Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across France
Crowds of mainly teenagers called for more resources for schools and an end to what they called police repression.
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UK Security Adviser Jonathan Powell Traveled to Israel Ahead of Consulate Closure
Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, visited Israel last week to try to negotiate over the looming closure of his country’s consulate in Jerusalem, according to three officials.
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Student Protests Expand to More Than 40 French Cities
Union members, parents and teachers joined the demonstrations, broadening the student-led protest movement that has closed hundreds of French high schools since late September.
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Inaugural Fantastic: Brasil at Rio Film Festival Creates International Bridge for Latin American Genre Cinema, Announces Winners
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Fantastic:Brasil debuted at this year’s Rio Film Festival as a new industry platform for genre cinema in the largest country in South America. The initiative is a partnership between the Fantastic Pavilion Cannes, Rio Market, Festival do Rio, FICCI Industria, #LINK Documentary Industry Meeting, Mórbido Film Fest, and Sitges, and…
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‘East of Eden’ Hits 6.5 Million Views in Four Days on Netflix
“East of Eden” amassed 6.5 million views in its first four days of streaming on Netflix. That total took the John Steinbeck adaptation to the No. 1 spot on the streamer’s weekly TV rankings. Created by Zoe Kazan and starring Florence Pugh, the project has given the 1953 Steinbeck novel renewed popularity, with Penguin Classics…
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Jessica Biel to Play Hugh Hefner’s Wife in ‘Playmates’ Movie for Searchlight
Jessica Biel has joined the cast of the upcoming film “Playmates,” Variety has learned. Biel will now star opposite previously announced cast members Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Pullman, and Indiana Elle. The film will mark the feature writing and directorial debut of Lorraine Nicholson. The official logline for “Playmates” states, “Elle (Elle), a thirteen-year-old know-it-all who…
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Andrew Garfield Could Win an Oscar for ‘Artificial’ and His Norman Bates-Inspired Turn as Sam Altman
Andrew Garfield found the Norman Bates of Silicon Valley, and he could win an Oscar for it. The Academy gave “Psycho” (1960) four nominations at the 33rd Oscars, and none of them were for the motel clerk with the stuffed birds. Alfred Hitchcock landed his fifth and final best director nod. Janet Leigh, whose Marion…
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Godzilla Minus Zero: New IMAX Poster Shows A Burning ‘Zilla
A burning Godzilla takes center stage in a new IMAX poster for Godzilla Minus Zero, releasing in theaters in less than a month.
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Transformers: Spielberg In Talks To Return, With Michael Bay As Well
Paramount is bringing Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay back to the Transformers live-action franchise, as the two are in talks to come back.
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Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka dismisses the apparent inevitability of remakes, saying “you’re essentially providing the same experience again”
At this point, you can’t even open the Steam front page without stumbling over remake after remake (sometimes remasters, just to spice things up). To say remakes are in vogue would be an understatement: they’re an almost guaranteed moneymaker that can prey on nostalgia and a lust for a ‘better time’ to deliver games that…