Sat 12 August 2023: The 29th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) began Friday in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Slovenian director Nenad Cicin-Sain’s Kiss the Future. The opening ceremony was held at the National Theater with major celebrities from the world of cinema taking to the red carpet parade. The SFF will run until […]
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Thu 10 August 2023: Kuwait has announced a ban on the film Barbie in a bid to protect “public ethics and social traditions”, shortly after a Lebanese minister asked authorities in his country to bar the movie from cinemas for “promoting homosexuality”. A spokesman for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information said late on Wednesday that […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: An Islamic funeral was conducted Tuesday in Ireland for Sinead O’Connor who died last month in London. Thousands, including Irish singers Bono and Bob Geldof, took part in the ceremony as her cortege passed through her former hometown of Bray, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the nation’s capital of Dublin. […]
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Tue 08 August 2023: The American Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx has issued an apology for a since-deleted Instagram post which some people had construed as being a vocal attack on members of the Jewish community. Foxx, who won numerous accolades for his portrayal of the iconic musician Ray Charles in the 2004 biopic ‘Ray,’ […]
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Mon 31 July 2023: Kanye West was allowed to rejoin X on Saturday after the social media platform formerly known as Twitter received guarantees that the controversial musician wouldn’t use it to disseminate hateful or anti-Semitic content, Wall Street Journal reported. KIM KARDASHIAN FILES FOR DIVORCE FROM KANYE WEST AFTER ALMOST SEVEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: Irish music legend Sinead O’Connor, known for her hit single “Nothing Compares 2 U,” has died at the age of 56, according to local media on Wednesday. The famed singer, who released 10 studio albums, including 1990 hit Nothing Compares 2 U, died 18 months after the death of her 17-year-old […]
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Wed 19 July 2023: Montclair Film is bringing journalistic heroism to The Clairidge for one night only. With pessimism about democracy and the viability of journalism in the US at historic lows, it’s right on time. The much lauded WHILE WE WATCHED will be screened on Monday, July 24 at 7:30 PM, followed by a Q&A with […]
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Sat 15 July 2023: For the first time in 63 years, Hollywood actors joined screenwriters on picket lines on Friday in what has become Tinseltown’s biggest labour fight in decades. Actors and writers had been negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for higher streaming-era pay and curbs on the use of artificial intelligence. Ted Lasso star Jason […]
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Sat 08 July 2023: Veteran musician AR Rahman has slammed the filmmakers who exploit societal divisions for commercial gain, widening the gap between different communities. Rahman was speaking in response to director Mari Selvaraj’s query about the qualities he expects from new-generation filmmakers. Rahman has scored the music for Mari Selvaraj’s new movie, Maamannan. MINGLING […]
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Sun 18 June 2023: A Twitter video app for smart TVs is in the social media company’s plans, owner Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday, a move that would be in line with the company’s new plans to focus on growing video content on the platform. In response to a tweet suggesting that […]
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