The 11th annual Youth Diversity Film Festival will open this weekend, featuring panel discussions and more than 60 films by young filmmakers from the U.S. and 13 other countries, including the UK, Kenya, Russia, Brazil, Bangladesh, South Korea, Iran and India. Presented by the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center, the online festival runs January 16-31.
Russia Set To Strike At U.S. Social Media Platforms In New Set Of Laws
31.12.2020 - 21:03 / deadline.com
Heat on U.S. social media platforms is now blowing from Russia whose lower house of parliament inked a series of bills this week cracking down on sites that Moscow says discriminate against its media.
Twitter labels some Russian media ‘state-affiliated,’ for instance, which Moscow objects to, according to news reports.
Backers of the new Russian laws — which could lead to the blocking or slowing down of leading U.S. social media sites in the country — draw on ready-made complaints from the U.S.
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nypost.com
13.01.2021 / 23:19
Queen Elizabeth’s new neighbor is a Russian oil tycoon
Queen Elizabeth II’s official weekend residence and pandemic hideaway, Windsor Castle, sold December 23 for £21.5 million ($29 million), according to the London-based brokerage behind the sale, Beauchamp Estates. “At the height of lockdown, we showed him the house on Skype on our phones, room by room, while he was based in Russia,” Jeremy Gee, managing director of Beauchamp Estates told The Post, adding that the buyer has made his fortune in the oil industry.
deadline.com
09.01.2021 / 20:23
‘Dear Comrades!’ Director Andrei Konchalovsky On Authenticity And Action Propelling Russia’s Oscar Entry – Contenders International
Andrei Konchalovsky’s acclaimed historical drama Dear Comrades! is inspired by the true story of a state-sponsored massacre in the Russian city of Novocherkassk in the early 1960s.
deadline.com
08.01.2021 / 21:05
Director Bryan Fogel Returns To Oscar Race With Jamal Khashoggi Documentary ‘The Dissident’
Documentary filmmaker Bryan Fogel has become expert at telling complex stories of international intrigue.
us.hola.com
06.01.2021 / 05:25
Penélope Cruz wishes her followers a Happy New Year in all-Chanel ensemble
Penélope Cruz is ringing in the New Year by wishing her millions of followers well, sharing a stunning black-and-white photo of her rocking an all-Chanel ensemble. The actress posted a photo of herself onto Instagram on Monday, January 4, which comes from a recent photoshoot she did for the cover of Harper’s BAZAAR Russia .
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
01.01.2021 / 20:21
The Beast from the East is back and it's set to bring snow, ice and -10°C temperatures
direct to your inbox The UK could be set for treacherous wintry conditions as a new Beast from the East makes its way towards Britain. A sub-zero Siberian weather front, similar to the one that led to the country being battered by heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures two years ago, is forming once again.In February 2018, the UK was gripped by widespread disruption after an extraordinarily cold polar vortex swept in from Russia and collided with a storm.