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Korea Box Office: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Outpaces ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Again in Strong Second Weekend
“The Odyssey” ruled the South Korean box office during the weekend of Aug. 14–16. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole generated $13.2 million from 1,691,744 admissions over the three-day frame across 2,114 screens, capturing 59.07% of the total weekend market. The film grew…
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China Box Office: ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ Dominates With $70 Million Weekend as Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Debuts Second
Dirty Monkeys’ war comedy-drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” took command of the mainland China box office during the Aug. 14–16 weekend, grossing RMB477.9 million ($70.3 million) over the three-day frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway. Following its Tuesday, Aug. 11 rollout and earlier previews, the production has amassed a cumulative…
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Prime Video Sets Global Launch Date For Indian Investigative Drama ‘Babita Singh Reporting’
EXCLUSIVE: Babita Singh Reporting, Prime Video’s next pic out of India, will launch globally on August 28. Directed by Ambiecka Pandit and written by Amita Vyas, the investigative drama features stars Nimisha Sajayan, Barun Sobti, and Anshumaan Pushkar. Saurabh Malhotra, Manuj Mittra, and Tina Tharwani are producing through Film Squad Productions in association with Act…
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Landslide in South Korea kills one as record rain lashes south
It comes as large swathes of East and South East Asia have been pummelled by dats of heavy rain.
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Trump gushes about Kim Jong Un as he orders scaled-back US military exercises with South Korea… after country’s two-word snub over Iran war
Donald Trump has ordered a scaling back of joint US military exercises with South Korea, while offering warm praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The move comes shortly after South Korea reportedly gave a terse “two-word” response to Trump regarding the recent conflict involving Iran, suggesting some friction between Washington and Seoul over…
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Indian business leader launches extraordinary attack on Pauline Hanson: ‘Have some butter chicken and count the numbers again’
An Indian-business leader launched an extraordinary attack on Pauline Hanson.
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Chinese AI company Zhipu claims its new is a better bug-finder than Anthropic, OpenAI
PLUS: HCL, TCS, admit data breaches; Google, Apple, India bans some rideshare tips; and more!
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese rivalry gets a new chapter in Fever-Dream overtime thriller
Caitlin Clark hit clutch free throws and grabbed the game-sealing rebound in overtime as the Indiana Fever edged Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream.
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Trump orders major cut to US-South Korea drills as North Korea ramps up missile tests
President Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back Ulchi Freedom Shield drills, citing costs and a hostile signal to Kim Jong Un amid North Korea tensions.
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Tourist teen’s grieving family demand $105M from New York after ‘stray electrical currant’ made Central Park horse bolt and kill their son, lawsuit claims
Romanch Mahajan, 18, died on June 17 after he fell out of the ride and hit his head after the carriage horse bolted suddenly during their family trip to the Big Apple from India.