Category: Entertainment

Banhart carves ‘Pink Marble’ with unique sounds

Many years ago, Devendra Banhart slept nightly on a mattress in a dumpster in New York City. It was during a bedbug scare, when his neighbors had thrown their beds away, and Banhart was a homeless teenage busker, finding busboy jobs to finish customers’ uneaten food.

Trump Got His Obama Wiretap Information From A Breitbart News Article

About 54 percent said they also believe the media “has assumed the role of the opposition party, constantly opposing the president and his policies at every turn”, seemingly consistent with Trump’s proclamation that the “fake news” media are “enemies of the American people”. Until Wednesday, Mr Spicer had steadfastly declined to discuss Mr Trump’s assertion that former president Barack Obama ordered wiretap surveillance of Trump Tower – an act that Mr Trump condemned as a scandal comparable in scale to McCarthyism or Watergate.

Stewart and Assayas find a groove in the shadow of celebrity

Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York. Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York.

6 years after the Fukushima disaster, its victims are still suffering

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Gravestones photographed on Feb. 28 stand near a Namie, Japan, seaside devastated by the March 11, 2011, tsunami, which crippled the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident , the worst recorded since the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.

Christopher Plummer reflects on roots ahead of Canadian Screen Awards

Of all the revered roles Christopher Plummer has portrayed over the years – Capt. Georg von Trapp, King Lear, Macbeth, to name but a few – the most exciting one for him was that of Henry V. He played the part during his 1956 debut at Ontario’s Stratford Festival – in a tent, no less – alongside a group of “superb” French-Canadian actors he still misses “dreadfully,” he says.

Hollywood film on couple who saved Jews premiering in Poland

Film director Niki Caro, left and Hollywood star Jessica Chastain, who plays the main character, gesture during a press conference prior to the gala screening of “The Zookeeper’s Wife” in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. less CORRECTS SLUG – Film director Niki Caro, left and Hollywood star Jessica Chastain, who plays the main character, gesture during a press conference prior to the gala screening of “The Zookeeper’s Wife” in … more Hollywood star Jessica Chastain, who plays the main character, speaks during a press conference prior to the gala screening of “The Zookeeper’s Wife” in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

Saltwater crocodiles on the rise in Western Australia

EXCLUSIVE: Beau Biden’s widow wears her wedding ring as she emerges for the first time after her relationship with his brother Hunter was revealed ‘Yes, he is our President’: Violent clashes break out between Trump supporters and left-wing activists as thousands join rallies supporting the President across America Nevada wife who poisoned her husband’s Lucky Charms to avoid having sex with him told cops ‘I just wanted to stop him having an erection’ Birth defect in boys ’caused by hairspray: Chemicals are linked to a condition that causes lifelong physical and emotional trauma Trump’s NEW travel ban: The President ‘will sign an executive order banning Middle Eastern and African migrants next week’ Florida man, 59, who ‘raped and killed 16-year-old girl 39 years ago when he was her building manager’ is charged after new DNA evidence cracks cold case The shocking moment a road rage … (more)

Iranians celebrate 2nd Oscars win for Farhadi

Hundreds of Iranians gathered Friday at Tehran Cinema Museum to celebrate Asghar Farhadi’s recent Academy Awards win for best foreign language film. In his short speech, Farhadi said the film was not a pre-planned project but, he added, ” was not supposed to be made at all.

Back to her Yorkshire roots

WHEN Mary Fawcett Watko treads the boards in an American production of Calendar Girls she will be returning to her Yorkshire roots. Mary, who grew up in Guiseley, moved to the US half a century ago – but she has maintained her links with frequent visits to family back home.

FX’s ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’: Another total knockdown, drag-out hit from Ryan Murphy

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Susan Sarandon, left, as Bette Davis and Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford in FX’s “Feud: Bette and Joan.” A fantastic miniseries has arrived that at last fully tells the painful history of being gay in modern America – and no, silly, it’s not ABC’s dourly dutiful “When We Rise.”

Spanish trio scoop prestigious US architecture prize

A team of three Spanish architects has won the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize, with the jury praising their work for blending buildings into landscapes and connecting time and place. The award for Catalonia-based architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta was announced Wednesday by Tom Pritzker, chairman and president of the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the prize.

