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True freshman Luke Kromenhoek threw three touchdown passes and Caziah Holmes ran for two more as host Florida State routed Charleston Southern 41-7 on Saturday afternoon in Tallahassee, Fla. The Seminoles (2-9) convincingly snapped a six-game losing streak and ensured that the Buccaneers (1-11) would finish theirs on a 10-game skid. Florida State has not had much to celebrate during one of its worst seasons in program history. But on Saturday, the Seminoles overcame a rough start and put together one of their more complete efforts of the season. Florida State had not scored more than 21 points in a game prior to Saturday's contest and its 175 rushing yards more than doubled its average (80.5 per game) this season. No single runner had over 40 yards, but seven rushers combined for that output on 34 attempts. The Seminoles entered the game ranked 130th out of 133 FBS teams in rushing offense. 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The South Carolina football program received good news Tuesday when On3's Pete Nakos reported that edge rusher Dylan Stewart would return to Columbia on an NIL deal that would see him earn between a million to $1.5 million next season. On3's Wes Mitchell provided further context on what this deal means for Stewart, the Gamecocks, and NIL moving forward. "To be clear, there were no indications that Stewart intended to go anywhere else," Mitchell tweeted. "I’m told he is happy in Columbia and with this staff but it is still newsworthy in today’s college football landscape that one of the country’s most talented young players is set to return and that he is getting his NIL market value at Carolina." Stewart was a true freshman this season , helping guide the Gamecocks to a 9-3 record that had them on the cusp of a College Football Playoff berth entering last month. Despite not getting a chance to compete for a national title, South Carolina's bowl eligibility sees it play Illinois on New Year's Eve in Orlando, Fla., in the Citrus Bowl. Stewart had a breakout season for South Carolina. At 6-foot-6, 248 pounds, he immediately impacted the defensive front. His best games came against Ole Miss and Old Dominion, registering four tackles and 1.5 sacks. Stewart finished the regular season with 6.5 sacks while adding three forced fumbles. At press time, Stewart's Instagram is beginning to gain traction with 33,900 followers and counting, likely setting himself up for a huge year next fall. For now, the Gamecocks have a chance to halt Illinois' late-season momentum . It finished the year winning three out of its final four games against Rutgers, Michigan State and Northwestern to remain ranked in the AP Top 25 and College Football Playoff field at 9-3. South Carolina is an 11.5-point favorite against Illinois, according to Vegas Insider . The odds are subject to change as the game draws closer. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.True freshman Luke Kromenhoek threw three touchdown passes and Caziah Holmes ran for two more as host Florida State routed Charleston Southern 41-7 on Saturday afternoon in Tallahassee, Fla. The Seminoles (2-9) convincingly snapped a six-game losing streak and ensured that the Buccaneers (1-11) would finish theirs on a 10-game skid. Florida State has not had much to celebrate during one of its worst seasons in program history. But on Saturday, the Seminoles overcame a rough start and put together one of their more complete efforts of the season. Florida State had not scored more than 21 points in a game prior to Saturday's contest and its 175 rushing yards more than doubled its average (80.5 per game) this season. No single runner had over 40 yards, but seven rushers combined for that output on 34 attempts. The Seminoles entered the game ranked 130th out of 133 FBS teams in rushing offense. Holmes, a senior, finished with three carries for 38 yards, including touchdown runs of 3 and 18 yards. Kromenhoek gave Florida State a sliver of hope for its quarterback future as he completed 13 of 20 passes for 209 yards and no interceptions. He threw TD passes for Amaree Williams, Ja'Khi Douglas and Hykeem Williams. The highlight was a 71-yard touchdown pass to Douglas on the first play from scrimmage of the second half to put the Seminoles ahead 24-0. Douglas finished with 82 yards receiving on three catches, and 10 different Florida State players caught passes for 240 total yards. The Seminoles went 6 of 10 on third downs after averaging only a 25 percent conversion rate all season. Their defense held Charleston Southern to 275 total yards (57 rushing) and forced two turnovers. Florida State was unable to hang on to the shutout, however, as Bucs quarterback Kaleb Jackson found Landon Sauers for a 7-yard touchdown pass with 57 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Jackson completed 22 of 32 passes for 218 yards, one touchdown and one interception. The Bucs defense recorded three sacks led by Davion Williams, who had eight tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack. The Seminoles will conclude their season next Saturday at home against rival Florida. --Field Level Media
