It’s directed by Desiree Akhavan, who was a festival guest with her first film, Appropriate Behaviour, in 2014. “It’s a really inspiring film about sexuality and acceptance,” Moodley says. “And I very much hope she’ll join us at the festival again.” The line-up includes Israeli director Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot, a Venice prizewinning drama about a…
Collingwood and Geelong are among other AFL clubs trying to negotiate the sale of gaming assets, but the Demons are the first to complete a sale. As reported by The Age, Colllingwood have been in deep discussions with the Melbourne Racing Club over the sale of gaming assets. Melbourne chief executive Peter Jackson said the…
West of Sunshine. The Sydney Film Festival today announced the first batch of 26 titles which will premiere at this years event and an additional screening venue. Advertisement A selection of family films and Screenability, the platform for screen practitioners with disability,… Read the full article at: https://www.if.com.au/first-sydney-film-festival-titles-and-new-venue-announced/
Films are screening more often on streaming services, digital channels and pay TV. But with fewer art-house films getting cinema release, Nashen Moodley believes festivals are becoming a more important forum for non-mainstream work. “A really inspiring film about sexuality and acceptance”: Chloe Grace Moretz in The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Photo: Supplied “Although there’s a proliferation…
A HAPLESS hubby has been left bankrupt and homeless after his Indonesian wife gambled away £3.5million. FACEBOOK GAMBLE: Christoher Forte married Juliana Posman in 2014 Smitten Christopher Forte handed over cash after Juliana Posman claimed she needed to show £5million assets to get a visa. But his 38-year-old bride had run up millions…
The average debt of problem gamblers in Wisconsin reached $34,078 in 2017, according to data gathered by the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling (WCPG). Last year, the councils helpline received a total of 12,674 calls from local residents asking for help. The executive director of the Green Bay organization, Rose Blozinski, explained…
Christopher Forte says he thought he was giving his new wife Juliana money to help sort out her visa A man says he was left broke by his wife after she gambled away £3,500,000 and he only found out after their marriage had already ended. Christopher Forte said he was smitten with wife Julia Posman…
Gambling addictions are leading to soaring debt and a bevy of other problems in Wisconsin.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) APPLETON – They max-out credit cards, drain their savings and checking accounts, seek payday loans, borrow money from relatives and friends, steal from employers and write bad checks. On rare occasions, they even rob banks. On average, they…
8:38 AM ET THE WORLD’S MOST feared sports gambler is out of the game. William “Billy” T. Walters, 71, who in his prime had the financial muscle and acumen to move betting lines worldwide and scared Las Vegas sportsbooks and offshore gambling operators to the degree that they refused to take his bets, is laying…
Phil Mickelson has been wowing fans with his swashbuckling style and engaging demeanor for nearly 30 years. The Mickelson thumbs up is a trademark, as is the bashful grin, the looping swing and the loping gait of a gunslinger. Being left handed has always marked him out (particularly as he’s right-handed in everything else), but…