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IndieWire].“While it’s true that adolescents want less sex on TV and in movies, what the survey is really saying is that they want more and different kinds of relationships reflected in the media they watch,” Dr. Yalda T.

System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has claimed he has lost friends as well as “hundreds of thousands of fans” due to his controversial opinions.Dolmayan first courted controversy for his opinions when he became a vocal supporter of Donald Trump before and while he was in the White House in stark contrast to the band’s frontman Serj Tankian, who staunchly crticised Trump and even called for his resignation. Dolmayan insisted, however, there was “no danger whatsoever” of him being fired from System Of A Down.He drew further ire for saying Black Lives Matter “never had legitimacy” and was a “propaganda tool” for the Democrat Party, and for arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic “has always been about money”.Now, Dolmayan has reflected on what his “unwillingness” to accept the “narratives” those close to him believed in have cost him in a new Instagram post.“I lost people that I thought were friends over the last few years primarily due to my unwillingness to accept the narratives they are now questioning the validity of,” he wrote.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The immediate family of leading Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien said on Wednesday that he had retired from filmmaking due to illness and is now living peacefully in retirement. They said that their family-run company remains active and in business. The statement (see below) was issued in response to news articles earlier this week that followed an introductory speech given in London by critic and curator Tony Rayns before a screening of 1985 title “A Time to Live and a Time to Die,” one of Hou’s best-known features. Rayns was reported to have said that Hou has dementia, will not direct again and that members of Hou’s company had lost their jobs. The family statement – signed by Cao Baofeng, Hou’s wife, son Isaac Hou and daughter Bess Hou – explained that Hou had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease before the COVID pandemic and that COVID had, to their surprise, worsened the problems. They continued by saying that Hou has recovered from the COVID-related complications and is now resting quietly at home with his family.

In recent years and as we have navigated an unprecedented global pandemic, public health professionals have regularly been seen and heard from in the media, highlighting the vital role of these professionals to the public.

An electrician claimed he turned to drug dealing after running into money troubles during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The countdown for the 2023 series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! is on, following the release of the official trailer on 20 October. The hit ITV show will be making a return to TV screens in a matter of weeks, but TV bosses have been keen to keep any details about the new series under wraps. However, we do know that Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly will be returning as hosts, and the show will be taking place in the Australian jungle for the second year in a row, after it was set in a castle in Wales for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

There will be NO big Christmas Lights Switch-on event in Manchester for 2023 - despite the council vowing last year that it would return after the disappointment of the plug pulled in 2022. Council bosses are yet again blaming "no safe or suitable location" in the city centre for the event.

A man whose asthmatic son died in his prison cell after testing positive for Covid has said the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry must deliver accountability.

Macklemore is weighing in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The former Florida state lawmaker who authored the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” law will go to prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 funds.

Covid cases have fallen across England and Wales for the second week in a row, suggesting the rise in cases seen in early autumn are on their way out.

Big Brother viewers said they would ‘complain to Ofcom’ after Hallie and Olivia were kept in cages outside in the rain. Fans of the ITV2 reality show said it was ‘inhumane’ to punish the pair by keeping them locked up in the garden dressed in orange boiler suits. Hallie, 18, and Olivia, 23, were handed the punishment by Big Brother for discussing nominations.

Trevor Lawrence is a former number one pick in the NFL draft who is now the starting quarterback of the Jacksonville Jaguars…however, we’re taking a moment to meet his longtime love, Marissa!

It’s been a big week for British broadcasting cancelations.

Steph’s Packed Lunch has been axed by Channel 4 after three years on air.

Adele has been sober for months now — but she’s finding it super “boring”!

Jay Ruderman It is no secret that social media can wield untold power. Influencers and celebrities have spent the past two decades carefully cultivating a social media presence and identity in hopes of drawing in their audience. Simultaneously, with millions clinging to their every word at a time when hate is skyrocketing online, there can also be a substantial downside associated with public figures’ deep influence.

Plays Friday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. at The Eaton.The days of masks, distancing, and endlessly googling symptoms may be long gone for many, but not in Fábio Leal’s Follow the Protocol (★★★☆☆), set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Brazilian filmmaker, who writes, directs, and stars as protagonist Francisco, opens on a familiar pandemic scene: the mind-numbing nothingness of being stuck indoors.

More than 6,000 two and three-year-olds were put in hospital last year by one illness. Greater Manchester health leaders are launching a campaign to make sure parents know how to avoid it.

US fugitive Nicholas Ross is appealing against an attempt by the Scottish Government to extradite him to America. The 36-year-old has lodged an appeal against the extradition order with the High Court, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) confirmed.

South Lanarkshire Council allocated more than £90m to support communities with the cost of living in 2022/23.