By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday voiced his support for the dockworkers union before their contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports, saying that any further “automation” of the ports would harm workers. Related Articles National Politics | Will Kamala Harris run for California governor in 2026? The question is already swirling National Politics | Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people National Politics | Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America National Politics | Trump extends unprecedented invites to China’s Xi and other world leaders for his inauguration National Politics | Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump The incoming president posted on social media that he met Harold Daggett, the president of the International Longshoreman’s Association, and Dennis Daggett, the union’s executive vice president. “I’ve studied automation, and know just about everything there is to know about it,” Trump posted. “The amount of money saved is nowhere near the distress, hurt, and harm it causes for American Workers, in this case, our Longshoremen. Foreign companies have made a fortune in the U.S. by giving them access to our markets. They shouldn’t be looking for every last penny knowing how many families are hurt.” The International Longshoremen’s Association has until Jan. 15 to negotiate a new contract with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies. At the heart of the dispute is whether ports can install automated gates, cranes and container-moving trucks that could make it faster to unload and load ships. The union argues that automation would lead to fewer jobs, even though higher levels of productivity could do more to boost the salaries of remaining workers. The Maritime Alliance said in a statement that the contract goes beyond ports to “supporting American consumers and giving American businesses access to the global marketplace – from farmers, to manufacturers, to small businesses, and innovative start-ups looking for new markets to sell their products.” “To achieve this, we need modern technology that is proven to improve worker safety, boost port efficiency, increase port capacity, and strengthen our supply chains,” said the alliance, adding that it looks forward to working with Trump. In October, the union representing 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for three days, raising the risk that a prolonged shutdown could push up inflation by making it difficult to unload container ships and export American products overseas. The issue pits an incoming president who won November’s election on the promise of bringing down prices against commitments to support blue-collar workers along with the kinds of advanced technology that drew him support from Silicon Valley elite such as billionaire Elon Musk. Trump sought to portray the dispute as being between U.S. workers and foreign companies, but advanced ports are also key for staying globally competitive. China is opening a $1.3 billion port in Peru that could accommodate ships too large for the Panama Canal. There is a risk that shippers could move to other ports, which could also lead to job losses. Mexico is constructing a port that is highly automated, while Dubai, Singapore and Rotterdam already have more advanced ports. Instead, Trump said that ports and shipping companies should eschew “machinery, which is expensive, and which will constantly have to be replaced.” “For the great privilege of accessing our markets, these foreign companies should hire our incredible American Workers, instead of laying them off, and sending those profits back to foreign countries,” Trump posted. “It is time to put AMERICA FIRST!”Egypt Begins First IPO Since 2021 in IMF-Backed Sale of Assets
https://arab.news/2z8sv NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday said the league is aware of a lawsuit that accuses musician Jay-Z of rape but said it is not impacting the NFL’s partnership with the rap mogul’s Roc Nation label, which produces the Super Bowl halftime show. An amended civil lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday alleges Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a 13-year-old girl during a party in New York in 2000. Jay-Z and Combs have denied the allegations. “We’re aware of the civil allegations and Jay-Z’s really strong response to that,” Goodell said after the conclusion of the league’s winter meetings in Texas. “We know the litigation is happening now. From our standpoint, our relationship is not changing with them, including our preparations for the next Super Bowl.” Roc Nation has helped produce the past five Super Bowl halftime shows and Jay-Z’s wife, Beyonce, is scheduled to perform at halftime of the upcoming Ravens vs. Texans game on Christmas Day in Houston, according to Sports Illustrated. The lawsuit was originally filed in October in the Southern District of New York and at that time did not name Jay-Z as a defendant, though the amended lawsuit says that Jay-Z was identified as “Celebrity A” on the original complaint. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has blasted the lawsuit, calling it part of a “blackmail attempt” by the plaintiff’s lawyer. Tony Buzbee, the Texas lawyer representing the girl who filed Sunday’s lawsuit, has filed at least 20 civil lawsuits against Combs accusing him of sexual misconduct. Buzbee said Jay Z’s relationship with the NFL had nothing to do with him. “My job is to represent my clients zealously and ethically. And that’s what I intend to do,” he said in response to a request for comment. Combs has denied all allegations against him. He is currently in jail on federal sex trafficking charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty. The lawsuit alleges that the unnamed girl was drugged and raped by both Jay-Z and Combs at a party hosted by Combs following the MTV Music Awards in 2000, which was held in New York.