Jafar Panahi, the Iranian director of award-winning movies featuring critical depictions of Iranian society, will serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him by a Tehran court in 2010, according to an announcement by the judicial authority on Tuesday. Panahi was detained on July 11 while visiting the Tehran prosecutor’s office to follow up on…
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ATV, a Turkish free-to-air television network owned by Turkuvaz Media Group, is set to broadcast a new made-for-TV movie revolving around the life story of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, also known as Mehmed the Conqueror. One of the most influential emperors of all time, Sultan Mehmed II conquered the then-Byzantine capital Constantinople, which earned him…
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A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected actress Amber Heard’s demand for a new trial and that the $10 million judgment awarded against her be set aside. Johnny Depp won a defamation suit against ex-wife Heard last month in a high-profile civil trial. Heard won a smaller, $2 million judgment on a counterclaim she filed against…
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The Istanbul Governor’s Office has released a new documentary to mark Democracy and National Unity Day, which is commemorated on July 15 in remembrance of the lives lost in the failed coup attempt by the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) in 2016. “Türkiye Aşkına – Geride Kalanlar” (“For the Love of Turkey – Those Who Remain…
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The moment is finally here as we have just received a good look at “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” – Amazon’s behemoth of a TV series based on the legendary works of J.R.R. Tolkien – with a 2 1/2 minute trailer, and I must say I am pleasantly surprised. Ever since…
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