A24 Acquires Lukas Dhont’s ‘Close’ Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Kylie Jenner took to Instagram on Monday with a scandalous bikini pic that nearly bared it all. The two photos — posted in a carousel — are nearly-identical close-ups taken just below her chest in a trompe l’oeil Jean Paul Gaultier swimsuit top.

Brad Pitt is accusing his ex of intentionally trying to «inflict harm» on him and his interests in their Chateau Miraval Winery. In new legal docs filed in Los Angeles on Friday, Pitt's lawyers claim Angelina Jolie sold her stake in their winery to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler in an effort to damage Pitt's involvement in the company.Pitt first sued Jolie over the sale of her shares of Miraval back in February and was seeking monetary damages, legal fees and for Jolie's sale of Miraval to Shefler to be voided.In these latest docs, Pitt's attorneys claim that «Jolie sought to inflict harm on Pitt» and allege that she «knew and intended that Shefler and his affiliates would try to control the business Pitt had built and to undermine Pitt’s investment in Miraval.»«The vineyard became Pitt’s passion — and a profitable one, as Miraval, under Pitt’s stewardship, has grown into a multimillion-dollar global business and one of the world’s most highly regarded producers of rosé wine,» the docs claim.

Michael B. Jordan is enjoying a night out with friends.

LOVE Island’s Tasha Ghouri is more than prepared to take on any trolls that might take a swipe when she leaves the villa — because the hearing impaired-model has been a target for bullies since she was just 14 years old. Tasha, who was born deaf and now wears a cochlear implant, was savagely abused online by tyrants who called her and her friends ‘fat’ and told them to ‘get cancer and die’ through anonymous messages on a site called ask.fm.

LOVE Island's Indiyah had only just stepped into the famous villa when she made a MAJOR gaffe about the show's most popular feature. The ITV2 reality show kicked off tonight with a brand new batch of sexy singletons all looking for love this summer.

LOVE Island viewers furiously threatened to complain to Ofcom after 19-year-old Gemma Owen kissed Davide, 27. The teenage daughter of football legend Michael Owen took the chance to score with the Italian bombshell Davide Sanclimenti after being dared to snog who she fancies most.

A LONG Lost Family star revealed that she was switched at birth as a baby and had no idea for years.  77-year-old Rosemary Rawlins opened up about her story during Monday night's instalment of the ITV show.

LOVE Island viewers were all shocked as Gemma Owen revealed she's just 19 years old. The teenager - whose dad is football legend Michael Owen - was quizzed on her age by the other girls in the villa.

LOVE Island fans have slammed the show's lack of diversity as they complained about the girls' bikini bodies. Tonight the popular ITV2 dating show returned to our screens.

LOVE ISLAND kicked off tonight in spectacular style with Gemma and Tasha brutally rejecting Liam & Luca. In a sensational twist, the ladies' favourite new boy Davide was left with all the power in recoupling. Dami and Amber, Indiyah and Ikenna, Tasha and Andew, Gemma and Liam and Luca and Paige were hand-picked by the public to couple up.

LOVE Island's Paige Thorne confused as she describes favourite sex position - and it's the one Faye Winter 'made up'. The paramedic, 24, made the confession while talking to her new beau Luca Bish, 23.

George Ezra has announced the Australian leg of his ‘Gold Rush Kid’ tour, taking his titular third album Down Under at the end of October.He’ll play in Eora/Sydney first, hitting the Aware Super Theatre on Saturday October 29, before seeing out the month with a gig at Naarm/Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Monday October 31. From there will come two outdoor gigs, first at Meanjin/Brisbane’s Riverstage on Wednesday November 2, then at Kings Park & Botanic Garden in Perth on Saturday November 5.Tickets for all four shows go on sale at 10am local time this Friday (June 10), with a pre-sale running from the same time on Thursday (June 9).

LOVE Island’s sexy singletons are finally in the villa and ready for Cupid’s arrow to strike. But this year their destiny is in the hands of viewers right from the start.

LOVE Island kicked off with a bang on Monday night with the steamiest launch EVER - thanks to a saucy dare game. Things took a sexy turn when Gemma Owen was asked to kiss the "boy she fancied the most" in the brand new Majorcan villa.

MOLLY-MAE Hague has been spotted showing off her toned tummy as she missed out on watching the Love Island launch show. The former Islander - who rose to fame alongside beau Tommy Fury on the ITV2 dating show - headed for a night out on Monday evening.

LOVE Island's Gemma Owen is settling into life in the famous villa. So far the new Islander hasn't revealed who her famous father is, but she did drop some MAJOR hints on this evening's opening episode.

KELLY Clarkson has revealed how she got over the nasty divorce from ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. Kelly, 40, and Brandon, 45, split after seven years of marriage in June of 2020 and share daughter River, seven, and son Remington, six.

LOVE Island's Gemma Owen has already got herself into a love triangle after 'cheating' on Liam Llewellyn with Italian bombshell Davide Sanclimenti. Tonight's instalment of the ITV2 dating show saw the new sexy singletons take part in a game of dares.

Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial is sharing some interesting information about the case following Wednesday's verdict.In a new interview with the Judy Bellinger, who served as the court reporter on the case, said that some of the jurors fell asleep at points during the trial.«There were a few jurors who were dozing off,» Bellinger said, adding that the sleeping jurors were in both the front and back rows.

Zendaya was the big winner of the night at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday, after receiving the awards for HBO’s popular show ‘Euphoria’ and the successful Marvel film ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home.’The Hollywood star took home the Best Performance award in a show, following her acclaimed portrayal of Rue Bennett in the series, after being nominated with her co-star Sydney Sweeney, The Dropout’s Amanda Seyfried, Yellowstone’s Kelly Reilly, and Pam & Tommy’s Lily James.However, her Euphoria co-star did receive the award for Best Fight, for her performance opposite Alexa Demie in the fight between Cassie and Maddy.

Adam Sandler had himself a little accident prior to popping up on GMA this morning!

Finally! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have kept to their own timetables for sharing anything personal — as is their prerogative after leaving life as full-time Royals.

Anthony Cuts under the Williamsburg Bridge, Morning, a “marquetry hybrid” mixed-media image paying tribute to a hairstylist in the artist’s Brooklyn neighborhood who set up shop on the street as a Black Lives Matter-inspired fundraiser for organizations advocating for social justice.The Outwin 2022 Second Prize went to Elizah Leonard, a multilayered portrait by Native-American artist Tom Jones of a champion female dancer/wrestler embellished with culturally significant beads, rhinestones, and shells sewed directly onto the print.Third Prize went to untitled (man), Laotian-American photographer Pao Houa Her’s black-and-white image of a senior citizen who originally emigrated to the U.S. as a Hmong refugee decades ago, seen positioned in front of a printed studio backdrop alongside fake plants.An additional four mixed-media works earned a Commended, or honorable mention, designation, including Killed Negative #13/After Arthur Rothstein by Joel Daniel Phillips with Quraysh Ali Lansana, Stuart Robertson’s Self-Portrait of the Artist, People of the Sun (Grandma and Grandpa Santana) by Vincent Valdez, and Milk by Elsa María Meléndez.At least nine of the remaining 35 artworks have some degree of LGBTQ relevance by virtue of either the artist or the artistic content, including:Dad, at Manmade Pond, a poignant triptych by gay photographer David Hilliard depicting the casket-shaped urn containing the cremains of his father, a victim of COVID-19.Shira and Sarah, a portrait by Jess T.

School’s out! Former American Idol frontrunner Kenedi Anderson graduated from high school two months after she abruptly quit season 20 of the singing competition.

