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Belgium Sentences Students Over Hazing Death of Sanda Dia
Sanda Dia, a 20-year-old Black student at the Catholic University of Leuven, died in 2018 after members of an elite fraternity forced him to drink fish oil, swallow goldfish and stand in an ice-filled trench.
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Want to Be an Artist? You’re in Luck. This One Is Selling His Practice.
Darren Bader is looking to cap a two-decade artistic career by selling something valuable. Not the witty and poetic sculpture he’s known for, but his own name.
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Cannes 2023: Last Summer, Perfect Days, La Chimera, The Old Oak
Maybe it’s an illusion, but Cannes always seems to end in a mad rush, as the festival’s theaters squeeze in the last contenders for awards. (Two fresh competition films premiered on Friday, one day before the Palme d’Or will be handed out. Giving the jury time to think about its decisions is not a Cannes…
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About My Father
When was the first time that Robert De Niro did a flat-out comedy? Probably “Midnight Run,” in which he showed he was great at slapstick and comic banter, and introduced that signature expression that made him a bankable star, finally, as opposed to merely a great actor: the stone-faced look of disapproval. It wants to communicate “I am withholding…
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Cannes 2023 Video #5: Robert Daniels on Monster, Omen and Vincent Must Die
RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert’s fifth video dispatch from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, made with Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works, features her discussion with Robert Daniels about Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Monster,” Baloji Tshiani’s “Omen” and Stéphan Castang’s “Vincent Must Die.” You can view Chaz’s full report in the video embedded below…
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Goodbye to a Legend: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
As someone who has never gone too long without a visitation from bereavement and the grief that follows the death of a loved one, few things cause me to roll my eyes like people saying upon learning of someone’s passing, “I thought they’d live forever.” But not in the case of Tina Turner. For once,…
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Cannes 2023: Room 999, Anita, In the Rearview
The Cannes Classics sidebar is one of the hidden gems of this festival. With screenings usually nestled into the upper-floor Buñuel theatre, its slate provides a bit of intimacy and reflection away from the hullaballoo that characterizes the other competition and special presentation screenings. Started by current fest director Thierry Fremaux back in 2004, the…
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Ispace’s Japanese Moon Lander Crashed Because of Software Glitch
Ispace was aiming to become the first private company to land on the surface of the moon, but lost contact with its robotic spacecraft in late April.
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Angel Reese helps Jill Biden out of foul trouble
The LSU star presented Biden with a jersey as the champion Lady Tigers visited the White House, several weeks after a faux pas by the first lady created tension
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Henry Kissinger is turning 100. A long-running meme wishes otherwise.
In the left-leaning precincts of social media, Kissinger’s longevity is no cause for celebration.