Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, was in Berlin when news broke on February 16 of the sudden death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony.
Two days later, she was protesting in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin alongside Pussy Riot co-member Lucy Shtein, his lawyer Lyubov Sobol and former Russian state TV employee and 2022 Deadline Disruptor Marina Ovsyannikova.
Like most Navalny allies, Tolokonnikova believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood on his hands.
The activist, artist and performer fronted another Navalny commemoration at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles on March 2.
“They opened their doors for us to make a pop-up exhibit and just let people come together. It’s very important for me that we don’t close in on our little selves and grieve alone,” Tolokonnikova says via Zoom.
Tolokonnikova says Navalny was instrumental in...
Two days later, she was protesting in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin alongside Pussy Riot co-member Lucy Shtein, his lawyer Lyubov Sobol and former Russian state TV employee and 2022 Deadline Disruptor Marina Ovsyannikova.
Like most Navalny allies, Tolokonnikova believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood on his hands.
The activist, artist and performer fronted another Navalny commemoration at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles on March 2.
“They opened their doors for us to make a pop-up exhibit and just let people come together. It’s very important for me that we don’t close in on our little selves and grieve alone,” Tolokonnikova says via Zoom.
Tolokonnikova says Navalny was instrumental in...
- 5/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The mysterious “Havana syndrome” illness that has affected U.S. diplomats and spies may have ties to Russia. The findings came from The Insider, Der Spiegel and CBS’s 60 Minutes investigation.
Havana syndrome refers to a series of symptoms affecting U.S. diplomats and spies who spent time in Havana, Cuba and other nations serving the federal government. The first reports of this illness originated in 2016 from U.S. and Canadian officials in Cuba.
Over the years, government officials have reported similar experiences globally in countries such as China and India. The illnesses were also known as “anomalous health incidents.” Symptoms include dizziness, headaches, tinnitus and even cognitive impairment.
Investigations into the illnesses hypothesized that they were the result of “acoustic weapons” or “sonic attacks,” but findings have not been conclusive. Now, a report from 60 Minutes claims Russia is behind “Havana syndrome.”
The Kremlin denied these claims, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters,...
Havana syndrome refers to a series of symptoms affecting U.S. diplomats and spies who spent time in Havana, Cuba and other nations serving the federal government. The first reports of this illness originated in 2016 from U.S. and Canadian officials in Cuba.
Over the years, government officials have reported similar experiences globally in countries such as China and India. The illnesses were also known as “anomalous health incidents.” Symptoms include dizziness, headaches, tinnitus and even cognitive impairment.
Investigations into the illnesses hypothesized that they were the result of “acoustic weapons” or “sonic attacks,” but findings have not been conclusive. Now, a report from 60 Minutes claims Russia is behind “Havana syndrome.”
The Kremlin denied these claims, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in an undated photograph.
News organizations and press freedom groups have marked one year since a Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested and detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of spying.
Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen, was detained by Russian security officials in the town of Yekaterinburg while he was having dinner with an acquaintance.
Gershkovich was fully accredited to work under Russian law, with the Journal obtaining all necessary press credentials to allow him to work in the country.
The journalist has been detained on espionage charges in Russia for the past year, with a local judge denying requests to release him on bail. No one from the Russian government has produced any public evidence to support the charges, which the Journal describes as baseless.
Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich is jailed. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
On Friday,...
News organizations and press freedom groups have marked one year since a Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested and detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of spying.
Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen, was detained by Russian security officials in the town of Yekaterinburg while he was having dinner with an acquaintance.
Gershkovich was fully accredited to work under Russian law, with the Journal obtaining all necessary press credentials to allow him to work in the country.
The journalist has been detained on espionage charges in Russia for the past year, with a local judge denying requests to release him on bail. No one from the Russian government has produced any public evidence to support the charges, which the Journal describes as baseless.
Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich is jailed. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
On Friday,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
On Friday, four gunmen killed more than 130 people in Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. Over 100 more people are hospitalized. The men, who are citizens of Tajikistan, were taken into custody. Following the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the men had ties to the radical Islamic terrorist group Isis.
The attack is said to be the worst terror attack in 20 years and the deadliest Isis attack in Europe. Video footage from the men’s bodycams has been released. Isis also released an alleged photo of the four men wearing masks and posing in front of their flag.
However, Putin is also shifting the blame onto Ukraine despite no evidence of its involvement.
In a statement on Saturday, Putin claimed the four gunmen were “traveling toward Ukraine” where they would receive help to cross the border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to Putin on the same day. In a video address,...
The attack is said to be the worst terror attack in 20 years and the deadliest Isis attack in Europe. Video footage from the men’s bodycams has been released. Isis also released an alleged photo of the four men wearing masks and posing in front of their flag.
However, Putin is also shifting the blame onto Ukraine despite no evidence of its involvement.
In a statement on Saturday, Putin claimed the four gunmen were “traveling toward Ukraine” where they would receive help to cross the border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to Putin on the same day. In a video address,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow was published in 2016, five years before Russia’s top opposition leader (and Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe) Alexei Navalny returned to his homeland and was immediately imprisoned. Showtime’s eight-part adaptation of Towles’s novel, about a Navalny-like political prisoner in Russia, serendipitously makes its premiere not long after Navalny died in a Russian prison camp. But the comparisons between reality and fiction largely end there. A Gentleman in Moscow is a glossy, romanticized series that mostly suggests rather than shows the horrors of a totalitarian regime.
The story of the show echoes Navalny’s with its occasionally tin-eared, though still potent, portrayal of an unlikely dissident who refuses to abandon his country but has limited means to fight for it. In 1921, the perky-mustached Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor) is given a life sentence by a Soviet court for vague counterrevolutionary reasons. But instead of a gulag,...
The story of the show echoes Navalny’s with its occasionally tin-eared, though still potent, portrayal of an unlikely dissident who refuses to abandon his country but has limited means to fight for it. In 1921, the perky-mustached Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor) is given a life sentence by a Soviet court for vague counterrevolutionary reasons. But instead of a gulag,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Chris Barsanti
- Slant Magazine
When confronted about describing immigrants with terms like “vermin” and “poisoning the blood” favored by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, former president Donald Trump not only defended using Nazi rhetoric but repeated it: “I didn’t know that, but that’s what they say. Because our country is being poisoned.”
Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Howard Kurtz that aired less than 24 hours after the former president said at a rally that some migrants to the U.S. are “not people… these are animals.”
“When you...
Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Howard Kurtz that aired less than 24 hours after the former president said at a rally that some migrants to the U.S. are “not people… these are animals.”
“When you...
- 3/17/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
One last piece on an individual moment from Oscar night?
by Baby Clyde
They couldn’t have started off the In Memoriam segment of the 96th Annual Academy Awards, in a more sober fashion. Recently assassinated Russian opposition leader and subject of last year's Best Documentary winner Alexei Navalny appears on screen, speaking directly to the audience. It’s a bold, surprising opener, somewhat at odds with the slick, professional and ever so slightly dull show that made up the rest of the runtime. This grim reminder of a world outside the Hollywood bubble gives absolutely no indication of the calamitous 4 minutes we're about to endure...
by Baby Clyde
They couldn’t have started off the In Memoriam segment of the 96th Annual Academy Awards, in a more sober fashion. Recently assassinated Russian opposition leader and subject of last year's Best Documentary winner Alexei Navalny appears on screen, speaking directly to the audience. It’s a bold, surprising opener, somewhat at odds with the slick, professional and ever so slightly dull show that made up the rest of the runtime. This grim reminder of a world outside the Hollywood bubble gives absolutely no indication of the calamitous 4 minutes we're about to endure...
