North Korea ‘killed and burned South Korean official’
North Korea 'killed and burned South Korean official'
The man had disappeared from a patrol boat near the border, said the South Korean defence ministry.
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Hunter Biden: Republicans release report on Joe Biden’s son
Hunter Biden: Republicans release report on Joe Biden's son
His work in Ukraine was "awkward" while his father was vice-president but no wrongdoing was found.
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Pilot whales Tasmania: Rescuing whales in Australia’s worst stranding
Pilot whales Tasmania: Rescuing whales in Australia's worst stranding
Nearly 400 whales have died in Australia's worst stranding. Jools Farrell told the BBC how rescuers help those still alive.
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Fired Officer Is Indicted in Breonna Taylor Case; Protesters Wanted Stronger Charges
Fired Officer Is Indicted in Breonna Taylor Case; Protesters Wanted Stronger Charges
A former officer was charged with “wanton endangerment” for endangering Ms. Taylor’s neighbors with gunshots when she was killed by police officers in her Louisville apartment.
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Two Officers Shot In Louisville Amid Breonna Taylor Protests; People Also Take To Streets In LA, NYC, Elsewhere
Two Officers Shot In Louisville Amid Breonna Taylor Protests; People Also Take To Streets In LA, NYC, Elsewhere
Two Louisville Metro Police officers were shot tonight as protests broke out over the grand jury’s decision not to charge three of the city’s officers involved in the March 13 killing of Breonna Taylor. A spokesman said at a news conference that both officers were being treated at a local hospital and that neither sustained […]
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‘All Rise’, ‘Lucifer’ & ‘Manifest’ Return To Production, ‘Bob ❤️ Abishola’ Holds First Table Read For New Season
‘All Rise’, ‘Lucifer’ & ‘Manifest’ Return To Production, ‘Bob ❤️ Abishola’ Holds First Table Read For New Season
More Warner Bros. TV-produced series are getting back in production with COVID safety protocols amid the pandemic. The studio’s CBS drama All Rise started filming Season 2 on the Warner Bros. lot today. Star Simone Missick, who plays Judge Lora Carmicael on the legal drama, posted a message on Instagram to mark the occasion. “Guess […]
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‘This Is Us’ Season 5 Premiere Date Moved Up By Two Weeks By NBC
‘This Is Us’ Season 5 Premiere Date Moved Up By Two Weeks By NBC
Good news for This Is Us fans — the hit family drama will be back sooner than expected. The fifth season of the NBC show will launch with a two-hour premiere on Oct. 27, the Tuesday before the Presidential election. A fall premiere date announcement by NBC three weeks ago had This Is Us set for […]
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Andrea Simon Joins Rain Management Group As Partner, RMG Merges With Andrea Simon Entertainment
Andrea Simon Joins Rain Management Group As Partner, RMG Merges With Andrea Simon Entertainment
Veteran manager Andrea Simon has joined Los Angeles-based management service and production company Rain Management Group as a partner. RMG announced the addition on Monday and also shared that it will merge with Simon’s Andrea Simon Entertainment, effective immediately. “I am so pleased to have Andrea join us as a partner. Not only is it […]
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WGA East Leaders Condemn President Donald Trump For Praising Police Violence Against Journalists
WGA East Leaders Condemn President Donald Trump For Praising Police Violence Against Journalists
Leaders of the WGA East, which represent thousands of news writers and producers, condemned comments made Tuesday by President Donald Trump when he told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh that he was happy to have seen police rough up a journalist. Police in Minneapolis, he said, had thrown aside a reporter […]
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WGA West Wants This Election Day To Be A Paid Holiday
WGA West Wants This Election Day To Be A Paid Holiday
They didn’t get Election Day as a paid holiday in their recent contract negotiations, but the WGA West board of directors is calling on “all networks and production companies to give every member of cast and crew a paid day off on November 3rd.” Here is the guild’s message to members: “As writers, we get […]
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Scot Reynolds Moves To Armada Partners As Manager
Scot Reynolds Moves To Armada Partners As Manager
David M. Rudy’s Armada Partners is expanding its ranks, adding Scot Reynolds, formerly an agent with Clear Talent Group, as a new manager. He is expected to begin officially at the company later this month. “We have been looking for the right person to join Armada, not only on the talent representation side but also […]
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Donald Trump Says FDA’s Push For Stricter COVID-19 Vaccine Standard “Sounds Like A Political Move”
Donald Trump Says FDA’s Push For Stricter COVID-19 Vaccine Standard “Sounds Like A Political Move”
