Just hours after Jonathan Majors was found guilty of assault and harassment, IGN has learned that Marvel will not be moving forward with the Kang actor. Majors faces up to a year in prison after a jury on Monday found him guilty on one count of assault and one count of harassment, both misdemeanors.

It's currently unclear if Marvel will recast Kang, or scrap the character altogether. Variety previously reported that the studio was considering a pivot to Doctor Doom instead. In the meantime, the approach to the upcoming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, in which Majors would've obviously played a crucial role, remains in flux. Loki creator Michael Waldron was recently tapped to take over writing duties from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania scribe Jeff Loveness.

Things changed, however, after Majors was arrested on March 25 on charges of strangulation, assault, and harassment. After several delays, a trial began on December 4, during which his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari testified that he was abusive throughout their relationship, but focused on that March 25 incident. Jabbari said she took his phone after seeing a text from another woman, and Majors twisted her hands and arm in trying to pry it from her in the backseat of an SUV, and struck a blow to her head.

Video evidence revealed to the six-person jury also showed Majors and Jabbari leaving the vehicle, with Majors shoving her back into it.

While the jury found Majors guilty of the two counts of assault and harassment, they also acquitted him on two other counts: intentional assault in the third degree and aggravated assault in the second degree. Majors pleaded not guilty to all counts, and his legal team has long argued that Jabbari was the aggressor. In a statement obtained by IGN on Monday, his defense attorney Priya Chaudhry said that he "still has faith in the process and looks forward to fully clearing his name."

While Marvel cutting ties with Majors following the verdict isn't a huge shock (Disney had already removed the Majors-starring Magazine Dreams from its release schedule), it is confirmation of what will inevitably be a big shift for the studio's future plans. Marvel does, however, have some time to figure things out; the only MCU film set to release next year is Deadpool 3, followed by Captain America: Brave New World on February 14, 2025.

Is this the end of the career of a successful actor in Hollywood?

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Live Action Short Film

The After
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
An Avocado Pit
Bienvenidos A Los Angeles
Dead Cat
Good Boy
Invincible
Invisible Border
Knight Of Fortune
The One Note Man
Red, White And Blue
The Shepherd
Strange Way Of Life
The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar
Yellow

Sound

Barbie
The Creator
Ferrari
The Killer
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
The Zone Of Interest

Visual Effects

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Poor Things
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child Of Fire
Society Of The Snow
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.

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Makeup And Hairstyling

Beau Is Afraid
Ferrari
Golda
Killers Of The Flower Moon
The Last Voyage Of The Demeter
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society Of The Snow

Music (original score)

American Fiction
American Symphony
Barbie
The Boy And The Heron
The Color Purple
Elemental
The Holdovers
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
Society Of The Snow
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone Of Interest

Music (original song)

"It Never Went Away" from American Symphony
"Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)" from Asteroid City
"Dance The Night" from Barbie
"I'm Just Ken" from Barbie
"What Was I Made For?" from Barbie
"Keep It Movin'" from The Color Purple
"Superpower (I)" from The Color Purple
"The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot
"High Life" from Flora And Son
"Meet In The Middle" from Flora And Son
"Can't Catch Me Now" from The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from Killers Of The Flower Moon
"Quiet Eyes" from Past Lives
"Road To Freedom" from Rustin
"Am I Dreaming" from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Animated Short Film

Boom
Eeva
Humo (Smoke)
I'm Hip
A Kind Of Testament
Koerkorter (Dog Apartment)
Letter To A Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Once Upon A Studio
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
Pete
27
War Is Over! Inspired By The Music Of John & Yoko
Wild Summon

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The Motion Picture Academy of Awards (Oscars) has revealed its new short list for the 2024 nominees. The Academy has announced it list in 10 categories for the 96th awards in March 2024.

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Documentary Feature Film

American Symphony
Apolonia, Apolonia
Beyond Utopia
Bobi Wine: The People's President
Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
In The Rearview
Stamped From The Beginning
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
A Still Small Voice
32 Sounds
To Kill A Tiger
20 Days In Mariupol

Documentary Short Film

The ABCs Of Book Banning
The Barber Of Little Rock
Bear
Between Earth & Sky
Black Girls Play: The Story Of Hand Games
Camp Courage
Deciding Vote
How We Get Free
If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
Island In Between
The Last Repair Shop
Last Song From Kabul
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Oasis
Wings Of Dust

International Feature Film

Armenia, Amerikatsi
Bhutan, The Monk And The Gun
Denmark, The Promised Land
Finland, Fallen Leaves
France, The Taste Of Things
Germany, The Teachers' Lounge
Iceland, Godland
Italy, Io Capitano
Japan, Perfect Days
Mexico, Totem
Morocco, The Mother Of All Lies
Spain, Society Of The Snow
Tunisia, Four Daughters
Ukraine, 20 Days In Mariupol
United Kingdom, The Zone Of Interest

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South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been found dead in an apparent suicide in central Seoul.

Police found the body of the actor, who was 48, in a car near a city park on Wednesday. They believe Lee took his own life, Yonhap news agency reports.

