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Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di Worldwide Box Office (Closing Collection) ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di, aka Ardaas 3, has ended its global journey after spending over 40 days in theatres. Starring Gippy Grewal, Gurpreet Ghuggi, and Jasmin Bhasin, the film started off well and maintained momentum in the long run. It’s a big winner at the worldwide box office, but unfortunately, it missed the milestone of 50 crores. Keep reading for a detailed closing collection report!

Written and directed by Gippy Grewal, the Indian Punjabi film was released in theatres on September 13. Upon its release, the film opened to mostly favorable reviews and word-of-mouth. Also, due to the padding of a successful franchise, it held its ground well in the long run, in both India and overseas. As a result, it managed to score above 40 crores gross globally.

As per the latest collection update, Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale...

Netflix has denied suggestions that it deleted an entire library of Palestinian films, saying the titles are being removed because a three-year licensing period expires in October.

“We launched this licensed collection of films in 2021 for three years. Those licenses have now expired. As always, we continue to invest in a wide variety of quality films and TV shows to meet our members’ needs, and celebrate voices from around the world,” said the platform in response to a query by Deadline.

San Francisco-based human rights organization Freedom Forward has been circulating an open letter and petition calling on Netflix to explain why it had started posting “leaving soon” notifications on at least 19 films by or about Palestinians in recent days.

The films, which were licensed to the platform by Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment, include Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention (2002), Annemarie Jacir’s Salt of this Sea (2008) and Mai Masri...

On Wednesday October 2 2024, UPtv broadcasts Euro Arts!

Al Di Meola Season 1 Episode 38 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Euro Arts,” titled “Al Di Meola,” promises to be an exciting exploration of jazz culture in Burghausen, Germany. Known for its vibrant jazz scene, Burghausen has been celebrating this genre since 1970. Each March, the town transforms into a lively hub reminiscent of New Orleans, filled with music and energy.

In this episode, viewers will experience a collection of live recordings from the Burghausen Jazz Festival. The festival attracts talented musicians and jazz enthusiasts from around the world. Audiences can expect to hear a variety of performances that showcase the unique styles and rhythms of jazz.

Additionally, the episode includes a documentary that delves into the history and significance of the jazz festival. It highlights how Burghausen has become a key destination for jazz lovers over the years. This behind-the-scenes look will provide...

Close to five years since the final date of Slayer’s “Final Campaign” farewell tour, the band reunited for an appearance at Chicago’s Riot Fest on Sunday. As any headbanger would expect, they stacked the set list with fan favorites — “South of Heaven,” “War Ensemble,” “Angel of Death” — but they also resuscitated a few surprising songs.

The concert marked the first time since 1998 that the band performed “213,” an eerie deep cut off their 1994 album, Divine Intervention. Frontman Tom Araya wrote the song with guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who died in...

Gippy Grewal’s Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di goes steady at the box office! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The Punjwood industry is also not lagging in enticing the masses with some quality content. The Gippy Grewal directorial and starrer Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di is a prime example. The movie has managed to impress the audience both critically and commercially. Let us look at the 6-day box office collection of the Punjabi film.

Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di Box Office Collection Day 6

Talking about the 6-day box office collection of Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di, the India net collection of the movie comes to 6.45 crore. The Gippy Grewal film seems to be going steady for now. After the Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa starrer Jatt And Juliet 3, this appears to be another Punjwood film striking a massive chord with the audience.

Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di Successfully Recovers Its Budget

Not only this,...

Prince Harry‘s 40th birthday came with a surprise, perhaps even for the duke himself, when members of his family, who he’s been feuding with, sent him happy birthday wishes.

After Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepped down, the family continued to send them birthday wishes via social media. That is until the reality of their feud and what the Sussexes continued to reveal became too much, and the royals stopped publicly recognizing the duke and duchess’s birthdays.

Therefore, many royal watchers were taken aback when they recognized Harry’s this year. Some wondered why they decided to now especially when they didn’t post anything about Meghan’s a month earlier.

Could it be an olive branch and a sign that they are now ready to reconcile? Is it because it was a milestone birthday? Or is the family trying to be civil and keep the...

Dozens of figures including Elia Suleiman and Farah Nabulsi are responding to attempts to remove Bisan Owda’s documentary from the Emmys

Dozens of Palestinian film-makers have signed an open letter protesting against Hollywood’s “inhumanity and racism” toward Palestinians and calling on “international colleagues in the film industry” to speak out.

The letter, published in Variety, was signed by notables including Elia Suleiman, director of Divine Intervention and It Must Be Heaven, Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now), and Farah Nabulsi, director of forthcoming feature film The Teacher.

