Nobel Peace Prize goes to UN World Food Programme
Nobel Peace Prize goes to UN World Food Programme
The Nobel Committee says the World Food Programme won the prize for its efforts to combat hunger.
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Mipcom Interview: Laurine Garaude Reflects On A “Difficult” Year & How Covid Has Accelerated Change For The Cannes Market
Mipcom Interview: Laurine Garaude Reflects On A “Difficult” Year & How Covid Has Accelerated Change For The Cannes Market
EXCLUSIVE: The television industry’s annual jamboree in Cannes has been cruelly, yet inevitably, harpooned by coronavirus. Gone is the rosé, deal-making on lavish yachts, hot slices at La Pizza Cresci, and insanely over-priced bar snacks at The Majestic. In their place, a virtual market. It will be Mipcom, but not as we know it. Laurine […]
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ViacomCBS International Studios Developing Series On Celebrated Artist Artemisia Gentileschi; Attaches ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Producer Frida Torresblanco
ViacomCBS International Studios Developing Series On Celebrated Artist Artemisia Gentileschi; Attaches ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Producer Frida Torresblanco
ViacomCBS International Studios has announced that it is developing a TV series based on the life of Italian female artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who is considered to be one of the most accomplished painters in the Baroque period. ViacomCBS International Studios has attached Pan’s Labyrinth producer Frida Torresblanco to develop the project, while former ViacomCBS International […]
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Trevor Noah And The Daily Social Distancing Show Talks About A Pretty Fly VP Debate
Trevor Noah And The Daily Social Distancing Show Talks About A Pretty Fly VP Debate
Trevor Noah found much to be amusing about Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate between “two people who will take over if the President falls in the shower.” What’s more amazing, Noah said, is the debate went on even though there was a real chance Vice President Mike Pence might have contracted COVID-19, given that he […]
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Donald Trump plans Florida rally on Saturday amid Covid test secrecy
Donald Trump plans Florida rally on Saturday amid Covid test secrecy
The US president, who is still recovering from Covid-19, refuses to say if he has tested negative as he aims to revive his election campaignCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump, who is still recovering from Covid-19, has suggested he might organize a rally in Florida on Saturday, while continuing to ignore questions on whether he has yet tested negative for the disease.On Thursday night, Trump said: “I think I’m going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we can, if we have enough time to put it together. Continue reading...
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Friday briefing: England should pull circuit breaker – experts
Friday briefing: England should pull circuit breaker – experts
Scientists warn pub and restaurant shutdown not enough … Trump wants to hold rally on Saturday … Allegra Stratton to stand up for PMHello, Warren Murray with a small but highly recommended part of your morning routine. Continue reading...
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Hospitals in north of England ‘to run out of Covid beds within a week’
Hospitals in north of England 'to run out of Covid beds within a week'
Health chiefs warn they plan to ditch routine surgery as second wave seriously disrupts NHSCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSome hospitals in the north of England are set to run out of beds for Covid patients within a week, health chiefs are warning, amid growing signs that the disease’s fast-unfolding second wave will seriously disrupt normal NHS care for a second time.NHS trusts in the north-east and north-west are getting so many new Covid cases every day that some are already planning to ditch routine surgery again to free up staff and beds, despite a health service-wide diktat that they should continue to provide normal care this time round. Continue reading...
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‘Terrible day’: anger as pictures show Varosha beach in Cyprus opening after 46 years
'Terrible day': anger as pictures show Varosha beach in Cyprus opening after 46 years
Greek Cypriots who fled area when troops invaded in 1976 among those embittered by Turkish moveFor the first time in 46 years the public have been permitted to access the beach of Varosha in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Cyprus, in a contentious move unveiled by its internationally unrecognised premier who is running in an election on Sunday.Hundreds filed through a gate manned by Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday to walk on a freshly paved asphalt road leading to the beach that was the jewel of what was once a premier tourist resort in Famagusta. The road was flanked by police tape to keep pedestrians out of windowless homes and rusting business, some swallowed up by decades-old undergrowth....
Revealed: 97% of UK offshore marine parks subject to destructive fishing
Revealed: 97% of UK offshore marine parks subject to destructive fishing
Vessels spent 200,000 hours in 2019 bottom trawling or dredging the seabed in protected areas set up to safeguard vital ecosystemsMore than 97% of British marine protected areas, created to safeguard ocean habitats, are being dredged and bottom trawled, according to data shared with the Guardian.Nearly a quarter of the UK’s territorial waters are covered by MPAs, set up to protect vital ecosystems and species, including harbour porpoises and dolphins. This network of parks is a symbol of the government’s “world leading” target to protect 30% of ocean biodiversity by 2030. Continue reading...
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US election 2020: Trump ready to return to public events, says doctor
US election 2020: Trump ready to return to public events, says doctor
A White House physician anticipates the president's safe return to public engagements this Saturday.
