“Ceviz Ağacı” (“Silenced Tree”) by Turkish director Faysal Soysal has recevied the Best Film award at the 14th Annual Hamilton (New York) International Film Festival in the United States. The production, starring Serdar Orçin, Sezin Akbaşoğulları, Kübra Kip, Mert Yavuzcan, Şebnem Dilligil and Rıza Akın, was screened as the opening film of the festival. A…
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After nearly 50 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized to Native American actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather for the abuse she was subjected to when she took the stage to decline the award on behalf of Marlon Brando and spoke up for Indigenous rights in 1973. “The abuse you endured…
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Famous Hollywood actor Johnny Depp, best known as the swaggering Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, will visit Istanbul next year. The 59-year-old will meet his fans in Istanbul on June 10, 2023 with the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, with which he has been since 2012. Depp, who has been a fixture…
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A spokesperson for American actress Anne Heche said the star was taken off life support on Sunday, nine days after she was hospitalized following a fiery car crash in Los Angeles, as she reportedly matched with an organ recipient. Heche, 53, had been legally dead since Friday, though still with a heartbeat, and was kept…
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Türkiye’s international reputation when it comes to hair transplants, a popular procedure that draws thousands to the country, is the subject of a Spanish movie “Por Los Pelos,” roughly translating to “Because of the Hair.” The movie revolves around a group of friends who are experiencing hair loss and go to Istanbul to get hair…
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Director Ümit Köreken’s second feature film “Bir Umut” (“A Hope”), co-produced by Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT, Germany and Slovenia with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, will have its world premiere at the 44th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF). The film, which is also produced by Ümit Köreken and Nursen Çetin Köreken,…
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In a pop-up Japanese cafe inspired by famed horror drama “Stranger Things,” Tokyo diners munch on Demogorgon pasta and Eleven’s waffles while enjoying retro 1980s tunes. The shop, a partnership with local restaurant chain Pronto Corp, recently extended its run in the fashionable Shibuya district of Tokyo several months amid overwhelming demand. “Stranger Things” has…
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A new superhero film, “Secret Headquarters” starring Owen Wilson was recently released on the streaming platform Paramount Plus instead of its original plan for a theatrical debut in a move that in the old days would be akin to a straight-to-video release and would seem like a slight – but the film’s directors Henry Joost…
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A hundred years have passed since F. W. Murnau adapted Bram Stoker’s Dracula into a screenplay with “Nosferatu.” If you were looking to celebrate the birthday of that silent classic, which still casts a long and ominous shadow over all vampires films that have followed, you could do it with what’s perhaps its exact opposite:…
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Walt Disney edged past Netflix with a total of 221 million streaming customers and announced it would increase prices for customers who want to watch Disney+ or Hulu without commercials. The media giant will raise the monthly cost of Disney+ without advertising by 38% to $10.99 in December when it begins to offer a new…
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