- 3/16/2024
- by Baby Clyde
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences plans to recut the 90-minute version of the Oscars broadcast it provided to international licensees, Deadline has learned, in order to restore a key moment it had left out of the original package: the Best Documentary Feature category won by the Ukraine war-themed film 20 Days in Mariupol.
Deadline has learned the move comes after Suspilne TV, the broadcaster that holds rights to air the Oscar show in Ukraine, protested the omission of the category from the 90-minute version, saying it was “shocked and deeply disappointed” by the decision that also left the moving acceptance speech by Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov on the cutting-room floor.
In that speech, Chernov mourned the devastating loss of civilian life that has resulted from Russia’s invasion and urged the film community to ensure “the history record is set straight, and that the truth will...
Deadline has learned the move comes after Suspilne TV, the broadcaster that holds rights to air the Oscar show in Ukraine, protested the omission of the category from the 90-minute version, saying it was “shocked and deeply disappointed” by the decision that also left the moving acceptance speech by Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov on the cutting-room floor.
In that speech, Chernov mourned the devastating loss of civilian life that has resulted from Russia’s invasion and urged the film community to ensure “the history record is set straight, and that the truth will...
- 3/14/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Leonid Volkov, the former chief of staff of late Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, was attacked on Tuesday outside his house in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Navalny’s former press person and assistant Kira Yarmysh reported the attack on social media.
“Leonid Volkov has just been attacked near his home. They broke the window in his car and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began to beat Leonid with a hammer. Now Leonid is at home, the police and an ambulance are on their way to him,” she wrote in a post on X.
A later post on the Team Navalny X handle showed a photo of Volkov being wheeled out of an ambulance.
Сейчас Леонид Волков в больнице
Фото от Ивана Жданова (https://t.co/qaoYuCGYlg) pic.twitter.com/4d0llz0ozK
— Команда Навального (@teamnavalny) March 12, 2024
Volkov, 43, served as Navalny’s chief of staff for his 2018 presidential...
Navalny’s former press person and assistant Kira Yarmysh reported the attack on social media.
“Leonid Volkov has just been attacked near his home. They broke the window in his car and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began to beat Leonid with a hammer. Now Leonid is at home, the police and an ambulance are on their way to him,” she wrote in a post on X.
A later post on the Team Navalny X handle showed a photo of Volkov being wheeled out of an ambulance.
Сейчас Леонид Волков в больнице
Фото от Ивана Жданова (https://t.co/qaoYuCGYlg) pic.twitter.com/4d0llz0ozK
— Команда Навального (@teamnavalny) March 12, 2024
Volkov, 43, served as Navalny’s chief of staff for his 2018 presidential...
- 3/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Beta Film has acquired international distribution rights to Serbian crime thriller “Operation Sabre” (“Sablja”) about the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić.
The eight-hour series – selected for Canneseries’ Long Form Competition – is created and directed by Goran Stanković and Vladimir Tagić. The duo already collaborated on “Morning Changes Everything” and wrote the new show alongside Dejan Prćić, Maja Pelević and Marjan Alčevs.
Heading back to March 12, 2003, Stanković and Tagić show the aftermath of the killing that threw the whole country into chaos – only one year after the beginning of the trial against former president Slobodan Milošević, indicted in 1999 for war crimes.
Đinđić, who served as Pm from 2001, following a stint as mayor of Belgrade, advocated pro-democratic reforms. He was also one of the co-leaders of the opposition to Milošević’s administration.
“Operation Sabre” is produced by Snezana van Houwelingen for This and That Productions, in co-production with Martichka Bozhilova...
The eight-hour series – selected for Canneseries’ Long Form Competition – is created and directed by Goran Stanković and Vladimir Tagić. The duo already collaborated on “Morning Changes Everything” and wrote the new show alongside Dejan Prćić, Maja Pelević and Marjan Alčevs.
Heading back to March 12, 2003, Stanković and Tagić show the aftermath of the killing that threw the whole country into chaos – only one year after the beginning of the trial against former president Slobodan Milošević, indicted in 1999 for war crimes.
Đinđić, who served as Pm from 2001, following a stint as mayor of Belgrade, advocated pro-democratic reforms. He was also one of the co-leaders of the opposition to Milošević’s administration.
“Operation Sabre” is produced by Snezana van Houwelingen for This and That Productions, in co-production with Martichka Bozhilova...
- 3/12/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Since 1994, paying tribute to the artists and filmmakers who died in the past year has become an annual segment at the Oscars. Arguably the most emotional segment of the Night, the In Memoriam section of 2024 kicked off with the remembrance of Alexei Navalny. Other notable names that were honored in the Award ceremony included Matthew Perry, Richard Lewis, Glenda Jackson, Tina Turner, Robbie Robertson, and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
However, like each year, several deceased figures were left out of the montage, which involved many prominent figures, including John Wick Star Lance Reddick, which has caused fans to outburst.
In Memoriam | Oscars
Fans Furious Over Lance Reddick and Other Notable Figures’ Snub From In Memoriam
The Academy is no stranger to leaving out beloved figures from the segment, with Anne Heche and Charlbi Dean being left out in 2023, and 2024 was no different. 2023 saw many notable figures leaving the world behind, which was hard to grasp for fans,...
However, like each year, several deceased figures were left out of the montage, which involved many prominent figures, including John Wick Star Lance Reddick, which has caused fans to outburst.
In Memoriam | Oscars
Fans Furious Over Lance Reddick and Other Notable Figures’ Snub From In Memoriam
The Academy is no stranger to leaving out beloved figures from the segment, with Anne Heche and Charlbi Dean being left out in 2023, and 2024 was no different. 2023 saw many notable figures leaving the world behind, which was hard to grasp for fans,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
The In Memoriam segment of the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night paid a moving tribute to several stars and movie industry folk who have died over the last year — but, as ever, social media was quick to point out the more glaring omissions.
During the telecast, the In Memoriam segment featured Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo performing a moving rendition of “Con te partirò” as pictures of talent who have died flashed on the stage behind them. The segment opened with a tribute to the late Russian political activist Alexei Navalny, who died last month in prison in controversial circumstances.
“You’re not allowed to give up,” Navalny says in a clip from the film Navalny, which won best documentary feature at the 2023 Academy Awards. “If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong.”
The segment also featured brief photo tributes to the likes of Matthew Perry,...
During the telecast, the In Memoriam segment featured Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo performing a moving rendition of “Con te partirò” as pictures of talent who have died flashed on the stage behind them. The segment opened with a tribute to the late Russian political activist Alexei Navalny, who died last month in prison in controversial circumstances.
“You’re not allowed to give up,” Navalny says in a clip from the film Navalny, which won best documentary feature at the 2023 Academy Awards. “If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong.”
The segment also featured brief photo tributes to the likes of Matthew Perry,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli took to the stage during the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday night (March 10) held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The 65-year-old singer and his 26-year-old son performed a beautiful rendition of his song “Time to Say Goodbye” for the awards ceremony’s In Memoriam segment in the second half of the show.
Starting out with a remembrance of Alexei Navalny, the In Memoriam tribute featured photos and videos of many performers and crew that we’ve lost over the past year, there were some who did not make the cut.
