Zhang Lu To Head Busan Film Festival’s Academy – Global Bulletin

Oscar-winning Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”) will preside over the jury of the upcoming Marrakech International Film Festival, with which he has a longstanding rapport. The Marrakech jury will award its Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second films in the fest’s international competition. Recent winners include Moroccan director Asmae El […]

Steve McQueen is set to open the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday night with a world premiere — and it’s not his first time doing so. But his new film “Blitz” is very different from crime thriller “Widows,” which lifted the curtain back in 2018. “Blitz” is set in WWII London as it came under […]

SCRIPTED ADAPTATION Yes Studios comedy “Bloody Murray” is set to get a Georgian adaptation, Variety has learned. Cavea+, the first official streaming platform in Georgia, has picked up the series about roommates Murray, a romcom expert, and gynaecologist Dana, who find themselves clashing over a man. The series is the first ever scripted Israeli show […]

For all that comedian Ali Wong talks about sex onstage, her first three specials came from a place of inherent sexual constraint: a long-term, monogamous marriage. In “Single Lady,” her fourth, self-directed hour, all guardrails are off. Two years ago, Wong got divorced from her husband of nearly a decade.

Jon Stewart used his opening segment on Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show” to break down Elon Musk’s appearance at a Trump rally on Sunday in Butler, Pa. While the appearance was widely mocked online for Musk’s enthusiasm — he literally jumped around the stage — the content of his speech was focused on […]

The internet is not blind to Garrett Josemans glow-up.  The Love Is Blind season seven star had fans doing double takes after he debuted a new look while modeling for New York Fashion Week. In