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6+ min ago (248+ words) TheWrap magazine: The Korean filmmaker's acclaimed new comedy about unemployment could be his Oscar breakthrough The drama-humor-crime genre swirls of Park Chan-wook (Oldboy," Thirst," The Handmaiden") have never been recognized with an Oscar nomination, but that could change this season with his new jet-black comedy about unemployment and the lengths to which one man will go to beat his competitors for a job. The film stars Korean actor Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game") as an executive in the paper industry who unravels after being laid off. It marks Park's second Oscar selection from South Korea, after 2022's Decision to Leave." Like all of his work, the film combines a wry, satirical tone with a dynamic visual style, filled with motifs and subliminal images. And I realized that even with the passage of time, people will always find these issues interesting. So…...

8+ min ago (1717+ words) US President Donald Trump claims to be cracking down on drug gangs in Venezuela but has pardoned a Honduran drug lord serving 45 years in the US. As the United States ramps up strikes on Venezuelan boats and threatens a land invasion to fight alleged drug trafficking networks, President Donald Trump has pardoned Honduras's former President Juan Orlando Hernandez and released him from a 45-year prison sentence in the US for weapons and drug trafficking offences. Since September, US military strikes on at least 21 Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed more than 80 people. The Trump administration claims these boats were trafficking drugs to the US but has not backed these allegations with any evidence. Meanwhile, the US itself has a long history of leveraging narcotics smuggling and drug gangs to support its foreign policy goals in various…...

10+ min ago (212+ words) Asked to respond to a report from the Defense Department inspector General that accused Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth acted with reckless disregard and endangered U.S. troops, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) raised the prospect that the former Fox News personality is still breaking the law. Speaking with MS NOW host Anna Cabrera, the Democratic lawmaker expressed disgust at the findings that demonstrated the Donald Trump appointee used a personal device to share sensitive attack details not long after he was confirmed by the Senate. He specifically raised objections to the report notation that the embattled Defense Department head refused to turn over his phone as part of the investigation. "If anyone else in the military had done this, they would have been fired. And let's remember, it clearly says he put troops at risk, the men and women in uniform at risk,…...

10+ min ago (857+ words) Pete Hegseth's blunders would end any other Pentagon leader. But in Trump's world, chaos isn't disqualifying " it's the point. The post Why Pete Hegseth's Buffoonery Isn't a Bug for Trump " It's the Job first appeared on Mediaite. In any previous administration, this past week would have ended a secretary of defense's career. Accountability in the Pentagon has never been perfect, but it has existed. Jim Mattis stepped down when he believed a president had undermined core alliances. Donald Rumsfeld was pushed out when public and congressional trust collapsed under the weight of Iraq. When major failures occurred, someone paid a price. Yet Pete Hegseth remains firmly in control of the Pentagon after a week that included a damning inspector general report, a shifting narrative about a lethal "double-tap" strike in the Caribbean, a public threat to court-martial a sitting senator,…...

11+ min ago (241+ words) Christie Brinkley's daughters are constantly borrowing her clothes, but there's one rule they have to follow. While attending the 2025 Footwear News Achievement Awards with her daughter, Sailor Brinkley Cook, the model initially told SheKnows that she never minds when 27-year-old Sailor borrows from her closet, but Sailor quickly set the record straight, telling us, "She minds. That's a lie." "If I haven't worn them yet, then I kind of want to be the first one," the 71-year-old model said. "I'm literally wearing her heels right now, and they're a size too small for me, so I'm like, dying," Sailor joked. "She's an 8, and I'm a 9, and it's a real shame, because I do not own Louboutins. But tonight, I do." "Now after she wears my shoes there, I sort of flop around," Christie joked. Christie shares Sailor and son Jack…...

12+ min ago (346+ words) Inset: Michael Ward (Allen County Sheriff's Office). Background: The area of Stophlet Street and College Street in Fort Wayne, Ind., where Michael Ward opened fire on his pregnant girlfriend (Google Maps). The'Indiana man who admitted to shooting at an Uber carrying his pregnant girlfriend after she tried to get away from him following an argument will spend the next several years behind bars. As Law&Crime previously reported, Michael Ward told his girlfriend before the April 17'shooting, which occurred just before 8:55 a.m., that he was coming after her. "I'm going to get my gun and cash out," he said, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by'The Journal Gazette. Police said that the statement amounted to a threat. He was ultimately charged with attempted murder and other gun offenses after he opened fire using an'AR-style rifle'on the Uber his girlfriend had…...

14+ min ago (1195+ words) Visa plans Syria launch after deal with central bank on digital payments Ethiopia accuses Egypt of 'escalating' Nile water dispute UN warns of new wave of atrocities in Sudan's Kordofan region The rise of South Korea as a key arms dealer to the Middle East Kais Closed: Tunisia is a dictatorship Flana: A film tracing the vanishing names of Iraqi women Now, after Israel has failed to handle the situation in Gaza, the US is stepping in as Palestine's new de facto occupier. The UN Security Council Resolution on a stabilisation force in Gaza is materialising these prospects. As always, ambiguity and the language of business allow the US to obscure the reality of its role. According to Article 42 of the 1907 Hague Regulations, a "territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army....

15+ min ago (290+ words) Ethiopia accuses Egypt of 'escalating' Nile water dispute UN warns of new wave of atrocities in Sudan's Kordofan region Israel launches fresh strikes on south Lebanon after warnings The rise of South Korea as a key arms dealer to the Middle East Kais Closed: Tunisia is a dictatorship Flana: A film tracing the vanishing names of Iraqi women Visa said on Thursday that it plans to launch operations in Syria, following an agreement with Syria's central bank on a roadmap to develop a digital payments ecosystem, according to a company statement. "The immediate focus will be on working with licensed financial institutions to develop a robust and secure payments foundation. This includes issuing payment cards and enabling digital wallets using global standards," Visa said. In November, the International Monetary Fund visited Damascus and said it will provide technical assistance on…...

16+ min ago (90+ words) President Donald Trump opened his Thursday morning with a vague and ominous message on his Truth Social platform. "I'm dealing with, THE POISONING OF AMERICA!" said Trump. It is unclear exactly what Trump is referring to. However, in the past, he has used the term "poisoning" as a xenophobic description of immigration into the country. Since taking office, Trump has sought to crack down hard on immigrants with a mass deportation campaign. Read the post here. ALSO READ: We must wake from this fawning nightmare even if Trump cannot...

20+ min ago (226+ words) President Donald Trump's longtime friend Piers Morgan said he wants nothing to do with the MAGA movement. The two have been friends for nearly 20 years, in what Morgan describes as not an "easy" friendship, The Daily Beast reported on Thursday. He rejected any association with the MAGA movement after right-wing influencer Laura Loomer described him as a "MAGA supporter." "I think this will come as shocking news to actual MAGA supporters," Morgan said in a statement to Mediaite. Piers called himself "an old school non-woke liberal centrist." Morgan and Trump became friends in 2008 after he won The Celebrity Apprentice. He claimed it was "a victory he once admitted came from behaving in the way the then'real estate developer, and now president, wanted him to," The Beast reported. Despite their initially warm relationship, Morgan has become increasingly critical of Trump in…...