Keep reading to find out more and to watch the video…
The end of the performance featured many names listed on the screen, including Lance Reddick, Norman Lear, Ron Cephas Jones, Sinead O’Connor and Treat Williams, but one name was notably missing from the tribute this year, and that was Angus Cloud.
Earlier in the night,...
The 65-year-old singer and his 26-year-old son performed a beautiful rendition of his song “Time to Say Goodbye” for the awards ceremony’s In Memoriam segment in the second half of the show.
Starting out with a remembrance of Alexei Navalny, the In Memoriam tribute featured photos and videos of many performers and crew that we’ve lost over the past year, there were some who did not make the cut.
Keep reading to find out more and to watch the video…
The end of the performance featured many names listed on the screen, including Lance Reddick, Norman Lear, Ron Cephas Jones, Sinead O’Connor and Treat Williams, but one name was notably missing from the tribute this year, and that was Angus Cloud.
Earlier in the night,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
With a minute or so to kill before the end of this year’s Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel read out a review of his performance as host of the Oscars.
Kimmel read the social media post from his phone, “Has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Blah. Blah. Blah. Make America Great Again.”
Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Christopher Nolan Takes Home Directing Prize And Thanks Academy For Cementing His Legacy
Related: Cillian Murphy Dedicates ‘Oppenheimer’ Best Actor Oscar To “Peacemakers Everywhere”
What Kimmel was reading was an actual Truth Social post from Donald Trump.
Kimmel read the social media post from his phone, “Has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Blah. Blah. Blah. Make America Great Again.”
Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Christopher Nolan Takes Home Directing Prize And Thanks Academy For Cementing His Legacy
Related: Cillian Murphy Dedicates ‘Oppenheimer’ Best Actor Oscar To “Peacemakers Everywhere”
What Kimmel was reading was an actual Truth Social post from Donald Trump.
- 3/11/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The In Memoriam section of the Academy Awards is always one of the most emotional moments of the show. This year was no exception, as the 96th Oscars celebrate the performers, filmmakers and artisan talents who died in the past year. The In Memoriam segment kicked off with a remembrance of Alexei Navalny, the political prisoner who died Feb. 16 and was profiled in last year’s documentary feature winner “Navalny.”
The names unfurled onscreen was Andrea Boccelli and his son, Matteo, sang “Time to Say Goodbye.”
Every year, the Academy leaves a few beloved names out of the montage, causing anger among some viewers. Though a much longer list is presented on the Oscars.org website, outrage over who makes it onscreen is part of the Oscar-watching tradition.
Read more: All the 2024 Oscar winners
This year several beloved late performers and filmmakers didn’t make the main segment, including Treat Williams,...
The names unfurled onscreen was Andrea Boccelli and his son, Matteo, sang “Time to Say Goodbye.”
Every year, the Academy leaves a few beloved names out of the montage, causing anger among some viewers. Though a much longer list is presented on the Oscars.org website, outrage over who makes it onscreen is part of the Oscar-watching tradition.
Read more: All the 2024 Oscar winners
This year several beloved late performers and filmmakers didn’t make the main segment, including Treat Williams,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Annual sequence devoted to recently deceased figures in the film industry also recognised Tom Wilkinson and William Friedkin
Oscars 2024 – live updates
Prominent figures from the Hollywood and global film industry were honoured in the Oscars’ traditional in memoriam segment at the 96th Academy Awards, currently taking place in Los Angeles.
The names and brief clips were soundtracked by Andrea and Matteo Bocelli singing It’s Time to Say Goodbye, and preceded by a short clip of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, who died last month.
The 2024 Oscars ceremony – as it happened
The winners list in full: Cillian Murphy and Emma Stone took home best acting awards, while Christopher Nolan won his first ever Oscar for directing Oppenheimer.
Jimmy Kimmel’s opening Oscar monologue skewered Greta Gerwig’s snub and praised Messi the dog
Billie Eilish and Ramy Youssef were among stars wearing red Gaza ceasefire pins
Before the ceremony,...
Oscars 2024 – live updates
Prominent figures from the Hollywood and global film industry were honoured in the Oscars’ traditional in memoriam segment at the 96th Academy Awards, currently taking place in Los Angeles.
The names and brief clips were soundtracked by Andrea and Matteo Bocelli singing It’s Time to Say Goodbye, and preceded by a short clip of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, who died last month.
The 2024 Oscars ceremony – as it happened
The winners list in full: Cillian Murphy and Emma Stone took home best acting awards, while Christopher Nolan won his first ever Oscar for directing Oppenheimer.
Jimmy Kimmel’s opening Oscar monologue skewered Greta Gerwig’s snub and praised Messi the dog
Billie Eilish and Ramy Youssef were among stars wearing red Gaza ceasefire pins
Before the ceremony,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
In one of the most competitive races in years, 20 Days in Mariupol won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature tonight, earning director Mstyslav Chernov an Academy Award to go with a Pulitzer Prize.
The film from the Associated Press, PBS’ Frontline and GBH came into the night a slight favorite but faced a tough test from fellow nominees Bobi Wine: The People’s President, The Eternal Memory, Four Daughters, and To Kill a Tiger. The documentary, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, centers on the harrowing siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. Thousands of civilians were killed in Russia’s assault.
On the Osar stage, Chernov, a native of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, thanked his collaborators and said, “This is the first Oscar in the Ukrainian history. And I’m honored.” But with rising emotion,...
The film from the Associated Press, PBS’ Frontline and GBH came into the night a slight favorite but faced a tough test from fellow nominees Bobi Wine: The People’s President, The Eternal Memory, Four Daughters, and To Kill a Tiger. The documentary, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, centers on the harrowing siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. Thousands of civilians were killed in Russia’s assault.
On the Osar stage, Chernov, a native of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, thanked his collaborators and said, “This is the first Oscar in the Ukrainian history. And I’m honored.” But with rising emotion,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Alexei Navalny’s sacrifice for democracy is being recognized in the place where the concept of government by the people first flourished.
Greece’s Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival programmed the documentary Navalny in honor of the Russian opposition leader and democratic reformer, who died in an Arctic prison in northern Russia on February 16. The film directed by Daniel Roher won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature almost exactly a year ago.
Navalny examines the anti-corruption crusader’s effort to investigate an incident in 2020 in which he fell grievously ill after being secretly dosed with the neurotoxin Novichok. With help from a Bulgarian investigative journalist, Navalny determined the assassination plot had been implemented by Kremlin agents. After recuperating in Germany, Navalny made the fateful decision to return to Russia in 2021, whereupon he was immediately arrested and later tried and imprisoned.
Alexei Navalny in Moscow’s City Court on May 24, 2022
The TiDF program writes,...
Greece’s Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival programmed the documentary Navalny in honor of the Russian opposition leader and democratic reformer, who died in an Arctic prison in northern Russia on February 16. The film directed by Daniel Roher won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature almost exactly a year ago.
Navalny examines the anti-corruption crusader’s effort to investigate an incident in 2020 in which he fell grievously ill after being secretly dosed with the neurotoxin Novichok. With help from a Bulgarian investigative journalist, Navalny determined the assassination plot had been implemented by Kremlin agents. After recuperating in Germany, Navalny made the fateful decision to return to Russia in 2021, whereupon he was immediately arrested and later tried and imprisoned.
Alexei Navalny in Moscow’s City Court on May 24, 2022
The TiDF program writes,...
