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Alex Ritman
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The Hollywood Reporter's (Rit)man in London. Paddington 2 enthusiast. Blackbird watcher. Beaujolais Bolshevik. Pls send molten hot tips to alex.ritman@thr.com
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All eyes on Bananaman
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‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ Prequel Feature in Works as Producers Look to Emulate ‘Paddington,’ ‘Peter Rabbit’ Reboot Success hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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Got a feeling this Messi guy is gonna be a big deal. Definitely one to watch out for.
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3-year-old insists we only listen to BBC Radio 3 (Radio 4 is for when he's 4, apparently), so each morning we have breakfast to the sound of chamber music
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Right. And the other 50+ Palestinian children killed by the IDF this year?
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By whom, BBC?
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Palestinian girl shot dead on roof of West Bank home bbc.in/3uIKZaQ
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And for Directors on Directors, I want to see combos like Tommy Wiseau and Martin Scorsese or Michael Flatley and Asghar Farhadi
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Can we please start having Actors on Actors sessions with people who actively despise each other.
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They should have nominated him in every single category purely for the awkwardness factor
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Golden Globes: Tom Cruise Snubbed After Returning Past Awards hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
I'm sorry, but by not nominating a number of films that I liked, the Golden Globes efforts to regain awards season relevance have already fallen flat.
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Golden Globes: Nominations List hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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I watched the Haz & Megz Part Deux trailer to save you all the trouble.
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Meghan Markle “Fed to the Wolves” in Trailer for Second Half of Netflix’s ‘Harry & Meghan’ Doc Series hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/har
This continual beating of colonisers by the colonised in the World Cup is truly delightful.
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Wrote this review of the recently-concluded Red Sea Film Festival. I'd already commented on the ridiculous number (and totally random nature) of big names who attended before I noticed that Mike Tyson was for some reason at the closing ceremony. #RedSeaIFF22
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Reporter’s Notebook: Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Fest Comes Into Its Own With Sharp, Star-Studded Second Edition
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Spoke to Will Sharpe about his surprise of being cast as the about-to-erupt Ethan in #TheWhiteLotus having not been in front of the camera since Giri/Haji, and his work directing Landscapers and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
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Can we please start having Actors on Actors sessions with people who actively despise each other.
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what if we kissed under the missile toad
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Might tune into GB News just to watch their heads explode
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Apparently, on a royal family holiday, Meghan heard that they all went out without her one evening to a local nightclub. When she asked about it, Kate said they “knocked on her door” at the hotel but she didn’t answer, but Meghan says she was in all night so would have heard.
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Jesus. This is rough. Harry claims that the royal family never supported his desire to become a “master Swiss chocolatier” and instead insisted that he joined the armed forces. He says he “cried and cried for weeks”
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Oh man. The Harry & Meghan doc series opens with the revelation that Kate Middleton likes to hurt animals for fun and once put a panda in a headlock. #HarryandMeghanonNetflix
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Shout out to all the reporters who will be spending this morning watching the Harry & Meghan doc
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If I were to throw my 2 cents into the watery ring, I would say that James Cameron has somehow made all 3 hours of #AvatarTheWayOfWater absolutely sail by.
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Here’s a really awkward moment I captured earlier at the Avatar 2 world prem when a weird old dude broke through security and tried to kiss Kate Winslet’s hand
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In perhaps a movie first, the Avatar: The Way of Water post premiere afterparty at London’s Natural History Museum features steel drums AND a blue whale skeleton
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Got a few mins on the Avatar: The Way of Water red (ok, blue) carpet with James Cameron and he said the film “probably had to be the 7th or 8th” highest grossing film of all time to break even. #AvatarTheWayOfWater
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Amusing typo in the email from Disney about tonight's Avatar 2 world premiere in London.
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“You’ve got to imagine, we’re 2 fanboys and for 1 second we were in the Batman universe, following in the footsteps of Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan and then it was just like we woke up and it was a dream!” - & Adil El Arbi on Batgirl’s cancellation #RedSeaIFF22
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‘Batgirl’ Directors on Becoming Part of “Movie History” Due to Cancellation, Why They’d Still Work With Warner Bros. hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
Congrats team ! We won one of the top awards tonight — best publication — at NAEJ Awards. After they announced it, it was then announced that & won best anchor/host for TV’s Top 5 podcast!!
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Would I have liked a beer or two? Yes. Did I also enjoy six incredibly clear-headed days and not racing to catch my return flight with a dark cloud of despair hanging over me? Also yes.
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Farewell Red Sea Film Festival, probably the most relaxed, friendly, luxurious and easy to navigate film festival I’ve been to. Didn’t see anywhere near enough films (ok just 1), but enjoyed the talks, evening events, meeting people and catching up with old buddies.
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Andrew Dominik said he was "really pleased" that Blonde had "offended so many people"
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Andrew Dominik Blames ‘Blonde’ Backlash on Americans Wanting Marilyn Monroe Portrayed as “Empowered Woman” hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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Spike Lee: “The Academy has a history of overlooking films… but those performances live on. No one is watching Driving Miss Daisy today. No one is watching Green Book today” 🔥 🔥 🔥 #RedSeaIFF
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Spike Lee: “I’m not in any position to tell Saudis what to do - that’s something a white American would do.”
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Exclusive: Groundbreaking Saudi filmmaker - whose 2016 debut Barakah Meets Barakah was the first Saudi film to premier at the Berlinale - is now shooting his third feature. #RedSeaIFF
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Saudi Film Pioneer and Red Sea Film Festival Founder Mahmoud Sabbagh Unveils Latest Feature ‘Last Party in Rumah Desert’ (Exclusive) hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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Spike Lee is here at the Red Sea Film Festival, where Malcolm X - which had scenes shot in Mecca - just screened in Saudi cinemas for the very first time. #RedSeaIFF22
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Yesterday I hosted a panel discussion at the Red Sea Film Festival in which we discussed the merits of crossing your legs from right to left. #RedSeaIFF
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Over a passionate & frequently teary talk at the #RedSeaIFF in which she described the deep personal costs of her overnight fame thanks to Basic Instinct and work with AIDS charity amfAR, Sharon Stone also told the audience that it takes a "long time" to find a "good plumber"
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Breaking news from the Red Sea Film Festival: It hot
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At the opening of the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Oliver Stone just said Saudi Arabia was misunderstood across the world and that “people who judge too harshly should come to visit and see it for themselves”
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