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'Breaking Bad' actor Mark Margolis dies at 83
Mark Margolis, who played the sinister, wheelchair-bound cartel don Hector Salamanca in acclaimed TV shows "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," has died aged 83, his family said on Aug. 4.
Margolis died on Aug. 3 at a New York hospital following a short illness, with his wife and son at his bedside, according to a statement.
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‘Succession’ tops Emmy noms, ‘Squid Game’ makes history
HBO's "Succession" topped this year's Emmy nominations, earning 25 nods on July 12, as "Squid Game" became the first non-English-language drama series shortlisted for glory for television's equivalent of the Oscars.
Dialogue in focus of European festival of Jewish culture
Maribor/Lendava – Six Slovenian towns have joined the 2021 European Days of Jewish Heritage, a festival focusing on the diversity of Jewish heritage and its historical role which is this year held in 36 countries.
Turkish Film Wins at Sarajevo Film Festival
The 21st Sarajevo Film Festival closed on Saturday night with a ceremony at which the Heart of Sarajevo award for the best film was given to the Turkish director Deniz Gamze Erguven.
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Inscription of name from Bible discovered
Israel's antiquities authority says archaeologists have discovered a rare 3,000-year-old inscription of a name mentioned in the Bible.
The name "Eshbaal Ben Beda" appears on a large ceramic jar. Eshbaal of the Bible was a son of King Saul.
Archaeologists Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor say the jar belonged to a different Eshbaal, likely the owner of an agricultural estate.
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France wins big, Italy, Blanchett lose out in Cannes
French film "Dheepan" won the top Palme d'Or prize for director Jacques Audiard at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, crowning a good night for French cinema but a bad one for Italy and actress Cate Blanchett.
Lanthimos picks up Prix du Jury award at Cannes for ‘The Lobster’
Up-and-coming Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos won the third-place Prix du Jury (jury prize) at the Cannes Film Festival for the “The Lobster”, his first English-language film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.
The top Palme d’Or award went to Jacques Audiard’s immigrant drama Dheepan in what international media described as a “shocker”.
Cannes Film Festival's line-up announced, three films to come
The Cannes Film Festival?s organizers on April 16 unveiled the list of 17 movies to be shown next month in the Palme d?Or competition line-up. Turkish director Ziya Demirel?s film ?Sal?? (Tuesday) is set to compete in the short film category of the festival.
The rundown is not yet complete, with a couple of movies yet to be added before the 11-day festival opens on May 13.