Locarno Open Doors Winner ‘A Useful Ghost’ Uses Dust and a Ghostly Vacuum Cleaner to Comment on Thai Politics

With the $20.4M opening of Universal/MGM/Monkeypaw’s Candyman, director Nia DaCosta becomes the first Black female director to debut a movie in the No. 1 weekend spot at the domestic box office.

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Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim waited two months before going public with their relationship.

Jason Oppenheim's relationship with Chrishell Stause is getting more serious, as the luxury real estate broker invited his new girlfriend to have dinner with his family at upscale Italian eatery Pace in Los Angeles Wednesday night.

Chrishell Stause, 40, and Jason Oppenheim, 44, are red carpet official! Nearly three weeks after confirming their romance, the Selling Sunset stars dressed to the nines for Marvel’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings red carpet premiere in Los Angeles on Monday (Aug. 16). The star-studded occasion marked the pair’s first public event together as a couple, and they looked so in love posing on the carpet for photos.

Erykah Badu has apologised for being a “terrible guest” at Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party after her photos caused a backlash against the former President.Badu shared unauthorised photos from the event, which took place at Martha’s Vineyard on August 7, featuring hundreds of guests not wearing masks.The pictures, which have since been deleted, sparked criticism about the party with it being dubbed a “superspreader event”.

Erykah Badu is apologizing for her actions.

Erykah Badu, 50, is issuing a public apology for sharing a now-deleted video from Barack Obama‘s 60th birthday party. The singer was one of the stars invited to the private event, which took place on Martha’s Vineyard last weekend, and took it upon herself to share the controversial clip, which showed the former president dancing without wearing a face mask. She admitted to her actions in an Aug. 12th tweet and asked for forgiveness from Barack and his wife, Michelle Obama.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s (pictured center) dark comedy film “A Useful Ghost” has scooped the top prize at the Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors awards ceremony.This year’s Open Doors co-production forum featured nine projects from Southeast Asia and Mongolia looking for international partners, and also represented the close of the forum’s three-year cycle focusing on that part of the world in particular.The winning film tells the story of March and

Stephen Colbert is speaking out to clear up a false report about the guest list for Barack Obama‘s birthday party over the weekend.

Barack Obama knows how to throw quite the party! The 44th president celebrated his 60th birthday at his and wife Michelle Obama's Martha's Vineyard home on Saturday, and, even scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was still a bash for the ages.According to , the long-planned outdoor celebration initially featured a guest list of 475 people.

Barack Obama was supposed to have a 475 person guest list at his 60th birthday party on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend.

The Washington Post on Thursday. “Had you honored your commitment to contact us in advance, we would have pointed out that the consent decree does not bar Facebook from creating exceptions for good-faith research in the public interest,” Levine said.

Barack Obama! The former president turns 60 years old on Wednesday, and got a loving message from his wife, Michelle Obama.The 57-year-old former first lady shared a cute family photo on Instagram of them with their two daughters, 23-year-old Malia and 20-year-old Sasha. Michelle noted that Barack being an incredible dad was always his priority amid his political career.«Of all of your accomplishments, I know that being a present, loving father to our girls tops them all,» she wrote.

A romance for the history books. Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have met with world leaders all over the globe, but they’re not afraid to get emotional when talking about their love for one another.

Michelle Obama has nothing but love for her husband, Barack Obama, and she let him know it with a special tribute for his 60th birthday. The former First Lady took to Twitter to post a loving message to Barack, who she’s been married to for more than 28 years.

Michelle Obama checked off a big family milestone with the grand 60th birthday of her husband, former US President Barack Obama.MORE: Michelle Obama's $191k childhood home is nothing like The White HouseThe former First Lady of the United States shared a beautiful and quirky family picture to ring in the occasion, and you really won't be able to stop gushing.WATCH: Michelle Obama announces 2021's international solo BRIT artist winnerMichelle posted a picture on her Instagram of her entire

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMyanmar director Maung Sun says he fears for the future of his writing and producing partner Ma Aeint who now faces charges brought by the military junta.Ma Aeint was arrested in early June in Yangon and was held for a month in judicial detention. She has since been transferred to the notorious Insein Prison, where she is being treated as a political prisoner.