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Paul Schrader wird Jurypräsident des Sarajevo Film Festival 2024. Ihn unterstützen u.a. Noomi Rapace und Juho Kuosmanen. Das Festival feiert dieses Jahr seine 30. Jubiläumsausgabe.

Paul Schrader (Imago / Abacapress)

Der amerikanische Regisseur und Drehbuchautor Paul Schrader leitet die Jury des Spielfilmwettbewerbs beim anstehenden 30. Sarajevo Film Festival. Komplettiert wird die Jury von der schwedischen Schauspielerin Noomi Rapace („Verblendung“/“Verdammnis“), dem finnischen Regie/Autorenkollegen Juho Kuosmanen („Abteil Nr. 6“), die in Sarajevo geborene, in Paris lebende Filmemacherin Una Gunjak („Alfa“) und der slowenische Schauspieler Sebastian Cavazza („Männer weinen nicht“). Die Jury entscheidet über den Gewinner des Heart of Sarajevo.

Schrader begann seine Karriere Mitte der Siebziger als Drehbuchautor von „Taxi Driver“. Seine Zusammenarbeit mit Martin Scorsese setzte sich u.a. fort bei „Raging Bull“. Seine erste Regiearbeit war „Blue Collar“ im Jahr 1978. Es folgten vielgelobte Werke wie „American Gigolo“ oder „Mishima – Ein Leben in vier Kapiteln“. Zuletzt inszenierte er „Oh Canada“, der im Wettbwerb von Cannes lief,...

[Spoiler Alert: Spoilers ahead for Bel-Air Season 2 Episode 3’s “Compromise.”

Peacock’s Bel-Air Season 2 Episode 3 picks up with Carlton feeling pressured to lead the students in a protest for the firing of Mrs. Hughes after the teacher broke school rules by giving Ashley unapproved reading material and assignments. Additionally, Hilary continues to have difficulty working with Ivy as she attempts to secure a partnership for their influencer house.

‘Bel-Air’ Season 2 Episode 3 soundtrack

Vodka Gravas – “We Winnin’” featuring Wordsworth

Intro song that plays as Will talks to his teammate

Kateel – “Different Problems”

The song that plays as Will talks to Lisa

4Vr – “Guilty”

The song that plays after Carlton talks to his teacher

The dynamic duo, in full effect. #BelAirPeacock pic.twitter.com/0KonyXV1yc

— Bel-Air on Peacock (@BelAirPeacock) March 10, 2023

Jass – “Grow”

The song that plays as Yazmin and Carlton nearly kiss

Ivy States and Janaé E. – “Money Money”

The song that plays as Hilary gives...

Paramount Global saw strong subscriber growth in its direct-to-consumer business in the fourth quarter of 2022, but posted mixed results overall for the period, sending the stock lower in morning trading.

The media conglomerate reported net income of 21 million, or 1 cent per share, for the final three months of 2022. Adjusted for one-time items, Paramount earned 8 cents per share. Revenue for the quarter came in at 8.13 billion, up 2 compared with 8 billion during the same period a year ago. Operating income fell 93 to 182 million.

Analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research were expecting adjusted earnings per share of 18 cents on revenue of 8.06 billion.

The results disappointed investors, and shares of Paramount slid 91 cents, or 3.3 to 26.95. Shares have traded between 15.29 and 39.21 in the past 52 weeks, and remain up about 43 since the start of the year.

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This year's MTV Video Music Awards rocked New Jersey, and some of the night's big winners have us shook. Held live at the Prudential Center in Newark on Aug. 28, the VMAs's crop of 2022 winners have dominated both the charts and our music libraries with some of their biggest hits.

Ahead of the ceremony, the network unveiled all the nominees back in July, with Lil Nas X, Kendrick Lamar, and Jack Harlow, leading the pack, all tied with seven total nods each. Harry Styles and Doja Cat were trailing behind with six apiece.

Read ahead to check out all the 2022 winners, below.

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Video of the Year

"Woman" by Doja Cat

"Way 2 Sexy" by Drake feat. Future and Young Thug

"Shivers" by Ed Sheeran

"As It Was" by Harry Styles

"Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow

"Brutal" by...