Tusshar Kapoor and Priyanka Chahar Choudhary are set to star in the upcoming web series “Dus June Ki Raat Chapter 1,” which will be available for streaming on Jio Cinema starting August 4. This series, produced by Ektaa Kapoor, marks Priyanka’s debut in the Ott space.

Jio Cinema unveiled the official poster on Instagram, announcing the release date with the caption, “Sabka shani bhari hone wala hai! Dus June Kii Raat, streaming 4th August onwards, exclusively on JioCinema Premium.” Ektaa Kapoor also shared this announcement on her social media, generating excitement among fans and celebrities alike.

Naagin 7: Priyanka Chahar Chaudhary, Sumbul Touqeer Khan, who would you like to see playing the role of Naagin?

Fans have eagerly responded to the announcement. Ankit Gupta expressed his anticipation, while a dedicated fan penned a heartfelt message to Priyanka, praising her talent and expressing excitement for the series. Another user celebrated the talent of Priyanka,...

RZA will journey from Staten Island to symphony halls with the Wu-Tang Clan mastermind’s upcoming orchestral album, A Ballet Through Mud.

The producer rediscovered the project during the pandemic when he revisited lyrical songbooks he penned as a teenager in “Shaolin.” RZA then transformed those early works into a ballet that tells a coming-of-age story about love and growth.

“I have been composing my whole life, although I didn’t know initially that was what I was doing. The inspiration for A Ballet Through Mud comes from my earliest creative output as a teenager,...

In the upcoming episode of “D.I. Ray” titled “Enemy Within,” viewers are in for a thrilling ride as Di Ray shifts her attention back to the Chapman family following the discovery of a missing gun. This pivotal moment sets the stage for intense drama and suspense that will keep fans on the edge of their seats.

As the clock ticks closer to 10:00 Pm on Sunday, July 21, 2024, on PBS, audiences can expect a rollercoaster of emotions as Di Ray delves deeper into the secrets and mysteries surrounding the Chapman family. The missing gun serves as a catalyst for a series of events that will test Di Ray’s investigative skills and determination like never before.

With the Chapman family at the center of the investigation, viewers can anticipate shocking revelations, unexpected twists, and gripping moments that will leave them craving for more. The intricate web of relationships and hidden agendas will unravel before our eyes,...

Sarajevo Film Festival will honour Palestinian director Elia Suleiman with its Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award, and will screen a retrospective of selected works by the filmmaker.

The award will be presented to Suleiman at the 30th edition of the festival, which takes place from August 16-23.

Suleiman was a guest at the festival in 2019, where his film It Must Be Heaven was screened in the Open Air programme. He also served as the president of the jury at the festival in 2016.

Suleiman’s first feature Chronicle of a Disappearance won the Best First Film Prize at Venice in 1996. In...

The 30th Sarajevo Film Festival will pay tribute to Palestinian director Elia Suleiman in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to the art of film.” The filmmaker will be presented with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award and honored with a retrospective of his selected works in the festival’s “Tribute to” program.

Suleiman was a guest at Sarajevo in 2019, where his film “It Must Be Heaven” was screened in the Open Air program. The film had received the special jury mention at Cannes the same year. He also served as the president of the jury at Sarajevo in 2016, and was a guest at the festival in 2013.

Jovan Marjanović, the festival’s director, said Suleiman’s “universal language of cinema speaks to fundamental human values and emotions: fear and hope, home and homeland.”

He added, “With his trademark wit, humor and profound insight, he navigates the complexities of our existence, shedding...

Anthony Scaramucci To Host U.S. Edition Of ‘The Rest Is Politics’

Anthony Scaramucci is getting into podcasting. The former White House Director of Communications will host an American edition of British podcast The Rest is Politics alongside Katty Kay, U.S. Special Correspondent for BBC Studios. Starting Friday (April 26) The pair will look to uncover secrets from inside Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s inner circles, and take a wider look at the intricacies of U.S. society and how they shape the world’s most important economy. New episodes will be released every Friday. Produced by football veteran Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger Films, The Rest is Politics launched in the UK in 2022, with former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and former Cabinet Minister Rory Stewart at the helm. This week, hosts Campbell and Stewart were announced to be presenting UK network Channel 4’s...

The Library of Congress has announced this year’s selection of 25 “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” pieces of recorded music to archive into the National Recording Registry, led by albums from Green Day, The Notorious B.I.G., and Blondie.

In addition to Green Day’s seminal Dookie, The Notorious B.I.G.’s classic debut Ready to Die, and Blondie’s commercial breakthrough Parallel Lines, other albums preserved among “the defining sounds of history” include Abba’s Arrival and The Chicks’ Wide Open Spaces. Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow and The Cars’ self-titled debut also made the list.

