BEIJING, China, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's popular online entertainment platform Bilibili and BBC Studios have announced a strategic cooperation agreement to expand collaboration on documentary productions. According to the agreement, Bilibili and BBC Studios will jointly produce natural documentary blockbusters, including The Green Planet and The Mating Game. China's sci-fi mogul Liu Cixin will join the

Chinese video sharing platform Bilibili teams up with BBC Studios

Bilibili and BBC Studios enter strategic cooperation agreement

China's Bilibili to join BBC Studios in production of documentaries

"Beauty is pain," goes the famous adage. The phrase suggests that in order to fully understand what a society considers beautiful, you must explore ugliness. Enter the horror movie.Horror often examines "the dread of difference" seen in society, and cinema scholars like Barry Keith Grant have studied how horror films explore 

Dressed to kill: 6 ways horror folklore is fashioned in the movies

Using conspiracy theories that include child sex traffickers and restaurants serving human flesh, QAnon has unleashed a modern-day moral panic.It is now more than 30 years since sociologists proposed moral panic as a way to understand the incitement of fear around a perceived enemy. In the opening paragraph of his canonical study of popular media from 1972, <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Folk-Devils-and-Mora

Folk devils and fear: QAnon feeds into a culture of moral panic

DAVAO CITY, Oct. 22 (PIA)- One of the most challenging and exciting filmmaking competitions will be holding its newest edition this coming Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, 2020.The Guerrilla Filmathon is a 24-hour filmmaking competition where teams of filmmakers aim to produce their short films in only 24-hours and at the same time face adventure race-style challenges.The contest which was conceptualized and jumpstarte

Guerrilla Filmathon announces &quot;screen life&quot; edition

 Culture  Oct 25 2020  Alexandra Guzeva Joe Wright/Universal Pictures, 2012 Most Russian literature is more or less about love. The strong feeling is often depicted by sufferings, complicated life decisions and challenges - and even throwing oneself under a train because of it... However, there are also rare books about love with a happy ending. 1. Alexander Pushkin - The Belkin TalesA st

5 BEST Russian books about love

The Double Ninth Festival, also known as Chongyang Festival in China, falls on Sunday this year. It is an occasion to care for and send blessings to the elderly throughout China.BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Editor's choice of Xinhua Portraits of Senior People in China.Two newly-wedded couples pose for photo during a wedding ceremony at a nursing home in Luonan County, northwest China's Sh

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Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): Despite multiple assurances that she would focus on acting during her appearance as host on 'Saturday Night Live,' English singer-songwriter Adele burst into song several times during a spoof on reality dating series 'The Bachelor' about half an hour into the show.
According to Variety, the skit found the 32-year-old songstress, who was introduced as her superstar self, interrupting ever

Adele sings on 'Saturday Night Live' after all

Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Selena Gomez and actor Timothee Chalamet on Saturday (local time) hopped on an Instagram Live together and encouraged their fans to vote.
Gomez appeared from home, after casting her mail-in ballot, during the live chat while her former co-star Chalamet was seen waiting in line for in-person voting in New York City.
According to People Magazine, the 'Lady Bird' 

Selena Gomez chats with Timothee Chalamet while he's in line to vote

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Sharing a picture of herself from the sets of her upcoming film 'Haseen Dilruba,' actor Taapsee Pannu on Saturday shared the major "curly hair issues," with her fans.
The 'Manmarziyan,' actor who is known for her perfectly curly locks is seen with her completely straightened in the picture.
She penned down a short caption about how she has to get her hair "roasted," to get them straigh

Taapsee Pannu shares her struggles with 'curly hair,' as an actor

New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): The eighth week of '10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute' anti-dengue campaign will garner support from celebrities such as Shankar Mahadevan, who will be encouraging the citizens of Delhi to follow the dengue prevention guidelines, according to a release by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
Last year, prominent celebrities such as cricketer Virender Sehwag and others took part in the '10 Hafte

Delhi govt's anti-dengue campaign to garner support from celebrities

Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): Just a week after teasing fans with the announcement of an album, musician Ariana Grande on Friday dropped the music video of the first song 'Positions.'According to The Hollywood Reporter, the music video features the pop superstar's characteristic soaring harmonies.
It also marks Grande's first solo song release since her 2019 album, 'thank u, next' after which she had teamed up for a 

Ariana Grande drops White House based music video of 'Positions'

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Narendra Firodia and Rahul Narvekar come together to launch a Regional language OTT platform called Letsflix. Starting with Marathi, Letsflix will soon launch other languages. This will be on the back of their local language digital content platform called LetsUp. LetsUp has close to 1 million downloads and is in English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Tamil curr

LetsUp gets into regional OTT space with Letsflix

The second and last US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was another round in a duel between two very distinct forms of masculinity. An excellent moderator, Kristen Welker, combined with rule changes that reduced the candidates' ability to interrupt each other, toned down the vitriol and helped create a calmer debate, with more room for disc

Trump v Biden: a duel of contrasting masculinities

NUR-SULTAN -- Unlike his best-known alter ego, Borat Sagdiyev, British-born comedian Sacha Baron Cohen isn't in it to win friends.Not among religious and cultural conservatives. Not among the political elite in the United States. (Just ask Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.) And certainly not within the Kazakh government.But Borat -- the coarse 'Kazakh journalist' introduced to global movie au

New Borat Film Offends, But Will More Kazakhs Get The Joke This Time?

