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Oscars: 'Black Panther' Becomes First Superhero Movie Nominated for Best Picture

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but contentious Hollywood forces — Netflix and Marvel — each scored their first best picture nomination. Though many expected “A Star Is Born,” Bradley Cooper’s […]

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Southern Europe demands the North pay part of migration bill

MADRID — The leaders of seven Southern EU countries demanded on Monday a common, “comprehensive” European policy — and the funds required to implement it — to tackle migration from Africa and warned that the Mediterranean Sea is “under extreme migratory pressure.” The heads of state and government of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus […]

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Box Office: Clint Eastwood's 'Mule' Crushes Spike Lee, Michael Moore, 'Vice'

At 88-years of age, Clint Eastwood has another major box office success on his hands. As of this weekend, The Mule, which Eastwood both stars in and directs, has cleared an incredible $81 million. Outside of Eastwood’s unprecedented staying power as a major star, director, and composer, what makes this success so surprising is that […]

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POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: Unlikely source of fake news — Binder of women — Gaffes and laughs

POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: Unlikely source of fake news — Binder of women — Gaffes and laughs By Ryan Heath, Harry Cooper and Quentin Ariès 2/18/17, 4:30 AM CET BRUSSELS’ MOST UNLIKELY SOURCE OF FAKE NEWS: Members of the Brussels bubble have lots of different, sometimes colorful, words for Emily O’Reilly, the EU ombudsman, a […]

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Dean Martin’s ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ Hits Top 10 on Digital Sales Chart for First Time

Dean Martin’s classic Christmas song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has reached the top 10 digital sales chart for the first time ever, despite recent controversy over whether the lyrics promote sexual harassment. According to Billboard, sales of Martin’s versions of song were up 70 percent to 11,000 downloads in the week ending December 13th, while […]

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Trade talks: For non-British eyes only?

UK Trade Secretary Liam Fox in Australia | Brendon Thorne/Getty Images Brexit Files Insight Trade talks: For non-British eyes only? UK fights back against EU claims it should be frozen out of trade meetings. By Hans von der Burchard 4/10/17, 3:48 PM CET Updated 8/17/17, 10:43 PM CET Reports that the EU is considering shutting […]

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Rapper Vic Mensa Compares Israel’s Relationship with Palestinians to 'White Supremacy'

Grammy award-nominated rapper Vic Mensa has slammed Israel’s relationship with neighboring Palestinians as a form of “white supremacy” in an interview for Forbes magazine. The Chicago rapper referenced a trip he made to the Middle East in early 2018 as the launching point for his allegation that the Jewish state exerts a “very potent brand […]

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‘Yes to railway market liberalization, but a fair one and with clear rules of the game…’

České dráhy a.s. Sponsored Content ‘Yes to railway market liberalization, but a fair one and with clear rules of the game…’ České dráhy CEO discusses the pros and cons of competitive national transport networks By České dráhy 3/30/17, 9:04 AM CET The Czech Republic created a competitive environment in the railway system in the mid-1990s, […]

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Nadine Morano va porter plainte contre Guy Bedos

« Il faut arrêter de croire que dans ce pays on est au-dessus des lois. Monsieur Bedos n’a pas le droit d’insulter les gens comme ça ». C’est ainsi que Nadine Morano a souhaité répondre aux attaques verbales de Guy Bedos, qui a présenté son nouveau spectacle vendredi soir à Toul. Visiblement peu amusée par […]

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Ryan Reynolds se déshabille en plein vol

L’instant sexy gênant pour l’acteur. Ryan Reynolds, bellâtre d’Hollywood, plus connu pour ses femmes que pour ses faits d’armes au cinéma, fait aujourd’hui parler de lui pour un drôle d’incident: en plein vol, Reynolds s’est fait vomir dessus, obligé de tomber le haut pour le plus grand plaisir de la gent féminine présente. Il est […]

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