passed on this evening at 6:25pm,” her son Glen Harris, who held her as she drew her final breath, told Deadline. “Her kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy and love were practically unrivaled, and she will be terribly missed by all those who knew her.”

Born Estelle Nussbaum in New York City on April 22, 1928, Harris appeared on 27 episodes of Seinfeld between 1992 and 1998. (The character had been named Estelle before she landed the part.) She began pursuing acting at assorted amateur community theaters while raising her children, and went on to find incredible success both on stage and on screen, also featuring in such series as Futurama,...

Elena and Lila’s story will reach its conclusion on HBO with a fourth and final season of My Brilliant Friend, TVLine has learned.

The final collection of episodes (premiere date Tbd) will be based on The Story of the Lost Child, which is the fourth book in Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend quadrilogy.

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Barcelona-based indie sales outfit Filmax has taken international sales rights to Jorge Dorado’s noir thriller feature “Objetos” (“Lost & Found”), starring “Money Heist” actor Álvaro Morte.

Filmax is launching the film onto the market with a first promo at this year’s European Film Market.

Shot October-November at several locations in Spain and Argentina, including Madrid and Jujuy, the film is currently in post-production.

“Lost & Found” is produced by Cristina Zumárraga and Pablo Bossi at Tandem Films, the Madrid-based production company, whose recent titles include award-winning comedy “Rosa’s Wedding” and toon feature sales hit “Turu, the Wacky Hen.”

A Spain-Argentina-Germany co-production, “Lost & Found” also teams Spain’s Setembro Cine (“A Fantastic Woman”), Argentina’s Pampa Films (“Chinese Take-Away”) and In Post We Trust (“Unknown Origins”), plus Germany’s Rexin Film, with the participation of Spanish pubcaster Rtve, Amazon Studios and Germany’s Zdf.

Written by top Spanish scribe Natxo López,...

Exclusive: Film, television and media production company Olive Bridge Entertainment, which is led by filmmaker Will Gluck and producer Richard Schwartz, today announced the promotions of Madison Jones and Jacqueline Monetta.

Jones has been elevated to Director of Development in the company’s TV division. Upcoming projects she’ll be working on include the Hulu series Woke, the upcoming eOne series Hollywood Con Queen, along with several other projects in development at Peacock, Netflix, Disney+ and ABC. She previously worked on Netflix’s Chicago Party Aunt and the Disney+ documentary mini-series Among The Stars. She’s a four-year vet of Olive Bridge.

Monetta has been promoted to Creative Executive in Olive Bridge’s Film department, and will oversee projects such as Much Ado and End of the World for Columbia, Blackfriars for eOne, and other features currently in development at Searchlight, Disney and Netflix. Previously, she worked on Gluck’s...

The Rolling Stones will mark the 40th anniversary of their 1981 album, Tattoo You, with a reissue featuring a bonus disc filled with previously unreleased material. The set will arrive on October 22nd via Polydor/Interscope/UMe.

To accompany the announcement, the Stones released “Living in the Heart of Love,” one of the nine previously unreleased songs that will appear on the bonus disc, Lost & Found. The nine songs were all originally recorded while the Stones were making Tattoo You, but were recently completed and enhanced with additional vocals and guitar by the Stones.

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about dozens of shows including Never Have I Ever, The White Lotus, The Haves and the Have Nots and Good Girls!

1 | Who else was confused by New Yorkers applauding First Wives Club‘s Hazel and Nigel romantic gesture blocking traffic at JFK in the Season 2 finale? Wouldn’t there be angry honks and airport staff yelling at them to move?

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Jorja Smith dolls up while yearning for the full attention of a special someone in the video for her new single “Addicted.” It’s the English singer’s first new music of 2021.

In the video, which Smith co-directed with Savana Leaf and shot via webcam, Smith appears in different outfits in a number of settings — from various rooms to outdoor nighttime shots — as she reflects on an unbalanced relationship.

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Exclusive: Olive Bridge Entertainment’s Will Gluck and Jodi Hildebrand are developing Constance, a magical family hybrid feature for Sony.

Based on his original idea, Onward scribe Keith Bunin is set to write the screenplay, the storyline of which is under wraps.

Gluck counts over $782M WW at the global box office, his most recent hit being Peter Rabbit which grossed over $351M WW. The sequel he directed, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, which was delayed due to Covid, is scheduled to hit theaters on June 11.

Onward, which Bunin co-wrote, was the last notable family film to debut before theaters closed down because of the pandemic last year, opening to $39.1M stateside and grossing $142M before segueing to Disney+. Additionally, Bunin just delivered a feature adaptation of Delorean, which George Clooney will direct for MGM, and an adaptation of the Edith Macefield Story, which will be directed by George C. Wolfe.

Exclusive: Will Gluck, through his company Olive Bridge Entertainment, will produce Sony Pictures’ Motherf*&er, a multi-generational romantic comedy based on a true story. The company has a first-look deal with the studio, and Olive Bridge’s film head Jodi Hildebrand will also produce. The film will be written by Nicole Delaney, with an eye for her to direct.

Maia Eyre is overseeing the project for the studio. The plot is being kept under wraps.

Gluck directed the box office hit Peter Rabbit, based on the screenplay he wrote with Rob Lieber. He recently wrapped production on the film’s sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, which Sony is releasing in theaters on January 15, 2021.

Gluck is currently developing with the studio Steal Away, a remake of the French romantic comedy The Last Diamond, written by Gluck and Chris Bremner for Columbia Pictures; Lost & Found, a road trip romantic comedy...

Top: Larissa Behrendt, Mitchell Stanley. Bottom: Lucy Hayes, Nora Niasari.

Writer/directors Nora Niasari and Larissa Behrendt and producers Lucy Hayes and Mitchell Stanley have been selected to participate in Australians in Film (AiF) and Screen Australia’s Mentor La program.

The participants will be matched mentors writer Luke Davies director Alethea Jones, Animal Logic CEO Zareh Nalbandian and director of creative development, Columbia Pictures Jiao Chen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Unchartered).

Each participant will receive four one-hour sessions with their mentor; three online, and one face-to-face in Los Angeles once international travel restrictions are lifted. Each receives return airfares, and living expenses for five days in La.

The meetings are designed to provide recipients with personalised, first-hand experience of the challenges and knowledge these mentors have learnt from working in the highly competitive Hollywood system. The knowledge provided will help not only bolster their careers, but the professional capacity of the broader Australian screen sector.

Across Asia Film Festival (Aaff) in Cagliari, in the beautiful Italian island of Sardinia, is back on the 14th of December with a Programme focused mainly on the Philippines and Taiwan, including collateral events, guests and some interesting gems, like a restored edition of the classic Lino Brocka’s “Manila in the Claws of Light”, a Masterclass with directors Shireen Seno and John Torres and the Italian Premiere of “The Kalampag Tracking Agency” an ongoing curatorial initiative between Shireen Seno of Los Otros and Merv Espina of Generation Loss.

Across Asia Film Festival is focused on most interesting languages of recent cinematographic production from Asia, with the goal of promoting and developing cultural exchanges between Italian and foreigners communities. Stefano Galanti and Maria Paola Zedda are the creators and the artistic directors of the event.

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The Festival will kick off with “The Night of the...