Arts And Entertainment

Above all, Laurent Cantet and Robin Campillo were friends. Close since their student days, the duo soon began a keen creative partnership — co-writing films that Cantet directed and Campillo edited. When Cantet’s health began to decline, the two were already deep into developing “Enzo.” Now brought to the screen by Campillo, this year’s Directors’ Fortnight opener began as a passion project for Cantet, who set out to explore class and sexual fluidity through the story of a privileged young man rejecting his place in society. Cantet thought about the...

Ukrainian production powerhouse Film.UA has racked up a raft of deals at the Cannes Market, with “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” distributor ITN Films taking North American and Latin American rights to the forthcoming horror film “The Witch. Revenge,” and Germany’s Splendid Film snatching up rights to the anticipated live-action fantasy feature “Mavka. The True Myth.” Set in Ukraine during its ongoing war with Russia, “The Witch. Revenge” follows an ancient witch who decides to exact revenge on the Russian soldiers who have occupied her city and brutally murdered...

Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s (“The Silent Twins”) highly anticipated sentient AI thriller “Hot Spot” has found French distribution with The Jokers, in a deal that was brokered by Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales. Focus Features previously acquired worldwide rights to the film, excluding France, Poland and Greece. Set in the near future in a society ruled by sentient artificial intelligence, “Hot Spot” follows a private investigator who stumbles upon a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord while investigating a murder case. BAFTA and Intl.

Hollywood Thailand has inked a theatrical distribution deal with Commercial Films Siam for “Dream!,” an English-language musical that will hit cinemas across Thailand and the Southeast Asia region in December. The production, directed by Paul Spurrier, marks the first Thai musical in over 50 years and is the first Thai film produced entirely in English. The project spent five years in development, six months in workshops and casting, and nine months filming across eight Thai provinces. The musical features 10-year-old Amata “Manao” Masmalai in her breakout role as Lek, a...

Justin Bieber is talking about a wide range of topics — from faith and fishing to honor and integrity — in his recent Instagram post. The two-time Grammy winner posted an Instagram carousel that included 13 different videos of him speaking directly to the camera with a filter that distorted his face and altered his voice to a higher pitch. In the Tuesday, May 13 post, the 31-year-old musician opened with claims that he lived in Alaska from ages 17 to 19. He recalled “Alaska living,” and said he would...

Italian fashion house Prada is entering the film production space by setting up the Fondazione Prada Film Fund to sustain independent cinema. The new fund will be managed by former Directors’ Fortnight chief Paolo Moretti in collaboration with film programmer Rebecca De Pas. The Prada fund, which is starting out with a €1.5 million ($1.6 million) pot, will support 10-12 selected feature films per year with no geographical or genre restrictions. The fund will be launched during the Venice Film Festival through a call for entries. “Cinema is for us...

Taiwan‘s theatrical distribution powerhouse Vie Vision Pictures has secured exclusive distribution rights in Taiwan for Indo-Taiwanese action buddy comedy “Demon Hunters,” it was revealed at the Cannes Film Market. The film is directed by Chen Mei-Juin (“The Gangster’s Daughter”) and produced by Light House Productions (Taiwan) and Kleos Entertainment Group (India). The plot follows an unconventional partnership between a Taiwanese paranormal YouTuber and an Indian tech engineer who must join forces to combat a supernatural threat endangering both their worlds.

A message seeking comment from a representative for Granberry was not immediately answered. Bailey, 25, and Granberry, 27, were in a relationship from 2022 until last year, and since their breakup there have been “multiple acts of physical violence," Bailey said. In a January incident that she recounts in detail, Bailey said Granberry was repeatedly calling her a “bitch” as she tried to strap the baby into a seat inside his car. “The next thing I knew, things got physical between us,” Bailey said in the documents. “We fought each...

On May 13, 1950 a star was born in Saginaw, Michigan and it was none other than Stevland Hardaway Judkins famously known as Stevie Wonder. Stevie is a musical genius who has wowed millions of people with his incredibly beautiful catalogue of songs. BLACK ENTERPRISE cherry-picked 13 of Stevie’s must-hear tracks to celebrate the sound of a true master of his own and the Motown sound. Stevie Wonder is a legend. 1) Knocks Me Off My Feet “Knocks Me Off My Feet” dropped in 1976 on Stevie’s legendary album, Songs...

Sarah Sherman is giving her side of the Aimee Lou Wood “Saturday Night Live” beef. Back in April, “SNL” aired a parody of “The White Lotus” featuring Sherman as an extremely unflattering caricature of Wood’s character, Chelsea. In a recent sit-down with Vanity Fair, Sherman says the sketch was not made with any ill intention. “I was excited to play her because she’s so iconic, her character is so iconic,” Sherman said. “I fucking obviously never meant to hurt anyone’s feelings. Never in a million years did I get into...