- 3/9/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
In a different era, Tucker Carlson used to post pictures during his Fox News broadcasts of Chris Cuomo working out, then poke fun at his one-time CNN rival. Now the two personalities are going to hash things out.
Cuomo traveled to Florida for a one-on-one sit-down conversation with Carlson that is expected to air Monday, March 11 at 8 p.m. eastern on Nexstar Media’s NewsNation. The two have a lot to discuss. They were both top draws in cable-news primetime during the presidency of Donald Trump. And both have been trying to make their way in a new era after each was ousted by their former media employers. Cuomo joined NewsNation to lead a primetime show in 2022, while Carlson has set up his own media company and broadcasts programs that are seen on the social-media hub X.
Cuomo, who has already spoken with Carlson, pressed him on his exit from Fox News,...
Cuomo traveled to Florida for a one-on-one sit-down conversation with Carlson that is expected to air Monday, March 11 at 8 p.m. eastern on Nexstar Media’s NewsNation. The two have a lot to discuss. They were both top draws in cable-news primetime during the presidency of Donald Trump. And both have been trying to make their way in a new era after each was ousted by their former media employers. Cuomo joined NewsNation to lead a primetime show in 2022, while Carlson has set up his own media company and broadcasts programs that are seen on the social-media hub X.
Cuomo, who has already spoken with Carlson, pressed him on his exit from Fox News,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Taking place just weeks after the historic passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Greece, the 26th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival — which runs March 7 – 17 — pays tribute to that watershed moment in the long-running fight for equal rights for the country’s LGBTQ community, while also issuing a rallying cry for diversity, inclusion and empowerment across the globe.
“Our festival aspires to map out a detailed and thorough overview of our world’s complexity, welcoming films from the four corners of the world, which outline the radical changes, the challenges and the problems of our times,” says festival general director Elise Jalladeau. The program spotlights “the urgent call for diversity, stories of women’s empowerment [and] the visibility not only of the Lgbtqi+ community, but of all marginalized and oppressed groups of people who have suffered discrimination due to their identity,” she adds.
Following on the historic victory for...
“Our festival aspires to map out a detailed and thorough overview of our world’s complexity, welcoming films from the four corners of the world, which outline the radical changes, the challenges and the problems of our times,” says festival general director Elise Jalladeau. The program spotlights “the urgent call for diversity, stories of women’s empowerment [and] the visibility not only of the Lgbtqi+ community, but of all marginalized and oppressed groups of people who have suffered discrimination due to their identity,” she adds.
Following on the historic victory for...
- 3/7/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Documentary Feature
Weekly Commentary: With the Directors Guild of America and BAFTA Awards in hand, in addition to the tragic news of the death of Alexei Navalny, the subject of the Oscar-winning “Navalny” last year, “20 Days in Mariupol” is too important to ignore.
Will Win:...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Documentary Feature
Weekly Commentary: With the Directors Guild of America and BAFTA Awards in hand, in addition to the tragic news of the death of Alexei Navalny, the subject of the Oscar-winning “Navalny” last year, “20 Days in Mariupol” is too important to ignore.
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- 3/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
U2 closed out the final night of their Las Vegas Sphere residency by playing the War deep cut “40” for the first time since 2016. The 1983 tune closed out countless U2 shows throughout the Eighties, and it happened to be U2’s 40th show at the Sphere since they opened up the $2 billion venue in September 2023.
Astute fans knew “40” was coming when bassist Adam Clayton and guitarist The Edge swapped instruments, which was a ritual in the group’s early days. “It’s been 40 days and 40 nights in the desert,...
Astute fans knew “40” was coming when bassist Adam Clayton and guitarist The Edge swapped instruments, which was a ritual in the group’s early days. “It’s been 40 days and 40 nights in the desert,...
- 3/3/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been romantically linked to a blonde “Barbie-type” woman 32 years younger than him.
Ekaterina “Katya” Mizulina, 39, is a U.K.-educated art historian who also heads Russia’s pro-Kremlin Safe Internet League. She is now known as the 71-year-old president’s “morality guardian.”
“Katya Mizulina is completely to Putin’s taste,” Russian human rights campaigner Olga Romanova told Ukraine’s Channel 24. “This Barbie type has always suited him very well.”
Romanova compared Mizulina to one of Putin’s former love interests, Svetlana Krivonogikh, a strip club owner and multimillionaire and the alleged mother of Putin’s 20-year-old child, Luiza.
“[Putin is] 71 years old, let’s not be ageist,” Romanova said. “In general, the man is in full bloom, why not?”
According to a Russian Telegram site, Putin and Mizulina “have grown close recently,” though no one can offer complete confirmation.
İngilizler yazdı: Putin'in yeni aşkı Ekaterina Katya Mizulinahttps://t.
Ekaterina “Katya” Mizulina, 39, is a U.K.-educated art historian who also heads Russia’s pro-Kremlin Safe Internet League. She is now known as the 71-year-old president’s “morality guardian.”
“Katya Mizulina is completely to Putin’s taste,” Russian human rights campaigner Olga Romanova told Ukraine’s Channel 24. “This Barbie type has always suited him very well.”
Romanova compared Mizulina to one of Putin’s former love interests, Svetlana Krivonogikh, a strip club owner and multimillionaire and the alleged mother of Putin’s 20-year-old child, Luiza.
“[Putin is] 71 years old, let’s not be ageist,” Romanova said. “In general, the man is in full bloom, why not?”
According to a Russian Telegram site, Putin and Mizulina “have grown close recently,” though no one can offer complete confirmation.
İngilizler yazdı: Putin'in yeni aşkı Ekaterina Katya Mizulinahttps://t.
- 2/26/2024
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
On Thursday, President Joe Biden met with the family of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader.
Biden met with Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya and one of the couple’s children, daughter Dasha Navalnaya. During their meeting in California, Biden said he would pledge new sanctions against Putin who is “responsible for [Navalny’s] death.”
This week, the Biden administration imposed 500 new sanctions amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war and Navalny’s death. Navalny’s death was met with criticism and outrage due to the mysterious circumstances of his death. It was reported that Navalny allegedly fell ill and died during imprisonment.
“Putin is responsible, whether he ordered it or he is responsible for the circumstances he put that man in,” Biden said regarding the death.
Biden has also criticized former President Donald Trump for comparing his ongoing legal battles to Navalny’s death. Trump was also slammed by fellow Republican presidential opponent Nikki Haley.
Biden met with Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya and one of the couple’s children, daughter Dasha Navalnaya. During their meeting in California, Biden said he would pledge new sanctions against Putin who is “responsible for [Navalny’s] death.”
This week, the Biden administration imposed 500 new sanctions amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war and Navalny’s death. Navalny’s death was met with criticism and outrage due to the mysterious circumstances of his death. It was reported that Navalny allegedly fell ill and died during imprisonment.
“Putin is responsible, whether he ordered it or he is responsible for the circumstances he put that man in,” Biden said regarding the death.
Biden has also criticized former President Donald Trump for comparing his ongoing legal battles to Navalny’s death. Trump was also slammed by fellow Republican presidential opponent Nikki Haley.
- 2/25/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (Cpac) in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday. The event precedes the South Carolina primary results expected later on Saturday, where he is predicted to defeat his competitor, Nikki Haley, the former U.N. Ambassador and former South Carolina governor, in her home state.
