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Established 1961 29 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Lifestyle Music & Movies Kuwaiti documentary wins prize at Arab media Festival The Kuwaiti documentary film ‘Threads of Gold’ Winners of Arab won first rank in media festival’s the 19th Arab awards. Radio and — KUNA pictures TV Festival. he Kuwaiti documentary film “Threads of ceremony of the festival organized under the prepared by Kuwait youth on the Palestinian Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Tunisia diplomat affirmed. Other countries also won prizes Gold” won first rank on Sunday night in the theme “In Support of Arab Jerusalem.” Official at cause, and more specificity on the local young Ali Al-Thifiri expressed satisfaction for winning the over their remarkable participation with distin- T19th Arab Radio and TV Festival held in Kuwait Television Talal Al-Haifi in remarks to fighter Ahed Al-Tamimi, he said. This honoring award. Kuwait is known for its tremendous efforts guished reports, radio and television programs and Tunisia, as part of documentaries on Palestinian KUNA expressed his thanks to the festival’s reflects Kuwait’s deep care for Arab vital issues, in media as it won many prizes in previous sessions documentaries including Iraq, Sudan, Bahrain, cause competition. This came during the closing organizers. “Threads of Gold” is a documentary namely the Palestinian cause, he added. of the festival, which reflects its sufficiency, the Egypt, UAE, Oman, and Palestine. — KUNA ‘Avengers’ opens with $630m, smashing global record In this file photo taken Bill Cosby (center) walks vengers: Infinity War’ took in $630 mil- through the lion in its first weekend, the highest Montgomery County ‘A global opening of all time, industry Courthouse with his estimates showed on Sunday. “The latest publicist, Andrew Marvel juggernaut... opened with $630M Wyatt, after being worldwide, making it the largest global week- found guilty on all end tally in the history of film, and this was counts in his sexual done without China,” which has a later opening, assault retrial in industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said. That Norristown, topped “The Fate of the Furious,” the eighth Pennsylvania. — AFP installment of the high-octane action series starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Cosby juror: Comedian’s talk Michelle Rodriguez that opened with more than $530 million globally in 2017. “Infinity War,” which features more than two of quaaludes led to conviction dozen superheroes fighting to save the universe, also broke the record for highest North he jury that convicted Bill Cosby at behind bars as he awaits sentencing within American opening weekend, raking in $250 mil- his sexual assault retrial said that its the next three months on three counts of lion at US and Canadian box offices. That beat Tdecision was only influenced by what aggravated indecent assault. He has main- “The Force Awakens,” the seventh film in the happened in court, and the youngest mem- tained his innocence. His publicist has long-running “Star Wars” space saga that made ber of the panel said that the comedian’s declared his conviction a “public lynching,” $248 million in its opening weekend in 2015. own words sealed his fate. Harrison Snyder and his lawyers have vowed to appeal. NBC’s In this file photo Actress Scarlett Johansson arrives for the World Premiere of the film ‘Avengers: said in an interview aired yesterday on “Today” show said yesterday the Cosby jury Saving the universe Infinity War’ in Hollywood, California. — AFP ABC’s “Good Morning America” that issued a statement saying its decision was “Infinity War” is the 19th film in the so- War” is drawn from the “Infinity Gauntlet” villain believes that if he annihilates half of the Cosby’s deposition - in which he admitted not influenced in any way by factors other called Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), com- series of the early 1990s. “It starts with those universe, he can save the other half. He needs giving women drugs to have sex with them - than what was seen and heard in the court- bining a whopping nine franchises and a cast comics and us beginning to rip pages out or rip the so-called Infinity Stones to do it. So, the was the evidence that made him believe he room. They said race and the #MeToo move- list that reads like a who’s who of Hollywood’s copies of pages out and put them on the walls heroes need to keep him from getting them. The was guilty. “I think it was his deposition, ment were never discussed. A-list. Robert Downey Jr dons the red and gold and start to be inspired,” explains Kevin Feige, film cost an eye-watering $300 million to make, really. Mr Cosby admitted to giving these “After thoughtful and meticulous consid- metal suit once again as Iron Man; Benedict the president of Marvel Studios, which is according to Hollywood media. quaaludes to women, young women, in order eration of the information and evidence