March 25th, 2025

Entertainment News

Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director after he was attacked by West Bank settlers

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, who his wife said beat him in front of his home while filming the assault. Hamdan Ballal and the other directors of “No Other Land,” which ... Read More »

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Oscar-winning Palestinian director released by Israeli forces in the West Bank

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — An Oscar-winning Palestinian director and two others have been released by Israel, a day after he was badly beaten by Jewish settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Associated Press journalists on Tuesday saw Hamdan Ballal and the two other Palestinians leaving the police station in ... Read More »

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Outside of Gene Hackman’s home, where the actor was found dead, is shown in body cam footage

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

ALBUQUERQE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have released body camera footage from outside the home of Gene Hackman, where the actor and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in late February. The redacted footage shows deputies talking with the two workers who called authorities to report seeing someone lying on the floor inside the home. With ... Read More »

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French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledges boorish behavior but denies sexual assault

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. She told the court that he’d behaved “like a ... Read More »

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Wife of Oscar-winning Palestinian director says he was savagely beaten outside his home

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

SUSIYA, West Bank (AP) — The wife of an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was attacked by Jewish settlers before being detained by the Israeli army said Tuesday that he was beaten in front of his home by three men in military fatigues while another filmed it. Hamdan Ballal and the other directors of “No Other ... Read More »

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Actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledges boorish behavior but denies sexual assault

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

PARIS (AP) — Actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. “I understand perfectly if she’s a bit upset,” he said ... Read More »

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Depardieu testifies at his trial on sexual assault charges, saying, ‘I won’t hide, it’s hard’

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

PARIS (AP) — Actor Gérard Depardieu began testifying Tuesday on Day 2 of his trial on sexual assault charges, saying, “I won’t hide, it’s hard.” In his gruff, deep voice so familiar to global cinemagoers, the 76-year-old former Oscar nominee said it was “very emotional” for him to be in the Paris court, answering charges ... Read More »

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Depardieu expected to testify on Day 2 of French actor’s trial for alleged sexual assault

By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025

PARIS (AP) — Gerard Depardieu was expected to start testifying Tuesday on the second day of the French actor’s trial for alleged sexual assault. Depardieu, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming in 2021 of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”). The actor faces up to ... Read More »

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New York Times denounces Trump’s ‘intimidation tactics’ against reporters

By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2025

The New York Times on Monday denounced “intimidation tactics” by President Donald Trump against its reporters after days in which the administration assailed the newspaper’s reporting on Elon Musk and the Defense Department. The newspaper said in a post on X — the platform owned by Musk — that Trump’s approach has “never caused us ... Read More »

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Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army

By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2025

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “ No Other Land ” on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military, according to two of his fellow directors and other witnesses. The Israeli military said it was looking into ... Read More »

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Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained, activists say

By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2025

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “ No Other Land ” in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and he was then detained by the Israeli military, Jewish activists on the scene said. Dozens of settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer ... Read More »

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