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Exclusive: Red-hot comic Nate Bargatze is in negotiations to star in Christmas in Paradise, a holiday family comedy from Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists’ Scott Stuber that’s in the early stages of development.

The film will have him playing a beloved small-town doctor (Bargatze) who finds himself with a unique bounty on his head just a week before Christmas, in a town where everything is not as it seems. It’s the second he’s signed on to in the last few months, on the heels of The Breadwinner, a TriStar comedy based on his and Dan Lagana’s original pitch, on which he’ll also serve as a producer.

Jeff Tomsic (Tag) is on board to direct from a script by Johnny Rosenthal (Bad Santa 2). UA’s Stuber and Nick Nesbitt will produce alongside Tom McNulty (The Spectacular Now) and Nathan Reimann (Mr. Woodcock), who developed and...

You want to laugh, have some fun, and watch a bit of Netflix, right? And there is nothing worse than going to a stand-up show and not laughing. You feel bad for you and you feel bad for the wannabe comedian.

Luckily, most of the specials that follow will make you literally laugh out loud. In fact, three of them are worth multiple viewings. That is the other part of great stand-ups. You remember some of the greatness they delivered, but not all of it. You almost want to immediately go back and review.

Every comedian that follows is funny, but one simply has a bad special. Maybe he has run out of material. Or maybe he is in a rut. The others are absolutely perfect.

Three Netflix stand-up comedy specials to watch (and one to avoid)Must-watch - Your Friend, Nate Bargatze

Is this Bargatze's best special? No. That likely goes to his 2021 special,...

Sanrio, the major brand behind iconic kawaii mascots like Hello Kitty, has released a new glasses collection themed after its popular Golden Retriever dog Pompompurin, with international delivery also available for overseas fans.

Via its official website, Japanese glasses company Owndays has opened preorders for a new collaboration with Sanrio's Pompompurin, featuring five new models inspired by the character. The most expensive "Boston" model for 13,000 yen (~US$84) comes in two shades of brown inspired by Purin and Muffin, with a dark-to-light gradient going from the top of the glasses' rim. Other glasses include the Pudding la mode (~US$71), Chewy Pudding (~US$71), Leisurely (~US$58) and Caramel Pudding models (~US$71). Readers can check them out along with more information below. The reservation period expires on Nov. 14, with Owndays supporting international shipping through the Tenso and Japan Rabbit proxy shipping services.

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Nate Bargatze is bringing his comedy back to Netflix.

The streamer formally announced it has inked a two-special deal with the world’s top earning comic, whose last special made a major splash at Amazon Prime Video. The news comes as Bargatze continues to be in heavy demand across the entertainment landscape. In fact, in the last month alone, he’s hosted Saturday Night Live (for a second time) and announced an hour-long, holiday-themed CBS variety show, which is being produced by SNL’s Lorne Michaels and his Broadway Video.

The first of his two new Netflix specials, which he’s titled Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, will drop on Dec. 24. It marks his third hour for the streamer — after a brief pivot to rival Amazon — and is being described as the PG comic bringing “his humor to discuss wanting a second dog, how much pizza to order for guys night,...

Exclusive: After a brief sojourn to Amazon, Nate Bargatze is returning to Netflix with a pair of stand-up specials.

The comedian, who recently hosted Saturday Night Live, his second appearance in so many years, fronted two specials – The Tennessee Kid and The Greatest Average American – on Netflix in 2019 and 2021, respectively, before going to Prime Video for his Hello World special last year.

He is now back at Netflix with Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, which will launch on December 24 and will then be followed by a second special in 2025 or beyond.

Your Friend, Nate Bargatze will see the comedian discussing wanting a second dog, how much pizza to order for guys night and his wife being the responsible one in their marriage.

It’s the culmination of a busy year for Bargatze, who is also hosting a primetime special for CBS, signed to Universal Music Group Nashville for their Capitol Comedy...

Like us all, Nate Bargatze has had his share of awkward, almost shame-inducing DoorDash encounters.

