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Barbie sequel in 'early stages' as Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach develop new story ideas: Report

The wildly successful Barbie film, which earned a staggering USD 1.4 billion globally and became one of the most talked-about cultural phenomena of 2023, could soon return to the big screen. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have already developed an idea for a sequel to the blockbuster film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, sources close to the project hint that …

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1 week, 5 days ago

What is burnout and how can music help to solve this problem?

ABC

With end of year commitments from schools, workplaces and families piling up, many of us feel we're burning out. "It's the experience of being overwhelmed and exhausted by everything you have to do, and yet somehow still worry that you're not doing enough," says author and musician Amelia Nagoski. "So we need to separate out the process of dealing with …

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1 month ago

Wicked tries to harness Barbie's marketing magic in the hopes of defying gravity at the box office

ABC

When Greta Gerwig's Barbie surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, its tireless, unashamedly pink marketing campaign was hailed as a masterclass. Capturing the Zeitgeist Graeme Hughes, a business and consumer expert from Griffith University, says when it comes to Wicked's marketing campaign, "there are a lot of parallels with Barbie". Karen Ferry, an executive creative director …

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1 month ago

Afghan girl who encouraged others to sing wins children’s peace prize

CNN

CNN — A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls. Nila Ibrahimi won the International Children’s Peace Prize on Tuesday, an award that has recognized luminaries including climate activist Greta Thunberg and girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai. Ibrahimi received the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

A 'crazy town looking to go fossil free': Sweden's wooden city that was green before Greta

BBC

A 'crazy town looking to go fossil free': Sweden's wooden city that was green before Greta Getty Images Nearly a decade before Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was even born, Växjö set itself on a path to a new vision of green urban living. Norman Miller Visitors should head to the Swedish Glass Museum to learn more about Växjö's glassmaking …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

The Hindu

Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azerbaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks. Ms. Thunberg and scores of other activists who rallied in Tbilisi, the capital of the South Caucasus nation, argued that Azerbaijan doesn't deserve to host the climate talks because of its repressive policies. Ms. Thunberg, 21, has inspired …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

Associated Press

TBILISI, Georgia — Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azerbaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks. U.N. climate talks, called COP29, opened Monday in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a major oil producer where the world’s first oil well was drilled. Thunberg described Azerbaijan as “a repressive, occupying state, which has …

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1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 Azerbaijan: What’s at stake at the 2024 global climate summit?

Al Jazeera

The UN climate summit kicks off in Baku as activists such as Greta Thunberg label the event a ‘greenwash conference’. An NDC is a country’s national climate action plan that sets out its targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals set in the Paris Agreement. An advocacy group also secretly recorded Elnur Soltanov, Azerbaijan’s deputy energy …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird

Associated Press

— President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. West to protect a declining bird species. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday’s science-based proposal would boost sage grouse while allowing development on government lands to continue. They noted that loopholes …

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2 months ago

Dua Lipa's An Evening With special to air on ITV and feature Sir Elton John following epic Royal Albert Hall performance

Daily Mail

ITV is set to air An Evening With Dua Lipa near the end of this year, and it will feature a special guest appearance by Sir Elton John. During the performance, Dua was joined by Sir Elton to perform Cold Heart, and also gave a live debut of Dance The Night, from the soundtrack of Greta Gerwig's Barbie film. ITV …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Balenciaga upturns luxury in Paris as McCartney puts on high-octane fashion with playful, eco twist

Hindustan Times

PARIS — On an ordinary Parisian market street on an ordinary rainy fall day, Stella McCartney’s high-octane show on Monday was anything but. Balenciaga upturns luxury in Paris as McCartney puts on high-octane fashion with playful, eco twist Guests gasped as the drizzle ceased, the clouds parted, and the sun emerged moments before the show — a heavenly metaphor, perhaps, …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Foo Fighters pulls out of Soundside Music Festival after Dave Grohl cheating scandal

LA Times

Foo Fighters has announced it will no longer play its headlining set at Connecticut’s Soundside Music Festival this weekend. Foo Fighters has pulled the plug on its headlining set at Soundside Music Festival, just days before the Connecticut fest this weekend. Soundside Music Festival, which reposted the Foo Fighters’ notice, did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment. …

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3 months ago

Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

'Do you do that on purpose?' C-SPAN host busts GOP lawmaker for mispronouncing 'Kamala'

Raw Story

C-SPAN host Greta Brawner called out Rep. Tim Burchett after he mispronounced Vice President Kamala Harris' first name. "Congressman, the vice president pronounces her first name Kamala," the C-SPAN host noted. "Well, my last name's Burchett, and I dare say nobody's ever — Sean Hannity didn't even get my name right when I was on there, and I don't pitch …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Hunter Valley bus crash driver Brett Andrew Button sentenced to 32 years in jail

ABC

A judge has said a Hunter Valley bus driver abandoned responsibility and engaged in risky behaviour in the lead up to a fatal crash, as he handed him a 32-year jail sentence. Brett Andrew Button, 59, was driving wedding guests from the Hunter Valley vineyards to Singleton on June 11 last year when the bus rolled and hit a guard …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Paralympics 2024 Opening Ceremony: Full list of flagbearers

