TAYLOR SWIFT and former One Direction member Zayn Malik surprised the world when they shared their latest musical collaboration for the upcoming “Fifty Shades Darker” movie. Thursday night, Swift posted a sneak peek of “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” on Twitter. Swift’s sultry voice plays over the movie trailer. Things look super-steamy in this second installment of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise. Meanwhile, Malik shared a pic of him and Swift on Instagram. The single was written by Swift, Sam Drew, and Fun’s Jack Antonoff, who also produced the track. As might be expected of any Swift creation, the song has already reached No. 1 on iTunes. This is the first time Swift has released a song since her 2014 album, “1989.” “Fifty Shades Darker” hits theaters Feb. 10. (SD-Agencies)CHINESE directors took the two top awards Saturday at the closing of the 16th Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco. “The Donor,” the debut film from Zang Qiwu about a poor father who agrees to sell his kidney to a wealthy man, took the festival’s grand prix, presented onstage at Marrakech’s Palais Des Congres by the jury president, Hungarian director Bela Tarr. Best director went to another Chinese filmmaker Wang Xuebo for “Knife in the Clear Water,” the story of a farmer who does not want to make the customary sacrifice of his only bull after the death of his wife. A jury prize went to Austrian and Italian directors Rainer Frimmel and Tizza Covi for their film “Mister Universo” about a circus lion-tamer in search of his lost lucky charm. In his thanks for the award, Frimmel dedicated it to his uncle, who he said had been given refuge during World War II in Morocco after “escaping Nazi terror in Europe.” Best actress went to Fereshteh Hosseini for her role in Afghan director Navid Mahmoudi’s “Parting” about a young Afghani couple risking their lives to find refuge and a better life in Europe. The best actor award was shared by Baldur Einarsson and Blaer Hinriksson, the two young leads of Icelandic director Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson’s coming of age drama “Heartstone.” The week-long event included a tribute to Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, who said when given a lifetime achievement award that it was the first time he had received such recognition, as well as master classes by Verhoeven, Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis and Russian director Pavel Lounguine. Isabelle Huppert attended a screening of Verhoeven’s rape-revenge drama “Elle,” in which she plays a businesswoman violently attacked at home by a masked intruder. Other guests included French actress Isabelle Adjani, who was the subject of a special tribute and fellow Gallic actress Fanny Ardant, who attended a retrospective dedicated to Russian film.(SD-Agencies) |