Coming Out of the Closet Was a Liberation. Why Are Some Peeking Back In?
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Coming Out of the Closet Was a Liberation. Why Are Some Peeking Back In?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To some, it also feels — there is no way to express this that is culturally or politically defensible, so let’s lay that aside for the moment — kind of hot. Many people get off on the transgressive, and there’s an argument to…

Opinion | An Oscar for ‘No Other Land’ Didn’t Protect Hamdan Ballal
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Opinion | An Oscar for ‘No Other Land’ Didn’t Protect Hamdan Ballal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On March 2, I won an Academy Award for best documentary for a film I co-directed, “No Other Land.” It’s hard to put into words how that moment felt. It was one of the most incredible moments of my life. Three weeks later,…

Opinion | ‘View From the Floor’: What I Learned From Going on ‘Maury’
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Opinion | ‘View From the Floor’: What I Learned From Going on ‘Maury’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with performing onstage. Since I was born with no legs, it wasn’t long before news crews, national telethons and even the talk show host Maury Povich arrived to capture me in action, always…

Why Japanese Oscar Contender ‘Black Box Diaries’ Isn’t Being Shown in Japan
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Why Japanese Oscar Contender ‘Black Box Diaries’ Isn’t Being Shown in Japan

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A film by a Japanese woman about her search for justice from uncooperative authorities after she reported being raped is a contender at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Yet, despite being the first full-length documentary made by a Japanese director ever nominated for an Oscar,…

Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82
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Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mike Hynson, who epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god as a star of the hit 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” and, with his outlaw instincts, embodied the rebel ethos of the sport on his way to being hailed a colossus…

Amazon Prime Will Release a Melania Trump Documentary
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Amazon Prime Will Release a Melania Trump Documentary

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Amazon said on Sunday that its Prime Video streaming service will release a “behind-the-scenes” documentary about Melania Trump’s life. The film will head to movie theaters and stream on Amazon Prime in the second half of this year, the company said in a…