This year’s MTV VMAs took place at New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Sunday night (28 August).

Below is a list of winners from the action-packed ceremony, including brand new award for Best Metaverse Performance.

The first awards of the night were announced on the event’s pre-show red carpet, with Italian glam rock band MaÌ.neskin taking the prize for Best Alternative for “I Wanna Be Your Slave” and, with over 320 million fan votes cast, Blackpink won Best Metaverse Performance.

Album of the Year was given to Harry Styles for Harry’s House, while Red Hot Chili Peppers received the Global Icon Award and Nicki Minaj the Video Vanguard Award.

Follow live updates from the ceremony here.

Artist of the Year

Bad Bunny Winner

Ed Sheeran

Harry Styles

Jack Harlow

Lil Nas X

Lizzo

Song of the Year

Adele – “Easy on Me”

Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever” Winner

Doja Cat...

It’s showtime! On Sunday, the biggest names in music gathered for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Nas X top this year’s list of nominees with seven nominations each. They are followed closely behind by Doja Cat and Harry Styles, who both received six nominations. Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Rosalía, and Ed Sheeran also received nods for their work this year.

Harlow and Lil Nas X are recognized for the jail-themed video for their chart-topping collaboration “Industry Baby,” while Lamar’s...

MTV’s Video Music Award nominees for 2022 have been announced.

This year’s VMAs will air live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Sunday 28 August at 8pm Et.

Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, and Foo Fighters have received nominations, among a slew of other artists.

You can find the full list of MTV’s VMA 2022 nominees below.

Artist of the Year

Bad Bunny

Drake

Ed Sheeran

Harry Styles

Jack Harlow

Lil Nas X

Lizzo

Song of the Year

Adele – “Easy on Me”

Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”

Doja Cat – “Woman”

Elton John and Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)”

Lizzo – “About Damn Time”

The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Stay”

Best New Artist, Presented by Extra Gum

Baby Keem

Dove Cameron

Gayle

Latto

Seventeen

MaÌ.neskin

Push Performance of the Year

September 2021: Griff – “One Night”

October 2021: Remi Wolf – “Sexy Villain”

November 2021: Nessa Barrett – “I Hope Ur Miserable...

The MTV Video Music Awards are on Sunday night, August 28, broadcasting live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. But who will win when moon person trophies are handed out? Scroll down for our complete racetrack odds in 15 categories, which are based on the combined predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.

SEEVMAs announce social category nominees including BTS, Blackpink, Beyonce …

We’re betting on Taylor Swift to go three-for-three in the categories we’re forecasting: Video of the Year, Best Long Form Video, and Best Direction, all for the short film she directed to accompany her 10-minute extended version of “All Too Well.” If we’re right about the top category, Swift would make history as the first artist ever to win Video of the Year three times. She previously prevailed...

Since the MTV Video Music Awards brought back their Best Alternative category in 2020, Machine Gun Kelly has dominated, winning in 2020 for “Bloody Valentine” and again in 2021 for “My Ex’s Best Friend” featuring Blackbear. He’s nominated again in 2022 for “Emo Girl” featuring Willow. Can he go three-for-three, or will he be stopped by an artist with a much bigger hit?

As of this writing Imagine Dragons and Jid are the front-runners for their collab “Enemy,” according to the combined predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users. They get leading odds of 8/1. They only have one previous VMA victory: Best Rock for “Whatever It Takes” in 2018. And they were nominated for Best Alternative last year for “Follow You” but lost to Mgk. The difference this time is that “Enemy” was significantly more popular, reaching number-five on the Billboard Hot 100 while Mgk’s “Emo Girl” topped out at number-77 and their...

Exclusive: U.S. execs headed to the inaugural Scripted Israel event in LA in September can expect to meet 17 prominent Israeli producers and a host of talent and writers.

Organizers have unveiled the line-up of participating companies at the event, which is aimed at uniting top Israeli talent and producers with major U.S. entertainment execs.

