With just days before Oscar Sunday, Nomadland is making an even bigger case as the Best Picture front runner by dominating at the Independent Spirit Awards. The Fox Searchlight film from writer-director Chloe Zhao took home four awards, including Best Feature and Best Director for Zhao. The Sound of Metal also won three awards at … Read more
The best in independent film – and television – were recognized during the 36th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards on Thursday. Although this year’s ceremony was a virtual one, that did not stop the evening’s honorees and presenters from getting gussied up for the occasion. Elle Fanning, who snagged an acting nomination, made jaws drop in a … Read more
The best in independent film – and television – were recognized during the 36th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards on Thursday. Although this year’s ceremony was a virtual one, that did not stop the evening’s honorees and presenters from getting gussied up for the occasion. Elle Fanning, who snagged an acting nomination, made jaws drop in a … Read more
The best in independent film – and television – were recognized during the 36th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards on Thursday. Although this year’s ceremony was a virtual one, that did not stop the evening’s honorees and presenters from getting gussied up for the occasion. Elle Fanning, who snagged an acting nomination, made jaws drop in a … Read more
Alex Salmond says independent Scotland should ditch the Pound as Tories highlight fears over economic havoc from separatist drive Alex Salmond told Alba Party independent Scotland will need to replace pound He said the post-pandemic world meant Scotland would need its own currency Before the 2014 referendum Mr Salmond had advocated currency union with UK … Read more
Fremantle Media has appointed an independent review of Neighbours after actress Shareena Clanton accused the Channel 10 soap of racism. In a lengthy Instagram post on Tuesday, Shareena, 30, alleged producers fostered a toxic workplace environment and that the show was a ‘culturally unsafe space’. Fremantle Asia Pacific CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor told TV Tonight ‘all complaints are taken seriously and … Read more
Independent inquiry into ‘context’ of how Batley Grammar School pupils were shown Prophet Muhammad cartoons in ‘blasphemy’ lesson will be held after Muslim parents’ protests Furious protesters including Muslim parents rallied outside the school gates The teacher has been suspended and gone into hiding for fear of his own safety Batley Multi Academy Trust said today … Read more
Long-awaited results from AstraZeneca Plc’s U.S coronavirus vaccine trial are currently being reviewed by independent advisors to determine whether the shot is safe and effective. Dr Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said the drug company and its partner, the University of Oxford, completed enrollment of 30,000 participants earlier this year. … Read more
China has violated every rule in the UN’s genocide convention as it tries to ‘destroy’ Uighur Muslims, a think tank has claimed. Beijing’s use of ‘re-education’ camps, mass imprisonment, forced sterilization, rape, and transfer of Uighur children to state institutions violate all five definitions of genocide laid out by the UN, the Newlines Institute for Strategy … Read more
Hollywood star Mark Strong, 57, reveals how being abandoned by his father as a baby made him ‘incredibly independent’ and influenced his own approach to fatherhood Hollywood star Mark Strong revealed he lost contact with his Italian-born father 57-year-old told today’s Desert Island Discs how father ‘left when I was a baby’ Mark said he … Read more