COP28: Poor countries win 30-year fight for climate cash
In a surprise that has lit up COP28, delegates have agreed to launch a long-awaited fund to pay for damage from climate-driven storms and drought.
Such deals are normally sealed last minute after days of negotiations.
COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber shook up the meeting by bringing the decision to the floor on day one.
The EU, UK, US and others immediately announced contributions totalling around $400m for poor countries reeling from the impacts of climate change. READ MORE FROM BBC
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Avatar 2 has made Disney more money in 2023 than The Marvels and these 4 flops
Every studio has box office flops, but traditionally Disney movies have managed to deliver more wins than losses. For years, movies from Marvel Studios have been sure-fire hits for Disney, raking in billions at the box office since the launch of the MCU back in 2008. The same can be said about Disney’s original animated and live-action features which often are among some of the biggest family films during the summer months and around holidays. READ MORE FROM WINTERISCOMING.NET
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Oscars 2024: ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ top Oscar score race list
Approaches to film scoring have become increasingly eclectic—from jazz and classical to hip-hop and avant-garde—making it more difficult than ever for Academy voters to narrow the field to 15 for Oscar’s shortlist. Variety examines 16 of the possible choices, in alphabetical order. READ MORE FROM VARIETY
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The 25 greatest epic movies of all time, ranked
Filmmakers who want to go big and impress viewers with things never seen before are likely fans of the epic genre. An epic movie is one that tends to be based on real events and/or real people, plays out over a runtime where an intermission often feels necessary, and has a tremendous amount of money put into production for the purpose of impressing audiences. Spectacle, scale, and length are what the epic genre is all about. READ MORE FROM COLLIDER
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BOOK: "The Island of Missing Trees" by Elif Shafak
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