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Trump Lashes Out at His Cabinet With Calls to Indict Political Rivals
Trump Lashes Out at His Cabinet With Calls to Indict Political Rivals
The pressure on his top administration officials to take action came as President Trump bristled at the restraints of his illness.
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President Donald Trump Campaign Ad Slammed By Jackie Robinson Daughter
President Donald Trump Campaign Ad Slammed By Jackie Robinson Daughter
A Donald Trump campaign ad featuring an image of baseball great Jackie Robinson has been condemned by Robinson’s daughter, who said the family does not support the President. Sharon Robinson, who runs the Jackie Robinson Foundation, tweeted on Thursday that the Trump campaign is in opposition to everything Robinson stood for and believed in. “We’re […]
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Blake Jenner Responds To Melissa Benoist’s Abuse Accusations: “I Take Full Responsibility”
Blake Jenner Responds To Melissa Benoist’s Abuse Accusations: “I Take Full Responsibility”
Nearly a year ago, Supergirl star Melissa Benoist took to Instagram to share a very personal story about her experience with domestic violence and intimate partner violence (IPV). However, she never named the ex-partner who abused her in the 14-minute video. There was speculation that it was Blake Jenner but it wasn’t until today that the […]
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SAG-AFTRA Cuts Staff For Third Time During Pandemic, Offers More Dues Relief To Members In Financial Distress
SAG-AFTRA Cuts Staff For Third Time During Pandemic, Offers More Dues Relief To Members In Financial Distress
SAG-AFTRA said today that it has further reduced its workforce “across most operations and locals” through a combination of early retirements and job eliminations. This is the union’s third workforce reduction since the pandemic and production shutdown began in mid-March, and will bring the number of its employees to about 400 nationwide. “Someday, this crisis […]
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Alleged Megan Thee Stallion Shooter Tory Lanez Charged With Two Felony Counts By L.A. District Attorney
Alleged Megan Thee Stallion Shooter Tory Lanez Charged With Two Felony Counts By L.A. District Attorney
Rapper Tory Lanez, aka Daystar Peterson, was charged Thursday in connection with a July shooting incident involving fellow performer Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez faces one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. On July 12, Lanez had an argument with Megan Thee Stallion while […]
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Universal Pictures President Of International Marketing Simon Hewlett Departing Studio
Universal Pictures President Of International Marketing Simon Hewlett Departing Studio
Universal President of International Marketing, Simon Hewlett, will be leaving the studio in 2021. Earlier this year Universal began to assess its marketing and distribution structures in a multi-step process to integrate its domestic and international teams into a global organization based out of the Studio’s head office in Los Angeles. Universal is centralizing the […]
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‘Saturday Night Live’: Host Bill Burr Gets Awkward For New Teaser, Maya Rudolph Gears Up For VP Debate Skit As Kamala Harris
‘Saturday Night Live’: Host Bill Burr Gets Awkward For New Teaser, Maya Rudolph Gears Up For VP Debate Skit As Kamala Harris
Bill Burr is set to make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut and he’s got the awkward promos to prove it. On Thursday SNL shared clips of a masked Burr standing next to Kenan Thompson advertising his Saturday hosting gig. “Hi, I’m Bill Burr and I’m hosting SNL this week and right now I’m doing […]
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‘Vikings: Valhalla’: Production Restarts In Ireland After COVID-19 False Positives
‘Vikings: Valhalla’: Production Restarts In Ireland After COVID-19 False Positives
Vikings: Valhalla, the Netflix sequel to the History drama, has restarted production in Ireland after shooting was suspended due to a number of positive COVID-19 tests. Deadline understands that shooting at Ashford Studios resumed yesterday after it was suspended earlier this week. At the time a number of cast and crew were reported to have […]
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Donald Trump Gets Go Ahead For “Public Engagements” From Doctor In Latest COVID-19 Update From White House
Donald Trump Gets Go Ahead For “Public Engagements” From Doctor In Latest COVID-19 Update From White House
Sagging in the polls, COVID-19 infected Donald Trump has been rage tweeting all day, but his doctor claims the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host is ready to return to the campaign trail this weekend. On Thursday evening, the White House dropped a “Health Update” from Trump’s physician that “based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team […]
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‘Supernatural’ Star Jensen Ackles Forms Production Company With Wife Danneel, Signs Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV
‘Supernatural’ Star Jensen Ackles Forms Production Company With Wife Danneel, Signs Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV
Supernatural star Jensen Ackles is staying in the Warner Bros television family after striking an overall deal with the production company that he has formed with his wife Danneel. The pair have launched Chaos Machine Productions and have hired former DC creative executive Renee Reiff as head of development. The overall deal will see the trio create, […]
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‘All American’s Dane Morck Signs With Zero Gravity; Evan Mirzai Signs With Innovative Artists; CJ Wallace Inks Deal With CSA
‘All American’s Dane Morck Signs With Zero Gravity; Evan Mirzai Signs With Innovative Artists; CJ Wallace Inks Deal With CSA
Dane Morck, the co-creator of the CW series All American, has signed with Zero Gravity. He will serve as the Executive Consultant going into Season 3 of the sports drama. Prior to All American Morck worked in the unscripted space under Vin di Bona on America’s Funniest Home Videos and was a development exec at di Bona’s […]
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Planned new Covid rules for north of England are not enough, say scientists
Planned new Covid rules for north of England are not enough, say scientists
Advisers say action was needed weeks ago and anti-lockdown fringe has too much influenceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageScientists advising the UK government believe the planned new Covid restrictions do not go far enough and that “fringe” anti-lockdown epidemiologists are gaining too much attention, the Guardian has learned.Members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) believe that a potential shutdown of pubs and restaurants in the north and Midlands, which is expected next week after delays that one MP has called “reckless”, are unlikely to bring cases down to a more manageable level. Continue reading...
