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Simran and Sasikumar’s film with ‘Good Night’ and ‘Lover’ makers titled ‘Tourist Family’

We had previously reported that Sasikumar, seen recently in Era Saravanan’s Nandhan, is teaming up with Simran for his next. It’s now known that the film is titled Tourist Family. Tha makers released a title teaser featuring the lead actors as a couple from a Sri Lankan Tamil family trying to elope from their house due to reasons unknown. Million …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chocolate Has a Sustainability Problem. Science Thinks It's Found the Answer

Wired

So, does the new product pass the taste test? Chocolate made only using the cocoa pod could be considered 100 percent cocoa, meaning that high-percentage products could be produced with less beans, offering the sector a safety net in the face of shortages. Opting for an entirely opposite solution, California-based Voyage Foods has developed a chocolate entirely without cocoa, made …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rana to co-produce a supernatural thriller?

Deccan Chronicle

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Inside the rise of US oligarchs and how it opened a dark money 'floodgate'

ABC

There's something you should know about oligarchs. "They really don't want to be called oligarchs," explains Jeffrey Winters, a professor of political science at Chicago's Northwestern University. It's now eight years since Salena Zito made probably the most pellucid observation of all about Trump: "The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally." …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Democratic TV ad spending on abortion far outpaced any other issue in Senate races this year

Politico

It may not be enough. Perhaps nowhere is this more true than in Ohio’s Senate race, where Republican Bernie Moreno was captured on camera openly wondering why women over 50 — and thus past typical childbearing age — would care about abortion access. “It’s almost a genocide,” Republican Kari Lake says of abortion in captured audio used in a Democratic …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

With $75M gift, Musk joins right-wing billionaires bankrolling Trump campaign

Raw Story

Prominent members of the United States' billionaire class have shelled out massive sums in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign to elect one of their own, Republican nominee Donald Trump, to the White House, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk donating nearly $75 million in recent months to a super PAC supporting the former president's bid for a second term. …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

From new MPs to cabinet ministers, how influential think tank is bankrolling Labour

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Will the DOJ really dismantle Google? Here’s what happens next.

Politico

The DOJ’s proposal, filed late Tuesday night, comes after a judge found in August that the company illegally monopolized the online search and advertising markets. Florian Ederer, an economist at Boston University who specializes in competition policy, said the tentative proposal to spin off key Google products like Chrome or Android “would mark a historic moment in antitrust enforcement.” He …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Eddie Hearn defends playing Saudi anthem at Wembley: ‘It’s a sign of respect’

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Former teacher Tim Walz cozies up with son of billionaire philanthropist George Soros at posh NYC home

Daily Mail

Tim Walz skirted his usual 'regular guy' image while hobnobbing with the son of billionaire Democrat donor George Soros in his posh New York City pad. Tim Walz skirted his usual 'regular guy' image while hobnobbing with the son of billionaire Democrat donor George Soros in New York City Back in August, Soros declared himself 'Walzified! Soros and Abedin have …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘A sign of respect’: Eddie Hearn defends playing Saudi Arabia national anthem at Wembley

The Telegraph

Eddie Hearn has said he would play Saudi Arabia’s national anthem at every boxing event he promotes if the country bankrolling it asked him to. The playing of the Saudi anthem at Wembley ahead of Anthony Joshua’s stunning world heavyweight title defeat by Daniel Dubois sparked a major backlash amid accusations the Middle East state was attempting to “sportswash” its …

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4 months ago

'Breaks my heart': Dem laments Senate control likely to come down to one deep-red state

Raw Story

Regardless of whether Democrats keep the White House or Republicans retake the presidency, their ability to actually pass their agenda through Congress will depend on which party controls the U.S. Senate. While Tester is the sole remaining Democrat holding any statewide office in the Big Sky State, he's fended off well-funded Republican challengers in both 2012 and 2018, despite Montana …

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4 months, 1 week ago

'Bacon. Wind. Marco Rubio': New York Times Trump coverage spurs laughter from critics

Raw Story

Bitter laughter rippled across social media Friday over the New York Times coverage of former President Donald Trump's confusing answer to a recent policy question. The Times' decision to pull a short quote from a lengthy answer Trump delivered at the Economic Club of New York, which they described simply as "jumbled," infuriated political experts who took to X to …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Hiphop Tamizha Adhi returns to director’s chair for ‘Kadaisi Ulaga Por’

The Hindu

Director Hiphop Tamizha Adhi is back! The singer/music director turned actor, who had earlier directed Meesaya Murukku and Sivakumarin Sabadham, will be helming his next film titled Kadaisi Ulaga Por. Presenting the first look poster of our movie #KadaisiUlagaPor 😁🙏🏻 Bless us with all your love ❤️🤘🏻#hht8#hhtent ✌🏻GLIMPSE VIDEO "WORLD OF KADAISI ULAGA POR" from TOMORROW 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/SZ4ckct38a — Hiphop …

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6 months ago

‘Mookuthi Amman’ gets a sequel; Nayanthara set to return as goddess

The Hindu

Looks like it’s sequels galore in Tamil cinema! 2020’s Mookuthi Amman is getting a sequel and Nayanthara is all set to return as the goddess. Vels Film International, the banner behind the original film, will be bankrolling Mookuthi Amman 2 as well. Mookuthi Amman 2 will reportedly not be helmed by RJ Balaji and NJ Saravanan who directed the original …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Stand Up To The Oligarchs’: Bernie Sanders Makes Passionate Plea To Reelect Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. ― Sen. Bernie Sanders called upon Democrats in the New York City suburbs to reelect Rep. Jamaal Bowman in order to take a stand against the deep-pocketed super PACs bankrolling Bowman’s primary challenger. Bowman’s bid for a third term “is one of the most significant elections in the modern history of this country,” Sanders told …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Is Boots Riley the most unlikely showrunner in Hollywood?