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world. Lake, an immigration hard-liner, was a television news anchor in Phoenix for nearly three decades until she left in 2021 after making a series of controversial statements on social media, including sharing COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic. Telegenic, engaging and adept at communicating, Lake launched her political career a short time later, quickly building a loyal following and national profile as she sparred with journalists and echoed Trump in her sharp criticism of what she called the “fake news.” In a statement, Trump said Lake would be ultimately be appointed by and work closely with the head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media for his incoming administration, “who I will announce soon.” He said Lake will “ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media.” Get the latest breaking news as it happens. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy . The president-elect has in the past been a fierce critic of Voice of America, including saying in 2020 that “things they say are disgusting toward our country.” The broadcaster drew additional criticism during Trump’s first term for its coverage of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, with a White House publication, the "1600 Daily” email summary of news and events, accusing it of using taxpayer money “to speak for authoritarian regimes.” That was after VOA covered the lifting of lockdowns in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged. VOA was founded during World War II, and its congressional charter requires it to present independent news and information to international audiences. It responded to Trump’s criticism by defending its coverage. Upon taking office in January 2021, President Joe Biden’s administration swiftly removed a number of senior officials aligned with Trump from VOA and positions affiliated with it. Lake endeared herself to Trump through her dogmatic commitment to the falsehood that both she and Trump were the victims of election fraud. She has never acknowledged losing the gubernatorial race and called herself the “lawful governor” in her 2023 book, “Unafraid: Just Getting Started.” Lake continued her unsuccessful fight in court to overturn it even after beginning her run for Senate — which she lost by an even higher margin last month, after trying to moderate her tone during her tone but struggling to keep a consistent message on thorny topics, including election fraud and abortion. Trump nonetheless considered her for his vice presidential running mate before deciding on JD Vance. Also Wednesday, Trump announced Leandro Rizzuto as his choice to be the U.S. ambassador to the Washington-based Organization of American States, and said he wanted Florida personal injury attorney Dan Newlin to be his administration's ambassador to Colombia. He also picked Peter Lamelas, a physician and the founder of one of Florida's largest urgent care companies, to be the U.S. ambassador to Argentina. Lamelas is also a large donor to the past campaigns of Trump and other top Republicans.
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News junkies will find much to love in “September 5,” a fictionalized account of ABC’s live coverage of the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics . There are spirited debates about reporting with only one source, use of words like “terrorism” and what to do if violence breaks out during a live shot. There are negotiations with rival networks over satellite usage, disguises and fake badges made to get reels of 16mm film in and out of the locked down Olympic village and plenty of confused men (and a few women) trying to keep up with an ever-escalating situation. The film is a moment by moment retelling of how a group of sports broadcasters brought this story to the world in real time, despite the technical limitations and their own inexperience across a confusing 22 hours. Everyone came to the studio that night ready for breaking sports news, scores and pre-packaged interviews. Even that was going to be a test for the man running the control room for the first time. Geoffrey Mason, portrayed by John Magaro , was a 28-year-old coordinating producer. Someone wonders about his experience and is assured that he’s covered minor league baseball games. But in the early hours of Sept. 5, 1972 , eight members of a Palestinian group called Black September broke into the Olympic village and attacked the Israeli delegation killing wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossi Romano. Some escaped, but nine others were taken hostage. While the tragedy of the Munich Olympics has certainly been told many times, writer and director Tim Fehlbaum saw an opportunity in the team behind the live broadcast. And he commits fully to staying in the newsroom, with all of its glorious old technologies, from the walkie-talkies they used to stay in touch and to taking time to show how they had to manually add text to the screens. He and his screenwriter were able to reconstruct the events almost minute-by-minute, which helped shape the screenplay. The players are many in this large ensemble. Peter Sarsgaard , who’s looked right in a newsroom since “Shattered Glass,” gives gravitas to Roone Arledge, then-president of ABC Sports, and Ben Chaplin is operations engineer Marvin Bader. Leonie Benesch is Marianne Gebhardt, a German-speaking interpreter who is the only person there able to understand the language of the country. She might be a bit of a composite who checks off a lot of boxes as both an entrepreneurial woman and a younger German offering perspective and insight into what this moment might mean for the country trying to put on a good front in the aftermath of World War II. An actor (Benjamin Walker) plays broadcaster Peter Jennings, and real archival footage of anchor Jim McKay from that day is used in the film. And while they all rise to the occasion, mistakes are made – including a rather big one at the end, following imperfect secondhand information from the Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield. They don’t call it the first draft of history for nothing, after all, and it may be illuminating for audiences to see how