Major Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador
A deal freed 10 Americans and permanent residents detained in Venezuela for more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were imprisoned in El Salvador after being expelled from the United States.
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The on-and-off romance between the U.S. and China's film industries
No country can come close to the amount of money Americans spend at the box office… until China came along. The U.S. and Chinese film industries have a long history, with shifting power dynamics.

Astronomer says ‘formal investigation’ is underway into footage of couple at Coldplay concert
Video at the concert showed the company’s married CEO with his arms around its head of human resourcesAstronomer, the company at the center of the Coldplay scandal in which its CEO was caught canoodling with its chief human resources officer, has finally issued a statement on the matter.More than 24 hours after a jumbo-tron camera at a Coldplay concert in Boston, Massachusetts, caught the software company’s married CEO, Andy Byron, with his arms around the company’s HR head, Kristin Cabot, Astronomer has responded to the incident which has taken the internet by storm. Continue reading...
Trump sues Murdoch for libel over Jeffrey Epstein letter story
Trump had threatened to force Murdoch to "testify in my lawsuit against him and his 'pile of garbage' newspaper".

Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist, dies at 99
Bergman teamed with wife Marilyn to write lyrics for such hits as The Way We Were and The Windmills of Your MindAlan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as How Do You Keep the Music Playing?, It Might Be You and the classic The Way We Were, has died at 99.Bergman died late Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, family spokesperson Ken Sunshine said in a statement Friday. The statement said Bergman had, in recent months, suffered from respiratory issues “but continued to write songs till the very end”. Continue reading...

Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show
Writers Guild of America requests New York attorney general investigate ‘potential wrongdoing’ after shock cancellationThe Writers Guild of America has called on New York state officials to launch an investigation into Paramount following its sudden decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.In a strongly worded statement issued on Friday, the Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West asked New York state attorney general Letitia James to investigate Paramount over “potential wrongdoing” after the company announced the cancellation of the ‘Late Show’ on Thursday. Continue reading...
Venezuela frees 10 Americans in swap for deported migrants in El Salvador
President Donald Trump had deported nearly 200 Venezuelan men to an El Salvador prison, raising fears for their safety.

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch for libel
Lawsuit filed in Miami federal court comes after president threatened to sue over Jeffrey Epstein letter reportDonald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show.A copy of the complaint was not immediately available. The case was filed in Miami federal court. Continue reading...
Who is Handala, the inspiration behind latest Gaza flotilla ship
Handala is the new Freedom Flotilla vessel carrying activists and humanitarian aid to challenge the Israeli blockade.
El Salvador and US negotiate prisoner swap with Venezuela
Some 250 Venezuelans deported from the US to El Salvador were exchanged for 10 Americans held by Caracas.