LA Times

To say that Boots Riley is an unlikely showrunner is an understatement. With his latest comic provocation, the absurdist seven-episode miniseries “I’m a Virgo,” Riley brought his brand of anticapitalist urban surrealism to Prime Video, garnering widespread acclaim during a summer of labor unrest. There were a bunch of experts that weren’t involved with the show that could chime in …

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7 months, 1 week ago

‘Level Cross’ teaser: Asif Ali and Amala Paul venture into a deserted, haunted village

The Hindu

The teaser of the upcoming Malayalam movie, Level Cross, starring Asif Ali, Amala Paul, and Sharafudheen, was unveiled by the makers on Saturday. “One day, the villagers just left the place for good,” says Asif’s character, adding how people have spotted a ghost in the town that walks upside down. With music scored by Vishal Chandrashekhar, Level Cross has cinematography …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Kavin - Andrea Jeremiah team up for ‘Mask’; Vetrimaaran to produce the film

The Hindu

Actors Kavin and Andrea Jeremiah are collaborating on a new film titled Mask. Director Vetrimaaran, known for producing films like Kaaka Muttai, Visaranai and Vada Chennai, is bankrolling the film under his Grass Root Film Company banner along with SP Chokkalingam’s Black Madras Films. Kavin, who was recently seen in Star, took to X to share the news along with …

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8 months ago

Pa Ranjith to co-produce first cinematic collaboration between Papua New Guinea and India titled ‘Papa Buka’

The Hindu

Director and producer Pa Ranjith has announced that he will be co-producing a film titled Papa Buka which will mark “the first cinematic collaboration between Papua New Guinea and India”. Happy to present to you #PapaBuka - The first cinematic collaboration between Papua New Guinea and India. According to Variety, “The film will follow Indian historians Romila and Anand who …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He’s trying again as a Democrat

Associated Press

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. State Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin argues Blankenship isn’t a Democrat and is fond of referring to him as “federal prisoner 12393-088,” a reference to his identification number while incarcerated. And Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers union — which endorsed Manchin in 2012 and 2018 — said …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Fear-mongering on Measure HLA ignores what’s really scary — L.A.’s deadly streets

LA Times

Francisco Blanco, shown in 2019, uses a new crosswalk with flashing lights that has been installed at 85th and Broadway. Opinion Endorsement: The Times’ recommendation on Measure HLA The ballot measure would force L.A.’s leaders to enact their own visionary Mobility Plan, which aims to make the city’s car-dominated streets safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users. But even though …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia is imposing new sanctions against Myanmar's junta, but civil groups say more needs to be done to untangle Australia from junta atrocities

ABC

Australia has imposed another round of sanctions designed to strangle the flow of money to Myanmar's junta, three years after the military seized power in an illegal coup. Key points: Anti-junta groups are concerned that Australian companies are propping-up the regime A new round of sanctions will target banks that support state-owned enterprises Activists allege a dozen Australian and Australian-linked …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

The UN's top court is ruling in a case in which Ukraine accuses Russia of backing terrorists

The Independent

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Simran and Sasikumar’s film with ‘Good Night’ and ‘Lover’ makers titled ‘Tourist Family’

Chocolate Has a Sustainability Problem. Science Thinks It's Found the Answer

Rana to co-produce a supernatural thriller?

Inside the rise of US oligarchs and how it opened a dark money 'floodgate'

Democratic TV ad spending on abortion far outpaced any other issue in Senate races this year

With $75M gift, Musk joins right-wing billionaires bankrolling Trump campaign

From new MPs to cabinet ministers, how influential think tank is bankrolling Labour

Will the DOJ really dismantle Google? Here’s what happens next.

Eddie Hearn defends playing Saudi anthem at Wembley: ‘It’s a sign of respect’

Former teacher Tim Walz cozies up with son of billionaire philanthropist George Soros at posh NYC home

‘A sign of respect’: Eddie Hearn defends playing Saudi Arabia national anthem at Wembley

'Breaks my heart': Dem laments Senate control likely to come down to one deep-red state

'Bacon. Wind. Marco Rubio': New York Times Trump coverage spurs laughter from critics

Hiphop Tamizha Adhi returns to director’s chair for ‘Kadaisi Ulaga Por’

‘Mookuthi Amman’ gets a sequel; Nayanthara set to return as goddess

‘Stand Up To The Oligarchs’: Bernie Sanders Makes Passionate Plea To Reelect Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Is Boots Riley the most unlikely showrunner in Hollywood?

‘Level Cross’ teaser: Asif Ali and Amala Paul venture into a deserted, haunted village

Kavin - Andrea Jeremiah team up for ‘Mask’; Vetrimaaran to produce the film

Pa Ranjith to co-produce first cinematic collaboration between Papua New Guinea and India titled ‘Papa Buka’

Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He’s trying again as a Democrat

Editorial: Fear-mongering on Measure HLA ignores what’s really scary — L.A.’s deadly streets

Australia is imposing new sanctions against Myanmar's junta, but civil groups say more needs to be done to untangle Australia from junta atrocities

The UN's top court is ruling in a case in which Ukraine accuses Russia of backing terrorists