it’s handled. The film looks of its time, but it also feels fairly modern in its sensibilities which makes it always seem more like a re-telling than an in-the-moment experience. This may be to its detriment, yet it’s still an undeniably riveting and compelling watch. The word thrilling doesn’t seem appropriate, however. This is not “Apollo 13” after all. The end is not a happy one. But at time when trust in the media is in crisis, this film is a great humanizer, reminding audiences that the media is far from a monolith, but a group of individuals under immense pressure to get the story right, get the story out and go back and do it again the next day. “September 5,” a Paramount Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for language. Running time: 94. Three stars out of four.The Swiss-Peruvian-Spain co-production Queens , co-written and directed by Klaudia Reynicke , is set amidst the grueling reign of Alberto Fujimori’s dictatorship in the 1990s. During the social and political unrest, the story centers on the goings-on of an unconventional family living in Lima. Elena (Jimena Lindo) is a mother of two young daughters (Abril Gjurinovic and Luana Vega) who has chosen to accept a job offer in Minnesota to escape the country’s turmoil. However, she needs the legal signature of her estranged husband, Carlos (Gonzalo Molina), in order to take her children with her. When Carlos comes back into the picture, the girls, who don’t particularly enjoy his company, soon grow fond of him, complicating any chance of safety Elena has in store. After premiering at Sundance, the film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature in the Generation Kplus strand of Berlin. In Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, it won the Audience Award and won Best Screenplay at the Festival de Lima in Peru. Here, Queens EPs Jessica Alba and Tracey Nyberg and Reynicke talk to Deadline about the joys of embracing complex familial storylines and the importance of reconnecting with your roots. DEADLINE: What was your reaction to Switzerland choosing Queens for the Oscars? KLAUDIA REYNICKE: Back in September, we found out we were on the shortlist for Switzerland. They had a short list of two films. It was mine and another one. The other film I’ve seen is a great film. It was shot in French in France and Lausanne in Switzerland. So, we were like, “There’s no way they’re picking ours,” which is in Spanish and takes place in Peru. The thing is that I’m Peruvian, but I’m also Swiss. And for a country to pick a film that will represent them, because there’s a lot of public money, you have to add “points.” This means that for this film to be Swiss, it couldn’t be picked by Peru even though the actors I chose were Peruvian; everything behind the camera had to be something else because we have two other countries of production and its public money. So, we had to pick heads of the department from Switzerland because that’s where most of the funding was, and some from Spain. So, when you add all these things together, the film has more points in Switzerland. So, when we made it to the shortlist, I was already so honored to be on the shortlist. Suddenly, they call us and say, “It’s you.” And we’re like, “What?! Are you sure?” Since then, I’ve been excited and so thankful that it shows me the open-mindedness of Switzerland because they’re actually picking something that talks more about immigration and family somewhere else. They were like, “We believe in this film and these values. We believe in the story of all these women who believe in this other woman who made that film.” And I’m like, “Wow, this is insane.” Since then, it’s been crazy because I’ve never done any Oscars campaign before [laughs]. DEADLINE RELATED VIDEO: DEADLINE: Talk about the need to film in Peru. What was that experience like? REYNICKE: We did everything in Peru because it didn’t make sense for us not to. It’s a small film. It’s a small-budget film. So, we didn’t get any studio saying things like, “Oh, we are going to reproduce all this somewhere else.” No. It was like, “We have to do it in Peru. And that’s it.” Peru had to be the place to film everything for the story, actors, actresses and to have the entire vibe from that country in the’90s. DEADLINE: That house that the family of women lives in is so gorgeous in a very retro way. Talk more about the atmosphere and aesthetics you wanted to capture with the film. REYNICKE: The house is from the ’50s. I was trying to find a house where I used to live, which is my grandma’s house. My mom and I used to live at my grandma’s house. She was a divorcee and then remarried to my stepdad, who is Swiss, so we moved out. But that’s my childhood. So, reconnecting with the country was also a way to reconnect with my youth and what I remember, the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t conscious, but I was pretty obsessed when I was looking for the house for the grandmother in the movie [laughs]. When my family saw the film, my cousins were [incredulously] like, “How did you find Grandma’s house again?” We changed some colors and other minor things. But the house is a character as well because it’s part of this family, and there are so many intense things with all the blackouts and everything that I needed to be able to tell the context of where this family is living. DEADLINE: How did your background as an immigrant and your co-writer Diego Vega’s background help inform the story of Queens ? REYNICKE: I thought of many moments from my life when I started creating this project. It was a need to tell the story in Peru, in a country where I haven’t lived as an adult, a country that I left when I was 10, a country that I’ve been telling people I’m Peruvian. Now I’m in my 40s, and I don’t know how Peruvian I actually am. I