“Are you certain? Did he really die?” the father, Mohamed Ma’ow, asked a doctor, shocked.
Just before the premiere of “The Phoenician Scheme” in Cannes, it was announced that Cera, after writing a handful of scripts including an adaptation of Charles Portis’ “Masters of Atlantis,” will make his directorial debut with “Love Is Not the Answer,” a film he wrote that has a cast including Pamela Anderson and Steve Coogan.“You have a little more control over your destiny if you try to create something, even though it’s hard to get it off the ground,” Cera says. “But it’s better than sitting around. You’re like a hired contractor as an actor, and it’s a great thing about it. But I think a lot of actors end up becoming frustrated directors because of how many opinions you have about the proceedings.”
It may have taken many years for Cera and Anderson to finally team up, but it could have come at the right time, just as Cera is — ahem — shedding a skin. In any case, theirs remains an ongoing collaboration. Anderson tapped Cera for an ad they recently shot for Mont Blanc. Does that mean he’s officially part of the troupe?“That’s up to him,” says Cera. “I would never say no.”CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. (AP) — The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the “#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE!” But another sign, on the shop’s mud-splattered front door, tells a different story.
“We will be closed Thursday 9-26-2024 due to,” it reads. It promised to reopen the next day at noon, weather permitting.
That impending weather was the remnants of
. And that reopening still hasn’t arrived.in the U.K. or other countries over the U.S. after the pandemic.
Zou Renge, a 27-year-old public policy master’s student at the University of Chicago, said she had planned to take some time off and work in humanitarian aid programs abroad after graduating at the end of this year.But now, she will refrain from leaving the U.S. and will look for jobs in the meantime. “In a very uncertain environment, I’ll try my best to find myself a solution,” she said.
Some were eager to capitalize on the uncertainty facing international students in the U.S. Hong Kong’s leader John Lee told lawmakers on Thursday that the city would welcome any students who have been discriminated against by American policies to study in the city.“The students who face unfair treatment can come from different countries beyond the U.S. I think this is an opportunity for Hong Kong,” he said. “We will work with our universities to provide the best support and assistance.”