Songs include Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine,” Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick’s “LA-di-Da-Di,” Perry Como’s “Catch a Falling Star,” Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” and Gene Autry’s “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” See the full list below and take a look at the Library of Congress’ full registry here.

On Oct. 7, when the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir was just one week away from starting principal photography in Bethlehem, 45 miles from Gaza, on “All Before You.”

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s long-gestating project reconstructs the 1936 farmer-led revolt against British colonial rule and the influx of Jewish settlements in Palestine that has been at the root of the conflict. The latest outbreak of violence came after a Hamas-led terror attack that left about 1,200 Israelis dead while 250 were taken hostage, with more than 100 believed to still be held by Hamas.

Now Jacir, who is based in Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority, is anxiously waiting for a cease-fire that will put an end to the death and destruction and allow her to go back and shoot the drama. “It’s more important than ever to tell this largely forgotten story,” she says.

As hopes of...

Female friendships and bonding is a genre that Hindi cinema has yet to crack. There are a handful of films about female bonding, but most of them have not worked on the big screen. Veere Di Wedding, Aisha, and Cocktail have explored modern female friendships, and all these films have almost rightly described how bonding works. Interestingly, three out of four are backed by Rhea Kapoor, and the woman has been instrumental in coming up with films that would put female-led storytelling at the center. Karan Bolani’s film, Thank You for Coming, falls into the same genre and revolves around a girl in her thirties who has been seeking her knight in shining armor but has been unsuccessful so far.

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Why is Kanika frustrated with her life?

Kanika Kapoor is the only daughter of her single mother, Dr. Bina Kapoor, a gynecologist, who raised her without any...

Warning: contains Major Spoilers for series one and two of Slow Horses

We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: Slow Horses is wildly underrated, and should be on the radar of anyone with an ounce of sense, especially if you’re a fan of slick spy thrillers and watching Gary Oldman at his multi-layered, cool, comedic best.

The first two episodes of Slow Horses series three (read our review here) are now streaming on Apple TV+, to be followed by weekly instalments all the way through to the end of the year. So if you’re thinking of dipping your toe in this Bond-with-attitude series, now’s your perfect opportunity to catch up with what happened in series one and two – and if you’ve already seen them but need a refresher, we’ve got you covered:

Series One Meet the Slow Horses – and New Recruit,...

Known for her work in ‘Lag Ja Gale’ and ‘Shubh Laabh Aapkey Ghar Mein’, actress Tanisha Mehta, is excited to star as lead in the upcoming show ‘Ikk Kudi Punjab Di’, calling it a gripping tale of love and resilience. ‘Ikk Kudi Punjab Di’ is a high-octane drama that promises to captivate audiences with its powerful storyline and well written characters.

Produced by Dome Entertainment, the show is set to deliver a riveting narrative that will be filled with unexpected twists and turns.

Based in the princely state of Kapurthala, Punjab, the show follows the journey of Heer Grewal, a beautiful, vibrant young woman born into a Jatt landlord family. Her biggest priority is the well-being of her family.

However, her life takes an unexpected turn when she marries into the Atwal family, making everyone wonder- “Jisne maangi sabki khair… Waqt ne kiya hai…. kyun us se bair?”

After a life-altering incident,...

Known for her work in ‘Lag Ja Gale’ and ‘Shubh Laabh Aapkey Ghar Mein’, actress Tanisha Mehta, is excited to star as lead in the upcoming show ‘Ikk Kudi Punjab Di’, calling it a gripping tale of love and resilience. ‘Ikk Kudi Punjab Di’ is a high-octane drama that promises to captivate audiences with its powerful storyline and well written characters.

Produced by Dome Entertainment, the show is set to deliver a riveting narrative that will be filled with unexpected twists and turns.

Based in the princely state of Kapurthala, Punjab, the show follows the journey of Heer Grewal, a beautiful, vibrant young woman born into a Jatt landlord family. Her biggest priority is the well-being of her family.

However, her life takes an unexpected turn when she marries into the Atwal family, making everyone wonder- “Jisne maangi sabki khair… Waqt ne kiya hai…. kyun us se bair?”

After a life-altering incident,...

Song Name – Jalsa 2.0

Movie – Mission Raniganj

Singer – Satinder Sartaaj

Music Prem & Hardeep

Lyrics – Satinder Sartaaj

Music Produced & Arranged By – Prem & Hardeep

Check out Jalsa 2.0 Song Lyrics from Mission Raniganj starring Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra

Chandni Ne Punneya Te Jalsa Lagaya

Saddaa Cheel Nu Vi Aaya, Chand Mukh Mehmaan Si

Chandni Ne Punneya Te Jalsa Lagaya

Saddaa Cheel Nu Vi Aaya, Chand Mukh Mehmaan Si

Rishma Ne.. Rishma Ne..