had this identity thing where I had done other films but was always away from everything related to my homeland. For my co-writer Diego, we had many talks, and he wanted to hear all the stuff I remembered. I did the same thing with him because we had very similar lives. He is also from Peru. He left when he was young, but then he went back as an adult and now he lives in Barcelona. It was interesting for us to just play with both of our lives, being like, “OK, we are Peruvian, but what do we remember?” So, some of his memories made it in. For example, the father makes the “atomic eggs,” right? He would tell me, “Oh, my dad used to always say, ‘I’m making atomic this and atomic that.'” I guess because back then, ’80s or ’90s, it was such a thing to be atomic. I don’t know what that was about. For me, it’s the car that goes in the desert. That’s something from my childhood, in Ica, a city that is desert and the ocean. That’s one of the strongest memories I have. So, I needed to recreate that moment. Also, there’s the ghost. We have many ghosts in our culture, so we both agreed on, we could not live without ghosts in the story. The house, the family, they needed their ghost. It’s a good ghost that’s going to protect them. It’s not exactly like the scary ghost from the Western world. It’s something else. And all the parties, my family was like that [laughs]. I do remember this with a lot of warmth in my heart. Recreating those scenes was very important to me. DEADLINE: There are many layers to Queens . Originally reading the synopsis during its film festival run, I thought the story would be mostly about him. But outside of the brief taxi rides, we don’t see his life outside of interacting with the girls. It’s very much about womanhood and sisterhood. Why did this work better for your narrative? REYNICKE: This is primarily a story of a family that is not a family anymore and that somehow will become a family before they separate forever. By saying this, I want to underline the fact that they’re not a family anymore because Carlos is just out of the picture. We have all these women though, and I wanted it to be a theme of family. The important part is why do they re-become a family? It’s because there is a union that is created by this upcoming departure, by the fact that the father learns to be a father, by the fact that the kids learn what it is to have a father, and by the fact that there is a mother who accepts and listens to her daughters. It was important to tell the story not from one point of view but from different generations as well. We have all these women, and we have the two kids who are very different because when you’re 10 years old and when you’re 14, you’re really different. The mom has her own agenda, the grandma has something else. And to have this man making this a bit messier was the idea because that’s what a family is about. I love my family, but my family is a bit crazy, I think [laughs]. When nothing is perfect, but love is there, you work it out. DEADLINE: For what he lacks in being reliable, Carlos is a sympathetic character. You don’t let him off the hook for the lies or the distress he causes. He’s just trying to do the best he can with what he has. How did you approach that character working with Gonzalo Molina? REYNICKE: Having a character with these imperfections was very important because I know a lot of Carlos’ [laughs]. But it was also about making him likable because we get attached to him, and he’s a reflection of the country. He’s the mirror of a society that’s falling apart. Yes, he lies, and he does a bunch of things we can criticize him for. But at the same time, I think this man is underwater. And it was important for me to talk about this group of women. This mother is doing everything on her own, and she’s the pilot of the whole thing. She’s also in a society where it’s not easy to be a single mom. But this man is also in a society where it’s not easy to be a father who can’t give money to his ex-wife or can’t be there because he’s so ashamed of himself that he prefers not to see his daughters and disappear. Originally, in the script, Carlos was a lot darker, and then I would make people read the script and 50% liked him and the other 50% hated him. I had to be very careful with the casting because, at the beginning, because it was such a dark character, I had someone a bit darker in mind. And when I met Gonzalo Molina, he was this actor who was talking too loud and kind of clumsy [laughs]. At the beginning, I was like, “Wow, I don’t think this is going to work.” But then I’m like, “Wow, he’s exactly the opposite of the character we’d written.” I thought it was going to bring an entire balance to this character. A script is a dead thing for me. It has no emotions, nothing. Life comes from the person who’s going to do the role, so we found Carlos this way. DEADLINE: Jessica and Tracey, what led you to add this project to your Lady Metalmark Entertainment brand? JESSICA ALBA: Tracey brought it to me. She had been talking about this film for a while. TRACEY NYBERG: I saw it at Sundance. Immediately, I fell in love and reached out to Klaudia, who was just so enamored by what she did as a filmmaker and the performances she got. Then I reached out to Jessica and said she had to watch this. We were just starting the company, maybe three weeks in [laughs]. JESSICA ALBA: What was so beautiful about the film and the performances is the humanity that gets pulled through. You see many stereotypes flipped on their head, and you have compassion for the man who could be considered the villain in other stories. But the father’s role is much more complicated and human. I think there’s a lot of pressure on men to be the breadwinners of a family and to be able to care of everyone. Now, I think we are realizing