#Is the US getting Asia wrong? 

#Is the US getting Asia wrong? 

At first glance, President Biden’s upcoming state visit to Vietnam this weekend — coming on the heels of a successful trilateral summit last month, where it forged new defense and high-tech cooperation with South Korea and Japan — appears to underscore Biden’s efforts to deepen U.S. ties in the Asia-Pacific.   Hanoi and Washington are poised to declare…

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#Toronto: Viggo Mortensen Talks Hollywood Strikes, Directing Vicky Krieps in Feminist Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’

#Toronto: Viggo Mortensen Talks Hollywood Strikes, Directing Vicky Krieps in Feminist Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’

Viggo Mortensen’s second feature as a director, the Western The Dead Don’t Hurt, is dedicated to his late mother, Grace Gamble Atkinson, who poetically lives on somewhat in the film’s lead character, the fiercely independent Vivienne Le Coudy, played by Vicky Krieps. “Vivienne, she’s no wonder woman. But she’s very strong, has an inner strength,…

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#Toronto: Five New Restaurants to Try During TIFF

#Toronto: Five New Restaurants to Try During TIFF

Toronto’s most exciting new restaurants have in common faraway cuisines getting local love. And that’s fitting for a Toronto Film Festival relying this year on glitzy international cinema talent from Europe and Asia especially to replace striking Hollywood A-listers not expected on its red carpets. Here’s a closer look at new hotspots in a city…

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#Signature Entertainment Ups Ella Field to Executive Vice President of International Sales (Exclusive)

#Signature Entertainment Ups Ella Field to Executive Vice President of International Sales (Exclusive)

U.K. production and distribution company Signature Entertainment has promoted Ella Field to the newly-created role of executive vice president of international sales. Field — who starts immediately, reporting to Signature CEO Marc Goldberg — previously held the title of head of international. Before joining Signature, she was director of international sales at Lionsgate, where she sold titles…

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#Senators raise concerns over US missing nuclear submarine target

#Senators raise concerns over US missing nuclear submarine target

Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee raised concerns that the U.S. fell short of its nuclear submarine target during a Wednesday morning hearing on a trilateral security partnership. Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. struck the defense deal, AUKUS, in Sept. 2021 and announced an arrangement for Australia to acquire “conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN)…

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