Director Randall Miller, who remains on probation for the fatal accident on the set of “Midnight Rider,” has scored $1.5 million in California state tax incentives to make his next independent feature. Miller and his team were granted the tax credit to make “Supercrip,” a story about a quadriplegic Uber driver whose life is changed … Read more
After a scandal-plagued month that called the legitimacy of the Greek Oscar selection process into question and threatened to torpedo the country’s chances at the 97th Academy Awards, Greece has selected Eva Nathena’s historical drama “Murderess” for the international feature film race. Out of the 26 eligible films, “Murderess” is the only one left standing, … Read more
France’s Oscars committee has shortlisted four movies, including Jacques Audiard’s redemption thriller “Emilia Perez” and “The Count of Monte Cristo,” an epic adventure film adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ classic, as well as Payal Kapadia‘s “All We Imagine as Light” and Alain Guiraudie’s “Misericordia.” All four movies word premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. “Emilia Perez” … Read more
A representational image of a person using a ride-hailing app. — website/careem.com/ KARACHI: Careem, the pioneer of ride-hailing in Pakistan, enables customers to schedule their rides in advance with the “later booking” feature in the app. The feature allows users to schedule their rides at least two hours in advance, ensuring customers have a reliable … Read more
BTS members RM and Jung Kook are both set to launch feature-length documentary films within the next month. “RM: Right People, Wrong Place,” directed by Lee Seok-joon and distributed by CJ 4DPLEX, will have its debut at October’s Busan International Film Festival. The film “tells the story of the production of [RM’s] second solo album, ‘Right … Read more
There is one WordPress feature that was introduced that always made me curious: the image alignment feature of the “Add media” editor. Why? Because it never worked! I knew that I was probably doing something wrong, but since I didn’t have time to find it out, I just kept choosing “none” as the alignment, and … Read more
Pakistan plans to include three fast bowlers in the first Test of the two-match series against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, beginning on August 21, as reported by Geo News, citing sources. According to the sources, the team will field one spinner alongside three fast bowlers: Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Mir Hamza, as … Read more