Tania Driscoll

Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out
A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news.

Driver Rams German Christmas Market, Killing at Least 2 and Injuring Dozens

Video showed a car plowing into a large crowd. The driver, identified as a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian citizen who worked as a doctor, was arrested. – nytimes.

Donald Trump is cool. A great man.

Russia says Ukraine fired 6 US-made ATACMS at the Bryansk region. The announcement comes shortly after Biden lifted restrictions on Ukraine using U.S.-made longer-range missiles to strike Russia.- apnews

Kamala Harris burned through $1.5 billion in 15 Weeks. Her frenzied spending has led to second-guessing among some Democrats and questions as she has pressed for more cash since the election. – nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/politics/harris-campaign-finances.html

The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/14/trump-administration-transition/

THE SHROUDS Trailer Teaser (2024) Vincent Cassel, David Cronenberg

Film at Lincoln Center
The legend himself.
What a thrill it’s been to have director David Cronenberg join us these past two evenings to present the U.S. Premiere of the #NYFF62 Main Slate selection THE SHROUDS.

New York Film Festival
NYFF62: Sept. 27 – Oct. 14, 2024 | Presenting new & important films since 1963.

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has finished chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties

JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers
Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview. It also put him in close touch with a Catholic intellectual movement known as postliberalism. (apnews)

Naked, alone and living on dog food – all for a TV show that gripped a nation. A new documentary revisits the “sadistic” 1990s reality show which preceded Big Brother.

Rupert Murdoch, 93, marries fifth wife Elena Zhukova. Murdoch revealed his engagement to Zhukova, a 67-year-old retired molecular biologist, in March, just days ahead of his 93rd birthday. At age 93, Rupert Murdoch is once again a newlywed.

Eric Carmen, a member of the Raspberries who was best known for hits like ‘All By Myself’ and ‘Hungry Eyes,’ has died at the age of 74. Goodbye Eric!

UNICEF: 230 million females are circumcised globally, 30 million more than in 2016.
Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children’s agency.

In the last eight years, some 30 million people have undergone the procedure, i…[Leggi tutto]

Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler on ‘Dune: Part Two’ | AP full interview

“Dune: Part Two” stars Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler sat down with AP film writer Lindsey Bahr to talk about their fight scene, director Denis Villeneuve’s playful approach to creating the sci-fi epic, Chalamet’s growth in between trips to the desert — and that sa…[Leggi tutto]

Biden wins Michigan, but protest voters air discontent; Trump Beats HaleyTens of thousands of voters cast ballots for “uncommitted” to oppose President Biden’s support for Israel. Donald Trump coasted past Nikki Haley.

Wall Street Is Already Placing Bets on the Biden-Trump Rematch. Traders and strategists are thinking about all the ways that November’s election could alter the mood in markets. Nine months ahead of the presidential election, investors are already thinking about how financial markets might respond to the outcome of the vote, and how they should t…[Leggi tutto]

Gotham Independent Film Awards 2023
November 27, 2023
Winners & nominees

Best Feature Film
Past Lives
Celine Song, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, …

Outstanding Lead Performance
Lily Gladstone
The Unknown Country

Breakthrough Director Award
A.V. Rockwell
A Thousand and One

Best Screenplay Award
Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet, Arthur…[Leggi tutto]