Rishma Ne Doodhiya Jehi Paayi Si Poshaak

Maari Taareyan Nu Haak, Oh Taan Hor Hi Jahaan Si

Rishma Ne Doodhiya Jehi Paayi Si Poshaak

Maari Taareyan Nu Haak, Oh Taan Hor Hi Jahaan Si

Rukhan Thalle Digge Paye Si, Ho Ke Latt Baure

Ji Sharaabi Ho Gaye Bhaure, Pee Ke Tupkaa Tarel Da

Rukhan Thalle Digge Paye Si, Ho Ke Latt Baure

Ji Sharaabi Ho Gaye Bhaure, Pee Ke Tupkaa Tarel Da

Shokh Jehiyan… Shokh Jehiyan..

Shokh Jehiyan Mehkan Ne Phir...

Song Name – Jalsa 2.0

Movie – Mission Raniganj

Singer – Satinder Sartaaj

Music Prem & Hardeep

Lyrics – Satinder Sartaaj

Music Produced & Arranged By – Prem & Hardeep

Check out Jalsa 2.0 Song Lyrics from Mission Raniganj starring Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra

Chandni Ne Punneya Te Jalsa Lagaya

Saddaa Cheel Nu Vi Aaya, Chand Mukh Mehmaan Si

Chandni Ne Punneya Te Jalsa Lagaya

Saddaa Cheel Nu Vi Aaya, Chand Mukh Mehmaan Si

Rishma Ne.. Rishma Ne..

Rishma Ne Doodhiya Jehi Paayi Si Poshaak

Maari Taareyan Nu Haak, Oh Taan Hor Hi Jahaan Si

Rishma Ne Doodhiya Jehi Paayi Si Poshaak

Maari Taareyan Nu Haak, Oh Taan Hor Hi Jahaan Si

Rukhan Thalle Digge Paye Si, Ho Ke Latt Baure

Ji Sharaabi Ho Gaye Bhaure, Pee Ke Tupkaa Tarel Da

Rukhan Thalle Digge Paye Si, Ho Ke Latt Baure

Ji Sharaabi Ho Gaye Bhaure, Pee Ke Tupkaa Tarel Da

Shokh Jehiyan… Shokh Jehiyan..

Shokh Jehiyan Mehkan Ne Phir...

By the time The Beatles recorded The White Album, the band was already becoming quite fractured personally and professionally. It was 1968, and the band’s most ambitious effort was the project, almost ending their partnership. The White Album was The Beatles’ ninth studio album and the only double LP they would ever record. But one moment in the studio led John Lennon to go “ballistic” on Paul McCartney, leading to a moment that would forever change one of their most iconic songs.

John Lennon ‘went ballistic’ on Paul McCartney during this one pivotal moment while recording ‘The White Album’

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr recorded The White Album in mid-1968. The album features 30 songs, 19 of which were written during March and April 1968.

However, tensions between the bandmates heightened as the recording wore on. Lennon and McCartney couldn’t agree on the recording of several songs.

The...

Johnny Depp courtroom insider and TikTok influencer Danielle Dell’Olio finally met Depp at one of his Hollywood Vampire shows and recalled how Depp knew who she was from the trial.

Dell’Olio sat in the courtroom during the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial and provided inside information and observations on her podcast and on TikTok. She was also featured in the new Netflix docuseries, Depp v. Heard for her commentary of the trial.

She had never met Depp but finally came face to face with him at a meet and greet and was stunned when he thanked her for “saving his life.”

Johnny Depp recognized the TikTok influencer

“He seemed to know exactly who I was. He thanked me and he thanked all of us who were in the social media sphere,” she said. “He said, ‘You all don’t even know me, and you saved my life. You saved my life.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon were close collaborators in The Beatles. Despite their differences, the pair were good friends and wrote many of The Beatles’ hits together. According to Beatles audio engineer Geoff Emerick, the respect that McCartney and Lennon had for each other made them perfect partners. McCartney was the only person who could call Lennon out when he behaved badly.

Paul McCartney could call out John Lennon when other people couldn’t

Emerick worked in close quarters with The Beatles for years. As a result, he gained an understanding of McCartney and Lennon’s relationship dynamic.

“Many people’s view of the Lennon/McCartney collaboration is a simplistic one: that Lennon was the rough and ready rocker, while McCartney was the soft sentimentalist,” he wrote in his book Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. “While that might have been partially true, their...

