Four years ago, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee was celebrating his narrow victory in the Democratic primary surrounded by supporters, when someone handed him phone — it was his opponent simply calling to concede. “That’s not going to happen,” he said, waving the phone away. “Hang up on them.” Now, the woman he dismissed, Helena Foulkes,
Santa Monica-based Outsider Pictures has picked up Rafiki Fariala’s award-winning Cannes title “Congo Boy” for the U.S. ahead of its North American premiere at Toronto. Courtesy of Makongo Films/Unité/Kiripifilms/Karta Film/Canal+ The film bowed in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, where it won Bradley Fiomona the best actor prize for his role as 17-year-old Robert, whose family
Left-wing political outsider Abdul El-Sayed is projected to win the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, which exposed bitter divisions over the party’s direction. The former public health official is on course to beat moderate four-term Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. El-Sayed voiced support for progressive causes like universal