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The mere mention of “The Swan” is enough to send chills down one’s spine. Created by former Telemundo exec Nely Galán, the Fox reality series selected 16 female contestants — from over 250,000 applicants — who were so-called “ugly ducklings” and subjected them to a 90-day ordeal of extreme plastic surgery, dentistry, training and crash […]
Global South countries will be worst affected by the phenomenon sweeping the planet from June to February.
Trade war has been central to Trump's presidency, but it didn't slash US deficits. Meanwhile, China recorded a surplus.
Every day, Fidaa Zalbani checks the room of her son, Mohammed, 17, tidying his bed and arranging untouched clothes.
Sometimes films come out at a time that lines up eerily well with real life. As Americans debate the ethics of the nearly ubiquitous Flock cameras that are being placed in neighborhoods all throughout the nation, with only vague information made available about how they will help police, citizens of all political stripes are worried […]
The suicide bombings were the deadliest attacks in the country since the end of its civil war in 2009.
Critics say controversial law will give police officers a 'licence to kill'.
By the time Pearlena Igbokwe was offered the job of president of Universal Television in 2016, she already had an impressive résumé. She’d climbed the ranks over 20 years at Showtime, and then excelled during a four-year stretch as head of NBC’s drama department. But the prospect of moving out of the network hierarchy to […]
Analysts say new sweeping US sanctions stand to worsen lives of millions of Iranians struggling in battered economy.
With its new treadmills, Peloton aims to appeal to customers from casual workers to more serious athletes.
RT Features, behind James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” and Walter Salles’ Oscar winner “I’m Still Here,” has announced a star cast of Taiwan’s Lee Kang-sheng and Argentina’s Miranda de la Serna and Marcelo Subiotto for “Bodies of Summer.” A speculative sci-fi drama, the film marks the latest from Fund, who leaped to international attention last year […]
Melissa McCarthy, one of the most gifted comic actors working today, will soon be starring in a tragedy. In “The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey” — premiering on Netflix on Dec. 10 — McCarthy plays Patsy Ramsey, the mother of 6-year-old JonBenét, who was killed in the Ramseys’ Boulder, Colorado, home on Christmas night in 1996. […]
Victory in Berlin signals that Germany continues to be liberal, that, despite the far right's rise, experts say.
A 50 percent tariff has disrupted dairy exports, leaving Canadian farmers with milk that cannot be redirected overnight.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Resident Evil,” now playing in theaters. There’s not a moment in “Resident Evil” where star Austin Abrams isn’t making you laugh, scream or feel bad for the zombie-infested nightmare his character Bryan finds himself in. For almost the entire 95-minute runtime, he’s either running, shooting or getting […]
In Gaza, Palestinian actors turn stories of siege and loss into theatre, while confronting the same fears and hardships.
Jennifer Hudson is changing. Her transformation might not be as dramatic as the one Effie White sings about in the second act of “Dreamgirls,” but the EGOT winner is beginning what she describes as her “next chapter.” It all started in Salt Lake City, on the final stop of her 16-city summer tour with Josh […]
In Izmir’s historic Kemeralti bazaar, the Akdemir family is finding new customers for a four-generation craft.