The hour-and-a-half rambling speech covered Trump’s typical gamut, where he touted his cognitive abilities while demeaning President Biden’s; defended Jan. 6 insurrectionists; ripped on the media; and preached a doomsday scenario if he is not reelected.
The hour-and-a-half rambling speech covered Trump’s typical gamut, where he touted his cognitive abilities while demeaning President Biden’s; defended Jan. 6 insurrectionists; ripped on the media; and preached a doomsday scenario if he is not reelected.
- 2/24/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump, who was sued by the Justice Department in 1973 for discriminating against Black tenants, told a group of Black conservative voters that “a lot of people” have said his four indictments are the reason that “Black people like me.” In the same breath, Trump painted himself as a victim of discrimination.
Addressing the Black Conservative Federation Honors Gala in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday evening, Trump boasted about the pardons he gave out while in office, and continued to falsely lament that the 91 charges against him were all part...
Addressing the Black Conservative Federation Honors Gala in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday evening, Trump boasted about the pardons he gave out while in office, and continued to falsely lament that the 91 charges against him were all part...
- 2/24/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The Biden administration has announced it will level 500 new sanctions against Russia following the death of jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny in a Siberian prison.
In a Friday statement from the White House, President Joe Biden announced the sanctions package, which was unveiled just one day shy of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Today, I am announcing more than 500 new sanctions against Russia for its ongoing war of conquest on Ukraine and for the death of Aleksey Navalny, who was a courageous anti-corruption activist and Putin’s fiercest opposition leader,...
In a Friday statement from the White House, President Joe Biden announced the sanctions package, which was unveiled just one day shy of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Today, I am announcing more than 500 new sanctions against Russia for its ongoing war of conquest on Ukraine and for the death of Aleksey Navalny, who was a courageous anti-corruption activist and Putin’s fiercest opposition leader,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
President Joe Biden met today with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya, the wife and daughter of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who Russian authorities said died in prison last week.
“Today, I met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya – Aleksey Navalny’s loved ones – to express my condolences for their devastating loss,” Biden said in a post on X/Twitter. “Aleksey’s legacy of courage will live on in Yulia and Dasha, and the countless people across Russia fighting for democracy and human rights.”
Today, I met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya – Aleksey Navalny's loved ones – to express my condolences for their devastating loss.
Aleksey's legacy of courage will live on in Yulia and Dasha, and the countless people across Russia fighting for democracy and human rights. pic.twitter.com/aiCcgTrws3
— President Biden (@Potus) February 22, 2024
The White House said that the president also told them that the administration would announce major new...
“Today, I met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya – Aleksey Navalny’s loved ones – to express my condolences for their devastating loss,” Biden said in a post on X/Twitter. “Aleksey’s legacy of courage will live on in Yulia and Dasha, and the countless people across Russia fighting for democracy and human rights.”
Today, I met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya – Aleksey Navalny's loved ones – to express my condolences for their devastating loss.
Aleksey's legacy of courage will live on in Yulia and Dasha, and the countless people across Russia fighting for democracy and human rights. pic.twitter.com/aiCcgTrws3
— President Biden (@Potus) February 22, 2024
The White House said that the president also told them that the administration would announce major new...
- 2/22/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In a move that has sparked widespread outrage, Russian President Vladimir Putin has promoted a senior prison official accused of tormenting opposition leader Alexei Navalny while he was in prison.
Just three days after Navalny’s tragic death behind bars, Valery Boyarinev, the deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service, was granted the rank of colonel general through a presidential decree posted on the official government portal.
The promotion of Boyarinev, who played a significant role in Navalny’s imprisonment, has raised serious concerns about the Russian government’s commitment to human rights and its treatment of political prisoners. Navalny’s supporters have alleged that Boyarinev orchestrated much of the mistreatment and harassment inflicted upon the late opposition leader while he was confined.
Ivan Zhdanov, a close ally of Navalny, denounced Boyarinev’s promotion as a “blatant reward for torture” from Putin himself. Zhdanov’s statement, shared on Telegram, highlighted...
Just three days after Navalny’s tragic death behind bars, Valery Boyarinev, the deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service, was granted the rank of colonel general through a presidential decree posted on the official government portal.
The promotion of Boyarinev, who played a significant role in Navalny’s imprisonment, has raised serious concerns about the Russian government’s commitment to human rights and its treatment of political prisoners. Navalny’s supporters have alleged that Boyarinev orchestrated much of the mistreatment and harassment inflicted upon the late opposition leader while he was confined.
Ivan Zhdanov, a close ally of Navalny, denounced Boyarinev’s promotion as a “blatant reward for torture” from Putin himself. Zhdanov’s statement, shared on Telegram, highlighted...
- 2/22/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) warned of the emergence of a “Putin wing” of the Republican party and urged voters not to elect Donald Trump in November.
During an interview on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Cheney — an avid critic of Trump — criticized the former president after he said he would not defend NATO allies following an attack from Russia. She also noted his silence following the death of Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption, pro-democracy opposition leader in Russia.
“I think that we have to take Donald Trump very seriously,” Cheney said. “We have to take seriously the extent to which you have now got a Putin wing of the Republican party.”
“I believe the issue this election cycle is making sure the Putin wing of the Republican party does not take over the West Wing of the White House,” she continued.
Cheney has not yet endorsed any presidential candidates,...
During an interview on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Cheney — an avid critic of Trump — criticized the former president after he said he would not defend NATO allies following an attack from Russia. She also noted his silence following the death of Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption, pro-democracy opposition leader in Russia.
“I think that we have to take Donald Trump very seriously,” Cheney said. “We have to take seriously the extent to which you have now got a Putin wing of the Republican party.”
“I believe the issue this election cycle is making sure the Putin wing of the Republican party does not take over the West Wing of the White House,” she continued.
Cheney has not yet endorsed any presidential candidates,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show is paying off for Comedy Central.
The late-night show recorded 1.3M total viewers for Stewart’s second episode on Monday night. This was up from 930,000 in his first week back, per Nielsen’s live+same day ratings.
It marks the most watched Daily Show telecast since Stewart left in 2015, beating all overnight ratings for Trevor Noah’s run as host.
It comes after Stewart’s first episode back hit 3M viewers with the live+three day numbers, including simulcasts on other Paramount networks.
Stewart was followed this week by Desi Lydic, who took on the chair last night, diving into Nikki Haley’s struggle to remind people she is running for President and Trump comparing himself to Alexei Navalny. Josh Johnson also returned to talk with sneakerheads about Trump’s new gold sneakers.
Lydic also interviewed The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live...
The late-night show recorded 1.3M total viewers for Stewart’s second episode on Monday night. This was up from 930,000 in his first week back, per Nielsen’s live+same day ratings.
It marks the most watched Daily Show telecast since Stewart left in 2015, beating all overnight ratings for Trevor Noah’s run as host.
It comes after Stewart’s first episode back hit 3M viewers with the live+three day numbers, including simulcasts on other Paramount networks.
Stewart was followed this week by Desi Lydic, who took on the chair last night, diving into Nikki Haley’s struggle to remind people she is running for President and Trump comparing himself to Alexei Navalny. Josh Johnson also returned to talk with sneakerheads about Trump’s new gold sneakers.
Lydic also interviewed The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live...
- 2/21/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump doubled down on his comparison to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died on Friday in an arctic penal colony and is widely believed to have been murdered by the government of Vladimir Putin.
