What does a hit film about the Iraq war say about Chinese views of the world?
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East has been co-opted into an ongoing soft power drive to promote Beijing’s message internationally
· Fan Chen
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Husband of late MP Peta Murphy gives his verdict on Labor’s gambling reforms
Major sporting codes and media organisations have failed to uphold their social responsibilities in pursuit of commercial interests, the husband of the late gambling reform advocate and Labor MP Peta Murphy says.
· Brittany Busch
Tupac Shakur trial: lawyers share full account of killing as witnesses still refuse to testify
Murder trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 63, former South Side Compton Crips gang leader, opens in Las Vegas
· Lois Beckett
'Our Sticky Love' tops Netflix's weekly non-English chart
The rom-com series "Our Sticky Love" landed on top of Netflix's non-English chart, the streaming platform said Wednesday, despite controversy surrounding one of its lead actors.
· Yonhap
BTS lands 2 MTV VMA nominations for 'Swim'
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superband BTS has earned two nominations for "Swim" at this year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), one of the major U.S. music award shows.
· Lee Minji
Animal activist Hayden Panettiere filmed PETA ad ‘weeks’ before her tragic death: See the campaign
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· Carson Blackwelder, Tamantha Ryan
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· The Japan Times
'Our Sticky Love' tops Netflix's weekly non-English chart
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The rom-com series "Our Sticky Love" landed on top of Netflix's non-English chart, the streaming platform said Wednesday, despite controversy surrounding one of its lead actors.
· Lee Minji
Boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere was at apartment when actor died
Police report shows Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at Greenville, South Carolina, residence
· Associated Press
North Korea condemns US-South Korea drills despite Trump order to scale back
North Korea denounced military drills by the US and South Korea, saying it would continue exercising its right to self-defence to counter what it called military threats from the two countries, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday.
· Reuters
Parents of social media victims see Meta trial as pivotal for online safety
Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. (AP Video: Terry Chea)
· Kaitlyn Huamani
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard was dealing with ‘health issue’ that kept him off stage for nearly a year before death
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· Antoinette Bueno
Mother breaks silence as new details emerge in Hayden Panettiere's death
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· Tessa Flemming
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77
Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like Sharp Dressed Man, Legs and Gimme All Your Lovin’, has died. He was 77.
· Mark Kennedy
Sandra Bullock shares rare pics of her kids in family’s summer photo dump
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· Amanda Rubio
Inside the final haunting photo of ZZ Top legend Frank Beard in California venue
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· Jeremy Louwerse
Publisher halts sales of disgraced writer Ross Barkan’s book on pal Mamdani amid plagiarism scandal
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· Alexandra Steigrad
ZZ Top honors late drummer Frank Beard in heartbreaking tribute
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· Carson Blackwelder
Meta hooked children and misled public — prosecutors
OAKLAND — Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a federal court heard Tuesday in the trial of the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users.
· Agence France-Presse
Madonna tops Taylor Swift in nominations for MTV’s Video Music Awards
Los Angeles – Pop music veteran Madonna scored the most nominations for MTV’s Video Music Awards on Tuesday, four decades after the “Material Girl” singer put the event on the cultural map with a headline-making performance.
· Lisa Richwine
James Carville trashes socialists as a ‘pack of fools’ while blasting ‘motor mouth’ DSA Florida House candidate
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· Fox News
Gayle King ‘not happy’ about Norah O’Donnell’s possible return to ‘CBS Mornings’ — as Bari Weiss weighs ‘Morning Joe’-style revamp: sources
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· Alexandra Steigrad
Major ‘Bridgerton’ star taking a step back from upcoming season
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· Vanessa Serna
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Kelsey Cook: Happy Hour’ On Netflix, A Comedian Who Knows When To Give You The Thumbs Down
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· Sean L. McCarthy
Amazon joins other tech giants in gobbling up books to train AI, report finds
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· Marc Vartabedian
Chris Hansen shades Robert Pattinson’s ‘Primetime’ casting: ‘Didn’t get to choose my own guy’
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· Jolie Zenna
[Kim Seong-kon] Korea depicted in recent American TV shows
Due to the unprecedented popularity of K-pop, K-film and K-dramas, Korea is in the global spotlight these days. As a result, recent American television shows are reflecting this trend by frequently casting actors of Korean origin or showing the streets of Seoul to attract viewers’ attention.
· Korea Herald
Hayden Panettiere’s boyfriend Brian Hickerson ‘isolated’ actress from ‘worried’ loved ones before death
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· Sarah Jones
Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend was at apartment when she died, police say
GREENVILLE, South Carolina — Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released Tuesday.
· Associated Press
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77
Tributes paid to ‘great friend and collaborator’ who played with band for 56 years and died in hospice care in Texas
· Owen Myers
US says Iranian hackers tried to extort HBO | The National
The Justice Department has unsealed an indictment accusing 17 Iranians of cyber crime and hacking campaigns against the US, one of which was directed at streaming service HBO.
· Cody Combs
Megyn Kelly unloads on Hollywood and Hayden Panettiere’s on-off boyfriend after actress’ death at 36
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· Ariel Zilber
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Peter Pan takes flight in Tel Aviv with dazzling cast, costumes, and Neverland magic - review
The summer break is coming to an end, and as kids across Israel are prepping to go back to school, there is still one activity that they can do before the academic year starts.
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Iranian envoy visits four nationals detained for three months in Kuwaiti prison
Iran's ambassador to Kuwait met four Iranian nationals who have been detained in Kuwait for three months, state media quoted Iran's embassy in Kuwait as saying on Tuesday, a few days after an Iranian military official accused Kuwait of withholding information about their fate.
· REUTERS
Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships
Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk
· Joseph Gedeon
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The Great ADHD Myth? review – the most controversial show of the year is here
Dr Max Pemberton isn’t uncompassionate or especially radical, but he assembles a team of medics whose stance on the condition is clear from the off. This is a documentary that will incense and offend many
· Lucymangan
‘Don’t call it a rebel league’: Inside surfing’s new $20m Big Bash-style comp
An ambitious “made for TV” summer surfing league will launch with the promise of career-changing $10,000 weekly wages for Australian surfers on the basis of team franchises being sold to cover the competition’s estimated $20 million running costs.
· Dan Walsh