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The Hindu 

National Kayaking Championship makes a splash, highlights tourism potential

Kannur Kayakathon 2024 sees 90 participants from across the country. In the men’s individual category, Rajesh Kulangara comes first, while E. Swahliya tops the women’s singles event. Adarsh P. Anil Kumar and Kannan K.R. win the doubles event. Shibin and Nandana top the mixed doubles

Financial Times 

A record Black Friday beckons

Plus, Westminster MPs vote on assisted dying, Ireland goes to the polls and Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day

Variety 

How ‘Gladiator 2’ Composer Harry Gregson-Williams Honored Hans Zimmer’s Original Score

Composer Harry Gregson-Williams understood the assignment when director Ridley Scott asked him to score “Gladiator 2.” “It was to embody the spiritual essence of the first film, but move forward into a fresh new world,” Gregson-Williams explains. In early talks with Scott, Gregson-Williams also knew he would have to compose at least 100 minutes of […]

Avclub.com 

Apparently Wicked’s muted colors make it more like our desaturated reality

Wicked has clicked (or should we say Glicked—no, we shouldn't) with moviegoers, defying gravity to an estimated $114 million domestically. That's enough money to poo-poo any criticisms about the movie looking pretty drab, an issue shared by The A.V. Club. In his review, critic Jesse Hassenger found the film's color grading ranked among its most significant problems. "Dim contrast, washed-out pinks and greens, and the kind of overall white-haze overcast look that renders images clear but utterly muted," Hassenger writes. Читать дальше...

Raw Story 

'Hey, you can’t do this': Expert blows hole in Musk and Ramaswamy's big plans

In a column expressing skepticism that Donald Trump's proposed "Department of Government Efficiency" will be able to accomplish, an expert at the Brookings Institution, who played a key part in former Vice President Al Gore's "Re-inventing Government" initiative, told the Washington Post's Dan Balz that the incoming administration is in for a dose of political reality.

With the president-elect selecting wealthy entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head up the off-the-cuff department... Читать дальше...

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Third Eye: Minister takes a back seat to patients & attendants; PM’s praise works​​, and better get the dog registered immediately

Following a tragic fire at Jhansi Medical College that claimed the lives of ten infants, Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Brajesh Pathak has banned welcome ceremonies during hospital visits. In other news, six BJP-ruled states have declared the film 'The Sabarmati Report' tax-free after praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

France24.com (en) 

S.Africa's Breyten Breytenbach, writer and anti-apartheid activist

The poet, author and painter had not lived in South Africa for decades, leaving in the early 1960s to settle in Paris, where he became a global voice against apartheid. What was intended to be a short and secret trip back in 1975 led to him spending seven years in jail, two in solitary confinement, after he was betrayed and arrested. French president Francois Mitterrand helped secure his release in 1982 and he returned to France to become a citizen. He travelled back to South Africa regularly... Читать дальше...

Deadline.com 

BBC Presenter Alex Scott Says Trolls “Threatened To Throw Acid In Her Face”

British TV presenter Alex Scott has revealed that online trolls threatened to throw acid in her face, leaving her scared to leave her home.  Scott is a former England footballer with 140 national caps to her name who hosts Football Focus and has been the occasional presenter for The One Show and Match of the […]