During the comedian’s Saturday Night Live opening monologue for Season 50 — his second time hosting — Bargatze detailed having two drivers deliver separate orders simultaneously and how he once had to hunt for a misplaced delivery.

“DoorDash is what’s gonna kill me,” he began. “I look at it like it’s Tinder, just scrolling through, seeing who’s open … I’m just laying there, like bring me a Blizzard now. I want it right now, lay it quietly on my porch, don’t let anybody in this house know I’m doing this, it cost 3 grand for this Blizzard. All right, I’ll pay it.”

The Hello World comic then said he often “double-dashes,” which entails “peppering the guy, like what else is open around you? They got Nerds at that gas station?” On one occasion,...

Nearly a year after making his Saturday Night Live debut, comedian Nate Bargatze is officially a returning host!

On Saturday (October 5), the 45-year-old comedian, described as “the nicest man in standup,” will deliver his second opening monologue on the iconic stage.

While SNL hosts are often some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Nate is arguably better known in the comedy world. If you’re not as familiar with him, we pulled together some handy information.

Keep reading to find out more…

Let’s start with the basics! Nate hails from Nashville, Tenn. According to his website, he has a reputation for being “the nicest man in stand-up.”

His sense of humor has been described as family friendly, and it’s landed him a variety of stand-up specials on Netflix and Prime Video. In 2023, his most recent comedy special Hello World premiered on the latter streaming platform..

If you haven’t seen him there,...

CBS announced today that its first primetime special featuring comedian Nate Bargatze — an untitled, holiday-themed variety show exec produced by Bargatze, as well as Lorne Michaels and his Broadway Video — will be broadcast on the network and stream on Paramount+ this December.

Taping at the iconic Grand Ole Opry in Bargatze’s hometown of Nashville, Tn on November 21, the special will see Bargatze guiding audiences through a mix of stand-up comedy, pre-taped comedy shorts, sketches and musical performances, as master of ceremonies. The show will shine a spotlight on the heart and spirit of Nashville during the holiday season, highlighting family, fun and feel-good moments that resonate with audiences of all ages.

The special marks a full-circle moment for Bargatze, who began his journey in comedy as an entry-level employee at The Grand Ole Opry. He’ll collaborate on it with SNL‘s Mikey Day and co-head writer Streeter Seidell,...

Product sponsorships are as much a part of the Olympics as running and jumping.

Today, Coca-Cola and the producers of the Olympic games have brought forth the song Hello, World, which OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder and his regular collaborator Tyler Spry co-wrote and co-produced, with Anderson .Paak contributing some lyrics.

Coke and the Olympic Committee are jointly releasing the track, which has Gwen Stefani and .Paak providing the singing and video enthusiasm, along with an athletic montage.

The song “celebrates the magic that happens when the world comes together at the Olympic Games,” claims the YouTube caption. The song’s refrain also has more “Yeahs” than any tune since The Beatles’ She Loves You, all backed with a driving, disco beat.

Watch the video above. And have a refreshing Coca-Cola after.

With the Summer Olympics kicking off this weekend in Paris, Anderson .Paak and Gwen Stefani have shared their new anthem for the games/Coca-Cola collaboration, “Hello World.”

The Ryan Tedder-penned track — “a song that celebrates the magic that happens when the world comes together at the Olympic Games,” the official Olympics’ YouTube says — will feature throughout the Paris Olympics, both in the International Olympic Committee’s coverage and Coke ads shown during the event, as the two partnered on the creation of the song.

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Hello Kitty is receiving an extensive collection with the popular Chicago-based retailer Claire's. The official collaboration features clothing, accessories, video campaigns and more to help celebrate Kitty White's 50th anniversary in style.

Via a press release, Claire's is partnering with Sanrio's Hello Kitty for a major campaign featuring exclusive product drops, in-store celebrations, social media moments and CGI teasers. Officially titled, "Hello Kitty, Hello World," the campaign celebrates the iconic character's 50th anniversary, with the first product drop featuring red and white accessories like hats, purses, jewelry, backpacks, water bottles, phone cases and earrings. Readers can check out the products and the CGI teaser below.

