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International Insider: Bonjour Cannes Film Fest, Au Revoir MIPTV; Southeast Asia Deep Dive; Believe In ‘Bluey’
Cannes Film Festival Lineup & MIPTV feature in this week's International Insider.
While MIPTV was clearly on its way out, Canneseries had its buzziest lineup to date, attracting the likes of Michael Douglas, Daniel Brühl and Kyle MacLachlan to promote big streamer launches Franklin, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld and Fallout respectively. In response, almost 900 Black actors signed an open letter Wednesday decrying the horrendous abuse that Amewudah-Rivers has faced on social media since the casting anno, with signatories including No Time to Die star Lashana Lynch and Enola Holmes’ Susan Wokoma. Not that we needed it, but in other culture wars-related news, a Daily Telegraph columnist questioned the “absurd decision” to cast Egyptian-born Amir El-Masry as her ancestor Thomas Wyatt in the upcoming Wolf Hall Season 2.
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