Wes Anderson to adapt another Roald Dahl Classic

After Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009, filmmaker Wes Anderson will bring another of novelist Roald Dahl's writings to the screen, namely The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, reports Collider.

The film will star British actor Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) in the title role and will be released by Netflix, with whom Wes Anderson will be working for the first time.

The story is about a gambling addict, Henry Sugar, who, upon learning of the existence of a man who can see without his eyes open, approaches him in the hope of cheating at cards and getting rich.

Wes Anderson's latest film, The French Dispatch, is due for release in the fall of 2021 in Quebec. He already has another film completed, Asteroid City starring Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie, which is scheduled for release in the coming months.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is expected to start shooting shortly in London. Apart from Benedict Cumberbatch, no other cast members have been revealed.

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79th Golden Globe Awards

With three awards each, Jane Campion's feature film The Power of the Dog and Steven Spielberg's musical West Side Story were the big winners at the 79th Golden Globes ceremony, which was held on Sunday night in the complete absence of Hollywood industry executives and was not broadcast on television.

The main awards

West Side Story won two acting awards (Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose) and only one (Kodi Smith-McPhee) for The Power of the Dog, but Jane Campion beat Steven Spielberg to the Best Director prize. British actor, writer and director Kenneth Branagh won the best screenplay award for Belfast, a film inspired by his own childhood. Denis Villeneuve's Dune took home the award for Best Original Score from Hans Zimmer, while the latest James Bond film, No Time to Die, won for Best Original Song, performed by Billie Eilish.

The evening in a vacuum

Plagued by several scandals in recent years, including a lack of diversity among its members and a trip by several voters to Paris, at the expense of the production, to visit the set of Emily in Paris, a series later cited, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has seen the entire Hollywood industry turn its back on it. No celebrities attended Sunday night's gala, even if only to present a trophy. Former broadcaster NBC also abandoned ship. The association also did not accredit the media for the ceremony held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The results were communicated through the HFPA's website and social media accounts. The organisation ended the evening by thanking "everyone who made the past year memorable".

Among interpreters

In the acting category, Will Smith (King Richard) and Nicole Kidman (Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos) won best actor and best actress in the drama category. In the comedy or musical category, the awards went to Andrew Garfield (Tick Tick,... Boom!) and Rachel Zegler (West Side Story). For supporting roles, only two awards are given for all films. They were awarded, as previously mentioned, to Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) and Kodi Smith-McPhee (The Power of the Dog).

Other film awards

The Japanese film Drive my Car, by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, won the award for best film in a language other than English. Since its appearance at Cannes (screenplay award) last summer, this film has won several awards on the festival and gala circuit. The feature film Encanto (Disney) won the award for best animated film.

On TV

On the television side, the numerous awards were divided between several series. The popular series Succession won Best Drama, in addition to two acting awards for Jeremy Strong (Best Actor) and Sarah Snook (Best Supporting Actress). Hacks won Best Television Series in the Comedy/Musical category, while Jean Smart won Best Actress in this category. The Underground Railroad won the award for Best Miniseries or TV Movie.

Kate Winslet and Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture made for Television for his work in Disney+'s Dopesick, a drama about the ravages of the drug OxyContin. Kate Winslet won Best Actress in the same category for Mare of Easttown, a series in which she plays a policewoman who investigates the murder of a teenage girl and is plagued by her own personal problems. O Yeong-su (Squid Game), Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Pose) also won acting awards.

By distributors

Don't Look Up (4 selections), Licorice Pizza (4), The Lost Daughter (2) and CODA (2) leave empty handed. By distributors, HBO (Succession, Mare of Easttown, Hacks) is ahead of its TV rivals, while on the cinema side, Netflix (The Power of the Dog, Tick Tick,... Boom!) is slightly ahead of 20th Century Fox and its three awards with West Side Story.

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Audrey Hepburn will be played by Rooney Mara in a biopic

American actress Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Carol) is to play former star Audrey Hepburn in a biopic to be directed by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, the trade media Puck and Variety report.

Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) will work with screenwriter Michael Mitnick on the script and Rooney Mara on production for the film, which will be released by Apple.

British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) is known worldwide, not only for her immense talent, but also for her commitment to humanitarian causes with UNICEF.

The actress (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady) is one of the few people to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy, the latter posthumously. She won the Best Actress Oscar in 1954 for her role in William Wyler's Roman Holiday.

Rooney Mara has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for the above-mentioned films. She recently starred in Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley.

