Tag: Director
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FBI Director Christopher Wray and government’s landlord in dustup over new FBI headquarters
[ad_1] Washington — Less than 24 hours after the General Services Administration — the agency that helps manage the federal government — announced that it had selected Greenbelt, Maryland, as the location of the new future FBI headquarters, FBI Director Christopher Wray sent an email to bureau employees criticizing the process. “I had hoped this…
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Elevandi Exec Director Pat Patel on why crafting AI regulation in SEA demands joint effort
[ad_1] Pat Patel, Executive Director, Elevandi In an email interview with e27, Elevandi Executive Director Pat Patel explains that the integration of AI in Southeast Asia (SEA) has become a transformative force for businesses in various sectors. Its reach extends across verticals from e-commerce to agriculture. However, he stresses that “the brush strokes” of AI…
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RBI appoints Manoranjan Mishra as Executive Director effective from Nov 1
[ad_1] The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Manoranjan Mishra as Executive Director (ED) with effect from November 1, 2023. As the ED he will be looking after the Enforcement Directorate, Risk Monitoring Department and Department of External Investments & Operations. Before taking charge as the Executive…
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Bottoms director Emma Seligman went from babysitter to cult filmmaker in three years
[ad_1] (Photograph courtesy of Corey Nickols via Getty Images) Emma Seligman grew up in Toronto, loving John Hughes movies. Now she’s a member of Hollywood’s latest brat pack, along with Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edeberi. The trio star in the raunchy new film Bottoms, which Seligman also directed: it’s a modern rethink of the classic teen sex…
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‘Kick-Ass’ Director Matthew Vaughn Teases Reboot & Shares ‘Kingsman 3’ Update – Deadline
[ad_1] Matthew Vaughn, director of the Kick-Ass film franchise, is teasing the reboot movie and saying that none of the previous actors are coming back but leaves the door open for future installments. “Kick-Ass changed people’s perception of what a superhero film is. We’re doing it again,” Vaughn said during a panel at New York…
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Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife stabbed to death in home, state media reports
[ad_1] Noted Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife were stabbed to death in their home by an unknown assailant, state media reported Sunday. The official IRNA news agency quoted Hossein Fazeli, a judiciary official, as saying that Mehrjhi and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, were discovered dead with knife wounds in their necks. Fazeli…
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The Director of ‘Savior Complex’ on the Perils of ‘White Saviorism’
[ad_1] “She overstepped,” Abner Tagoola, head of pediatrics at Jinja Hospital, says in the documentary. “But the role of Renee as to the link to the mortality of these kids, as directly? I don’t think so. Because of the vulnerability of these children, there were a lot of mortalities that were inevitable.” At the same…
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Director Garth Davis On ‘Foe’ At New York Film Festival Premiere – Deadline
[ad_1] Foe, a complicated love story set in the near future amid burned out farmland, intertwines AI and climate catastrophe with the challenges of keeping a marriage together — all elements director Garth Davis (Lion) said pulled him to the story. “There are so many reasons why I was compelled to make this film, and…
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MiB: Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council, President of Goldman Sachs
[ad_1] This week, we speak with Gary D. Cohn, former director of the National Economic Council. He is an internationally recognized expert on the financial markets, global economy, economic policy and US politics. Cohn is vice chairman of IBM. He served as assistant to the president for economic policy and director of the…
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Blockbuster director Shawn Levy is Hollywood’s most reliable hitmaker
[ad_1] (Photograph by Wade Hudson) Every night is a blockbuster night for Shawn Levy. Coming up in the ’90s, the Montreal-born director, screenwriter and producer mastered the buttery box-office banger—think Date Night, Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum and The Pink Panther (Beyoncé’s version). Even now, it’s virtually impossible to escape his creations.…