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  • One Battle After Another Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics

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  • ​Is Cuba next after Maduros capture?

    Nicolás Maduro was the head of the Venezuelan dictatorship, but his removal not only signals the coming liquidation of the Venezuelan cartels and thugs; it also has a dramatic immediate impact on Cuba. Is Cuba next? Cuba has an extensive presence in Venezuela and Cuban intelligence and military personnel not only trained the Venezuelan military…

  • Ryan Coogler Recalls Chadwick Boseman Sneaking Into a Press Event to Meet Him Before Black Panther

    Ryan Coogler’s first meeting withBlack Pantherstar Chadwick Boseman was aliterally asurprise. “I was doing press forCreed. And he kinda pulled up, he snuck in, and we sat, and we were feeling each other out,” theSinnersfilmmaker recently recalled toThe Hollywood Reporter. It was November 2015, just days beforeCreed’s Thanksgiving release, and there were reports that talkshad…

  • CES 2026 live updates: Latest news on TVs, smart glasses, phones, and more weve seen so far

    Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. We’re officially counting down the days until CES 2026 begins, and a quick glance at this week’s news cycle reveals just how packed the show will be this year. Ahead of the Las Vegas trade show, which opens its doors to thousands of journalists, analysts,…

  • New Hong Kong lawmaker Julia Lau vows to strengthen oversight after Tai Po fire

    Strengthening risk oversight in major maintenance projects in the wake of the deadly Tai Po fire is a top priority for Hong Kong lawmaker Julia Lau Man-kwan, who represents the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape sector. In an interview with the Post, Lau, who is also president of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, pledged…

  • Fair or fowl? Malaysia struggles to stomach its US trade pact

    Janice, a Kuala Lumpur-based food entrepreneur and chef, is in a foul mood as she laments the inferior quality and taste of US-produced chicken and eggs. Yet she concedes that she may have to stomach this unwelcome change in the local poultry market, at least for now. Malaysia is bracing itself for a surge in…

  • Spurs star Wembanyama (knee) out vs. Blazers

    San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama is listed as out for Saturday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. An MRI on Thursday showed that Wembanyama did not sustain ligament damage to the left knee he hyperextended Wednesday night in a win over the New York Knicks, league sources told ESPN. But Wembanyama didn’t…

  • Who Arent You Wearing? The Oscars of Porn Has Its Own Red Carpet Season

    Ah, awards season. The red carpets. The screenings. The parties. The best actress contenders posting naked selfies to potential voters. It’s little noted by the mainstream media, but right now — early January — is the thick of the adult film world’s cutthroat run-up to the Adult Video News Awards, porn’s version of the Oscars….

  • Nature Calls? Theres a Map for That!

    Rambling Reporter isn’t exactly sure what a city controller does but didn’t expect “public bathroom mapper” to be part of the job. Even so, Kenneth Mejia, the billboard- and social media-savvy city controller of Los Angeles (you may have seen his pie chart billboards around town), has been busy with a new public tool that…

  • From Bardot to Depardieu, Why Are French Movie Stars Flirting With Fascism?

    What’s up with reactionary old French screen legends? Is it something in the wine? Obituaries for sex kitten turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot, who died Dec. 28 at age 91, tended to mention her far-right politics in the first paragraph. Indeed, B.B. was an outspoken Islamophobe — her animus evidently stemming from her objection…