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On October 7, 2024, the K-pop world was sent into shock when news broke of former Nct member Taeil being accused of sexual assault. The allegations, involving two other men, claimed that they had sexually assaulted a woman who was unconscious and intoxicated. The incident reportedly took place in June 2024, and Taeil was questioned by police on August 28.

Former Nct Star Taeil’s Shocking Involvement in Disturbing Sexual Assault of Drunk Victim

Adding an unsettling layer to the case, a post made on a popular online forum two months prior to the alleged incident has gained significant attention. The post, which was seemingly predictive in nature, described a situation eerily similar to Taeil‘s current predicament.

The poster claimed to have had a dream or vision about a popular male idol who would become embroiled in a scandal involving sexual assault. While the post didn’t explicitly mention Taeil by name,...

AMC+’s “Lakota Nation vs. the United States,” executive produced by Mark Ruffalo, won Best Documentary on the second and final night of the 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which took place Thursday at the Palladium Times Square in New York City and focused on the documentary categories. “ABC World News Tonight With David Muir,” CNN’s “The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper” and Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda were among the winners in the news categories, which were the focus during Wednesday’s ceremony.

During the event, which was hosted by W. Kamau Bell, “Lakota Nation vs. the United States,” which details the 1876 seizure of Black Hills and the indigenous Lakota people’s fight to reclaim the land, and Netflix’s “World War II: From the Front Lines,” narrated by John Boyega, each took home two trophies apiece. All other docs won one.

Netflix was the top winner among...

Undeniably, there has been contention in the Sister Wives’ Brown family for quite some time. While the controversies are still ongoing, one of the big fights was Robyn Brown’s Christmas thread conflict. Now, Robyn’s Christmas text that led to the falling out in the family has been explained.

Robyn Brown Gets Hurt During The Christmas Text

Throughout the years, Sister Wives has highlighted how the Browns loved the Christmas holiday. Although there were tough things at times during the holidays, the family seemed to enjoy getting together. However, when Covid-19 hit, the family’s tensions were heightened and everything became strained. Sadly, Season 18 Episode 2 brought out a big point of contention in the family.

Robyn Brown – Sister Wives

First Logan Brown tried to start a text message thread with the siblings to get an idea of what everyone thought about having a Christmas gift exchange again. However, it spiraled out of control quickly.

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Charli Xcx teams up with Billie Eilish, Father John Misty previews a “greatish” hits album, and A$AP Rocky, Maren Morris and Khalid return. Check out the songs below, including a Spotify playlist of every one.

Charli Xcx feat, Billie Eilish, “Guess” (YouTube)

Khalid, “It’s All Good” (YouTube)

A$AP Rocky ft. Jessica Pratt, “Highjack” (YouTube)

Maren Morris, “Push Me Over” (YouTube)

Soccer Mommy, “M” (YouTube)

Father John Misty,...

Killer Films producer Christine Vachon, Mubi’s chief content officer Jason Ropell, and Fatih Abay, diversity and inclusion officer at the European Film Academy are among the international speakers heading to the industry programme of this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), taking place until July 8 in the Czech Republic.

The recently restored Imperial Spa will house the entire industry programme. It’s wood-panelled interiors will host the Industry Days’ Eastern Promises for four days of project pitches, talks, events, and workshops as well as the Film Industry Office and Lounge. There is an afternoon forum dedicated to...

Future Frames, a program for up-and-coming European filmmakers, is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Karlovy Vary Film Festival next week. So far, 104 filmmakers from 29 European countries have taken part. Its alumni have gone on to direct features that have appeared at major festivals worldwide.

The initiative, which is organized by European Film Promotion and Karlovy Vary, gives filmmakers the opportunity to present their short films at this prestigious A-list festival, and helps them build an international network.

Four years after his participation in the Future Frames program, Adam Martinec from the Czech Republic returns to Karlovy Vary with his first full-length film “Our Lovely Pig Slaughter,” which is screening in the Crystal Globe competition.

Other directors have been successful too with their first or second feature-length films, such as Halfdan Olav Ullman Tøndel from the first Future Frames group, whose debut film “Armand” was presented with the Camera d’Or at this year’s Cannes.

