Month: December 2019

WASHINGTON — When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital last weekend after another in a string of health scares, blue America breathed a sigh of relief. Only one more month, many whispered, until the start of a presidential election year when filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court would be off limits…

He was limp and dusty from an explosion, conscious but barely. A far cry from the fierce, masked Islamic State fighters who once seized vast swaths of Iraq and Syria, the captive was a scraggly teenager in a tank top with limbs so thin that his watch slid easily off his wrist. Chief Petty Officer…

Hardly six months into his tenure as the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has already learned to temper his expectations. He does not expect his first round of peace talks with Russia, which are scheduled to take place in Paris on Dec. 9, to end the war that has been raging along their border for…

NEW YORK (AP) — A storm that snarled Thanksgiving travel across much of the country brought a messy mixture of rain, snow, sleet and wind to the East, slowing the Monday morning commute, closing schools and offices, and canceling or delaying hundreds of flights. The storm dumped one round of snow on parts of the…

It’s not often that you interview a subject who has no interest in being famous. But recently, I did just that when I sat down with Lisa Page the week before Thanksgiving in my hotel room in Washington, D.C. Page, of course, is the former FBI lawyer whose text-message exchanges with agent Peter Strzok that…

Val Kilmer reprendra son rôle de Tom “Iceman” Kazansky dans “Top Gun 2” et y donnera la réplique à Tom Cruise, qui revient également pour jouer Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. La sortie est prévue pour juillet 2019. 1. Val Kilmer dans Top Gun en 1986 + © Paramount Pictures Maverick va retrouver Iceman ! The Wrap…

Quand une héroïne de livres pour enfants part à la recherche de son dernier lecteur. Rencontre avec Marcela Rincón González, la réalisatrice du “Voyage de Lila”. AlloCiné : Comment est née l’histoire du “Voyage de Lila” ? Marcela Rincón González : Michel Ende est l’un de mes écrivains préférés et un jour en lisant un de…

In what came as surprise to many the government has announced the name of former finance secretary and current member of the finance commission, Shaktikanta Das, as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The government has thrown its weight behind the retired IAS officer, with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying “Shaktikanta…

Révélé dans “120 battements par minute”, Arnaud Valois est actuellement membre du jury courts métrages du Champs-Elysées Film Festival, qui se tient du 12 au 19 juin. Pour AlloCiné, il nous parle du cinéma qu’il aime et de ses projets. AlloCiné : Quel est ton premier souvenir de spectateur ? Arnaud Valois, comédien : Le petit dinosaure,…

Anecdotes de tournage, notes d’intention, informations cinéphiles : chaque semaine, découvrez les coulisses des sorties cinéma. Bécassine! de Bruno Podalydès Avec Emeline Bayart, Karin Viard, Denis Podalydès… Le saviez-vous ? Il s’agit de la troisième adaptation de la bande-dessinée de Caumery et Émile-Joseph-Porphyre Pinchon après le film de Pierre Caron en 1940 et le film d’animation Bécassine,…