Finally, in 2020, Netflix released a documentary about Audrey Hepburn. Simply entitled Audrey, the film, available on the Netflix website, is directed by Helena Coan.

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Instagram announces the return of the chronological news feed

Instagram's chronological feed is back

The head of Instagram said that three feed display options would soon be available to users. But the current algorithmic sorting will remain on by default.

Five years on, the chronological news feed will soon be back on Instagram. Criticised for its toxic influence on the mental health of its users, the social network announced on Wednesday 5 January that it would soon offer three different display options to allow its members to change the order in which content appears on their timeline. The change is already available to some users before being rolled out more widely.

Currently, Instagram's feed is controlled by automatic ranking algorithms that determine which photos are most likely to capture the attention and engagement of users based on various criteria. A system that favours, among other things, viral posts and photos from accounts that users interact with most often. The idea is to ensure that users "don't miss out on posts that would have interested them a lot", explained Instagram when the system was introduced in 2016.

In the coming weeks, users will be able to choose between three types of news feed. In addition to the current feed, renamed "Home" for the occasion, the new version of the social network will allow users to select the "Following" feed to display in chronological order all the posts of accounts followed by a person, as was the case until 2016. A third option, called "Favourites", will show posts from accounts selected by the user in chronological order.

The current automated sorting will still be displayed when the app is opened

However, the scope of these changes is likely to be less significant than expected. BFMTV claims to have obtained confirmation from Instagram that these new options will not be saved. Only the algorithmic sorting will be set by default. Users will therefore continue to see posts displayed according to the current automated sort when they log in again. They will have to change the setting manually to see their timeline in a different light. This is a considerable limitation that raises questions about the objectives pursued by Instagram through this measure.

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How to avoid getting sick this winter

Many of us say, every year, when we have a cold, "of course with the weather, I must have caught a cold". But at the risk of disappointing you, you don't catch a cold straight away.

When you catch a cold, if a swab is taken from your nose a large amount of rhinovirus will be found. The characteristic virus of the common cold. There are over a hundred different species.

When the virus comes into contact with the cells inside the nose, the so-called nasal cavities, it enters them. Then, our brave cells will work to reproduce it in several thousand copies. They die, releasing these multiple copies, which go on to infect other people. Our nose runs profusely, the mucous membranes are congested: it's the common cold.

All this stops after a few days. When our cells have acquired immunity to this virus, whether or not you have taken medication. As you can see, the common cold is a viral disease, not a cold disease.

If we catch more colds during the winter, it is indirectly linked to the temperature. First of all, the disease is contagious and is transmitted between individuals by air and contact. On a dry surface, the virus can survive for up to seven days. And the more you live indoors, the easier this transmission is.

Indoor heating, the main cause of colds

Paradoxically, it is not outside, in the cold, but inside, in the heat, that we catch a cold.

The second reason is mucus. In winter, we tend to overheat our homes. As a result, the air becomes dry, the mucus evaporates more quickly and our nasal cavities are weakened. The virus can then penetrate the cells more easily.

To avoid catching a cold, there is no need to over-cover yourself outside. Especially if you live in a confined space with an indoor temperature of 25 degrees. Above all, we must avoid overheating our homes and ventilate frequently. The barrier measures are the same as for the coronavirus.

Moreover, the circulation of rhinoviruses is currently very low. We are not giving up and we are increasing our chances of getting through this new epidemic wave and the winter colds.

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World Community Manager Day

The fourth Monday of January is International Community Manager Day, one of the newest and most booming professions in the digital market and, of course, in business.

Community managers or social media professionals are responsible for managing the interaction of a brand with its customers and followers through social networks.

And although it may not seem like it, it is a really difficult task, where you have to be very careful about what you say and how you interact with each member of the community.

History of the profession

The origins of the term 'community manager (online)' date back to 1995 with the advent of web-based role-playing games in the video games industry, involving a multitude of players. The roles have expanded to include a huge variety of responsibilities and skills including public relations, marketing, customer support and social media management. Game community management often includes communications support, open gaming community and IT developer. At its core, community management encompasses a little of each of these, while retaining its fundamental principle of ensuring open and rewarding communication between the developer and the community.

Although the term "online community manager" was not used at the time, the role has existed since online systems began to offer functions and features to support community building. These early efforts, in the form of bulletin board systems, had leaders known as system operators. The early 1990s saw the growth of major online. Key features of these services included communities that went by various names including communities of interest and special interest groups. Their leaders were referred to as "community managers".

