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Joe Bini on ‘Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede’

Joe Bini on ‘Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Imagine sitting down in a room with an iPad, a screen and loudspeakers. After a brief introduction to the set-up, you are in there, alone, for what is described as an 80- to 90-minute “live cinema experience.” Its title: Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede. After you look around the room a bit, you pick up the iPad. And off you are on a surreal journey. If you are now wondering what the heck I am talking about, the creator of the experience, Joe Bini, is likely smiling. Yeah, THAT Joe Bini! The creative, who in his work as an editor has collaborated with the likes of Werner Herzog, Andrea Arnold and many others. While that work is all about helping someone else’s creative vision become reality, Bini has now created something very, very different. Is it a book? Is it a movie? Well, it doesn’t really matter what you call it. What it is for sure is a sold-out offering that is part of the Inter:Active Exhibition at the 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, …

Chicago bankruptcy judge denies emergency hearing request in Hawthorne racetrack Chapter 11

Chicago bankruptcy judge denies emergency hearing request in Hawthorne racetrack Chapter 11

Published by skeptic

A federal bankruptcy judge in Chicago has turned down a request from Hawthorne Race Course and related companies to speed up a court hearing connected to their Chapter 11 restructuring. In a March 11 order, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Timothy A. Barnes declined the companies’ attempt to schedule an emergency hearing tied to a motion seeking extra time to file required financial disclosures. The case involves Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. and several affiliated entities currently reorganizing in bankruptcy court. Because the request was rejected, the companies will have to move forward under the court’s regular calendar rather than getting immediate consideration. Judge says Hawthorne racetrack bankruptcy hearing request did not qualify as an emergency According to the court order, the judge reviewed the debtors’ application asking for an emergency hearing on their motion for more time to submit schedules and statements of financial affairs. After examining the filing, Barnes concluded the situation did not meet the legal threshold required for urgent treatment. “The Application is DENIED for failure to establish emergency grounds under Local Rule 9013-2(A),” …

America the Beautiful: Chapter 1 review – Neil LaBute’s sour state of the union address | Theatre

America the Beautiful: Chapter 1 review – Neil LaBute’s sour state of the union address | Theatre

Published by Sam Flores

Neil LaBute does not appear to have much hope for humanity. It is not just that the US playwright’s characters in this trio of short plays are cruel and uncaring, but that their total lack of remorse flattens the interest of their stories. LaBute is pinned as a provocateur, but his trilogy doesn’t feel risky so much as misanthropically sour. Best known for In the Company of Men and The Shape of Things, LaBute has 10 plays presented in three chapters in America the Beautiful, a split-venue UK premiere staged between the King’s Head and Greenwich theatre. Though his writing aims for savagery, this trio – previously staged in the US – leave little more than a faint mark. In Hate Crime, two men having an affair (Liam Jedele and Borris Anthony York) poorly plan the murder of one of their fiances for the life insurance payout. York watches on worriedly as Jedele’s character seethes and paces, exorcising his internalised homophobia by detailing exactly how he will beat up another man for his queerness. LaBute’s …

‘El Mencho’ killing signals volatile new chapter in Mexico’s drug war

‘El Mencho’ killing signals volatile new chapter in Mexico’s drug war

Published by Sam Flores

The killing of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins over the weekend signals the start of a more forceful chapter in the country’s war against drug cartels, as President Trump has pressured Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to take the fight to powerful criminal syndicates. The high-stakes operation to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as… Source link

Reinventing the helicopter: The next chapter of sustainable air travel takes flight

Reinventing the helicopter: The next chapter of sustainable air travel takes flight

Published by Jenni Sidey

The aircraft lifted only briefly off the ground, hovering under remote control. Still, the moment mattered. On March 27, 2025, an experimental vehicle called BlackBird rose into the air during its maiden test, powered not by conventional helicopter blades but by six barrel-shaped rotors that spin and change angle at the same time. The flight marked the first time an aircraft with that configuration had taken off, according to Austrian aviation company CycloTech, which built the prototype. For decades, engineers have chased new ways to make vertical flight quieter, more precise, and better suited for crowded cities. Cycloidal propulsion, the technology behind BlackBird, may offer one path forward. The idea dates back more than a century, yet only recently has it begun moving from theory into working aircraft. CycloTech chief technology officer Tahsin Kart described the milestone in a company video. “This is not the finish line — it’s the launchpad,” he said. The BlackBird demonstrator uses six so-called CycloRotors, four mounted horizontally and two vertically. (CREDIT: CycloTech) A Propulsion Idea Older Than Helicopters Cycloidal …

