#Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere in Cannes

#Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere in Cannes

Martin Scorsese’s hotly-anticipated new feature, Killers of the Flower Moon, will have its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, organizers confirmed on Friday. The Apple Originals feature, an epic about the serial murders of the members of the oil-wealthyOsage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone,Jesse Plemons, Cara…

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#House Speaker vows to hold Bragg ‘and his unprecedented abuse of power to account’

#House Speaker vows to hold Bragg ‘and his unprecedented abuse of power to account’

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday vowed to hold Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) “and his unprecedented abuse of power to account” after news broke that former President Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury, the first time a sitting or former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. McCarthy argued Bragg “irreparably damaged…

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#Trump indicted in Stormy Daniels hush money case

#Trump indicted in Stormy Daniels hush money case

Former President Trump was indicted on criminal charges in New York on Thursday for his role in organizing hush money payments made to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign. The history-making indictment marks the first time a president has been charged in a criminal matter and comes as several law enforcement entities are…

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#GOP downplays importance of budget with debt ceiling looming

#GOP downplays importance of budget with debt ceiling looming

House Republicans are deemphasizing the importance of a GOP budget in the context of debt-ceiling talks, signaling their blueprint might not even be finalized until after the conference figures out its moves on raising the federal government’s borrowing limit. It’s a significant shift for the GOP that comes after hard-line lawmakers during the 15-ballot Speaker’s…

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#Film Producer and Activist Mike Downey Receives Lifetime Achievement Honor in Iceland

#Film Producer and Activist Mike Downey Receives Lifetime Achievement Honor in Iceland

Irish producer and film industry activist Mike Downey has received the inaugural lifetime achievement award of the Stockfish Film Festival in Iceland for his contributions to the international film industry. The award, presented at a private ceremony Wednesday night, recognizes achievement from professionals in the “academe, production, distribution, film festival and market scenes.” Downey, founder…

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