What does a community manager do and what are their skills?

When you're a community manager, explaining your job can be frustrating, especially when you're dealing with family members or other relatives who find it difficult to cope with being regularly logged on to popular social networks such as Instagram, Facebook y Twitter, which are often filled with people who are not interested. We are quickly lumped together! To understand and know how to deal with this, you have to dive into the sphere of online community management to discover how important it can be for companies, their brands and certain personalities (artists, sportsmen, entrepreneurs and politicians, to name but a few).

What does a community manager do?

The role of a community manager is to act as a "bridge" between the cause for which he or she works (usually a brand, a company, etc.) and a community, i.e. a group of consumers or a loyal public with common interests. The community manager is the ambassador of the brand or company and must engage with real or potential customers by establishing lasting relationships of trust. It is up to the community manager to accurately measure loyalty to the company, the brand, using social listening tools to monitor feedback and engagement levels.

Why is the community manager not a social media manager?

The job of a community manager cannot be reduced to that of a social media manager. It goes far beyond that. While there is an overlap between their roles, with the community manager and the social media manager interacting with a community on the same social channels or platforms, there are clear differences. While a social media manager focuses on the logistics of content creation and distribution - managing a content calendar, posting to social networks and monitoring analytics - a community manager focuses on setting community guidelines and implementing them.

Moreover, the short-term goal is not the same, even when both professionals are working on the same channels. The community manager makes posts with the aim of getting customers to communicate with each other, a goal measurable by qualitative data such as quality or level of engagement. The social media manager will only make posts to pass on information or engage in conversation with customers. His action is then measured by the number of direct responses.

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International Hug Day - 21 January

A hug does a lot of good! Whether it is given by a child, a parent, a spouse or a friend, a hug soothes and reassures. This observation inspired the creation of a day dedicated to hugs, on 21 January each year. We will tell you the story of this day, which is good for morale and of public utility!

Hug Day

On March 29, 1986, in Caro, Michigan, Reverend Kevin Zaborney created the first Hug Day. He had noticed that his parishioners lacked zest and joy in the period between the beginning of the year and Valentine's Day. The explanation was simple: after spending the festive season with their families, many people were suffering from a return to a much colder and duller everyday life. Of course, the winter weather is an aggravating factor, but it was clearly the lack of human contact that was the cause of this downturn. Rather than letting them wait until Valentine's Day to receive love, it was beneficial to encourage people to unleash their affections towards the end of January.

The "Free Hugs" movement

Alongside Hugs Day, another good reason to put hugs in the spotlight is the "Free Hugs" movement.

The principle is simple: an individual offers, in a public place, a hug for free and manifests it by a small sign on which it is written "Free hugs". This concept was invented in 2004 in Australia by Juan Mann. He was far from his home town and found the big city sad and devoid of human warmth. He had the idea of warming up the atmosphere by holding up a small sign asking for hugs. It was an immediate success and the concept spread all over the world.

Send hugs

In honour of Hug Day, here are 5 ideas for making yourself and others feel good:

1. Hug the people you like instead of just shaking hands or giving a mechanical kiss.
2. Visit and hug an elderly or sick person. Older people sometimes understand a hug better than a long speech, and human contact is therapeutic. This is especially true for people with impaired hearing and vision.
3. To all those you can't hug because they are far away, we suggest you send a hug card.
4. Make your own "free hug" sign! A piece of cardboard, the two words written in marker and a little courage will be enough to follow the Free Hugs movement. Stand in a station concourse, town hall square or public garden and let it happen! What are you risking, apart from meeting new people?
5. If you don't dare to offer a hug to people you like, at least opt for a smile, which is easier to offer and doesn't commit you to anything.

Hugging has many health benefits, both physical and psychological. Among its main contributions are the following:

1. They provide security: Human beings are very fragile by nature, especially when we are babies, so a good dose of hugs helps us to feel secure and confident.
2. Provokes pleasure: Every time we hug someone or we are hugged, our brain secretes two substances: dopamine and serotonin, both of which reduce stress and together provide calm, tranquillity and tranquillity.
3. It covers our affective needs: People who do not show affection suffer from something known in psychology as skin hunger, which is nothing more than the need for human contact.
4. The best cure for shyness: It allows shy people to become more confident, open, spontaneous and self-assured.
5. Lowers blood pressure: People who do not have much physical contact have a much higher heart rate and blood pressure than people who receive frequent hugs.

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