Netflix CEO: co-workers were affected by Trump travel ban

Netflix employees were personally affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban people entering from seven Muslim countries, the company’s CEO said Tuesday. Reed Hastings has been a critic of the temporary travel ban, which Trump hopes to revive in a revised form this week, and told The Associated Press on Tuesday that some of his co-workers had gotten caught up in it.

Laura Carmichael enjoys less-than-glamourous role in A United Kingdom

Laura Carmichael arrived 20 minutes late, apologetic but otherwise unruffled by the flood of black SUVs transporting talent for the Toronto Film Festival and clogging the streets, the sticky heat, or the noisy clatter of lunch patrons in the downtown eatery where we meet. The actress was in full glamour mode, dolled up for a photo shoot taking place after our interview.

Iranian director sends video to message to US rally

In this Oct. 10, 2016 file photo, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi poses for a photo during the premiere of his film, “The Salesman, in Paris. The Oscar-nominated Iranian film director has sent a video message to a rally attended by celebrities and top talent agents to thank the Hollywood community for its support during his boycott of the awards ceremony.

Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx target of racial slur in Croatia

In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, actor Jamie Foxx watches during a joint NFL football training camp between the Dallas Cowboys and the St. Louis Rams, in Oxnard, Calif. Croatian police have filed charges against two people who allegedly used a racial slur to insult Hollywood actor Foxx in a restaurant.

Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx target of racial slur in Croatia

In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, actor Jamie Foxx watches during a joint NFL football training camp between the Dallas Cowboys and the St. Louis Rams, in Oxnard, Calif. Croatian police have filed charges against two people who allegedly used a racial slur to insult Hollywood actor Foxx in a restaurant.

Winter Asian Games kick off with opening ceremony in Sapporo

The Asian Winter Games officially got underway Sunday with an opening ceremony that united winter athletes from the world’s most populous continent. With the Winter Olympics just a year and a short distance away in South Korea, the continent’s leading winter athletes will use the games to fine tune for Pyeongchang 2018.

Donna Air and Kate’s brother James Middleton lucky in love

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Cambodian king to open Jolie’s film on Khmer Rouge survivor

This Nov. 16, 2013 file photo shows Maddox Jolie-Pitt, with Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at the 2013 Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governor Awards, in Los Angeles. Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni will preside over the premiere of Angelina Jolie’s film based on a memoir from a Khmer Rouge survivor.

Annual event marks launch of Southwold Arts Festival 2017

Some members of the the team left Peter Adshead; Di Brown; Dominic Parravani; Lin Le Versha; Chris Ure asnd Tristan Bray at the Friends Evening. Photo from Chris Ure The well attended Friends of Southwold Arts Festival evening was held on Monday, February 13, at the Adnams’ Cellar and Kitchen in Southwold.

‘Inflame’ (‘Kaygi’): Film Review | Berlin 2017

Turkish director Ceylan Ozgun Ozcelik tackles the topical themes of fake news and freedom of expression in her debut feature, a Berlinale world premiere. A stylish but underpowered psychological thriller set in contemporary Turkey, Inflame is a local story with a timely universal message about fake news and Orwellian manipulation of history.

a La La Landa takes five prizes at British academy awards

Director Ken Loach holds the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Film for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ at the British Academy Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Actress Viola Davis poses with the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ‘Fences’ at the British Academy Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.

Death toll in Surigao quake rises to 6

Six people, including a four-year-old boy, have been confirmed dead while 202 were injured after a powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near Surigao City in Caraga Region, Mindanao at 10:03 p.m. Friday, February 10, the local disaster mitigation agency said. A report by the Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council as of 11 a.m. Saturday also said a bridge collapsed, some roads sustained cracks and were not passable, and residential houses and some commercial buildings were damaged.

Dominican paper apologizes for using Baldwin photo for Trump

This screen grab of the Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 digitized version of Dominican Republic’s El Nacional print edition shows comedian Alec Baldwin doing his impression of President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” next to a photo of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the paper’s international page with the Spanish headline: “Trump says settlements in Israel don’t favor peace.” The Spanish caption under Baldwin’s photo reads: “Donald Trump, president of U.S.” The newspaper published an apology on Saturday.