When speaking at a Fox News town hall on Tuesday evening, Trump grotesquely likened a civil fraud judgment against him to Navalny’s death. When asked by Laura Ingraham how he would come up with the $364 million in penalties, plus interest, in a New York judge’s Feb. 16 verdict, the ex-president replied: “It is a form of Navalny.
When speaking at a Fox News town hall on Tuesday evening, Trump grotesquely likened a civil fraud judgment against him to Navalny’s death. When asked by Laura Ingraham how he would come up with the $364 million in penalties, plus interest, in a New York judge’s Feb. 16 verdict, the ex-president replied: “It is a form of Navalny.
- 2/21/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Update: President Joe Biden, speaking to attendees at tonight’s Los Angeles fundraiser, said that Donald Trump “is dragging us back to the past and not leading us to the future.”
“We stand with the truth and we are going to defeat him and his lies,” Biden said at the event, according to a pool report. The event was at the home of Haim Saban, but he was not there after testing positive for Covid, nor was the other main co-host, Casey Wasserman, who also tested positive.
In his remarks, which lasted about 15 minutes, Biden presented a contrast between himself and Trump, as donors have been calling for the campaign to sharpen its attacks on the president’s likely rival.
Biden also talked of the death of Alexei Navalny, blaming it on Vladimir Putin. He called it “outrageous” that Trump has not condemned the Russian leader.
“Time and again Republicans...
“We stand with the truth and we are going to defeat him and his lies,” Biden said at the event, according to a pool report. The event was at the home of Haim Saban, but he was not there after testing positive for Covid, nor was the other main co-host, Casey Wasserman, who also tested positive.
In his remarks, which lasted about 15 minutes, Biden presented a contrast between himself and Trump, as donors have been calling for the campaign to sharpen its attacks on the president’s likely rival.
Biden also talked of the death of Alexei Navalny, blaming it on Vladimir Putin. He called it “outrageous” that Trump has not condemned the Russian leader.
“Time and again Republicans...
- 2/21/2024
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Donald Trump compared his passing in an Arctic prison to the legal woes that he is currently facing.
“The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our country. It is a slow, steady progression, with Crooked, radical left politicians, prosecutors and judges leading us down a path to destruction,” he posted to Truth Social.
“Open borders, rigged elections and grossly unfair courtroom decisions are Destroying America. We Are A Nation In Decline, A Failing Nation! Maga 2024,” Trump concluded.
Navalny’s death was announced by Russian authorities on Friday. Trump was criticized for not addressing the incident sooner, with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley offering powerful words on the matter.
“It’s amazing to me how weak in the knees he is when it comes to Putin,” Haley told Fox & Friends before Trump’s post,...
“The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our country. It is a slow, steady progression, with Crooked, radical left politicians, prosecutors and judges leading us down a path to destruction,” he posted to Truth Social.
“Open borders, rigged elections and grossly unfair courtroom decisions are Destroying America. We Are A Nation In Decline, A Failing Nation! Maga 2024,” Trump concluded.
Navalny’s death was announced by Russian authorities on Friday. Trump was criticized for not addressing the incident sooner, with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley offering powerful words on the matter.
“It’s amazing to me how weak in the knees he is when it comes to Putin,” Haley told Fox & Friends before Trump’s post,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
X/Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in what the platform said was a mistake.
“Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules. We unsuspended the account as soon as we became aware of the error, and will be updating the defense,” according to X.
The suspension quickly led to an outcry online, with some calling out X’s owner, Elon Musk, who has expressed opposition to further funding for Ukraine, concluding that Russia won’t lose the war with its neighboring country.
Earlier today, Navalnaya had called out Russian President Vladimir Putin for her husband’s death, including a message, “I don’t care how the killer’s press secretary comments on my words. Give back Alexei’s body and let him be buried with dignity, don’t stop people from saying goodbye to him,...
“Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules. We unsuspended the account as soon as we became aware of the error, and will be updating the defense,” according to X.
The suspension quickly led to an outcry online, with some calling out X’s owner, Elon Musk, who has expressed opposition to further funding for Ukraine, concluding that Russia won’t lose the war with its neighboring country.
Earlier today, Navalnaya had called out Russian President Vladimir Putin for her husband’s death, including a message, “I don’t care how the killer’s press secretary comments on my words. Give back Alexei’s body and let him be buried with dignity, don’t stop people from saying goodbye to him,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was temporarily suspended from X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday after announcing she would continue her dead husband’s fight against Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian government.
Since Navalny’s death on Friday, Yulia Navalnaya has led a public campaign to pressure the Russian government for the return of her husband’s body, and for cooperation from the international community in holding the Putin government accountable for his death. Russian authorities claim the imprisoned dissident died after a sudden collapse on Friday while serving...
Since Navalny’s death on Friday, Yulia Navalnaya has led a public campaign to pressure the Russian government for the return of her husband’s body, and for cooperation from the international community in holding the Putin government accountable for his death. Russian authorities claim the imprisoned dissident died after a sudden collapse on Friday while serving...
- 2/20/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
In response to the online backlash he’s received for his criticism of President Joe Biden, Daily Show host Jon Stewart has decided to take a masterclass in speaking truth to power — and who better to emulate than his old pal Tucker Carlson?
It has been 19 years since the Daily Show host went on CNN’s Crossfire and took Carlson and co-host Paul Begala to task for fomenting partisan discord. After Carlson remarked that Stewart was funnier on his Comedy Central series, Stewart shot back, “You’re as big a d–k on your show as you are on any show.
It has been 19 years since the Daily Show host went on CNN’s Crossfire and took Carlson and co-host Paul Begala to task for fomenting partisan discord. After Carlson remarked that Stewart was funnier on his Comedy Central series, Stewart shot back, “You’re as big a d–k on your show as you are on any show.
- 2/20/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Russian Pussy Riot dissident Nadya Tolokonnikova has welcomed a pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya to carry on his fight for democracy, following his death in an Arctic penal colony last week.
Speaking just hours after Navalnaya released a video statement vowing to continue her late husband’s political campaign, Tolokonnikova said she would be “an amazing figure to unite Russian opposition.”
“Today Yulia Navalnaya came out with a really beautiful statement and I was hoping she was going to make this statement because in my mind she only had two choices to retreat into depression or to continue fighting,” Tolokonnikova told Deadline at the Cinema for Peace gala dinner in Berlin on Monday evening.
Pussy Riot cofounder and activist @Nadyariot welcomes pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow to continue her husband’s message at the Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/RV3rVsA0CU...
Speaking just hours after Navalnaya released a video statement vowing to continue her late husband’s political campaign, Tolokonnikova said she would be “an amazing figure to unite Russian opposition.”
“Today Yulia Navalnaya came out with a really beautiful statement and I was hoping she was going to make this statement because in my mind she only had two choices to retreat into depression or to continue fighting,” Tolokonnikova told Deadline at the Cinema for Peace gala dinner in Berlin on Monday evening.
Pussy Riot cofounder and activist @Nadyariot welcomes pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow to continue her husband’s message at the Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/RV3rVsA0CU...
- 2/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Nope, Jon Stewart isn’t walking back his criticism of President Joe Biden last week during his Daily Show return. If anything, Stewart kind of doubled down during his second episode Monday night, before spending the bulk of his opening segment tearing into Tucker Carlson’s Russia propaganda tour.
