Posts by Kim Browne
John Fetterman Bends Reality in Desperate Attempt to Defend Trump
“This effort aims to meet the growing demand for bedspace and streamline the detention and removal process, focusing on non-traditional facilities built specifically to support ICE’s needs,” the memo said. “This model includes the acquisition and renovation of eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites, as well as the acquisition of 10 existing ‘turnkey’…
Read MoreNewport Beach to Honor Jennifer Saunders at U.K. and Ireland Honors Event (EXCLUSIVE)
The Newport Beach Film Festival has revealed the names to be honored in this year’s Icon and Artists of Distinction categories ahead of next week’s U.K. and Ireland Honors event, hosted by Nick Mohammed and Edith Bowman. This year, the Icon Award will be presented to comedian and actor Jennifer Saunders. The Icon Award is…
Read MoreLars Eidinger Wanted Isabelle Huppert’s Vampire Role in ‘The Blood Countess’: But ‘It Turned Out I Was the Vampire’s Therapist!’
Lars Eidinger has still gotten over the fact that he didn’t get to play a vampire in “The Blood Countess,” starring Isabelle Huppert and directed by celebrated German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger. During the press conference for the movie at the Berlin Film Festival hours before its world premiere, Eidinger revealed that when Ottinger came to…
Read MoreIndonesian Horror Prequel ‘Janur Ireng: Sewu Dino’ Lands Worldwide Deal With EST N8 (EXCLUSIVE)
International sales and production company EST N8 has acquired worldwide rights to “Janur Ireng: Sewu Dino the Prequel,” a supernatural horror feature from Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel and MD Pictures. The deal was revealed at Berlin’s European Film Market. The deal, which excludes Indonesia and Taiwan with selective rights available in Southeast Asia, was negotiated…
Read MoreTareq Baconi’s Search for Liberation
And yet Baconi does not allow himself the pat comparison of likening his move to London—that is, his escape after coming out and realizing that he will not be able to become who he wants to be, should he stay—to forced migration. Mapping the twists and turns of his self-analysis, he writes: “It is easy…
Read MoreThe GOP Has Become a Single-Issue Party. The Issue Is Elite Impunity.
This dynamic is also apparent in the GOP’s slavish devotion to AI billionaires. The class divide on this topic is sharp—regular Americans are increasingly concerned about the potentially devastating impact of AI on their jobs and their kids’ economic prospects, and they sure as hell don’t want parasitic AI data centers raising their electricity prices…
Read MoreTrump’s New Voter I.D. Threat Is His Gravest Attack on Democracy Yet
Trying to prevent or subvert or nullify an election, I would argue, is on another level. We’ve had presidents and other political leaders who tried to get their foes thrown in the clink. We’ve had loads of corrupt pols, though never anyone near Trump’s operatic scale. And we have, alas, treated a lot of people…
Read MoreYou Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid
Third, Ocasio-Cortez is not Sanders. Perhaps she has less appeal among older white voters and men than the Vermont senator. But it’s easy to imagine her running well ahead of him among Black, Latino, and women voters, particularly the younger people in those cohorts. She is charismatic in a way that the senator isn’t. Perhaps…
Read More‘Tehran’ Producer Dana Eden Dies Unexpectedly at 52 During Season 4 Shoot in Greece
“Tehran” producer Dana Eden has died during the Season 4 shoot of the hit Apple TV+ series in Greece. She was 52. No cause of death has been confirmed but Shula and Donna Productions, the production company Eden founded alongside fellow “Tehran” producer Shula Spiegel, has sought to dispel rumours that her death was politically…
Read MoreBranded Entertainment Executives Anthony Damianakis, Pete Fergusson Launch Dubai-Based Startup IPX to Connect Brands With Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Branded entertainment executives Anthony Damianakis and Pete Fergusson are launching an ambitious startup called IPX headquartered in Dubai, with offices also in London and Sydney. The innovative startup aims to connect brands with creators, producers, broadcasters, streamers and other content platforms to jointly develop premium content and ownable IP. IPX – which is being touted…
Read MoreJohn Wilson, Sara Dosa Among Speakers in Lineup for CPH:DOX’s Conference and Summit Program
The industry section of Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX has unveiled the Summit and Conference program, which runs March 16-19. Featured speakers include U.S. filmmaker John Wilson, Emmy nominated three times for “How to With John Wilson,” and U.S. filmmaker Sara Dosa, an Oscar nominee with “Fire of Love.” Other speakers include Malaysia-born director-producer Poh Si…
Read MoreZDF Studios Seals 1,200-Hour Drama Deal With Hungary’s TV2 Group (EXCLUSIVE)
ZDF Studios has closed a multi-year deal to supply Hungary’s TV2 Group on more than 1,200 hours of drama, with free TV, pay TV and VOD rights for Hungary that allow the broadcaster to run the package across its linear channels and streaming services. The package leans into high-recognition German brands suited to weekday stripping,…
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