“Emilia Perez” — Jacques Audiard’s surreal narco-thriller musical about a Mexican drug lord who transitions to life as a woman — led the Golden Globes nominations on Monday with 10, as the race to the Oscars heats up.The genre-defying film stars transgender actress Karla Sofia Gascon as the title character, along with actress-singer Selena Gomez and …
An Australian comedian has cancelled a musical about breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, citing a threat from the Olympian’s legal team who feared it would hurt her reputation.”Raygun: The Musical” had been set to open in Sydney on Saturday, featuring dance moves from the 37-year-old’s Paris Olympic performance, which became something of a global laughing stock.The …
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A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she was 12 went on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement.Christophe Ruggia is accused of sexually assaulting the star of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” for three years in the early 2000s, when she was …
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a “meeting of different political forces” to hammer out a programme for a new government, the Greens party leader said on Monday amid a political crisis triggered by Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s ouster.Macron had suggested a “new method” to put together an executive, Greens chief Marine Tondelier said …
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This year is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first above a critical threshold to protect the planet from dangerously overheating, Europe’s climate monitor said Monday.The new benchmark affirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service caps a year in which countries rich and poor were hammered by disasters that scientists have …
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Syrian rescuers searched a jail synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s rule, as people in the capital flocked to a central square Monday to celebrate their country’s freedom.Assad fled the country as Islamist-led rebels swept into the capital, bringing to a spectacular end on Sunday five decades of brutal rule by …
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Syrians flocked to the main square of the capital Damascus on Monday, AFP journalists saw, to mark what many regard as a long-awaited new dawn after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad.A lightning offensive spearheaded by Islamist rebels ousted Assad from power on Sunday, opening a new chapter in Syria’s history after five decades of …
French President Emmanuel Macron was on Monday set to hold a series of consultations with party bosses as pressure grew on him to name a new prime minister and defuse a political crisis.Last week far-right and hard-left lawmakers joined efforts to oust the minority government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a historic no-confidence vote …
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Syrians flocked to the main square of the capital city Damascus on Monday to mark what many regard as a long-awaited new dawn after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, AFP journalists saw.Assad fled to Russia on Sunday after a lightning offensive spearheaded by Islamist rebels ousted him from power, opening a new chapter in …
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President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria as Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus, triggering celebrations across the country and beyond at the end of his oppressive rule.Crowds cheered in the streets of Damascus, where celebratory gunfire erupted as five decades of brutal Baath party rule came crashing to a dramatic end with Assad’s flight from the capital …
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