It’s safe to say a lot of people had a lot of problems with the switch from HBO Max to Max, but there was at least one upside to the streaming shakeup. Now, it’s easier than ever to find the excellent queer stories floating around Warner Bros. Discovery’s platform.

During its lifespan, HBO Max never had an LGBTQ tag to filter its offerings and help subscribers find stories about the queer community more easily: a surprising move for a streamer named after the channel that brought us boundary-breaking works like “Six Feet Under” and the miniseries adaptation of “Angels in America.” That’s been remedied on Max, which features an “LGBTQ+ Voices” collection. You do have to scroll quite far down the homepage to find it in the collections carousel, but when you do, it makes searching for the queer films and shows on the streamer considerably easier.

Exclusive: As true-crime continues its rise, CrimeCon, the leading live event for crime experts, professionals and fans, is bringing its content to those who can’t be in the room.

The event, which is taking place in Nashville from May 31 to June 2, has struck a deal with SiriusXM to air a raft of its sessions.

Some 16 of the event’s key sessions will be broadcast exclusively on SiriusXM’s Triumph channel on June 8 and 9.

Speakers at the event include CSI creator Anthony Zuiker, America’s Most Wanted’s John Walsh, Chris Hansen, Nancy Grace, Mark Geragos, Ben Crump, Sean “Sticks” Larkin, Paul Holes, John Douglas and Ann Burgess, who is the subject of Hulu docuseries Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer.

The events that will be broadcast include Til Death Do Us Part – The Epidemic of Love Gone Wrong, featuring Nancy Grace, Silent No More: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives,...

Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers for Tuesday, April 30 indicate some stunning moments in the land of Genoa City!

Next On The Young and The Restless

Someone interrogates a foe for information, while another character makes a shocking discovery, and a new victim arrives in town! What kind of drama should viewers expect during Tuesday’s show? Time to find out!

The Moustache Wants Information, Now!

Y&r spoilers for Tuesday, April 30 hint that Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) will want information from Jordan (Colleen Zenk) about where Claire Grace (Hayley Erin) is.

Trending Now! The Young And The Restless Spoilers: Shocker-Abby Discovers Belle – The Truth Behind Ashley’s Double Life!

As Jordan is locked up, she may use this as leverage to escape the jail cell he has her in, so it’ll be interesting to see what the psychopath demands in return for details on Claire.

Victoria Newman Is Shocked

Speaking of Claire,...

Exclusive: Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Toni Collette (Hereditary), Andy Garcia (Ocean’s 11), Alex Pettyfer (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) and Eva De Dominici (The Cleaning Lady) are leading cast in rom-com Under The Stars, which is now filming in Italy.

Rob Estes (After), Jessica Michel Serfaty (The Ride) and Chiara Iezzi (Mare Fuori) also star in the feature, which Arclight is launching for international sales ahead of the Cannes market. Capstone is handling domestic.

Pic follows a struggling romance novelist stuck in a passionless relationship. When he goes to Italy looking for inspiration, he unexpectedly finds the girl of his dreams.

Production is currently underway in Puglia, Italy and will continue in London.

Michelle Danner (Miranda’s Victim) is directing from a script by Victoria Vinuesa (See You In Venus). Producer is Pia Patatian (See You in Venus) and executive producers are Capstone Studios’ Christian Mercuri and Roman Viaris, Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio,...

Today is a big day for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game, as Gun Interactive has brought a new Map (“The Mill”) and a new Survivor (“Virginia”) into the slasher madness.

The team explains, “Today, Virginia joins the ranks of the Victims, a character voiced by and based on the likeness of the horror queen herself, Barbara Crampton.

“And The Mill, the new multi-level, high-intensity map, is now available. Between Virginia’s unique medicinal abilities and the extreme verticality of The Mill, this latest Dlc drop is the biggest shake up to the gameplay of Texas since launch!”

Additionally, “PC players can take advantage of the Free Weekend, running from today, 3/28/24 at 1Pm Edt through 4/1/24 at 1 Pm Edt. For first time buyers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre will be at a 50% discount and Family character Nancy will be Free with purchase.

