LMU Names Brietta Clark, J.D., as Next Fritz B. Burns Dean of LMU Loyola Law School

LMU Names Brietta Clark, J.D., as Next Fritz B. Burns Dean of LMU Loyola Law School

The Appointment Makes Clark the First Woman and Black Dean in the Law School’s History LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — In a historic move, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) announced that it has appointed Brietta Clark, J.D., as the new Fritz B. Burns Dean of LMU Loyola Law School. This makes Clark, who is … Read more

Marvel, Disney Drop Actor Jonathan Majors After Assault Conviction

Marvel, Disney Drop Actor Jonathan Majors After Assault Conviction

New York —  Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a trial that he hoped would vindicate him and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. It did just the opposite: Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Co. dropped him hours after the verdict. A Manhattan jury found Majors, 34, … Read more

What to stream for free over the holidays in Canada

What to stream for free over the holidays in Canada

If this was the year you decided to cut back on cable or one of your many streaming platforms, you may be looking for content to watch this holiday season for free. The CBC News Entertainment team has put together a short watchlist of free shows and films streaming in Canada — including our favourite … Read more

Shows like ‘Scandal’ and ‘Madam Secretary’ inspire women to become involved in politics in real life

Shows like ‘Scandal’ and ‘Madam Secretary’ inspire women to become involved in politics in real life

Hillary Clinton famously did not win the 2016 election and become the first female U.S. president. Yet Clinton’s presidential campaign still resonated with many women who have said it made them more likely to get involved in politics. When women run for office, it can inspire other women and girls to become more politically active. … Read more

Leah Purcell’s Is That You, Ruthie? is a powerful look at ‘dormitory girls’ separated from Country and family

Leah Purcell’s Is That You, Ruthie? is a powerful look at ‘dormitory girls’ separated from Country and family

This article contains mentions of the Stolen Generations, and policies using outdated and potentially offensive terminology when referring to First Nations people. Aunty Ruth Hegarty, or Ruthie, was four-and-a-half years old when she was forcibly removed from her mother, Ruby, under the auspices of Queensland’s Aboriginals Protection Act (1897). The Act, as it was known, … Read more

The best art and architecture of 2023 | Art and design

The best art and architecture of 2023 | Art and design

Adrian Searle’s best art shows of 20235. Vermeer Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamJohannes Vermeer attracted over half a million visitors to the Rijkmuseum between February and June this year. Not bad for an artist who only produced about 37 known paintings over a 20-year period between 1654 and 1674. An exhibition of quiet intimacies and domestic mysteries, beautifully … Read more

Amazon Prime K-drama Death’s Game: Park So-dam, Seo In-guk lead fast-paced fantasy-action webtoon adaptation

Amazon Prime K-drama Death’s Game: Park So-dam, Seo In-guk lead fast-paced fantasy-action webtoon adaptation

Lead cast: Park So-dam, Seo In-guk Park So-dam ( Parasite) and Seo In-guk (Doom at Your Service) team up for the fantasy action-horror Death’s Game, an original series from the Korean streaming service TVing based on the popular webtoon Yi-jae Will Die Soon. A down-on-his-luck jobseeker gives up on life and climbs on to the … Read more

Deal on the EU Media Freedom Act | News

Deal on the EU Media Freedom Act | News

According to the provisional political agreement between the co-legislators, reached on 15 December 2023 on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), member states will have to ensure that citizens have access to a plurality of editorially independent media content. Particularly, EU countries will have to ensure the editorial and functional independence of public media by: … Read more

Ali Wong’s San Francisco show was all about her divorce

Ali Wong’s San Francisco show was all about her divorce

FILE: Comedian Ali Wong performs onstage during the Moontower Comedy Festival at The Paramount Theatre on April 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. Rick Kern/WireImage “I really think that for a woman, 40 is a golden age…” Ali Wong announced to a packed Masonic Auditorium, drawing cheers from the crowd. “…to get divorced.” This was the … Read more

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