Earlier this month, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko ruled in a defamation case won by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times that Roberts-Smith was involved in the killings. Besanko found that the disgraced war hero kicked Ali Jan off a cliff while he was handcuffed and was implicated in his unlawful … [Read more…]
We cast films based on some famous local success stories We’ll be honest, it wasn’t exactly a hard sell to get us to pay up for the recent film BlackBerry. For starters, any story about a Canadian company is playing with house money when it comes to our interests. Add in the fact that the … [Read more…]
MICHIGAN—Cannabis is a pretty big deal in Michigan—and there’s never a shortage of newsworthy headlines from the industry as the state inches closer to becoming the nation’s weed capital. Here are a dozen things you need to know this week: PRICES LEVEL: Following several months of declining marijuana prices in Michigan, the average retail price … [Read more…]
We cast films based on some famous local success stories We’ll be honest, it wasn’t exactly a hard sell to get us to pay up for the recent film BlackBerry. For starters, any story about a Canadian company is playing with house money when it comes to our interests. Add in the fact that the … [Read more…]
by Guy Oron (This article was originally published on Real Change on May 31, 2023, and has been reprinted under an agreement.) About 150 school bus drivers and mechanics contracted with Seattle Public Schools (SPS) have voted to strike if necessary amid an impasse with their employer, Zum. According to Teamsters Local 174, which represents … [Read more…]
The Fan Carpet are excited to share with you casting news and new art for the Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation musical fairytale, “Spellbound,” starring Rachel Zegler, Academy Award-nominee John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Nathan Lane, with Academy Award-winners Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman, premiering globally on Apple TV+ in 2024. Apple TV+ award winning … [Read more…]
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An artist’s impression of what the Somervale retirement village could look like once completed. A multimillion-dollar makeover of one of Tauranga’s longest-standing retirement villages will more than triple its accommodation. Somervale retirement village’s 83 homes will be gradually demolished over several years to make way for 11 two- to four-storey independent living apartment buildings, as … [Read more…]
Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Schigadoon!”) has joined the cast of Skydance Animation and Apple’s “Spellbound.” The film, announced in 2017 initially under the title “Split,” stars Rachel Zegler as Princess Ellian who must manage her kingdom after a spell turns the king and queen into monsters. Zegler and Burgess will be joined by … [Read more…]
by Lauryn Bray The Southeast Seattle Education Coalition (SESEC) just wrapped up its Youth Participatory Grant Making (YPGM) project, a program in which a group of high-school-aged Youth of Color from southeast Seattle schools were invited to learn about and engage in philanthropy. The cohort of students was given $10,000 to grant to organizations that … [Read more…]
Obituaries Stage and Screen Actor Treat Williams Killed in Motorcycle Crash at 71 Mr. Williams last appeared on Broadway in the 2001 revival of Follies. Stage and screen actor Treat Williams, known for his starring role in the 1979 film adaptation of Hair, was killed June 12. An avid motorcyclist, the crash that killed Mr. Williams … [Read more…]