Elite domestic netball will make its long-awaited return for the first time in nine months with a special multi-team event this weekend. Six teams from the country’s Superleague, England’s top netball competition, will gather for netball’s ‘Rise Again Festival’ at Belle Vue Sports Centre, the home of Manchester Thunder on […]
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Bestselling author John Grisham to headline upcoming Harrisburg Book Festival, online | Food + Living
The eighth annual Harrisburg Book Festival will combine an in-person outdoor book sale with online appearances by writers including bestselling authors John Grisham and Mychal Denzel Smith, and public radio host Diane Rehm. The festival runs from Friday to Monday, Oct. 16-19. Most of the online book discussions are free. […]
Robert Lewandowski to speak at BI Global Trends Festival 2020
Business Insider is proud to announce that Robert Lewandowski will speak at the inaugural BI Global Trends Festival, a virtual event taking place the week of October 19-23, 2020. Lewandowski is the captain of the Poland national football team and plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. He […]
All the best movies we saw at Toronto Film Festival, ranked (including ‘The Water Man’)
It’s definitely a different Toronto International Film Festival than usual, with a couch and a Keurig taking the place of theater seats and a coffeehouse stop. In a year when everything in the movie industry has had to scramble amid COVID-19, Toronto (running through Sept. 19) is the biggest of the A-list […]
All the best movies we saw at Toronto Film Festival, ranked (including ‘Good Joe Bell’)
It’s definitely a different Toronto International Film Festival than usual, with a couch and a Keurig taking the place of theater seats and a coffeehouse stop. In a year when everything in the movie industry has had to scramble amid COVID-19, Toronto (running through Sept. 19) is the biggest of the A-list […]
All the best movies we saw at Toronto Film Festival, ranked (including ‘Concrete Cowboy’)
It’s definitely a different Toronto International Film Festival than usual, with a couch and a Keurig taking the place of theater seats and a coffeehouse stop. In a year when everything in the movie industry has had to scramble amid COVID-19, Toronto (running through Sept. 19) is the biggest of the A-list […]
All the best movies we saw at Toronto Film Festival, ranked (including ‘MLK/FBI’)
It’s definitely a different Toronto International Film Festival than usual, with a couch and a Keurig taking the place of theater seats and a coffeehouse stop. In a year when everything in the movie industry has had to scramble amid COVID-19, Toronto (running through Sept. 19) is the biggest of the A-list […]
Here’s how the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival will make you love movies again
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite. (Photo: Courtesy of TIFF) In most years, September is the time when moviemakers, movie stars, movie journalists and movie lovers alike head to Canada for the Toronto International Film Festival, a weeklong celebration of cinema… and the official launch of awards season. But […]
Venice Film Festival Chief Alberto Barbera On Temperature Checks, Studio Anxiety, ‘Nomadland’, Gender-Neutral Prizes & The Volpi Cup
This has been a Venice like no other. The world’s first COVID-era festival is taking place amid a slew of health and safety protocols and has had to adjust expectations accordingly. But the mere fact the event is going ahead is a marvel. The event is showcasing a blend of […]
You’re invited to the Cosmopolitan Careers Festival: find the details here
Photo credit: Hearst Owned From Cosmopolitan Whether you’re looking to pivot post-pandemic, turn redundancy into opportunity, or take your first steps into the career you really want, our FREE online festival has all the advice, tips and resources you need to bolster your CV and land your dream role. All […]
Venice Director Alberto Barbera Explains How He Programmed a Festival in a Pandemic
It’s been a strange and challenging year for all film festivals, which made this morning’s announcement of the Venice International Film Festival lineup all the more striking. Somehow, artistic director Alberto Barbera assembled a program of more than 50 films from around the world. It’s the first major fall festival […]
Virus fears force animal sellers online for Muslim festival
Prancing in front of a camera with its blond mane blowing in the wind, “007” is one of thousands of goats being sold online as Muslims prepare for a key religious festival shaken this year by the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of goats, sheep and cattle are slaughtered annually at Eid […]