Scarlett Johansson says some studio movie offers she's gotten have been so bad that she's had no choice but to respond: "It seems irresponsible to make this."
“Am I making something that other people want to see? Is there an audience for this movie? I’m not making a movie just for me. “Sometimes I get studio projects that I have to say, ‘I don’t think you should make this. I don’t know who you’re making this for. It seems irresponsible to make this.’” (via Los Angeles Times)
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UK public bodies awarded £10.7m ($14.4m) in new contracts to firms linked to Israeli settlements despite government pledges of sanctions.
Here’s what an Al Jazeera investigation found ⤵️
Breaking🚨: Israel has violated the ceasefire and bombed the second floor of Nasser Hospital, killing at least five and injuring around 20.
Two of the deceased are a doctor and a disabled patient.
Horrifying images and footage out of the hospital.
Protesters hurled fireworks at police and set rubbish bins ablaze in Barcelona after Spain’s first general strike in 14 years.
Unions say four million workers walked off the job with Spain facing a housing and cost-of-living crisis ahead of a snap election.
"I shared a car with him a couple of months ago. He's awful. I've warned promoters about him since then, but I keep seeing he still gets booked."
Comedian Kate Smurthwaite shares messages from a group chat of other female comics, where they warn each other about the behaviour of some men in their industry.
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@DaltonRowan1@mhmdals03564882@enesresmitr True scale (left) vs the video's 10,000× exaggeration (right). Real ±100 m deviations are invisible. From space it looks nearly perfectly spherical.
“At Rafah border, I saw food trucks lined up ready to go, but they’re regularly not allowed in,” seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wrote on Instagram.
“I also saw what gets rejected for crazy reasons. Sleeping bags, first aid kits, medical equipment, wheelchairs, even footballs for kids.”
An urgent plea for aid has been issued after more than 100,000 Palestinians were affected by severe flooding in Gaza after a winter storm battered displacement camps over the weekend https://t.co/38b88HCGUo
MONOLOGUE: Ukraine war will be over before the Christmas decorations are down
Ukraine forces are disintegrating, They don't have the right stuff. Trump backs down. The final settlement will be on Russia's terms. The strange death of western liberty. Palestine Action cardboard placards are sturdier than Burnham
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The hyperscalers are morphing into vertically integrated behemoths that control everything from copper mining, to power generation, to infrastructure investment.
This kind of concentrated corporate power hasn't been seen since the trusts of the Gilded Age
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"The double amputee marathon runner Richard Whitehead has criticised Kemi Badenoch for “weaponising his sporting success” to justify her proposed £36bn welfare cuts."
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