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Sydney Sweeney attends Sydney Sweeney In Conversation With Josh Horowitz at 92NY on March 20, 2024 in New York City.
Sydney Sweeney attends Sydney Sweeney In Conversation With Josh Horowitz at 92NY on March 20, 2024 in New York City.
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Sydney Sweeney 'fearless' in new role, 'Christy' director says

Sweeney, who has made negative headlines recently for controversial jeans ads, has become a contender for the Academy Awards for her portrayal of pioneering female fighter Christy Martin.

5 days ago
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Ade Govinda, the hitmaker of euphonic, everlasting pop

With emotionally charged lyrics and haunting melodies, the songwriter-producer has established his unique musical and lyrical characteristics in the country’s modern pop scene.

5 days ago
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New folk music documentary taps into Bob Dylan revival

"Newport and the Great Folk Dream", which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, charts the development of the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in the early 1960s.

6 days ago

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In French first, porn actors charged with rape

Three of the four actors charged on October 22 over videos available for streaming on the "French Bukkake" website have been taken into custody, the sources said.

3 years ago
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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son given bail in India drugs case

Aryan Khan, 23, the eldest son of the actor dubbed the "King of Bollywood", was detained in early October alongside 19 others after the Narcotics Control Bureau raided a ship set to sail from Mumbai to Goa.

3 years ago
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New York schools ban 'Squid Game' Halloween costumes

Fayetteville-Manlius school district, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) north of New York City, wrote to parents saying outfits from the show, which include masks and green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits, would not be welcome at its six schools. 

3 years ago
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Interpol and David Lynch launch limited NFT from 2011 collaboration

After a decade, New York band Interpol reunites with surrealist filmmaker David Lynch to launch their collaborative work from 2011 as an NFT series.

3 years ago
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Nintendo hopes smartphones will be fertile soil for Pikmin Bloom

Pokemon Go maker Niantic on Tuesday began rolling out a Pikmin Bloom smartphone game in its latest collaboration with Japanese video game icon Nintendo.

3 years ago
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Audiences grow for diverse TV but Latino, trans creators ignored: report

Audiences for more diverse television shows have grown during the pandemic, but Latino actors and writers remain underrepresented and transgender actors are "virtually absent," says new study.

3 years ago
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Man who gave Baldwin loaded gun previously sacked over weapon safety: company

The news came as it was reported that crew members had used prop weapons for target practice with live ammunition on the morning Halyna Hutchins died.

3 years ago
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Baldwin shooting: guns and movie sets

With dozens of movies and hundreds of TV series produced in the United States every year, many of them featuring weapons, safety is a huge issue.

3 years ago
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'The Way of the Hot & Spicy' review: In chili peppers we trust

The Way of the Hot & Spicy is something that both warms the heart and burns the tongue.

3 years ago
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Alec Baldwin was aiming at camera when gun discharged - affadavit

The affidavit provided additional details about Thursday's accidental shooting in New Mexico that killed 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.

3 years ago
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Alec Baldwin seen consoling family of slain cinematographer as set problems mount

Concerns about the safety protocols on the set of 'Rust' are also raised following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

3 years ago
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Time machine: Looking back at LGBT representation in Indonesian film

Here is The Jakarta Post's top three picks of LGBT-themed films that are still worth watching.

3 years ago
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'Dune,' on big and little screens, tops N.America box office

A classic that almost demanded big-screen treatment, sci-fi thriller Dune topped the North American box office this weekend with a take estimated at $40.1 million.

3 years ago
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Album review: Promising Bandung indie rockers debut needs its own identity

Bandung independent record label Disaster Records has just released Bloodsports and Modern Arts, the debut album from their newest roster, Nearcrush, another addition to the city’s already jammed-packed indie rock scene.

3 years ago
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Inquiry into Baldwin shooting focuses on custody of gun

Ukraine-born cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was struck in the chest and died shortly after the incident Thursday in New Mexico, while director Joel Souza, 48, who was standing behind her, was wounded and hospitalized, then released.

3 years ago
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Cinemas re-open in Bollywood's hometown Mumbai

Cinemas began re-opening in movie-mad Mumbai on Friday, the home of Bollywood, with theatres pinning their hopes on blockbuster releases from next month to pull back in the crowds.

3 years ago
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Wes Anderson turns his ironic hispter eye on France

The Texan director's latest film crams in some major star power, with Timothee Chalamet and Benicio del Toro joining Anderson regulars such as Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton and, of course, Bill Murray. 

3 years ago
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'You want me to do what?' How buddies Bruce and Barack made a podcast

Barack Obama decided to start a podcast with America's dad Bruce Springsteen, who joked that he figured the former president "had gotten a wrong number" when he pitched the idea.

3 years ago
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Adele storms back to top of UK charts with comeback single

British soul superstar Adele on Friday topped the British charts for the first time in six years with comeback single "Easy On Me", notching the highest first-week sales since 2017.

3 years ago
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Duran Duran drop new album 40 years after debut

The new wave group are still going strong, releasing their 15th studio album, "Future Past", on Friday.

3 years ago
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Prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin kills woman on set: police

The incident happened on the set of "Rust" in the southwestern US state, where Baldwin is playing the lead in a 19th-century western.

3 years ago
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Prop gun fired by Alec Balwin kills woman on movie set

The incident happened on the set of "Rust" in the southwestern US state, where Baldwin is playing the lead in a 19th-century western.

3 years ago
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UK music industry lost third of jobs over Covid: trade

The UK music industry's contribution to the economy slumped 46 percent to £3.1 billion between 2019 and last year, the report noted.

3 years ago
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Mia Wasikowska channels female directors on 'Bergman Island'

The challenges facing female directors are central to acclaimed indie drama "Bergman Island," starring Wasikowska, released on streaming Friday, which follows two married filmmakers who travel to the former home of Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman.

3 years ago
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Muscle spasms delay Celine Dion's new Las Vegas show

The Grammy Award-winner was scheduled to perform at the newly-constructed Resorts World Theater in November as well as in January and February of next year.

3 years ago
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Tehran short film fest opens, with shot at Oscars for first time

Tehran's International Short Film Festival opened this week, for the first time as an Oscar-qualifying event, giving winning entries a shot at an Academy Award.

3 years ago
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'Succession' grew out of real-life media mogul quips: creator

The show follows the acrimonious power struggles within the Roy family, which controls the fictional media corporation Waystar, as patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) battles to retain control.

3 years ago
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Squid Game helps Netflix pulls in subscribers

Analysts had been worried that a surge in Netflix subscriptions during pandemic lockdowns would be followed by a plunge as the world opened back up.

3 years ago
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Netflix’s 'A World Without', a promising dystopian coming-of-age film that fails to land

Nia Dinata’s A World Without tries to incorporate social criticism in a dystopian coming-of-age story – sadly, it comes up short.

3 years ago
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Red light, green cash: Squid Game helps revive Indonesian cafe

In a dark room with neon lights, patrons are greeted by staff dressed as the ominous hooded and masked guards in the nine-part thriller, holding toy guns and ushering them toward the end of the room where the "red light, green light" playground game starts.

3 years ago