The Hindu

The 17th edition of the Summer Paralympics began in Paris with the Opening Ceremony on Wednesday. The Paris Games will feature 549 events across 22 sports and conclude on September 8. Paris 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony LIVE UPDATES Here is the complete list of country-wise flagbearers for the opening ceremony: Afghanistan - Ebrahim Danishi South Africa - Mpumelelo Mhlongo, Kat …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Don Buchwald, Howard Stern’s ‘superagent’ and founder of namesake agency, dies at 88

LA Times

Agent and agency founder Don Buchwald, shown in New York City in 2008, died July 22 in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Don Buchwald, who founded bicoastal talent agency Buchwald and notably represented Howard Stern in industry-altering negotiations with Sirius XM, died July 22 in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, an agency publicist confirmed. “Don was a true industry trailblazer,” daughter Julia …

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5 months, 1 week ago

New research helps unlock the secrets of flow, an important tool for creative and problem solving tasks

ABC

Does it seem like everyone's talking about 'flow', all of a sudden? A recent study out of Drexel University's Creative Research Lab in Philadelphia, led by Dr. John Kounios, sought to examine the 'neural and psychological correlates of flow' in a sample of jazz guitarists. Meet the world in flow Photo shows Meet_the_world_in_flow_time_st Join registered psychologist Greta Bradman in a …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet the Californians serving in the first class of the American Climate Corps

LA Times

At the start of summer, the White House swore in more than 9,000 members of the inaugural class of the American Climate Corps. The corps members are now serving across the country stifling wildfires, helping farms adapt to climate change, installing solar panels, conserving the country’s wildlands and, of course, helping climate organizations create some “hip” Instagram content. “I’m like, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, 485 others invited to join film academy

The Hindu

Actors Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Catherine O’Hara and filmmakers Cord Jefferson, and Boots Riley are among the lucky few who have been invited to join the film academy. In total 487 artists, including actors, directors, costume designers, publicists and executives received invitations this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday. The invitees include 19 …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Barbie announces new Ken ‘Mojo Dojo Casa’ toy inspired by movie set

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Inside Out 2 Witnesses Best Opening Weekend Since Barbie: Report

News 18

Disney and Pixar’s latest release Inside Out 2 has shattered the box office records. Globally, Inside Out 2 raked up a handsome 295 million dollars, becoming the second-best opening for a Pixar animated movie. Inside Out 2 is also the first film to debut above 100 million dollars after Greta Gerwig’s Barbie in July which gathered 162 million dollars. Outside …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

World Doll Day: Wanna dress up as Barbie or Ken?

Hindustan Times

In earlier times, dolls were crafted with the intention of being shared, much like a chocolate you’d offer someone. On World Doll Day, here’s look at how dolls have inspired different realms of life Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling who play Barbie and Ken in the Barbie movie by Greta Gerwig The moviedom Dolls hold as much popularity as real …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

How a photographer used a stray flash to make star Greta Gerwig look ethereal

Associated Press

CANNES, France — Daniel Cole, a freelance photographer who does extensive work for The Associated Press, mostly in southern France, spends the majority of his time covering hard news. But he takes great joy in spending nearly two weeks each May in a tuxedo, covering the glamourous Cannes Film Festival, where he can push the creativity of his photos even …

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Barbie sequel in 'early stages' as Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach develop new story ideas: Report

What is burnout and how can music help to solve this problem?

Wicked tries to harness Barbie's marketing magic in the hopes of defying gravity at the box office

Afghan girl who encouraged others to sing wins children’s peace prize

A 'crazy town looking to go fossil free': Sweden's wooden city that was green before Greta

Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

COP29 Azerbaijan: What’s at stake at the 2024 global climate summit?

Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird

Dua Lipa's An Evening With special to air on ITV and feature Sir Elton John following epic Royal Albert Hall performance

Balenciaga upturns luxury in Paris as McCartney puts on high-octane fashion with playful, eco twist

Foo Fighters pulls out of Soundside Music Festival after Dave Grohl cheating scandal

Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

'Do you do that on purpose?' C-SPAN host busts GOP lawmaker for mispronouncing 'Kamala'

Hunter Valley bus crash driver Brett Andrew Button sentenced to 32 years in jail

Paris Paralympics 2024 Opening Ceremony: Full list of flagbearers

Don Buchwald, Howard Stern’s ‘superagent’ and founder of namesake agency, dies at 88

New research helps unlock the secrets of flow, an important tool for creative and problem solving tasks

Meet the Californians serving in the first class of the American Climate Corps

Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, 485 others invited to join film academy

Barbie announces new Ken ‘Mojo Dojo Casa’ toy inspired by movie set

Inside Out 2 Witnesses Best Opening Weekend Since Barbie: Report

World Doll Day: Wanna dress up as Barbie or Ken?

How a photographer used a stray flash to make star Greta Gerwig look ethereal