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James Patterson Strikes First-Look Deal With eOne; Sets ‘The Noise’ Adaptation As First Project
James Patterson Strikes First-Look Deal With eOne; Sets ‘The Noise’ Adaptation As First Project
EXCLUSIVE: Prolific author James Patterson has inked a first-look deal with Sharp Objects studio eOne and has set an adaptation of his upcoming novel The Noise as the first project through the deal. He has signed the deal via his production company James Patterson Entertainment, which has previous credits on series including CBS drama Instinct […]
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‘Triage’: Andrew Richardson Joins Cast Of ABC Medical Drama Pilot
‘Triage’: Andrew Richardson Joins Cast Of ABC Medical Drama Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Richardson (The Last O.G.) has been cast as a series regular opposite Parisa Fitz-Henley in Triage, ABC’s second cycle medical drama pilot from Erica Messer, Jon M. Chu and David Cornue. Created by Cornue, Triage is a character-driven medical drama that follows pioneering surgeon Finley Briar (Fitz-Henley) over three distinct decades at the same hospital. With the evolution of medicine […]
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Amazon Studios Sets Reed Morano To Direct, Charlie Kaufman To Adapt Yōko Ogawa Novel ‘The Memory Police’
Amazon Studios Sets Reed Morano To Direct, Charlie Kaufman To Adapt Yōko Ogawa Novel ‘The Memory Police’
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is turning the Yōko Ogawa novel The Memory Police into a feature, and it has an enviable filmmaking team to bring it to life. The Handmaid Tale’s Reed Morano will direct and produce, and Charlie Kaufman will write the script based on the National Book Award-nominated surrealist tale which was recently translated […]
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‘Doctor Who’ Lead Jodie Whittaker Says Cast Is “Certainly In Prep” For End Of Year Production, Reflects On ‘Exhilarating’ Season 12 – New York Comic Con
‘Doctor Who’ Lead Jodie Whittaker Says Cast Is “Certainly In Prep” For End Of Year Production, Reflects On ‘Exhilarating’ Season 12 – New York Comic Con
Season 12 of Doctor Who left devoted Whovians with a number of surprises and twists to process right before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill in March. While the Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker, didn’t reveal what’s to come in Season 13, she did say Doctor Who enthusiasts can look forward to new […]
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Derek Webster To Recur On Fox’s ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’, JR Bourne On Netflix’s ‘On the Verge’
Derek Webster To Recur On Fox’s ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’, JR Bourne On Netflix’s ‘On the Verge’
EXCLUSIVE: Derek Webster has been cast in a season-long recurring role on Fox’s 911: Lone Star. He will play Charles Vega, the husband of Paramedic Captain Tommy Vega, portrayed by new series regular Gina Torres. The very 2020-relatable Charles Vega character is a restauranteur whose business is affected by the pandemic, so he becomes a […]
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Made Up Stories & Snoot Entertainment To Adapt Novel ‘To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars’ Into Feature Film
Made Up Stories & Snoot Entertainment To Adapt Novel ‘To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars’ Into Feature Film
Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder’s Snoot Entertainment have optioned the rights to Christopher Paolini’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Paolini will adapt the book with his sister and collaborator Angela Paolini for the big screen. Both will serve as EPs. Christopher Paolini’s debut adult sci-fi novel […]
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Eva Green Astronaut Drama ‘Proxima’ Lands At Vertical Entertainment
Eva Green Astronaut Drama ‘Proxima’ Lands At Vertical Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: There have been many male-centered films about astronauts, but director Alice Winocour is here to change all of that with her drama Proxima. Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution rights to the space drama starring Eva Green and Matt Dillon. Vertical is set to hit VOD and digital on November 6. The film debuted […]
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Imax To Furlough 150 Workers Amid Pandemic-Fueled Drought Of Studio Films
Imax To Furlough 150 Workers Amid Pandemic-Fueled Drought Of Studio Films
Imax Corp. has decided to furlough 150 workers due to the withdrawal of movie studios from the theatrical marketplace due to COVID-19. The large-format film company’s auditoriums have fared well in China and across Asia in reopening during COVID-19, but it has reached a crossroads in much of the rest of the world. Just about […]
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