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The film 'The Drama' faces backlash for its sensitive plot involving a character's confession about planning a school shooting.
Bob had real backbone on and off the screen. He spoke up to defend freedom of the press, protect the environment, and encourage new voices at his Sundance Institute. She then detailed their evolving relationship and recalled how the last time they had been in contact, the pair had told each other they loved one another.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
Stone and then costar Andrew Garfield began dating. The pair moved into a town house in New York City, renting one of the five units in the building for an undisclosed amount. The Chelsea pad, originally built in 1835, featured many original details, including crown molding and mantels, mahogany doors, wide-plank pine flooring, and an elegant grand staircase. Ten wood-burning fireplaces were spread out across the 9,000-square-foot property.
The campaign includes a statement accusing tech firms of using American creators' work to build AI platforms without authorisation or regard for copyright law. It adds: Artists, writers, and creators of all kinds are banding together with a simple message: Stealing our work is not innovation. It's not progress. It's theft plain and simple.
Bin Sulayem had been in contact with the disgraced financier for years, visiting his infamous private island in the Caribbean, where sex crimes allegedly occurred, and exchanging videos and links to porn sites and sex worker services, the Daily Beast reported, citing emails in the so-called Epstein files that have recently been released by the Justice Department.
Trisha Paytas' announcement that she intends to run for a seat in the US House of Representatives in her home state, California, has come as a surprise to many. As someone put on X/Twitter on Tuesday (6 January): "Trisha Paytas announcing that she is running for the House of Representatives was not on my 2026 bingo card." Since then, Spencer Pratt, a reality TV star, has announced his own political aspirations by launching a campaign to become the Mayor of Los Angeles.
I've looked at all of the performances. Obviously, I've got all the scripts, so I know where it's going, and, you know, I think all of the Laras that have previously come before will also be informing as we move into a new era of Tomb Raider, I would say.
More than 80 actors, directors and writers who are current or former participants in Germany's Berlin International Film Festival have signed an open letter condemning the organization's "institutional silence" and "censoring" over the war in Gaza. The open letter, first published by leading US entertainment trade magazine and website Variety, was signed by the likes of British actress Tilda Swinton, Spanish actor Javier Bardem, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles and British filmmaker Mike Leigh.
Now, Lambert is back with JennaWorld, which aired its final episode on Monday, January 26. It traces businesswoman and "Queen of Porn" Jenna Jameson's life - from growing up in Las Vegas and finding stability working in porn to going all the way to the industry's financial climax and her eventual awkward, messy comedown. Jameson typifies what Lambert calls the female anti-hero.
The #BeGood campaign aims to honor Renee Macklin Good and Keith Porter while also reminding us what it means to be good to one another in the face of such horror - to be a good citizen, neighbor, friend, ally and human. Everyday, everywhere, regular people are being good: keeping kids safe when they walk to school, filming fathers who are being disappeared from their workplaces, donating to fundraisers to support organizations who are keeping us safe.
It wasn't about the person. It was about me. It was so scary. I didn't know then how to go, 'Hey, can I talk to you privately?' Now, I would want to believe that I could have taken this person aside," she argued. "A lot of people say that we've become too woke, but I think, no, it's great. The pendulum needs to swing to the other side so that we can find a balance in between.
The moving story of a Tunisian man who refuses to let cancer define his mother's life and turns her treatment into a celebration of love, joy and resilience. When Tunisian TV host Hassen becomes a full-time caregiver for his mother Saliha, dying of lung cancer, their home and hospital visits become the backdrop for an intimate family love story. This observational documentary follows them through birthday celebrations, 4am medication, difficult medical consultations and quiet, emotional moments together.