By the end of the 1960s, Paul McCartney was beginning to get on John Lennon’s nerves. All The Beatles found him domineering in the studio, overly focused on perfecting his songs. One of the songs he spent an exceptionally long time on was “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da.” He was a perfectionist about the production, much to his bandmates’ irritation. It didn’t help that Lennon disliked the song and did not try to hide it.

John Lennon did not like Paul McCartney’s ‘Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da’

McCartney dragged The Beatles through endless takes of “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” while working on the White Album.

“The previous week’s work was a typical study in frustration,” audio engineer Geoff Emerick wrote in his book Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. “We’d worked endlessly on just two songs: Lennon’s ‘Revolution’ and McCartney’s ‘Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da,’ done over and...

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Most of The Beatles’ hits came out in the 1960s. The group had a few hits in the 1970s, including the earlier song “Got to Get You Into My Life.” The band had one big hit in the 1980s and two big hits in the 1990s. The Beatles | Hulton Archive / Stringer

The Beatles released hits in the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. Some of those songs were hits during their initial run as a band. On the other hand, some Beatles songs were hits after the group disbanded.

The Beatles’ hits were numerous in the 1960s and few in the 1970s

The Beatles were together from 1960 to 1970. Thus, the 1960s were undeniably their heydey as a group. During that decade, they released hits of every flavor. Their first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 was “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

Subsequently, they had 17 more No.

Paul McCartney always had a knack for songwriting. Yet Paul almost gave up on “Drive My Car” until John Lennon helped rescue it. They worked out the kinks before bringing them to the rest of The Beatles, and Paul repaid the favor by helping John finish two of Rubber Soul’s best songs.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Paul McCartney almost gave up on ‘Drive My Car’ until John Lennon saved it

Writing songs never presented much of a challenge for Paul once he got used to the process. He proved his genius as a songwriter with “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” from the White Album. A friend spoke the titular phrase during a hang-out, which sparked the bouncy tune. Macca wrote several songs on the spot and needed only a few hours to finish his synth-heavy holiday “Wonderful Christmastime.”

“Drive My Car” was the opposite.

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Paul McCartney sang The Beatles’ “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” at a celebration and the Maharishi heard it. Paul discussed the way the Maharishi and other people reacted to the song. “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” charted in the United States but it didn’t reach the top 40. The Beatles and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | Ullstein Bild / Contributor

Paul McCartney wrote The Beatles‘ “Ob-La Di, Ob-la-Da” while the Fab Four were studying meditation under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Paul played “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” for the Maharishi during a celebration. Subsequently, he revealed what the spiritual leader thought of the tune.

A wire fence kept The Beatles and the Maharishi away from the press in India

The Beatles famously traveled to Rishikesh, India to study meditation under the Maharishi. The 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now says George Harrison’s wife, Patti Boyd, had a birthday party during the retreat. The Maharishi lead the group...

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The Beatles’ “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” was voted the worst song of all time in a poll of 1,000 people. The song is nowhere near the disaster the poll claims it is. “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” works better in the context of The White Album. The Beatles | John Pratt / Stringer

The Beatles‘ “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” has a bad reputation. In fact, it topped a poll to find the worst song of all time. Despite this, it’s a much better song than a lot of the critics seem to think.

The polled listeners who hated The Beatles’ ‘Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da’ also hated Meat Loaf

According to a 2004 report from the BBC, a Mars Research poll of 1,000 people sought to determine the worst song of all time. No. 3 was Meat Loaf’s “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).” No. 2 was “Fog On The Tyne” by the soccer player Paul Gascoigne.

It’s hardly a stretch to say The Beatles dominated the 1960s, especially from 1963 onward. Their energetic debut album, Please Please Me, bowled over young English music fans. The United States finally caught up nearly a year later with the Fab Four’s historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The fact that The Beatles had 71 songs land in the top 100 of the Billboard singles chart is as impressive as their 20 No. 1 hits.

(l-r) Joseph Lockwood, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Beatles landed in the Billboard top 100 an astonishing 71 times

Step back a bit and wonder at The Beatles’ success.

The Fab Four existed as a recording band for eight years, but their impact and success stretched well beyond that timeline. Need proof? Three of those top 100 songs came in the 1990s, and two of those were demos (“Free as...

Several Beatles songs are part of the fabric of modern music. It’s difficult to tell the story of classic rock and pop music without the Fab Four. Still, some Beatles songs were banned in the United States. Before they wrote tunes that foreshadowed the end of the band, the Fab Four penned tunes that U.S. radio wouldn’t touch.

