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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Six projects have been announced as participating in the inaugural edition of the HKIFF Industry – CAA China Genre Initiative, a project incubator in Hong Kong for Chinese-language genre films. The HCG platform will run March 11-13, 2024, alongside the 22nd Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) and the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FilMart), Asia’s largest film and TV rights market. From the six, two winning projects will each receive a cash prize of $20,000 for development funding.

Lisa Kennedy It can feel discordant to see someone mourning amid the pastel-hued bungalows of a beach-bound town, beneath a blue sky. Not that single mom Kristine is grieving exactly in bittersweet, comedic Sundance drama “Suncoast” — a fact Laura Linney’s character makes decidedly clear to a counselor at the hospice center of the title. After all, her son Max (a very still Cree Kawa), who’s dying of brain cancer, isn’t gone yet; he’s just no longer there.

Guy Lodge Film Critic “Look Into My Eyes” opens with an unexpectedly sobering, even provocative encounter for a documentary about New York City psychics and their clientele: not a fanciful palm reading or a conjuring of a lost loved one, but an attempt to reckon with long-festering professional trauma. A middle-aged female doctor, sharply dressed, talks directly to camera — or rather, to the mystic sitting silently behind it — about the time, as a junior doctor on the emergency ward, she attended to a 10-year-old girl who was shot upon leaving church, and died of her wounds in hospital.

The Princess Royal paid a visit to Lanarkshire to visit an award-winning sustainable fashion company and to hear about the work of school pupils in tackling food waste and supporting their community.

Alan Pace reckons Burnley’s tie-up with Dundee is a two way-street and can help them land some of Scotland’s top players.

Philippe Clement reckons his humble heroes are giving him headaches and their success isn’t falling out of the sky.

Calem Nieuwenhof insists Lawrence Shankland hasn’t taken his eye off the ball amid fevered transfer talk.

Stephen Welsh isn’t worried about the fevered transfer talk surrounding some of his Celtic teammates.

Madonna‘s team are hitting back at a new lawsuit filed against her amid her Celebration Tour.

Chris Evans took a year-long break from acting after a jam-packed 2022, and now he’s back to work!

Liam Payne is introducing a new era with a new look, and he’s borrowing inspiration from some of his One Direction bandmates.

Dakota Johnson is referencing a hilarious 2020 moment in a new promo clip for her upcoming Saturday Night Live hosting gig.

The cast of Napoleon Dynamite reunited at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival!

YouTuber and podcast host Brooke Schofield is speaking out after an episode of the BFFs podcast upset her.

Jazz Jennings is opening up about her recent weight loss.

Drew Barrymore is getting choked up after reuniting with a costar from three decades ago!

Sofia Vergara opened up about her accent in a candid interview.

With 55.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify, six sold out nights at Wembley Stadium and the biggest album of 2022 in the UK, it’s safe to say that Harry Styles is one of the biggest male pop stars on the planet. And having spent 13 years in the spotlight, the As It Was singer has amassed a group of loyal fans in the form of ‘Harries’, who have sold out shows in a matter of minutes, created ‘boot scoot’ dances to accompany his songs and have filed cities with cowboy hats and feather boas while watching him perform. With that in mind, and as Harry approaches his 30th birthday next week, OK! meets three of them… ‘Harry did my gender reveal’ Cicely Dunbar, 28, experienced a gender reveal like no other and has even named her daughter after the star’s tour… “I’ve camped in the rain and slept in airports, just to see Harry.

Since bursting into the spotlight in 2010 while on The X Factor, Harry Styles has performed at some of the world’s most iconic music venues. From a historic 15-night run at New York's Madison Square Garden to a sell-out show at Slane Castle in the Republic of Ireland, which saw a crowd of 80,000 concert-goers, the 29 year old has reached dizzying heights. And among the impressive venues headlined by Harry is London’s Wembley Stadium, which can host over 90,000 fans.

rapist and disgraced “That 70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was denied bail Wednesday after the judge believes he’ll flee because he has “no wife to go home to” and could remain in custody for the rest of his life.“If defendant’s conviction and sentence are upheld on appeal, he will likely remain in custody for decades and perhaps the rest of his life,” Los Angeles Superior Court Charlaine Olmedo wrote in an order, according to Deadline.Judge Olmedo noted in her ruling that Masterson, 47, is in the process of divorce from his wife of 12 years, Bijou Phillips, and will have nowhere to return to and could become a flight risk. “In light of the fact that defendant has no wife to go home to, defendant now has every incentive to flee and little reason to return to state prison to serve out the remainder of his lengthy sentence should his appeal be unsuccessful,” Olmedo added.Masterson is currently serving a 30-year to life sentence after being found guilty of two counts of forcible rape that occurred between 2001 and 2003.A third count of rape made by a long-term girlfriend could not be reached b the jury during Masterson’s trial.“I know that you’re sitting here steadfast in your claims of innocence, and thus no doubt feeling victimized by a justice system that has failed you,” Olmedo told Masterson during his sentencing.“But Mr.

