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VarietyEN

Why Directors Teodora Ana Mihai and Sode Yukiko Kept Motherhood Secret From Colleagues: ‘I Needed to Prove Myself Three Times More’

Two directors with films at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival said they once kept impending or new motherhood hidden from the people they worked with, at a festival talk on raising children while making films. Belgium-based Teodora Ana Mihai, whose “Heysel 85” plays in competition, shared the stage with Japanese director Sode Yukiko, whose […]

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Tokyo Asian Future Drama ‘Jani Be Good’ Probes Silence and Motherhood in a Chinese-Indonesian Family, Marking Ariani Darmawan’s Return

Indonesian filmmaker Ariani Darmawan stepped away from directing for years to raise a family. Her first feature, “Jani Be Good,” which is playing in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition, turns that experience into a portrait of four women across three generations. “I stopped making films for over 10 years because I was […]

World🇺🇸 US
NBC NewsEN

Affording America: Why one Texas grandmother can't retire

At 77, Houston grandmother Sistafabu Modupe still needs a day job. Her monthly Social Security check alone doesn't cover her bills, leaving her unable to retire. Like millions of older Americans facing financial hardship, she has come to terms with the possibility that she may have to work for the rest of her life.

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CityNews TorontoEN

‘I don’t trust the police’: Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s mother questions purpose of coroner’s inquest

Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s mother questioned the purpose of a coroner’s inquest examining the circumstances of her daughter’s death as well as the video and audio evidence presented in it, as lawyers for several police officers pressed her Tuesday to clarify what she saw that day. Claudette Beals was again shown excerpts of a video combining security […]

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Ancestral Memory Meets AI in Himalayan Drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

A Himalayan drama that sets a grandmother’s stories against the rise of artificial intelligence is aiming for a Cannes premiere next year. Director Bikash Subedi’s Nepali feature “Shirjara: Song of Grandmother” has wrapped principal photography and is at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market to raise its last $44,000. Described as a speculative drama, the film move

World🇳🇬 NG
PunchEN

Toluwanisings’ grandmother alleges neglect, opposes cemetery burial

Sabitiyu Olayemi, the grandmother of late gospel singer Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, has alleged that he neglected her for years before his death, claiming that he stopped sending her money after occasionally giving her financial assistance. In an interview in Osun with journalist Dunmininu, uploaded on social media on Monday, t

Entertainment🇺🇸 US
DeadlineEN

Adam Brody’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ Mother Shares Thoughts On Pro-Palestine Comments: “You Take The Victim & Make The Victim The Perpetrator”

Tovah Feldshuh, who plays Adam Brody’s mother, Bina, in Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, gave her take on pro-Palestinian comments. In a new interview, Feldshuh shared her thoughts after Brody called for a free Palestine. “To accuse the Jewish people of genocide is wild,” Feldshuh said in an interview with The New York Post. “It’s right out […]

World🇳🇬 NG
PunchEN

Dafinone mourns Okonjo-Iweala’s late mother

Senator Ede Dafinone has condoled with WTO DG, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over the death of her mother, Professor Kamene Okonjo, who passed away at the age of 96 Read More: https://punchng.com/dafinone-mourns-okonjo-iwealas-late-mother/

World🇳🇬 NG
PunchEN

Otti mourns Okonjo-Iweala’s mother

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has commiserated with the WTO DG, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over the death of her 96-year-old mother, Mrs Kamene Okonjo. Read More: https://punchng.com/otti-mourns-okonjo-iwealas-mother/

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DawnEN

Mother can’t be denied child’s custody over second marriage, rules PHC

<p>PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has ruled that contracting a second marriage cannot be a conclusive ground to deprive a mother of the custody of her child.</p> <p>A single-member bench consisting of Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar declared that in custody matters the court was required to undertake an objective assessment of the minor’s existing circumstances,

World🇳🇬 NG
PunchEN

Tinubu mourns Okonjo-Iweala’s mother

President Bola Tinubu has condoled with WTO DG, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over the death of her mother, Prof. Kamene Okonjo, at the age of 96. Read More: https://punchng.com/tinubu-mourns-okonjo-iwealas-mother/

World🇳🇬 NG
PunchEN

Okonjo-Iweala pays tribute to late mother

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has paid tribute to her mother, Prof. Kamene Okonjo, who died at the age of 96. Read More: https://punchng.com/okonjo-iweala-pays-tribute-to-late-mother/

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