(l-r) George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon | Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images 1. ‘Cold Turkey’

Ok, so it’s not a Beatles song, but John Lennon wrote it during his Fab Four days before releasing it on his solo debut, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, in 1970. So we’ll call “Cold Turkey” a song by one of the Beatles that was banned in the United States. And it’s easy to see why. The lyrics describe heroin withdrawal in plainly harrowing detail, and it featured...

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Some of The Beatles played “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” for Mia Farrow’s sister, Prudence Farrow. The song later became a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100. “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” was never a hit in the United Kingdom. The Beatles | John Pratt / Stringer

Mia Farrow and her sister, Prudence Farrow, were with The Beatles during an important point in the Fab Four’s career. Notably, John Lennon and George Harrison may have played The Beatles’ “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” for Prudence before its release. Subsequently, “Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da” did not become a hit for many years.

Mia Farrow and her sister went on a trip with The Beatles, Donovan, and Mike Love

The Farrows were present during The Beatles’ trip to India. Other celebrities present included Donovan and The Beach Boys’ Mike Love. During a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, Prudence was asked if she knew The Beatles were going to be in India.

The Doha Film Institute’s Qumra talent and project incubator event returned as a 100% in-person event last week, bringing participants together face-to-face in Doha for the first time since it was forced online in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“It’s been great to have everyone back gain. I keep pinching myself that it’s still happening. I could not be happier with how it has gone,” said Dfi CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi.

The ninth edition, running from March 10 to 15, gathered 44 Dfi grantee projects across all formats and in various stages of development and production, accompanied by their first, second and third-time directors and producers.

The Dfi is one of the main sources of funding for independent cinema in the Middle East and North Africa, a region with very little state support for independent film.

“We have between 400 to 500 submissions per cycle, and we have two cycles a year. It...

Misery is part of the “Luther” equation. It’s visited on suspects and victims and detectives and, to some extent, the audience watching it. Over five seasons, it’s been a cornerstone of the BBC crime drama, a neverending series of rock-bottoms.

That overpowering darkness has been a major “Luther” throughline, coupled with the shuffling in and out of the coworkers and compatriots of Dci John Luther (Idris Elba). He’s had partners — in most senses of the word — die in front of him. He’s uncovered grisly killings and mutilated bodies. Those five seasons have been a steady dose of one-upping, to see how much one man can survive.

So after almost a decade of rumblings, the long-discussed “Luther” movie has arrived. “Luther: The Fallen Sun” is more adaptation than extension, changing the environment and Luther’s toolset in a way that makes it accessible for viewers who haven...

He will be presented with the European achievement in world cinema award on December 10.

The European Film Academy will present Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman with the European achievement in world cinema award at this year’s European Film Awards in Reykjavik on December 10.

He is the first Palestinian director to receive the honour.

Suleiman wrote, directed and starred in his debut feature Chronicle Of A Disappearance in 1996. The film detailed his experiences returning to Israel and picked the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for debut feature at Venice.

Divine Intervention was the first of many of Suleiman’s films to screen at Cannes.

The European Film Academy will honor Palestinian auteur Elia Suleiman with its European Achievement in World Cinema Award.

The Paris-based Suleiman, whose most recent work “It Must Be Heaven” premiered in 2019 at Cannes, is the first Palestinian director to win this prestigious prize.

Suleiman will be an honorary guest at the 35th European Film Awards ceremony to be held on Dec. 10 in Reykjavik.

Born in Nazareth, Suleiman started his career in New York where in the early 1990s he shot two short films, “Introduction to the End of an Argument” and “Homage by Assassination” which won several prizes.

Suleiman’s debut feature film, “Chronicle of a Disappearance,” on the loss of national identity in Israel’s Arab population, won the first film prize at the 1996 Venice Film Festival. In 2002, his “Divine Intervention” won the jury prize and the Fipresci Intl. Critics Prize of the Cannes Film Festival, as well as...

by Fahmidul Haq

Tareque Masud’s “Matir Moina” (2002) was the first film from Bangladesh that was screened in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section and won the Fipresci award jointly with Elia Suleiman’s “Divine Intervention”. But it is Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s second feature “Rehana Maryam Noor”, the first film from the South Asian cinephile nation to be officially selected at Cannes, competing in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ category. The director of the film also bagged the Jury Grand Prize from Asia-Pacific Screen Award where the lead actress Azmeri Haque Badhon earned the award of the Best Performance by an Actress. Badhon was also included in the short list of ‘Variety’s International Breakout Stars of 2021’. Bangladeshi actors Chanchal Chowdhury, Mosharraf Karim and Badhon have expanded their stardom in 2021 by acting in web series released in Indian OTTs. Jaya Ahsan continued her already established acting career both in Dhaka and Kolkata-based Indian industry.

