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A man has faced court over alleged payments to a corrupt former manager at the Shire of East Pilbara.

The directors recruited to steer Poundland through its emergency sale process less than two weeks ago are on the brink of resigning, heightening the risk that one of Britain's biggest discount retailers will collapse within days, risking thousands of job losses.

Fostul director al FBI James Comey a fost inculpat luni de Departamentul de Justiție pentru că ar fi scurs informaţii clasificate secret de stat. Aceasta este a treia procedură judiciară intentată împotriva acestui critic al preşedintelui Donald Trump.

The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for what it calls a decade-old leak of classified information. Comey's lawyers immediately dismissed the effort as invalid and outside the time limit.

In a spoiler chat, he also delves into what the sad conclusion means for the villain's current status.

EXCLUSIVE: The sequel to Godzilla Minus One doesn’t bow until next month, but Takashi Yamazaki is already getting the wheels in motion for his first major studio pic, Grandgear, securing the cast to lead that movie. Sources tell Deadline that Sam Nivola and Nico Parker are set to join the pic, with Paul Giamatti in […]

Comey, who was fired during Trump's first term, has been accused of unlawfully divulging national security information.

The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for what it calls disclosing classified information, employing the unusual maneuver of bypassing a grand jury.

Paramount Pictures’ upcoming “Call of Duty” movie, based on the massively popular video game franchise, is definitely not going to feel like a comic book tentpole or make soldiers out to be superheroes, director Peter Berg recently told ComicBook. The “Friday Night Lights” and “Lone Survivor” director is helming the video game adaptation from a […]

Comey for years has been targeted by President Donald Trump, who fired him as FBI director in 2017.

Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sued the US Department of Justice, alleging she was fired because of her father, James Comey’s, criticism of US President Donald Trump or because of her perceived political beliefs.

Tom DeSimone, who transitioned from directing adult films into helming a host of B-movies including cult pic “Reform School Girls” and talking-vagina comedy “Chatterbox,” died Oct. 17 in Cathedral City, Calif. He was 87. His brother Bob confirmed his death and said he chose to die with medically assisted end of death after a terminal […]

Maurene Comey served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan for around a decade. A judicial ruling finding her dismissal unlawful adds to concerns of politically motivated firings at the DOJ.

He started his career in adult films, where he was “interested in exploring gays in love or at least relationships.”

The judge noted that Comey had worked on some of the nation's highest-profile cases and consistently received stellar reviews.

Comey, whose father is James Comey, had worked on high-profile prosecutions before the Trump administration fired her last year.

Director Ania Winiarska almost gave up on “Good Girls.” “After six months, I felt like I’d hit a wall. I’ve never had this problem before,” she told Variety. “It was always very natural for me to gain people’s trust, but my previous films were about boys or men. This one was about teenage girls and […]

The film seeks to explore Modern Warfare's "nuanced storylines".

Juno Temple (“Ted Lasso,” “Fargo”), Joey King (“We Were the Lucky Ones,” “The Act”) and James McAvoy (“The Last King of Scotland,” “Atonement”) are set to star in the upcoming — and somewhat timely — sci-fi AI comedy movie “Almost You.” The film, currently shooting in Glasgow, is being directed by Matt Lipsey, whose credits include multiple […]

The upcoming Call of Duty movie aims to show the "cost of war," according to director Peter Berg. He told ComicBook that the film, set in the Modern Warfare universe, will strive to capture the spirit of those games, which means lots of guns and violence, but also heart and soul. "So Modern Warfare, if you really look at the missions, and the storylines, and

Serbian filmmaker Stefan Djordjevic’s documentary-drama “Wind, Talk to Me” won best film at the Adriatic Film & TV Awards on Saturday evening in Porto Montenegro, Tivat, Montenegro. Djordjevic’s debut feature “weaves fact, fiction and memory into a heart-bursting tribute to his late mother,” according to the Variety review, published following its world prem

The Director of the Kaduna International Film Festival says poor funding, restrictions, and lack of government support are hindering Northern Nigeria’s fil Read More: https://punchng.com/poor-funding-restrictions-holding-back-northern-films-festival-director/

