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Following the first season of a smash hit TV show can make even the most seasoned of actors nervous. Jean Smart, known for such successes as Designing Women, Samantha Who?, Fargo, Legion, and Watchmen, and who took home a Golden Globe award this year for her role as a veteran stand-up comedienne Deborah Vance in the Golden Globe Winner Hacks, is all too familiar with this scenario.

In Beautiful Beings, a teenage boy, Addi (Birgir Dagur Bjarkason), becomes friends with Balli (Áskell Einar Pálmason) after having seen him on national television. Balli is in the news as a victim of teen violence, which, we learn, is an increasing problem in the capital of Iceland.

The massive talent of Nicolas Cage and the brute force of the Vikings were no match to criminal animals at the box office. The Bad Guys, a heist animated comedy about a group of animal thugs who try to reform themselves as model citizens, trounced the competition with $24 million and landed at the top.

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum may be a formidable pair, but they are apparently no match for the magical beasts, dreamed up by J. K.

Box office in China continues to fall due to Covid lockdowns causing cinema closures, with double-digit drops in box office revenues compared to last year’s numbers. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore held on to its No.

Originally published on Oct. 7, 2021: We first met Italian scientist Monica Gagliano while watching the documentary Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness, directed by Frauke Sandig and Eric Black; later, we had the opportunity to interview all three of them as journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press.

There are those who proudly showcase their collections of stamps, magnets, porcelain plates, old coins, baseball cards and even cat figurines. But do they dedicate a room in their house solely to display their assemblage? Darren ‘Dags’ Maxwell has done just that for his obsessive assortment of everything Batman – a buying spree begun in the 1990s that saw him collect more than 1,300 items.

About the job What is the HFPA? The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 – then known as the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association – by a group of entertainment journalists based in Los Angeles. During World War II, the non-profit organization established a cultural bridge between Tinseltown and millions around the world seeking an escape and inspiration through entertainment.

Debut filmmaker Trygvi Danielsen had no doubts. When he sat down to write the script of his first feature film, 111 Good Days (111 góðir dagar), he knew it had to be in the Faroese language.

In 2019 alone, direct investment in film production in Hungary reached $565. 6 million, not counting indirect investment in tourism.