China Frees American Pastor After 20 Years In Jail Ahead Of Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
Chinese authorities released an American pastor who had been imprisoned for 20 years on Sunday, ahead of the country's Mid-Autumn Festival, according to multiple reports. David Lin, 68, was detained in China in 2006, the same year he arrived in the country to set up a Christian teaching center in Beijing. CBS News ReportedLin was […]
NYC Wine & Food Festival moves to Brooklyn — but it’s ‘not an FU to Manhattan’
For the first time in 17 years, the New York City Wine & Food Festival will leave Manhattan for a showcase event on the Brooklyn waterfront, reinforcing the borough's growing foodie credentials. The annual event, which will run from Oct. 17 to 20, will see a giant tent set up at the Invesco QQQ campus […]
Billy McFarland sets Fyre Festival II date — with tickets as much as $1.1M
Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland has revealed that Fyre Festival II will take place off the coast of Mexico next April, with tickets expected to cost $1.1 million. The 32-year-old revealed details of his disastrous second attempt at the music festival in an interview. NBC News on monday. “Fyre Festival II will take place on April […]
Nightbitch review – Amy Adams turns into a dog in rough dark comedy | Toronto film festival 2024
circleWhile the film itself may fade quickly, it will take a while for people to tire of repeating the phrase “Amy Adams is a night bitch.” The six-time Oscar nominee, coming off a recent losing streak in obscure try-hard flops like Hillbilly Elegy and Dear Evan Hansen, plays a goofy, slightly cruel character in a […]
Nicole Kidman Misses Venice Film Festival Honor Due to Mom’s Death
VENICE, Italy (AP) “The Room Next Door” Pedro Almodóvar's English-language debut “The Prisoner of Azkaban,” starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, topped the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, winning the Golden Lion award. Nicole Kidman is A graphic and explicit portrayal of the CEO In “Baby Girl,” she was embroiled in an affair with an […]
Anti-Israel Activists Crash Toronto Film Festival Opening Night Screening
The opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was disrupted on Thursday after anti-Israel protesters attempted to briefly disrupt a screening of the opening film. Their slogan was aimed at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the official banking partner of the annual film festival. of The Hollywood Reporter Notes The protest took […]
Hillary Clinton Goes on ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Abortion Rant at Telluride Film Festival
Like Hillary Clinton herself, The The Handmaid's Tale / The abortion metaphor is old and overused and it never seems to go away. Hillary Clinton reportedly used the cliche again last weekend while appearing at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado to promote a new documentary on abortion. Zulawski v. Texas; She produced a documentary […]
Palestinian Filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad Among 300 Calling for Boycott of Israeli Movies at Venice Film Festival
More than 300 directors and actors participated Paradise Now Film director Hany Abu-Assad has called for a boycott of Israeli films screening at this year's Venice Film Festival in Italy, claiming the films are engaged in so-called “artwashing” of “apartheid, occupation and now genocide.” The petition accuses Israel of numerous crimes but makes no mention […]
Shooting leaves one dead at historically bloody West Indian Day Festival Parade in NYC
A 25-year-old man has died after being shot at Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade on Monday, police sources said. The victim, who was shot in the abdomen, was pronounced dead Monday evening after a lone gunman opened fire on him and four others along the afternoon parade route in the 300 block of Eastern Parkway, […]
At least 6 shot in NYC near West Indian Day Festival parade route: cops
Brooklyn's joyous West Indian Days Parade turned bloody on Monday with at least six people shot along the route, authorities said. Police said shots were fired around 2:35 p.m. in the 300 block of Eastern Parkway, where a colorful celebration of Caribbean life was taking place. One male victim was shot in the head, another […]