Donald Trump said that the White House would have to approve an effort by the Food and Drug Administration to impose stricter standards for a coronavirus vaccine. The Washington Post reported that the FDA is moving toward new guidance for emergency authorization of a vaccine, which would make it unlikely that it would get a […]
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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Pedro Almodóvar’s New York Film Festival Short ‘The Human Voice’
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Pedro Almodóvar’s New York Film Festival Short ‘The Human Voice’
EXCLUSIVE: Keeping intact its long relationship with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired The Human Voice, the 30-minute short film that stars Tilda Swinton that will be unveiled during the New York Film Festival. It’s an adaptation of the Jean Cocteau play La voix humaine. In the short, a woman watches time passing […]
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Mickey Rourke Enlists For ‘The Commando’
Mickey Rourke Enlists For ‘The Commando’
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that The Wrestler Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke has boarded the independent feature The Commando which will shoot in New Mexico next month. The pic, directed by Asif Akbar, follows a DEA agent with PTSD who returns home after a botched mission and must now protect his family from a newly released prison criminal, […]
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Sunak axes budget in scramble for urgent measures to save jobs
Sunak axes budget in scramble for urgent measures to save jobs
Chancellor to revamp support for jobs and economy owing to tightening of restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRishi Sunak has scrapped his plan for an autumn budget and will announce fresh measures to halt job losses and business failures on Thursday amid government fears that a second wave of Covid-19 threatens Britain with a double-dip recession.The chancellor has decided that the long-term decisions that would have featured in the annual set-piece event must be shelved in order for the Treasury to be able to focus on avoiding a short-term economic crisis. Continue reading...
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Fear of contacting GPs during Covid outbreak ‘fuelling missed diagnoses’
Fear of contacting GPs during Covid outbreak 'fuelling missed diagnoses'
Study of GP records in Salford shows diagnoses up to 50% lower than expected in springCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageConcerns around contacting GPs during the coronavirus outbreak could be fuelling a rise in missed or delayed diagnoses, researchers have said.A growing body of research has suggested that patients have avoided seeking medical attention because of the pandemic. Figures have revealed a large increase in the numbers of people dying at home, while visits to A&E have been markedly reduced. Continue reading...
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Public not to blame for second wave of Covid-19, says Keir Starmer
Public not to blame for second wave of Covid-19, says Keir Starmer
Labour leader points to government mismanagement of virus in televised address Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe public are not to blame for a resurgence of coronavirus and have been let down by the government, Keir Starmer has said in a televised address following the prime minister’s broadcast on Tuesday night.The Labour leader’s remarks pointing the finger at government incompetence come in stark contrast to Boris Johnson’s address, where he appeared to suggest that “freedom-loving” Britons would be to blame if more draconian restrictions were applied. Continue reading...
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Breonna Taylor: crowds march after grand jury refuses to charge officers in killing
Breonna Taylor: crowds march after grand jury refuses to charge officers in killing
Brett Hankison indicted on charges of wanton endangermentNo officers directly charged in Taylor’s deathAnger erupted on Wednesday when a grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong.Prosecutors in Kentucky said the officers who fired their weapons at Taylor were justified in using force to protect themselves. Continue reading...
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UK set to introduce bill allowing MI5 agents to break the law
UK set to introduce bill allowing MI5 agents to break the law
Government says bill is not a ‘licence to kill’ but critics call for limits on agents’ activitiesA bill allowing confidential informants working for MI5 and the police to break the law will be introduced on Thursday amid a row about whether committing crimes such as murder and torture should be explicitly banned.The government says that the covert human intelligence sources bill does not amount to a “licence to kill” because it will be compliant with the European convention on human rights, which safeguards the right to life and prohibits torture. Continue reading...
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Live Updates: Breonna Taylor Decision
Live Updates: Breonna Taylor Decision
A grand jury didn’t charge any officers with shooting Ms. Taylor in her Louisville apartment. A former officer, accused of firing recklessly, was indicted on three counts of ‘wanton endangerment.’
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A3 Artists Agency Promotes Jamie Pillet To Partner
A3 Artists Agency Promotes Jamie Pillet To Partner
EXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency announced that it has promoted Jamie Pillet as a Partner in its Talent Division. The agency shared the news on Wednesday. “Jamie’s promotion is the result of her continued extraordinary work and success. Her dedication to A3 and her clients is exceptional,” said A3 President Brian Cho. “As we continue to grow […]
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‘Bargain Mansions’: HGTV Orders Six Additional Episodes For Third Season Of Tamara Day Home Renovation Series
‘Bargain Mansions’: HGTV Orders Six Additional Episodes For Third Season Of Tamara Day Home Renovation Series
HGTV announced Wednesday that it will add six additional one-hour episodes to the third season of Tamara Day’s Bargain Mansions. Starring Day, Bargain Mansions follows the Kansas City designer and mother of four as she seeks to flip rundown houses into luxury homes for families. With every renovation, Day collaborates with her mentor and father […]
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Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch Earned $29M In FY 2020; Chairman Rupert Murdoch $34M – Both Down From Year Earlier
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch Earned $29M In FY 2020; Chairman Rupert Murdoch $34M – Both Down From Year Earlier
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch’s compensation totaled $29.15 million for the fiscal year ended in June — down sharply from $42.11 million the year before. His dad, chairman Rupert Murdoch, took home $33.98 million, also below the $42.16 million for Fox’s fiscal 2019, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The […]
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Westbrook Studios Hires Heather Washington As VP of Development, Motion Pictures
Westbrook Studios Hires Heather Washington As VP of Development, Motion Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Westbrook Studios has brought on former Will Packer Productions exec Heather Washington to serve as Vice President of Development for Motion Pictures. Reporting to Westbrook Studios’ Co-President and Head of Motion Pictures Jon Mone, Washington will develop and produce films that further Westbrook’s mission to empower artists and tell stories that resonate with a […]
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CAA Promotes 29 To Agent Or Executive Status
CAA Promotes 29 To Agent Or Executive Status
CAA has promoted 29 trainees to either agent or executive status. “We couldn’t be more thrilled about the next generation of agents and executives, bringing new voices, perspective, and expertise to our teams and clients, and continuing to drive the company forward,” CAA board member Sonya Rosenfeld said Wednesday. “These promotions help continue our mission […]
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AMC Networks Ups Carrie Gillogly & Emma Miller To Co-Heads Of AMC Scripted Series
AMC Networks Ups Carrie Gillogly & Emma Miller To Co-Heads Of AMC Scripted Series
AMC Networks has promoted longtime development executives Carrie Gillogly and Emma Miller to co-heads of AMC scripted series. The new positions expand the responsibilities for Gillogly, who also serves as SVP of scripted programming, and Miller, SVP of scripted development. Based in Los Angeles, the two report to Dan McDermott, president of original programming for […]
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Bans Sale Of Gas-Powered Cars In State By 2035, Issues Executive Order
California Governor Gavin Newsom Bans Sale Of Gas-Powered Cars In State By 2035, Issues Executive Order
“We need bold action,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. Shortly before that statement, Newsom lived up to those words by issuing an executive order mandating that all new passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035. The governor said bluntly, “CA is phasing out the internal combustion engine. By 2035 […]
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CNN Shutters Great Big Story, Digital Video Venture Aimed At Millennials
CNN Shutters Great Big Story, Digital Video Venture Aimed At Millennials
CNN said on Wednesday that it was closing Great Big Story, a venture that was seen as a way to draw in younger viewers. “Challenging times call for difficult decisions, and it is with a heavy heart that we are announcing today that will be closing the doors of Great Big Story,” read an announcement […]
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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires ‘Mothering Sunday’ Starring Colin Firth, Olivia Colman & More
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires ‘Mothering Sunday’ Starring Colin Firth, Olivia Colman & More
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North America and key foreign rights to Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday based on the bestselling novel by Graham Swift. SPC will handle North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships for the movie which stars Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh […]
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Breonna Taylor Killing: Grand Jury Indicts One Cop On “Wanton Endangerment” Charge; Family Sought Manslaughter Verdict
Breonna Taylor Killing: Grand Jury Indicts One Cop On “Wanton Endangerment” Charge; Family Sought Manslaughter Verdict
(Updated with Ben Crump tweet) A grand jury in Kentucky decided today to indict a Louisville cop with low level criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor earlier this year. In a rare move against law enforcement, former Louisville Detective Brett Hankison has been indicted for wanton endangerment in the first degree for […]
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