Police said earlier they had received a report that he had left his home after writing a note.
He had been under investigation for alleged illegal drug use since October. Lee's body was taken to Seoul National University Hospital after police located his car near Waryong Park. Reports say his family have refused an autopsy and he will be buried on Friday.

Police have begun an investigation to establish the details around his death, including when he arrived at the scene where his body was found, and the time of his death.

In Parasite, Lee played the patriarch of the wealthy Park family which is infiltrated by members of a poor family posing as unrelated individuals. The vicious social satire won four Oscars, including best picture.

Yonhap reported that he was suspected of taking drugs such as marijuana and ketamine with a hostess at a bar in Seoul. He had said that though he took what she gave him, he had not known that they were illicit drugs. The hostess had reportedly told the police that he used drugs at her home multiple times - something he denied. He had earlier requested through his lawyer to take a lie detector test.
His drug tests had returned negative or inconclusive results, the report added. Police said they regretted that Lee had died in the midst of investigations, but that the inquiry had been "conducted with [his] consent", News1 Korea reported. Lee underwent three rounds of questioning, with one session last Saturday lasting 19 hours, according to Yonhap. Lee's agency, HODU&U Entertainment, said in a statement: "There is no way to contain the sorrow and despair. We respectfully ask that you refrain from spreading false facts based on speculation... so that [Lee's] final journey will not be unfair."
News of his death sparked strong reactions online.

Lee is not the only South Korean celebrity who had been investigated for drug use recently. Earlier this month, K-pop star G-Dragon was cleared of drug allegations after weeks of investigations.
Actor Yoo Ah-in is currently standing trial for drug use.

The Hong Kong film directed by Anastasia Tsang was disqualified from the Oscar's list due to an unfortunate incident.

Despite the outcome, producer Saville Chan told Screen: "It's not what we wanted to happen, but now is not the time to point fingers. It sounds like a procedural thing over the submission regulations. More importantly, we should address the issue and won't let this happen again to ensure that well-deserved Hong Kong films can be rightfully submitted to the Oscars in the future."

There had been a question mark over Hong Kong's inclusion for several weeks when the submitted film did not appear on the list of titles seen by Academy voters. However, the production team behind A Light Never Goes Out only learned the fate of their film when the Federation issued an official statement yesterday (December 11) about the "rare and regrettable" disqualification.

According to the Chinese-language statement, the Federation followed the same procedures as in previous years to select the film. The Federation's long-time chairman, Crucindo Hung, revealed further details to Hong Kong's iCable news channel yesterday.

Hung said the selection committee originally comprised 19 members but that a new group was formed after the Academy revised its entry regulations in August, which ruled out members who had served on the Federation's board for more than six years. However, the Federation was notified a month ago that one of the 13 members of the new committee had a conflict of interest.

"One of the actors [from the committee] is a lead in A Light Never Goes Out so has a conflict of interest and is not allowed to vote," said Hung. "This has never happened before. In the past, the 19 members of the selection committee were also from the industry, including producers, actors, actresses, directors, gaffers and cinematographers. Some of the films starred or were produced or directed by them. It has never been disallowed before."

Hung added that if the vote from the actor was not counted, A Light Never Goes Out would have still received the highest number of votes. When the Federation asked whether they could do so, the Academy refused and requested an alternate submission. The Federation declined, deeming it unfair to A Light Never Goes Out.

Please watch an interwiew with Director Anastasia Tsang at the New York Film Festival talking about her film: watch video

The 36th European Film Awards announced its winner for its 2023 film award event. The list of winners are shown below.

European Film Awards 2023 winners

European film

Anatomy Of A Fall  (Fr) dir. Justine Triet (Winner)
Fallen Leaves  (Fin-Ger) dir. by Aki Kaurismäki
Green Border  (Pol-Fr-Cz-Bel) dir. by Agnieszka Holland
Me Captain (Io Capitano)  (It-Bel) dir. Matteo Garrone
The Zone Of Interest  (UK-Pol-US) dir. Jonathan Glazer

European actor

Thomas Schubert, Afire
Jussi Vatanen, Fallen Leaves
Josh O'Connor, La Chimera
Mads Mikkelsen, The Promised Land (Winner)
Christian Friedel, The Zone Of Interest

European actress

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy Of A Fall (Winner)
Eka Chavleishvili, Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
Mia McKenna-Bruce, How To Have Sex
Leonie Benesch,The Teachers' Lounge
Sandra Hüller, The Zone Of Interest

European director

Justine Triet, Anatomy Of A Fall (Winner)
Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves
Agnieszka Holland, Green Border
Matteo Garrone, Me Captain
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone Of Interest

European short film

27  (Fr-Hun) dir. Flóra Anna Buda
Aqueronte  (Sp) dir. Manuel Muñoz Rivas
Flores Del Otro Patio  (Switz-Col) dir. Jorge Cadena
Hardly Working  (Austria) dirs. Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf (Winner)

European young audience award

Scrapper (UK) dir. Charlotte Regan (Winner)
Longing For The World (Switz) dir. Jenna Hasse
One In A Million (Ger) dir. Joya Thome

