Paris-based film and television studio SND, part of French media group M6, has picked up world sales on the high-end period drama “Alice: Pioneer of Cinema,” in which Oscar-nominee Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”) stars as Alice Guy, the very first female fiction filmmaker. The six-parter, ordered by HBO Max and France Télévisions, is due to world
For years, the conventional wisdom about young workers has gone something like this: Gen Z doesn’t want a traditional career. They’d rather freelance, day-trade, chase side hustles, and treat a 9-to-5 as something like a relic that their parents clung to. Some were even “financial nihilists” who gave up on an old-fashioned career. Paul Osterman,
When a 21-member Chinese rescue team reached Gyirong on 28 August, one rescuer told Reuters: “As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but ruins.” The crossing had only recently recovered from another major flood. In July 2025, flooding shut Rasuwagadhi for nearly six months. It reopened on 1 January after China built
The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has unveiled a guest lineup headlined by Isabelle Huppert, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Fan Bingbing and Michelle Yeoh. Huppert brings her latest film, “All About Corinne,” to Busan audiences. Gyllenhaal makes her first visit to Korea with “Flesh Impact,” a project created to mark the centenary of Marilyn
After months of delays, fast fashion behemoth Shein went public on Tuesday at a fraction of its peak valuation. On Monday, the Singapore-headquartered retailer priced its IPO at 48.56 Hong Kong dollars, or $6.19, per share, offering about 280 million shares. It raised more than HK$13.2 billion in the IPO. Its valuation at the IPO
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema is due to be sworn in for a second five-year term on Tuesday following a disputed election and the arrest of his main opponent on treason charges. Hichilema – credited with stabilising the economy – swept to victory on 13 August with 60% of the vote, according to official results. Runner-up
