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Melanie Goodfellow
Senior International Film Correspondent
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Melanie joined Deadline in 2022 as Senior International Film Correspondent. She came from UK trade Screen International, where she spent a decade covering film and TV news out of France, Europe and the Middle East. She has also worked for Variety and Moving Pictures as well as the UK broadsheet The Independent, entertainment magazine Heat and Japan’s The Daily Yomiuri, working out of London, Rome, Brussels, Tokyo and Jerusalem. Melanie originally trained in journalism at Reuters and spent four years there in the mid-1990s as a reporter.
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Olympics Opening Ceremony Artistic Director Says Controversial Tableau Was Not Inspired By ‘The Last Supper’ – Update
UPDATED: Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, has denied a controversial scene featuring drag queens was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Super.
Jolly told news channel BFMTV on Sunday that the tableau has nothing to do with the iconic Renaissance…
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Celine Dion Makes Comeback At Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony With Stunning Live Performance Of Edith Piaf’s ‘Hymn To Love’
Celine Dion overcame the challenge of stiff person syndrome at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday to give her first live performance in four years.
Dressed in a striking white gown, she belted out Edith Piaf’s classic song Hymne de l’Amour (Hymn To Love) as the final number of the…
Lady Gaga Pays Tribute To French Culture At Olympics Opening Ceremony With Cabaret Tune ‘Mon Truc En Plumes’
Lady Gaga got into the French spirit Friday at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris with a rousing performance of 1960s cabaret tune ‘Mon truc en plumes’.
In a X post shortly after her performance, Gaga said she felt “humbled” to have been invited to sing the song as way of honoring the…
Barry Diller Wades In On Paris Olympics Security: “We’re Doing It Literally In An Armed Camp”
Barry Diller has lashed out at the level of security in central Paris in the lead up to the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic games on Friday, which will break with tradition by unfolding on the River Seine rather than in a stadium.
France has mounted an unprecedented security operation drafting…
Joanna Hogg Named as Jury President Of Venice’s Giornate Degli Autori
UK director and screenwriter Joanna Hogg has been announced as jury president of Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA), running from August 28, to September 7.
She will preside over a jury of 27 young European cinephiles attending GdA under the auspices of the 27 Times Cinema program…
French Rail Network Hit By Arson Attacks Ahead Of Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Amid Theories Of Russian Or Local Ultra-Left Activist Involvement – Update
UPDATED: France's meticulous high-level security operation around the Paris 2024 Olympics, which officially kick-off on Friday, has been thrown a curve ball by a rogue attack on France's rail networks.
French railway company SNCF announced early Friday morning that its infrastructure had been…
Warner Bros Discovery Unveils “Superpower” Rooftop Olympics Hub & Plans For Immersive Coverage
As we near the official opening of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the rooftop of the swanky Hotel Raphael, a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe and the Avenue Champs-Elysée, is a hive of activity.
The space will be home to Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe’s top presenter and commentator talent for…
Prelude To The 2024 Olympic Games: Red Carpet Looks From Louis Vuitton Foundation Party
Figures from the worlds of sports, fashion and film mingled at 'The Prelude To The Olympics' party at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris on Thursday on the eve of the official launch of the 2024 Olympics in the French capital.
LeBron James, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Ian Thorpe and Tyrese Haliburton were…
Jerusalem Film Festival: ‘The Story of Souleymane’, ‘Santosh’ & ‘Eid’ Win Top Prizes
Boris Lojkine's drama The Story Of Souleymane has won Best International Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
The feature, which was feted with the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in May, revolves around a young man rehearsing his lines ahead of an asylum application interview as he cycles around…
World Leaders, 7,000 Athletes, 94 Boats & 3,000 Dancers: What To Expect At The 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony As Paris Counts Down To “Show Of The Century”
France has set its sights on making history on Friday with its audacious Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony unfolding on the River Seine in the heart of the French capital.
Kicking off at 7:30 p.m. local time, it will be the first ever Olympic inauguration to take place on a river and outside of a…
Celine Dion & Lady Gaga Will Perform At Olympics Opening Ceremony – Update
UPDATED: We can put the speculation to rest. Celine Dion and Lady Gaga will perform Édith Piaf's classic “La Vie en Rose” at the Olympics’ opening ceremony in Paris on Friday, French journalist Thierry Moreau revealed on X.
RELATED: How To Watch The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Online, On TV…
Salt Lake City To Host 2034 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has set the French Alps followed by Salt Lake City as the host locations for the Olympic and Paralympic winter games in 2030 and 2034 respectively.
IOC members voted on the bids during their 142nd IOC session in Paris ahead of the 2024 summer Olympics which…
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