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Presenting The Full 2021 Cannes Film Festival Lineup

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As some of you might recall, back in 2020 the Cannes Film Festival was at first postponed to happen later on in the year before being cancelled outright all based on the Coronavirus Pandemic and how it affected every single aspect of our lives. Now, as the world slowly gets back into some sense of normalcy, the 2021 event has announced the films being showcased. Let’s take a look.

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Opening Film:
Annette, Leos Carax (France)
The Story of My Wife, Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands)
Bergman Island, Mia-Hansen-Love (France)
Drive My Car, Rysuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
Ha’Berech (Ahed’s Knee), Nadav Lapid (Israel)
Casablanca Beats, Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
Compartment No. 6, Juho Kuosmanen (Finland)
The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier (Norway)
La Fracture, Catherine Corsini (France)
The Restless, Joachim Lafosse (Belgium)
Paris 13th District, Jacques Audiard (France)
Lingui, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)
Memoria, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
Nitram, Justin Kurzel (Australia)
France, Bruno Dumont (France)
Petrov’s Flu, Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia)
Red Rocket, Sean Baker (USA)
Flag Day, Sean Penn (USA)
The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson (USA)
Titane, Julia Ducournau (France)
Tre Piani, Nanni Moretti (Italy)
Tour S’Est Bien Passe, François Ozon (France)
A Heros, Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
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Now Streaming: “Friends: The Reunion” on HBO Max (5/27/2021)

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Last week we used “The Chronicles” to help laud the upcoming celebration of the hit television series “Friends” with the Official Trailer for “Friends: The Reunion” (seen HERE ICYMI). I’m back to announce that the special is available for streaming at the time of this post being published on the HBO Max service so I am hoping that you are a subscriber. If you aren’t you might hate yourself in the morning when your friends are all talking about the series being reflected on by the cast of players who brought Rachel, Phoebe, Monica, Joey, Chandler and Ross to life week after week. Some reminder about the special is below for your consumption.

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About: Our favorite friends are back on the set that started it all. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and special guests reunite to discuss everything from their casting process to whether or not Ross and Rachel were really on a break. Witness the unbreakable bond of the group that perfectly captured the moment in life when your friends become your family. (c/o YouTube)
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Presenting The Nominees For The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

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The nominations for the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy’s were recently announced and I’ve secured the full rundown for you below. Let’s take a look.

Outstanding Drama Series:
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
General Hospital (ABC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Outstanding Limited Drama Series:
The Bay (Popstar TV)
Beacon Hill (reelwomensnetwork.com)
A House Divided (UMC)
Studio City (Amazon Prime Video)
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HBO Max Presents: “Friends: The Reunion” Official Trailer

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For ten seasons Rachel, Phoebe, Monica, Joey, Chandler and Ross kept us laughing and even crying occasionally during the blockbuster NBC hit series “Friends”. Now thanks to the fine folks at Warner Brothers Television, the HBO Max service will premiere “Friends: The Reunion” in the coming weeks. The Official Trailer below will help warm you up to the experience. Take a look.

About: Our favorite friends are back on the set that started it all. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and special guests reunite to discuss everything from their casting process to whether or not Ross and Rachel were really on a break. Witness the unbreakable bond of the group that perfectly captured the moment in life when your friends become your family. (c/o YouTube)
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Universal Pictures: “Dear Evan Hansen” Official Trailer

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Though its for sure that Broadway in the live sense took a hit that was incomprehensible because of the pandemic, its great to find some re-openings being announced for the coming months. It’s also great to find hits like “In The Heights” and now “Dear Evan Hansen” being made into live film presentations. Universal Pictures has just released their first official trailer of the adaptation of the hit starring Ben Platt and you can enjoy this and more down below.

The Premise: Evan Hansen, a high school student with social anxiety disorder, takes advantage of the suicide of a classmate for his own emotional gain, after accidentally letting a letter he wrote to himself be taken by the classmate, whose family mistakes it for it having been written to Evan by their son.
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