Actors

The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled at the beginning of September, Luca Zaia, the governor of the region around the Italian city said on May 24 as the spread of the new coronavirus in the country slows.

Director Radu Ciorniciuc's debut documentary film, "Acasa, My Home", which tells the story of the family that lived for 20 years in the wilderness of the Vacaresti Delta (ed.n. - a natural delta in District 4 of Bucharest), until the place received protected area status, won the Grand Prize at DOK.fest Munich, according to a release sent to AGERPRES.

Even after decades, Yeşilçam, also known as Turkey's "Hollywood," continues to draw people to watch its unforgettable old Turkish films, reminding an array of Turkish audiences of the legendary characters and scenes. 

Aubrey Drake Graham, the chart-topping Canadian rapper and songwriter, also known as Drake, refers to "fly[ing] out to Greece" during a live Instagram session previewing some new songs.

Among the previewed tracks was a snippet of the artist singing, "Come with me, fly you out to Greece."  

Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied over his name, Corona, Australian television networks reported on Thursday.

Turkey's actors on March 27 marked the World Theater Day by releasing videos on social media and encouraging people to stay at home as the novel coronavirus continues spreading across the globe.

Veteran Turkish actress Çolpan İlhan and her son Kerem Alışık, who is also an actor and general art director of Sadri Alışık Theater in Istanbul, marked the World Theater day in a statement.

Come to the theatre when it's all over, when we all will be healed, Ion Caramitru, actor and chairman of the National Union of Theatres in Romania (UNITER) said on the World Theatre Day.

The Ball at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the event of the year in New York, is being postponed due to the new coronavirus, Anna Wintour announced, the Associated Press and AFP reported.

The decision of the organizers is related to the order of the museum management to close it until May 15. The ball was scheduled for May 4.

Acclaimed American actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks and his wife, actress and producer Rita Wilson, called on posted a short clip on the website urging people to participate in Greece's bicentennial  celebrations of the anniversary of Greece's War of Independence against Ottoman rule.

To celebrate International Women's Day, Kundura Cinema's March screening program offers eight must-see documentaries centering around inspirational women.