UPDATED with latest: The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after suffering grave injuries at the hand of an assailant who stabbed him multiple times onstage at a literary event Friday morning. Booker Prize-winning novelist spent hours in surgery after the attack, according to the New York Times.…

Zsuzsi Bánkuti Appointed Head Of Locarno’s Open Doors Zsuzsi Bánkuti has been appointed as the new head of the Locarno Film Festival's project and talent incubator Open Doors. The 20-year industry initiative runs during the festival and supports filmmakers in regions where producing independent movies is particularly…

Welcome back to another edition of International Insider. This week, you've got me, Jesse Whittock, taking you through the big stories from beyond the U.S. shores. Indian Incentive Luring them in: Indian TV production is one of the big, developing international narratives of 2022, and the country is desperate to…

EXCLUSIVE: Filming is underway in Chicago on horror-comedy Departing Seniors, starring Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, the lead in recently announced Amazon series Primo. Also starring in the Queensbury Pictures production are Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars), Lorena Diaz (Chicago Med), Ireon Roach (Candyman), and Cameron…

Manchester City Soccer Superstar Erling Haaland Strikes Viaplay Deal Manchester City’s new star signing Erling Haaland has struck a long-term partnership with Nordic streamer Viaplay and will feature in an exclusive documentary. Haaland – The Big Decision is the first show to emerge from the partnership, which will…

Hong Kong actors Selena Lee, Kenny Kwan and Adam Pak have been cast in the Asian remake of Richard Linklater's Tape, scheduled to start shooting in Hong Kong in September. Stephen Belber, who wrote both the original film and stage play, has co-written the remake with Bizhan Tong, Selena Lee and Bonnie Lo. Belber is…

Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield have been unveiled as the seven shortlisted UK cities to battle it out to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The UK has taken on hosting duties from Ukraine, which won Eurovision 2022 but is unable to host due to the war with Russia. The…

The shortlist of UK cities being considered to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be announced today – with an unlikely contender joining the bidding. While cities including Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow and Brighton are on the list of those who've applied for the hosting gig, a less…

A dark comedy dealing in the disturbing subject matter of domestic violence is taking audiences by storm in India and beyond. Darlings, which began streaming on Netflix globally a week ago, has had the highest global opening for a non-English Indian film, with audiences spending more than 10 million hours watching it…

Olivia Newton-John will be given a special send-off in her native Australia, it has been announced. The State Premier of Victoria in Australia where Newton-John spent most of her childhood has confirmed that the star's family had accepted his offer of a state funeral. Daniel Andrews revealed he had liaised with the…

Jean-Jacques Sempé, the French cartoonist best known for the Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicholas) children's books, died Thursday. He was 89. The mischievous schoolboy who is constantly getting into scrapes in and out of school but somehow always comes out on top was inspired by Sempé's own childhood memories. Hollywood…

Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who became a symbol of fearless dissent when she interrupted a live TV broadcast in March to protest her country's invasion of Ukraine, has been placed under house arrest in Moscow pending a trial related to a fresh anti-war protest in July. Ovsyannikova was arrested on August…