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| 'Fatherland' to open 32nd annual Sarajevo Film Festival | Fatherland has been announced to open the 32nd annual Sarajevo Film Festival. The Cold War drama from Polish filmmaker Pawe Pawlikowski will screen Aug. 14, with the festival to run through Aug. 21 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fatherland, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, stars Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hller as real-life Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, respectively. The film follows the pair as they embark on "a challenging and emotional road trip" across Germany at the height of the Cold War, from U.S. dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar. "Returning home after 16 years of exile in the U.S. |
| Famous birthdays for July 8: Anjelica Huston, Jake McDorman | Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include: -- Artist Artemisia Gentileschi in 1593 -- Musician Billy Eckstine in 1914 -- Chemist John Pemberton in 1936 -- Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller in 1839 -- U.S. |
| Jennifer Beals, more join 'NCIS: New York' | CBS announced Tuesday that Jennifer Beals has been cast in NCIS: New York. The show begins filming on location this month. Beals will play New York Field Office Director Robyn Wells, assistant special agent in charge. The announcement says Wells "leads with her intuition and is widely respected by the team." NCIS: New York is on the CBS fall schedule Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EDT and streams on Paramount+ Wednesdays. The show stars LL Cool J as his NCIS: Los Angeles character Sam Hanna and Scott Caan as agent Nick Schaeffer. Jacqueline Byers, Shane Harper and Devin Druid were also added to the cast. Byers and Harper play Special Agents Addy Ross and Wyatt Hill, respectively. Druid plays Tech Specialist Sean Sullivan. |
| Mariska Hargitay to host the 2026 Emmy Awards | Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay is set to host the 2026 Emmy Awards on NBC and Peacock Sept. 14. The Emmys honor excellence in prime-time television. Nominations are expected to be announced Wednesday. "Bringing important stories into the light has been the heartbeat of my career. It's my great honor to host the 78th Emmy Awards -- in the 100th birthday year of my beloved NBC -- and celebrate this extraordinary community of storytellers," Hargitay said in a statement Tuesday. "Whether it's an actor or a director, a costumer or a sound designer, we are all so privileged to take part in creating television that unites us," she said. |
| Zazie Beetz-Stephen Graham crime drama 'Nocturne' to premiere Oct. 30 | Nocturne -- a crime drama starring Zazie Beetz, Stephen Graham and Liev Schreiber -- is slated to premiere on Apple TV Oct. 30. Co-starring Bill Camp, Rory Culkin, Chrissy Metz, Poorna Jagannathan and Gary Carr, the 10-episode series is based on the novels Lazarus and The Sandman by Lars Kepler. John Hlavin, whose credits include Shooter and The Man Who Fell to Earth, serves as the show-runner. BAFTA winner Rowan Joffe is a writer and executive producer on the series. "The project tells the story of Jonah Lynn (Schreiber), an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who, tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in Western Pennsylvania for a quiet life," the streaming service said in a synopsis. |