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Guy Maddin wades into more conventional fare with ‘Rumours.’ It’s still weird.
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on August 29th, 2024
TORONTO – Guy Maddin has built a career helming bewildering, dreamlike, avant-garde films, but the Winnipeg auteur’s new dark political comedy “Rumours” may be his most accessible work yet. Ahead of its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6, the 68-year-old quips the stylistic departure could open “Rumours” to awards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The plot to attack Taylor Swift’s Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says
By Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said. The CIA notified Austrian authorities of the scheme, which allegedly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season, sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.” “It’s just the ability to go to another world and relate to other people’s problems, problems that aren’t our problems. It’s a really valuable tool in our lives,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Spanish YouTube chef gets life in prison for murder in Thailand
By Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot And Grant Peck, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid case that involved the victim being dismembered. The Koh Samui Provincial Court issued an initial sentence of death for Sancho ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Errol Morris examines migrant family separation with NBC News in ‘Separated’
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – Filmmaker Errol Morris turned his lens toward the U.S. government’s border policies and family separation in the documentary “Separated,” which premiered at Thursday at the Venice Film Festival. The Trump administration separated thousands of migrant parents from their children as it moved to criminally prosecute people for illegally crossing the Southwestern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venice Film Festival welcomes Angelina Jolie and ‘Maria,’ her film about famed opera singer
By Lindsey Bahr And Louise Dixon, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – For Angelina Jolie, portraying the famed opera singer Maria Callas meant more to her than she can put into words. “I felt such a privilege to feel like I got to know this woman and got to be inside her skin a moment. I really care for her deeply,” Jolie told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colman Domingo is practicing racial healing on and off the screen — and wants you to join him
By James Pollard, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Colman Domingo has implicitly invited audiences to take the journey of racial healing throughout his career. The Afro-Latino actor’s portrayals often complicate popular representations of Black masculinity. There’s his Oscar-nominated Bayard Rustin, the unsung gay civil rights leader. Or Mister, the abusive antagonist of “The Color Purple” who sheds his misogyny ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Claw machine games are Rio de Janeiro’s new public enemy
By David Biller, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Rio de Janeiro – already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers – has a new public enemy: plushies. Or, more specifically, the joystick-controlled claw machines that dispense them. On Wednesday, Rio police carried out 16 search warrants targeting the machines that elicit exhilaration among ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may not have had a prenuptial agreement, but you should consider one
By Adriana Morga, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Longtime celebrity watchers may not have been shocked when Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, but what was surprising was that Lopez’s divorce petition did not include any mention of a prenuptial agreement. A prenup is a legal document for soon-to-be-married couples that lays out how they will divide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venice Film Festival greets Angelina Jolie and ‘Maria,’ her film about famed opera singer
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – Angelina Jolie has played an evil queen, a war correspondent, a hacker, an international spy and a sociopath. She’s now adding opera singer to her resume. It’s not just any opera singer either: Jolie stars as the legendary soprano Maria Callas in a new film from Chilean filmmaker Pablo LarraÃn. “Maria” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CIA official: Suspects in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows aimed to kill ‘tens of thousands’
By Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press on August 29th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said. The CIA notified Austrian authorities of the scheme, which allegedly ... Read More »
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