pro- Cumberbatch is Doctor Strange; Scarlett owned by Disney. “It’s a North Star for us as we “It was about the most fun creative exercise to have sex with them,” Snyder said of a vided to us, we came to our unanimous ver- Johansson is back as Black Widow; and lead these giant productions into reality.” I think I’ve ever been through in my life,” said deposition that was part of a civil case dict,” the jury said in the statement. “Not Australia’s Chris Hemsworth is Thor. Also back In the movie’s trailer, Gamora (Zoe Saldana) Anthony Russo. “We thought about everybody brought by accuser Andrea Constand. once were race or the #metoo movement for more? — Thanos’s daughter, of sorts explains that the in the MCU.” — AFP The 22-year-old said it “wasn’t an open ever discussed, nor did either factor into our Black Panther-the Marvel breakout of the and shut case,” but that he had no doubt the decision, as implied in various media outlets.” year after the standalone pic’s massive opening jury made the right decision in convicting Prosecutor Kristen Feden told The in February, Captain America, the Hulk, Spider- Cosby Thursday on three counts of aggra- Associated Press in an interview Saturday Man, Hawkeye, the Guardians of the Galaxy vated indecent assault. The investigation into that in the tense moments before the jury and their assorted allies. Their mission is to pre- Cosby was reopened in July 2015 after a fed- convicted Cosby, she started to worry about vent the powerful purple alien Thanos (Josh eral judge, acting on a request from The the global implications if the #MeToo era’s Brolin) from destroying the universe. “We took Associated Press, unsealed portions of first big trial went the other way. a picture of every single person whose charac- Cosby’s deposition testimony from a civil “I felt like this verdict could dictate some- ter has been in the MCU. We hung it up on a lawsuit he settled with Constand in 2006 for thing more,” Feden said. “If they found him wall all around us,” co-director Anthony Russo, $3.4 million. In the testimony, which was read not guilty, I felt like they were feeding into who helms the film with his brother Joe, told to jurors at both trials, he described giving every character assassination on sex crime reporters ahead of its release. quaaludes to women before sex in the 1970s victims.” Cosby’s lawyers have vowed to “We basically spent months and months and and his encounters with Constand, a Temple appeal, but prosecutors said they are confi- months talking about where we could go with University women’s basketball administrator. dent Cosby’s conviction will stand. each character, how we could draw them Snyder said he didn’t know much about the Two days after Cosby’s conviction, law through the story,” he added. “Every one of 80-year-old comedian before the trial and books and papers were still strewn on a long these characters... has been on a very specific knew nothing of the allegations. table in the war room where prosecutors journey through the MCU to arrive at this “I knew he was an actor, I knew he did plotted their strategy: leading off with an moment.” This is the third “Avengers” film, the ‘Cosby Show.’ I never watched the ‘Cosby expert to educate the jury in victim behavior, before the final, untitled saga set for next year. Show,’ I’m a little too young for that,” Snyder successfully fighting to call five additional said Cosby, 80, is now a prisoner in his own accusers and fending off the defense’s alle- ‘North Star’ suburban Philadelphia home and faces the gations that Constand was a scammer fram- An important source of inspiration is the prospect of spending the rest of his life ing Cosby for a big payday. — AP Marvel canon-the storylines developed over This image released by Marvel Studios shows, front row from left, Danai Gurira, Chadwick Boseman, decades in the original comic books. “Infinity Chris Evans, Scarlet Johansson and Sebastian Stan in a scene from “Avengers: Infinity War.” — AP Aisha Taylor from left, Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert, Jeannie Mai from left, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Loni Love and Eve and Julie Chen pose in the press room with the award Ken Corday and the cast and crew of “Days of Our Lives” accept the award for outstanding drama Adrienne Houghton pose in the press room with the award for for outstanding entertainment talk show for “The Talk”. series at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. outstanding entertainment talk show host for ‘The Real’. tive talk show host for “Steve.” ABC’s “General Hospital” and CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” each won two awards, including best actress Eileen Davidson and supporting actress Camryn Grimes for “Y&R.” Other winners at the 45th Daytime Emmy ceremony hosted by Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood included: BC’s “Days of Our Lives” topped the In the scene that Reynolds submitted for ed in the category.

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