European animated feature film

A Greyhound Of A Girl  (Lux-It-Ire-UK-Latvia-Est-Ger) dir. Enzo d'Alò
Chicken For Linda!  (Fr-It) dirs. Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Robot Dreams  (Sp-Fr) dir. Pablo Berger (Winner)
The Amazing Maurice  (Ger-UK) dir. Toby Genkel
White Plastic Sky  (Hun-Slovakia) dirs.Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó

European screenwriter

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy Of A Fall (Winner)
Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves
Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko and Agnieszka Holland, Green Border
İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker, The Teachers' Lounge
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone Of Interest

European discovery – prix FIPRESCI

20,000 Species Of Bees  (Sp) dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
How To Have Sex  (UK) dir. Molly Manning Walker (Winner)
La Palisiada  (Ukr) dir. Philip Sotnychenko
Safe Place  (Cro-Slov) dir. Juraj Lerotić
The Quiet Migration  (Den) dir. Malene Choi
Vincent Must Die  (Fr-Bel) dir. Stéphan Castang

European documentary

Apolonia, Apolonia  (Den-Pol) dir. Lea Glob
Four Daughters  (Fr-Tun-Ger-Saudi) dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
Motherland  (Swe-Ukr-Nor) dir. Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich
On The Adamant  (Fr-Jap) dir. Nicolas Philibert
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood  (Est-Fr-Ice) dir. Anna Hints (Winner)

The European Film Awards craft winners:

Cinematography – Rasmus Videbæk, The Promised Land
Costume design – Kicki Ilander, The Promised Land
Make-up and hair - Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé, Society Of The Snow
Visual Effects - Félix Bergés and Laura Pedro, Society Of The Snow
Editing - Laurent Sénéchal, Anatomy Of A Fall
Production design - Emita Frigato, La Chimera
Original score - Markus Binder, Club Zero
Sound - Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers, The Zone Of Interest

For more information also visit the Official Website of the European Film  Awards

"I truly welcome Tricia Tuttle, a female artistic director of the Berlinale. I think it was time that one of the big festivals has a woman as the leading person. So cheers to that!" said producer Janine Jackowski, co-founder of Komplizen Film whose production of Nadav Lapid's Synonyms won the Golden Bear in 2019.

This sentiment was shared by Christine Berg, president of the German exhibitors association HDF Kino. "Tricia Tuttle has an outstanding reputation as an expert in the international festival business and, together with the experienced Berlinale team, she will further strengthen this renowned and extraordinarily important festival for Germany," she said.

Christian Bräuer, wearing all of his three hats as managing director of Berlin's Yorck-Kino chain of cinemas, chairman of the AG Kino - Gilde arthouse cinemas association and president of CICAE, pointed out the future Berlinale director "knows all sides of the industry including the creative side of production as well as distribution and festivals. She is regarded as a great team player, a very passionate woman with a positive character. That's what we need at the Berlinale and we are looking forward to working with her."

"I know the arthouse sector in the UK will be sad to lose her," Bräuer added. "I have heard only very good things from the colleagues at the Watershed [Media Centre in Bristol] where she has been a board member. They are pleased for us and for her."

The Berlin Film Festival will be held 15-25 February 2024 in Berlin, Germany, for more information please visit the Official Website

The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival will be hosted in various cities around Australia in 2024 from 4 to 9 May 2024.

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Artists and creatives have always been at the vanguard of social change – we turn to them to hold a mirror to the uneasy truths of our times and reflect our stories.
Sometimes those stories are uncomfortable and challenging, sometimes inspiring and hopeful - all of them have a place at the
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival.

The Human Rights Arts & Film Festival is a not-for-profit organisation that supports communities to realise human rights in the present and into the future through the experience of film and art. Our aim is to shift power and gaze, and bring social justice and creative communities closer together in our programming.

Our vision is a vibrant and equitable human rights community, culture and conversation in Australia.


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The Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) aims to facilitate human resources development and exchange, to invigorate the Osaka economy, and to increase the city's appeal, through providing opportunities to watch excellent Asian films, supporting filmmaking in Osaka and attracting filmmakers from Asian countries and regions to Osaka.

Promoting Osaka worldwide as a gateway city for Asian films, and engaging with many people from the fields of culture, art, education, tourism and business, from Osaka and all of Asia, OAFF works as an open platform to contribute to the development of Osaka and cinema.

Marking its 19th edition this year, OAFF, under programming director TERUOKA Sozo (暉峻創三), will again select high-quality Asian films.

The Competition section, which receives increased recognition every year, will again select films previously unreleased in Japan.

The Indie Forum section, special programs and other sections will also feature a wide variety of excellent Asian films.

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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024

PERIOD
March 1 – 10, 2024

HOSTED BY
Osaka Executive Committee for the Promotion of Moving Image Culture

Osaka City
Osaka Asian Film Festival Association
Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation
Osaka Association of Theater Owners
MEDIA PLUS Co.,LTD

Visit the Official Website for more information