Eric Lagesse, the CEO/president of Paris-based arthouse distributor and world sales outfit Pyramide Films, received the Industry Tribute Award at Cairo Film Festival on Friday. Variety spoke with him about his relationship with Arab cinema, and the state of the independent film business in France.

How do you feel about receiving this tribute?

It’s great, but I have had a year to get used to it. Because of the pandemic, I didn’t receive it last year, as planned. Nothing major has changed in the meantime. I am still very fond of Arab and Egyptian films. We are now working with a new generation of films and filmmakers like “Amira” (pictured), which played in the Horizons Competition at the Venice Film Festival this year.

What is your connection to the Arab film world?

We have been collaborating with the Arab world since the beginning of Pyramide. The first...

Elia Suleiman returned in 2019 to Cannes with his long-awaited fourth feature: It Must Be Heaven, an existentialist comedy which sees the director travel from his native Nazareth to New York via Paris on an existential(ist) journey peppered with surrealistic, mostly hilarious micro-encounters in the vein of the auteur’s previous works. Often central in Suleiman’s cinema is his own image, which in itself is largely based on his own persona and biography—acting as a concrete instance of a witness (onto which the spectator can project or latch themselves), caught in the fray of actions other than his own. He’s a silent yet nonetheless reactive observer of the oddities of quotidian life (thus inspiring comparisons with the work of the legendary Jacques Tati), which draw upon everything from a neighbor who gets territorial around an orange tree to French policemen zooming the streets on Segways, which he...

Happy birthday, Mr. David Tennant! April 18th marks the day the Doctor Who star turns 49 years young, so let’s take a moment to celebrate one of the most popular Time Lords there’s ever been.

Way back in 2005, the 34-year-old Tennant made his debut as the Tenth Doctor, assuming the iconic role after predecessor Christopher Eccleston bowed out after just 13 episodes. The Scotsman went on to lead the show through one of its most beloved periods in its 50 plus-year history before he handed over the sonic screwdriver 10 years ago in “The End of Time: Part 2.”

But he’s never really stopped playing the Doctor since. In 2013, Tennant returned opposite Smith and guest Doctor John Hurt for the big 50th anniversary special, and in recent years he’s reprised the character on audio numerous times for Big Finish Productions. As a lifelong Doctor Who fan, Tennant’s part of the Whovian family for life.

Actress Kajal Aggarwal, who will next be seen on screen in Kamal Haasan's upcoming "Indian 2", has said that she is not allowed to talk about the forthcoming vigilante action thriller.

Kajal was interacting with the media when she visited internationally acclaimed artists Subramanian Gopalsamy and Gnanadickam Ponnusamy's art exhibition named "Divine Intervention" in Mumbai.

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According to media reports, Kajal plays an 85-year-old woman in director Shankar's "Indian 2". "It's a very exciting role but I can't tell you too much about it. They (makers of the film) will kill me!" she laughed, adding: "I will resume shooting in February. It's going to be very different. I have never done something like this role. This is not a stereotypical answer but a genuine one," she said.

Apart from 'Indian 2', talking about her upcoming projects, Kajal said:...

This year, with some mighty titles from the Maghreb evaluated alongside the rest of continental Africa, the competitive potential of the Middle East lineup handicapped here may seem a tad diminished. Nevertheless, the territory boasts a possible short-list contender in Palestinian helmer Elia Suleiman’s wry travelog “It Must Be Heaven,” which nabbed the international critics award at 2019 Cannes.

Back in 2003, Suleiman’s second feature, “Divine Intervention,” marked the first of 12 submissions made by Palestine over the years. During that time, the entries resulted in two nominations, both for films helmed by Hany Abu-Assad: “Paradise Now” (2005) and “Omar” (2013). Now, Suleiman, like Abu-Assad, is recognized as an elder statesman of Palestinian filmmaking as well as an accomplished auteur whose films continue to bear witness to the surreal and the absurd in Palestinian life at home and abroad. Although his work is better-known in Europe than in the U.S., “It Must Be Heaven...

The London Palestine Film Festival (Lpff) opened with a Elia Suleiman’s most recent love letter to Palestine: “It Must Be Heaven” (2019). Suleiman first landed in global spotlight for his Palme D’Or nominated black comedy, “Divine Intervention” (2002). This year, he returned with another Palme d’Or nomination and walked away with the Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize and the Fipresci Prize for Best Film In Competition. While on the festival circuit, “It Must Be Heaven” garnered plenty of laughter and warm applause at Lpff – and perhaps invited further thought, as a fitting festival opener on redefining “Palestinian cinema.”