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It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, media-wise. For 2023––another year in which he not only Magic Mike’s Last Dance Review: Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum Take a Familiar, Gentle Bow”>released a new film, but dropped two TV series (Full Circle and Command Z“>Command Z) and shot another film (the Sundance-bound Presence)––he still got plenty of watching in.

Along with catching up on 2023’s new releases, Ferrari, Anatomy of a Fall, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Air, Reality, Dead Reckoning, among others), he took in plenty of classics, including Eyes Wide Shut, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Casablanca, Out of the Past, The Shining, the epic War and Peace, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and, following Tom Wilkinson’s passing, Michael Clayton. He also got an early look at Pussy Island,...

After developing a multi-camera comedy series for ABC in 2018 and seeing it fail to move forward, comedian Nate Bargatze quickly accepted the situation and was ready to reconsider his next steps. “These things don’t work out, and then your stand-up kind of keeps going,” he says, “and so then you just kind of reassess.” But after making his debut as the host of SNL with this year’s Halloween episode — which is so far the highest-rated of the season — he remembered how viscerally exciting it can be to perform for a live TV audience.

The experience, he says, presented new challenges. As someone who to this point has mostly done stand-up, there were moments within this “TV world” where he had to figure out “which camera to look at.”

And of course, there are no guarantees of where things will go, given how crazy his schedule has gotten amidst myriad commitments.

If the film and television industries have been challenged like never before in a year of double strikes, in the world of comedy, the story is very different.

In truth, stand-up has never been bigger, with one story after another rolling out of comedians setting records for attendance and viewership. Take Nate Bargatze, for example, who earlier this year set an Amazon streaming record with his special Hello World, before going on to sell a record number of tickets to an April show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and bringing SNL its highest-rated episode of the season. Or Matt Rife, a young up-and-comer with 10+ years under his belt, who hit the upper echelons of comedy seemingly overnight after blowing up on TikTok, selling out a global tour encompassing some 600,000 tickets in less than 48 hours, before going on to land his own forthcoming Netflix special, Matt Rife: Natural Selection. Also operating...

Nate Bargatze is making his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live on Saturday (October 28), and you might be curious about the stand-up comic who just delivered the opening monologue.

If you’re not familiar with Nate, we’re here to fill you in!

Let’s start with the basics! The 44-year-old comedian hails from Nashville, Tenn. According to his website, he has a reputation for being “the nicest man in stand-up.”

Learn more about Nate Bargatze…

Nate‘s sense of humor has been described as family friendly, and it’s landed him a variety of stand-up specials on Netflix and Prime Video. His latest is called Hello, World, and you can watch it on the latter streamer.

While he’s a first-time host on SNL, this isn’t his first time on the late-night scene. Nate has previously appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

If you haven’t seen him there,...

“Saturday Night Live” returns for its third show of the season on Saturday, hosted by Nate Bargatze. And if you’re here, it means you’re not entirely sure who that is. But odds are, you’ve actually seen him before.

Bargatze is a comedian from Tennessee, and he’s appeared on several of the late night talk shows with his standup act. He started out on “Conan” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and went on to be part of Fallon’s Clean Cut Comedy Tour in 2013.

From there, his career expanded. He’s since had three standup specials on Netflix, the most recent one — “The Greatest Average American” — earned him a Grammy nomination last year for Best Comedy Album. This year, Bargatze filmed “Hello World,” released on Prime Video.

That said, even Bargatze himself is getting a kick out of the fact that he’s hosting “SNL” this week.

Stand-up comic Nate Bargatze, whose family-friendly routines have earned him the reputation as the Nicest Guy In Comedy, shows an entirely different side of himself in today’s Saturday Night Live promo.

Bargatze, who will make his SNL guest host debut on this Saturday’s Halloween episode, begins the promo in his standard genial mode, apologizing to cast members Andrew Dismukes and Devon Walker for taking up space.

“You can be anywhere you want,” Dismukes says, with Walker adding, “You’re the star, you’re the host.” The duo advise the newcomer to be “more Hollywood, more edgy.”

