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Oyo APC governorship candidate, Sharafadeen Alli, pledges free education from primary to JSS and to restore school governing boards if elected in 2027. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-alli-pledges-free-education-restoration-of-oyo-school-boards/

EXCLUSIVE: Alliance Media Partners (AMP) has boarded worldwide sales on Modem, a timely techno horror tapping into the contemporary human obsession with digital connectivity, ahead of the AFM. The picture unfolds against the backdrop of a family digital detox vacation in a house in a Swedish forest which takes a terrifying turn when a teenager […]

EXCLUSIVE: Prestige International Pictures (PIP) has acquired all sales rights to SXSW Midnighters title Fifteen (Quince), outside of Latin America, ahead of the AFM in November. Taking its cue from the Latin American tradition of quinceañera, a coming-of-age celebration when a girl turns 15, the film was directed by Mexican brothers Jack Zagha and Yossy […]

Bus shelters and bunk shops occupying footpaths force pedestrians to walk along the road; the Corporation has promised follow-up action on complaints, while a ₹1.50-crore project aims to decongest Vyttila Junction

Prof. Bilimale suggests that priority should be given to the use of Kannada in notices, circulars, announcements, and administrative affairs of Residents’ Welfare Associations

EXCLUSIVE: The Matrix co-creator Lilly Wachowski has boarded writer-director Molly Ratermann’s murder-bachelorette comedy Making A Bridesmaid as executive producer, with her production company, Anarchists United, also joining the completed feature. Wachowski’s involvement brings her genre expertise to a film that is said to playfully subvert horror and comed

EXCLUSIVE: Maxine Peake has boarded The Secret Assistants, the BAFTA-qualifying short about an ambitious newcomer trying to make it in the movie business. Katey Lee Carson writes and directs and, along with producing partner Rickie-Lee Roberts, channeled experience in the business into the short. Both have worked on major movies and their professional backgr

Charades (“Club Kid”) has boarded “Import,” the debut feature film of Canadian director Paul Shkordoff, whose 2020 short “Benjamin, Benny, Ben” competed at Cannes. Set in the fiercely competitive world of European basketball, the movie was co-written by Frank Graziano (“Murina”) and Shkordoff. It’s now in post-production. American professional basketball pla

The Queensland government has failed to appoint Indigenous leaders to its hospital boards, despite being legally required to do so.

EXCLUSIVE: Parallax Films has boarded international sales for Fuxi: Four Tales Of Feasting, directed by Chinese artist-filmmaker Qiu Jiongjiong, which is receiving its world premiere in the main competition section of Tokyo International Film Festival. Qiu is known internationally for his debut narrative feature A New Old Play, which won the Special Jury Pri

DNEG, the visual effects house on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” has come aboard Francesco Lucente’s fantasy adventure “Sinbad” as co-financier and producer, with Hong Kong-based Cappu Films handling sales in a wide spread of territories. The deal was unveiled ahead of the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market. Lucente’s fresh screen version

The Hollywood Reporter can also exclusively premiere a new trailer for the short doc, directed by Pawel Chorzepa and produced by International Emmy winner Joanna Chorzepa, about experts who usually remain invisible.

This family went with a one-stop shop when planning the renovation and retrofit of their Lucan home

EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Bibb is set to star in Upgraded 2 from director Becca Gleason, joining the previously announced returning star and producer Camila Mendes. Luke Roberts and Justin Matthews, who penned the first film, wrote the screenplay. Story details are under wraps, but the first movie starred Mendes as Ana, an ambitious intern at an […]

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Alice Eve has inked with Verve and lined up a new project: a grief-themed indie called The Long Run that’s slated for production this fall. In The Long Run, Eve plays Claire Stanton, a woman shattered by the loss of her Marine husband who rediscovers life thanks to the unruly rescue dog he […]

The service members at Navy and Marine Corps hearings are finding ways to keep trans troops in uniform.

Six such ‘games,’ resembling the Manjadippala or Kadippala boards, were found carved on rocks, hinting that people engaged in recreational activities thousands of years ago. However, doubts have been raised about their antiquity and purpose. Further studies and scientific dating are required to determine their precise age

You can outfit your iPad Air or iPad Pro with one of Apple’s slick Magic Keyboards for considerably less than the accessory usually costs at Woot. I won’t bury the catch I teased in the headline; These cases have a 90-day warranty via Woot, and aren’t eligible for AppleCare. That said, Woot says they’re in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Charades has acquired international rights to Dream Come True, the third feature film by Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, best known for his 2021 Cannes Grand Prix-winning Compartment No. 6. Production has wrapped on the film, which was shot in Denmark, Finland and France. The film is said to tell the story of 43-year-old Rasmus, […]

Increasingly complex in-car touchscreen menus are unnecessarily distracting drivers, experts say, with calls to force manufacturers to redesign car controls.

Toby Behan admits he's "100 percent not stage fit" but the 52-year-old Anglican vicar will comeback returns to the stage as the King The Sleeping Beauty.

Mexican production company Península Films & Entertainment has boarded “Insectario,” the debut feature of stop-motion animation wunderkind Sofía Carrillo (“Cerulia”). Eduardo Díaz Casanova of Península and Nicolás Celis of Pimienta Films, producer of “Roma,” finalized the co-production agreement at the ongoing 24th Morelia Film Festival. “’Insectario’ is a w

Elon Musk says combining his two public companies would be a ‘good idea’ as the world approaches an AI singularity

Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.

The Ministry of Education does not plan on swearing in newly elected trustees immediately following the municipal elections next week, a source with the provincial government tells CityNews. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) are among five GTA boards currently under provincial supervision due to w