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Trump: US-Iran meeting at UN was ‘very good’
US President Donald Trump says he had a ‘very good’ three-hour meeting with Iranian officials at the UN.
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slams targeting of Mecca by ‘terrorist’ Houthis
Saudi monarch's rare condemnation hints at sense of urgency in the kingdom amid ramped-up attacks from Yemen.
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Trump admin asks top US court to reverse pro-Palestinian scholar’s release
US solicitor general challenges lower court's ruling on Georgetown scholar's detention, sparking constitutional debates.
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NYC Mayor Mamdani reaches record DoorDash settlement for underpaid workers
Settlement is largest of its kind in any US city and is set to affect 260,000 delivery drivers.
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Austin Film Society Announces $300,000 in Filmmaker Grant Awards, Launches Texas Lights Funding Program (EXCLUSIVE)
The Austin Film Society has announced more than $300,000 in new filmmaker grant awards through the launch a new film funding program Texas Lights. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, AFS’s grants support emerging filmmakers. The launch of the Texas Lights fund will provide cash for rising artists to create independent films. “Thirty years of the AFS […]
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Jon M. Chu Will Not Cast Britney Spears Actor Until the Story for Movie Biopic Is Locked: ‘Not Even Thinking About Casting’
It may be some time before cameras begin to roll on Jon M. Chu’s Britney Spears movie biopic, but the “Wicked” filmmaker has read some of the script from writer Liz Meriwether. “She’s doing many beautiful things and I may or may have not gotten glimpses of what she’s been doing and it’s incredible,” Chu […]
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Netflix Sets ‘My Big Day’ Feature Documentary About ‘Supercharged’ Weddings in Britain’s Traveller Community
Netflix has commissioned a new documentary from Optomen focusing on weddings in Britain’s traveller community. Provisionally titled “My Big Day,” the feature-length doc will follow young couples as they prepare for their nuptials, some of which have turned into jaw-dropping spectacles as the pressure of social media encourages the bridge and groom to turn their […]
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‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Hits 12.1 Million Views in Four Days on Netflix
“Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” shot to the No. 1 spot on the Netflix Top 10 after its debut last week, reaching a strong 12.2 million views in its first four days of streaming. That puts the project on par with the two most recent editions of Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” anthology; “The Ed Gein Story” […]
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Alec Berg Signs Netflix Overall Deal, to Develop Fraternity Drug Ring Comedy With Charlie Hall
Alec Berg has signed an overall deal with Netflix, Variety has learned. The highly-successful TV writer and producer has previously been under overall deals at 20th Television (formerly ABC Signature) and HBO, the latter of which for nearly a decade. He has already set up his first project under the deal, a comedy series co-written […]
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Roshan Sethi’s ‘The Surgeon’ Acquired by Sony Pictures for North America and Beyond
Sony Pictures has acquired North American rights to Toronto breakout “The Surgeon,” in what the studio characterized as a “highly competitive situation.” Sony also acquired rights in Latin America, Italy, China and Hong Kong to the film from Roshan Sethi, the director of “A Nice Indian Boy” and “The Resident,” who is also a practicing […]
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White House’s Trump TV 24-Hour Livestream, Launched After He Banned CNN and MS NOW, Slammed by Critics as ‘Literally State-Run TV’
President Donald Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House coverage, and the three outlets are suing him, alleging it abridges their First Amendment rights. In response to Trump’s ban of the news outlets, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and Fox News — which along with CNN provide the White House […]
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5 Things the Fall Festivals Told Us About the Oscar Race, From Julianne Moore and John Malkovich to ‘La Bola Negra’ and ‘I Play Rocky’
The fall festival triple crown ended the way it always does, with a Toronto audience getting the last word. On Sunday, those words were in Spanish. “La Bola Negra,” the sprawling Netflix epic from Los Javis, took TIFF’s People’s Choice Award, capping three weeks in which Venice handed its Golden Lion to May el-Toukhy’s “Woman […]
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Mahershala Ali Says ‘I Agree’ That Marvel Not Making ‘Blade’ Is the ‘Biggest Failure’ of Kevin Feige’s Career: ‘I Don’t Know Why It Didn’t Happen’
Mahershala Ali is dumbfounded like the rest of us when it comes to Marvel’s inability to get his “Blade” movie reboot off the ground. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige told the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast over the summer that he was “feeling like a gigantic loser and failure” for bungling Ali’s “Blade,” and now the […]
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Trump signs ‘tremendous’ Arctic security deal with Denmark, Greenland
NATO and the European Union welcome accord that ends months-long standoff after Trump threatened to seize Greenland.
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Qatar’s emir urges diplomacy as Gulf faces ‘dangerous phase’ amid Iran war
Sheikh Tamim says years of delayed diplomacy led to the US-Israel war on Iran.
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UN Goodwill Ambassador: Millions of refugee children missing school
Mary Maker says education changed the course of her life and urges world leaders to invest in education for refugees.
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US, Iran hold ‘very good’ talks, Trump says at UN meeting
US President hints at possible deal with Iran, but warns of dire consequences if no agreement is reached.
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Sudan’s historical famine echoes through latest hunger crisis
Sudan’s war-driven famine revives memories of past famines as war drives displacement and food shortages.
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ECHR hears how 10 children went missing after Russia annexed Crimea
Ukrainians aged between one and five were taken from childcare institutions and put up for adoption, court hears.
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Lula warns against foreign interference in Brazil election at UN
Lula’s remarks come as Trump asserts US power in Latin America in his own UN address.