Among those signed up are MoviePlus Productions, which co-produced HBO drama Our Boys; Dori Media, which produced Apple TV+’s Losing Alice; Spiro Films, whose drama When Heroes Fly was picked up by Netflix; and Koda Communications, which made the scripted series that HBO’s Your Honor was based on.

Key screenwriters in attendance will include Nir Berger (Dead End), Omri Van Essen (Tehran) and Tehila Peter-Dansker. See the full lists below.

Hosted by the Consulates General of Israel in Los Angeles and New York, Scripted Israel will be held on September 19-22.

It...

Allegations by several actresses were published by a Japanese magazine.

Japanese drama Confession has been pulled from release following allegations of sexual abuse against director Hideo Sakaki.

Accusations from several actresses were published yesterday (March 9) in weekly magazine Shukan Bunsham. No legal charges have been filed against Sakaki.

However, the release of Confession – scheduled for March 25 by distributor Ark Entertainment – has been postponed indefinitely and a statement on the film’s official website said: “As a result of discussions with related parties regarding this work directed by Hideo Sakaki, the release of the movie Mitsugetsu [Confession’s Japanese title] is temporarily suspended. The future is undecided.

Netflix, which has been steadily growing its subscribers in the Arab world, has teamed up with Kuwait-based production studio Ncig (National Creative Industries Group) to set up a writers’ lab that will spawn six series projects from writers based in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

The plan is to turn them into market-ready pitch decks on which the streaming giant will have the right to a first look.

The Arabic series incubator initiative, which is called Ncig TV Writers’ Lab 6×6, marks Netflix’s first initiative of this type in the the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.

The writers’ lab is the brainchild of multi-hyphenate Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah, a former undersecretary of Kuwait’s Ministry of State for Youth Affairs and co-producer of Palestinian-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis’ debut feature “Amreeka,” and also high-profile doc “Journey to Mecca,” among other titles. Al-Zain is CEO of Ncig, a media company dedicated to...

What more can we say? Avril Lavigne is back on the red carpet! On Sept. 12, the "Sk8er Boi" singer had cameras flashing as she attended the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards in a pink plaid Area PF21 ensemble. The event marked Avril's first red carpet appearance since Jan. 2020, when she attended Clive Davis and the Recording Academy's pre-Grammys gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. Avril, who will be a presenter at the VMAs tonight, recently teamed up with Willow and Travis Barker on the song "Grow," which was featured on Willow's fourth  studio album, Lately I Feel Everything. "Congratulations @willowsmith on the release of your new album!" Avril...

Willow Smith has announced dates for her headlining fall 2021 tour, dubbed the Life Tour (stylized as lifE).

The 19-date trek kicks off September 14th at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California, and includes stops in major U.S. cities before concluding October 19th at Centerstage in Atlanta, Georgia. A full list of dates can be found below; tickets are now available at Ticketmaster.

Additionally, Willow will be supporting Billie Eilish on select dates of her upcoming 2022 tour, also listed below.

Earlier this year, Willow released her latest album Lately I Feel Everything,...

Willow has released a live video for her song “Lipstick,” off her new pop-punk-inspired album Lately I Feel Everything.

The clip features the singer performing onstage with Travis Barker on drums and two guitarists shredding to the impassioned rock song. “I spread my wings/The song they sing/I owe it all to you/I owe it all to you,” Willow belts.

“Lipstick” follows Smith’s previous single “Transparent Soul,” also featuring Barker; the Blink-182 drummer further contributed to Willow’s collaboration with Avril Lavigne on the album, “Grow.” Lately...

Willow In Concert: lately I feel Everything

This is such a special moment for me. Celebrating the release of my album <lately I feel Everything> with Travis Barker + Avril Lavigne. #WatchTogether on Instagram and Messenger. Thank you for coming on this journey with me.

Posted by Willow Smith on Thursday, July 15, 2021

Willow Smith is a total rock star, and her latest performances are further proof of that. In celebration of her new album, lately I feel Everything, the 20-year-old singer gave a full concert on Facebook Live on Friday. In addition to performing her new song "Grow" with Avril Lavigne, she also threw it back to 2010, as she sang her debut single, "Whip My Hair," which she released when she was only 9. "When I made 'Whip My Hair,' I didn't really know that it was an important thing because I was just expressing my joy and I was just expressing myself," she said in the video.

