‘Our Friend’ review: A moving, subtle testament to kindness

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn June 2019, Colombian artist Doris Salcedo set up an exhibition, Quebrantos, in Bogota’s main Bolivar Square, opposite Colombia’s parliament, and wrote in broken glass the names of 165 activists killed since – not before – Colombia’s peace agreement in 2016. “If we forgot them, if we don’t remember their names, we’re killing them a second time,” she explained.Colombia, Colombians themselves complain, are good at forgetting.

Jessica Kiang It starts in sweltering heat; it ends in freezing weather. And in between, as the temperature gradually drops, Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, calmly brings the diffuse racial landscape of prohibition-era New York City into crystalline, gorgeously shot focus.

Their own “Paradise.” Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson dropped millions on a new home in California one month after sparking engagement rumors, Us Weekly confirms.

Fernando Frias’ I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí) had a long journey to the screen — conceived when Frias was a student at New York’s Columbia University, the project was selected by the Sundance Writers Lab in 2014, and went before cameras in 2017, ultimately hitting the festival circuit in 2019, and Netflix last year. Challenges in getting the acclaimed drama made included everything from financing hurdles to a lengthy hiatus and the lead actor being rejected for a U.S.

put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill after the effort was delayed indefinitely by the Trump administration in 2019. «The Treasury Department is taking steps to resume efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the front of the new $20 notes,» said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.

The specialty box office found some shine this weekend with four new titles starting with the Gravitas Ventures pic Our Friend starring Jason Segel, Casey Affleck and Dakota Johnson.

Our Friend is a triangular narrative based on an Esquire article by journalist Matthew Teague about the death of his wife, Nicole. Before Nicole succumbed to cancer at age 36, an unusually intimate bond formed among the couple and mutual friend, Dane. Despite the ravages of fate, Dane offered a preternatural degree of support, caring for the Teagues’ daughters and effectively becoming a fifth family member.

Kelly Ripa celebrated a milestone birthday in October after turning 50, but the Live with Kelly and Ryan star's fans couldn't get over how youthful she looked in her latest Instagram photo.MORE: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' unique living situation revealedIn a picture posted on Friday, the All My Children star looked ageless dressed in a jumper with the slogan 'More Glitter Less Twitter', as she posed in front of the mirror.In the caption, one of her followers wrote: "You look 38.

Save it for the DMs! Mark Consuelos made a suggestive remark about wife Kelly Ripa’s Instagram post, in keeping with the steamy social media exchanges the couple often have.

One of the biggest highlights of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ U.S. presidential inauguration came in the form of a remarkable 22-year-old poet.

Gallery: 10 facts about High School Musical (BANG Showbiz)"I was running around, and then just started laughing hysterically, and everyone on the crew's like, 'What's she doing?' Running around, laughing and then just stopped moving and started crying. "It was like extreme flight mode.

Dakota Johnson is opening up about a terrifying experience she had on set. The 31-year-old actress appeared on Tuesday's where she talked about filming her new drama, . In the movie, Johnson plays terminally ill cancer patient Nicole Teague, and there is a scene where she has to sing on stage — something the actress has never had to do before onscreen. «That was so scary.

 Fernanda Castillo  was admitted to the emergency room following news of a serious health risk that required immediate medical attention. Once headlines about her condition started to go public, fans immediately began to come up with different stories of what happened along with jumping to conclusions about her condition.