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Interestingly, CinemaCon 2022, which gathered several thousands of exhibitors from all over the world in the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for four intense days of presentations by Hollywood studios, kicked off with National Association of Theatre Owners CEO John Fithian declaring that “simultaneous release is dead as a serious business model, and piracy is what killed it”. Yesterday was the final day of CinemaCon 2022 packed schedule wrapped up with Lionsgate presentation of the studio’s slate that followed two full days of exciting events by The Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures Studio expressing their confidence in the fact that moviegoers are back to theaters, and so is the industry, and sharing their release plans for the coming months ahead.

Justin Bieber made a surprise appearance at Coachella on day one. In 2011 he and Hailee Steinfeld presented at the 68th Golden Globes.

After weeks of absolute domination, The Batman falls to the fourth position in Italy, while Corro da te, a romantic comedy by Riccardo Milano starring Pierfrancesco Favino and Miriam Leone, grosses another €509. 000 and lands on the lowest step of the podium, taking in a total of two million euros.

Over the past decade, Finnish writer/director Aku Louhimies has established himself as one of the preeminent directors of Scandinavian cinema today. Among his nine feature films are the European film award nominees 8-Ball (2013) and Frozen Land (2005), and he’s also responsible for the highly acclaimed 2016 five-part TV event series, Rebellion, about the birth of independent Ireland.

Although never a contestant on The Price is Right, the Golden Globe nominee Nancy Meyers, a Philadelphia transplant, got her professional start on the CBS gameshow as a production assistant. Needless to say, though she would not win living room furniture or even a new car, Meyers’s success at spinning the big wheel would eventually take her to write and direct such seminal Hollywood hits as What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday and It’s Complicated, leading her to become one of the most successful auteurs in the business.

If there was a soundtrack to Women’s History Month, one could easily fill it with songs created by the lyrical skills of Golden Globe Winner Carole Bayer Sager. Imagine a playlist made of anthemic tunes like "Come in from the Rain," Don't Cry Out Loud," “When I Need You," "Midnight Blue," "It's My Turn," "Everything Old Is New Again," “Break It to Me Gently," and "Heartlight.

The Russian invasion “shocked the world with images and stories telling of a truly horrific and heartbreaking situation,” as British Academy President Krishnendu Majumdar said at the start of BAFTA awards ceremony. On the red carpet, some stars wore badges or ribbons in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, including Golden Globe nominee Benedict Cumberbatch.

When you think long-term, you win. Jenny Beavan got her first break on an unpaid position as a costume designer on a small Merchant/Ivory picture, followed by many more from the famous independent producer team, including A Room with a View which got her first Oscar.

Breakout star of the blockbuster franchise, A Quiet Place, Millicent Simmonds is one of BAFTA’s nominees for this year’s Rising Star Award. Speaking at one of the BAFTA Film Sessions, this remarkable 19-year-old deaf actress from Pennsylvania, talked about her unexpected road to Hollywood.