“For players who already own the game, Nancy...

Faye Webster, the War on Drugs, and David Byrne and Devo have contributed tracks to the second Noise for Now benefit compilation, which will raise money for independent abortion providers across the country via the Keep Our Clinics campaign.

The album announcement pointedly coincides with the return of abortion rights to the Supreme Court today, March 26. The court will hear arguments for a case regarding the availability and accessibility of mifepristone, an Fda-approved drug that’s frequently used in abortions. If the Court rolls back Fda regulations on the drug,...

Merry Christmas Trailer Out! Here’s What Netizens Think About It ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

The most-anticipated trailer of Merry Christmas is out. Starring Katrina Kaif opposite Vijay Sethupati, the film will bring a fresh Jodi with a super fresh plot. Helmed by Andhadhun and Badlapur director Sriram Raghavan, the first rushes have set the tone right for those who were waiting for it with bated breath. The 2-minute-15-second long trailer opens with a split screen of one grinding food items while the other is grinding the medicinal tablets. Soon, it moves to a monologue, and later, we see Katrina asking Vijay Sethupati his name.

However, things turn upside down when they plan to go on a date on Christmas Eve. As the trailer progresses, Sanjay Kapoor is seen making an entry and calling himself a ‘lone wolf.’ A while back, the first rushes of Sriram Raghavan directorial were dropped online,...

The event runs December 16-19 in the French Alps.

France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European feature film projects that will be presented in the 15th edition of its Co-production Village, running December 16-19 in the French Alps.

The showcase aims to connect projects in various stages of development with co-producers, sales agents, distributors and other co-financing partners. This year’s roster boasts a 50-50 gender parity, with nine projects from female filmmakers and nine from male directors. 10 are first fiction features and five are second films, representing 15 different countries.

All the projects will compete for the...

Kat Stewart leads the cast of Robin Summon’s short Victim, which explores the creeping influence of radicalisation. Shot on 16mm, the film premiered at the Melbourne Film Festival in 2022, and won best narrative short film at the Brisbane International Film Festival 2022 and Best Film at the Peninsula Film Festival 2022. Stewart was awarded Best Lead Actor at CinefestOz 2022. Starring alongside Stewart are Ned Stanford, Harlene Hercules and Krista Vendy. Summons writes, directs and produces, working alongside producer...

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Hidden in the darker recesses of the internet are some sinister and threatening places which act as insidious catalysts for a variety of radicalising groups amongst them Incels (Involuntary celibates), whose alarming appeal to isolated men is starkly depicted in Robin Summons’ latest short Victim. The Australian filmmaker – who we last saw on Dn’s pages with thought-provoking therapist drama Occupation – doesn’t however focus on the expected vantage point of his disturbing subject matter but instead examines the impact such radicalisation has on a mother and son’s relationship, and the terrifying conflict of emotions faced by any parent in such a situation. Shot entirely on 16mm, Victim focuses on the mundanity of this escalating suburban nightmare as it metastasizes behind the locked door of a teenage bedroom, stoking the parental terror of knowing that your increasingly distant child has not only the capacity but perhaps the intention do real irrevocable harm.

The same season that Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson took it virtually upon themselves to help save Turner Classic Movies following a series of layoffs that was pointing to what could have been its demise, the trio are showing just how hands-on they’ll be. For September, the trio has each compiled a list of recommendations that will air on TCM throughout the month. From melodramas and film noirs to tantalizing tales and giant ants, let’s see what Spielberg, Scorsese and PTA have to recommend.

Steven Spielberg’s September TCM picks are: Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life (1959), the sci-fi monster movie Them! (1954), Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man (1956), and two Vincente Minnelli films, musical Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).

Martin Scorsese went a bit more obscure for his TCM picks, selecting British drama Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945), pre-code...

It's been a long road, getting from there to here.

One might recall in June of 2023, it was announced that several key executives and programmers at Turner Classic Movies were callously canned by the new management at their parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. For many, this was tantamount to nixing TCM altogether. CEO David Zaslav made this decision at the end of a string of bad decisions that made him look like the film world's most callous villain. After the weird rebranding of HBO Max to merely Max, it was starting to look like Zaslav didn't give a damn about film history.