Stewart opened his second show back on the Comedy Central late night series by diving right into the backlash to his first (specifically citing this Hollywood Reporter story). Stewart had generated plenty of headlines — and big ratings — in an episode where he mocked Biden for his apparent age-related cognitive issues. Some progressives have slammed the segment, accusing Stewart of inadvertently helping Biden’s presumed election rival, Donald Trump.
“The response to the first show last Monday was universally glowing — Ok, maybe not universal,” Stewart said (video below) while showing screenshots of critical tweets. “But [the backlash was] on Twitter! Everything on Twitter gets a backlash.
Stewart opened his second show back on the Comedy Central late night series by diving right into the backlash to his first (specifically citing this Hollywood Reporter story). Stewart had generated plenty of headlines — and big ratings — in an episode where he mocked Biden for his apparent age-related cognitive issues. Some progressives have slammed the segment, accusing Stewart of inadvertently helping Biden’s presumed election rival, Donald Trump.
“The response to the first show last Monday was universally glowing — Ok, maybe not universal,” Stewart said (video below) while showing screenshots of critical tweets. “But [the backlash was] on Twitter! Everything on Twitter gets a backlash.
- 2/20/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hillary Clinton and Sharon Stone shared the stage at the annual Cinema for Peace funder raiser in Berlin on Monday night with the latter presenting the former U.S. secretary of state with the Ngo’s Cinema for Peace Award.
Stone described Clinton as an inspirational figure in her life: “The things you’ve said have changed my life, changed the direction and changed the course of the things I’ve chosen to do.”
Clinton gently ribbed Stone about her gala gown, a tie at the front robe covered in mauve spots.
“To my friend Sharon Stone who can look amazingly beautiful in anything. When she walked in, I was like, ‘Wow, who besides Sharon Stone could wear a gigantic bath robe and look stunning… you are one of a kind my friend, one of kind,” she said.
Further honorees included Pope Francis, who was seen receiving the award on taped recording,...
Stone described Clinton as an inspirational figure in her life: “The things you’ve said have changed my life, changed the direction and changed the course of the things I’ve chosen to do.”
Clinton gently ribbed Stone about her gala gown, a tie at the front robe covered in mauve spots.
“To my friend Sharon Stone who can look amazingly beautiful in anything. When she walked in, I was like, ‘Wow, who besides Sharon Stone could wear a gigantic bath robe and look stunning… you are one of a kind my friend, one of kind,” she said.
Further honorees included Pope Francis, who was seen receiving the award on taped recording,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s Presidents’ Day, and America’s 45th is having a real one.
Donald Trump spent the morning of the Monday holiday railing against the nearly half-billion-dollar court judgment levied against him for fraud in New York state, and grotesquely comparing himself to the Russian political dissident Alexei Navalny, who died last week in an Russian arctic penal colony.
Trump started shitposting not long after dawn on his Truth Social network. Stinging from his massive court defeat, Trump seemed determined to keep litigating his fraud case in the court of public opinion.
Donald Trump spent the morning of the Monday holiday railing against the nearly half-billion-dollar court judgment levied against him for fraud in New York state, and grotesquely comparing himself to the Russian political dissident Alexei Navalny, who died last week in an Russian arctic penal colony.
Trump started shitposting not long after dawn on his Truth Social network. Stinging from his massive court defeat, Trump seemed determined to keep litigating his fraud case in the court of public opinion.
- 2/19/2024
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
U2 singer Bono paid tribute Saturday night to recently deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during his concert at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The frontman got the crowd to chant Navalny’s name as a memorial to the dissident’s struggle against the Russian establishment.
In a long preamble to a cover rendition of Crowded House’s Don’t Dream It’s Over, Bono spoke of the struggle for freedom and the importance of standing up for it. His remarks on Navalny start at the 2:35 mark in the video above.
“Next week it’ll be two years since Putin invaded and tried to destroy the hard-won freedoms” of the Ukrainian people, Bono said. “Next, it’ll be Poland, next it’ll be Lithuania, East Germany; who knows where this man will or won’t go. To these people, freedom is not just a word in a song. For...
In a long preamble to a cover rendition of Crowded House’s Don’t Dream It’s Over, Bono spoke of the struggle for freedom and the importance of standing up for it. His remarks on Navalny start at the 2:35 mark in the video above.
“Next week it’ll be two years since Putin invaded and tried to destroy the hard-won freedoms” of the Ukrainian people, Bono said. “Next, it’ll be Poland, next it’ll be Lithuania, East Germany; who knows where this man will or won’t go. To these people, freedom is not just a word in a song. For...
- 2/18/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
U2 paid tribute to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony where he died suddenly on Friday. On Saturday, during U2’s residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Bono addressed the crowd before their performance of Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” a staple during their residency.
As fan video footage showed, Bono began by speaking about busking in a Kyiv subway in Ukraine a couple of months before Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the country. “Edge and I got...
As fan video footage showed, Bono began by speaking about busking in a Kyiv subway in Ukraine a couple of months before Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the country. “Edge and I got...
- 2/18/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
After a few years in limbo, the BAFTAs finally found a host to replace the much-missed Stephen Fry in David Tennant. The Doctor Who actor proved an amiable and funny emcee, although much of his humor would have gone way over the non-Brits in the audience, starting with a lengthy filmed skit riffing on his BBC TV series Staged, co-starring Michael Sheen. (You can watch it above.)
It was a night of surprises, not especially pleasant ones for the teams behind Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon, and there were no egregious upsets. Neither were there any of the usual technical nightmares that have plagued the event in the past.
Instead, there were lots of low-key but memorable moments, like Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr., dressed in a gray tail suit to collect his Best Supporting Actor award recalling his life in 30 seconds.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph was similarly charming on accepting her Best Supporting Actress award, swooning over presenter Chiwetel Ejiofor and bringing her Holdovers co-star Paul Giamatti to tears when she told him, “I cry every time I see your name.” Equally emotional were June Givanni, receiving this year’s Outstanding Contribution award; Samantha Morton, whose BFI Fellowship was awarded after filmed testimony from Tom Cruise; and the whole audience, who went wild for Still’s Michael J. Fox who handed out the Best Film award to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Wonka star Keegan-Michael Key, presenting, sustained a surprisingly funny attempt to pretend to be British, and, taking the first award of the night for Best Original Screenplay, husband and wife team Justine Triet and Arthur Harari joked that their murderous marital drama Anatomy of a Fall had taken on a life of its own.
All night, speeches were crisp and clean, with only the teams behind The Zone of Interest and 20 Days in Mariupol bringing politics into the conversation, even after Tennant gave the go-ahead by mentioning the recent murder of Alexei Navalny, subject of last year’s Best Documentary winner.
The musical numbers left a lot to be desired. Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed her Saltburn showstopper “Murder on the Dancefloor,” which is more than a few rungs down from Shirley Bassey doing “Diamonds Are Forever” in 2022. Meanwhile, Hannah Waddingham doing a slowed-down version of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” wasn’t quite what the particularly touching obituary sequence was crying out for. By far the worst of all, though, was a comedy routine by Nick Mohammed performing as a sweaty light entertainer called Mr. Swallow. We must never think or speak of it again.
It was a night of surprises, not especially pleasant ones for the teams behind Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon, and there were no egregious upsets. Neither were there any of the usual technical nightmares that have plagued the event in the past.