more that the reality is that women are also capable. There’s a lot of men who are trying to find their place in society, in the world, even if they are grown or if they are fathers. And we need to allow space for that, for men not to have to have it all together and not always to be the king of the castle. This film does a great job at that, and it’s also good to see he’s a decent man, not just some one-note guy. I thought that was beautiful. I also thought it was so relatable as a mother and as a parent to want something for your kids, as your kids are just completely in their own world. As a parent, you want them to do one thing, but they just want to do their thing, and their reality is just as important to them as the adults. It’s so beautiful the way Klaudia made space for the girls, and that they had their own different personalities and that they’re fully realized young people. I just really loved how all the characters are very dynamic and complex, they all have a beautiful journey in the film. DEADLINE: What kinds of projects are you both looking for in general? Anything specifically made by women, or is everything open? NYBERG: We are very interested in things that have strong female representation, whether that’s in front of or behind the camera, but also just stories about women that are complex, interesting and compelling characters– things that are ultimately accessible to audiences. The driving thing for us, too, is diversity. And again, in front of and behind the camera, however that looks. And just having a supportive, creative framework for filmmakers much like Klaudia to hopefully do something interesting. It feels like there is that blank space. DEADLINE: How did you find the two lead girls, Abril Gjurinovic and Luana Vega? REYNICKE: We started casting before COVID. I was in Switzerland doing casting. I was sent videos, and then COVID hit, and Peru was one of the countries that suffered the most in Latin America. The country closed completely for two years. When the country opened up again, we started casting again. There is no cinema industry in Peru, especially the type of cinema I do. They have commercials. They have series and soap operas. So, the kids they would send me had another type of language for other things that wouldn’t be as realistic as the films I do. So, I asked the casting directors to go on the streets and find kids. We call it Yeah. What we call “casting salvaje,” which is “wild casting” in English. So they found Abril in a shopping mall with her dad. Out of 200 kids, I believed everything that she was doing. So, I mentioned to them that I was coming to Lima soon and wanted to make sure she was available to be seen. They called me three days later and said, “We can’t find her anymore.” And I was like, “What?” Two weeks later, right before I arrived in Peru, they said, “We found her, but she doesn’t live in Peru.” It turns out she lived in Belgium, which is next to Switzerland. So, I flew her to Switzerland with her mom, and she auditioned in my house [laughs]. She’s super talented, but the plus was that her story was pretty much Lucia’s story. She had to leave her father because her parents were separated; her mom told me that they left when there was the horrible COVID situation happening. So, when the casting directors saw her in the shopping mall, she was visiting her dad. When she read the story of Lucia, I think she knew exactly what Lucia was going to live through, so she could give all [her energy to that]. With Luana, it was different because this is pretty much a month before shooting, and I still don’t have the bigger sister, and I’m desperate. I’m Zooming with all the producers. I’m like, “What do we do?” And they kept sending me girls, but nothing that stood out. My Peruvian co-producer, Daniel Vega, also my co-writer’s brother, is on Zoom. I see his daughter walking in the background, and I’m like, “Who’s that?” He’s like, “My daughter, Luana.” I found out she was 14, and I was like, “Daniel, why haven’t I seen no pictures, nothing?” [laughs]. And he lowered his voice to say that because he was a filmmaker and a writer, and his wife is a producer, she [jokingly] hates this world. She wants [our daughter] to do something real like a doctor or lawyer. So, he sends me pictures and left some dialogues of the script around her room. I also cast her best friend, to help her maybe sign on to the project. Eventually, she agreed to send a tape but said, “I’m not going to be an actress, but OK, I’m going to try.” So, she tried and did it perfectly, and I said, “She’s the one.” DEADLINE: What would you like audiences to take away from this film? REYNICKE: I want audiences to feel the hope and the light. This project talks about womanhood, migration, complexity, and complicated families. But out of all this, I want people to actually feel the hope that everything can be OK if you put the right feelings towards it. I think for all films and artistic projects, it’s very important to me to have an audience that is open so that they can love these art house films. They can dislike the film too. I prefer to have that than to have someone who doesn’t care at all about the film. I’ve had both reactions, which has been very interesting for me because a lot of people love the film. But from time to time, there’s that person who says something, and I’m like, “That’s good.” It means that the film is actually getting somewhere in particular that moves everyone, and that’s what I want. Now, it’s not my film anymore; it’s people’s film because when it’s out there, it’s not mine anymore. [This interview has been edited for length and clarity]LIMA — The house sat empty. The ticking of the clock echoed as the house sat empty. Stephanie was home alone, while her kids were with their father. She lives her life in fear of her ex-husband. The single mother to four children, Steven, 13, Rebecca, 10, Marshall, 8, and Elizabeth, 6, recently went through a divorce with an abusive husband, forcing her to spend most of her life savings to cover court costs. Her ex-husband has also caused major damage to the inside and outside of her home, much of which she has repaired, thanks to her savings. The fear was evident in her eyes as she discussed the future struggle. “Trying to make the necessary repairs while also juggling day-to-day bills and the needs of my children is still an overwhelming challenge,” she said. Things have only gotten tighter since the loss of her second job and the finalization of her divorce. Stephanie wishes to have her kids with her more, but doing so would only result in more lawyer fees, which she can’t afford. As Christmas nears, Stephanie only wants to provide gifts for her children. Her family is among the dozens of Lima-area families enrolled in the Salvation Army’s Adopt a Stocking Fund, which provides Christmas gifts to needy families each year. Steven wears an 18 youth extra large pants size and an adult small shirt. He would love Legos as a Christmas gift. Rebecca wears a 14 to 16 youth extra large pants and shirt size. She enjoys Legos, Barbie dolls, and artistic activities such as paint-by-number, crayons, and diamond art. Marshall wears a 7 to 8 youth medium pants and shirt size. He likes to play with Hot Wheels and toy trains. Elizabeth wears a youth small or size 6 in pants and a youth small shirt. She, like her sister, loves Barbie dolls. As if enough wasn’t enough, Stephanie’s freezer full of food recently broke, spoiling everything, and adding to the various repair costs around the house. She not only wishes her children ate more healthy, nutritional meals, but she would love to be able to plan meals with her children so they know what to expect each night. “Sometimes dinner can be hard to plan,” she said. “A box of macaroni and cheese is usually most of the meal.” ADOPT A STOCKING The Adopt a Stocking Fund benefits families during the holiday season. Monetary donations can be given online at give.salvationarmy.org/stocking or via check to the Salvation Army with Adopt A Stocking on the memo line; c/o The Salvation Army; P.O. Box 234, Lima, OH 45801. All material donations for a specific family should be dropped off at The Salvation Army, 614 E. Market St., Lima, and should include a copy of the article or the date the story appeared in The Lima News. See past stories at LimaOhio.com/tag/stocking . Reach Cade Higgins at 567-242-0351
The Rajasthan government has initiated a substantial communication strategy by inviting proposals for a Rs 10 crore tender to hire an agency that will manage a “24×7 YouTube channel”. This step is designed to showcase the government’s positive achievements and address the narrative during outbreaks, as the officials mentioned. The primary purpose of this YouTube channel is to present a favourable image of the government and its schemes. The selected agency will not only be running the primary channel but will also be in charge of YouTube channels at the district level and social networks like Instagram, Facebook, and X, which is ex-Twitter. The agency awarded the tender will have several crucial tasks, including To fulfil these responsibilities, the agency will require a team comprising audio and video editors, news anchors, and procedures in each of the state’s 200 Assembly constituencies. The tender is still up for bids and will officially close on November 28, said the Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD). This has brought debates on the structural administrative approach that the government adopts in the handling of public relations and outsourcing such responsibilities to a different company. Some critics have argued that such moves lead to centralizing narrative control, especially during politically sensitive stations and the electoral process. They point out that instead of outsourcing the government can beef up the existing Information and Public Relations Department (DIPR) by recruiting more staff and providing better physical facilities. This grandiose plan is expected to be useful in influencing the populace, particularly before major events such as the investment summit known as the “Rising Rajasthan” in December.BTS Jimin Pens Long Gratitude Note After Winning Daesang At MAMA 2024 Awards; Jin, Jungkook, Jhope Cheer: 'I'm Stunned'
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Himachal Pradesh Waqf Board on Friday presented in the district court an 18-year-old document that identified Latif Mohammad as the nominated president of the committee for the under-contention Sanjauli mosque here. This submission has been made as a result of a court order requiring clarification on Mohammad’s jurisdiction regarding his offer to demolish three unauthorized floors of the mosque, which is a contentious issue amongst members of the society. The court had on Monday directed the Waqf Board to file an affidavit stating in what capacity Latif Mohammad offered to demolish the three unauthorised floors of the disputed mosque. In its response, the Waqf Board submitted a letter from 2006 by which Latif Mohammad was holding the position of president in the mosque committee. Subsequently, Vishva Bhushan as counsel for the All Himachal Muslim Organisation (AHMO), said that this document is important because of points out the continuity of leadership by Mohammad, although its legitimacy of continuing beyond the statutory five years stipulated by the Waqf Act is ambiguous. According to the Waqf Act, the tenure of committee members is five years, he said. Latif told reporters, “The Waqf Board in its reply said I have been the president of the Sanjauli Mosque