It certainly looked that way to Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson, three lovers of vintage film and advocates for the preservation of classics. The trio famously called Zaslav to appeal for the retaining of TCM and the re-hiring of some of their old staff. A...

Berlin-based sales agent Pluto Film has boarded “Forever-Forever” (“Nazavzhdy-Nazavzhdy”), Ukrainian filmmaker Anna Buryachkova’s feature directing debut, ahead of its world premiere in Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Extra competition.

After transferring from a downtown high school, Tonia (Alina Cheban) befriends a group of badass youngsters, trying to find protection from the people from her past and a place she truly belongs. They spend time together, roaming around Kyiv’s post-socialist suburbs, having fun and getting in trouble. Soon, Tonia falls in love with Zhurik. When she also falls for Sania (Arthur Aliiev), she finds herself tangled up in an alluring secret love triangle. But Tonia’s painful past still haunts her, challenging this newfound friendship and romance. Will she be able to find her own path or lose herself in this new controversial relationship?

Buryachkova stated: “This film is a love song to the lost teenagers of the late...

If you ever had any doubt about how corporate mergers can make for strange bedfellows — and it’s 2023, so you should have gotten this memo long ago — one need look no further than After the Bite, a documentary programmed to play like the answer to the generally unasked question, “What would happen if Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav forced HBO to participate in Shark Week?”

Presumably, the creative origins of Ivy Meeropol’s (Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn) film and Discovery’s annual celebration of all things toothy and ichthyological were completely separate. But following its initial airing on HBO, After the Bite will migrate over to Max, where it can be promoted next to such Shark Week titles as Serial Killer Red Sea Attacks, The Shark of the Moral Universe Bends Toward Carnage and Great White Fight Club (only two of those are real).

Discovery...

After just 26 days of play, Super Mario Bros. has become the fifth film of the pandemic era to achieve $1bn global box office.

World box office April 28-30 RankFilm (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world)3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) $108.3m $1.02bn $68.3m $532.4m 81 2. Born To Fly (various) $40.5m $40.7m $40.5m $40.7m 4 3. Godspeed (various) $31.6m $31.7m $31.6m $31.7m 1 4. Evil Dead Rise (Paramount) $26.4m $86.5m $14.2m $42.1m 62 5. All These Years (various) $18.8m $18.8m $18.8m $18.8m 1 6. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) $15.1m $402.1m $10.1m $226m 87 7. The First Slam Dunk (various) $12.8m $232.8m $12.8m $232.8m 6 8. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves...

Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 21

The team leaps into action to solve a kidnapping on CBS’s FBI season five episode 21, “Privilege.” Directed by Carlos Bernard from a script by Claire Demorest, episode 21 will air on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“Privilege” Plot: All eyes are on the team when they try to find out who kidnapped the only child of a prominent U.S senator. The abduction also uncovers a potential link to a similar...

Adrienne Rose Bengtsson reprises her role as Maggie’s sister, Erin Bell, on CBS’s FBI season five episode 20. Directed by Tim Busfield from a script by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin, episode 20 – “Sisterhood” – will air on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“Sisterhood” Plot: A drug dealer is shot in a federal park and the team sets out to look for his killer; Maggie’s sister returns to New York and complicates the case.

Adrienne Rose Bengston as Erin Bell and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 20

FBI Series Description,...

Billy Campbell guests stars as an old friend of Jubal’s on CBS’s FBI season five episode 19. Directed by Oscar Lozoya from a script by Thomas Kelly, episode 19 – “Sins of the Past” – will air on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“Sins of the Past” Plot: When a trucker is gunned down after a routine trip from Canada, all signs point the team to a noted criminal on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list. Also, Jubal gets to work with an old friend and colleague, Detective Jack Lombardo (Campbell).

Missy Peregrym...

The epic FBI crossover event continues with “Imminent Threat – Part Two,” directed by Alex Chapple from a script by Rick Eid. FBI season five episode 17 will air on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt. FBI: International kicks off the three-part crossover at 8pm and FBI: Most Wanted wraps it up at 10pm.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

FBI: International stars Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed, Carter Redwood, Vinessa Vidotto, and FBI: Most Wanted stars Dylan McDermott, Roxy Sternberg, and Keisha Castle-Hughes guest star.

