Award-winning SKorean director Kim Ki-duk dies in Latvia

Molly-Mae Hague has revealed she’s taking legal action against the dog breeder who sold her boyfriend Tommy Fury their Pomeranian puppy Mr Chai after a number of social media posts claimed the Love Island star was trying to “lay the blame” for the dog’s death.The 21 year old’s boxer boyfriend gifted her Mr Chai for her birthday back in June but they were left “heartbroken” when the dog died just a week later, six days after he was imported to the UK from Russia.

Molly-Mae Hague has begged her fans and all animal lovers to avoid buying puppy imports at all costs. The Love Island star is still distraught after her pet Pomeranian died six days after arriving from Russia.

Also on this day:  British troops burn Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.The United States and Mexico sign a treaty under which the U.S. agrees to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

Also on this day: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, is declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

Director Oliver Stone has gotten vaccinated for the coronavirus.  The Oscar-winning filmmaker told Russia’s Channel One in a video obtained by the Associated Press: "I got a vaccine shot, yeah. "I don't know if it's going to work," the 74-year-old explained. "I've heard good things about the Russian vaccine, yes." Stone continued: "I have to get a second shot in about 45 days or so.

The Night Manager (2016)Slick and absorbing, Danish director Susanne Bier took on the entirety of le Carré’s book from 1993 for the BBC, centring on a former soldier - turned manager at a luxury hotel - embroiled in the investigation of a shadowy arms dealer. Tom Hiddleston’s suave performance was superbly countered by the hidden menace of Hugh Laurie’s ‘Dicky' Roper.

Janet W. Lee Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” took home the top prize at the 33rd European Film Awards.The Danish dramedy swept Saturday’s virtual ceremony, nabbing additional wins for best director and best actor for Mads Mikkelsen, who plays an alcoholic high school teacher.

Controversial South Korean director Kim Ki-duk died in a hospital in Latvia where he was being treated for COVID-19. He was 59.

according to the Associated Press. He was 59.The death of the filmmaker, who won top prize at 2012 Venice Film Festival with “Pieta,” was first confirmed by Vitaly Mansky, president of an international doc film festival in Riga, and later “indirectly” by the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, which revealed a “South Korean male in his 50s died while being treated for COVID-19 at a hospital in Latvia during the early hours of Dec.

South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk has died at the age of 59 from complications arising from Covid-19 while in Latvia, according to local sources.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAward-winning and deeply divisive South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk has died of COVID-19-related complications while on a visit to Latvia, local media in Latvia has reported. His death has not been confirmed in Korea.Latvian news portal Delfi said Kim arrived in the country a month ago with the intention of buying a house and applying for alien residency status.