 Culture  Oct 23 2020 Yulia AfanasyenkoAriya in Moscow, 1987.Igor Mikhalev/Sputnik Heavy metal was nowhere near as widespread in the USSR as pop rock, but some Soviet metal bands are still appreciated nowadays. 1. 'Chorny Kofe'Moscow, 1987.Igor Mikhalev/SputnikThe permanent leader of heavy metal group 'Chorny Kofe' ("Black Coffee") Dmitriy Varshavskiy says the story of his band begins

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A settlement has been reached over charges leveled against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. related to the global financial institution's conspiracy to violate foreign bribery laws in the United States.The firm will pay $2.9 billion in the plea deal, the largest penalty of its kind in U.S. history, for its role in Malaysia's 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund corruption scandal, known as 1MDB.In total, Goldman Sac

Goldman Sachs to Pay Record Fine Over 1MDB Scandal

When a young celebrity writes a memoir or has a biography written about them, a common response is: they are too young. This child or adolescent cannot possibly have lived enough of a life, or have a useful perspective. Their story cannot be instructive enough to be valuable to others.This point 

Friday essay: why we need children&#039;s life stories like I Am Greta

New unrest has rocked Nigeria's biggest city Lagos after shots rang out and a prison was set on fire on Thursday. The deadly shooting of at least 12 protesters earlier this week has drawn widespread condemnation from the African Union and across the world.Gunfire was heard and smoke could be seen billowing from the detention facility in the upscale Ikoyi neighbourhood in central Lagos, according to AFP.Po

AU condemns deadly Nigeria violence as fresh unrest rocks Lagos

 Check out all the ways to watch, listen and live stream Arizona Cardinals vs. the Seattle Seahawks on October 25, 2020  The Arizona Cardinals take on the Seattle Seahawks at State Farm Stadium on Sunday, October 25 at 5:20 p.m. AZ time.WATCH ON TVNBCAl Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst) and Michele Tafoya (sidelin

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As the U.S. Election competes with COVID-19 to fill our TV screens with doom and gloom, entertainment editor John Turnbull checks out a couple of escapist comedies.The Boys season two Created by Eric KripkeTHERE IS A good chance that

Screen Themes: The Boys vs Schitt&#039;s Creek

This week the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a lawsuit accusing Google of using "anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in the markets" for search and advertising.It is the most significant antitrust case since the US government took on Microsoft in 1998 for using its dominant po

Google antitrust case biggest since U.S. took on Microsoft

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The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has assembled experts with the requisite skills to deal with the recent crude oil spill in the Bellair area, in Durban.This, according to Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube, who inspected the rehabilitation and clean-up operations at the Bayhead Natural Heritage Site, near the Durban Habour Canal on Saturday.News24 previous

Clean-up operations underway following oil spill in Durban

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric will cut power to more than 1 million people on Sunday to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires as extreme fire weather returns to the region, the utility announced Friday.The nation's largest utility said it will black out customers in 38 counties -- including most of the San Francisco Bay Area -- as weather forecasts called for a return of bone-dry, gusty weather that 

PG&E to Cut Power to More Than 1 Million People in California

Tinsukia (Assam) [India], October 23 (ANI): Oil India Limited (OIL) on Friday said that snubbing operation at Assam's Baghjan oil well blowout to 'kill the well' will be conducted soon.
"Snubbing operation to 'kill the well' will be done soon. The equipment has been flown from Canada and has reached Kolkata. It'll be brought here once Customs' inspection is over. We expect it will reach here by 14 days," said Tridiv Hazar

Snubbing to 'kill the well' on Assam's Baghjan blowout site soon: OIL

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with CEOs of leading global oil and gas companies in the annual event organized by NITI Aayog and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on October 26 via video conferencing.
PMO said that India is an important player in the global Oil and gas sector being the 3rd largest consumer of crude oil and the 4th largest LNG importer.
"Realizing the ne

PM Modi to interact with CEOs of leading oil, gas companies on Oct 26

New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): The second B-777 VVIP's aircraft, Air India One landed at the Delhi airport on Saturday.
Air India One aircraft is exclusively for the President, Vice President and Prime Minister.
The first of the two VVIP aircraft Air India One arrived in India earlier this month.
Earlier in August, contingents of senior officials of Air India, security officers, and senior government officials visit

Second VVIP aircraft for President, PM arrives in Delhi

Philadelphia [US], October 25 (ANI): China is the United States' "absolute number one" national security threat, said Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley on Saturday (local time), adding that US President Donald Trump has made sure Beijing does not steal American intellectual property.
Speaking during a fireside chat event organised by the Indian Voices for Trump in the battleground state of Philadelphia, Ha

China a 'number one national security threat' to US: Nikki Haley

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 24 (ANI): A total of 4,471 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours in Karnataka taking the total count of cases to 7,98,378.
The state Department of Health and Family Welfare said 2,251 new cases were reported from Bengaluru Urban. The COVID-19 count includes 86,749 active cases, 7,00,737 discharges and 10,873 deaths.
The department said that 2,26,515 patients have been

With 4,471 new cases, Karnataka's COVID-19 count rises to 7,98,378

New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): IndiGo has barred nine media persons for 15 days for unruly behaviour while they were on the same flight in which Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was heading to Mumbai from Chandigarh.
On September 9, Ranaut was en route to Mumbai by Indigo flight no. 6E-264 from Chandigarh to Mumbai where media personnel allegedly violated the rules.
The media persons have been barred from travelling i

IndiGo bars nine media persons for unruly behaviour on Kangana flight

WASHINGTON - Losses are mounting for the U.S. airline industry as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc&#8239;on the economy and hope dims for an immediate&#8239;government aid&#8239;package.&#8239;&#8239;Karl Moore, associate professor at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, says, "We're looking at flights being down in the area of 90% less in March and April than they were the year

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