#Karlovy Vary Eastern Promises Winners Include ‘I’m Not Everything I Want to Be’ and ‘Flight From Kabul’

#Karlovy Vary Eastern Promises Winners Include ‘I’m Not Everything I Want to Be’ and ‘Flight From Kabul’

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises industry section and film market handed out its awards Tuesday evening. Klára Tasovská’s I’m Not Everything I Want to Be, about a female photographer on a journey towards freedom after the Soviet invasion of Prague, and Assel Aushakimova’s Bikechess, which explores government influence and journalistic ethics, won key Works in…

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#Four surprise Supreme Court decisions

#Four surprise Supreme Court decisions

The Supreme Court’s term came to an end last week with decisions nullifying President Biden’s student debt relief plan and the affirmative action in college admission programs, outcomes that reaffirmed the high court’s conservative bent.   The court issued several unexpected outcomes this term that suggested it may be more nuanced than meets the eye,…

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#RNC debate rules leave long shot candidates with few options

#RNC debate rules leave long shot candidates with few options

Lesser-known candidates vying for the Republican nomination are facing a difficult problem: How to break through a crowded field if you can’t make it on the debate stage.  The Republican National Committee (RNC) in June outlined the criteria candidates will need to meet to get on stage for the first primary debate in August, including a having certain…

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#DeSantis faces GOP pushback for Trump-LGBTQ video

#DeSantis faces GOP pushback for Trump-LGBTQ video

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) presidential campaign is facing pushback after his team shared a video attacking former President Trump over his past comments in support of the LGBTQ community.   Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (D), the first openly gay man to be confirmed as Cabinet secretary, responded to the video on CNN Sunday by asking who DeSantis…

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#Karlovy Vary Dissects EU Media Consumers: From Cinema’s Decline and “Rapid” Streaming Growth to the Appeal of U.S. Content

#Karlovy Vary Dissects EU Media Consumers: From Cinema’s Decline and “Rapid” Streaming Growth to the Appeal of U.S. Content

What do audiences want, like and watch? That is a question that producers, studios, networks, streamers, stars and others constantly have on their minds. The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises industry program tried to provide answers on Monday in a session about a recently published European Media Industry Outlook report, presented in the…

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#Harvard faces civil rights complaint over its legacy admissions

#Harvard faces civil rights complaint over its legacy admissions

Harvard is facing a civil rights complaint over the school’s legacy admissions after the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions practices. “Each year, Harvard College grants special preference in its admissions process to hundreds of mostly white students — not because of anything they have accomplished, but rather solely because of who their relatives are,”…

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#Senate rankings: five seats most likely to flip

#Senate rankings: five seats most likely to flip

The 2024 battle for the Senate started with a bang earlier this year and has not let up, as candidates in top races continue to roll out their campaigns and incumbents scratch and claw to win reelection. Their efforts will determine who will control the upper chamber for the next two years. Democrats are trying to play defense in…

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