“Imminent Threat – Part Two” Plot: To aid Scola in his undercover mission to find the terrorists...

Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 16

CBS’s FBI is taking a two-week break and will return with season five episode 16 on March 14, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt. Episode five, directed by Eduardo Sanchez from a script by York Walker and Thomas Kelly, finds the team searching for an ex-Marine.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton, Caleb Reese Paul as Tyler Kelton,...

Earlier this month, Sony Pictures and 21 Laps – the production company behind the hit Netflix series Stranger Things – came out the winners in a competitive bidding situation over the feature film rights to the horror short film Gnomes, which was directed by Ruwan Suresh Heggelman from a script he crafted with Jasper ten Hoor and Richard Raaphorst. Heggelman will be directing the feature, but Deadline reports that Sony and 21 Laps have hired an established Hollywood screenwriting duo to write the script this time around. Those writers are Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, whose previous credits include Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp and the Hulu thriller No Exit. Barrer also wrote the 2013 horror film Haunt, on which Ferrari served as an executive producer.

In addition to co-writing the script for the short version of Gnomes, Raaphorst also produced the film. He’s on board to produce the feature version alongside 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy,...

Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 15

The team searches for a possible Croatian connection to a security agent’s death on FBI season five episode 15, “The Lies We Tell.” Directed by Lisa Robinson from a script by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin, episode 15 will air on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton,...

The team’s investigation of armed robberies explodes into something bigger than they expected on CBS’s FBI season five episode 14. Directed by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin from a script by Jean de Segonzac, episode 14 – “Money for Nothing” – will air on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton, Caleb Reese Paul as Tyler Kelton, Anthoula Katsimatides as Nsa Rep Sarah, and Nate Richman as Swat Leader Dan.

Below, Dp Jenni Morello discusses her work on Nancy Schwartzman’s Sundance-premiering Netflix documentary, Victim/Suspect, her follow-up to the doc Roll Red Roll. The film deals with alleged victims rape and sexual assault who find themselves on the other end of legal charges when they are accused of making false accusations. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Morello: I met Nancy in early 2020 (pre-pandemic days) and honestly, I […]

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Below, Dp Jenni Morello discusses her work on Nancy Schwartzman’s Sundance-premiering Netflix documentary, Victim/Suspect, her follow-up to the doc Roll Red Roll. The film deals with alleged victims rape and sexual assault who find themselves on the other end of legal charges when they are accused of making false accusations. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Morello: I met Nancy in early 2020 (pre-pandemic days) and honestly, I […]

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Below, editors Inbal Lessner and Kim Roberts discuss their work on Nancy Schwartzman’s Sundance-premiering Netflix documentary, Victim/Suspect, her follow-up to the doc Roll Red Roll. The film deals with alleged victims rape and sexual assault who find themselves on the other end of legal charges when they are accused of making false accusations. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Lessner: Nancy Schwartzman and I crossed paths briefly when […]

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Below, editors Inbal Lessner and Kim Roberts discuss their work on Nancy Schwartzman’s Sundance-premiering Netflix documentary, Victim/Suspect, her follow-up to the doc Roll Red Roll. The film deals with alleged victims rape and sexual assault who find themselves on the other end of legal charges when they are accused of making false accusations. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Lessner: Nancy Schwartzman and I crossed paths briefly when […]

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Hey, "FBI" fans. Unfortunately, it's time again for us to serve up some bad news for you guys. Yeah, it turns out that your favorite show FBI is currently being delayed for two weeks. So, the people over at CBS are not going to air the next, new episode 13 of FBI's current season 5 tonight, January 31, 2023 and next Tuesday night, February 7, 2023. CBS has confirmed through their official episode 13 press release that they plan to air the new episode 13 on Tuesday night, February 14, 2023 in its usual, 7 pm central standard time slot. So, certainly be sure to remember that very important date and time. We did find out what CBS is airing in place of new FBI episodes tonight and next Tuesday night. According to the TV guide listings, CBS is going to throw up a couple of FBI reruns to take over the vacant time slot for new FBI episodes. Tonight, they're...

Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Joelle Carter as Gwen Carter in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 13

CBS’s FBI will return from a three-week break with season five episode 13, “Protégé.” Episode 13, featuring Joelle Carter as Maggie’s old colleague/mentor Gwen Carter, airs on February 14, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton, Caleb Reese Paul as Tyler Kelton, Anthoula Katsimatides as Nsa Rep Sarah, and Nate Richman as Swat Leader Dan.

Performer starred opposite Dirk Bogarde in Victim as well as playing the mother of Helen Mirren’s monarch in The Queen

Sylvia Syms, the versatile British actor who appeared in a string of films including Ice Cold in Alex, Expresso Bongo, The Tamarind Seed and The Queen, has died aged 89.

According to a statement given to Pa by her family, Syms “died peacefully” on Friday at Denville Hall, a care home in London for those in the entertainment industry. Her children, Beatie and Ben Edney, said: “Our mother, Sylvia, died peacefully this morning. She has lived an amazing life and gave us joy and laughter right up to the end. Just yesterday we were reminiscing together about all our adventures. She will be so very missed.”...

Sylvia Syms, the British actress whose body of work stretched back to the 1950s and included roles in Ice Cold in Alex, Victim and The Queen, has died. She was 89.

In a statement to Sky News, her family said she “died peacefully” on Jan. 27 at a London care home for those in the entertainment industry.

“She has lived an amazing life, and gave us joy and laughter right up to the end,” they said. “Just yesterday, we were reminiscing together about all our adventures. She will be so very missed.”

Born in London in 1934, Syms attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and became an almost instant star in her 20s, thanks to major roles in films such as WWII drama and 1958 Berlinale winner Ice Cold in Alex (alongside John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews), English Civil War drama The Moonraker and Expresso Bongo with Cliff Richard.

In 1961, she...

English actress Sylvia Syms has passed away in the UK aged 89, according to her family.

Syms was best known for roles in movies including Ice Cold Alex, Victim, The Tamarind Seed and Stephen Frears’ The Queen, in which she played The Queen Mother.

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Syms passed away this morning at Denville Hall, a care home in London for those in the entertainment industry. In a statement shared with The Sun, Syms’ family said: “She has lived an amazing life and gave us joy and laughter right up to the end. Just yesterday we were reminiscing together about all our adventures. She will be so very missed.

“We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Denville Hall for...

Sylvia Syms, best known for her leading role in Ice Cold in Alex, has died aged 89.

The British actor “died peacefully” early on Friday (27 January) morning at Denville Hall, a London care home for those in the entertainment industry, her children shared in a statement.

“Our mother, Sylvia, died peacefully this morning. She has lived an amazing life and gave us joy and laughter right up to the end,” Beatie and Ben Edney said.

“Just yesterday we were reminiscing together about all our adventures. She will be so very missed.”

They added: “We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Denville Hall for the truly excellent care they have taken of our Mum over the past year.”

Born in Woolwich, London in 1934 to Daisy and Edwin Syms, Syms was raised in Well Hall, Elthan.

She studied at prestigious drama school Rada before gaining her first on-screen...

British actor Sylvia Syms, best known for her roles in “Ice Cold in Alex” and “Victim,” died Friday in London. She was 89.

Syms’ family said that she died at Denville Hall, a care home in London for entertainment industry people.

“Our mother, Sylvia, died peacefully this morning. She has lived an amazing life and gave us joy and laughter right up to the end. Just yesterday we were reminiscing together about all our adventures. She will be so very missed,” Syms’ children, Beatie and Ben Edney, said in a statement. “We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Denville Hall for the truly excellent care they have taken of our Mum over the past year.”

Syms was educated at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In the first phase of her storied career, Syms had significant roles in British war classic “Ice Cold in Alex...

Slovakia’s Oscar© 2023 Entry for Best International Feature: ‘Victim’ directed by Michal Blaško

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‘Victim’ is a suspenseful drama about a woman seeking justice in a racist society, torn between family and the truth. Blaško continues his focus on the plight of an outsider stuck in a complicated situation, carrying on the thematic focus he has developed in his series and short films.