“It Must be Heaven” is screening at the London Palestine Film Festival 2019

“It Must Be Heaven” compiles cross-continental, well-choreographed vignettes of the essentialized absurdities featuring Suleiman himself. As Suleiman must navigate Nazareth, Paris, and New York City, he floats through each city as an Other: he neither belongs, nor does he seek to,...

Palestine’s Oscar® 2019 Entry for the Best International Feature ‘It Must Be Heaven’Elia Suleiman’s ‘It Must Be Heaven’, sweetly surreal, as whimsical as a Jacques Tati film, and with a hilarious cameo with Gael Garcia Bernal introducing Suleiman to his agent, wryly observes our human race.

Es escapes from Palestine, putting away his parents’ effects, and sets out to seek an alternative homeland only to find that the absolute absurdities of his home in Palestine are equal to those in “the west”. Palestine trails behind him and the promise of a new life turns into a comedy of drole misteps taking him from Paris to New York and back to what must be heaven.

From the award-winning director Elia Suleiman, this comic saga explores identity, nationality and belonging, in which Suleiman asks the fundamental question: where is the place we can truly call home?

Elia Sulieman in ‘It...

When it comes to cinema, the tragic situation in Palestine typically inspires grim documentaries or realist tales of hardship and war. Elia Suleiman has always opted for a different route, composing his fictions from fanciful vignettes that draw on the absurdity of his homeland’s occupation and casting himself as a silent, deadpan observer to the variously droll happenings (think Buster Keaton minus the physicality). In It Must Be Heaven, his alter ego travels to Paris and New York to find that, outward shine and lack of war notwithstanding, these strongholds of Western values don’t actually seem that different from Palestine after all.

This is the main point put forward by It Must Be Heaven, which ultimately doesn’t prove all that illuminating. In Paris, many of the vignettes focus on the ubiquitous presence of the police and military. From his balcony, Suleiman observes a group of policemen speeding...

With a decade between features, Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman‘s has been a Cannes mainstay when you see that his four last film projects have all been showcased there. Excluding his segment in Cannes collection of shorts To Each His Own Cinema (2007) and a forgettable omnibus of filmmakers with the Un Certain Regard selected 7 Days in Havana, Suleiman last competed with 2009’s The Time That and before that, 2002’s prize winning Divine Intervention. A France/Germany/Canada/Turkey co-production (and filmed in Montreal as NYC), It Must Be Heaven see Suleiman place himself himself in front of the camera (not unlike his confrère Nanni Moretti) for some mordant introspection on identity and nationality issues with a narrative focused on what is home?…...

Filmmaker and actor Elia Suleiman uses his own face and body to express the soul of Palestine in his films, and nowhere more so than in his droll new comedy, It Must Be Heaven. Fans of his trilogy comprising Chronicle of a Disappearance, Divine Intervention, which won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2002, and The Time That Remains, which competed on the Croisette in 2009, will welcome with open arms the art house rollout of this new French-German-Canadian-Turkish co-prod. It's no surprise that it contains the same close observation of paradoxical human behavior that made him famous, but the focus this time around ...

Filmmaker and actor Elia Suleiman uses his own face and body to express the soul of Palestine in his films, and nowhere more so than in his droll new comedy, It Must Be Heaven. Fans of his trilogy comprising Chronicle of a Disappearance, Divine Intervention, which won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2002, and The Time That Remains, which competed on the Croisette in 2009, will welcome with open arms the art house rollout of this new French-German-Canadian-Turkish co-prod. It's no surprise that it contains the same close observation of paradoxical human behavior that made him famous, but the focus this time around ...

UK’s Loach to start shooting new film this autumn exploring precarity in the age of the gig economy.

Wild Bunch is set to launch a raft of upcoming films by long-time collaborators at Cannes this year, including UK director Ken Loach’s hard-hitting social drama Sorry We Missed You, exploring the issue of hardship in modern-day Britain through a young couple scraping to get by in a casual jobs market.

The Paris-based company’s Cannes slate also includes future films by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Elia Suleiman, Arnaud Desplechin, Hirokazu Kore-eda, who will direct a French-language film for the first time in his career,...

Twenty-four-year-old Welles Crowther died saving lives during the 9/11 terrorist attacks – and his legacy lives on in the winners of the annual Red Bandanna Hero Award.

In April, People teamed up with the American Heroes Channel (Ahc) and the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust to honor Welles and celebrate everyday heroes.

On Oct. 28 at 10/9c, Ahc will air a television special produced by Time Inc. Productions, 9/11 Hero: The Red Bandanna Legacy, which will feature three Red Bandanna Heroes who have made an extraordinary difference in people’s lives, just as Crowther did when he helped people escape one of the burning World Trade Center towers.