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“Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames” – the latest iteration of the “Gintama” story – previewed this week at Lucca Comics and Games, Europe’s largest Comic-Con, prior to a theatrical release in Italy. Variety spoke with director Naoya Andô and producer Ryo Nakamuray about their continuation of the saga. “Gintama” started life as a manga, authored and […]
Over the last few days, Lucca Comics and Games, Europe’s largest Comic-Con, has been celebrating its 60th anniversary. The medieval city located in Italy’s Tuscany region hosted creative leaders, artists and players of games, authors of comic books, manga, showrunners and animators of TV series and anime, actors and directors of films. Around 80,000 ticket-paying […]
Acting President Iotova would become nation’s first elected female head of state if official results confirm her win.
Canadian PM Mark Carney announces progress in Canada-US trade deal talks ahead of Tuesday's US midterm elections.
Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers comes after a bitter dispute with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
Judi Dench is reflecting on her relationship with Robin Williams and how he supported her when her husband, Michael Williams, was battling lung cancer in her forthcoming memoir, “Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?” Nearly 30 years earlier, Dench had been staying at actor Billy Connolly’s Scotland home with her late […]
While Western TV audiences of the 80s surveying the Soviet world were following Mikhail Gorbachev, those inside the bloc were just as likely to be interested in a bizarre mass hypnosis artist by the name of Anatoly Kashpirovskiy, as Ji.hlava doc fest audiences have seen this week. A trained medical doctor who said he first […]
Martha Stewart has issued a statement after drawing hefty backlash for dressing up as a homeless person for Halloween. The media mogul’s choice of costume for Saturday’s holiday, which included her dressed up in tattered clothing, dirt-inspired face makeup and a sign that read, “I am hungry. Help me!!,” was quickly deemed offensive and in […]
Why do humans tend to vent abuse at their AI bots – and should they think about apologizing? That question is central to “Searching for SmarterChild,” the project that won the New Visions Award for the most promising U.S. project at the Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival this week. Zan Gillies is co-directing the U.S.-Canadian film […]
“Nobody Wants This” actress Tovah Feldshuh is speaking out again amid disagreements between the show’s cast on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Feldshuh, who plays Rabbi Noah Roklov’s (Adam Brody) mother Bina on the Netflix Jewish rom-com, denied that tensions are rising between the cast and creator. “Tensions are NOT RISING. Profound differences of opinion are,” Feldshuh […]
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay is warning that the midterm elections aren’t looking great for the U.S. — no matter what the outcome. “I think either way we’re in trouble,” DuVernay told me at the Airbnb.org Gala last week. “If the Democrats pull it out, I think you’re going to see an outsized reaction from the […]
No arrests made after several security officers were reportedly injured during incidents at Saturday's protests.
Senator Sullivan's pledge contrasts with the Trump administration's effort to challenge Alaska's election certification.
Stevens, who lost the primary to Abdul El-Sayed, shifts support to Republican Mike Rogers days before midterm election.
Israel expands ties with the breakaway territory as Somalia challenges its motives and war intensifies in Yemen.
Hebron's economic losses surpass $3.8m as Israeli forces demolish West Bank homes and close hundreds of businesses.
Harry Styles’ record-setting 30-night residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden came to a close over the weekend, with a pair of Styles’ recurring “Harryween” concerts that saw the star, his band and much of the audience dressed for the occasion — in his case as 1970s-era Elvis Presley on the first night and the […]
Savannah Guthrie has taken to social media to urge anyone with knowledge about her mother, Nancy, who was presumed kidnapped in February and has yet to be found, to come forward. Guthrie shared a drawing to her Instagram account done by her daughter that shows an umbrella, raindrops and the text: “I know it might […]
The anniversary coincides with a significant restructuring of Al Jazeera Media Network’s Arabic-language news services.
Russian authorities say a US tip-off helped them identify teenager suspected of planning attack at a Moscow park.