The advice goes quickly to his head, and when cast member Chloe Troast offers Bargatze some “welcome coffee,” Nasty Nate makes a sudden arrival.

The Grammy Award-nominated Bargatze, whose streaming stand-up specials include Hello World, The Greatest Average American, The Tennessee Kid and Full Time Magic, is currently touring his show Be Funny.

Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze is making his “Saturday Night Live” debut this weekend as the host of the third episode of Season 49. He will be joined by musical guest Foo Fighters, who were supposed to perform last season until the writers’ strike postposed the final three episodes of NBC’s late night sketch comedy program. In a new promo video (watch above), Bargatze is told that he needs to shed his “nice guy” image by cast members Andrew Dismukes and Devon Walker, so he goes full-Hulk by vandalizing the iconic “SNL” studio.

“You know what your problem is? You’re too nice,” Dismukes tells him. “Mr. Nice Guy. You gotta be Hollywood, more edgy.”

Bargatze contemplates those words and ultimately replies, “More Hollywood? I can do that.”

New cast member Chloe Troast appears and hands over some “welcome coffee with simple syrup,” to which Bargatze takes the cup and aggressively throws it against the stage.

If you read that headline and thought to yourself, "Who the hell is Nate Bargatze?", then allow me to direct you over to Netflix to check out his stand-up specials "The Tennessee Kid" and "The Greatest Average American," or head over to Amazon Prime Video to watch "Hello World" from just earlier this year. They're all hilarious, and they'll make you fall in love with him. 

Over the past few years, Nate Bargatze has become a new favorite on the stand-up scene thanks to his wry delivery and sensible yet hilarious perspectives. Making him significantly more appealing to a broader audience than some of the other big stand-up comics out there is the fact that Bargatze is one of the rare comedians who works clean and doesn't rely on any profanity, vulgarity, or blue material. However, he might end up getting a little more edgy when he stops by a...

Nate Bargatze, a fan favorite stand up comedian who you might’ve seen on your TikTok For You Page, is set to host Saturday Night Live for the first time!

He’ll take the stage on October 28 with the Foo Fighters as the musical guest, the SNL Twitter/X account announced.

Keep reading to find out more…

Bad Bunny will be hosting and acting as musical guest this coming Saturday (October 21).

If you’d like to get familiar with some of Nate‘s work, he has a bunch of stand up comedy specials available to stream right now. His latest, Hello, World, is on Prime Video. You can see him on Netflix in his specials The Greatest Average American and The Tennessee Kid.

He’s also very popular on TikTok with over 1 million followers.

Nate Bargatze will make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on Oct. 28 alongside musical guest Foo Fighters, which begs the question: Who is Nate Bargatze?

Boasting a cool 1 million followers on Instagram, the Nashville native is a stand-up comedian who gained visibility in recent years via a series of Netflix specials, including 2019’s The Tennessee Kid and 2021’s The Greatest Average American.

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“Saturday Night Live” is back in full swing.

After Pete Davidson returned to the late night comedy to open Season 49 alongside musical guest Ice Spice, with Bad Bunny pulling double duty the week after, “SNL” has set the lineup for the Oct. 28 episode: Nate Bargatze will make his hosting debut, joined by Foo Fighters as the musical guest.

Bargatze is currently touring the U.S. of a standup set titled “Be Funny.” Earlier this year, he released the comedy special “Hello, World” on Amazon Prime Video, with previous specials including 2021’s “The Greatest Average American” and 2019’s “The Tennessee Kid” streaming on Netflix. He was also a part of Netflix’s 2017 comedy collection “The Standups” after releasing his first two albums, “Yelled at by a Clown” and “Full Time Magic.”

Bargatze’s “SNL” episode will mark Foo Fighters’ ninth time on the show as musical guest. The band, made up of Dave Grohl,...

Exclusive: Top comic Nate Bargatze has announced the launch of The Nateland Company, a new family-friendly content company for audiences of all ages, through which he’ll produce stand-up comedy specials, showcases, sketches, scripted episodic content for film and television, podcasts, music and more.

