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  • World News: French Elections Lean Right

    If the European elections of June 9 confirmed the rise of the far right, they also reveal a crisis of confidence in democracy today as routine and castrating, the opposite of its original foundations made of consensus and shared expression.

     
  • Realist Web Fest Opens (Pictures)

    The third international festival of web series Realist Web Fest has opened in Nizhny Novgorod. The opening ceremony was held at the Volgo-Vyatka branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (NCCA "Arsenal").  

  • Sipping Sunshine: Our Top Five Picnic Wines for Summer

    The Summer of 2020, scaled back, modified, and in some cases shut down. Big parties are out and intimate, socially distanced, affairs are the new normal. Here are our top five picks of delicious summer wines.

     
  • WHY HIM Review - Hysterical, LOL, A Silicon Valley Comedic Romp

    WHY HIM, from Twentieth Century Fox Films and TSG Entertainment, brings to the screen a laugh out loud comedic romp through Silicon Valley and the new age world of tech apps, platforms, coding, and the over the top creative extravagances.

     
  • Neil Labute To Direct Maggie Q in "Fear The Night"

    Quiver Distribution announced today that they will once again team up with prolific director Neil LaBute (Lakeview Terrace, Possession, Nurse Betty) on the action thriller Fear the Night which stars Maggie Q (The Protégé, "Designated Survivor", Divergent trilogy).  

  • Academy Rules Knock 116 Films from Best Picture Contention

    Of the 323 feature films eligible for the 2024 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture announced today only 207 films are eligible for the Best Picture category, which has additional requirements beyond those for general entry. 

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