Sebastian Lelio won an Oscar and helped change Chile's laws on transsexuals with one of his films.. Not only did it win the Oscar for best foreign language film, but it sparked a debate that helped change the law in his native Chile, allowing people to legally change their gender.
Heads turn and jaws drop when South African actor Kim Engelbrecht walks down a Cape Town street.. Yet, the actor who grew up in the working-class suburb of Belhar, east of Cape Town, is keen to continue work in her homeland.
An auction of paintings and sculptures from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen fetched a record $1.6 billion over two days, Christie's auction house said on Thursday.. The second day of the sale on Thursday fetched $116 million.
Getting up close to Big Ben requires earplugs, and ear defenders over them to be safe.. As the top of the hour approaches, it is time to don the ear defenders again for the continuing series of tests.
Netflix will stream an event live for the first time next year, with comedian Chris Rock hosting a real-time special for the on-demand platform that has lured millions of viewers away from traditional broadcast television.. Netflix hosts a live comedy festival at more than 35 venues in Los Angeles, but those shows have not yet been available to stream live on its platform.
A New York jury on Thursday found Oscar-winning Canadian filmmaker Paul Haggis liable for raping a publicist in 2013, ordering him to pay her at least $7.5 million in damages.. The 69-year-old was accused in 2017 by film publicist Haleigh Breest of abusing and raping her in 2013, when she was 26 years old.
The rollout of Twitter's subscription service has prompted a string of accounts impersonating public figures, sparking concerns about the potential for scams and disinformation.. Government agencies and public figures often list Twitter information on websites and other platforms, such as Facebook.
At parties, on stages and in meetings, Changpeng Zhao is rarely seen without his black polo shirt, emblazoned with the insignia of his crypto firm Binance.. And 45-year-old Zhao, who founded Binance in Shanghai in 2017, has emerged as the most central and most visible figure in crypto.
One of France's biggest breakthrough musicians of recent years, best-known as Christine and the Queens, returns this week with not just a new album but a new name: Redcar.. It's a move that can cause commercial confusion, and Redcar is still labelled as Christine and the Queens on streaming services and shops.
Colm Forde, co-founder of Britain's Doc'n Roll film festival, knows what makes a good music documentary. "75 minutes!". For Forde, whose festival champions "outliers and weirdos" in the world of music documentaries, many of these big label-sponsored films are just "recycling crap to boost their own back catalogues".
