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‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Sweeps European Film Awards – Deadline
‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Sweeps European Film Awards – Deadline by: Zizi Abdel Ghaffar French director Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winning film Anatomy Of A Fall swept the awards at 36th European Film Awards in Berlin this evening, winning Best European Film, Director, Screenplay (with Arthur Harari) and actress for Sandra Hüller. It was strong selection this year…
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Shohei Ohtani to Join Dodgers on Record $700 Million Deal
Shohei Ohtani to Join Dodgers on Record $700 Million Deal by: Hani Kamal El-Din The long wait for Shohei Ohtani to end his free agency is over. The great Japanese two-way star announced on his Instagram account on Saturday he’s signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a reported 10 years at $700 million, the richest contract by far in Major League…
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European Film Awards Kick-Off With Call For Unity Amid World Tensions – Deadline
European Film Awards Kick-Off With Call For Unity Amid World Tensions – Deadline by: Zizi Abdel Ghaffar French director Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winning film Anatomy Of A Fall swept the awards at 36th European Film Awards in Berlin this evening, winning Best European Film, Director, Screenplay (with Arthur Harari) and actress for Sandra Hüller. It was strong…
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Dave Robb, Longtime Hollywood Labor Reporter, Dies at 74
Dave Robb, Longtime Hollywood Labor Reporter, Dies at 74 by: Hani Kamal El-Din Dave Robb, a longtime Hollywood labor reporter who worked for Variety in the 1980s and ’90s, died Dec. 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 74 and had recently been diagnosed with cancer of the brain stem. Robb most recently worked for Deadline, Variety‘s…
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Laufey on Her Sold-Out Tours, New Christmas Music and Gen-Z Pop-Jazz
Laufey on Her Sold-Out Tours, New Christmas Music and Gen-Z Pop-Jazz by: Hani Kamal El-Din Laufey (pronounced Lay-vay) is captivating Gen Z by writing and singing music that almost sounds like it could be from Gen WWII. Go figure, and go marvel. But the 24-year-old has always instinctively known that a box is no place to be: She hails…
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Hollywood Journalist & Author Was 74 – Deadline
Hollywood Journalist & Author Was 74 – Deadline by: Zizi Abdel Ghaffar Longtime Deadline reporter Dave Robb has passed away at age 74. Considered the dean of the Hollywood labor beat, Robb was recently diagnosed with inoperable cancer of the brain stem. This diagnosis came last month. Robb experienced what was initially diagnosed as a small stroke. He and…
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‘Pretty Eyed Baby’ Singer Was 95
‘Pretty Eyed Baby’ Singer Was 95 by: Hani Kamal El-Din Lola Dee, a popular singer in the 1950s who toured with Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante and Johnnie Ray, has died. She was 95. The pop singer, who was signed to Columbia and Mercury labels in the ’50s, died of natural causes in Hinsdale, Illinois at a nursing facility, as…
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Makbul Mubarak On Indonesia Oscar Movie – Deadline
Makbul Mubarak On Indonesia Oscar Movie – Deadline by: Zizi Abdel Ghaffar Beginning as a simple two-hander in which a young working-class caretaker comes under the spell of his returning boss — a charismatic military man who has designs on getting into local politics — Makbul Mubarak’s debut film Autobiography soon develops into a tense psychological thriller about the…
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‘Omen’ Director Baloji On Belgium’s Oscar Entry & Feature Debut – Deadline
‘Omen’ Director Baloji On Belgium’s Oscar Entry & Feature Debut – Deadline by: Zizi Abdel Ghaffar Omen is the official submission from Belgium for the International Feature Oscar category and comes from multi-hyphenate interdisciplinary artist Baloji, who makes his feature directing debut. The film had its world premiere in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section this year where it won the…
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Bulgaria’s Oscar Entry Looks To Give Elderly Dignity – Deadline
Bulgaria’s Oscar Entry Looks To Give Elderly Dignity – Deadline by: Zizi Abdel Ghaffar Filmmaker Stephan Komandarev, whose credits include two previous Bulgarian Oscar entries including the shortlisted The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, wrapped a movie trilogy about the social ills of post-communist society with Blaga’s Lessons, about the harrowing journey of a retired…
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