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Classic submarine novel stirs wave of anticipation

A scene from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, a stage drama adapted and directed by Christian Hecq and Valerie Lesort in 2015. As 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, the Central Academy of Drama and the Hong Kong Arts Festival invited artists from both China and France to coproduce a stage rendition of …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Classic submarine novel stirs wave of anticipation

China Daily

By Cheng Yuezhu | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-31 06:13 A scene from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, a stage drama adapted and directed by Christian Hecq and Valerie Lesort in 2015. As 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, the Central Academy of Drama and the Hong Kong Arts Festival invited artists from …

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1 month ago

Film director, Muppet Show puppeteer Frank Oz to open World War II expo in The Hague

NL Times

American puppeteer and film director Frank Oz, the man behind various characters in Sesame Street and the Puppet Show, is opening an exhibition on Tuesday in the National Archive in The Hague about the war history that his parents, the puppeteers Isidore Oznowicz and Françoise Ghevaert, went through. The couple fled Antwerp in 1940 and Isidore later joined the Princess …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Puppeteer pulls at heartstrings

China Daily

Riding Alone, a one-man show by puppetry artist Hong Jindiao, featuring four types of handmade puppets — string, glove, stick and shadow puppets — was staged in Beijing on Sept 6. His one-man show Riding Alone features over 20 handmade puppets of four types — string, glove, stick and shadow puppets. Though it's a one-man show, I am not alone …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump will use debate to 'hit Biden in the gut' with personal attacks: conservative

Raw Story

A conservative commentator splashed cold water on speculation that Donald Trump would back out of his first debate against president Joe Biden. Democratic strategist James Carville wagers that Trump won't take the stage with Biden, but former Republican congressional staffer Amanda Carpenter told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the presumptive GOP nominee wouldn't pass up a chance to spew lies and inflict …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

The look of ‘Palm Royale’? Think opulence, 7,000 yards of fabric and stuffed flamingos

LA Times

With their expert blend of factual and faux, the production design team for “Palm Royale” made a very believable make-believe world. The Moroccan party tent in the final episode of “Palm Royale” required 7,000 yards of fabric draped over a frame that spanned most of two Paramount stages. Her assistant, Robert, lives in her pool house, which has Norma’s green …

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7 months, 1 week ago

The Best Jim Henson Documentary Is Already Out on YouTube

Slate

Jim Henson steps in front of the camera, wearing a Steve Jobs–style black turtleneck, a detail that seems to foreshadow the early death we now know awaited him. The truth, as revealed in Ron Howard’s new documentary Jim Henson: Idea Man, which opens on this scene, is that the world’s single most famous puppeteer never wanted to work with puppets. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Eric review: Benedict Cumberbatch excels as a weirdo in dark, misanthropic missing-child drama

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The real monsters ain’t under the bed,” Eric tells …

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7 months, 1 week ago

What happens to Leonard Leo if he keeps defying the Senate’s subpoena?

Slate

Leonard Leo, the architect of the conservative Supreme Court and principal puppeteer of right-wing legal affairs, is currently about a month and a half into defying an April 11 Senate subpoena. It’s no mistake that of the Trump appointees to the circuit courts and the Supreme Court, “86 percent were former or current Federalist Society members.” The Senate has subpoenaed …

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7 months, 1 week ago

What to stream this week: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Benedict Cumberbatch

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

What to stream this weekend: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Ben Platt

Associated Press

Willie Nelson’s 152nd album and Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in “Eric” on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: George Clooney’s sports drama “The Boys in the Boat,” the British musical comedy …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Benedict Cumberbatch looks suave as he joins his co-stars on the red carpet at the UK premiere of his upcoming Netflix miniseries Eric

Daily Mail

Benedict Cumberbatch looked suave on Monday at the UK premiere of his upcoming psychological thriller miniseries Eric at the Ham Yard Hotel, London. Benedict Cumberbatch, 47, looked suave on Monday at the UK premiere of his upcoming psychological thriller miniseries Eric at the Ham Yard Hotel, London Eric follows Vincent, a 1980s New York puppeteer whose son, Edgar, goes missing. …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

270-million-year-old amphibian ancestor named after Kermit the Frog

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A newly discovered species of ancient amphibian ancestor that lived around …

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10 months ago

Is the puppeteer pulling the strings really in charge of affairs?

New Indian Express

It isn’t uncommon for newspapers and magazines to come out periodically with power lists. One such display in tabloid format by an English newspaper known once for its courageous journalism has set us thinking about the nature of power, its sources, separation of powers and abuses of power. Another oft-quoted remark by Lord Acton is that all power tends to …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: Why Congress has sharpened its knives against Owaisi in Telangana

India Today

Over the weekend, the Telangana Congress installed puppets at prominent installations in Hyderabad. They depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the puppeteer controlling Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. The Congress fears the AIMIM candidate, Mohammed Rashed Farazuddin, who is a local corporator, will cut into the Muslim vote that would otherwise have come to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

7 spooky Halloween world records to give you goosebumps!