Instead, there were lots of low-key but memorable moments, like Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr., dressed in a gray tail suit to collect his Best Supporting Actor award recalling his life in 30 seconds.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph was similarly charming on accepting her Best Supporting Actress award, swooning over presenter Chiwetel Ejiofor and bringing her Holdovers co-star Paul Giamatti to tears when she told him, “I cry every time I see your name.” Equally emotional were June Givanni, receiving this year’s Outstanding Contribution award; Samantha Morton, whose BFI Fellowship was awarded after filmed testimony from Tom Cruise; and the whole audience, who went wild for Still’s Michael J. Fox who handed out the Best Film award to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Wonka star Keegan-Michael Key, presenting, sustained a surprisingly funny attempt to pretend to be British, and, taking the first award of the night for Best Original Screenplay, husband and wife team Justine Triet and Arthur Harari joked that their murderous marital drama Anatomy of a Fall had taken on a life of its own.
All night, speeches were crisp and clean, with only the teams behind The Zone of Interest and 20 Days in Mariupol bringing politics into the conversation, even after Tennant gave the go-ahead by mentioning the recent murder of Alexei Navalny, subject of last year’s Best Documentary winner.
The musical numbers left a lot to be desired. Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed her Saltburn showstopper “Murder on the Dancefloor,” which is more than a few rungs down from Shirley Bassey doing “Diamonds Are Forever” in 2022. Meanwhile, Hannah Waddingham doing a slowed-down version of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” wasn’t quite what the particularly touching obituary sequence was crying out for. By far the worst of all, though, was a comedy routine by Nick Mohammed performing as a sweaty light entertainer called Mr. Swallow. We must never think or speak of it again.
- 2/18/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Russia has arrested at least 400 people across the country for protesting the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony when he died suddenly on Friday. Among those detained is a priest, Father Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko, who was planning to lead a St. Petersberg memorial service in tribute to Navalny.
Human rights group Ovd-Info said that by Saturday night, police had detained at least 401 people across the country. More than 200 of those arrests took place in St. Petersberg, Russia’s second largest city. Mikhnov-Vaitenko, the...
Human rights group Ovd-Info said that by Saturday night, police had detained at least 401 people across the country. More than 200 of those arrests took place in St. Petersberg, Russia’s second largest city. Mikhnov-Vaitenko, the...
- 2/18/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Pussy Riot called Vladimir Putin and the Russian government “murderers” at a protest Sunday in Germany following the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The group’s creator Nadya Tolokonnikova and fellow members of the protest and performance art collective staged the demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, where a makeshift memorial to Navalny was placed.
“We came with one simple word – ‘Murderers’ He did not just die. He was murdered,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement Sunday of Navalny, who reportedly died of “blood clots” at a Russian prison.
The group’s creator Nadya Tolokonnikova and fellow members of the protest and performance art collective staged the demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, where a makeshift memorial to Navalny was placed.
“We came with one simple word – ‘Murderers’ He did not just die. He was murdered,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement Sunday of Navalny, who reportedly died of “blood clots” at a Russian prison.
- 2/18/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke up about his recent controversial interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Moscow.
Last week Putin and Carlson sat down for a two-hour-long interview posted to Carlson’s channel on X. During the interview, Putin ranted about conspiracy theories and was criticized by audiences for spreading Nazi rhetoric, including the false idea that Poland started World War II.
This week, Putin has spoken up about his experience with Carlson. The Russian president claimed he was unimpressed by Carlson’s interview.
“To be honest, I thought that he could behave aggressively and ask so-called sharp questions,” Putin said. “I was not prepared for this. I wanted it because it would give me the opportunity to respond in the same way. Frankly, I did not get full satisfaction from this interview.”
Carlson was also criticized by viewers for his lack of fact-checking during the interview,...
Last week Putin and Carlson sat down for a two-hour-long interview posted to Carlson’s channel on X. During the interview, Putin ranted about conspiracy theories and was criticized by audiences for spreading Nazi rhetoric, including the false idea that Poland started World War II.
This week, Putin has spoken up about his experience with Carlson. The Russian president claimed he was unimpressed by Carlson’s interview.
“To be honest, I thought that he could behave aggressively and ask so-called sharp questions,” Putin said. “I was not prepared for this. I wanted it because it would give me the opportunity to respond in the same way. Frankly, I did not get full satisfaction from this interview.”
Carlson was also criticized by viewers for his lack of fact-checking during the interview,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Russia’s leading opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, who united people in his fight against Vladimir Putin’s regime, died Friday in a remote Arctic prison, where he was serving a decades-long sentence on trumped-up charges. He is survived by his wife, two kids, and the millions of Russians at home and abroad who yearned for a better future. The Kremlin’s propaganda machine, now in overdrive, lists the cause of death as a blood clot, spinning a narrative that Putin — ever-so-popular with the people — didn’t need Navalny to die.
- 2/17/2024
- by Andrew Ryvkin
- Rollingstone.com
Jaka Bizilj, the founder of the Berlin-based Cinema for Peace Foundation which organized the airlift from Russia of opposition activist Alexei Navalny after his poisoning in 2020, has responded to his sudden death in an Arctic Circle jail on Friday.
“Seeing the kind of treatment that they were giving him, I’ve been afraid for months that they were going to kill him,” Bizilj told Deadline.
He suggested the writing had been on wall for Navalny ever since the death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in August in the wake of his aborted coup over the summer.
“The Prigozhin case, the uprising, showed that Russia is not as stable as we all believed. After the killing of Prigozhin, Navalny was next on the list… I don’t think Putin saw him as an immediate threat but he was afraid of him in the long run,...
“Seeing the kind of treatment that they were giving him, I’ve been afraid for months that they were going to kill him,” Bizilj told Deadline.
He suggested the writing had been on wall for Navalny ever since the death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in August in the wake of his aborted coup over the summer.
“The Prigozhin case, the uprising, showed that Russia is not as stable as we all believed. After the killing of Prigozhin, Navalny was next on the list… I don’t think Putin saw him as an immediate threat but he was afraid of him in the long run,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The news of the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny very quickly put a focus on Tucker Carlson, the right-wing talk host who recently trekked to Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin.
Carlson told the Daily Mail today that “it’s horrifying what happened to Navalny. The whole thing is barbaric and awful. No decent person would defend it.”
In the wake of reports of Navalny’s death, Carlson faced another round of backlash after interviewing Putin last week and for subsequent social media posts. In them, Carlson trumpeted a Moscow subway station and a grocery store.
Former congresswoman Liz Cheney wrote on X/Twitter earlier today, “This is what Putin’s Russia is, Tucker Carlson. And you are Putin’s useful idiot. Same with you J.D. Vance and other Putin-wing Republicans who are working to defeat Ukraine in its struggle for freedom.”
Carlson posted his interview with Putin on X/Twitter on Feb.
Carlson told the Daily Mail today that “it’s horrifying what happened to Navalny. The whole thing is barbaric and awful. No decent person would defend it.”
In the wake of reports of Navalny’s death, Carlson faced another round of backlash after interviewing Putin last week and for subsequent social media posts. In them, Carlson trumpeted a Moscow subway station and a grocery store.
Former congresswoman Liz Cheney wrote on X/Twitter earlier today, “This is what Putin’s Russia is, Tucker Carlson. And you are Putin’s useful idiot. Same with you J.D. Vance and other Putin-wing Republicans who are working to defeat Ukraine in its struggle for freedom.”
Carlson posted his interview with Putin on X/Twitter on Feb.
- 2/17/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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