Grand Prix: (TIE) “Close,” Lukas Dhont; and “Stars at Noon,” Claire DenisJury Prize: (TIE) “The Eight Mountains,” Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch; and “Eo,” Jerzy SkolimowskiBest Director: Park Chan-Wook, “Decision to Leave”Best Screenplay: “Boy From Heaven,” Tarik SalehBest Actor: Song Kang Ho, “Broker”Best Actress: Zar Amir Ebrahami, “Holy Spider”75th anniversary special award: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, “Tori and Lokita”Camera d’Or (best first film): “War Pony,” Riley Keough and Gina GammellCamera d’Or, special mention: “Plan 75,” Hayakawa ChiePalme d’Or, Short Film: “The Water Murmurs,” Jianying ChenShort film special mention: “Lori,” Abinash Bikram Shah

Refresh for latest…: The 75th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close tonight as the main awards, including the Palme d’Or, are soon to be handed out in the Palais. Scroll down for the list of winners which is being updated as prizes are announced.

After taking home the Un Certain Regard Fipresci prize in 2018 for the trans-female ballet dancer feature Girl, filmmaker Lukas Dhont returned to home to find himself staring at the blank page for his next project.

Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele) are more than just friends and not at all lovers. At only 13 years of age, they’re too young for that – and what’s more, their bond transcends simple labels. First seen running through the lush meadows of rural Belgium, the duo share a complicity that is as natural and abundant as the late summer harvest.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticSPOILER ALERT: The penultimate paragraph of this review contains spoilers.Few of us are fortunate enough to have a friendship as intimate and effortless as the one shared by 13-year-old Belgian boys Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele) in “Close.” That connection, and the responsibility that comes with it, is at the heart of Lukas Dhont’s sophomore feature, so subtle and sensitive in the first half, so devastatingly false from its tragic twist on. This beautifully evocative film, which hails from an openly queer director, offers as pure a portrait of innocent, innocuous same-sex affection as we’ve ever encountered on film.

CANNES – Lukas Dhont’s second feature, “Close,” starts off where most love stories end, and, in that respect, it begins with almost euphoric joy. Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele) are the best of friends.

Belgium’s Lukas Dhont takes a deserved step up to the Cannes Film Festival competition with Close, only his second film — a minimalist melodrama that shows a definite growth in visual style but may be confronting to some with its deliberately unhurried, Eric Rohmer-esque aesthetic. The international success of Dhont’s well-intentioned debut Girl, about a young trans-female ballet dancer, was somewhat blunted in the U.S., where G.L.A.A.D. amplified complaints of misrepresentation on behalf of the trans lobby. Close is a much safer proposition, but may yet sail into choppy waters with its themes of youth suicide.

A24 has picked up North American rights to Lukas Dhont’s Close.

Manori Ravindran International EditorGlobal streamer and distributor MUBI has struck again, this time snapping up select markets for Lukas Dhont’s keenly anticipated “Close.”MUBI has acquired the U.K., Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.The film stars Lea Drucker, Émilie Dequenne, Kevin Janssens and newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele. “Close” will receive its world premiere on Thursday at the festival, where it’s playing in competition.The film will be released theatrically followed by an exclusive MUBI streaming release.“Girl,” Dhont’s debut feature film, won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2018.

EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has acquired Lukas Dhont’s Cannes Competion entry Close for the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.

Gregg Goldstein Belgian director Lukas Dhont is in rare company. His 2018 Un Certain Regard debut, “Girl,” won the Caméra d’Or and three more Cannes prizes, besting the number of first-time feature wins from the likes of Steven Soderbergh and Steve McQueen. And while his rise has come with some controversy, he earned a place in competition with the May 26 Lumière gala premiere of his sophomore effort, “Close.” The story of two 13-year-old boys whose powerful friendship ends when their relationship comes under scrutiny “started from a very personal place,” says the out director, who penned the script with “Girl” co-writer Angelo Tijssens.

Lukas Dhont’s Cannes debut was also his debut feature, Girl, which ran in Un Certain Regard in 2018. A stunning start for the young Belgian, the movie brought him the Caméra d’Or and myriad other prizes down the line. Now, four years later, Dhont is returning to Cannes with his follow-up, Close, which has landed him in the main competition.