Irina is an immigrant single mother from Ukraine living in a small Czech town. When her son is assaulted and severely injured, the whole town stands up in solidarity with the mother and son and condemns their Roma neighbors, who are allegedly responsible. After Irina’s son wakes up in hospital, the truth about his incident begins to emerge. At the same time, a political campaign is gaining momentum in town, and different actors from media, politics and civil society strategically manipulate reality to their own ends. Truth and lies become difficult to tell apart. Torn between protecting her family and searching for the truth, Irina is ultimately forced to make a fateful decision.

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Director Michal Blaško

This film’s moral dilemma reminded me of Fahrad’s A Hero and A Separation, in that a lie determines the fate of so many people.What inspired you to make this film?

I was inspired by how easy it is to manipulate society and its hatred. There were many cases around me that used this manipulation and legitimized racism, for example. I wanted to show how little you need to wake up this hatred and divide society.

Notable is the outstanding performance of lead actress Vita Smachelyuk as Irina Zyrchenko. How did you find the lead actors?

It was actually a long process, because we knew that the main actors needed to speak Ukrainian and Czech fluently. We found the main actress, Vita, in Hamburg, where she has been living with her husband for the last five years having moved there from Kyiv. The protagonist Igor lives in Prague, where he moved with his Ukrainian mother. None of them speaks fluent Czech, so Vita had to learn Czech for one and a half years. Gleb in the film speaks mostly Ukrainian, so for him it was easier. The rest were Czech Actors and non-actors.

I noticed the project Victim was selected for Cannes L’Atelier 2019. How did that help you with the film?

It helped a lot with funding. People started to believe in the film more and more and it was easier to fund the film. We were also able to meet many people from the industry interested in the film and find collaborators for the future. Overall, it was good experience.

Were there other workshops the film and you went through, and if so, where and how did the workshop help you and the director?

Yes, there were. For example, Connecting Cottbus, Budapest Debut Film Forum and When East Meets West in Trieste. Because of numerous meetings and presentations, you feel you talk about the film so much that you have really no problem to answer any question about it. I don’t think it helped me in a creative way or in a different way of thinking about the story, but you can talk about the topic with many interesting people and their views can be very refreshing and it can give you some points to think about.

Did you go through any government agencies, programs to develop and produce the film?

Actually the screenwriter went through one program initiative organized by the Czech Film Fund, but it was in the early stage of development. I don’t mean to say that it was pointless, but we were at a stage where we were confident about many things and they respected it and also understood that it was going the right direction.

How did the film get financed?

It is a Slovak-Czech-German co-production. Actually, the financing went without a problem, all the funds were very supportive.

It is quite daring for a debut feature…what drew you to this topic?

I knew that I couldn’t make a film that tells nothing about what is concerning me or people around me. I also found it to be very important that the storyline between the mother and son, which shows how tender the relationship is and how important it is, was the thrust of the story. These were the topics and themes that were important to me and they had to be the main focus of the film.

What happens to you in the process of writing and producing?

I am fully focused on improving the story and to be sure not to forget the topics and points that made me make this film. I know what I want to convey with the film and that is important to me but I don’t stay deaf or blind and when I learn some things that can improve it, I think about each one and if it works, I apply it.

What do you consider your strongest attribute as a director?

That’s a tricky question and really difficult to answer. Every film is different and I try to have some kind of artistic voice that suits the story and is related to me. On the other hand, I don’t stick with one formal approach and think about the story as the most important part of the process.

Where do you feel least assured?

Actually nowhere, each part of the process is important for the final result and influences everything, so I don’t think about it like this.

What do you like most about directing?

The ability to tell a story. To build characters, that people love or hate and to take them through a story that touches the audience and makes them think about themselves. I think that is beautiful and if it works, it is magic.

What happens to you now that you have finished the film and it is up for an Oscar nomination?

It is a new experience for me and I am very grateful to the Slovak Film Academy that they nominated our film. First of all it allows us to present this film and its topics to more and more people and also get more attention. Aside from that, I am working on a new feature film project called Cowgirl, so one film is fully done and the other one is in preparation.

