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- Kristen Stewart urges solidarity and honesty in emotional keynote at Academy Women’s Luncheon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a rooftop space filled with Hollywood’s most influential figures, actor Kristen Stewart delivered an unflinching speech calling on women in film to “print (their) own currency” and reject the industry’s tokenism while celebrating the next generation of female filmmakers. Stewart, who directed “The Chronology of Water,” an adaptation of Lidia [...] Read More »
52 minutes ago - Australia’s Helen Garner wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize for her ‘addictive’ diaries
LONDON (AP) — Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer whose celebrity fans include singer Dua Lipa, won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction on Tuesday for what judges called her addictive and candid diaries. Garner, 82, was named winner of the 50,000 pound ($65,000) prize at a ceremony in London for “How to End [...] Read More »
4 hours ago - Movie Review: Russell Crowe and Rami Malek face off in the Nazi trial drama ‘Nuremberg’
The Nuremberg trials have inspired filmmakers before, from Stanley Kramer’s 1961 drama to the 2000 television miniseries with Alec Baldwin and Brian Cox. But for the latest take, “Nuremberg,” writer-director James Vanderbilt focuses on a lesser-known figure: The U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, who after the war was assigned to supervise and evaluate captured Nazi [...] Read More »
5 hours ago - Children’s author Robert Munsch donates letters, story drafts to Guelph Public Library
Children’s author Robert Munsch is donating his stash of story drafts, publisher notes and fan letters to the Guelph Public Library. The southwestern Ontario library says the collection will offer a rare glimpse into Munsch’s decades-long career, during which he penned bedtime classics including “The Paperbag Princess,” “Love You Forever” and “Mortimer.” The Munsch family [...] Read More »
6 hours ago - Conservative activist Laura Loomer, a Trump ally, says she has a new Pentagon press pass
NEW YORK (AP) — With the Pentagon’s press room largely cleared of mainstream reporters, conservative activist and presidential ally Laura Loomer says she has been granted a credential to work there. Loomer has an influential social media presence and the ear of President Donald Trump, frequently campaigning for the firings of government officials she deems [...] Read More »
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