Japanese auteur and Cannes regular Naomi Kawase will preside over the main competition jury of the upcoming Doha Film Festival which is set to run Nov. 19-27 in the Qatari capital. Japan’s best-known female film director, Kawase has a close rapport with the Doha Film Institute, having joined its Qumra program mentoring emerging filmmakers in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Bollywood icons Saif Ali Khan (Sacred Games) and Vidya Balan (Jailer 2) will star with Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) in The Lunchbox filmmaker Ritesh Batra’s next film Long Years Ago, which is now underway in Mumbai. The comedy-drama heralds from Adeel Ahmed and writer-director Batra’s film and TV outfit Poetic License, and is being […]

Chezhiyan’s minimalist approach to filmmaking was evident in To Let, in which he deliberately chose not to use background score, despite music being an integral element of Tamil cinema

Irish director Sinéad O’Shea is gearing up for much debate as the film comes into U.K. and Irish cinemas on Oct. 30 after its BFI London Film Festival run and before screening at DOC NYC in November.

The Tokyo International Film Festival will review its 39th edition once it wraps and reassess where it stands on the international circuit before its 40th anniversary next year, festival director Hisamatsu Takeo says. “I believe the direction we establish through that process will also help define TIFF’s course for the next decade, leading up to […]

Star-driven flops at the Chinese box office, slowing investment and a reportedly more complicated censorship process have a bearing on China’s low profile at international festivals this year, according to Ichiyama Shozo, programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival. “In the past, casting a star in the leading role could guarantee a certain

“You Can See Everything” audiences were expecting to be taken aback for a variety of reasons when watching the documentary, but a full-frontal shot of Elizabeth Holmes’ partner Billy Evans wasn’t something many foresaw experiencing in the theater. Lance Oppenheim, who co-directed the buzzy A24 doc with Nathan Fielder, has now revealed just how that […]

The co-founder of indie studio Question guides us through the games on his PC.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Clayface,” now playing in theaters. Batman fans will have to wait patiently for the next installment in Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader saga, but they can get a peek at the rebooted DC Universe’s Gotham City in “Clayface.” “Clayface” is an R-rated body horror that follows […]

Ed Beach says that players "had not been given full service by the game as the way it first shipped".

"You had so many choices that you could plug your saves together to create parallel universes," Romain Toutain explained in a livestream.

El ganador de la Berlinale con ‘Las truchas’ y de dos premios Goya en guion fue un agitador intelectual, un analista perspicaz de España y uno de los directores más queridos por sus compañeros

According to the ACB, it received an anonymous call alleging that a senior HMWSSB official had collected cash illegally and was carrying it while returning home from office

En su obra exploró la violencia, el maltrato infantil, la alienación urbana y la decadencia de la sociedad japonesa con un estilo original e impactante

The opening of the national products pavilion in Thailand will provide Russian manufacturers with comprehensive support in promoting their products on the Thai market,” Vladimir Kovalev, Executive Director of the Russian-Thai Business Council, said ahead of the II Russian–Thai Investment Forum. “Exporters will not only gain access to a modern business platfo

Korean filmmaker Lee Hwan-kyung, director of “Miracle in Cell No. 7,” has assembled an Indonesian ensemble led by Vino G. Bastian, Pevita Pearce, Faradina Mufti and Indra Jegel for “Gasigogi,” a father-son drama now in production with Falcon Pictures. The film follows Jiwa, a father who sacrifices everything in a fight to save Juna, his […]

El Decano consiguió un triunfo antes de jugar una semifinal de Copa Argentina; dos meses sin ganar sumaba el ahora ex DT del Matador

SPOILERS: This post contains details about Clayface In DC Studios’ Clayface, Tom Rhys Harries’ titular shape-shifting Batman villain takes multiple forms, including a surprising familiar face. Following murmurs of a cameo, director James Watkins confirmed that Aaron Paul makes a brief appearance in the DCU movie as Matt’s (Harries) father, who raised him in