committee since 2006 and the Municipal Commissioners Court had also given notice to me in the capacity of president in September.” There have been calls from a section of locals for the demolition of the Sanjauli mosque. On September 11, ten people were injured during a protest against an allegedly illegal portion of the mosque. A day later, Latif Mohammad, and others, offered to demolish the mosque’s three “unauthorised” floors and sought the permission of the Municipal Commissioner. The legal battle escalated when after a protest by the Muslim community group led by Latif and other members of the mosque committee agreed to remove the “unauthorized structure” of the mosque and sought permission from the Municipal Corporation. This demolition was later permitted by the Municipal Commissioner’s Court on the 5th of October and was to be accomplished within two months. However, AHMO challenged this order hoping that the court would vacate it during the next hearing session, leaving the future of the mosque uncertain in doubt due to ongoing tensions between the communities. The next hearing on the matter has been fixed for November 30. ( With inputs from PTI)COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Augie standouts, locals earn all-region honorsNEW YORK (AP) — The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” two law enforcement officials said Thursday. The words were written in permanent marker, according to one of the officials, who were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. With the gunman still at large, police also released photos of a person they said was wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , 50, died in a dawn ambush Wednesday as he walked to the company’s annual investor conference at a Hilton hotel in Midtown, blocks from tourist draws such as Radio City Music Hall and the Museum of Modern Art. The reason behind the killing remained unknown , but investigators believe it was a targeted attack. The message left on the ammunition echoes the phrase “delay, deny, defend,” which is commonly used by attorneys and insurance industry critics to describe tactics used to avoid paying claims. It refers to insurers delaying payment, denying a claim and then defending their actions. Health insurers like UnitedHealthcare have become frequent targets of criticism from doctors and patients for complicating access to care. Investigators recovered several 9 mm shell casings from outside the hotel and a cellphone from the alleyway through which the shooter fled. Inside a nearby trash can, they found a water bottle and protein bar wrapper that they say the gunman purchased from a nearby Starbucks minutes before the shooting. The city's medical examiner was looking for fingerprints. The killing and the shooter’s movements in the minutes before and afterward were captured on some of the multitudes of security cameras present in that part of the city. The shooter fled on a bike and was last seen riding into Central Park. The hunt for the shooter brought New York City police Thursday morning to at least two hostels on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, based on a tip that the suspected shooter may have stayed at one of the residences, according to one of the law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation. The photos police released Thursday of a man wanted for questioning were taken in the lobby of the HI New York City hostel. The man is smiling in one of the photos. “We are fully cooperating with the NYPD and, as this is an active investigation, can not comment at this time,” Danielle Brumfitt, a spokesperson for the hostel said in an emailed statement. Police have received a flood of tips from members of the public, many of them unfounded. On Wednesday evening, police searched a Long Island Rail Road train after a commuter claimed to have spotted the shooter, but found no sign of the gunman. “We’re following up on every single tip that comes in,” said Carlos Nieves, a police spokesperson. ”That little piece of information could be the missing piece of the puzzle that ties everything together.” Investigators believe, judging from surveillance video and evidence collected from the scene, that the shooter had at least some prior firearms training and experience with guns and the weapon was equipped with a silencer, said one of the law enforcement officials who spoke with the AP. Investigators also were looking into whether the suspect had pre-positioned a bike as part of an escape plan, the official said. Security camera video showed the killer approach Thompson from behind, level his pistol and fire several shots, barely pausing to clear a gun jam while the health executive tumbled to the pavement. Cameras showed him fleeing the block across a pedestrian plaza, before getting on the bicycle. Police issued several surveillance images of the man wearing a hooded jacket and a mask that concealed most of his face, which wouldn’t have attracted attention on a frigid day. Authorities also used drones, helicopters and dogs in an intensive search, but the killer's whereabouts remained unknown. Thompson, a father of two sons who lived in suburban Minneapolis, had been with UnitedHealthcare since 2004 and served as CEO for more than three years. The insurer’s Minnetonka, Minnesota-based parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., was holding its annual meeting with investors in New York to update Wall Street on the company’s direction and expectations for the coming year. The company ended the conference early in the wake of Thompson’s death. UnitedHealthcare is the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S. and manages health insurance coverage for employers and state and federally funded Medicaid programs. Balsamo reported from Washington.
