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Janus Films Acquires Domestic Rights to Cannes Jury Prize Winner ‘The Dreamed Adventure’
Janus Films has acquired all North American rights to “The Dreamed Adventure,” directed by acclaimed German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach (“Western”), the company announced Thursday. The film premiered in the Competition section at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Jury Prize. Janus Films will announce theatrical release plans in the coming weeks. The…
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NY state earmarks $1M to launch new Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx
Hip Hop Hooray! Tucked into the just-approved massive $269 billion state budget is a $1 million line item providing operating aid to launch the new Universal Hip-Hop Museumin the Boogie Down Bronx, the borough known as the birthplace of the music genre. The museum is anticipated to open its doors by year’s end, when construction…
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Royal family member divulges Kate Middleton’s favorite drinking game — and the way she classes it up
Leave it to Kate Middleton to give beer pong the royal treatment. Fellow royal Mike Tindall revealed the popular drinking game is Middleton’s favorite, but she replaces the beer with prosecco for a classy twist. “I knew that the Princess of Wales was uber competitive because I’d seen her play a drinking game called beer…
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A ‘Promising Democracy’ That Can’t Stop Fighting Itself
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. In April 1948, after the assassination of the populist leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, crowds poured into the streets of Bogotá. Buildings burned. Churches were looted. Armed mobs seized parts of the capital. Gaitán—a labor lawyer…
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U.S. review of Mexican consulates stokes worries vital services may be lost
Mexico’s consulate in Los Angeles helps thousands of citizens each week, assisting them with registering births, obtaining passports and, increasingly since President Trump’s second term began, accessing legal help for loved ones who have fallen afoul of his administration’s immigration policies. Although it serves the country’s biggest Mexican community, all 53 Mexican consulates in the…
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins silenced as she demands Scott Bessent address ‘struggling’ Americans
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got testy at the White House briefing Wednesday when CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pressed him on the Trump administration’s push to put the president’s face on a $250 bill — eventually cutting her off mid-question. Bessent was filling in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave, when Collins went…
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‘Power Ballad’ is a one-scene wonder with a terrific start and a sloppy second act
“Power Ballad” is a cynical, sloppy comedy about a wedding singer (Paul Rudd) and a pop titan (Nick Jonas) who drunkenly tinker with an unfinished song, then squabble over who gets custody when it becomes a hit. Disharmony is a new chord for filmmaker John Carney, who has specialized in films about collaboration since his…
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GOP frontrunner’s top aide vowed to have notorious Holocaust denier freed from prison
The chief of staff for the GOP frontrunner in the Georgia Senate race asked federal law enforcement to release a Holocaust denier from prison, according to a new report. Kip Talley, who works for Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) and was deputy chief of staff at the time, tried to leverage his position to free Holocaust…
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The U.S. Is Proving the Case for the WHO
By the time African health officials confirmed the world’s latest Ebola outbreak, the epidemic had already spilled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo into neighboring Uganda. Within two days, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public-health emergency of international concern. Less than two weeks later, the potential case count has risen past…
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Meta Copies Snapchat’s Homework Again With ‘Plus’ Features for Instagram and Facebook
Meta announced new upcoming subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp this week. Instagram isn’t going behind a paywall, no. Rather, users will now be able to pay $4 a month for extra features, like seeing who rewatched your story post or pinning more posts to the top of your profile. Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus…