Simon Rex Is Magnetic in Spiky Comedy Red Rocket

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  947 words  |  Kelle Repass

Who needs likable characters with admirable qualities? These unruly times call for fictional gadabouts, like the opportunistic washed-up porn star played by Simon Rex in Sean Baker’s spiky comedy Red Rocket. Rex plays a guy we know only as Mikey Saber. His real name is lost to the mists of time; his only identity is the one he and his prodigious member (yes, we get to see it) have carved out in a series of, according to him, extremely popular porn videos. [Read More]

Steve Altemus on Making Moon Landing History and the Future

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1212 words  |  Patria Henriques

Nobody would want to get famous the way Steve Altemus got famous. It was in 2003 that Altemus’s name first became widely known, back when he was working for NASA in the human spaceflight division. On Feb. 1 of that year, the space agency was shaken to its roots, after the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on reentry, claiming the lives of its seven-person crew. Altemus was put in charge of the forensic examination following the tragedy, assembling the 85,000 pieces of Columbia debris to help determine the cause of the accident. [Read More]

Studying in the Czech Republic: International Relations - Live & Study

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1581 words  |  Martina Birk

25. 11. 2019 | Fields of Study The 21st century is rapidly evolving into a world governed by regional and global geopolitical issues, and economic leverage is increasingly playing a dominant role in the way states interact. The world is growing ever more inter-connected and major political decisions, influencing our everyday lives, are made not only by individual states on a domestic level, but also on an international level by regional and global institutions. [Read More]

The Hungarian Dressmaker Focuses on a Dark Slovak Past Many Try to Forget

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1214 words  |  Billy Koelling

Slovak director Iveta Grofova says she became fascinated with one of the darkest periods in her country’s recent past when she read Peter Kristufek’s book “Emma and the Death’s Head,” which tells the story of Marika, a Hungarian widow who shelters a young Jewish boy in her home. [Read More]

The Making of the Xi Jinping Personality Cult

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1504 words  |  Billy Koelling

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who turned 70 on June 15, has entered the second decade of his rule with unrivaled authority over China and his 97-million strong Communist Party. Xi can retain power indefinitely, having sidelined key rivals and discarded retirement norms during his first two terms in power. And his relative youth, considering that two of his predecessors lived into their nineties, suggests that Xi could still enjoy many more years at the top. [Read More]

The Suburbs Will Die: One Man's Fight to Fix the American Dream

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2399 words  |  Tandra Barner

If you looked up “Minnesota nice” in the dictionary you might see a picture of Charles Marohn. Affable and mild-mannered, Marohn, who goes by Chuck, grew up the eldest of three sons of two elementary school teachers on a small farm near Brainerd, the central Minnesota city best known as the backdrop for the movie Fargo. Marohn (pronounced “mer-OWN”) graduated from Brainerd High School, entered the National Guard on his seventeenth birthday, and went on to study civil engineering at the University of Minnesota. [Read More]

These stars lit up the red carpet at Spice Life Honours

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  46 words  |  Kelle Repass

Spice TV held it's first ever Spice Life honours last night and all our favourite stars turned up looking stunning. Take a look at the best of the red carpet.

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Tinubu appoints Yakubu to replace Ben Akabueze as DG for Budget Office

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  179 words  |  Martina Birk

Tinubu replaces Mr Ben Akabueze whose tenure has expired. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, announced the appointment in a statement on Thursday. The statement said that Yabuku is an accomplished economist and was Chief Economic Adviser to a former President from 2007 to 2010. ADVERTISEMENT He was also Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria from 2003 to 2007. [Read More]

Top 10 Historically Misleading Films

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  315 words  |  Martina Birk

EverettDirector: Roland Emmerich Year Released: 2000 Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper Get This Movie“Truth is the first casualty in Hollywood’s war,” read the headline of the London Telegraph‘s take on The Patriot. Principal among the movie’s gross inaccuracies is the portrayal of British soldiers as evil, bloodthirsty sadists. In one scene, redcoats are seen rounding up a village of screaming women, children and old men, locking them in a church and setting the building ablaze. [Read More]

UPDATE 1-Soccer-Barca's Xavi to announce Al Sadd move on Thursday

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  420 words  |  Martina Birk

MADRID, May 20 (Reuters) - Barcelona midfielder Xavi will announce on Thursday that he is leaving the club he joined as an 11-year-old to sign a lucrative three-year deal with Qatari side Al Sadd, his agent told Reuters on Wednesday. Now 35 and Barca's appearance record holder and club captain, Xavi is set to follow in the footsteps of former Spain team mate Raul, who played for Al Sadd between 2012-14. [Read More]