TV tonight: the horrifying events of Hamas’s attack at Israel’s Nova festival | Television & radio
Surviving October 7: We Dance Again 9pm, BBC Two When a Hamas rocket appeared overhead at Israel's Nova Festival in 2023, revelers mistook it for fireworks. The truth was far more terrifying than they could have imagined. Storyville's horrifying film focuses minute-by-minute on the events experienced by the partygoers. There's no exploration of the broader […]
Dropped as Vegas Festival Headliner
Rapper Macklemore's career is facing serious consequences after he uttered the words “Fuck America” at a recent pro-Palestinian concert in Seattle. Macklemore has been removed from headlining a Las Vegas music festival in the wake of the incident, and his partnership with his local Seattle sports teams is reportedly in jeopardy as a result. Macklemore […]
Chef Todd English launches Whitefish food festival to put Montana resort town on culinary map
A little-known Rocky Mountain resort town (with a name traditionally associated with a New York deli staple) is poised to put itself on the culinary map — or at least, that's what celebrity chef Todd English hopes. Whitefish, a boomtown in northwest Montana, has become a magnet for the rich and famous looking to escape […]
Oktoberfest, the world’s largest folk festival all things beer begins after ceremonial keg-tapping
Oktoberfest has begun. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially kicked off Oktoberfest at noon Saturday by popping the tap on the first keg of beer, signalling the start of the festival's 189th edition. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated the first clinking of mugs at Munich's fairgrounds during the world's largest folk festival. Munich will open its first […]
Disastrous New York Vegandale compared to Fyre Festival
Fiberfest? Angry customers at New York's Vegandale have compared the highly-hyped plant-based festival to the Fyre Festival after hours-long lines, water and toilet paper shortages and other issues. “We were hungry, we were cranky and we were miserable,” said Rocco Marongeli, 46, a graphic designer from Queens. The New York Times He waited in line […]
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 […]