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ABU DHABI: Palestinian writer Rabai al-Madhoun (C) reacting upon receiving the international prize of Arabic fiction for his novel Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Nakba, on Tuesday. — AFP

French billionaire he French billionaire and art collector The museum will open by the end of 2018 in Pinault, who made his fortune in the luxury Francois Pinault has announced the the former Bourse du Commerce close to the goods industry, opened a museum in Tcreation of a new contemporary art Louvre museum and the newly-renovated Venice’s Palazzo Grassi a decade ago. He museum in central Paris. Les Halles shopping complex. The elegant owns one of the world’s largest private col- to create new art Pinault described the project as “a circular building from the 18th century, lections of contemporary art. — AP dream come true” in a news conference crowned by a dome, will be restored by museum in Paris yesterday with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

Cannes: M-Appeal Daytime Emmys Preview: Soaps Keep Boards Bruce LaBruce’s Audiences With Long-Term Characters Feminist Terrorists Movie t’s debatable that there are any “new viewers” The “Days” submission also includes Susan with outstanding writing, directing and perform- out there willing to commit to watching a net- Seaforth Hayes’ character Julie advising step- ances and are an excellent representation of one of Iwork soap five days a week. However, the granddaughter Ciara on the hazards of shoplifting- our most impactful stories from the past year,” says ‘The Misandrists’ remaining four broadcast soaps have a strategy to a poignant beat as Julie had been busted herself exec producer Jill Farren Phelps. erlin-based M-Appeal has boarded Bruce LaBruce’s “The maintain their existing audiences, and ward off the for trying to swipe a mink stole from a local depart- Drawing new viewers continues to be a chal- Misandrists,” a film about a cell of feminist terrorists, as a threat of cancellation, which has claimed their ment store in the show’s 1965 premiere. lenge as budgets for promotion, like resources for Bco-producer, and will be selling the project at the Cannes rivals in recent years: Shine a spotlight on beloved, “That’s the riches of this medium,” says Seaforth the soaps themselves, continue to be cut. However, Film Festival. LaBruce, who is currently shooting the film in Berlin long-term characters. Hayes. “I was delighted that someone remembered Angelica McDaniel, CBS executive VP of daytime and the surrounding countryside, launched a Kickstarter cam- That strategy is evident in the episodes each that Julie has a past and got to share that with programs and syndicated program development, paign yesterday to finance production and post-production of the four surviving soaps (“The Bold and the Ciara. Our audience hasn’t melted away. It’s the recently launched “Not Safe for Daytime,” a series of costs. It is the first time he’s used crowd-funding to support one Beautiful,” “Days of Our Lives,” “General Hospital” stalwarts who remember us.” digital videos promoting the daytime lineup. of his films. and “The Young and the Restless”) selected as Half-hour sudser “The Bold and the Beautiful” “We’re realistic to the evolution of how viewers The movie stars Susanne Sachsse, who has featured in several submissions for the Daytime Emmys drama exercised its option to submit two sets of back-to- consume TV, and how many distractions there are” of LaBruce’s films, including “Raspberry Reich,” the prequel to series prize. back episodes instead of merely submitting two says McDaniel. “We all live in a multi-screen world. “The Misandrists.” The Misandrists refers to a secret cell of femi- Both “General Hospital” submissions are loaded half-hour episodes. Executive producer/head ‘Not Safe For Daytime’ lets us thank our 28 million nist terrorists that is planning to liberate women, overthrow the with veteran players, but couldn’t be more different writer Bradley Bell says the show’s material-featur- weekly viewers by giving them more content in a patriarchy, and usher in a new female world order. The group is in terms of content. An anniversary episode, featur- ing the romance of transgender character Maya fresh, fun and irreverent way.” led by Big Mother (Sachsse), who operates a school for wayward ing black and white segments, harkens back to the Avant and legacy character Rick Forrester-was wor- “It’s very innovative of Angelica and the folks at girls in the countryside as a front for her terrorist cell. When a show’s early days. The episode resolves the “Fluke” thy of the added time. “It really gives a sense of sto- CBS to come up with this,” says Bell. Additionally, young man, a radical leftist, who is running from the police, hap- storyline, explaining Luke Spencer’s bizarre behav- ry, the arc,” says Bell. “We thought we should go for web serial nominees Martha Madison pens upon this remote female stronghold, one of the girls takes ior and how his parents died. it. Social issue stories have been a part of daytime (“Winterthorne”) and Lilly Melgar (“The Bay”) reach pity on him and hides him in the basement. His presence eventu- “The anniversary episode was a concept that since the beginning. You see that everyone is out to soap fans on the TradioV.com show ally disrupts the household and reveals a number of unexpected (head writer) Ron Carlivati came up with,” says exec human, trying to navigate this thing called life.” “SoapBox With Martha and Lilly.” “We target secrets, as the film moves towards its climax. producer Frank Valentini. “I was completely blown Carol Shure, a two-time Emmy-winning produc- younger soap fans and we have direct access to our “The Misandrists,” the director’s 10th feature film, is produced by Jurgen Bruning Filmproduktion. M-Appeal chief Maren away by it. It was a fun episode to do and it made er of the departed soap “As the World Turns,” guests’ online social media following,” says Kroymann said: “Bruce’s new film promises to be a fun and the past the present and the present the past. We applauds “Bold” for its social issues but notes that Madison. “When we had Kirsten Storms (“General important commentary on feminism, so it will be a great fit for loved it on paper, loved it when we shot it, and the voters used to see more ground-breaking content Hospital”) on we got almost four times our regular our Raspberry & Cream label. We’ll be co-producing one of his fans loved it on-air.” in Emmy submissions. “Over the years, soaps went viewership. She has a huge social media presence.” projects for the first time in addition to handling international The second “GH” episode involves high-stakes from being topical, daring and nervy to being more There’s universal agreement as to the one thing, distribution, and by having represented a number of his titles as drama set against a charity gala backdrop and fea- cautious,” Shure says. Why the shift? “Perhaps in addition to veteran characters, that will both sales agent in the past, we’re looking forward to deepening our tures a musical performance by India Arie. “There because of the way the country was moving, more hold audiences and also likely earn Emmy gold. relationship with him and Jurgen Bruning, his long-time produc- were a lot of great legacy characters in that towards conservatism.” “Good story drives tune-in,” says Phelps. Corday er, with whom we frequently collaborate.” episode,” says Valentini. “The Young and the Restless,” daytime’s top echoes: “Great storytelling with layered characters LaBruce’s film “Gerontophilia” was in Venice Film Festival in “Days of Our Lives” also opted for an anniver- soap, has kept its core veteran cast intact for years, that the fans root for are the hallmark of any suc- 2013, and “Pierrot Lunaire” screened in Berlin Film Festival’s sary episode, which features a sentimental flash- which is exemplified in its Emmy submissions. The cessful soap.” — Reuters Forum section last year. LaBruce was president of Cannes’ Queer back using late original cast members Macdonald back-to-back episodes highlight the reactions of Palm jury in 2014. — Reuters Carey and Frances Reid. “From the writing to the the Newman and Abbott clans to the revelation acting to the directing, these shows were capti- that Adam Newman, the late Delia Abbott’s hit- vating drama and we are very proud of them,” says and-run driver, was alive. exec producer Ken Corday. “These episodes showcase an umbrella story