In Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” Demi Moore competes against a younger version of herself. The film takes an uncompromising look at the obsession with youth. Ruthless also with the leading actress: Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in “The Substance” Photo: Mubi In the entertainment industry, beauty has an expiration date. For Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) … Read more
Zurich, Switzerland. Once, 20 years ago, Ben Oppenheim was a promising young author. His work Caries received the Swiss Book Prize, was made into a film, the press wrote puns, Caries was on everyone’s lips. But since then he hasn’t achieved anything. He hasn’t had much success as a screenwriter either. Outlines and ideas have … Read more
Super league teams remain unscathed in the cup | September 14, 2024 The Young Boys went into the break in Vevey with a two-goal lead. They conceded two goals and ended the game with a 3-2 victory. Cedric Itten (front) scored the second goal for the Young Boys on Saturday.Photo: Keystone The Super League clubs … Read more
In the spring of this year, Markus Söder (CSU) was the first German Prime Minister to visit China since the end of the corona pandemic. “We want to have the appropriate balance between our values, but also our interests, and to open up security, understanding, but also economic opportunities for our own people,” he said … Read more
In France, planned attacks on the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been foiled in several cities. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Olivier Christen said that, among other things, an attack on “Israeli facilities or representatives of Israel in Paris” during the Olympic Games from July 26 to August 11 had been prevented. The plans were not directly aimed … Read more
The head of the Israeli elite reconnaissance unit 8200, Yossi Sariel, has resigned. The Israeli army announced this. In a letter to the unit’s employees, quoted by the portal “haaretz.com”, Sariel justified the step with the “personal responsibility” he bears for the reconnaissance unit’s failure on October 7 of the previous year. On that day, … Read more
Quickline Handball League | 12. September 2024 Things are not working out for Wacker Thun. The Oberlanders have to finish their second home game without a point. Wacker Thun loses after a tough game against GC Amicitia Zurich.Photo: wackerthun.ch “Unfortunately, the hard fight was not won,” wrote Wacker Thun on its website. In the second … Read more
Vienna (OTS) – The jury’s statement (Philipp Blom; Niklas Fischer; Christian Seiler; Catrin Stövesand) states: “Susanne Falk has chosen an extremely contentious spirit, certainly not a particularly sociable contemporary, for her biography. What makes us curious about this book is the author’s approach, which, unlike her protagonist, does not polarize. She traces a person who … Read more
At the MTV Video Music Awards, the winner of the evening was once again Taylor Swift. Sabrina Carpenter, Lenny Kravitz and Chappell Roan also received awards. 46 Comments Summary Summarize This is an experimental tool. The results may be incomplete, out of date or even wrong. Taylor Swift won seven awards at the MTV Video … Read more
On the morning of May 17, 2024, a shooting occurred near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. Panic broke out around the embassy and in the surrounding streets, but the attack was over after just two minutes. No one was killed or injured. And because of the high police presence near the embassy, the suspected perpetrators … Read more