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AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events. He ruled on a case that touched at the heart of the First Amendment and affirmed that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech. U.
S.. District Judge Trevor N.
McFadden, an appointee of Donald Trump, ruled that the government can't retaliate against the AP’s decision not to follow the president’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico. The decision handed the AP a major victory at a time the White House has been challenging the press on several levels. Movie Review: 'Warfare,' a forensic portrait of combat, hunts war-movie clichés War-movie cliches have been rigorously rooted out of “Warfare,” a terse and chillingly brutal immersion in a moment of the Iraq War, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.
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smoke and cries of agony fill Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film, which effectively embeds us in a platoon on what seems to be a minor mission in Iraq, in 2006. A year after “Civil War,” a movie predicated on bringing the horror of war home to American soil, Garland has returned with a film even more designed to implode fanciful and far-away ideas of war by bringing it acutely close up. Tom Cruise to return to Cannes with 'Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning' NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise is returning to the Croisette with “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.
” Organizers of the French festival announced Tuesday that “Final Reckoning,” will screen out of competition at Cannes on May 14, ahead of the film’s May 23 release. Cruise, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie and cast will attend the screening at the Palais des Festivals. For Cruise, it will be his third time with a film in Cannes but his first trip back after the eventful 2022 launch of “Top Gun: Maverick.
” Cruise was then given an honorary Palme d’Or. Movie Review: Rami Malek wants revenge in starry, globetrotting action pic ‘The Amateur’ Rami Malek stars in the new action thriller “The Amateur,” in theaters Friday. Malek plays a quiet CIA analyst whose wife is murdered in a terrorist attack, which sets him off on a globetrotting quest for vengeance.
Based on Robert Littell's 1981 book of the same name, Laurence Fishburne and Rachel Brosnahan also star. In her review, Associated Press Film Writer Lindsey Bahr writes that the movie takes a little while to get going and maintain a level of energy and suspense that might earn its runtime, but that it's a fun big screen spectacle nonethelesss. “The Amateur” is rated PG-13.
Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has died Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades of music that spanned from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70. The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided.
He started playing the drums when he was 14. In the 1970’s, he answered a band’s ad in the Village Voice, kicking off his decades-long career with lead singer Debbie Harry and the rest of his Blondie bandmates. In 2006 Burke and the other original members of Blondie were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Colombian court says song recorded by Karol G and J Balvin violated the rights of children BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A high court in Colombia has ruled that “+57,” a song by urban music stars J Balvin and Karol G, violated the rights of children because its lyrics “sexualized” minors. The court on Tuesday ordered Karol G, J Balvin and several other reggaeton singers who helped to record the song to refrain from publishing music that violates the rights of children and teenagers. The song generated controversy in Colombia when it was released in November.
Organizations that defend the rights of children quickly called for its removal. A new version of “+57” with changed lyrics subsequently was published. Former Sen.
Joe Manchin is working on a memoir. 'Dead Center' is scheduled for September NEW YORK (AP) — Former Sen. Joe Manchin has a memoir coming out in September.
The self-styled maverick from West Virginia calls it his “declaration of independence from the extremes on both sides.” St. Martin’s Press announced Tuesday that Manchin’s “Dead Center” will be released Sept.
16. The 77-year-old Manchin announced last year he wouldn’t seek re-election after serving West Virginia since 2010. Manchin had long branded himself as a moderate beholden to no ideology.
He would often chastise Democrats or upend legislation when Senate Democrats held a tiny majority during the presidency of fellow party member Joe Biden. Book Review: 'Make Sure You Die Screaming' is an absurd road trip novel for modern times “Make Sure You Die Screaming" is a genre-bending modern road trip novel. The protagonist is a nonbinary person with no name who recently lost their job, had a nasty breakup and killed their best friend.
Now they're driving down from Illinois to Arkansas to find their father, with the help of a garbage goth girl they met two weeks ago at an Airbnb. Donna Edwards of The Associated Press says debut novelist Zee Carlstrom’s unique voice has just the right mix of humor, resigned cynicism and hope. “Make Sure You Die Screaming” is set for release Tuesday from Flatiron Books.
Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros honored by Authors Guild NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation of democracy. Cisneros, the fiction writer, poet and longtime supporter of fellow authors, as presented the Baldacci Award for Literary Activism. Caro, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is this year’s winner of the Preston Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community.
Rushdie, the novelist and determined critic of censorship, received the Champion of Writers Award for his “steadfast commitment to free expression.” Praise be, loyal ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ fans: Propulsive final season promises a satisfying catharsis Praise be! The sixth and final season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale' is upon us. And though the Hulu drama is still a dark show — “Gilead’s gonna Gilead,” as Commander Lawrence says — this season is faster-paced and lighter, promising fans redemption and much-needed catharsis.
Expect to see fewer languid closeups into June’s tear-filled eyes: there's stuff to get done. Star, producer and sometime director Elisabeth Moss says this time, characters will be forced to choose between good and evil. Moss also says the eight-year run had a profound influence on her career.
The first three episodes drop Tuesday..
