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Film Shorts // October 29 – November 4, 2025
OPENING Aaryan (NR) This Indian crime thriller stars Vishnu Vishal as a struggling writer who decides to plan a series of perfect murders. Also with Vani Bhojan, Chandru, Vaani Kapoor, K. Selvaraghavan, and Shraddha Srinath. (Opens Friday)...
Artisan Market includes 80+ vendors at Linden Place
Linden Place’s annual Autumn Artisan Market showcases local talent on the historic grounds of the mansion this Saturday, Nov. 1. The market opens at 10 a.m. and will continue until 3 p.m. All items are handmade. Visitors can shop, stroll, and...
Polish 'stalker' who claims to be Madeleine McCann tells court she is '50-50' on whether or not she is missing British toddler
A Polish woman accused of stalking the parents of Madeleine McCann told a court today that she still believed she may be their missing daughter. Julia Wandelt is said to have bombarded Kate and Gerry McCann with phone calls, letters and messages –...
Polish woman ‘is still 50/50 about whether she is Madeleine McCann’
Julia Wandelt told jurors at Leicester Crown Court that she would “walk away” if she saw the full paperwork proving she was not Madeleine The alleged stalker of Madeleine McCann’s parents has told a jury she is still “50/50” about whether she is...
Polish MP ‘caught trying to steal in Ikea’
A Right-wing Polish MP has been accused of trying to steal a frying pan and plates from Ikea. Konrad Berkowicz, the vice-chairman of the New Hope party, was detained by security guards after walking out of the store in Krakow with £80 worth of...
Polish Fighters Intercept Russian Reconnaissance Plane Over Baltic Sea
Incident heightens tensions after string of Russian airspace violations across NATO’s eastern flank. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday,...
Poland intercepts Russian reconnaissance plane over Baltic Sea
A pair of Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted, identified and escorted a Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea. This was reported by the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces on the X network. According to the command,...
Watch Black Polish’s new video for ABOUT YOU/SUNRISE
Black Polish has just unveiled a new music video for ABOUT YOU/SUNRISE. The track is taken from the alt. artist’s – real name Jayden ‘Jay’ Binnix – second album YUNA, which is out today via BMG. Following debut 2024 LP Forest, Jay reflects that...
TV Recap: The Art of the Steal — High Potential’s “The One That Got Away” Paints a Perfect Crime
Morgan Gillory’s personal mystery collides with an international art heist in the midseason cliffhanger of High Potential. When a $20 million Rembrandt vanishes from a Los Angeles museum, Morgan and Karadec are pulled into a case that blurs the...
Berlin’s Porn Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years
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Ten Scary Classical Music Pieces for Halloween
Great music pierces the soul… and can sometimes terrify it. Over the centuries, composers, like nearly all artists of every variety, have been fascinated by the subject of death and by the supernatural—the world of witches, goblins, ghosts, and...
Camel crazy! Photographer’s wildest fashion fantasies…
From couture to camels. Gian Paolo Barbieri turned fashion photography into theatre. His sumptuous, often surreal images defined Italian elegance. Proof that glamour, like good light, rewards patience. From his Milan studio or on location, he...
Maria Ka’s cosmic Yiddish music — from punk grit to starlight
Screenshot Courtesy of Maria Ka By Judah Sussman October 29, 2025 When Polish-born musician Maria Ka released her latest album Di Mashin (The Machine), she wasn’t merely reviving Yiddish song — she was remaking it in her own cosmic image....
Frying pan fiasco: Polish MP in hot water over IKEA shoplifting
If you’re going to shoplift, don’t do it while wearing headphones. That seems to be the accidental lesson from Polish MP Konrad Berkowicz, who found himself at the centre of a very modern scandal. It was one involving a frying pan, a self-checkout...
AI in action: Abra K. Bush, Jacobs School of Music dean
By IU Today October 29, 2025 With artificial intelligence being integrated in all aspects of life and work, Indiana University is striving to be a national leader in the AI space. It is offering a free AI course to staff, faculty and students and...
Bruno Mars joins music royalty with debut album history — and admits he hates one of his biggest hits
Bruno Mars has officially joined music royalty despite publicly admitting he can’t stand one of the songs that got him there. The pop superstar’s 2010 debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans has just entered one of music’s most exclusive clubs, spending...
Social media depicts truth, but not how you think
.The writer is a political analyst. Email: imran.jan@gmail.com Twitter @Imran_Jan In the age of broadcast media - yes we now have to talk about them as a thing of the past — the emphasis was what we used to call ratings. In a nutshell, it was...
Polish woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann 'joked' about taking rubbish from the McCanns’ home
14:27, 29 Oct 2025Updated 14:28, 29 Oct 2025 Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Karen Spragg (left) and Julia Wandelt (right).(Image: PA) A Polish woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents while claiming to be their missing...
Poland Expands FlyEye Drone Fleet to Give Artillery New Precision in GPS-Jammed Battles
On 24 October 2025, WB Group and Poland’s Armament Agency signed a fourth executive agreement for multiple FlyEye UAS sets, including documentation, repairs, logistics and operator training. The buy continues implementation of a 5 September 2023...
Polish Men Charged for Tearing Down Ukrainian Flag in Przemyśl
In the Polish prosecutor’s office, two detainees in the case of the torn Ukrainian flag from the building housing the Ukrainian Honorary Consulate in Przemyśl were questioned and charged under Articles 137 (“public disrespect of the state symbol”)...