Bangladesh ends its authoritarian chapter as BNP wins parliamentary majority

Bangladesh ends its authoritarian chapter as BNP wins parliamentary majority

Published by Sam Flores

Tarique Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and winner of the country’s parliamentary elections, leaves his residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 13, 2026. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP The victory won by Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was overwhelming. The party won 212 of the 300 seats up for election, guaranteeing it an absolute majority, in parliamentary elections that finished on Thursday, February 12, according to the electoral commission. Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, made significant gains in a country where 90% of the population is Muslim, securing 77 seats – its best-ever result. The party leader asked its officials and activists not to hold street celebrations, but instead to offer prayers in mosques on Friday. Rahman, 60, is set to become prime minister after spending 17 years in exile in the United Kingdom. He is the heir to a dynasty that has dominated the country’s political scene. His father, BNP founder General Ziaur Rahman, served as the country’s president from 1977 to 1981, before being assassinated during a coup …

Call the Midwife star on Rosalind’s exciting new chapter with Cyril

Call the Midwife star on Rosalind’s exciting new chapter with Cyril

Published by Daniella Wilson

Cyril and Rosalind’s blossoming relationship has not been without its challenges in Call the Midwife. From being subjected to racist abuse in the street to Rosalind’s parents trying – and failing – to hide their disapproval about the man their daughter had chosen, the fact that they are still going strong proves they are firmly committed to one another. And that was once again cemented in tonight’s episode (Sunday 1st January). While enjoying a picnic together, Cyril had some exciting news: his divorce was on the verge of going through, meaning he would soon officially be a single man – and free to marry again, if he wished to. “If you meet the right person,” Rosalind said coyly, bowing her head, which he echoed with a smile. He then asked her if she would like to join him in York for a work conference, which they could turn into a long weekend – marking their first trip away together as a couple. Read more: Naturally, Rosalind was thrilled, and not just because she was excited …

Messy Doc on Wild Chapter in New York Media

Messy Doc on Wild Chapter in New York Media

Published by Daniella Wilson

In describing the free-for-all world of New York City’s Manhattan Cable Television, the official Sundance description of David Shadrack Smith’s Public Access uses the word “chaos.” “Chaos” or “chaotic” are words used multiple times in the documentary by people who worked within this unprecedented media experiment forced on the cable company by the city. Public Access The Bottom Line A chaotic formal approach sometimes upstages strong material. Venue: Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Documentary Competition)Director: David Shadrack Smith 1 hour 46 minutes They’re also words that appear repeatedly in my notes on the 107-minute film. Public Access is a chaotic film, which may actually be putting it generously. Putting it less generously would be to say that Public Access is a mess, a jumble of chronology, a hodge-podge of two-thirds developed ideas, a mish-mash of remarkable footage and worthy insights often upstaged by questionable aesthetic and storytelling strategies. Of course, if Smith’s (Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi) goal was making a film that simulated the experience, and possibly the headache, of freebasing 50 years of …

Tess Daly ushers in ‘welcome calm’ in her 50s as she reflects on post-Strictly chapter – exclusive

Tess Daly ushers in ‘welcome calm’ in her 50s as she reflects on post-Strictly chapter – exclusive

Published by Daniella Wilson

For Tess Daly, kicking off 2026 is all about embracing pastures new. The star found her TV home in Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC show she presented for 21 years, but despite signing off from her hosting duties alongside Claudia Winkleman in December, she has never felt more sure of herself than right now. “I have so much life experience under my belt and I enjoy the wisdom that comes with that,” says Tess, 56, opening up about life in her fifties in this exclusive interview. “There’s a calmness that comes that is very welcome.” © Alan Strutt/Celebrity MediaTess has launched Naia Active with cose friend Gayle Lawton In her first interview since leaving Strictly, Tess tells us about her latest projects, including the launch of her sportswear brand, NAIA Active – a branch of the swimwear label NAIA Beach, which she co-founded with her close friend Gayle Lawton in 2021.  “It’s months in the making, and you care so much about the end goals. We were doing 15-hour days up until Christmas,” she says of …