Nearly $20m (£14.8m) in cash has been found hidden in farm buildings and buried in forests as part of an investigation into a former minister of Viktor Orbán, authorities have said. Miklós Seszták, who served as minister of national development for four of the ex-prime minister’s 16-year rule, is accused of accepting bribes as part
Following its prize-winning premiere at the Venice Film Festival and a whirlwind tour of the fall festival circuit, “A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra,” by Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou, celebrates its homecoming this week at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, where it’s competing for top honors in the festival’s main international competition. Inspired
In January 1921, Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) opened in Prague and dragged the word “robot” out of linguistic obscurity: robota, the Czech term for the forced labor a serf owed his lord. “Čapek’s robots, they’re serfs, essentially,” says Alisa Zhulina, an associate professor of theatre studies at New York University, affiliated with
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday afternoon that it has grounded all flights across the United States due to “extraordinary circumstances” and issues related to safety. The FAA’s website said the cause is an “equipment outage.” The site itself was down for a brief period at the time of publication, with a note that the website
About 130 people were rescued from a cruise ship after it was struck by a tanker while docked in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday. Footage shows the American Heritage taking on water following the collision, which left 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries. “We have zero people unaccounted for, which truly is a miracle
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Back in 1996, “Space Jam” was one of the biggest movies of the year. It starred Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny in a winner-take-all cinematic basketball game against the Monstars for the fate of