Plans for a massive 35-bedroom shared house at a former glass showroom have been thrown out after dozens of neighbours objected. Plans published last month revealed the intention to convert the former Finefit premises on Church Street West, Radcliffe, into a huge house of multiple occupation, (HMO), with double occupancy meaning it could house up to 70 people.

A school brought in the police after one of its pupils was seen on a YouTube video being restrained by a teenager. Romeo Smalley has been jailed after sexually assaulting the boy having posted two videos of him online while he was tied up and 'bound'.

Levelling up minister Michael Gove has been asked step in and order Wigan council to look again at two controversial planning applications which will see 1,000 homes built on green belt land at Mosley Common. Independent Network councillor James Fish, who represents the area, has written to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities asking him to ‘call in’ the applications.

Now with the reboot of the hit '90s TV show Gladiators having returned to our screens on Saturday night over the past couple of weeks, it begs the question...Wolf or Viper?

Council tax will rise by £5 across Greater Manchester to avoid an ‘adverse impact on frontline fire cover’ and buy a new fire engine.

Almost 20 years ago, Manchester City travelled down to Tottenham for an FA Cup replay with hope but not much else.

Since Manchester United floated on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2012, there have been two boards: the company board and the football board.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There’s no IP more innately suited for adaptation as a pure two-hander than the tale of Adam and Eve, a story in which, initially at least, there are no other characters, excepting the creator of the universe, who quickly gets relegated to a supporting role in the wake of more fleshed-out human leads. Legendary television scenarist Ed.

Singer Elle King has postponed a show set for Fort Worth, Texas, this Friday. It would have been her first show since her controversial performance at a Dolly Parton tribute at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Jan. 19.

Madonna‘s management and her tour producers have responded to a recent lawsuit filed by two New York City men who weren’t happy that one of the shows for her “Celebration” tour began roughly two hours after the start time listed on their tickets.

Sofía Vergara was — jokingly — offended by Kelly Clarkson saying her jaw-dropping physical transformation in the new Netflix series “Griselda” looked natural. The 51-year-old Columbian beauty stopped by Clarkson’s daytime talk show on Wednesday and discussed morphing into the real-life Griselda Blanco, a Colombian cartel leader known as “The Black Widow.”“This is incredible,” Clarkson, 41, said of Vergara’s makeover. “I feel like they only changed your nose or something.”“What?” Vergara loudly asked the “American Idol” alum.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Three Japanese films enjoying their world premieres, along with festival favorites “City of Wind” and “Solids by the Seashore,” are set to appear in the 13-title competition section of the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March. The event will be held March 1-10 at venues including ABC Hall, Cine Libre Umeda, T-Joy Umeda and the Nakanoshima Museum of Art. The opening and closing films will be announced in early February. The 19th edition of the festival, which will eventually contain 55 feature and short films, is set to also include three special programs – a “Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope,” “Taiwan: Movies on the Move,” and “Special Focus on Hong Kong” – as well as its regular Spotlight Section on underrated Asian films and the Indie Forum of more challenging and innovative works. The competition titles are: “City of Wind,” by Mongolia’s Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir; “Fire on Water,” by Malaysia’s Sun-J Perumal; “Hyphen,” by The Philippines Joy Arnaldo; “The Lyricist Wannabe,” by Hong Kong’s Norris Wong; “The Missing,” by The Philippines’ Carl Joseph E.

Michaela Zee John Oliver was stunned to hear that Jon Stewart is returning as host of “The Daily Show.” The “Last Week Tonight” host and former “Daily Show” correspondent was on NBC’s “Today” when the news broke. “I mean, that’s, that is a surprise,” Oliver said of Stewart’s return. “That’s a show that needs a host.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer After signing with Republic Records in 2019 and releasing numerous projects on the imprint, rapper Coi Leray has announced that she has inked a new deal with Island Records, releasing a new single to commemorate the moment. The 26-year-old initially signed with Republic after stacking up a few indie hits including “By Myself” and “Huddy,” dropping the “EC2” EP to commemorate the moment.

Scotland's Covid bereaved are demanding First Minister Humza Yousaf answers key questions as he faces the UK Covid Inquiry today.

A bully dog shot dead by police after it launched a savage attack on two men was "happy and begging for treats" moments before it turned. The dog, called Zeus, can be seen in CCTV footage shared exclusively with the Record as he enters a local shop with his owner. In the clip, Zeus is shown wagging his tail and jumping up to the counter before he is fed a biscuit.