Up first for release by the company, based out of Bargatze’s hometown of Nashville, is the series Nateland Presents: The Showcase, which debuts on YouTube today. The comic directed all six episodes, to roll out weekly, which place the spotlight on an expansive roster of up-and-coming comics. Among them are Mandal, Donnie Sengstack, Mr. Derick, Jim Flannigan, Renard Hirsch, Alex Velluto, Mal Hall, Jen Fulwiler, Jonnie W., Justin Smith, Mary Santora, Rahn Hortman, Caleb Elliot, Luca Ferro, Matt Taylor, Mike James, Karen Mills and Andrew Stanley.

Hosted by Dusty Slay, Aaron Weber and Brian Bates, The Showcase was taped at Zanies Comedy Club in Nashville...

Actor Arjun Rampal has become a father for the fourth time after he welcomed his second baby boy with girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades.

Arjun took to Instagram, where he shared the news with his fans and followers. The actor and Gabriella already have a son named Arik, 4 and also has two daughters with his first wife, Mehr Jesia.

Arjun shared a picture of a towel with ‘Winnie-The-Pooh’ and ‘Hello World’ written on it.

He captioned the picture: “My family and I are blessed with a beautiful baby boy today. Mother and son are both doing well. Thank you to the wonderful team of doctors and nurses. We are over the moon. Thank you for all your love and support. #helloworld#20.07.2023.”

It was last week when Arjun’s son Arik turned four. Sharing a picture of him, he wrote: “Happy birthday to my bestie, May you be blessed with all things as glorious and wonderful like you.

For Benoit Carré, the future revealed itself in six notes. In 2015, Carré, a cerebral, bespectacled songwriter then in his mid-forties, became the artist-in-residence at Sony’s Paris-based Computer Science Laboratory, headed by his friend Francois Paçhet, a composer and leading artificial-intelligence researcher. Paçhet was developing some of the world’s most advanced AI-music composition tools, and wanted to put them to use. The duo’s first released project was the mostly AI-composed Beatles pastiche “Daddy’s Car,” which ended up making worldwide headlines in 2016 as a technological milestone. But Carré was looking for something deeper,...

Sword Art Online is a legendary anime series with a massive fanbase. One reason for Sword Art Online's success is the work of its director, Tomohiko Ito, who handled the show's first two seasons. Outside of Sword Art Online, Ito also directed a criminally overlooked movie that Sword Art Fans will love.

Released in 2019, Hello World is a film written by Mado Nozaki and produced by Graphinica, the studio known for working on Record of Ragnarok and Tokyo Mew Mew New. The movie found plenty of popularity not only in its home country of Japan but also overseas, especially in places such as China and Hong Kong.

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Hello World follows Naomi Katagaki, a high-school student who lives in Kyoto in 2027. The city is undergoing a massive change as the government has begun the Chronicle Kyoto project.

Exclusive: Nate Bargatze got quite a few laughs for his first stand-up comedy special at Prime Video.

In fact, Nate Bargatze: Hello World, which debuted on January 31, now holds the record as Amazon’s most-streamed original comedy special in its first 28 days of viewership. During that window, the special drew 2.9M total viewers, according to Nielsen streaming data.

That’s nearly half a million viewers above Jim Gaffigan’s 2019 special Quality Time, which now sits in second place with an audience of 2.5M in its first 28 days. Hello World also ranked as the top comedy special across all streaming platforms for the month of February with about 2.6M viewers.

Bargatze’s other two specials, which are both Netflix originals, also saw a boost in viewership, ranking in the Top 15 most-streamed comedy specials for the month.

Hello World, recorded on a 360° stage at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Az, explores topics...

Actress Niharika Konidela has announced her next project. The ‘Oka Manasu’ actress has now turned producer for an interesting project under Pink Elephant Pictures, her own production company. Niharika is producing this project titled ‘Hello World’, for the leading Ott platform ZEE5. The web series was officially launched with a pooja ceremony on Tuesday in […]...

