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Yahoo
17-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Da'Vine Joy Randolph to Preside Over Jury at Italy's Taormina Film Festival That Will Open With ‘John Wick' Spinoff ‘Ballerina'
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, who won an Oscar for her role in 'The Holdovers,' will preside over the jury of Italy's upcoming Taormina Film Festival that will run June 10-14 in the Sicilian sea resort. This year's other Taormina jurors are Rupert Everett, multiple Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell, former Variety editor Steven Gaydos and Italian actors Ilenia Pastorelli ('They Call Me Jeeg') and Alessandra Mastronardi ('Medici'). More from Variety Cannes Critics' Week: Thai Director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke on Possessed Vacuum Cleaners and Dust Pollution in 'A Useful Ghost' 'Miroirs No. 3' Review: Christian Petzold and Paula Beer Team Up Once More for an Elegant Sliver of a Psychodrama 'Thank You for Banking With Us!' Wins Best Film at Critics Awards for Arab Films The Sicilian cinema event, being headed once again by marketing guru Tiziana Rocca, has also announced John Wick' spinoff 'Ballerina' as its out-of-competition opening film with director Len Wiseman and actor Norman Reedus in tow. 'I am very enthusiastic about returning to Taormina,' Rocca said at a Cannes press conference. 'This year's biggest challenge will be to relaunch it and place it once again in the international festival sphere,' she added. Taormina starting this year will be divided into four sections: international feature film competition; out of competition; special events at the ancient Greek theatre, and a new section dedicated to short flms. The first Taormina title announced in competition is Alex Garland's 'Civil War' follow-up 'Warfare.' Italy's I Wonder Pictures, which has a partnership with A24, will release the film in Italy on Aug. 21. As previously announced, Taormina this year will honor Martin Scorsese with a career award. The storied Sicilian event will host a screening of a restored copy of Scorsese's 1976 classic 'Taxi Driver' in the fest's 8,000-seat open-air ancient Greek amphitheater in the shadow of Sicily's active Mount Etna volcano. Fest guests over the past decades have included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Federico Fellini, Pedro Almodóvar and Tom Cruise. The 71st edition of Taormina will run June 10-14. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Daily Record
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
What's on in Ayrshire this weekend: VE Day events, book festival and more
Here are Ayrshire Live's top picks for fun, exciting and informative events taking place across the county this weekend. A host of fun-filled, exciting and informative events are taking place across Ayrshire this weekend. Dumfries House near Cumnock hosts the Boswell Book Festival which gets underway tonight, May 9. A star-studded line up includes headliners Andrew O'Hagan, Chloe Dalton, Dom Joly, Pam Ayres, Rupert Everett, Helen Lederer, John Suchet and Wayne Sleep who are all set to share their life stories. Tickets, from £5, are still available for most events but Pam Ayres and Rupert Everett have already sold out their slots. The Boswell Children's Festival has events for all ages with Alison Galbraith, Alan Dapré and Vivian French ready to entertain on Saturday and Sunday. Visit the Boswell Book Festival website for full details. VE Day commemorations continue into the weekend and South Ayrshire 's Field of Heroes will remain on display until Saturday. The stunning visual and audio installation in Ayr 's Wellington Square features silhouettes of soldiers in memory of the men and women who lost their lives during World War 2. Each silhouette is linked by QR code to a video and picture gallery which tells the life story of one of those people. Alloway Village Hall is also hosting a celebration event with a night of music, dancing and fun as they commemorate the anniversary. Get ready to jump, jive, swing and sing along to live performances of all your favourite tunes from the 1940s from 6.30pm on Saturday night. Tickets for VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebration - Jump, Jive, Swing, and Sing are available online. Comedian Billy Kirkwood takes to the stage in Kilmarnock on Saturday night with his show Hame. Billed as the first ever all Ayrshire stand up line up, fellow Ayrshire originals Kyle Samuel and Kat Powell are the supporting acts at CentreStage. Tickets for Hame are available online. Largs ' dogs days out takes place on Sunday from 10am on Largs Promenade which is packed with fun activities, exciting demonstrations and plenty of opportunities to meet other dog lovers as the town celebrates four-legged friends. The Millport 10 Miler Fun Run also takes place on Sunday at 12pm as Great Cumbrae aims to raise funds for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's charities. Entrants can run, jog or walk the 10 miles round the island taking in stunning views across the Firth of Clyde. Full details are available on the event's Facebook page. The weekly markets also return at Gallowgate Square in Largs on Saturday and at Ayr Racecourse on Sunday, both from 10am to 4pm and offering a range of goods from local businesses and traders and those further afield.
