The Ukrainian government is setting the stage for a number of provocations that would falsely implicate Russia in war crimes and atrocities, including a chemical weapon attack, the Russian military claimed on Tuesday. Among other things, Kiev plans to launch rocket artillery strikes from the city of Krivoy Rog in …
Read More »Zelensky’s comedy series returns to Netflix
Netflix has announced that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s satirical comedy series ‘Servant of the People’, which had been available from 2017-2021, is once again available for streaming in the US. ‘Servant of the People’ follows a teacher (played by Zelensky) who unexpectedly becomes president after his rant against corruption goes …
Read More »‘What’s happening?’ Football faces questions over series of player collapses
This week brought more disturbing news for football. On Wednesday night, Adama Traore of Sheriff Tiraspol fell to the ground while clutching at his chest during the Champions League game with Real Madrid. The Malian winger remained conscious and was eventually helped off the pitch, although there have been no …
Read More »Saudi Arabia & Iran may re-establish relations after series of discrete meetings – reports
Saudi and Iranian officials met in Baghdad this week, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing Iraqi sources. The meeting’s agenda was “dominated by efforts to repair the bilateral relationship and by regional issues concerning both sides,” according to the US outlet. Journalist and researcher Elijah Magnier went a step further, tweeting …
Read More »What Sex Actually series on ‘cam’ couples truly reveals is that TV broadcasters should give up making documentaries about sex
Nor am I talking about being a pimp, rent boy, BDSM slave master, or manufacturer of dildos or any other salacious stuff. No, I’m talking about making serious, hardcore films about the economics of sex and its discontents. Let me explain. Back in 2018, I was one of the producers …
Read More »HBO’s new series ‘The Prince’ is vicious & derivative, but it deservedly cuts the British royal family down to size
HBO’s new aggressively irreverent animated series ‘The Prince’, which debuted on HBO Max on July 29, sets its comedy sights on the target-rich environment of the British royal family, and relentlessly fires a ferocious fusillade of mockery at the monarchy. The series, which is made up of twelve 13-minute episodes …
Read More »Sean Penn’s refusal to work on new TV series unless all crew are vaccinated is a Hollywood ego trampling over workers rights
There is absolutely no one on this Earth more tedious, more irritating, more lacking in self-awareness than a Hollywood star with a social conscience. With that in mind, let me say a name and test your reaction: Sean Penn. Did you just sigh involuntarily? Roll your eyes? Think: What now? …
Read More »RT Creative Lab wins D&AD’s PENCIL award with ‘The Endless Letter’ Instagram series honoring WWII victims
‘The Endless Letter’ Instagram series won the coveted Pencil award in the Writing for Design category. The Wood Pencil award represents the best in advertising and design from the year. RT was among such winners in the category as Spotify, BBDO, Droga5 NY, Ogilvy and others. Headquartered in London, D&AD has …
Read More »Fire at Kuwait’s largest oilfield is latest in series of blazes at oil sites across Middle East, but ‘no impact on production’
In a statement on Monday cited by state-run media, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) spokesman Qusay Al-Amer said a fire had broken out at dawn and all relevant teams had been dispatched to bring it under control. Al-Amer said two workers, both of whom worked for a service company contracted to …
Read More »Death toll rises to 98 after series of blasts at Equatorial Guinea military base
At least four explosions were reported to have struck a military base in the port city of Bata on Sunday, with images from the scene depicting a rubble-strewn landscape of levelled buildings. In an update posted via Twitter on Monday, the country’s health ministry cited Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue as saying that …
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