The Cannes Film Festival opened this year’s star-studded event with a showing of The Dead Don’t Die — a “very anti-Trump film,” according to the festival’s artistic director — about “polar fracking” kicking off a zombie takeover of a small town filled with Trump supporters. Replete with an A-list Hollywood cast including Bill Murray, Adam…
Month: February 2020
The man who haunts Europe’s food safety watchdog
A French farmer sprays glyphosate herbicide on his crops | Francois Monier/AFP via Getty Images The man who haunts Europe’s food safety watchdog Christopher Portier is on a mission to have the world believe that glyphosate is a ‘probable’ carcinogen. By Simon Marks 7/9/18, 10:00 AM CET Updated 4/19/19, 1:52 AM CET Lingering doubts in…
Stephen King: Can’t Wait to Fire This ‘Vile, Racist Bag of Guts’ in 2020
Author Stephen King took to Twitter Friday to express his disdain for President Trump, telling his five million Twitter followers that he hopes to fire the “vile, racist, and incompetent bag of guts and waters” in 2020. “I think we all agree that Donald Trump is a vile, racist, and incompetent bag of guts and…
Airbus warns Trump he’s shooting himself with a tariff war
BERLIN — The head of Airbus has delivered a stark warning to U.S. President Donald Trump that tariffs on the European aviation business will backfire by hitting American workers and roiling the supply chains of U.S. airlines. After 15 years of mutual accusations over unfair subsidies for Europe’s Airbus and America’s Boeing, Washington and the…
Sacha Baron Cohen: My Show Reflected Trump’s ‘Extreme and Racist Language’
British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen said his Showtime series Who Is America? reflected the effect President Donald Trump’s “extreme and racist language” has had on the political landscape. The series, which received mixed reviews and faltering ratings, consisted of prank interviews Cohen conducted in disguise with unsuspecting Republican politicians and activists. “I was surprised, actually, how far people…
White House morale tanks amid Helsinki fallout
U.S. President Donald Trump | Isaac Brekken/Getty Images | Isaac Brekken/Getty Images White House morale tanks amid Helsinki fallout Staffers are considering accelerating their departures in the wake of the president’s equivocations on Russian meddling in the 2016 election. By Eliana Johnson 7/20/18, 4:36 AM CET Updated 7/20/18, 3:11 PM CET U.S. President Donald Trump’s…
Brutal Rape Scenes Cause Walkouts During Jennifer Kent's Film 'The Nightingale'
Audience members have reportedly been seen walking out of screenings for a new drama by Australian director Jennifer Kent, The Nightingale, as many became sickened over the brutal rape scenes that set the stage for the violent revenge film. Members of the audience at the Sydney Film Festival were seen walking out early in the film…
‘Mbappe could emulate Ronaldo’s impact at Real Madrid’ – McManaman supports move for ‘next global superstar’
The ex-Blancos star can understand why the La Liga giants are so keen on the Paris Saint-Germain forward, with the Frenchman destined for the very top Kylian Mbappe is capable of making the same kind of impact at Real Madrid as that once enjoyed by five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, claims Steve McManaman. Speculation…
Nolte: Left-wing Netflix Lost 130,000 American Subscribers Last Quarter
Netflix suffered a net loss of 130,000 American subscribers during the second quarter of the year, and this is not at all surprising. I’m a Netflix fan going back to the earliest days of the company’s streaming service. Back then it was a great service at a great price. Today? Not so much. For a…
The race for Europe’s place in space
Fifty years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, the second stage of the space race is underway — and Europe has to decide whether it wants to be a front-runner. In November, ministers from across the Continent will meet in Spain to figure out which projects to fund under the umbrella of the European Space…