Renewing a frequent relationship between one of Europe’s highest-profile distributor-curators of foreign language drama series and one of their biggest suppliers, VOD service Walter Presents has swooped on a six-title drama series package from Germany’s Zdf Enterprises.

Deal plays off a just-announced exclusive strategic alliance between Walter Presents and Australia’s Stan, owned by Nine Digital, which charges Walter Presents with securing international drama for the fast-building Australian SVOD service. All the shows are scheduled to air on Stan as first-runs and are exclusive to Stan in Australia.

Made in the run-up to early March’s Berlin Film Festival, the deal takes in two titles — “Grow” and “Standing Tall” — both bound for the event’s new curated TV showcase, Berlinale Series Market Selects.

Created by Milad Avaz, one of Variety’s 2018 10 Europeans to Watch, “Grow” is described as a fast-moving thriller about two brothers — one a cop, the...

This year’s Berlinale Series has announced the section’s lineup of six titles.

The TV arm of the festival, which is being held online this year due to the pandemic, said the shows reflect “unconventional and surprising topics, narratives and visual style [that] comprise a mirror of our time.”

Latin American content is represented for the first time with the Argentinian HBO production “Entre hombres” (Amongst Men) and “Os últimos dias de Gilda” (The Last Days of Gilda) from Brazil. “Philly D.A.,” a U.S. production by Oscar-nominated duo Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, is the first documentary series to be invited into the program.

Separately, the Berlinale Series Market and Conference, the industry platform which is part of the European Film Market, has announced a newly created special label called “Berlinale Series Market Selects” that highlights series with high commercial potential within the “Berlinale Series Market” screenings.

Berlinale...

Annet Mahendru, who currently stars in AMC’s The Walking Dead spinoff World Beyond, and Peter Vack are set to star in Grow, a horror indie written and directed by Brian Gottlieb. It centers on a man (Vack) who is imprisoned and impregnated by a group of cult members with an archaic belief system. It is an examination of gender, flipping conventional stereotypes. Mahendru will play twins Kitty and Locasta Larkin. Gottlieb, Bryson Pintard and Michael Tipps are producing while Louie Gibson will serve as executive producers. Mahendru is repped by Bohemia Group, Paradigm and Nelson Davis. Vack is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment.

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Matt Medrano has joined Anna Schafer in Whose Child, an indie film that is being directed by Roxy Shih. The plot follows a woman (Schafer) working in public relations at a children’s hospital who gets her life turned around when she...

In today’s Global Bulletin, El Gouna announces CineGouna Platform finalists, “Decrypted” gets back to filming in the U.K. after a five-month layoff, Zdf boards a Danish co-production and Vice appoints a new VP for its U.K. non-fiction branch.

Festivals

Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival (Gff), rescheduled to take place in person Oct. 23-31, has announced the 18 finalist projects selected to participate in this year’s 4th edition of the CineGouna Platform for projects produced or co-produced by Mena countries, running Oct. 25-30.

Also in its fourth year, CineGouna SpringBoard, a co-production lab dedicated to supporting regional projects, will feature 65 projects in development and 34 films in post-production.

This year, 18 projects were selected to participate in CineGouna Platform, 12 in development and six in post. At the end of the Platform, a best project will be selected and receive the CineGounda Platform Certificate and a cash prize of $15,000.

“CineGouna...

Amazon Studios has set a Sept. 9 theatrical release for the Stacey Abrams voting rights documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy.”

The film will be released on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 18. It’s directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmakers Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés. Abrams is a producer along with Garbus, Cortés and Dan Cogan.

Abrams ran as the Democratic Party’s nominee in the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia and was the first Black woman to be a major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States. She narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp, who was accused by Abrams of voter suppression activities after he refused to resign as secretary of state while campaigning for governor.

“Today, we are 100 days out from Election Day — a pivotal moment in our mission to protect our democracy — and we need to come together as a country and make sure every voice and vote is counted,...