LOS ANGELES — At 3:28 p.m., Clayton Kershaw walked through the Los Angeles Dodgers’ clubhouse. Wearing a hooded sweatshirt and sneakers, the man who for a generation personified a franchise and carried the hopes of a city, went about his work one more time. Friday marked the last time he will ever start a regular-season game at Dodger Stadium, but …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw got a farewell worthy of his 18 years at Dodger Stadium on Friday. One day after announcing his plans to retire following the 2025 season, the three-time Cy Young Award winner made his final regular-season start at the only professional home he’s ever known. Facing his longtime foe the San Francisco Giants, he was pulled after a strikeout …
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The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards‘ audience gave Stephen Colbert a significant show of support on Sunday, offering a standing ovation when the beloved Late Show host took to the stage. Colbert announced in July that CBS had cancelled the long-running talk show, mere days after he’d accused its parent company Paramount of paying a bribe to President Donald Trump. SEE …
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Topline Stephen Colbert received a standing ovation from the crowd at Sunday’s 2025 Emmy Awards ceremony as his ‘Late Show’—whose surprise cancellation was announced by CBS earlier this year—won the “outstanding talk series” prize, in a ceremony that saw very minimal political commentary and references. Stephen Colbert poses with the Outstanding Talk Series award for “The Late Show With Stephen …
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‘Let her voice echo’: Hind Rajab film gets record-breaking standing ovation at Venice Haaretz ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Stuns Venice With Its Longest Standing Ovation of 22 Minutes Amid Tears and ‘Free Palestine’ Chants Variety ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Review: A Gripping Gaza Drama The Hollywood Reporter The Voice of Hind Rajab review – provocative docufiction is fierce, urgent and heart-shattering The …
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A gut-wrenching new film about a five-year-old girl allegedly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year was given a 23-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the star-studded Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” a docu-drama about real events from January 2024, left much of the audience and many journalists sobbing as it screened for …
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A gut-wrenching new film about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year received a 23-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the Venice film festival on Wednesday. The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania, had been described by critics as ‘‘the most powerful and urgent entry of this year’s festival”. It …
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Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza-set drama The Voice of Hind Rajab, one of the buzziest titles coming into this year’s Venice Film Festival given its subject matter, received what might be a film festival record 23-minute and 50-second ovation after its world premiere Wednesday evening, when the audience broke into chants of “free Palestine” after the lights went up. It was …
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“The Voice of Hind Rajab” premiere at the Venice Film Festival proved to be a hugely emotional event, with very few dry eyes in the Sale Grande. One of the most talked-about films going into the festival, the powerful and gut-wrenching drama — from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania — tells the true story of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab. It received …
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Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite lit up the screen at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday night as the Netflix action pic had its world premiere inside Sala Grande. The audience gave the nuclear disaster thriller an enthusiastic thumbs up with an extended 11-minute standing ovation. Amid chants of “bravo,” Bigelow clasped her hands and bowed her head with …
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