The Anthony Hopkins-starring Oscar winner “The Father” debuted in China to a $1.21 million opening weekend, coming in eleventh despite a slow box office weekend, according to data from the Maoyan platform.

The first feature from helmer Florian Zeller received six Academy Award nominations and two wins — one for Hopkins as best actor and one for best adapted screenplay. It has grossed $12.6 million so far globally, according to Box Office Mojo, with France its biggest market so far with a $3.11 million gross and N. America coming in second at $2.12 million.

Meanwhile, local drama “On Your Mark” came in first with $8.8 million, according to the consultancy Artisan Gateway. Produced by Maoyan Media, the emotional story of a father and his blind son was directed by Malaysia’s Chiu Keng Guan (“Ola Bola”) and stars Wang Yanhui (“Dying to Survive”) and Zhang Youhao.

In second was the Taiwanese romantic drama “Man in Love,...

Columbia Pictures’ “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” hopped up to second in China this weekend, but was unable to scurry past local sports drama “Never Stop” despite an extra day’s lead.

“Peter Rabbit 2” grossed a relatively unremarkable $969,000 (RMB6.2 million) on opening day Friday but managed to pull in $7.8 million from 10,500 screens over the three-day holiday weekend, according to data from ticketing agency Maoyan. Monday marks the national Chinese holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, and will likely bringing further sales for the family-friendly film. Based on early estimates, Sony projects that it will gross $11.1 million by the end of the extended four-day weekend — putting it 15% ahead of recent comp “Raya and the Last Dragon.”

Its total performance may not, however, be enough for the sequel to best the first film’s $26.3 million China cumulative back in 2018. Maoyan currently predicts “Peter Rabbit 2” will gross a total of $18.9 million in the territory.

Rita Wilson was honored earlier today with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20210 Installation Gala. I caught up with a the “Sleepless in Seattle” star, 64, yesterday to talk about her start in the business, being mentored by Nora Ephron and battling Covid with husband Tom Hanks during the early days of the pandemic.

When you heard the chamber wanted to give you the Lifetime Achievement Award, what goes through your head?

I was trying to count. I think I’ve been in this business now 50 years because my first job was when I was 14 years old. I was cast as a model for Harper’s Bazaar magazine by the famous photographer Albert Watson. That launched me into being in the business. And then two years later, I got cast as Pat Conway on “The Brady Bunch.” That’s how I got my SAG card.

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“Hello World” is directed by Tomohiko Ito and is the director’s second animated feature film after his prior work on Sword Art Online. A notable move away from the franchise, the filmmaker here teams up with screenwriter Mado Nozaki to deliver a sci-fi romance akin in approach to Makoto Shinkai’s wildly successful “Your Name”. However, outside of its sporadic visual flare and intense finale, the movie struggles to find its feet in what is a mostly lacklustre core narrative.

Hello World is screening at Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

We follow Naomi Katagaki, a young high-schooler living in a technologically advanced Kyoto in 2027. While eager to come out of his shell and be more confident, he struggles to find the motivation. That is until his future self appears to him through a complex computer programme, with a personal mission to save a girl he began dating around this time,...

"It's just code." Gravitas has released an official trailer for Hello World, an indie documentary about bias in coding and building more diverse programming teams. A good double feature with Coded Bias, another doc film this year about bias and prejudice being worked right into software and algorithms. The film delves into the history of software development that originally started as a woman-led industry but has evolved into a majority white male and Asian dominated industry. It tackles the tough topic of why women as well as black and latinx people don’t pursue software careers. By demystifying the profession, the film encourages people from every background into joining this generationally changing profession. The film hopes that by telling the truth about the problem of diversity and inclusion in software development while encouraging a new generation of developers might ultimately achieve greater change sooner than later. Check it out below.

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Beijing-based distribution outfit Road Pictures shook up the booming Chinese market over the past two years by finding major box office success with foreign art house movies, despite the enduring domination of Chinese blockbusters and Hollywood flicks in the territory. The company followed up the success of releasing Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme...