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Bob Verini Of the five 2021 Academy Award nominees for best international film, Italy’s entry, “The Hand of God,” most directly combines two of cinema’s most treasured themes: intensely personal autobiography that is able to speak to a wider audience, and the art of filmmaking itself.Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino uses the character of 16-year-old Fabietto Schisa — played by newcomer Filippo Scotti — to examine the real-life experiences that led to his own growth as a man as well as his eventual birth as a filmmaker.Watching audiences connect so deeply with a character that is drawn so closely from his own experiences has hit Sorrentino deeply. “Now that it’s more than one year that I shot the movie, I have to say that it’s strange, because now I am sharing my pain with a big audience,” he shares.

co-hosted the show with Brown last year and will do the same this year with actor Anthony Mackie, is nominated for three awards including video of the year.Mickey Guyton, Breland and Cody Johnson are each triple nominees.Carrie Underwood, who has won a record 23 CMT awards, is nominated for video of the year and collaborative video of the year for her duet with Jason Aldean, “If I Didn’t Love You.”Other nominees for video of the year include Guyton, Johnson, Taylor Swift with Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell and Laney Wilson.Online fan voting for the CMT awards, which will also livestream on Paramount+, begins Thursday and runs through April 11.As usual, the show’s nominees are heavy with genre-blending collaborations.

Kristen Stewart is “too busy” trying to win an Oscar to even think about planning her wedding.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s Stand By Me and RAI have partnered on “The General’s Men,” a high-end drama that delves into the country’s battle against Red Brigades terrorism by portraying a special paramilitary unit set up by a high-ranking police official played by Sergio Castellitto.Castellitto (first look image above) plays General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, the heroic chief of the Carabinieri paramilitary police force who in 1974 set up the Nucleo Speciale Antiterrorismo, a unit of elite young officers, to fight Red Brigades terrorists who were running rampage. In 1978 the Red Brigades abducted and killed then Italian prime minister Aldo Moro.“They are all young [both the terrorists and the elite police officers] and they represent two distinct groups who have decided to be on different sides of history,” said Stand By Me chief Simona Ercolani.

Samuel L. Jackson and his wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson spoke about their 41-year marriage in a new interview with People.

Kanye West is at it again.

Model moms! Pregnant Rihanna plans to emulate a pair of Real Housewives cast members while raising her first baby.

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Mrs Hinch has given fans an update on the progress being made at the ongoing refurbishments at Hinch Farm. The 31-year-old has shared a photo of the completed bathroom for one year old Lennie which features an impressive freestanding bath. "Yay! Lennie's bath is finally in guys," the star shared on Instagram alongside a photo of her buy.

In a new trailer for the hotly-anticipated Hulu series Kardashians, Kourtney Kardashian reveals that she's undergoing IVF to help her conceive a baby with fiance Travis Barker.The 42 year old said the experience hasn't been totally easy, and has triggered unwanted side effects that she considers to be perimenopause symptoms. "The medication that they’ve been giving me, they put me into menopause," she claimed, prompting her mum, Kris Jenner to ask, "Based off of what? A drug?"  "Yes," Kourtney replied.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has commisioned a new “Kung Fu Panda” animated series with Jack Black returning to voice the main character, Po.In the series, titled “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight,” a mysterious pair of weasels set their sights on a collection of four powerful weapons. Po must leave his home to embark on a globe-trotting quest for redemption and justice that finds him partnered up with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade.

Whether it’s how we do our work, keep in touch with our friends, or even how we stay in shape, our everyday lives are increasingly dominated by the online world. Despite the move to online, much of the Internet remains unregulated and many behaviours - including the sending of unsolicited pictures - aren’t treated with the same force as they would be if they took place in the ‘real’ world.

Aldi have served up a designer dupe that has fooled shoppers into thinking it is something far more expensive. A 99p cleaning product is being hailed as an absolute match for a Marc Jacobs designer perfume.

This Morning presenter Josie Gibson fought back tears as she opened up on losing four friends who tragically took their own lives.The 37 year old TV star, who is standing in for usual host Holly Willoughby after she tested positive for Covid-19, revealed she’d lost four people she knew to suicide in a frank conversation about the public’s struggle to access mental health services. Josie and co-host Phillip Schofield were joined by Doctor Nighat Arif to discuss how people’s mental health has been impacted by the pandemic and what is out there to help those who are in need.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticNetflix has once again found a criminal case whose oddity, extremity, and seeming delusion make for an interesting story. “Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCarol Polakoff, a two-time Directors Guild of America award winner, is teaming with “Exodus” producer Denise O’Dell to adapt to the big screen “Speak Sunlight,” American writer Alan Jolis’ much-loved memoir. Now in pre-production and scheduled to shoot from May 8, the high-profile title is produced by Madrid-based Babieka Films, most recently behind Netflix hit “The Paramedic,”  and L.A.’s Viewfinder Pictures. “Speak Sunlight” (“La Voz del Sol”) marks the directorial debut of journalist-screenwriter Polakoff whose curriculum includes two DGA wins and three Daytime Emmy Awards nominations for “ABC Afterschool Specials.” Most recently, Polakoff produced Daniel Rosenberg’s 2020 Cannes Official Selection title “The Death of Cinema and My Father Too,” which won a Cannes Label for making the cut in Thierry Frémaux’s First Features category. To film in Spanish, with a smattering of French, “Speak Sunlight” is written by Polakoff with a Spanish version from Natxo López, a creator of top primetime series such as “Perdida” and “Unauthorised Living.” López also co-wrote the just-out Amazon Studios hit “Operation Black Tide,” the subject of a case study panel at Series Mania on March 23.A heartfelt coming of age tale set in Paris and majorly Pamplona in 1965, “Speak Sunlight” is based on the memoir of the same title by Jolis, who died aged just 46 in 2000. It drinks from his childhood memories as the son of posh but distant American parents in Paris who is really looked after by the family’s cook, Maruja, a force of nature, and her husband, Manolo, the butler. In 1965, they take Alanito off to Pamplona, where he awakes to a vivid sensual world and grows up emotionally.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-nominated rapper and Variety Hitmakers cover star Jack Harlow has announced that his second major-label album, “Come Home the Kids Miss You,” will be released May 6 via Generation Now/Atlantic Records. The album will feature the single “Nail Tech,” which was released last month.Harlow talked with Variety about the album last November.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRooster Teeth recruited Adam Bersin to lead marketing for WarnerMedia’s fandom-focused entertainment division.Bersin most recently served as Amazon Studios’ global creative marketing lead for sci-fi, fantasy, superhero and adult animated content. While at Amazon, he headed up marketing for “The Boys,” one of Prime Video’s biggest franchises.Before joining Amazon Studios in September 2017, Bersin was marketing director for FX, where he launched campaigns for “American Horror Story,” “Sons of Anarchy,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Fargo” and other shows.

Chris Willman Music WriterJoni Mitchell will be getting her own SiriusXM channel, starting today, pegged to her upcoming pre-Grammys MusiCares honor as that org’s person of the year.The time-limited Mitchell channel will be on the service in different time frames in its app and satellite iterations. It starts earlier on the SiriusX app, premiering today and running for about a month, through April 14.

Naman Ramachandran Comcast-owned pay TV service Sky U.K. has released the first trailer for “Super Greed: The Fight for Football.” Produced by Fulwell 73, the 90-minute film charts the rise and rapid fall of the European Super League. In Apr.

spotted hanging out with a former teammate named DiJonai Carrington, and the two appeared somewhat closer than just friends. This happened about a week after Faust labeled Young her #WCW (woman crush Wednesday). A post shared by Mimi Faust (@mimifaust)When some called Young out over it, she clarified that people had it all wrong.

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Russia could be about to accept a truce if Ukraine adopts an Austrian-Swedish-like military status, as negotiations continue between the two countries.

Kevin Bacon took to social media to celebrate a very special occasion in his family with Kyra Sedgwick regarding their daughter Sosie Bacon.MORE: Kevin Bacon pays heartfelt tribute to Kyra Sedgwick and daughter Sosie Bacon with never-before-seen family photoThe actor posted a rare picture on his Instagram Stories of a young Sosie playing with a puppy as she innocently just stared at the camera.WATCH: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick perform adorable duet for wedding anniversaryThe photograph marked a touching celebration for Sosie's milestone 30th birthday, as Kevin wrote: "Happy 30 to this gem. The girl not the dog."She marked the occasion herself by posting a picture while eating a pizza with open lunch boxes behind her, writing: "Thirty flirty and thriving."MORE: Kevin Bacon shares sweetest love note for Kyra Sedgwick – but she pokes fun!Sosie has had a successful career in the entertainment industry just like her parents, having followed in their footsteps and become an accomplished actress.

Eddie Howe says he's "disappointed" for Ryan Fraser after the winger was snubbed by Scotland.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been declared a war criminal by US politicians as his country’s invasion of Ukraine continues.

A stubborn 84-year-old woman forced developers to build a new mall around her tiny home after turning down a million dollar buy-out offer.

Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green are expecting their first child together, and on Tuesday, she shared an emotional video with clips of when they first found out. Included in the montage, was the touching moment they told her father Eric Burgess, who unfortunately, passed away a month later. Eric looked overcome with joy in the video, and Sharna explained with text overlay, “My dad loved Brian and shared with me how grateful he was that I found an amazing man.

Al Roker is celebrating a major health and wellness milestone! On Wednesday, the show anchor celebrated 20 years of his weight loss journey. “Hard to believe it was 20 years ago today, I wore these size 54 Levi jeans to my #gastricbypass at 340 lbs and here I am today,” he wrote. “It’s still a struggle but I’m never going back. I have setbacks and struggle every day, but I never forget how far I’ve come.” The photo carousel began with the TV personality holding the jeans that he wore 20 years ago, prior to his weight loss.