BFI Launches Global Data Hub For UK Indie Sector

Veteran indie producer Ted Hope opened Locarno’s industry symposium Thursday afternoon with a provocative keynote during which he declared: “The indie film system is fucked.”

Busan International Film Festival has announced the 30 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market (APM), including new projects from leading Asian filmmakers such as Japan’s Koji Fukada, Indonesia’s Makbul Mubarak and India’s Rima Das.

High street retailer Wilko is on the brink of collapse with thousands of jobs put at risk.

Interest rates have now reached yet another record-high following the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meeting today (August 3). After a majority vote of 6-3, the base rate has now been raised to 5.25 per cent - up from 5 per cent in June - which is now the highest level seen since March 2008.

New images show how an ageing corner of the city centre will be transformed into a laboratory building.

Lizzo is speaking out after three of her former dancers filed a lawsuit against her for allegedly creating a toxic work environment.

Technology is transforming the way people do business. Better broadband and mobile connectivity, as well as improvements to mobile phones, tablets and laptops have made it easier than ever for people to launch their own businesses, and right across the North West we are seeing people start to take the plunge.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million streaming subscribers from April 1-June 30, the quarter during which it launched new combined streamer Max. Streaming subscribers across WBD’s HBO, Max and Discovery+ now total 95.8 million, per the company’s Q2 earnings report released Thursday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery trimmed its losses in its second quarter but saw revenue fall in key areas such as advertising and content production as the company, built from a merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery Communications, continues to navigate shifting terrain in the media sector.

A woman has been charged following reports of a burglary in Bolton.

Coronation Street fans think they have spotted a new couple on the cobbles as they said 'it's going to happen'. While it may not be a fully-fledged relationship, some viewers of the ITV soap believe that another affair could be on the cards.

Ted Hope delivered a blistering takedown of the studios and streamers during an “out-of-the-box” keynote at the Locarno Film Festival. The veteran U.S.

An 18-year-old has been jailed after he was found in posession of viable bomb making instructions.

Lionsgate has acquired Entertainment One’s (eOne)TV and film operations from Hasbro for approximately $500 million. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.

Diane Kruger To Be Feted At Zurich 

Hasbro has confirmed the sale of Entertainment One (eOne) to Lionsgate for $500M, which should close by the end of this year.

Jonnie Irwin fans have flooded him with support after watching him continue to work throughout his cancer battle.

M&S has launched a huge sale with items slashed across clothing - including a pair of 'flattering' trousers reduced to just £12.

A Lanarkshire yob involved in "abhorrent" football violence has been handed a one-year stadium ban.

Meghan Markle is said to have "moved on" from her fallout with the royal family and is now taking a "softer approach" to Prince Harry's estranged relationship with his relatives, an insider has claimed.

Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood have announced a new London art exhibition.The show, which is titled ‘The Crow Flies Part One’, is due to run at the Tin Man Art gallery at Cromwell Place in South Kensington between September 6-10.It’ll feature a series of new paintings that long-term friends and collaborators Yorke and Donwood created together over the past two years.Per a description, the works began as cover artwork for ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’, the 2022 debut album from Yorke’s side-project The Smile, whose line-up is completed by Radiohead‘s Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet‘s Tom Skinner.“The wider series will be presented alongside a Flemish woven tapestry commissioned by the artists in London to celebrate the album’s one-year anniversary,” the official listing reads.“This exhibition marks a significant moment in a 30-year artistic partnership for Yorke and Donwood, who worked on it together in Oxford and Brighton between 2021 and 2023. It takes its name from Ted Hughes’ poem Crow (1966-69), from which the band name The Smile is also derived, and draws inspiration from the Bodleian Libraries’ collection of Islamic pirate maps and 1960s US military topographic charts.“The works comprise a mixture of gouache, tempera and powdered mushroom on canvas and feature an extensive language of signs and symbols developed by the artists and codified via supporting imagery.”Tickets for the exhibition are available free of charge – you can book yours here.Donwood has created the art for all of Radiohead’s albums and promotional materials since 1994, as well as all of Yorke’s solo records.

Reading & Leeds has banned campfires, BBQs and disposable vapes ahead of the dual festival’s return this month.The 2023 edition of the event is due to take place at Richfield Avenue in Reading, and Bramham Park in Leeds between August 25-27. You can buy any remaining tickets here.Headlining this year’s R&L will be Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, The 1975, The Killers, Foals and Imagine Dragons.

Mask Girl, starring Go Hyun-jung and After School‘s Nana. Watch the clip above.Mask Girl will follow the story of Kim Mo-mi (Reflection of You‘s Go Hyun-jung), an unremarkable office worker who’s always had dreams of becoming a celebrity that is loved by all.

Forecasters have predicted a return to sunshine and warmer weather following a gruelling period of wet and unsettling.

A Netherlands-inspired 'care village' which will allow residents to move between homes has been given the green light by Wigan Council.

Former Manchester United player Charlie Savage has been caught in the crossfire of Reading's financial issues and could be blocked from playing for the club.

A nurse failed to call an ambulance for a seriously ill care home resident - and then lied about it when they died in an attempt to cover his tracks.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag TV personality Vanessa Feltz has slammed inconsistent women's clothes sizes, as she manages to fit snugly into an XXL jacket despite her two stone weight loss. Vanessa, 61, who split from fiancé Ben Ofoedu, 51, over a cheating scandal, said she has recently lost a lot of weight after the split.

Coronation Street fans have been hailing Tina O'Brien as 'incredible' as she was seen playing out Sarah Barlow's latest heartache. The ITV soap character has had a tricky time of late, to say the least, after her brief fling with Damon Hay behind her husband's back was exposed.

Greenpeace activists have said they have scaled Rishi Sunak’s mansion in protest against his new drilling “frenzy”.

Many of us will admit to thinking about turning to filler in a bid to get the facial features we desire, but the thought of coming out of a clinic looking puffy and overly ‘done’ is also enough to make plenty of us reconsider.Thanks to social media and over-the-top TikTok trends like butterfly lips, filler often takes a bashing. However, when injected at the right points and administered in the right amount, it can help transform your facial features and boost your confidence.

Zack Snyder has revealed that he still want to work on a director’s cut of his 2011 psychological fantasy action film Sucker Punch.Speaking to Letterboxd in a recent interview with IFC Center, Snyder shared that 12 years after the theatrical release of the film, he’s still holding on to hop that he’ll be able to work on a director’s cut so his original of the vision can be seen by fans.Snyder also shared that the film’s original ending was changed as Warner Bros. thought it was “too weird”.“I’ve never gotten around to doing the director’s cut.

Phoebe Bridgers has revealed that she shaved her head in high school after being inspired by the “revolutionary” Sinéad O’Connor.Musician and activist O’Connor died at her home in London last Wednesday (July 26). She was 56 years old.

Soon after announcing plans to cut 400 roles, European giant ProSiebenSat.1 Media has seen profits plunge 49% and revenues fall.

Before Paul Reubens rose to fame in his "Pee-wee Herman" role, he was David Hasselhoff's roommate. On Sunday, Reubens lost his private battle with cancer at 70-years-old. Hasselhoff took to social media to honor his "great friend" and former roommate.

Plans for a new five-storey apartment block in Oldham town centre have been lodged.