Stalingrad

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 819 artists who are being extended invites to join and become bona fide Oscar voters. The Academy continues a much-needed push for diversity among its membership, as the 2020 class is 45% women, 36% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 49%…

Photo credit: Getty Images Hollywood is waking up to the sad news of Carl Reiner’s passing. The comedy legend, who created “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and directed Steve Martin in “The Jerk,” was 98. Reiner died on Monday. The Twitter tributes began to roll in on Tuesday. “Last night…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that he was proud that a contingent of the Indian Armed Forces was participating in the 75th Anniversary of Victory Day Parade in Russia.Singh arrived on a three-day visit on Tuesday at the invitation of the Russian Ministry of Defence to attend the…

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is blamed for yet another delay in the corruption and racketeering case against former president Jacob Zuma and Thales. Delays in starting the fraud and corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma have almost entirely been blamed on his use of the "Stalingrad strategy".…

Vasily Emelianenko led a flight of Soviet Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmoviks, or “Storm Birds,” in late June 1942 against a German-held airfield near Artemovsk in eastern Ukraine, flying low up a deep ravine to avoid detection. The Il-2 planes banked slightly to rise above the hill to their front, and the…

Skip to comments. Petition Calls for Columbus, Ohio, to Be Renamed ‘Flavortown’ in Honor of Guy Fieri Breitbart.com ^ | 6/19/2020 | Breitbart news Posted on 06/20/2020 11:27:20 AM PDT by rktman The controversy over depictions of Christopher Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, has led to an online petition calling for…

Skip to comments. NCAA bans all championship events in Mississippi over state flag with Confederate emblem Sun Herald ^ | 6/19/20 | PATRICK MAGEE Posted on 06/19/2020 11:40:39 AM PDT by Meatspace After the Southeastern Conference took a stand against the state flag in Mississippi on Thursday, the NCAA Board…

“A Thousand Cuts,” a film that chronicles how Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte uses social media to spread disinformation, was Friday named the best international feature at New Zealand’s Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival. The festival is being held online only due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. In…

China has formally charged two Canadians with spying, officials said on Friday, more than 18 months after they were arrested in a spat between Beijing and Ottawa.The pair were detained shortly after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on a US warrant, in what is widely believed to…

The former head of MI6 has warned that it will take the West 'two or three decades' before they can build up rival companies to Huawei.Sir John Sawers, who was in charge of MI6 from 2009 up until 2014, said creating a rival company to the Chinese telecoms firm would…