Mon 26 April 2021: The South African Netflix original documentary, “My Octopus Teacher”, has won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. “This is an important milestone, as it will encourage further investments, skills transfer and collaboration in South Africa’s film industry,” Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, said on Monday in a tweet […]
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Mon 26 April 2021: Rufaida al Aslamiyah devoted all her life to curing the sick and tending the wounded, and she is believed to have founded the first Islamic health centre in Medina. It’s been almost a year and a half since the pandemic began. To tackle it, health workers in every corner of the […]
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Mon 26 April 2021: The 93rd annual Academy Awards made history before the first award was even handed out. Chloe Zhao’s neo-western drama Nomadland won for Best Picture on Sunday night at the Academy Awards. The 93rd Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, were held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony […]
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Sun 25 April 2021: The Oscars 2021 live stream is almost here, and it’s going to cap off a truly unprecedented year for the film industry. The movie biz was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with many big movie releases delayed for months or years, productions shut down and the entire theatrical experience usurped […]
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Tue 20 April 2021: An alleged stalker of pop superstar Taylor Swift was arrested after she suffered a break-in at her New York apartment, police said Monday. Hanks Johnson, 52, was charged with criminal trespassing after police responded to an emergency call on Saturday, reporting that someone was breaking into Swift’s home in the Tribeca […]
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Thu 15 April 2021: UK Muslim Film aims to champion authentic representation, a move it hopes will help reduce Islamophobia. From Bodyguard, the British television thriller series, to the US CIA drama Homeland, the portrayal of Muslim characters on-screen has often been perceived as problematic at best. Men are cast as fringe, culturally backwards figures […]
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Sun 11 April 2021: Director Farah Nablusi dedicates the award to ‘the people of Palestine’ in virtual acceptance speech. British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi’s short film The Present has won the award for Best Short Film at the 2021 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. The two-day London-based event kicked off virtually on […]
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Sat 10 April 2021: American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, died on Friday, his record label said, after he suffered a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug overdose. He was 50 years old. The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac […]
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Tue 06 April 2021: One phone call changed the course of Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s life. The call – made by a cousin from Osama Bin Laden’s phone – formed the basis for his false imprisonment and torture in the US military’s Guantanamo Bay prison camp. His rendition and detention is now the subject of a […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: British actor Riz Ahmed has become the first Muslim nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his role in “Sound of Metal.” The skilled actor appears before the audience as a heavy metal drummer who begins to lose his hearing. In the drama, directed by Darius Marder, Ahmed plays Ruben, […]
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