When Otto Warmbier’s parents first seen their son after he was detained by North Korea and finally released in June, they were confronted with inhuman groaning so horrifying Warmbier’s mother fled the plane, according to Fox News. While they waited for the plane to bring their son back to Ohio, his parents — Fred and Cindy — hoped proper medical care in the United States would make him better, the report said ... “He was blind ... ....
“Their No. 1 concern is Trump. They can’t figure him out.” – Unidentified person ... Trump does not have any known interactions with Klingner personally.North Korean intermediaries have also approached Douglas Paal, an Asia expert on the national security councils of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W ... He also declined the North Korean request, the report said. . “The North Koreans are clearly eager to deliver a message....
A couple was arrested for murder in the southwestern city of Krasnodar in Russia on Tuesday with local media reporting that the couple admitted to killing up to 30 people, according to BBCNews. Dmitry Baksheev, 35, and his wife Natalia, 42, were arrested after authorities discovered a dismembered body at the military base where they live ...The Russian interior ministry confirmed the man in the images had been identified and arrested....
U.S. authorities said that they were charged 10 people, including four coaches and an Adidas AG executive, with fraud after a multi-year corruption probe into the some of the country's top college basketball programs, according to Reuters ... Some bribes also went to high school players as an attempt to win them over to committing to play for a particular school, prosecutors said ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
Pregrinos musulmanes participan en el rezo vespertino en el exterior de la mezquita Namirah en el Monte Arafat, durante el peregrinaje anual del haj, en las afueras de La Meca, considerada santa por el islam, en ArabiaSaud�, el 31 ... ....
The Telluride Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 44th edition on Thursday, continuing the tradition of announcing its slate a mere 24 hours before it begins ... In contention this year are the following films. ARTHUR MILLER. WRITER (d. Rebecca Miller, U.S., 2017) BATTLE OF THE SEXES (d. Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton, U.S., 2017) DARKEST HOUR (d ... Rezo Gigineishvili, Georgia-Russia-Poland, 2017) HOSTILES (d ... (d ... Todd Haynes, U.S., 2017) ... ....
The Venice Film Festival is already underway (be sure to check out Brian Formo’s reviews for Downsizing and The Shape of Water), and TIFF is almost here, but the lineup has now been revealed for the Telluride Film Festival... Eight of the last nine Best Picture winners played at Telluride, so it’s a festival that’s worth keeping an eye on. Here’s the full line-up via Variety ... MAIN PROGRAM ... Rezo Gigineishvili, Georgia-Russia-Poland, 2017)....
Here in Tbilisi, we’re preparing for mayoral elections in October. The race will be heated, but can the role actually change anything for the better? Tbilisi’s City Hall, completed 1878, stands on Liberty Square, behind a monument to St George. Photo CC-by-SA-2.0 ...Some rights reserved ... Benia Chkhikvishvili, mayor during Georgia’s brief period of independence, had led a peasant revolt in Guria, on the shores of the Black Sea, in 1905....
Screen runs down the key industry happenings at this year’s festival ... “The idea is to have a higher intensity of networking around the CineLink events,” he says ... This year, for example, Rezo Gigineishvili’s Hostages plays in Sarajevo’s competition, following its Berlinale premiere; the film participated in Sarajevo’s co-pro market in 2015 and returned to CineLink for the work-in-progress showcase in 2016. Hostages ... The small screen....
New format. ‘Synergy’ is the buzz word of this year’s festival ...Sarajevo Film Festival ... At this year’s festival, Georgian-born filmmaker Rezo Gigineishvili is presenting his film Hostages in Sarajevo’s competition (following its premiere at this year’s Berlinale) – the project previously attended Sarajevo’s CineLink Co-Production Market in 2015 and returned to the festival in 2016 to feature in the CineLink Work in Progress section ... ....
The boat sways the other way once again in Twin Peaks. The Return. Where the going-ons of AgentCole and the gang dominated last week’s episode, “Part 13″ avoids a single scene featuring Gordon, Albert, Agent Preston, andDiane...Image via Showtime. The episode opened with a blast of uneasy celebration ... As soon as you saw Bad Cooper squaring off against Ray and Rezo (Derek Mears), you knew what was going to happen ... Rating....
WestEnd Films has sealed a raft of deals for “Hostages,” Rezo Gigineishvili’s fictionalized retelling of a real-life 1980s hijacking. In France Kinovista has landed the rights and the film has been released this week. Elsewhere, WestEnd, which is across worldwide sales, has sold the rights to Lucky Dogs in Scandinavia, Merlino in Italy, Karma in... Read more » ... ....
Berlin premiere clocks deals for UK sales outfit WestEnd ... Directed by Georgian-born filmmaker Rezo Gigineishvili, the film tells the real-life story of a botched aircraft hijacking perpetrated by a group of privileged youngsters in Soviet-Georgia in 1983 ... ....
Marc Anthony’s mom, Guillermina Mu�iz, has died, the salsa legend confirmed on social media ... [readmore.7816585] ... Se nos fue en paz, acompa�ada por todos los rezos, oraciones y deseos de buena voluntad de todos ustedes por los cuales le estoy eternamente agradecido ... Por favor recen por mi mam� hoy ... ....