The director's film asks how social media and public opinion can affect legal proceedings.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “The Cycle,” now streaming on Shudder. What if a werewolf continued to transform even after its death? This light bulb idea came to frequent collaborators Jordan Downey and Kevin Stewart as they were sketching out a TV treatment for their 2018 film “The Head Hunter.” “We both […]

Joel McHale’s next move could be a viral sensation. McHale is set to star in the next short film from director Kevin Cate, the pair confirmed in a collaborative video on Oct. 23. No information outside of McHale’s casting is known about the short film, but Cate is set to collaborate again with the same […]

Talent management and production company Fusion Entertainment has signed writer-director Ryan DeForeest and started development on a feature adaptation of his short film “My Brother & Me,” Variety can reveal exclusively. “My Brother & Me,” which premiered at the 2024 American Black Film Festival, follows “two brothers across three decades, from South Los Ang

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Slow Horses” Season 6, which had its season finale on Wednesday. “Slow Horses” Season 6 ended with lots of bangs and a whimper, as a key character appeared to take his last breath. First the body count: over the course of the season the Slough House team, […]

‘Imagining Justice’ is the theme of the 17th edition of the international theatre festival to be held in Thrissur from February 21 to 28

Ramy Youssef’s first feature film as director is taking shape, with Amanda Seyfried joining him and Sharon Stone in the cast of Martha & Muhammad . The Egyptian-American comedian will also write and star in the A24 comedy, with Seyfried’s involvement reported by Deadline . The project brings together several of Youssef ’s long-standing collaborators, includi

Considered one of the most controversial films of all time for its graphic, blasphemous, and sexually provocative imagery, Ken Russell’s “The Devils” is now back in cinemas uncut and uncensored. Re-released in 4K by Warner Bros. imprint Clockwork some 55 years after its controversial debut, the new director’s cut of the film — which premiered this […]

'The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers’ director Emma Schwartz argues the high-profile case would not have come to light without New York’s Adult Survivors Act.

Prominent Polish documentarist Michał Marczak – a Sundance Film Festival prizewinner with “All These Sleepless Nights” – is set to make his narrative feature debut with “Perfection,” a buzzy drama about hipster millennials in Berlin, based on Italian author Vincenzo Latronico’s eponymous novel that was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Ger

Once the Black Lives Matter protests broke out in the U.S., Brazilian filmmaker Sabrina Fidalgo and Swiss photographer Yvan Rodic realized it was time to begin working on their passion project, “O Projeto.” The documentary, developed and shot over the six years since, began its festival journey earlier this year at Brazil’s renowned Gramado Film […]

Jens Meurer discusses his doc, screening at Austria's Viennale and showing Wolf Biermann narrating his life in various iterations of Germany, and how the outspoken artist inspired 'The Lives of Others.'

The founder of stop-motion studio Laika speaks with Culture Editor-at-large Michael Idato about his childhood watching Ray Harryhausen films and Wildwood's 16-year journey to the screen.

As Laika debuts its latest stop-motion animation, Travis Knight is standing firmly against generative AI. The Wildwood director and Laika CEO explained that GenAI “is antithetical to everything that we are at this studio,” also emphasizing that he hopes people “see the danger” in the technology’s potential as much as the “value.” “But all of […]

“Wildwood” director Travis Knight is weighing in on Hollywood’s use of AI. “I’m not embracing it at all,” Knight told me Wednesday night at AFI Fest’s opening night U.S. premiere of “Wildwood.” “I see technology as a tool, and we use technology at Laika. A pencil is technology, a paintbrush is technology, a 3D printer […]

Mexico’s Santiago Maza, whose fourth feature-length doc “State of Silence,” (“Estado de Silencio”), a passion project of Diego Luna, snagged the best feature award at Chile’s 2024 Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic), has premiered his latest work, “Black Shine” (“El brillo negro”) at the Morelia Film Festival where it competes for the top prize among the […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture & Television fund has added UTA CEO David Kramer and Legendary Films’ Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer Blair Rich to its board of directors, while boosting its board of governors ranks with the addition of five new members. The new members of the board of governors are WME’s Dan Aloni, UTA’s […]