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Bruce Dern takes a bow at the Cannes Film Festival with a new documentary on his life
CANNES, France | When Bruce Dern was leaving the Actors Studio to try to make it in Los Angeles, Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg warned him that he wasn’t going to be landing leading man parts. He was going to be “the fifth cowboy to the right.” “They said: Just make sure you’re the most […]
Maika Monroe, much more than ‘Scream Queen,’ returns to Cannes
CANNES, France | Maika Monroe’s career essentially began at the Cannes Film Festival. Her breakthrough role in “It Follows” premiered in Cannes’ Critics Week sidebar in 2014. “I was a newbie,” recalls Monroe. “I’m pretty sure I spent my 21st birthday here. I was like: ‘Well isn’t that exciting, to turn 21 in a country […]
Iran condemns US strikes as a show of ‘bad faith’ and warns of consequences
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Iran on Tuesday denounced U.S. strikes a day earlier as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations continue toward a possible deal to end the war. The U.S. military has characterized Monday’s strikes in southern Iran as defensive, saying targets included missile launch sites and boats placing mines, […]
Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe
LONDON | Temperature records toppled as a spring heat wave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe on Tuesday, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as people tried to cool down. London recorded a rare “tropical night,” defined as one in which the temperature does not […]
Russia maintains attacks on Ukraine, as Kyiv is warned to brace for a possible major barrage
KYIV, Ukraine | Russia fired more than 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, as the country’s foreign ministry noted that Moscow’s recent threat to hit Kyiv especially hard from the air brought nothing new. Russia on Monday urged foreign citizens, including members of diplomatic missions, to […]
Attacks from suspicious residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola
BUNIA, Congo | Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspected cases near 1,000, she faces a double threat. One is the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola, with no vaccine or treatment. The other is the anger and […]
Cornyn tries to hold on to Texas Senate seat in runoff with Paxton, the latest test of Trump’s power
PLANO, Texas | Texans are choosing a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s runoff election, bringing to a close the extended, bitter and expensive primary where President Donald Trump weighed in late to tip the race in another effort to rid the GOP of leaders less devoted to him. Trump’s endorsement of state Attorney […]
Colorado GOP governor primary: Establishment favorite vs. MAGA candidates
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. The first of the three believes the state Capitol is awash in pedophiles. The second says he helped kill a man when he was just 7 years old, though there is no evidence of the crime. The third has […]
Jeffries’ job grows more difficult in race for House and speaker’s gavel
WASHINGTON | House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight, and when Democrats counterpunched last month with a redrawn Virginia map, he had made his point. The net tally of seats gained and lost was essentially a wash. “F— around and find out,” said Jeffries after […]
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement ‘got killed very quickly’ in Hollywood
CANNES, France | Cate Blanchett said the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in Hollywood, speaking Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. In a wide-ranging staged conversation, Blanchett lamented that the tide of #MeToo has been turned in Hollywood, where she has been outspoken about gender equality. “It got killed very quickly, which I think […]