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Jurassic World: Dominion continues to dominate the Chinese box office in its second week, earning a total of $92. 23 million so far in 10 days, and $23 million over the weekend with 20% of its cinemas still closed for Covid reasons.

A German comedy interrupted the top three last weekend with a more than impressive debut in third place, while the number one and two showed staying power. Jurassic World: Ein Neues Zeitalter (Jurassic World: Dominion) stayed where it debuted last week – firmly planted on top of the charts with enough dinosaur fighting power to keep the number two at bay.

Asian Pacific filmmakers were well represented at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Two events highlighted their presence in the annual New York festival – the Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience and the Future Gold Film Fellowship hosted by Gold House, Tribeca Studios, and Netflix.

“When I was in college, I was a theater major, and I wasn’t out” recalls Greg Berlanti about his own passage to self-acceptance. “I was surrounded by kids who were out and brave and courageous and I remember thinking, I wish I had their courage.

The 61st Monte-Carlo Television Festival returned in style on Friday, not only welcoming a star-studded list of shows in competition and actors in town to support them but also welcoming back past jury chairs including Jane Seymour, Eric Close, Danny Glover and Jason Priestley. They were all in attendance at the opening night premiere of the MGM-produced limited series, Last Light, starring Matthew Fox (Lost) and Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey).

Tom Hanks currently plays Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager. in Elvis directed by Baz Lurhmann.

As part of its significant philanthropic effort over the last three decades, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has helped to endow the restoration of over 138 classic films. The latest beneficiary is Federico Fellini’s 1954 film La Strada, restored by the Film Foundation with funding from the HFPA.

Just a few weeks after receiving the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the Belgium film Close, written and directed by Lukas Dhont, won this Sunday the biggest prize at Sydney Film Festival (SFF). Close is the story of two male teens who attend secondary school in a rural town.

Founded in 2003 with the Centre LGBTQI+* in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique French department), CinéPride is a unique festival for its diversity, giving the opportunity to audiences to discover documentaries and long and short films on the topics of homosexuality and gender identity. CinéPride is a six-day festival that took place in Nantes from June 14 through June 19, 2022.

The soundtrack of America can often be heard in the sounds of music icons such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Little Richard, and so many other countless Black American musicians. African Americans’ musical influence can be seen in virtually all music genres.