India Today

Halloween isn't just about costumes and candy; it's also a time for the bizarre and the record-breaking. THE LARGEST PUMPKIN One of the most iconic symbols of Halloween is the pumpkin, and there's nothing ordinary about the world record for the largest pumpkin ever grown. New York City's Village Halloween Parade, established on October 31, 1974, by Ralph Lee, a …

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1 year, 4 months ago

K.C. Singh | China playing puppeteer as Brics expands, G-20 looms

Deccan Chronicle

The Brics summit in Johannesburg, held from August 22 to 24, was much less significant less for the speeches of its five leaders than for the admission of six new members. For India, the pull-aside meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping also requires some examination. Jim O’Neill, a British economist working with Goldman Sachs, in …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Peak Nepotism? Shehbaz Asks Elder Brother Nawaz Sharif to Return, Become Pak PM Again

News 18

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged his elder brother and predecessor former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to come back and lead the election campaign for his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, on Monday. According to Pakistan-based Geo News, Shehbaz publicly urged his elder brother to return and also become the prime minister for the fourth time while addressing the central general …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Benedict Cumberbatch looks drastically different on the set of new Netflix thriller Eric in New York

Daily Mail

He's known for his sleek raven locks, clean-shaven look and impeccable style. And Benedict Cumberbatch looked drastically different from his usual look as he sported mop of curly ginger hair, a beard and glasses on the set of new Netflix thriller Eric. The actor, 46, who will take on the leading role of puppeteer Vincent Anderson, certainly embraced the role …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Anand Mahindra is impressed with this fan-edited clip of puppet ‘dancing’ to RRR’s Naatu Naatu

Hindustan Times

RRR’s Oscar-winning song Naatu Naatu has gripped not only Indians but people all over the world. Now, a fan-edited video of a puppet ‘dancing’ to the highly acclaimed song is going viral on social media. Real evidence of it being a global phenomenon since it now has the whole world on its ‘strings’,” wrote Anand Mahindra while sharing a video …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Rural arts, artisans from Rajasthan head to Delhi to showcase their craft

Hindustan Times

The exquisite beauty of traditional crafts and contemporary designs of Rajasthan is often discovered and admired with the intricate workmanship in textiles, jewellery, pottery, wood carvings, leather work and other artefacts. Bringing their craft to the city, around 400 artisans from this village will showcase their skills at the upcoming, Tilonia Crafts Bazaar. A microcosm of Rajasthan’s vibrant art scene, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Rajasthani Kathputli performer makes puppets dance on Shakira’s Waka Waka. Watch

India TV News

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2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Elon Musk’s engagement with the far right on Twitter is out of control

LA Times

Elon Musk hasn’t shown any awareness of the damage caused to Twitter by his behavior. “Far left San Francisco/Berkeley views have been propagated to the world via Twitter.No more thumb on the scale!” — Elon Musk Although Musk deleted some of his more incendiary tweets, including his apparent endorsement of the conspiracy theory regarding the attack on Paul Pelosi, they …

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2 years, 4 months ago

‘Pinocchio’ movie review: A sweet, heart-warming live-action adaptation of the classic

The Hindu

If ever Geppetto, the wood carver in Carlo Collodi’s 1883 classic, The Adventures of Pinocchio, was a Hollywood star, he would surely be Tom Hanks. Pinocchio Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, Cynthia Erivo, Luke Evans Storyline: A wooden puppet goes on many adventures in his bid to turn into a real boy …

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Classic submarine novel stirs wave of anticipation

Classic submarine novel stirs wave of anticipation

Film director, Muppet Show puppeteer Frank Oz to open World War II expo in The Hague

Puppeteer pulls at heartstrings

Trump will use debate to 'hit Biden in the gut' with personal attacks: conservative

The look of ‘Palm Royale’? Think opulence, 7,000 yards of fabric and stuffed flamingos

The Best Jim Henson Documentary Is Already Out on YouTube

Eric review: Benedict Cumberbatch excels as a weirdo in dark, misanthropic missing-child drama

What happens to Leonard Leo if he keeps defying the Senate’s subpoena?

What to stream this week: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Benedict Cumberbatch

What to stream this weekend: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Ben Platt

Benedict Cumberbatch looks suave as he joins his co-stars on the red carpet at the UK premiere of his upcoming Netflix miniseries Eric

270-million-year-old amphibian ancestor named after Kermit the Frog

Is the puppeteer pulling the strings really in charge of affairs?

Opinion: Why Congress has sharpened its knives against Owaisi in Telangana

7 spooky Halloween world records to give you goosebumps!

K.C. Singh | China playing puppeteer as Brics expands, G-20 looms

Peak Nepotism? Shehbaz Asks Elder Brother Nawaz Sharif to Return, Become Pak PM Again

Benedict Cumberbatch looks drastically different on the set of new Netflix thriller Eric in New York

Anand Mahindra is impressed with this fan-edited clip of puppet ‘dancing’ to RRR’s Naatu Naatu

Rural arts, artisans from Rajasthan head to Delhi to showcase their craft

Rajasthani Kathputli performer makes puppets dance on Shakira’s Waka Waka. Watch

Column: Elon Musk’s engagement with the far right on Twitter is out of control

‘Pinocchio’ movie review: A sweet, heart-warming live-action adaptation of the classic