Actress Geena Davis announces lineup for 10th annual Bentonville Film Festival Sealey and Draper, along with lead actress Phoebe Rae-Taylor will participate in a Q&A following the screening of the film. Actress Geena Davis, who started the festival, was there for Tuesday’s ... 04/30/2024 - 11:11 am | View Link
‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ takes a look at the creative mind behind ‘Sesame Street’ The new documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man” examines the life of the man behind “The Muppets” and “Sesame Street.” ... 04/29/2024 - 12:19 pm | View Link
Cannes Adds New Film By Jean-Luc Godard Alongside Restorations of Spielberg, Wiseman, Tsui Hark, Bresson, and Sembène Though festivals and distributors were very excited to sell you a "final" film by Jean-Luc Godard, Fabrice Aragno made clear Phony Wars would not be the last transmission. Continuing Tupac-like beyond ... 04/27/2024 - 2:42 am | View Link
Cannes Classics Section Will Include Appearances by Ron Howard, Faye Dunaway, Wim Wenders Cannes Classics has announced the rest of its program after the previously-announced opening night film 'Napoleon Par Abel Gance.' ... 04/25/2024 - 4:59 am | View Link
Cannes Classics: Ron Howard & Faye Dunaway To Debut New Films In Stacked Lineup Featuring Wim Wenders, Costa-Gavras & Tom Rothman The Cannes Film Festival’s Classics sidebar celebrates 20 years this year with a lineup of films including a 4K restoration of Wim Wenders’s Palme d’Or winning Paris, Texas, and a debut screening of ... 04/25/2024 - 4:07 am | View Link
WASHINGTON — A top U. N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.
Cindy McCain, the American director of the U. N. World Food Program, became the most prominent international official so far to declare that trapped civilians in the most cut-off part of Gaza had gone over the brink into famine.
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“It’s horror,” McCain told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview to air Sunday.
Houston — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was still to come.
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“This threat is ongoing and it’s going to get worse.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.