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Andy Serkis Gets Asked Why New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Cast Is All White Actors: ‘I Don’t Think We’ll Be Doing a Politically Correct Casting-for-the Sake-of-Casting Version of the Film’

Andy Serkis said in a recent interview with the BBC that his new “Lord of the Rings” movie, “The Hunt for Gollum,” will “somewhat acknowledge” the franchise’s lack of diversity. The film, which is now in production, has announced a cast so far that is made up entirely of white

Beer With a Painter: Keltie Ferris

“I am playing with the building blocks of painting,” the artist told me at his studio in Woodstock, where he experiments with gestural compositions and monumental body prints.

Aid against the odds: running an NGO in North Korea

The forthcoming Miss Kathi: Saving Lives in North Korea is a book-length account in English by an aid worker operating on the ground amid the tensions and threat of conflict perpetually looming over the Korean peninsula. For many North Koreans, Zellweger was the first foreigner

Asia

Skullcrusher Covers Tim Buckley For Sounds Of Saving

By their own description, the nonprofit Sounds Of Saving "designs and provides tools, content, resources, and curriculum to young people, ages 14 to 24, on how to discover and utilize music to support their mental health and wellness." They have a music series called Song That

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US military strikes Iran as Trump mulls attacks on bridges

The U.S. military conducted a second wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, targeting Tehran’s ability to threaten ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump mulls attacks against the nation’s bridges. The strikes, which began at 3 p.m. EDT, come

Ossoff presses Clayton on who won 2020 election

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection this year, took Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, to task over the administration's focus on debunked claims that the 2020 elections were fraudulent. In a