How and when did the international sales agent come on board?

We presented films in several markets such as L’Atelier, so we had been in touch with several sales agents. In the late stage of post-production we decided that the best fit would be Pluto Film. It is a great collaboration and it is a joy to work with Daniela and Ben.

How did the film play in Slovakia?

Slovak society is strange in a way. 70% of the people never returned to cinemas after Covid. That is a big number and you can sense it in the empty cinemas. People are also divided about the Ukrainian conflict, which is because there is a great deal of Russian propaganda in Slovakia and, unfortunately, a lot of Russian fake news influences the society. With this in mind, the film was much more successful abroad than in domestic cinemas. And that is unfortunate, really.

Victim screened at the Venice, Toronto and Busan Film Festivals. Blaško’s previous award-winning short film Atlantis 2003 screened at Cannes in 2017 before going on to win the Czech Lion for best short film, and his mini-series Suspicion premiered in the Berlinale Series this year.

Directed by: Michal Blaško

Written by: Jakub Medvecky

Cast: Vita Smachelyuk, Gleb Kuchuk, Igor Chmela, Viktor Zavadil, Inna ZhulinaOriginal title: Obet

Language: Ukranian, Czech (English subtitles)

Running time: 91 mins

International Sales Agent: Pluto Film

“A taut moral thriller…compelling…smooth, tense, fluid” — Jessica Kiang, Variety

“A beautifully performed morality tale.” — Jared Mobarak,TheFilmStage.com

“Blaško succeeds in creating a universal tale about two-class societies, repressed xenophobia and racism, as well as broken hopes and dreams. “

Susanne Gotlieb — Cineuropa

“Tense social drama.”

“Emphasizes behavioral reactions to the moral and sociopolitical problems of modern-day Europe. The film never gets overtly political.”

Arun Kumar, HighonFilms.com

“Victim Is a beautifully performed morality tale.”

“A challenging role performed beautifully by Smachelyuk.”

Jared Mobarak, TheFilmStage.com

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The Toronto Film Festival will rally in solidarity with Ukrainian film producers amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war by holding two industry panels at the Canadian festival’s 47th edition.

The first Sept. 12 panel will feature six Ukrainian filmmakers behind recent festival circuit hits, including Butterfly Vision producer Darya Bassel, whose film was the only Ukrainian feature in Cannes’ official selection this year; Luxembourg, Luxembourg producer Volodymyr Yatsenko, whose film will screen in Toronto after bowing in Venice; and Ihor Savychenko, who produced the 2019 film The Painted Bird, Vaclav Marhoul’s grim Holocaust drama adapted from Jerzy Kosinski’s novel.

Also in Toronto on the panel to discuss current and future film projects is Valeria Sochyvets, producer of the 2020 film Blindfold, and Egor Olesov, who produced the 2019 Ukrainian film Mr. Jones.

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“Encanto” star John Leguizamo has signed on to executive produce short film “Triggered” from Tara Westwood.

“Triggered,” which stars Westwood, Isiah Whitlock Jr. (“Da 5 Bloods”), Caitlin Mehner (“Dopesick”) and Robert John Burke (“Law & Order Special Victim’s Unit”), deals with themes of gun violence.

“’Triggered’ is exceptional in that it doesn’t preach and never hits you over the head with a message – but I don’t know how anyone can watch it and not agree that we need to do things differently,” said Leguizamo. “Most Americans, even NRA members, already support basic changes such as improved background checks and this is a conversation that we must have. I’m so excited to be a part of this powerful piece directed and starring Tara Westwood.”

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Zoë Kravitz is rethinking the comment she made online after witnessing Will Smith slap Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars earlier this year.

In a now-deleted Instagram post following the ceremony, Kravitz shared a photo of herself on the red carpet, writing: “here’s a picture of my dress at the show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now.”

She doubled down on her opinion in a second post, where she shared a photo of herself arriving at the Vanity Fair after party with the caption “and here is a picture of my dress at the party after the award show -where we are apparently screaming profanities and assaulting people on stage now.”

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