Hot Docs Fest President Marie Nelson Exits Amid Financial Turmoil
11 Jul
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Hot Docs Fest President Marie Nelson Exits Amid Financial Turmoil

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Hot Docs president Marie Nelson — the former ABC News and Disney executive who took the helm in June 2023 — has left the struggling Canadian documentary festival. “It is with deep regret and gratitude that the Hot Docs board of directors announces that our president Marie Nelson has shared the news that she will be leaving her position at Hot Docs,” the festival said in a statement. That’s from a Hot Docs board of directors that recently scaled down from 14 to three members and temporarily shuttered its Toronto cinema for the summer as their event financially restructures.Interim executive director Janice Dawe and managing director Heidi Tao Yang will run Hot Docs as it attempts to survive a post-pandemic financial distress, the fest confirmed. Hot Docs wasplunged into chaosahead of its...
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Mariyam Nafees defends Lahore girls’ act of thrashing salesman
11 Jul
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Mariyam Nafees defends Lahore girls’ act of thrashing salesman

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Pakistani actor Mariyam Nafees (left) and a still taken from the incident's CCTV video. — Screengrab/mariyam.nafees/Instagram/Geo NewsSocial media has been rife with the viral videos of the physical torture and manhandling of a salesman by a group of girls at a store in Lahore, with the young ladies terming it a case of “sexual harassment”.The girls had accused the salesperson of a tuckshop at a fuel pump in Garden Town of harassing and laughing at them, following which, the police registered a case against him.However, the salesperson was later discharged by the police who then proceeded to file a torture case against the three girls for assaulting him.Looking at the CCTV footage of the incident that took place two days back, the salesman’s claims seemed reasonable as the girls who were standing...
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Arguments begin in Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ involuntary manslaughter case
11 Jul
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Arguments begin in Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ involuntary manslaughter case

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Top Stories Tamfitronics First day comes to a closeSommer has sent the jury home as the first day of trial ends slightly ahead of schedule. A day of few revelations as trial kicks off Despite the high-profile nature of the case, the first day of Baldwin's trial has been relatively lackluster as the state's attorneys attempt to establish the investigative process following the "Rust" shooting. The first witnesses brought on by Johnson and Morrissey focused mainly on the law enforcement response to the scene, including how witnesses were questioned and evidence was collected. Baldwin's defense kept the cross-examinations relatively brief, often trying to shift witnesses away from Baldwin and onto the movie set's crew. Spiro repeatedly shifted responsibility for on-set safety to Gutierrez, the armorer, and Halls, the first assistant director. Opening statements hinted at...
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Russia plans ‘response’ to contain ‘serious threat’ from NATO: Kremlin
11 Jul
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Russia plans ‘response’ to contain ‘serious threat’ from NATO: Kremlin

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Top Stories Tamfitronics MANILA: With a roster of young artists under his care, Mohammed Bansil wears several hats as a businessman, producer, and mentor to Filipino hip-hop talent — all of them combining into one main goal: giving voice to the Moro people and their narratives of the Philippines’ Muslim south.Known as DJ Medmessiah, Bansil is the founder of Morobeats, the independent record label and musical collective, which also features his daughters, the new sensations on the Philippine hip-hop scene, Miss A and Fateeha.The projects and collaborations Morobeats engages in get millions of views on Netflix, Spotify, or YouTube, but despite that, they do not comply with the hip-hop mainstream in which the genre is flooded with themes involving money and urban gangs.“It’s fake. In this era, everyone is talking about how rich they are,...
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