Sat 22 October 2022: Writer-director Bilal Lashari’s The Legend of Maula Jatt, released worldwide, is Pakistan’s most expensive film ever. Days before its October 13 worldwide release, the owner of the IMGC cinema hall in Pakistan’s provincial town of Burewala was working round-the-clock to get his new theatre ready for the much-anticipated action-drama film, The […]
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Mon 17 October 2022: Protesters are calling for screenings of a new documentary by a Serbian-Canadian filmmaker to be cancelled across Europe, saying the “revisionist” film “whitewashes” war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. Film director Boris Malagurski announced last month on Twitter the schedule of screenings of his film Republika Srpska: The Struggle for […]
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Wed 12 October 2022: Top Indian actress and UN goodwill ambassador accused of ‘hypocrisy’ for speaking out on Iran while maintaining silence on issues back home. Indian actress and United Nations goodwill ambassador Priyanka Chopra is facing criticism for her condemnation of the custodial death of Mahsa Amini in Iran while maintaining silence on women’s […]
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Mon 10 October 2022: Kanye West‘s Twitter and Instagram accounts have been locked because of antisemitic posts by the rapper, now known legally as Ye. Spokespersons for Twitter and Instagram parent Meta said Sunday that Ye posted messages that violated their policies. In a tweet sent late Saturday, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: In celebration of the James Bond franchise’s 60th anniversary, a two-part auction of memorabilia brought in £6.87 million ($7.7 million), DPA reported. A total of 61 lots from the 25 Bond films to date were included in the auctions, including cars, watches, costumes, props, posters, experiences, and memorabilia. The 60th anniversary […]
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Thu 06 October 2022: On Thursday, Kevin Spacey appeared in Manhattan court to represent himself in a civil case brought by actor Anthony Rapp. As they entered the federal courthouse, neither Spacey nor Rapp engaged in conversation with the media. After a party at Spacey’s Manhattan apartment in 1986, Rapp claimed in 2017 that Spacey […]
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Sat 01 October 2022: After seven years as host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, comedian Trevor Noah announced he would leave the show because he wanted to focus more on stand-up comedy. The 38-year-old comedian, who was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and immigrated to the United States in 2011, had big shoes […]
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Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days [Al Jazeera] Fri 16 September 2022: AJ Documentary Industry Days aims to bring stories from regions that are often underreported, its founder says. Al Jazeera Documentary organised a new international project – Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days – in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The region’s first-of-its-kind event marked its conclusion […]
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Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong, Matthew Macfadyen, J. Smith-Cameron and Nicholas Braun pose after winning the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for “Succession” during the 74th Emmy Awards Tue 13 September 2022: During the 74th annual Emmy Awards ceremony on Monday night in Los Angeles, California, HBO and Apple TV+ took home the top […]
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Mon 12 September 2022: Marvel announced on Saturday that it will feature an Israeli “superhero” in its upcoming Captain America: New World Order film. The Israeli superhero first debuted in the pages of Marvel Comics in 1980 in The Incredible Hulk and is called Sabra. She has several superhuman powers and is the first superhuman […]
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