#House committee to investigate allegations of plagiarism against Harvard president

#House committee to investigate allegations of plagiarism against Harvard president

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said Wednesday that the House Education Committee will expand its investigation into Harvard President Claudine Gay to include allegations that she committed plagiarism in academic work. The Education Committee previously held a hearing on campus antisemitism featuring Gay and the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania and MIT. At that hearing,…

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#The Nigerian Hit Movie That Broke Netflix

#The Nigerian Hit Movie That Broke Netflix

This was the year Nollywood made Netflix history. The Black Book, a revenge thriller from first-time director Editi Effiong became the first-ever Nigerian film to soar to No. 3 on Netflix’s worldwide film charts. The film, made for “just” $1 million (actually a huge sum for a Nigerian movie), garnered 5.6 million views just 48…

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#Berlin Specials Line-Up Includes Films From Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried and Jesse Eisenberg

#Berlin Specials Line-Up Includes Films From Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried and Jesse Eisenberg

New films featuring Carey Mulligan, Adam Sandler, Amanda Seyfried, Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough are among 2024 Berlinale Specials lineup, the out-of-competition gala presentations at next year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Spaceman, a Netflix sci-fi drama from Chernobyl director Johan Renck, starring Sandler, Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini and Paul Dano, will have its world…

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#China’s Hainan Film Festival Accused of Not Paying Prize Money to Past Winners

#China’s Hainan Film Festival Accused of Not Paying Prize Money to Past Winners

China’s 5th Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) welcomed an esteemed roster of global movie figures including jury head and Palme d’Or-winning auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan when it opened on Dec. 16, with local state media hailing the event for building new platforms for filmmakers to “communicate and collaborate.”  But the festival continues to be shadowed by…

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#Democrats urge FDA to include civil rights, disability and ethics advocates on digital health committee  

#Democrats urge FDA to include civil rights, disability and ethics advocates on digital health committee  

A group of Democratic senators asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include members with backgrounds in civil rights, medical ethics and disability rights on the agency’s new Digital Health Advisory Committee. The FDA announced the nine-member committee in October to help explore issues related to digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and…

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#Why Japan Is on the Precipice of a Content Boom

#Why Japan Is on the Precipice of a Content Boom

For the past year and a half, Netflix’s Minyoung Kim, the Asia-based executive commonly credited with building the company’s winning strategy in Korea, hasn’t been spending much time in Seoul. Instead, the content vp who famously greenlit Squid Game has been living full-time in Tokyo, where she has been laying the groundwork for Netflix’s next…

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#Press: Impeach me now, tell me why later 

#Press: Impeach me now, tell me why later 

For Republican members of the 118th Congress, it’s a good thing they can’t be expelled for legislative malpractice. If so, they’d all be out of a job. And rightfully so.  Last week’s vote to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden is one of the most irresponsible actions taken in the history of Congress. It is…

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#Iceland volcano erupts following weeks of earthquakes

#Iceland volcano erupts following weeks of earthquakes

A volcano in southwest Iceland erupted late on Monday after the region experienced a series of earthquakes for weeks.  Residents in the fishing town of Grindavik were evacuated from their homes last month after thousands of tremors shook the community, prompting fears that a volcano eruption in the nearby Reykjanes Peninsula was imminent. The Icelandic Meteorological Office announced Monday that…

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