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MoviesReviewGrigoris Karantinakis’s bustling ensemble drama recreates the buildup to a 1922 massacre in what is now İzmir, even if some characters are just walking Wikipedia entries This epic historical drama could have been called Once Upon a Time in Asia Minor or Once Upon a Time in Turkey, depending on which side of the Greek-Turkish divide you sit. That thorny geopolitical entanglement is what it attempts to unpick, sometimes too forcefully, in telling the story of the one-time melting pot of Smyrna (now İzmir).

This hurts us just as much as it hurts you, Benjamin Bratt. OK, not really. We're not going to lie, we totally enjoy watching you endure torture on 24: Live Another Day in tonight's episode. Why? Because you're enduring it shirtless. That's right: Bratt's CIA station chief Navarro, who was revealed to be a traitor, is on the wrong side of the table in an interrogation showdown with Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) in the Fox hit's 10th episode, and we've got your exclusive sneak peek at their seriously intense conversation.

Celine Dion's net worth is an estimated $480 million as of January 2023, according to Forbes. The Canadian singer has earned a lot of her fortune from her Las Vegas residencies. She has also invested her money in real estate, as well as venues such as restaurants and nightclubs. Celine Dion has amassed a huge multimillion-dollar fortune since bursting onto the music scene. The singer, often referred to as the "

NPR asked for your sports-inspired poetry and you replied with an overwhelming "game on!" We collected more than 500 responses about games, players and perseverance. The submissions found poetry in tennis, baseball, ballet, track, cross country, football, basketball and hockey, as well as themes of winning and losing, technique and talent, movement and melody. Poet Kwame Alexander took all the responses and created a Morning Edition community poem that covers, he says, a "

Before Jay Z was big pimpin' and spendin' cheese, he was a pretty darn cheesy rapper on the rise. On Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Hov took a trip down memory lane ahead of his Tidal X: 1020 concert at Brooklyn's Barclays Center thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, who dug up old footage from one of Jay Z's first ever rap performances. As you can see in the video above, it was some quality, classic material.

For years, Olivia Penpraze lived a life of secret torture. A victim of vicious bullying and crushing depression, the Melbourne teenager tried multiple times to take her own life.  The cycle of misery was so horrible that for years she set at date - May 1 - to die and three times attempted suicide, but failed. Finally, in 2012, her last suicide bid left her lying in hospital, clinically brain dead.

The Pogues’ frontman, Shane MacGowan, died at the age of 65 following a recent hospital stay for encephalitis. The singer-songwriter had been ill for a while. His hits include A Pair of Brown Eyes and Fairytale of New York from 1987. Additionally, MacGowan had a past of abusing drugs and alcohol. Victoria Mary Clarke, his spouse, posted on Instagram, stating that MacGowan “meant the world to me.”  Following five Pogues albums and a number of solo releases, he was recognized in 2018 with the Ivor Novello Songwriting Inspiration Award for his commitment to his craft.

Rosalie Sorrels died this week, at her daughter Holly's house in Reno, Nevada, with her daughter Shelley and son Kevin at her side. She was 83 years old, and had crammed a lot of living into those years. The New York Times quoted an old piece of mine in its obituary: "She traveled around the country while raising five children. She drinks strong men under the table and is the first one up in the morning, bright and cheery and planning one of her famous dinners.

Play video content PLEADING TO THE PEOPLE CNN correspondent Sara Sidner hit her breaking point while reporting live on the rising COVID-19 body count in L.A. -- she couldn't hold back her tears, showing the pandemic's emotional toll. Sara was on Monday morning with anchor Alisyn Camerota, reporting live from Los Angeles before the sun was even up ... detailing stories from families she'd encountered at L.A.'s MLK Jr. Community Hospital, including many who'd lost loved ones to COVID.